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now we rise
to meet the grass
below us
a little pad of butter
a little marble of earth
well, the left hand meets the right
and cradles us back to earth
little marble
little frame of dirt
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we were still
blankets on the moving sky until (until)
a movement's come and took your heart from you
a movement comes, and what are you to do
and i
am a snowglobe
shake me oh so gently if you know
and i
am a snowglobe
breathe into me
if you have to know
and you know me
we were there
you were the hearts
drawn on car windows
and i was all the muddy streets
on muddy nights
it's all (all)
and i
am a snowglobe
shake me oh so gently if you know
and i
am a snowglobe
breathe into me
if you have to know
and you know me
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down to the place you love the most
a small, brown bicycle seat
down to the places you knew the best
like ashes on your feet
tracing the path you knew before
small, brown loaf of bread
that you'd clutch in your arms
as you make your way
lead us back to truth
(one final truth)
now you go to sleep
while we
reconnect the last
with the colored pencils
but
i cannot reconstruct you
i cannot reconstruct you
i cannot reconstruct you
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i'll draw the line
and you trace the river
that flows
into
a great south of oceans
the arc of electrons
the strings
between
hands pull the line
as a dream
fills the ocean
and sing us to sleep
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hang up the coat and jacket, child
you won't need it where you're going
the tower, the cup, the heirophant
you won't need us where we're going
love is on its way
screaming on its way down
love is on its way
and love is on its way
screaming in its siren spires
raining wheels in christmas slush
it's time leave the bare floors
and smear the family album out
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the new windup song
04:32
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i'll take the dreams
and i'll move
in motions of disbelief
a camera obscura
to
camera obscura
camera obscura
we see with eyes
and feel with nothing
we know with these hearts
and we feel
gravity's arms, we all fall down
and close our eyes to move
under the blankets of blue-white stars
we'd know
i'll take your leave
and i'll, beneath everything
please, keep dreaming (keep dreaming)
with eyes (with eyes)
tonight
gravity's arms, we all fall down
and close our eyes to move
under the blankets of blue-white stars
we'd know
gravity's arms, we all fall down
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a moon in static
04:13
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the wine-drunk waltz
02:56
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capitaline
00:40
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