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Above the Acropolis
The sky's as blue as blue can be
While down below the hill
The people fill the streets of the city
I'm glad you're with me
I'm glad you're with me here
I'm glad you're with me
I'm glad you're with me here
To feel this sun and taste this air together
All the cats are smiling
The statues laying down their heavy loads
And all the mopeds singing
As they kiss the road
At the museum
We saw spears and pots and jewelry from old tombs
But none of those ancient treasures
Was half as interesting to me as you
I'm glad you're with me
I'm glad you're with me here
I'm glad you're with me
I'm glad you're with me here
To feel this sun and taste this air together
All the cats are smiling
The statues laying down their heavy loads
And all the mopeds singing
As they kiss the road
All the cats are smiling
The statues laying down their heavy loads
And all the mopeds singing
As they kiss the road
Above the Acropolis
The sky's as blue as blue can be
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time goes so slow when you're walking on coals
and the world keeps on stoking the embers
trying to get past the pain and regret
but there's always someone who remembers
you try to block out the light
you consider giving up
you try to throw away the memories
but bins have a way of filling up
stopped at the door by a figure who's sure
that your name is not there on the list
a frown and a fine, to the back of the line
to consider whether you really exist
you want to shout your name
find somebody else to blame
before you're trapped in this prison
of resistentialism
you think you recognise a face
but it fades without a trace
and your reflection eyes you as you pass
malice through the looking glass
and of course you know that it can't be true
but it feels like the fates are being spiteful
and you're only pretending that the tunnel is ending
when you're back at the start of the cycle
you try to block out the light
you consider giving up
you try to throw away the memories
but bins have a way of filling up
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Vampaire (ft Leo Lennox)
03:29
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You’ve never seen a single thing on TV
Even if you had it would be too easy
And if you’re scared it’s ‘cause you wanted to be
You came here, you invited me
I never said you’re gonna like what you see
It won’t be me in the mirror but the mirror is me
If you’re scared it’s ‘cause you wanted to be
I want to suck the words right out of your brain
I want to see how they taste
All the little flashes of fame on your face
Do you ever pretend not to see what you see
Yea you do can you explain it, explain it to me
And if you’re scared it’s ‘cause you wanted to be
You came here, you invited me
I never said, i never agreed
I’m only asking if you’re asking what you’re asking of me
If you’re scared it’s ‘cause you wanted to be
I want to suck the words right out of your brain
I want to see how they taste
All the little flashes of fame on your face
I want to eat the universe in your mind
I want to know what it’s like
All the little bites at a time, all mine
I want to be alone I don’t want to be inside
I want to be a person not a person you like
I don’t want to be awake I want to be alive
I want to be alive
I never said you’re gonna like what you see
It won’t be me in the mirror but the mirror is me
And if you’re scared it’s ‘cause you wanted to be
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V1
I only wanted to feel whole
Crying fix me, fix me
Thought you were made of solid gold
I would worship at your feet
I only wanted to be yours
Crying take me, take me
But you can't change me with your love
And I know now I want to be mine
V2
I only wanted to feel safe
Crying please protect me
from all the shame and consequence
of this frail, flimsy flesh
I only wanted to be yours
Crying please complete me
But you are not the one I need
And oh how I need to be mine
Br
I’ve been so unkind
The hate in my mind
Lashing out at the mirror
But I finally see things clearer
And I know now
I know now I need to be mine
V3
I only wanted to feel proud
Crying praise me, praise me
I thought if you were by my side
I could face this whole damned world
I only wanted to be yours
Crying love me love me
Thought you could reach inside my skin
And heal me from within
V4
My sweet messiah, you are not
Just a man who sees me
No living god, no angel powers
Just a mortal mess like me
Now I don’t need to think I’m yours
But I’ll walk beside you
I love you better since I fell in love with me
And learned to be mine
I love to be mine, love to be mine
I need to be mine
I want to be kind, love to be mine
I want to be mine
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one foot on the bow
one stretched to the promised land
yon is that a storm or a rover?
far from port she was carrying ore,
she'd been sunken twice before
the Bad Luck Barquentine
going down alone
as the Union sailed on by
the crew of the Nucleus left behind
they hailed, they were denied
bad luck barquentine, bad luck barquentine
sleeping like a bear
on the floor of the big lake
the load that broke their backs and their shovels
there's no gold or captain's bones
they left her on her own
the bad luck barquentine
left her on her own
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VERSE 1
I was filled up on fan fiction
and you, you were on the page
there is nothing quite like friction
it burns, then slowly fades away
CHORUS
reasons
for tryin’
for walkin’
for flyin’
reasons
for dyin’
and livin’
and lyin’
VERSE 2
we were barely past our primes, love
but we could somehow still make haste
and there were reasons for our crimes, love
but we, we managed to escape
BRIDGE
i’m not sure that batman knew the way
to remove all of his shame
so he punched his way right through the wall
i can’t say, if he did it wrong or did it right
won’t go down without a fight
so he spent his cash on tech and wings
and pissed off dark and scary things
and maybe that’s just his thing
but maybe he was wrong
yeah maybe he was wrong
VERSE 3
caves were not just built for hiding
sometimes they can be to retrain
our thoughts can often be misguided
and needs a place that knows their name
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Creeping In
03:23
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As we walk the same path
we can't always see
a direction to take us the way we feel
We keep looking backwards
at times gone and been
Navel gazing shows an ego need
Dream on let doors open
the universe lives in you and me
Through the dark nights
when all seems hopeless
something hides inside that you can\t reach
with letting go and eyes wide open
follow signs that make no sense for me
Rough winds hold you back
they can't always last
sit with them so still
swallow that one red pill
Dream on let doors open
the universe lives in you and me
Dream on let words unspoken
touch the soul then we're truly free
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I, thought I could conquer life
Alone without a tribe
I, a mythic figure
On the mountaintop I’d climbed
Scared to surrender control
I, eggshell ego
My opinions all nailed down
I, felt so much safer
Thinking I had figured it out
I, an island
In the ocean of my pride
I, a lake of longing to belong
Stuffed down inside
Scared to open up to anyone
One by one we crawl
Yet two by two stand tall
Three by three we’ll stride
Together side by side
But one by one we’ll fall
We, friends, family
Hope-fueled singing loud
We, dance together
make a joyful, fearless sound
We, spirit siblings
See us glow like fireflies
We, began as ripples
Now there’s waves of love on the rise
Empathy is a superpower
Saves us from ourselves
One by one we crawl
Two by two stand tall
Three by three we’ll stride
Together side by side
One voice lost at sea
Yet two make harmony
Come let’s make a choir
Let's set this world on fire
I don’t think I can make it on my own anymore
I don’t wanna make it on my own anymore
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Clickety-clack away from the platform
Lucy dozes and dreams of the great parade
Where once she waved
From floats on holidays
Yeah, once she played
To sold out shows every weekend
Yeah, every weekend
Lucy mumbles her bright recollections
To the empty seats across the aisle
Sometimes a smile
Crosses her face as she quietly mentions
Her days as a star of stage and screen
A gilded dream
Lucy and the lioness
Roamed the Burbank movie set
Between the pirates and the heartthrobs
Breaking hearts like shattered flashbulbs
Lucy knew she'd be remembered
With her curls and liquid eyes
Long after the lioness
Grew old, grew weak, and died
The Lucy on the movie posters
Is not the same as the Lucy who went gray
And faded away
The Lucy who the world remembers
Is not the same as the Lucy in the mirror
Who one day appeared
Outside the windows of the train
Lucy thinks she sees a lion
Running on the interstate
On the shoulder of the busy highway
Lucy knows it's just illusion
Cardboard carried by the wind
But for a moment it looked just like an old friend
Clickety-clack away from the platform
Lucy dozes and dreams of the great parade
Where once she waved
From floats on holidays
Yeah, once she played
To sold out shows every weekend
Yeah, every weekend
Every weekend
Yeah, every weekend
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Conbini run
Sign like a setting sun
Chu-hai and fried chicken
I am reborn again
Men like ghosts
Lined up like a piece of toast
Dream of a pretty coast
Beyond the concrete sea
Conbini run
Conbini run
My work is finally done
Snacking and endless fun
I am reborn again
Conbini run
Conbini run
Sign like a setting sun
Chu-hai and fried chicken
I am reborn again
Conbini run
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I try to hold you but it's no use
there's nothing there but the same crooked smile
I have known you but only so much
just enough to make me shudder
Another world calls and you're gone once again
sometimes you fly away like the wind
I am happy with only a glance
and I know I'm fooling myself
Ooo you're a heaven sent hideaway
ooo my little secret stowaway
It's nightime when you call for me
daybreak and you're already gone
I don't know that you feel for me
yet still I feel you're my own
ooo you're my heaven sent hideaway
my little secret stowaway
my heaven sent hideaway
my little green stowaway
I get jealous sometimes, of your extra life
I'm so earthbound I can't fly
away with you, to stay with you
Well here's my routine again
bed's empty so I walk outside
I know when I'm missing you
I feel you in me, when I look to the sky
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My husband once found a black spider
Crawling in the dirt
In the garden
And sure enough she had the tell-tale
Red hourglass on her abdomen
Now I’ll never go near the roses again
And I know spiders exist
To play a vital role in the ecosystem
Whatever that is
Whatever that is
So I try to let them be
But if one gets too close, ultimately
It’s gonna be it or me
It’s gonna be it or me
I can’t help it
And I avoid reaching into the corners
Of closets
Or into anything that’s been left
Undisturbed for more than a month
But I have a friend who was bitten by a
Brown recluse in her sleep
You do what you can to stay safe
But in the end can only do so much
And I know spiders just
Act out of self defense
And even the venomous
Ones aren’t truly malicious
Or so they’d likely tell us
Still I try to let them be
But if one gets too close, ultimately
It’s gonna be it or me
It’s gonna be it or me
I can’t help it
One early spring morning after you left
I sat outside with my coffee and wept
Until my skin and lips dried
Along with my eyes
In the pale orange light
That caught the strands of a web
And the thread from a spider
Hanging over my head
And I didn’t flee
I stayed and watched her instead
And I thought of abandoned things
Covered up in cobwebs
But then they aren’t really abandoned, are they?
Spiders have made their homes in them
So if losing love is like a window
Then let this spider be a symbol
And at my heart’s sill leave her gift:
This subtle change in perspective
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When I see your smile
It’s the best damn thing
Like a bright warm day
My winter melts to spring
When you draw me close
Every nerve it sings
You’re still my everything
I know I can be darker than a storm cloud
And twice as gloomy too
I find it hard releasing all the tension of these tempests
that I can’t see through
But when I see your smile
It’s the best damn thing
Like a bright warm day
My winter melts to spring
When you draw me close
Every nerve it sings
You’re still my everything
It’s true we aren’t the giddy kids we once were
The years have soaked our skin
Yet every time you grin it’s the beginning
of this ringing joy all over again
When you smile
With those eyes
I’m a child
Drives me wild
When I see your smile
It’s the best damn thing
Like a bright warm day
My winter melts to spring
When you draw me close
Every nerve it sings
You’re still my everything
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the paths that you have taken with the people that you’ve met
through winding curves and rolling hills, we will not soon forget
may the road rise up to meet you
here at your journey’s end
we’ll keep our legs pumping
so the wheels can always spin
may the wind be at your side
and the heavens be your guide
we've crossed rivers and valleys, but now our paths divide
with every passing milestone, you take it all in stride
… dear friend, enjoy the ride …
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Too many waves this time
Salt water stings my lungs
Too tired to wave goodbye
Blue green oblivion
You’re telling me, you’re telling me,
You’re telling me “It’ll all be fine”
You’re telling me, you’re telling me, telling me
“Place a bet. Don’t give up just yet.” oh-oh
Stop telling me, stop telling me
Can’t you see I'm helpless kelp on the tide?
Stop telling me, stop telling me, telling me
Cant you see
Can’t you see I’m a fool who swam too far
and now I’m all but done,
I'll never reach your lifeline
The ocean’s almost won
You’re telling me, you’re telling me,
You’re telling me “It’ll all be fine”
You’re telling me, you’re telling me, telling me
“Place a bet. Don’t give up just yet.” oh-oh
Stop telling me, stop telling me
Can’t you see I'm helpless kelp on the tide?
Stop telling me, stop telling me, telling me
Cant you see, can’t you see that I can’t breathe?
I can’t breathe
And I can’t tell up from down
and I can’t see
I can’t find my way out
I see you on the shoreline
So far from where I’ll drown
Your words have lost all meaning
A distant hollow sound
You’re telling me, you’re telling me,
You’re telling me “It’ll all be fine”
You’re telling me, you’re telling me, telling me
“Place a bet. Don’t give up just yet.” oh-oh
Stop telling me, stop telling me
Can’t you see I'm helpless kelp on the tide?
Stop telling me, stop telling me, telling me
Cant you see, can’t you see
I’m treading water
Treading water, trying to hold on
I’m treading water
I can’t breathe water
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Walking on a lamplit path
walls of green on either side
follow green into the dark
inspiration makes a spark
snowy tunnel soft and deep
leading down to winter's sleep
burrow deeper look within
light and dark are constant friends
build a home, a ritual
let it grow like coral, bone
light and dark are constant friends
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There are days when I feel blue
But then I remember that I've got you
The world is hard at times it's true
But through it all I've still got you
Every day and every night
I'm so glad to hold you tight
You'll never give up on me
And that is what gives me such glee
Your love is true
Your love is sure
When I feel down
Your love's the cure
Your love is true
Your love is sweet
You make me complete
There are times when I might complain
When this old world's making me insane
But then I think of what you give
And once again I delight to live
On the long dark winter's eve
I never have cause to grieve
For you hold me in your arms
And delight me with your charms
Your love is true
Your love is sure
When I feel down
Your love's the cure
Your love is true
Your love is sweet
You make me complete
Your love is true
When I just don't have a clue
It's then I'm glad that I've got you
There are times I don't know what to do
But then I remember that your love is true
Whatever might become, it's true
That you've got me and I've got you
A happy man I'll always be
Cuz I've got you and you've got me
Your love is true
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I know there's times that you're not sure
Just where you stand with me, baby
But you need to know you're my only girl
I know there's times I'm gone for months
On the high-class jet plane tours
But you'll always be my only girl
I love you more than my guitar
You'll always be my superstar
I love you more than rock and roll
You're in my heart and in my soul
I know you sometimes wish I could
Be around a little longer
But you know I gotta play my songs
I know you sometimes dream of when
I'm off the road for good, baby
That's coming sooner than it should
I love you more than my guitar
You'll always be my superstar
I love you more than rock and roll
You're in my heart and in my soul
I love you with each breath I take
You're in every song I make
I love you more than my guitar
You'll always be my superstar
You're my superstar
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ZeCoop Kalamazoo, Michigan
I love playing music and keep learning new instruments. My songs are in a wide range of styles, from indie-rock to surf, to
folk to rock to electronic... I never know. I record at home in a studio I put together in a spare room. I work (via the web) with a lot of vocal/lyric collaborators from all over the world.
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