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Shake Your Hand
02:36
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Karma is a bitch
We've been asking for it
The planet is in trouble
Everyone stuck in their bubble
I refuse to shake your hand
If you insist that this is part of God's plan
I refuse to isolate
And distance myself away
Don't hide your head in the sand
'Cause it's not too late
You told us we're too much
Too pie in the sky for the times
Everything in moderation
Look what's destroying the nation
I refuse to shake your hand
If you accept that this is part of God's plan
I refuse to sit and wait
And fiddle the days away
We're at the precipice
No, it's not too late
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Starlight
06:03
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There's the sound of horns in the early morn
Waking you from your bed of scorn
Rise for another day in your gloomy way
Black cloud hovers over you
Nothing works right
Everything is wrong
You judge them all along
Like you're some kinda genius
Like you are above it
A cancer grows inside
You wanna see people fail
See 'em end up in jail
For the sins that you decide
Oh, you're a curmudgeon
A bitter young man
Go on and hide your head in the sand
Everyone is breaking down again
Smashing windows in
To escape the 9 to 5
Bounce from the hard ground and surmise that this is all there is
There is no starlight in your life
You fixate on a lucky person
Whom you are jealous of
You just can't abide it
Their existence burns you
Reminds you of your flaws
So you chastise them
You curse their name
Meanwhile, you're to blame
You're stuck in the mud
Stuck in the bad education
Your point of view needs some discipline
Practice non-attachment: the art of letting go
Release your grip
Take it slow
You're driving yourself crazy
Driving right up the wall
But my friend, you're bound to fall
Everything is breaking down again
And you'll be free at last
To escape the 9 to 5
Flying from the earth you'll realize this is not all there is
You'll find the starlight in your life
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Passing Through
02:49
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You were staring out the window
As the oil fields roll by
Smoke is rising from the tower
And you never felt so high
'Cause we're just passing through
Trying my best to do right by you
Who ever knew
We'd find ourselves in the right time
We were talking about the future
Seven miles in the air
Laughing our way through the pressure
No one I know seems to care
But we're just passing through
Trying my best to do right by you
Who ever knew
We'd find ourselves in the right time
And if there's something I can do for you
Ask me twice and I'll stay on track
I may not recollect the details
But you know I always got your back
Because I'm just passing through
Trying my best to do right by you
Who'd ever wonder
We'd find ourselves in the right time
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4. |
Jungle
03:45
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God give me courage to show you
Love though there's tears in my eyes
It's been a pleasure to know you
All of the days of my life
Lord lift me up to the heavens
Take me away from the pain
Shine in your glory among us
Light in the glow of your flame
You love like a child
Pure and kind and fair
You're not made for this world, I know
It's a jungle out there
I found you down in the stairway
Hiding away from it all
Lost like a lamb from her mother
Healing a bruise from a fall
Why did we have to forget
That you were a child once like me?
Open-armed love for a stranger
No matter the race or the creed
But you somehow know me better
Than the prescribed image of me
You will always be there
Oh, indefinitely
You love like a child
Pure and kind and fair
You're not made for this world, I know
It's a jungle out there
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Message
05:26
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What is wrong with me?
I'm finding that I ask myself
When my intentions don't match the impact
I'm just a lonely cowboy with a snake in my boot
Biting at my toes when I step out of line
Why do I resist the love that I deserve,
And I tamper down the message I have heard?
I'm talking to the voice in the back of my brain
Singing so warm, angelic, and tame
You see, I'm just a young man with too much on my mind
Obscuring the bad deeds that I've left behind
You gotta take a chance, sing your heart out
Feel the words you hear ringing from your mouth
I'm just a fallen angel too pure for this world
And all of my comrades with flags all unfurled
Will storm your battalions and capsize your ships
I thought I was a pacifist, but now I don't give a shit
People try to hide from the truth
Because it frightens them
Take a good look in the mirror
And if you don't like what you see, then smash it to bits
And if the pain is too much, just relax into it
There's a lot of people who'll try to bring you down
Try to silence you and tear you from your crown
It's probably 'cause you scare them, but don't you worry about that
You gotta stick to your guns and never look back
You say I'm just a young man with too much on my mind
Floating in the loathing, I forgot to be kind
There's nothing wrong with me, I'm finding as I know myself
Walking through the world, reaching out
I'm just a young man with too much idle time
I'm just a young man with too much on my mind
You say I'm just a young man with too much on my mind
I'm just a young man with too much on my mind
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6. |
We Can Dream
06:06
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You go to sleep
And dream of a different life
Where you're lost in the stars
You close your eyes
And see all the different lights
Reflecting like a mirror after Mars
A voice calls to you
Like an angel sweet and pure
"Take my hand and walk with me"
She shows you Heaven
A world where we all live as one
Electrified and gold
And all is love
"It's just a dream," you tell yourself
There's no way it could be real
The vision that I've had is unsettling
I thought that life was one thing
But there's more to heaven and earth
Than we can dream of
You walk around
Your eyes are glued right to the ground
Myopic in your scope of what is real
We all forgot
The planets floating in the void
Beyond our comprehension and perception
We are so small
And act like we just know it all
There's so much to this life
We have forgotten
There's more to living
Than the shit that we all feast upon
Programmed to consume, pacified
But I know there's a world
Where our lives are filled with happiness
Dancing in the street
Full of joy
And we can have it here
But we've got to listen carefully
Check your selfish ego
At the door
"It's just a dream," you tell yourself
There's no way it could be real
The vision that I've had is inspiring
I thought that life was one thing
But there's more to heaven and earth
Than we can dream of
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The knowing that I have for sugar
She's a beam in my dismal day
But her heart of darkness beckons
For evil to be slain
And death rides a pale horse to my lover's dismay
She's riding in anger to anchor our fame
For today
Well a night of cabernet
For the hope that I will lay
In the rotten feral stance
Is a hope to elicit some new romance
But death rides a pale horse
To my lover's dismay
She's riding in anger to anchor our fame
For today
No more anchoring
Hold the light
Death is riding away
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8. |
It's You Alone
04:52
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I know this face
I've seen you a million times before
I ask for the moon to sit in a balanced house
She was a house of water
How can you know?
I've practiced and I've studied like you would not believe
I have the guts to name you something I can understand
It's you alone I find
It's you alone I long for in the night
As I whisper to the void
It's you alone I cry
I feel you now
You make me a richer man
I'll hold you in my body
I'll keep you here
I'll build myself a house
Of objects that I've found
A refuge for the broken and abandoned chairs
I'll sit beside myself and wonder, "Were you ever there?"
It's you alone I find
It's you alone I long for in the night
As I whisper to the void
It's you alone I cry
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Derek Spaldo Chicago, Illinois
Derek Spaldo is a Chicago-based musician and actor. Originally from Rutherford, NJ, Derek came up in the New York DIY art scene. He was a long-time multi-instrumentalist in the critically acclaimed band Garcia Peoples; with Garcia Peoples he had the pleasure of working with artists such as Chris Forsyth, PG Six, and Matt Sweeney. ... more
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