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Introduction
01:29
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2. |
Mermaid in a Manhole
03:48
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So my shadow, here we meet again
Empty Glass sitting in my hand
no companion, not even your hand
just your darkness covering my land
And if i'm talking to you, would you even want to
hear what I have to say
When you respond to me, you take the beauty of a
alabaster mermaid
All alone, a bird in my hand
tell the old growth my mind's in the sand
so, dear phantom, my heart is yours now
I tell you as we lay on the ground
And if i'm talking to you, would you even want to
hear what I have to say
When you respond to me, you take the beauty of a
alabaster mermaid
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3. |
Another Castle
04:30
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Show your face, fix your hair,
there's a dragon in the doorway, I fear
I have jumped oh so high
there is always some place higher, my dear
And the thing about me is i cant find my way,
and the thing about you is you're here to stay
but it's always in my sleep, I hear your name
and you;re always in another castle it seems,
but somehow i'll always find you in my dreams
I don't think I can take this another day
Why should I try, when all the things I tell you, you don't hear
When will I know if these pipe dreams truly take me some place near
And the thing about me is i cant find my way,
and the thing about you is you're here to stay
but it's always in my sleep, I hear your name
and you;re always in another castle it seems,
but somehow i'll always find you in my dreams
I don't think I can take this another day
And you, i've been thinking about you,
i know all about you, you don't know my name
and you, i've been longing for you,
i've been pondering on you, you don't want to stay
And the thing about me is i cant find my way,
and the thing about you is you're here to stay
but it's always in my sleep, I hear your name
and you;re always in another castle it seems,
but somehow i'll always find you in my dreams
I don't think I can take this another day
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4. |
Phantom Princess
04:16
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And as she leaves i'm conflicted of what to do
there's no name, no location, and no excuse
so I waited while a phantom was biting my tongue
you can't see her but trust me we're so in love
Now i'm in love with a phantom whose name is too long
they say i'm crazy, and I say the old world is gone
And if my heart is broken I know I won't have to wait long
because my phantom girl is waiting where I belong
And if she's lying to herself, you have to make her hear yourself
you have to make her hear your voice, you know she's dead and has no voice
And if everyone is laughing at you, just know she still believes in you
just as my fears began to die
you left for a castle in the sky
i don't remember the moon this pretty
This earthen womb protecting you and me
atop a ship of solid gold,
dead bodies dancing on their toes,
no ghosts around to frighten me,
you're trapped in a fishes belly
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5. |
Princess of the Autumn
04:07
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And so, the waves, they came and dragged us under,
our fingers laced as we know that its over
the world is such a dark place, my lover
and so the waves, they came and dragged us under
under
under
under
under
It's not for you I came here just to suffer
it's all the world collapsing right beside her
my phantom girl is laying in the gutter
and so the way she weeps is so much colder
colder
colder
colder
colder
"my darling, I have never seen the summer
our laces tied as we run from the winter,
auroras fill the darkness, my lover
it's all for you, the princess of the autumn"
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6. |
Skewed Vines
02:40
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skewed vines are climbing up my limbs
after I have sung you all these hymns
these leaves aren't what they used to be
now the credits dribble down the screen
Now I have become someone else, it seems
much older than the boy with the guitar, straight from your dreams
now oak is growing from my skin,
shadows of when I was still so thin,
one day this story had to end,
and we thought that this would be when we begin
Now I have become someone else, it seems
much older than the boy with the guitar, straight from your dreams
Now I have become someone else, it seems
much older than the boy with the guitar, straight from your dreams
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7. |
Junko in an Oil Drum
04:35
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Junko, trapped inside an oil drum, hidden from the shining, admiring the moon
Junko, beaten broken pushed too far, you are now your own bright star, how do we look?
We won't compare in size
when concrete shuts your eyes
Junko, terrified of rabbit holes, filled with garbage filled with smoke, how do they dare?
Junko, even now you're here with me, in my mouth and in the trees, and onto the page
We won't compare in size
when concrete shuts your eyes
somehow you don't despise
their fearful, drowning lies
Junko, burnt to pieces, limbs in ash, growing wings ever so fast, it is alright
Junko, climbing through a broken fence, hearing voices feeling tense, I swear it'll pass
We won't compare in size
when concrete shuts your eyes
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8. |
Out Dancing
04:42
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We're still locked in this cage in the night,
The cobwebs covering our eyes,
the life of a machine is alright,
until we lose our will to fight
And I think we should all go out dancing,
our motherboards alive with romancing,
the water is a risk we are chancing,
but sometimes we just need to go dancing
The others say we're just out of date,
but that is not a reason to hate,
in piles we are fighting this fate
we'll reach the moon one day at this rate
And I think we should all go out dancing,
our motherboards alive with romancing,
the water is a risk we are chancing,
but sometimes we just need to go dancing
remember when you said you'd never throw me out
and now here I am in an empty warehouse
I never see the sun, I don't even see the Earth
I'm ready to return when you see my worth
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9. |
Pulsar Eyes
03:35
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And I find it lonely to be your shadow
the days repeating while i'm asleep
and my eyes they are pulsars,
and my fingers in the oven
I want to tell you everything
about the world about the leaves
and in your dark cave you will hide
until I bring the blinding light
and your eyes, they are pulsars
and your head is in the oven
you're curled into me, while we are dreaming,
i'm molded to you, you're in my teeth
and our eyes, they are pulsars
and our limbs are in the oven
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10. |
Imaginary conversations
05:02
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And now I feel you holding me just like you did before,
our heads are in the oven, and our clothes are on the floor
I think that you're beside me so i slip down through your hair,
what I didn't realize was that all I felt was air
I whisper that i'm sorry for the things I did and said
what I should have done is always running through my head
but you are just an image, and you don't hear what I say,
and I become more damaged than I made you feel that day
I'm too afraid to open up my eyes and try to see
the wrinkles on your elding face, and I can not believe
The things I said and did to you, I don't deserve this gift
of being with you one last time, even if you're just mist
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11. |
Weeping Willows
05:45
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I see the stars out through my window,
and wonder if you're passing through
above the clouds and weeping willows
you're where the birds can not fly to
you're in my dreams, my satellite
I long and cry for you at night
I lay in wait just looking out
into the sky without a sound
Through all the years we're slowly drifting
I've watched you fade into the dark
Somewhere so far, somewhere so cold
You may have crashed, or so i'm told
you're in my dreams, my satellite
I long and cry for you at night
I lay in wait just looking out
into the sky without a sound
you're in my dreams, my satellite
I long and cry for you at night
I lay in wait just looking out
into the sky without a sound
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Father Dragon Jacksonville, Florida
Solo experimental bedroom composer.
Writing, composing, performing, producing for over half my life.
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