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Rain Drops
04:44
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Nothing lives
In this place
Silence
Disgrace
Hiding out
Beneath the rocks
Until the air
Fills with the sounds
Of rain drops
And it's amazing
How it feels
Until it stops
Pressure
Building
Never found
A living spring
The scintillation
Crewel mirage
Dies at last
When the clouds of relief
Open up
And it's amazing
How they feel
The rain drops
But sometimes it pours and pours
The flood waters thrash and roar
Thundering as they swell
And I am overwhelmed
Then, fast as it came
Torrent of mud and rain
The storm cloud disappears
Again the sun beams sear the earth
Nothing lives
In this place
Failures
So hard to face
I'll dream of the sounds
Of cascading falls
With vibrant life
That doesn't rely
On rain drops
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You said I was too rough
In the games that we played
So in time I learned
To think first
But you ran away
Hit your bruises with stones
So they'd not only stay
But grow worse
I thought "Maybe it's me"
And I reached out to you
Trying to apologize
But you told everyone
I was hunting you down
To hurt you
And said I had cut those scars into your wrists
"Maybe it's me"
Have you ever had that thought?
"Maybe it's me"
In this cycle you are caught
"Maybe it's me"
Taking new friends out to play
"Maybe it's me"
And then chasing them away
I hope I was the last one to be fooled
I hope you've changed and you're not
Tripping people with sticks in the yard
Hitting just a little bit too hard
Making sure that everyone else is sharing in your pain
Tricking everyone who called you 'friend'
Thinking that their feelings are pretend
Acting like you've won when it's just you
Who thinks that friendship is a game
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3. |
Not So Bad
06:39
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I know that it's disturbing
It's what we have to do
The death of this forest
Is for the sake of revenue
I know it might seem depressing
But you know it's not so bad
It's just a few more acres
And there's money to be had
And I know it seems convincing
But the science stuff is fake
You shouldn't let it distract you
Cause you've got products to make
And you may be told otherwise
Don't believe what you've been shilled
Their facts don't match our opinions
And there's industry to build
It's not so bad.
Children of the future losing grip on their fragile lives as they waste away slowly
The soil is barren the lakes are toxic and there's no game to hunt
Parents dead from wars over scarce clean water
They're lucky if they scavenge some meager scrap every other day
But that's their problem
Not mine
Not mine
How can you care so much
For birds and trees and such?
Alive they're naught for the
Almighty economy
So what if they are killed
When quotas are fulfilled?
So what if we all die?
Money's worth more than life
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Winter
05:18
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The winter comes
As life numbs
Sheets of clouds hide the sun
The temperature drops
The crickets’ song stops
Streams of bitter cold run
The leaves fly
The plants die
Glazed in freezing rain
The cold stings
The fleeing birds’ wings
Abandoning a home that won’t sustain
I’m losing tread
A treacherous path lies ahead
I’m not sure that I can make it through
But a part of me knows
No matter what else comes and goes
I will find home in you
Cause I’ll fight the pain, I’ll make my stand
As long as you just hold my hand
I’ll sacrifice for your sake as much as my own
I’d rather suffer by your side
Than find a sheltered place to hibernate
Until the winter’s end alone
We’ll persevere through every storm
I won’t let go won’t have you torn from me
By the sudden gusts or slow erosion of time
The only thing that could keep us apart
Is if we lose each other in the dark
So let’s hold tight and let our dim lights shine
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5. |
What If You Did
03:10
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Every song and every movie
And every novel seem to say
That you don't know what you have until it's
Taken away
But what if you did, and it still hurt?
Because I treasured every moment
Of the life that I had made
I knew the little things were special and I
Was not afraid
To tell the truth of how I felt
When I could
So what if you did?
What if you took all the advice?
What if you did?
And when my sight of home was broken
By the horizon of the earth
It felt like I was wrapped up in a plastic sheet
Just getting tighter
Tighter
My heart raced but my limbs couldn't move
So maybe all the songs are bullshit
Maybe it hurts no matter what
And the only thing that we can do is
Bandage the cut
And try out best to let it heal
In time
So what if you did?
What if you took all the advice?
What if you did?
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Matthew Sandstrom
A human who loves making music.
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Amazing, eclectic record with fantastic songwriting and atmosphere. My all-time favorite album.
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