1. |
Hypnagogiacs
06:43
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Hypnagogiacs
In the key of C
Confusion as I open my eyes
Have mercy, what has happened here?
Sirens in the city streets
And the money's all gone
I'm a guilty man
But my conscience is clear
Strange words
A breath in my ear
Mmm...what has happened here?
Who told the cops where to find me?
I don't even know what I've done
Fear in the humid air
And blood on my hands
You want murder?
Man, this is one
A strange heart
A memory undone
Mmm...there ain't nowhere to run
Don't you know... gravity
Is a slow and certain collapse
Let go...memory
The graceful decay of the past
(Instrumental Break)
I've been here before with these people
But this is not how I remember the place
There's a strange light
It don't fall right
Another hollow amnesiac's face
Don't you know... gravity
Is a slow and certain collapse
Let go... memory
The graceful decay of the past
Don't you know... gravity
Gravity can't last
Let go... memory
A shadow that will never be cast
Let go... memory
Ooo...
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2. |
A Ragged Syonara
04:52
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A Ragged Sayonara
In the key of G
The steam rises up from the pavement
And dissipates into the blue
And the shadows recede every evening
There’s nothing you can do
Nothing you can do
Every song fades away in an instant
No matter how strong or how true
Like the snow we remember from December
Come spring there was nothing left of you
Nothing left of you
Sayonara, I'm falling
Falling like every dreamer does
Through the dark haze of the aether
A barely perceptible pause
Sayonara! Like poison...
...a shadow grows into my face
The mercury passes right through me
Translucent and fragile as lace
OPERATIC ARIA
Sayonara, alone and forsaken
A silence you can never reverse
Exposed to the lightning
On the hollow crust of the Earth
Sayonara, the light does something
(Something here)
That shelters us from fear
Hallelujah, the light shines through ya
Sayonara, we were never here
Sayonara, we were never here
Sayonara…
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3. |
The Ransom Note
01:19
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The Ranson Note
(Lyrics to be recited backwards)
Confusion on the factory floor
Have mercy, this is not what we planned
No steam in the turbine
And the money's all gone
A ransom note in the shop steward's hand
Strange words, a list of demands
We don't understand
Who brought this plague to my people
Who pulled this family apart
Fear in the humid air
South Carolina
If war comes this is where it will start
We don't recognize the shape of this heart
This mercury heart
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4. |
Giant Skeleton House
03:51
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Giant Skeleton House
In the key of G
There's no shelter in the sockets of this empty face
There ain’t a bone in the frame that you can trust
And that hollow place in the rib cage?
That's where the heart once was
There are birds in these bones and they’re singin’
A warnin’ as the day turns to dusk
There's no reason to glance at the vacant sky
Overcast where the heart once was
Blood blood in the bottle
Wine wine in the vein
Pour pour that secret
Down down down the drain
The harmony was true but it's forgotten
As if it was never sung
And the silence hangin’ in the rib cage?
That's where the song once hung
You can still feel a tremor in the collarbone
The shoulder blade seems to buzz
And the echo you hear at the keyhole?
That's just what the music does
Blood blood in the bottle
Wine wine in the vein
Pour pour that secret
Down down down the drain
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5. |
Dressful of Dreams
05:18
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Dressful of Dreams
In the key of Dm
Amnesia sets in
At the moment of birth
Like the smell of the rain
When it hits dry earth
The seeds of forgetfulness
Like a face in the steam
A bowlful of lightning
And a dressful of dreams
And you can hear...
Your blood moving
The shadow of confusion
A brittle heart exposed
You can feel the insects moving
In the fibers of your clothes
So you pull it from the shoulder
And you hold it down with pins
And there's a static charge in the atmosphere
Just before the storm begins
And you can hear...
Your blood moving
You can hear...
Your blood
Suspended for a moment
In the silver light
Something flickers briefly
At the edge of your sight
In that instant of silence
As you leave the ground
And you can hear your blood
Moving through you
But that's the only sound
SILENT BRIDGE
We opened up the windows
To the winter air
Sorting through the ashes
But there's nothing there
We set the place on fire
Even though it was our home
Sifting through the ashes
The kind of work you do when you're alone
And you can hear...
Your blood moving
You can hear...
Your blood moving
You can hear....
Your blood, your blood
Your blood, your blood
That's the only sound
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6. |
A Surgical Solution
02:55
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A Surgical Solution
In the key of Am
There's a mysterious procedure…
A crooked thought uncurled...
A surgical solution from the ancient world
Strange words are carved into the tongues of the people
And they carry the message through their days
The language is savage…
With a purpose unclear
Suspended in the silence of the place
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7. |
Strange Words
05:43
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54 New Words
In the key of Am
Nobody knows why there's a crack in the weather
Nobody even has a clue
There's a human heart beating in the silence
The only thing a human heart can do
I have a faint recollection of the feeling
And a pattern on the skin beneath my sleeve
When the lightning strikes it stays here forever
When the lightning strikes here it don't leave
Don't you understand me?
Don't you understand?
Don't you have understand these Strange words?
With a promise of redemption
The language falls apart
Don't you recognize this strange heart?
Strange...so strange
BRIDGE CHANT
When the flashes light up this blue corner
They leave another stone in the field
And I suppose the sunken earth before them
Must be where the people kneeled, where they kneeled
When the darkness comes we'll be ready for it next time
Eventually we know it will return
When the ashes form the shape of a body
That's the only language we learn, strange words
Don't you understand me?
Don't you understand?
Don't you have understand these Strange words?
With a promise of redemption
The language falls apart
Don't you recognize this strange heart?
Strange...so strange
OUTRO
Strange...so strange
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8. |
Amnesiac's Grace
05:07
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Amnesiac's Grace
in the Key of C
I've been here before with these people
But it's an unfamiliar face
A nightmare dissolves into the body
the calcium will be displaced
Like a blank dream
In the bloodstream
Amnesia spreads its grace
Gravity, memory
Everything has been erased
Gravity, memory
Everything has been erased
Gravity, memory
Everything...
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The Bipeds Durham, North Carolina
The Bipeds is a dance-theater company and rock & roll band under the artistic direction of dancer/choreographer Stacy Wolfson and banjo player/ songwriter Curtis Eller.
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