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Paper Rose

by Dusk Blooms

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1.
Crash 05:00
Crash Calm, blue ocean Window open Breeze is blowing And the waves keep crashing They just keep crashing They’re always crashing on us Self-same ocean Tempest growing Always knowing That the waves keep crashing They just keep crashing They’re always crashing on us Is it really any better at all? Is it really any better at all? Is it really any better at all? And the waves keep crashing They just keep crashing They’re always crashing on us
2.
The Fall 04:30
The Fall On any day Each and every day the world’s a lottery Billions left to make Something of the prejudice and poverty Where on the left are fake flights of fancy framed in ideology Alongside fear and hate Monetised, a lie as old as Man Though we face the dawn From atop the wall When borderlines are drawn You can’t delay the fall And it takes Everything we are and makes us enemies Thunderous its praise Resounds inside the echo chamber endlessly And all is swept away Reason surfs a tide of agnotology Voices call to wake But wilfully we slumber on, untrue Though we face the dawn From atop the wall When borderlines are drawn You can’t delay the fall
3.
Flames and Rays Feeling like I’m holding on too tight Feeling like I’m holding on too tight I sat you down; we watched the flames they tear away along the ground A long way down It holds me down below the sunlight’s rays where I’m chained A long way down In the end it’s only whispers Butterflies and lonely whimpers Still I sing a song of distress And I never stop to breathe
4.
Paper Rose 04:48
Paper Rose Two stole an old boat From stony shore to shining sea And folded over The paper creases carefully Each holds the other Into the air they throw a seed The rose will open along the currents, free And so the story goes A lonely paper rose Through stormy undertow A world beyond control Some nights I dream of The dark and cold of ocean floor On others I’m shown A swift return to stony shore And every now and then, I dream: A tiny island in the sun A beach of roses I like that one And so the story goes A lonely paper rose Through stormy undertow A world beyond control
5.
Rio 04:23
6.
Sand 04:53
Sand I followed an old man Followed him into a strange land Swallowed by oceans of white sand Into the night It’s all just sand In my hand And the fool in me Does more demand A promise of bounty Found in a city of industry "Float down the river", he told me But don’t ask me why It’s all just sand In my hand And the fool in me Does more demand
7.
Walls 03:57
Walls I rise with no shine Jogging a line between Myrtle and Park The bottles of wine No friends of mine, I won’t miss them at all You’ll be a father in time But where is that line and when do you discover All of the secrets of life? I know they’re not here in the cold And I won’t know ‘Til the day it comes, oh The city won’t show Its walls have no ears In bookstores and bars No tales bizarre I just hear whispers in corners Search subway and chase down the evening star I just burn ribcage and all Where are the secrets you hold? A city so old, bound in bricks, bones and silent To all of the birds I must seem A fool with his face to the wall And I won’t know ‘Til the day it comes, oh The city won’t show Its walls have no ears And I won’t know ‘Til the day it comes, oh The city won’t show Its walls have no ears The city won’t show The city won’t show The city won’t show
8.
The Last Wave Blue sky to the sea floor I never asked for This much to bite off, in spite of what you see I shut my eyes off My own jet fighter The speed of light, out in a meteor storm And when you’re asked When time is up Was it safer here In a mind shut off And when I wonder if there’s anything wrong I know I’ll miss me when I’m gone C4 on the blast door In case I’m asked for A world outside of which I’d vowed to never see I step outside of This old jet fighter Too old to doubt my everything And when you’re asked When time is up Was it safer here In a mind shut off And when I wonder if there’s anything wrong I know I’ll miss me when I’m gone But until the last wave comes ashore You won’t know Someone turned the light off Someone turned the light off And when you’re asked When time is up Was it safer here In a mind shut off And when I wonder if there’s anything wrong I know I’ll miss me when I’m gone
9.
Across the Sea I don’t suppose you’re on your way Could I convince you all to stay? And you say On and on and on it goes But you can’t stay long On and on and on it goes And your faith is wrong Come and sit across from me Tell your tale, I’ll pour some tea And you say On and on and on it goes But your faith is wrong On and on Hold on to the ordinary Read my your obituary Walk me through your cemetery Maybe we all just float across a sea Or maybe we’re all just stuck in a machine I don’t know, I don’t care It’s not like you’ve been there On and on A hope of gold a world of grey I don’t propose you turn away I won’t say On and on and on it goes That your faith is wrong On and on Hold on to the ordinary Read my your obituary Walk me through your cemetery Maybe we all just float across a sea Or maybe we’re all just stuck in a machine I don’t know, I don’t care It’s not like you’ve been there On and on
10.
Split Silhouette Where the sky meets the road Let the pink caress the gold If only for a while A little tired, truth be told And though your fingers are cold You take my hand and smile Twist in the wind my butterfly In the midst of the fading light, oh How did it all come to this? Where the trees greet the sea I’ve never seen you look so free A diamond in the sand Forever warm inside your heart A warmth withholding; a warmth apart From your cold hands Twist in the wind my butterfly In the midst of the fading light, oh How did it all come to this? A split silhouette under Southern sky We’ll grow old and dignified, oh How will it all end?
11.
Avalanche 03:07
Avalanche A night in an alleyway Hunched in the cold A ride in an ambulance I’m 19 years old Scream down the mountainside An ocean of snow Riding the avalanche how fast you go Dream you’re the only one To rage against the storm And all bitter days are won When drowned anew Hiding in memories Smoking a bowl Laughing at anything I’m 30 years old I once rode an avalanche Out of control I bear the scars But wouldn’t change a thing at all Dream you’re the only one To rage against the storm And all bitter days are won When drowned anew You set a course for the sun But chose the cold below You’re under a million tonnes of tundra snow Dream you’re the only one To rage against the storm And all bitter days are won When drowned anew You set a course for the sun But chose the cold below You’re under a million tonnes of tundra snow
12.
Fingertips/Dawn It’s cold Fingertips around a bowl Pins and needles The morning sun Slowly shifts behind the fog I’d better go Running on apathy, better force it out Or I’ll float around ‘til dusk I promised you everything Metaphors and all that turns to rust The feel Fingertips behind the wheel But you’re standing still Start the engine, my friend You’re better off just seeing where it ends And the sun’s out again Running on apathy, better force it out Or I’ll float around ‘til dusk I promised you everything Metaphors and all that turns to rust

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released March 29, 2017

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