1. |
I Used to Be a Singer
02:57
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I used to be a singer
Bumping around in the astral plane
Picking up astral trash
to polish it up again
Drifting like a shell
It’s like trying to recall a dream you had
Every detail brings you further away
I lost all my credentials
I lost my compass and my map
I never lost my sense of wonder
There were other ways to get back
But don’t you know there’s a world out there
(Only getting further)
The sounds of waves and moving air
(Drifting from the dream)
Ever changing ripples
Where the water meets the sand
Infinite patterns
Regeneration in the sand
But when the tide returns in it’s own good time
It pools at your feet
And soon it’s at your knees
Soon you’re swimming around in it all
Lost in the weeds
Maybe you want to hurry
Maybe you want to take your time
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2. |
Too Kind
03:02
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You’re too kind and trusting
You give away too much for nothing I’ve got to hand it to your mom and dad
But it leaves you with nothing
Out in the open
And brings you almost no returns
Bathed and changed and coddled and towelled Warm and soft not made to be challenged
The world is broken mirrors
Traps and triggers
And cold blood pools in the kindest eyes
But a mercy killing
Oh that’s another thing
Compassionate and loving
And blood like that is spilled every day
Lost and found and claimed by a stranger
Swaddled and sheltered and kept from danger
But your victories have been hard won
Something to rely on
When fear is the only card you have
Life will pass in the blink of an eye
Born and raised and left to die
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3. |
Call of the Tired
03:19
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Your mind was broken
You spirit was beat
You spilled like a fruit stand on a hot city street
Hover and whistle
Flutter and sigh
They won’t hear you
They won't even hear you and why should they?
The birds belittle your song
Your energy ripples
It flows into mine
I follow your rhythms
I follow your rhythms in time
I wanted to follow the sound
The call of the weary
The song of the tired
An ode to the weak and the uninspired
And the birds belittle your song
The birds don’t care
If the earthquakes rage
They hover in flight
Printed right off the page
A gentle breeze blows
The clothes on the line
A flag of surrender
A flag of relief in unseasonable time
I wanted to follow the sound
The call of the weary
The song of the tired
An ode to the weak and the uninspired
And the birds belittle your song
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4. |
Time to Burn
03:36
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There’s time to burn
There’s time to burn
There’s time to notice anything that won’t return
Lose control
Just lose control
Tear the pages from the book and let them go
The shape of it
The silhouette
It hasn’t even stepped into the light just yet
There’s time to burn
It’s always late
And never late
The sound it makes when it crackles underneath the flame
There’s time to burn
There’s time to burn
The shape of it
The silhouette
It hasn’t even stepped into the light just yet
There’s time to burn
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5. |
Harmonize the Moon
03:24
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You’ll come around in the warmer weather
Show your face feel much better
It’s just an unheard sound
A season that hasn't come
See your face in the dirty mirror
Squint your eyes see it clearer
It’s just scattered clouds muddy rainbows no hard rain no caustic wind blows
Harmonize the moon
Sing the tidal tune like the oceans do
Harmonize the moon
Tones of purple and blue
Cloud curtains open wide
Home alone in the early winter
Furnace quiet dusky shiver
Once the light goes blue
the orange and yellows fade
Summer love is always with you
Feel its warmth let it kiss you
If the sun will allow the passing of time
Underneath it’s eyes
Harmonize the moon
Sing the tidal tune like the oceans do
Harmonize the moon
Tones of purple and blue
Cloud curtains open wide
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6. |
In the Waiting Room
03:28
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In the waiting room
Fluorescence on your skin
Flickering through
The mind’s eye
I’ve been flipping through
Donated magazines
Ten ways to get thin
How to please your man
How to save your skin
Tell me what to do
Whisper it into my ear
If you had a dream that came true
Sitting here on hold
Left out in the cold
Menu option’s wrong
Call back later on
You’ll be waiting all your life
Tell me what to do
Whisper it into my ear
If you had a dream that came true
If you had a dream
Time is just a thread
Through a blinking eye
It’s painfully slow
Through everything we know
Tell me what to do
Whisper it into my ear
If you had a dream that came true
If you had a dream that came true
If you had a dream that came true
If you had a dream
If you had a dream
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7. |
Valley
02:58
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Do you walk along the valley
Tracing the spine of the earth
You’ll be of service to nobody
If a slip should claim a solid foot
Do you want to be the kind of soul who can’t get up
When the pendulum swings and knocks you down?
You see a row of trees around you
A silhouette against the sky
A kaleidoscope of blue and black
A bruise in your eye
Do you want to be the kind of soul who can’t get up
When the pendulum swings and knocks you down?
When the pendulum swings and knocks you down
Do you want to be the kind of soul who can’t get up
When the pendulum swings and knocks you down?
When the pendulum swings and knocks you down
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8. |
You Can Relax
03:15
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You can relax
You can’t worry about the the things you can’t imagine
You can’t suffer all the consequence in advance
Push all your burdens to the back
You can relax
You can carry yourself with complete abandon Differentiate the questions from the answers
And trust the curvature of memories in time
Oh you never really know
Oh you never really know until you get to where you’re going
You paved the way
You led the crowd by your own example
With no army no crown and no castle
Just the cool collected sovereignty of love
Oh you never really know
Oh you never really noticed us
You can relax
You can’t memorize a recipe for magic
Don’t go sifting through the ashes of the tragic
For convalescing memories
Oh you never really know
Oh you never really know until the feedback is out of control
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9. |
Bathed in Light
03:22
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Bathed in light bathed in light
Bathed in light bathed in light
Devoid of metaphor strangely loud
Out in the open it’s obvious now
Bathed in light bathed in light
Do me a favour make it obscure
Make no mistake that I’ll ever be sure
Bathed in light bathed in light
A mosquito that lands on the tip of your nose
A midnight intruder that the floodlights expose
Bathed in light bathed in light
Bathed in light bathed in light
Crackles and sparks that jump from the fire
Errant tones that stray from the choir
Bathed in light bathed in light
Running in circles spinning in air
A moment in time catching the glare
Bathed in light bathed in light
Paint me a picture in mysterious tones
Awash in pigment from sources unknown
So much to look at so little to see
Bathed in light bathed in light
Bathed in light bathed in light
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10. |
Why Don't You Stay?
02:55
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Why don’t you stay
And throw stones in the lake?
Time’s an illusion
The waves barely moving
Slowly enough to forget where we were
Since you’ve been away
I spend by time
Wasting away
In the very best way
In a slow dial of days and nights
One by one collect them from the sand
Side by side we give it all we can
The key to my brain
Is stuck in the lock
Stuck on a loop
Stuttering too
Give it a turn and loosen the screws
One by one collect them from the sand
Side by side we give it all we can
So many songs
Go on too long
Stuck on a loop
Simple rhymes abused
They sound like they think the world’s listening
So why don’t you stay
And throw stones in the lake?
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Michael Feuerstack Montreal, Québec
Montreal-based song-maker, musician and producer Michael Feuerstack (fka Snailhouse) has built an ever growing archive of crooked and beautiful songs. Live and on record, Feuerstack’s panoramic and literate song-craft can be heard in many forms, transcending boundaries with his unmistakable voice and unique perspective hovering between humour and heartbreak. ... more
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