1. |
Thru the Skylight
03:27
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He tried to hibernate
He tried to face the doom
He tried to run away
Too far away, too soon
He made some overtures to
Step beyond the moon
Step beyond the moon and me
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It was over with
Before it had begun
He had to race the day
He had to race the sun
It was impossible
To do what he had done
To do what he had done to me
Chorus
Through the skylight
With a smile on his face
Through the skylight
He was gone with out a trace....
All of his seasons
Revolving into view
All of his anger
Arriving from the blue
If you can hear him
He's calling out to you
He's calling out to you and me
Chorus
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2. |
Birds of Appetite
03:29
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Please forgive me
For what I’ve brought
It comes with living
That some diseases must get caught
And my misfortune
I have made
It’s fuel for arson
And all around me it is laid
And I don’t want to be the one who tortures
And I don’t want to be the guilty forger
And I’ve partaken willing
And suffered the villainy
And gales of laughter coming
From the mouths of those who’ve tried to drag me down
Please for give me
If I cough
What it’s given
Is what’s need to get off
What subtle limit
Must be crossed
So the glimmer
Of illusion can be lost
Chorus
Don’t ever say I didn't warn you
Stale expressions I am born to
Despite defenses to prevent it
These lines keep coming true
Keep coming true
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3. |
Brenda's Theme
02:30
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Helpless in the iridescent sun outside
Feeling so familiar
And she’s smiling wide
How am I supposed to take it
How am I supposed to take it
Now that we
Respond to every accusation
Anxiously
Helpless in the iridescent sun outside
Feeling so familiar
And she’s smiling wide
Brenda
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4. |
All the Colors
03:50
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As the night would compress
The drunks no longer lingered on
We’d forgotten distress
No single gesture played out wrong
All of my findings
That add to this score
Completely unwinding
And failing me more
As the light coalesced
And sleep had tried to lead us on
The time was a guest
Who’d found a bed to lie upon
All of my findings
That add to this score
Completely unwinding
And failing me more
The hands that connect you
Are the hands that let go
Are the hands that land the fatal blow
And heads once in sleep they have cradled
Are now crowned in sores
All the colors
Have now come to light
Revealed to others
Who’ve squandered their sight
All the colors
All the colors
In a paint box
Close as brothers
Who’ve given up hoping since finding that luck can turn bad
Having swallowed an ocean to wind up adrift on dry land
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5. |
Baptism River
02:31
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Stuck in the middle, late in the winter
Waiting to play sacred heart
You asked a question about an intention
I misunderstood from the start
Sometimes the day just slips away
Then sometime later with drinks on the table
You mentioned your worrisome heart
I sensed your condition but no one would listen
You said you were falling apart
Sometimes the day just slips away
Sometimes the day just slips away
There’s no reason for this
It’s always just guessing
To feed the distractedness
Find and follow your bliss
Rising and shining
And letting the day slip away
So fast that the night can’t deliver
Still lost on a road near silver bay
Hit a deer by the baptism river
Some days, they just turn out that way
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6. |
Echo Park
03:59
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Right hand reappears from a pocket
Big man, empty land, an order to go
Order to go
No means or the dream of a profit
No plans in a land that's covered in snow
Covered in snow
Backpack and no one who can watch it
Nowhere to stay and nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
Tailpipes make a stand near the office
Driver side, left hand, step into the flow
Into the flow
Outside there's danger in waiting
Inside is place that I can't stay
If I could leave and know another place
Where a sun shines every day
I would spread my arms to catch the breeze
Then slowly float away
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7. |
Great Cardinal
03:53
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There’s never been a way to change you
There’s never been a way to calm down
A hammer blow to rearrange you
I’m so tired I have to lie down
After the lights
Had flickered out
You told me everything you dreamed about
Alone with you
I know the night is mine
A starling’s child is resting easy
A cardinal is nestled in down
The tiger Lily’s feeling sleepy
But Iris isn’t making a sound
After the lights
Had flickered out
You told me everything you dreamed about
Alone with you
I know the night is mine
Everyday and side by side
A blinking eye is opened wide
There’s work to do
It’s time to take the hint - surprise
No better time to simplify
It chases you
It erases you
It erases you
After the lights
Had flickered out
You told me everything you dreamed about
Alone with you
I know the night is mine
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You’re seeing angels everywhere
You don’t need to right the wrongs outside your bubble
You don’t care
They float away into the air
How quiet is the night?
Inside your house you stop and start the tape
That’s playing in your mind
You thoughts unravel and unwind
It doesn't matter that you've hurt me
I still feel the same for you
Would you ever bid goodnight unto the moon
And give it all up
If you could?
I might try and measure time out by the spoonful
If I was a better man I would
They all said that you were there
I looked around to see that I could find no trace
No sign or clue
All alone and still with you
It doesn't matter that it hurts me
I still feel the same for you
Chorus
Would you hold me like a kite
And let me float above the city of your hardship
In the night?
Don’t let me rise above the light
It doesn't matter how hurt me
I still feel the same for you
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9. |
Admiral of the Sea
02:12
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I am an admiral of the sea
And I'm known from far and wide inside the admiralty
What's this ahead, in front of me?
I am an admiral of the sea
I am an admiral of the land
And there's many men and armies under my command
When things are getting out of hand
Whoa, I am an admiral of the land
I am an admiral of the air
And I look at you when I fly by, I don't care
Look out, be careful, and beware
I am an admiral of the air
I am an admiral of the fire
But you probably could tell me by my black attire
Flames rising higher and higher
Oh, I am an admiral of the fire
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Anthony James Roos and the Red Quarters Minneapolis, Minnesota
Songs recorded in the basement late at night. Remote drumming by Keely Lane and Greg Eklund. Initial mixes/production by Pete Domeier. Final mixes/production by Taylor Lewin.
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