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longing in the mirror

by noah mclaughlin

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1.
single beat repeats rhyme inside but never out a drum a hand clap slowly building ocean waves wash away the messy dream 1, 2, 3 - nah, nah 4, 5, 6 - nah, nah gathering voices splendid parts of harmony unusual forms choirs unending in scale order to chaos in song 1, 2, 3 - nah, nah 4, 5, 6 - nah, nah a joyous refrain tender blossom petals fall on strings wounds too tight loose your silent song (your fear) this winds sings new life to you 1, 2, 3 - nah, nah 4, 5, 6 - nah, nah
2.
we came down from Satan's mountain the light of truth to shine amongst you we are mighty - our chorus legion we came down old fashioned miracles, old fashioned rhymes old fashioned miracles, all out of time we are mighty - our chorus legion our song is older than the Earth, than the sky we sing the half-truths you have forgotten we are mighty old fashioned miracles, old fashioned rhymes old fashioned miracles, all out of time we sing the half-truths you have forgotten we came down from Satan's mountain we are mighty - our chorus legion
3.
i want you to come over spread some of that death around i want you to read me the riot act i want you to take over spend me all about the town i want you to reign me in you know just what i mean you know just what i need you know just what i mean you got your crystal ball in me i want you to possess me sign away my soul to you i want you to drain away these blues i want you to undress me parade me about the room i want you to break me in you know just what i mean you know just what i need you know just what i mean you got your crystal ball in me
4.
i am looking at the sea it is staring back at me out here searching for the truth all i'm seeking is you i am wading through the stars tonight i've traveled so far the tide is still, the water gleams white light burns at every seam there is nothing left to say things will always be this way even when you come home to me i am looking at the sea i am listening to the moon she is singing out this tune i am staying up too late bit by bit succumb to fate the moon can wane to paper thin to match my soul without within the moon can rise and grow again the moon goes where i've never been there is nothing left to say things will always be this way even when you come home to me i am looking at the sea can you feel the ebb and flow? fall victim to the undertow let it take you where it goes two times up the third below
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susan 03:23
oh susan have you left me now my bright shining star oh susan what have i done has this worship gone too far oh susan have you gone for good? the path was narrow and it was steep oh susan where have you gone the night's too dark i cannot sleep oh susan would you be a dear hold my hand i am afraid but susan you are not here how would it be if you had stayed oh susan are you peaceful now no ropes to bind your limbs oh susan do you sleep at last the worms crawl out the worms crawl in oh susan is that you your voice is just like and angel near oh susan your touch your skin has seen better days my dear oh susan that's far enough don't hold my hand don't call my name oh susan you're just a ghost you have no heart you have no shame
6.
i stepped into my shoes they didn't fit like i wanted them to summer faded when it began took off running without a plan i missed my favorite season never thought to take it slow there's no excuse, there's no reason oh where did my summertime go? fall came on way too fast couldn't slow down this pace i had taken darkness arrived without notice closed my eyes as daylight was breakin' i missed my favorite season never thought to take it slow there's no excuse, there's no reason oh where did my summertime go? snow has covered all the streets frost on my lip and it's no longer sweet he put a ticket in my hand now i'm taking off to a far away land i missed my favorite season never thought to take it slow there's no excuse, there's no reason oh where did the summertime go? the sun on my skin is bliss i'm coming home to your warm honey kiss i missed my favorite season never thought to take it slow there's no excuse, there's no reason oh where did the summertime go?
7.
cakes 02:53
i like where i'm going with you it's not the same avenue i like how you're looking at me guess i just like being seen but i've got this theory you see your taste says a lot about me what flavor frosting preferred cut it up in quarters or thirds? so i wanna know about chocolate, vanilla or marble swirls are you a fondant, lava or creme-filled girl what is your favorite kind? do you take it decadent? or do you prefer it simple? you see the eyes are not the windows they say it's all about how you taste these days and i wanna know about chocolate, vanilla and marble swirls are you a fondant, lava and creme-filled girl what is your favorite kind? do you take it with coffee or tea? would you take it anywhere with me? do you like lemon or coffee or any of these with a fork with your fingers however you please just tell me about chocolate, vanilla or marble swirls? are you a fondant, lava or creme-filled girl carrot, or sponge or velvet red short or tall, baby, or on the table or bed? what is your favorite kind?
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Mon amour a volé loin à vivre bel dans les nuages. La matinée elle saluait pour s'échapper aux petits sages. Des longs jours ai-je travaillé pour la garder dans un cage d'or, Mais à travers des barres si belles, cet oiseaux lançait son essor. Elle est la reine des rossignols, sa voix un air trop vértueux. Elle filera entre voiles jalouses des hommes planqués mais désireux. Et lorsqu'elle plâne on l'admire: nos plus beaux rêves de honte rougissent. Ses ailes, sa taille, un arc sans faille; les hommes, la terre: tous sous elle glissent Des larmes lourdes mes compagnons et parties sont les journées gaies. Ô, quand va-t-elle me revenir ? Hélas ! jamais je ne saurais. J'attends, j'écoute, je me torture, tout seul je traîne dans les rues, Aux jardins vides, aux jardins nus, de toute sa beauté dépourvus. Comment ce manque remplirai-je, ce manque atroce que nul ne voit ? Qui d'autre connaît autant de peine ? Qui pourrait me dire un mot ? Le silence, comment l'accomplirai-je? À qui mon amour j'enovie ? Dois-je feindre de l'oublier, cette chanson grise que nul n'entend ? Ou dois-je suivre triste OEdipe, qui s'aveuglait face à son lot ? Ô pas un mot! Ô pas un son ! Au jardin vide je l'attends
9.
up/down 03:03
look to the heavens - what do you see? nothing but blue skies raining down on me rain down on me listen to the wind - what do you hear? nothing but white noise where angels fear tread where angels fear look up to the sky look down on me look up to the sky reach out to the void - what do you feel? your soul could slip away on even keel sail on even keel bite down on the flesh - it's not a sin we all are cannibals, we all fit in we all fit in look up to the sky look down on me look up to the sky
10.
little equations running wild across my dreams never solve themselves set the limits well follow arcs parabolic calculate the rate will descent and speed tremble before the abstract comfort of symbols proximity the careful count of distance to heart-ache abridged
11.
who are you now what do you know where have you been when will you show how can i learn why you went away your lips so tight just like that day these are my questions this my cave these are my questions these are my chains who were we then what did we know where were we going when you didn't show how long to wait why you never came your reasons now are not the same who do you think you're talking to what lame excuse are you pushing through when did your soul finally slip away how did this love you so betray? these are my questions this my cave these are my questions
12.
i am eating a wasp i am swallowing my pride i am stinging from a loss i am taken for a ride the girl who played with fire should have never been left near the matches the girl who stole my heart should have kept it soft on a pillow how long have i known you? why didn't i see this coming? you were making me whole you were soothing all my wounds you were patching up my soul you were changing my tune the man who played with fire he will always come and burn all his bridges the man who lost his heart will always keep it out - yours for the taking how long have i known you? why didn't i see this coming?
13.
solstice 02:59
crooked as the path less traveled serpent tongues the river winding ancient tales of words unbinding in our dreams we are unraveled all night long the miller grinding sleep not grain his crafting makes how we burn for holy cakes that final taste that light so blinding take sup now with pagan stakes dance and sing ‘neath summer moons dread the trod of suns too soon live and love before you wake for long have we at hot stars marveled bled and fought their secrets finding crooked as the path less traveled all fears now with you take hecate mother serpent croons: live and love before you wake
14.
hard landing 03:39
my mother said to me: you don't know what you're doing, boy my father confessed: i don't know what you're doing, boy my brother complained to me: i don't know what i'm doing here but my lover whispered sweet: i love what you're doing & it's gonna be a hard landing tonight just you wait & see everything's gonna turn out all right my friend charlie said a poet is like an albatross who glides above the waves that men so roughly toss but bring it to the deck & it might as well be lame my friend charlie said: i don't want to play their game yeah, it's gonna be a hard landing tonight but just you wait & see, chuck everything's gonna turn out all right just you dream aloft all those dying thoughts just take to the air you're no longer there you know i dream at night about hank, babe & cobb my good friends dimaggio & beara, boys, we're gonna rob that other team of dreamers of their joy tonight just step up to the plate & knock that pitch right out of sight & it's gonna be a hard landing tonight just you wait & see everything's gonna turn out all right

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music and lyrics released 2011 under creative commons attribution-sharealike (CC BY-SA 3.0) creativecommons.org

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released April 22, 2011

all songs composed, produced and performed by noah mclaughlin except lyrics for “no excuse, no reason” by shay and drums on “plato's shadows” by hammersmith

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Derrick Tyson (flickr.com/photos/derricksphotos)
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Lance Ramoth (lanceramoth.com)

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Appalachian distortion, folk samples, and ancient myths.

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