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Love lies waiting
In treetops, in meadows
Creeps through the tall plains
Nothing for us to regain
Flawless spectrum
Colors flying, martyrs dying
Spying on the timing
But are you lying?
Cost for inspection
Reflection in this section
Of time and time's gone
Faster than you and I
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Juxtapose a way of long ago
Project into a screen of today
You'll see what I'm saying
You're in the presence of the pointless
There's a cat on the hot tin roof
Create another speedway in your mind
Such a metaphoric waste of space
Existing in such a tiny place
Cover your face with anything
Keep yourself safe
'Cause it'll never slip through your hands
You're in the presence of the pointless
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Of Orange Iridium
03:06
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The flowers think you look good today
Smile for the camera, say cheese
Reluctant observant returning so soon
A reminder of yet another head gloom
The salt and pepper mingle
About the obsequious dressing on the salad
Of black spot of licorice
And of orange iridium
Looming above a prospect of nothingness
And then the clock sounds
People go running around
It's chaos
But it's organized hell
Creeping around the downtown
Making itty bitty rounds
Inside a bubble
That's close to bursting
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Singing for an audience
One that has disappeared
Guitar on your back
Pick up the slack
You've got a melody
Running round in your head
About a turnstile mobile
Above some baby's bed
Yet no one knows you
And no one has seen you
Pass by here
Before
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Last Moment You Go Over
02:10
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Scintillating, aggravating
It's all a game of cat and mouse
Incubating, not relating
To anyone, just pop goes the weasel
It's the last moment
You choose to go over
Choose to go over
Choose to return to
Can't you be here in the sunlight
It's all a plane on graph paper
Superman is counting down
The last use of his kryptonite
It's the last second
You wish you went over
Wish you went over
Today and tomorrow and next week and next year and next ...
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Green Typhoon
03:20
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As it spins
You see a hexagonal lobe
Of tyranny and disdain
Of the things here than remain
I flew over the cuckoo's nest
Fresh out of the green typhoon
Rubbernecker on a double decker
But you're nothing but a star trekker
Dictate a life upon
Which seagulls talk and sulk
Angrily toward a target
That hasn't yet appeared
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Mr. Chromium
01:42
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Mr. Chromium
You've got a little too much on your plate
Going away onto another date
Mr. Chromium
Little box of fears
Listen and you'll see what I hear in there
Nothing's real, yet everything's there
Mr. Chromium
Safety without numbers
It's a game to play yourself right now
Sight upon a golden age
Mr. Chromium
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Talon #22
02:49
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Follow your heart
But don't go deeper
Than the surface
Of that water
It's shallow, yet it's not
Who can take that shot?
In case something
Happens down there
Forget about the talons
We're on twenty-two
Can you take a deep breath?
Can you do it for you?
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The first time you pretend
Is the last time you can send
Away for some prosthetic head
To sing your way into
The first time you contend
For the things you hold so dear
Please don't come that near
To my baby
The first time you will bend
Backwards for your love
And forwards for your sanity
Is the last time you contend
The heart no longer fends
Keeps it quiet in there
But why do you have to bend ...
The first time you pretend?
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While you may not try
As hard as they'd like
I've seen you cry
About things you can't control
Too many things
Have gone wrong in this town
Just paint the town brown
And call it blue
Simple for me
Yet hard for you to do
Can't you see that
I've been trying too?
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Through all the days
And the silhouettes
Through all the ways
I've tried to reset
With faith in store
For another man
Just slam that door
'Till they're quiet
It won't just happen
It won't just appear
Remember the things you hold
Remain to be so dear
In the presence of this land
Is a very wise mistake
Leave now while you can
Or forever sink in the sand
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Traces
02:28
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Traces in the sand
Looks like you left
your mind behind
In the traces from your hand
Blinding silhouettes
Of things you'll never find
Traces of a land
Seems too soon to be gone
Like the traces from a can
Horoscopes and magic lay on the lawn
Can't you see it's over now?
Go to bed
Traces in the clouds
Tapestries of rainbows in your head
Spirit of the crowds
Go to bed
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[Instrumental]
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Beau Collector
01:27
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Beau collector... (x.ad infinitum)
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Shapes
02:22
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Twenty years has rolled so fast
Didn't used to think it would last
Take my time going down to you
'Cause in this day and age, there ain't much to do
Shapes like a firestorm
Lurching in the darkness
A moonstone touched by gold
Shapes like another day
Smile kindly
Don't remind me
We'll come right back again
Spirit tosses
Toward all the losses
Remember me back home
Going round
To pick up a sound
I've grown to like, then love
Keep driving
'Cause I won't be arriving
In your arms again
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Charity of the Lonely
03:20
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A trophy of sorrow
A mind full of debt
Careful what you wish for
The best person I've ever met
A litany of anger
'Cause nothing's okay
Feeling kind of funny
Why do I feel this way?
This charity of the lonely
Will not long exist
But you and I, my friend
Will crawl through the mist
(Chorus)
Who is coming down to the superland?
Who is coming down to the pain of it, I said
Who is leaving?
Don't leave me standing here
'Cause it's time for bed
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Song for the Soiled
01:47
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[Instrumental]
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Beyond
02:52
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There's another world out there
It's waiting for you to arrive
While nobody ever said it was fair
You're standing here well and alive
Mystery unfolds like a blanket
Beyond the colors of the day
Butterfly turns its head to the sun
Oh, how I wish I could be there
Beyond the colors of day
Seems like an etching of sound
Silence quilted meadows of red
Here's an idea: let's go on a trip
A daydream of sorts to fly high
Beyond the colors of the day
Of the day
Capture a frame, a moment
In times like this you'll see why (of the day)
Retelling a story told only before
And beyond the colors of day
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Paradigm Shifting
03:33
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Gravity sneaks like a powerball
Paradigm shifts inside the wall
Still nobody knows when to call
A terrorized fear down that hall
Paradigm shifting, paradigm shifting
Whether the nights take over
And daytimes refuse
Could be the presence of the pointless
Or another "so what" moment
Paradigm, paradigm, paradigm shifting
Shifting
Paradigm shifting
You failed out of high school
But what does it mean?
A total advertisement
On the popular scene
Crazy in love
Can be as soft as a dove
Paradigm shifts inside the wall
Still not sure what to be afraid of
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In the presence of the pointless ...
You'll see what I'm saying
You're in the presence of the pointless
Oh, there's a cat on the hot tin roof
Create another speedway in your mind
Such a metaphoric waste of space
Existing in such a tiny place
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Evan Schafer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
My name is Evan Schafer. I am an indie musician with a strong grounding in traditional composition, but the material always has a unique flair. I guarantee not being bored out of your gourd when turning on one of the records. I produce, mix, and engineer everything myself, and have done so since late 2005. ... more
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