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twin roots
02:41
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once we had long roots
now we have no roots
now we just don't grow roots
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brambled
01:52
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you left me brambled
my brains came out
I fell into my death while you walked about
I'm in the hedges
I'm in the soil
I will give you some meat
when the water boils
but you're not here to find me, dear
I'm in the brambles
I'm in your brain
I'll fall into your sleep when your sleep is drained
I'll find you in the grayest place you can go
but you won't know
'cuz you're too dimwitted to guess
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have you heard the fraying yarn?
she is outside in the cold
she is praying in the barn
watching as the rafters mold
have you heard the torrid tale?
she hid it where it won't be found
she hid it underneath a bale
heavy on the frozen ground
have you heard the whispered words?
she's been speaking with the owls
she's been speaking with the birds
they say "who?"
she says "no one now."
only the owls have been heard to inquire
as to the contents of the fire
all else is shuddering whispers about
the depth and the shape of the shadow of doubt
have you heard the things they say?
she smiles in the mornings now
she even laughed the other day
when Johnny cried to kill a cow
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a moon (for want of you)
01:30
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every second I did not drag my life
writhing into yours
I was splitting us at the root
so that our children's' children will be aliens to each other
I have forsaken the land
of our prosperity
I have been a poor patriot for you
one willing to suffer
but not to fight
sometimes what I regret most is elusive
sometimes it's the person I have been without you
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ghost song
02:49
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carry the spirit on your back
shuffle on down the track
the river's running down your spine
the spirit's dry
the spirit's fine
take care of the ghost
(the night is very long)
don't forget the ghost
(listen to his song)
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tube of mirrors
02:12
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you just blew my mind
through my head
and through a tube of mirrors
won't you watch the time go by with me?
and travel through a portal
to the seventh circle of hell?
a little flash of light in my head
a little flash of light
in my head
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distant laughter
03:16
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instrumental
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take me on a long trip
my momma always said
not to listen if god does decide to say something.
cultural differences.
(and all that kinda shit)
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brambled (reprise)
01:38
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instrumental edit
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secret south Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
near-silences and secrets between trees.
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