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I Saw the Wheel
04:47
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I woke up on the highway (your number's up now!)
cold and clear (concealed)
I Saw the Wheel.
Everything folds! Standing like a tower, crawling 'cross the floor.
The slow sun coming down.
The slow sun coming down heavy.
Below there is a fountain (heaven's just a cloud!)
and seven seals revealed.
I Saw the Wheel.
Coming home drunk and sleeping on the counter, opening the door.
The whole thing's coming down.
The whole thing's coming down heavy.
OBLIVION, BREATH OF THE WORLD
LEFT TO DIE IN A WAVE OF TOTAL ISOLATION
OBLIVION, CLOAK AND KNIFE, BLOOD ON THE LINE
A GIVING WEIGHT OF TOTAL DESOLATION.
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Oblivion Banter
00:56
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3. |
Stranger to the One
03:51
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Oblivion! The stars are shining for him. The night just rolls away.
In my heart I keep a place for him sometimes.
The light just rolls away sometimes, I don't know.
Hung up on a young low and pushed aside like a child.
They put you out like a dog and I don't know if there's time
to slow it down, to stop it now.
Heaven's Just a Cloud.
So I write it down for later. Feels like I wander all the while in dreams.
How long will I feel like a stranger to the one who loves me?
Sometimes I don't know.
Hung up on a young low and pushed aside like a child.
They put you out like a dog and I don't know if there's time to slow it down.
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4. |
Proven Water Rites
02:55
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Remember me, when I'm free I'll be easy.
Nothing bothers me. I hear everything.
Carved out of light like something caught on fire.
The sun dies and follows you inside.
Proven Water Rites! Cast everything aside.
If I say this nine times in time it could bring me back to life.
Remember me when you wake up in the morning,
and when you bare your teeth, put your feet up on the ceiling.
Stayed up all night just waiting on the line.
The sunlight comes pouring down the sides.
Proven Magic Rites! Sweep everything outside.
If I say this nine times in time it could bring me back to life.
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5. |
Here Comes My Man
03:15
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Long in the teeth and born of a signet ring.
Canine and crown, gold from a dozen mouths.
Night will find his hand in my bag.
Here comes my man.
Meet me at dawn, son of the morning star.
Sigil and seal, I know the devil is real!
Every night he walks in my camp.
Here comes my man.
The light rises up and covers the ground. It calms me down.
Roses on the lawn sing for the sun. Come back as one!
Caught in a Dream!
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6. |
Olive Branch
08:18
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Night came hard and took me in the garden.
The lawn matted down all of my hair!
Hidden driver, the sun is coming down above our house.
Open mind, I've been with you all the time, bending and bright like a diamond,
braided like a flower that we twist into a fine crown.
Show me where they cut him down.
Second son, your day will come bathed in mud and royal blood,
golden arrow pokin' out of your lung.
If I seem distracted, I don't know why. I'm always listening,
but I saw something glowing, bending and bright like a diamond.
We ripen in the sun, wandering and drunk.
Olive Branch & Brown Dove.
Golden Soul, sharpen your sword and cut me from my mortal coil.
Seven strangers hiding up on the road.
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7. |
Heaven's Just a Cloud
07:46
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Are you proud? Are you honest?
Heaven's just a cloud! It opens up whenever you ask it.
Are you kind? Are you listening?
Heaven is the sound crying loud over the high wind.
But time is on your side! Planning your garden, watching it die,
and come back as flowers.
I washed our clothes. I bought us a garden gnome.
It's funny how the ground just opens up whenever you ask it.
Golden Soul, how long are you coming home?
My love is a shroud now, burning out over the highway.
But time is on your side! Planning your garden, watching it die,
and come back as flowers.
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Golden Soul
03:48
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Golden Soul, I saw your shadow from the road!
Both your eyes were closed but you were beckoning me forward.
Then you were gone! Where did you go?
Singing Stone, I lost your track out in the snow,
and now the night is hanging low. Spirit soaks my clothes.
Soaks them in wine, water, and woad.
Made a fire in the ashes, couldn't see at all!
Little light, what comes at night? Where is my friend?
Golden Soul, does it get harder when you're old?
Carry me back home. I promise no one will ever know.
Now that we're gone, where did we go?
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9. |
Spirit Was
03:30
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Caught me standing upright. Friend, why are you angry?
Last night I saw someone walking outside in the garden.
Little light, are you strong? Are you tender?
It's not enough to just believe in the love we are given, come inside!
I felt your power, I felt confident. It felt like the moon was coming down.
Are you my guardian or are you waiting on a passing cloud?
There is a light that won't go out!
Come back up to the house, I folded our clothes.
I put up a line for the laundry and all at once spread like lightning out over the valley.
Little lie, prove me wrong! Make me honest!
I'm not afraid, I just need to be quiet for a minute, is that alright?
I felt your power, I felt confident. I felt like I saw you in the crowd.
Out in the garden there is providence
There is a light that won't go out!
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Caught in a Dream
02:16
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Lo! There was a light man, just look at how they slow dance.
Someone caught me crying in the tall grass.
Caught in a Dream!
So summon me now. Draw me out covered in laurels.
The slow sun's coming down. Crying loud like we were brothers.
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SPIRIT WAS New York, New York
Corbo & Company
a rock and roll group in New York City, performing original material. Presenting
original artworks: recordings, illustrations, prints, and distortion pedals for electric guitar and bass.
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