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A Cosmonaut’s Lament
03:29
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Cosmonaut’s Lament
Cosmonauts they must tread lightly, when asked if all the stars shine brightly
Up above the world from where you are
I’d take that view and give it to you, for open fields and hills and valleys
And places where they do not know my name
CHORUS
I’m navigating more than just celestial bodies,
I’m sorry if the ticker tape it got in your eyes
It’s all about the time, and spaces in between.
All the days that I’ve neglected, like all the light from stars reflected
In your eyes I can not see the way
Through platitudes and promises, and broken branches once extended
Valentina, do you know my name?
CHORUS
Bridge
I used to love a girl who’s presence was my sun
I used to love that girl, I wonder what I’ve…
Well cosmonauts they must tread lightly, when asked if all the stars shine brightly
Up above the world from where you are
I’d take that view and give it to you, for open fields and hills and valleys
And places where they do not know my name
CHORUS
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2. |
Elsa
03:42
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ELSA
I woke up my visions hazy
It takes more than my sight to phase me
And I wouldn’t mind the siren’s call tonight
‘Cause I am slowly going crazy
With each and every day that passes
And each and every wave that crashed down
Chorus
I see you in a thousand points of light
But they’re just out of sight from where we’re standing
And I hear you in a thousand ways to try
But closed eyes they won’t pry into the future
Pale days in the dead of winter
Crack the ice but it won’t splinter
And I wouldn’t mind the siren’s call tonight
These are days the sun won’t set on
I’m wide awake but I won’t bet on
The thinning ice or my fleeting ways
Chorus
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3. |
Metroline #1
02:48
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Metroline #1
There’s a siren in the night, better pack and lockup tight
Is that alright for you?
I tried to pack up all your things amidst the blast, amidst the rings
Is it too loud for you? It’s too loud for me.
Chorus
If I make it through tonight, underneath the Metroline
If I make it though tonight, it will be with you
As I take you down below, you‘ll have to hunch the ceilings low
Can I take your things
And as the din becomes a roar you feel it coming through the floor
And I’m scared for you, are you scared for me?
Chorus
If I stumble and I fall, prop me up against the wall
If I make it through tonight, it will be with you
If I make it through tonight, underneath the Metroline
If I make it through tonight, it will be with you
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4. |
Metroline #2
03:05
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Metroline #2
I caught you looking at me again
Your pupils wide and your dappled skin
You didn’t think, that I could see
The way you look and the way you breath
The way you part your matted hair
Casts a shadow across your stare
Chorus
Mark the days upon the floor
Batten the hatches and bar the doors
Find the spot where the light gets in
It’s where you’re going, it’s where you’ve been (x2)
The distant light filtered through particles
A flickering crown on your silhouette
Facing starward I can see
A time for you and a time for me
Underneath these cracks I pine
Underneath the Metroline
Chorus
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5. |
Pause the Tape
03:02
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Pause the Tape
Pause the tape and watch it in rewind
Search the past for the things you’ve left behind
Like the way she looked when you told her you were leaving
Her eyes on fire, her shoulders they were heaving
In spite of myself I answered on the first ring
The better that I should know
In spite of myself I answered on the first ring
To “who do you think you are” (x2)
Devastated, gutted and beguiled
The prince comes home and he becomes the child
She didn’t like to play the second fiddle
She didn’t like the emerald in the middle
Put the ring in the jar by the door with the window
The better that I should know
In spite of myself I answered on the first ring
To “who do you think you are?” (X2)
Hey hey hey
She didn’t like to play the second fiddle
She didn’t like the emerald in the middle
Put the ring in the jar by the door with the window
The better that I should know
In spite of myself I answered on the first ring
To “who do you think you are?” (X2)
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6. |
Sea Monster Blues
02:55
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Sea Monster Blues
I used to see the future but forgot to tend the lines
But we could never talked about it, we could never change
Falling down is easy it’s the crawling to your feet
But we could never talk about it, we could never change
Chorus
If you come between them right now, you will never come between anything here again
The fog divides the distance into the parts that we both know
But we could never talk about it, we could never change
Tears are freely falling down the apple of your eye
But we could never talk about, we could never change
Chorus
The flotsam and the jetsam and the passing of the years
We could never talk about it, we could never change
Falling down is easy it’s the crawling to your feet
But we could never talk about it, we could never change
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7. |
Foghorn
03:45
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Foghorn
Forty men they set to sail the world in technicolor
Forty more stood by the shore and said man why would you bother have you
Looked at what you’ve started
When your head and heart they parted
They were coming home
They were coming home
Chorus
They watched it all on a screen
What will be will be
(It’s just those) prevailing winds that blow into tomorrow
As she paced ‘cross the floor she said
I’ve seen all this before
(It’s just those) prevailing winds that blow until tomorrow
Forty men with forty flags all of a different color
Took said flags and shook said flags another on another
Another on another
How they smother how they smother
They were coming home (x2)
Chorus
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Tin Constellations Ottawa, Ontario
Narrative-folk musings and music from near-earth orbit.
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