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The Bridge
02:49
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water is the bridge that unites
and the space that divides
at the end of the day
once i've cursed the things i've done
could we go for a swim?
i take a thousand silent steps
through the gilded door
looking in a mirror in the dark
even if we got high with every breath
would that be enough
for you to love me too?
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at the turning of the decade
i'm drawn to you
like a snow leopard, i resolve to relate
when the moon begins to wane
i look in your eyes
those BIG BROWN EYES that scream DESIRE
even with my hand
sinking into your skin
it could never hide us
from the hills that watch us sin
as i watch you bathe
with magnesium lavender and eucalyptus
i'm drawn to you, always
even when you lay
with the dirty beasts of the earth
i'm in love with you, anyway
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Land
03:15
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lost in silence down the yellow brick road
seen the white figure at the end of the line
he can hear me watching you, OZ
dreaming of a day our hearts again are entwined
and i see you up there in the branches
out among the HummingBirds and HoneyBees
you lay a hand across my chest in the moonlight
we've lost the fight, please just let me free
we woke in the morning after the eclipse
my blood opaque, monsters in my eye
we never forgive ourselves for what we've done
and of thine sorrow, now i know why
i planted the seeds of my love in your heart
knowing i'd never sit in the shade of its leaves
yet i cut the cloth like an ace ov spades
dry in the water, i forget all that i believe
had we belonged in the place we existed
we could've survived such a beautiful day
still standing here with love in our eyes
having to walk away ~
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Monsters
02:40
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directed silence at a blurry morning hour
incapable of looking over the cliff
words float through the air like ransom notes
empty promises broke and never kept
funny how it flips
same side of the same coin
get the bellows and light the fire
first shine of the sun at dusk
i went one day and never did it again
i'm a man of my word
funny how it flips
same side of the same coin
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The Lion in My Heart
02:42
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it was magic, you were naked
i was a boy i was unwashed
close the curtain, drew the tide
the two of us sitting seaside
sand in our toes, breathing the breeze
he had hardly left the room
but i never asked you
to pull the mast from between the lines
honey in the combs
claims were never made
solace in your eyes
feelings begin to fade
but i know i want you
tragedy strikes in the spring
and i'm lost again with her
coming up in the woodwork
her face framed in clouds
i held a hand in the rain
you - will - always
be -- the -- lion
in --- my --- heart
our blood mixed in the river
slouching toward bethlehem
there's monsters living in my head
please just kiss me again
how can we stay so close?
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Begin at the Beginning
02:25
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began
when the choice was right
turning wrong after three
became a perfect number
Zo i'm afraid to board the train
difference
laying nine fingers
on the patch of skin
tears turning to dust
Zo i'd still be a monster in my eyes
a bullet can't convey the second of may
i look at the gun held in my shaking hands
and when it went wrong when the sky was gray
it's always your name that comes to mind
it all ended the same way it began
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Sehnsucht
01:20
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i feel the cold foam wrap around my bones
like moss that grows on the backside of a stone
i recall what your lips felt like against mine
as i stare out over the blue-green brine
but the sky and the sea fade into gray
and i need not prepare for a new coming day
the last tear falls from a tired eye
as i push through the waves, i know i will die
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Mountain and Sea
04:23
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when the ice melts and the answer is found
is all hope washed away?
i walk the plank to make the sacrifice
i hope you can forgive me someday
you are the ghost that follows me
with all the monarch butterflies
Marie, i'm lost in your embrace
and the sunset of your eyes
i wish for a day or even an hour
you find me again within your heart
and throw me in the cold water
underneath the witch hazel tree
as i look up at the moon
a smile comes across my face
for i know that you and i
are under the same sky at least
even if it's less than we choose to see
please put your heart where mine used to be
we could see the mountains when we saw the sea
do you remember when you loved me?
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Joe Molenaar San Diego, California
These are the memoirs of a synesthesiac.
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