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And Palms as Eyes
03:07
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Locked into a light
like a captured moth
doesn't anyone ever shut it off?
My frozen face is bound
my eyes are double crossed
doesn't anyone ever shut it off?
All these broken prayers
they all sound the same
they all sound the same
Now I show a smile
like a hidden flask
the motions and the music
of the distant past
coming to the end
and I feel it coming fast
the motions and the music
of the distant past
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Lily Curtain
03:49
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Waterbirds
04:17
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Summer sun she dances underwater
opens up her wings and flutters on
she's a bird that dives into a wave
draws a light out from a singing cloud
all the answers hover like a feather
all the world explains it all together
all the answers hover like a feather
and all the world exhales together
Summer sun she dances underwater
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Hey Mr. Vision,
do you ever listen
to the creeks and to the calls
and the water as it falls?
Could you build a favor?
We can name it later
and cast it in the sea,
have a current set it free
Hey Mr. Moon,
did you show your face too soon?
Let us begin, my angry friends
Turn up, tune in, my angry friends
Let us begin, the shouting gentleman is in
Let us begin
for the shouting gentleman
Let us begin
for the shouting gentleman
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Arthur's Lament
02:59
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I'm in two places at once
some scratched up somber song
I'm caught up in a tree
but I won't be there for long
While underneath my head
there's a heat that stays unseen
it's there to draw me in
to the shelter of my dream
I'm in two places at once
you are there within
and you are on the page
and you're singing me a hymn
I'm in two places at once
and my head's between my hands
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A Gift for You
03:02
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I have a gift I've saved for you
I have no use for it anymore
a folding chair and a string of lights
in a tiny room
that was my throne
(Peace has settled like dust)
The arms that cradle the moon
holding still, but moving soon
(Peace has settled like dust)
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You fell into the arms of a city at night
your visitors they shroud you
and sharpen their tongues
A tower that will guide you
A flower that will fade
on top of a magnet
a study in flame
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His only wake
to a person with all the points
well, luxury fails
luxury fails
and I'm pardoned with a ghost
and I'm painting with lines
I understand
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Patrick J Crowley Burlington, Vermont
Patrick J Crowley is a Vermont-based singer and musician from bands such as Deep River Saints, Quasar Valley Band, Cities on the Moon and more. Crowley is described by Vermont's Seven Days as having "ability in spades, as well as originality." Crowley is also a writer and journalist. ... more
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