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Motion Sick
03:16
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Let the hammer fall in the crack
Let him drop slowly from the sky
Let his eyes be misguided by his blind pride
Carrion to gears cloaked in white light
From the waters boil the towers
in distances shimmer heat
Throw the lock to the wolf before the night chokes itself away
Motion sick, motion sick
Digging the belly like a stone.
Something died in the sewers that night
Stirred the dreams of sleepwalking heights
Jeweled steps creak breathlessly and heartlessly
Our thoughts move us to surprise
They were shouting out in the zone
Their eyes turned to crystal abode
Move it, kick it, use it or lose it; the city lights are calling us home
Motion sick, motion sick
World turning all on its own
Motion sick, motion sick
Diggin the belly like a stone.
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Dawntreader
06:18
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His back is facing the sunset
His eyes trained to exclusion city
He is marching towards the fire
Off the hills of Fort Nothing
Follow me through razor bush and dagger
He will bleed, bleed out his water
They will stand like pillars to the moon
Under the watch of Dawntreader
Under the shadow of dawn,
Lies paradise amongst the living
Under the shade of swords,
There is longing
We are never alone here, we are just breathing
Surrounded by the looks, the gestures, black eyes on the horizon
Babel's towers trembling, they're trembling, they're trembling
They'll crawl into your mouth and leave you begging
I await the coming
of summer, summer winds
There's live wires in the marshes,
My eyes shake in the bushland
Sweet rains shine in yellow skies
Pine coffin stench like lilac
There's teeth behind the curtain,
It'll chew and swallow you down, down, down
Under the shadow of dawn,
Lies paradise amongst the living
Under the shade of swords,
There is longing,
Under the shadow of dawn,
Lies paradise amongst the living
Under the shade of swords,
There is longing, the longing, the longing
We are never alone here, we are just breathing
Surrounded by the looks, the gestures, black eyes on the horizon
Babel's towers trembling, they're trembling, they're trembling
They'll crawl into your mouth and leave you begging.
Dawntreader
Dawntreader
Dawntreader
Dawntreader
Dawntreader
Dawntreader
Dawntreader
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Birdman ('76-'83)
06:21
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She plays with the tiger
Under the eye of the condor
She plays with the tiger
Under the eye of the condor
Under the eye of the condor
Under the eye of the condor
She looks just like you
When she hides in the trees
Guilty, guilty, you're guilty!
She's shouting: "mama, he's flying
He's flying through the clouds
He's free, he's free, he's free!"
She plays with the tiger
Under the eye of the condor
Under the blood red sky
The birdman finally sleeps
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Little Red Book Red
04:27
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When he's at your door
Would you let him in
Pour him a glass of wine
Sit him by the window
A scream comes from the sky
They hang him up by his feet
Help me mount it up high
Scream loud like the sky
Come on, Bobby
Take my hand
They're lighting the fountainhead for you and me
Come on, Bobby
Take my hand
I'll show you where they paint the little red book red
The little red book red
He come jumping out the water
Mud around his feet,
Scurry, crawl, climb beneath (little red book)
Sun drying on his tail
A scream comes from the sky
Hang you up by your feet
Help me mount him up high (little red book)
No tears, don't you cry
Come on, Bobby
Take my hand
They're lighting the fountainhead for you and me
Come on, Bobby
Take my hand
I'll show you where they paint the little red book red
The little red book red
Come on, Bobby
Take my hand
Paint his face up, make him red
I wanna see him drowning down
Sucking on a bitter thread
Come on, Bobby
Do it fast
Show me where you paint the little red book red
The little red book red
The little red book red
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