1. |
Passenger
03:26
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it's open season for reigning men
so wheel us around again
just for a moment can we pretend
the conversation's open-ended
a body moving with brain in tow
i shout as the cancer grows
so carve a rut for my family line
automatic and out of time
art stale, faces pale
flip the channel keep my mind in a jail
what's left, who's got the right
i only wanted to leave on a light tonight
i live and breathe in a painted dome
an image of home sweet home
so systematic and so remiss
the fists of a pacifist
i'm stumbling at the starting gun
and i'm not the only one
automatic predictable
punch my card, believe in something
clever rage, i'm amazed
the door is open but i'm still in the cage
must confess, i'm a mess
i only wanted to leave an impression
i think i thought of you
in a flash, in a hole in the night
i think i've got to ride
ride the light
art stale, faces pale
flip the coin and keep on chasing our tails
what's left, who's got the right
only one of us will live out the night
i think i thought of you
as the uniforms were taking our names
i think i've got to ride
ride the light.
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2. |
Breaks and Nails
04:05
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it's feeding time out in the wild
while silken skies can soothe a mind
and you are thinking of another belief
while you use all the tricks up your sleeve
and you'll be finding it harder to breathe
you'll find it impossible to leave
and the money hurts and hails
deceives, breaks and nails
come on- you are strong enough
to leave it when you make for the door
there's a stated claim, you're wanting fame
while the broken ties hurt your name
and you'll be making your excuses to live
you'll forget that it is better to give
you may be another story that is
another one forgotten, it is what it is
and the money hurts and hails
deceives, breaks and nails
come on- you are strong enough
to leave it when you make for the door
and though it kills you, you keep going for more
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3. |
Borderline
05:48
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There's something coming into view
all sincere and overdue
A flicker, adrift on the seas of time
and calling out for a line
I relieve you, you're not alone I don't need it set into stone
Sublime and in demand, It was never out of hand
We woke up to the sound of a distant drum then all of this began
I relieve you, you're not alone I don't need to set into stone
Way outside the borderline, maybe sometime we'll fly
Sometime we'll fly
Tonight, in the autumn Aurora light
Midnight, where the phase of the days collide
We glide, where souls and stars align
Ignited by a freedom undefined
Walking in circles, wander in dreams
then we’re drawn to the glow
From out of the shadows we are redeemed by what we did not know
We should not know
Tonight, we stop being so blind
Combine, as myriad paths align
Tonight in the autumn Aurora light
We unite, on our way to the sunrise.
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4. |
The Tap
03:54
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sweep it out under current
out of sight out of mind
dry the arid afterthought and leave the lives behind
what’s the cost of a life
when there's a million litres of hope
it’s not the money that matters
that's a slippery slope
get your hands outta my well
where the grand river flows
down to rocks and to sand
and this watershed moment First Nations in high demand
when plastic particular matters
more than sustained human life
take to the tap when you’re able
to make it right
it’s not a matter of if
it’s a matter of when
life is not the currency around here
we've been aberfoyled again
if it's not your business to care
then whose should it be
so we’ll boycott the likes of your oligarchy
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5. |
Twisting
07:40
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hark the sound
ship's run aground
time winding down
passenger
ambassador
soft massacre
purge the apparatus
step outside the stasis or
keep it in between the lines
contemplate the stasis
circle back to basics as
something's up with this design
twisting and turning like driftwood
you're floating away
home fires are burning
behind while we're sailing astray
twisting and turning like driftwood...
ebb and flow
held in escrow
watch what you know
clever ruse
there's no excuse
nothing to lose
making a believer
cipher in the palindrome
stuck inside the daisy chain
blocking the receiver
shattering the terrordome
definition of insane
twisting and turning like driftwood
You're floating away
home fires are burning
behind while we wander astray
passive appeasing mistaken for
seizing the day
twisting and turning like driftwood...
I will reach for the sunrise
when the lights go out
when the stars black out
when there's nowhere left to go
I will reach for the sunrise
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6. |
Flying H
04:05
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we can walk in a daze, running the maze
while we're holding a hand out, waiting for change
heart in a cage, here's to the new age hoping
that we leave some blood on the page
tracing the lines, watching for signs
just waiting here to shoot up through the pines
keeping it tight, reading my rights
i'm hoping this bottle will last me the night
you've given me something to learn
i'm hoping this soul doesn't burn
i'm making a list of things to buy
and it's taking all of my time
you cannot interrupt the elected corrupt
now the sky is falling
in a world of our own with our bodies on loan
yes but the sky is calling
taking it in, let it begin
walking the path and soaking the sin
screaming aloud, lost in the crowd
watching the meek get bled by the proud
when the traffic stops, and gridlines falter
with a voice like softness, she starts calling
and the tempers rising out on the highway
she said run for your life
we can walk in a daze, running the maze
while we're holding a hand out, waiting for change
hearts in a cage, here's to the new age hoping
that we leave some blood on the page
now is the time, walking the line
you keep the cash, i'll keep the design
tracing the lines, watching for signs
sending the bottle flying
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7. |
Hate to Leave
05:21
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i hate to leave but i must go
as everyone must join the show
i have to leave you but i must
has everyone betrayed your trust
i'm blind
to everybody in a different state of mind
i'm searching for another place to hide
with an omission of the pseudo-political
i'm taking all of this in stride
i hate to leave you but i'm going
there's much more of this world to get to knowing
and these walls are closing in
i'm walking a line, i'm making a sign
to keep on top of it before i start going blind
i'm taking all of this in stride
take me home, take me inside
i want to see you before you go
and say "that's alright, we'll all get tied tonight."
everyone sitting around the firelight
i believe it when it happens to me
i'm walking a line and you're living your life
honestly, live your life.
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8. |
Wake Me Up
06:44
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give me something that will wake me up
scream until the signal interrupts
give me something that will shake this cold
break me out before the story's told
first to rise in the morning
neglect to heed any warning
thoughts aligned with the data mine, all my life
will time make me make up my mind
give me something that'll wake me up
scream until the signal interrupts
last to lie in the daytime
to find a place in the pantomime
we disconnect from the data mine, all my life
will time make me make up my mind
last to lie in the evening
the pattern is unweaving
we disconnect from the data mine, to free this life
in time I will make up my mind
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Shoemaker Levee Newmarket, Ontario
Shoemaker Levee plays a style of alternative rock music, with introspective lyrics based on various themes. We want to exist in a community of supportive, creative, inclusive, empathetic, giving, loving people that choose to use our music, as well as the music of other like-minded creatives, as a soundtrack to their lives. Life is fleeting. Do something you love. ... more
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