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Near Collision
03:31
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SHE CRIED LAST NIGHT / SO I HELD HER / SHE READ HIS POETRY IN TEARS / A RELATIVE OF BOND / NOT BLOOD / I FELT MY HEART FOR A LUMP / WAS I HERE? / MOMENTS AGO / WAS I DRY? / OR ENGULFED BY AN OCEAN / IN SIFTING THROUGH MY MEMORIES / I CANNOT HELP BUT BE DAZZLED/ BY DEBRIS / DE BRIS / DA BREEZE / THE BREEZE / NEAR COLLISION / CARS ALMOST KISSING / DIZZY-EYED / IMPATIENT / FOR GOD / WHERE IS MY ROBIN / HIBERNATING / IS HE NESTLED IN BIRCH? / TIGHT / SO TIGHT / IN THE EMBRACE / OF SPRINGS SLOW RISE / AND PATIENCE / I WANT JELLY! / AND MOLASSES / SLOW DRIP / AND THEN FASTER / I WANT BREAD / FROM THE SOIL OVERTURNING / AND THE NERVE / OF A WILD GRASSHOPPER / NEAR COLLISION / CARS ALMOST KISSING / DIZZY-EYED / IMPATIENT / FOR GOD
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Animal
03:47
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FOUND DEAD / NEARLY THERE / SHE SAID / THERE IS BUT ONE FEAR / YOU WILL ALWAYS LIVE WITH THE REMINDER THAT / YOU WILL NEVER SURPASS YOUR PEERS / OH YA WHAT A JOKE / THERE IS A SINGLE PART OF DOUBT I SUPPOSE / THAT ONE DAY I WILL BE SINGING WITH MY NOSE RIGHT OUT / SNIFFING UP THE ASSHOLE OF SOME TALENT SCOUT / NO / I NEED A WAY OUT / I NEED A SHAMAN A MENTOR / OR A KITTY KAT / I NEED A LIFE LINE / I NEED TO SEE MYSELF / BEFORE MYSELF / WITHIN MYSELF / WITHOUT MYSELF / IS THERE AN ANIMAL THAT TALKS LIKE YOU AND MOVES LIKE YOU / IS THERE AN ANIMAL THAT FEELS LIKE YOU AND STRIKES LIKE YOU / IS THERE AN ANIMAL THAT SLEEPS LIKE YOU AND FUCKS LIKE YOU / IS THERE AN ANIMAL I CAN RELATE TO / I SEE DARKNESS / I SEE NOTHING BUT DARKNESS / SO I CLING / I CLING TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN DARKNESS / LIKE THE PARK BENCH / OR THE LAMPOST / OR THE GLITTER IN THE DARK BEFORE THE SPARKLE / LET’S GET THIS STRAIGHT / I AIN’T WAITING / I’M THROUGH WITH THESE CONVERSATIONS / I’M GOING TO FIND MYSELF SOME INSPIRATION / GOOD TIMES PRECEDE DESPERATION / IS THERE AN ANIMAL THAT TALKS LIKE YOU AND MOVES LIKE YOU / IS THERE AN ANIMAL THAT FEELS LIKE YOU AND STRIKES LIKE YOU / IS THERE AN ANIMAL THAT SLEEPS LIKE YOU AND FUCKS LIKE YOU / IS THERE AN ANIMAL I CAN RELATE TO
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The Claw
03:28
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THE WATER IS STILL / AS I LEFT IT / NO POWER WILL / MAKE IT SURRENDER / A WOMAN WAITS / PATIENTLY / I ASK MYSELF / WILL THIS BE MY MASTERPIECE? / NO / LIKE A TIGER / WITH A THORN IN HIS PAW / I CLAW / I HEARD A BIRD SONG / LIKE A MEMORY / I PLAYED IT SO WRONG / SO I LEARNED IT / AND WHEN I HAD MASTERED / THAT BIRD’S GENTLE COO / COO COO COO / I REALIZED I WAS JUST A BOY / JUST A BOY PITCHING WOO / WOO WOO WOO/ LIKE A TIGER / WITH A THORN IN HIS PAW / I CLAW
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Quick Reflex
03:01
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QUICK REFLEX / WRITTEN ON A BASEBALL CAP/ HANDED DOWN FROM MY BROTHER / A CHILDHOOD ATTACHMENT / WORN TIGHT / SLIGHTLY TOO SMALL / PRECIOUS AS A WIDOW’S SHAWL / I CAN FEEL THE SUN’S SHADOW / CREEPING FROM ETOBICOKE / QUICK REFLEX / FLEX AND YOU’LL BE IN THE PAST / QUICK REFLEX / FLEX AND YOU’LL BE HOME AT LAST / IN THE BOSOM / OF MY FAMILY HOME / ANCIENT RELICS / SEEN TWENTY SOMETHING AUTUMN MOONS / VIDEO CAMERA / FULL AS THE MEMORY PUT IN YA / LETS PLAY FOR THE CAMERA / PLAYING IS THE BROTHER’S MANTRA / QUICK REFLEX / FLEX AND YOU’LL BE IN THE PAST / QUICK REFLEX / FLEX AND YOU’LL BE HOME AT LAST
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Realize
04:03
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IN HER DREAM / I WAS STANDING ON THE STAIRS / WITH A CACTUS FLOWER / DID I HAVE A FACE? / OR AN EMPTY SMILE? / I REALISED / I NEVER HAD A CHOICE / LOVE IS BUT A VOICE / THAT CALLS ON YOU / IS THAT REALLY A CHOICE / NO / FOR EVERYTHING I SAY AND DO / GETS TURNED BACKWARDS / AND EVERYTHING I FEEL ABOUT YOU / MOVES INWARDS / IS THERE EVEN ONE SMALL PART / THAT BELONGS TO ME / FOR EVERYTHING I SAY AND DO / IS A PART OF YOU / NO CHANCE / YOU DANCE WITH FIRE / AND TURN AWAY / AND CRY / I SYMPATHIZE / BUT I DON’T REALLY FEEL / WHAT YOU FEEL INSIDE / I WISH THERE WAS A WAY / TO PUT THIS ON DISPLAY / OK / / FOR EVERYTHING I SAY AND DO / GETS TURNED BACKWARDS / AND EVERYTHING I FEEL ABOUT YOU / MOVES INWARDS / IS THERE EVEN ONE SMALL PART / THAT BELONGS TO ME / FOR EVERYTHING I SAY AND DO / IS A PART OF YOU / NO CHANCE / YOU DANCE WITH FIRE / AND TURN AWAY / AND CRY
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Happy
04:49
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I’VE GOT ALL THIS HAPPINESS / THAT I MISS MY FRIEND’S SADNESS / WITH ALL THIS HAPPINESS / WHAT KIND OF FRIEND AM I TO KISS / OR CONFIDE IN / I’LL TALK TO YOU LIKE A BROTHER NOW / I SPOKE SOFT AT FIRST / THEN TURNED UP MY WRIST / I’LL BE YOUR MOTHER NOW / I’LL ROCK YOUR CRADLE TILL YOUR OFF THIS SHIT / I’LL BE SHARING ALL THOSE TEARS WITH YOU / NEVER ASKING WHY / YOU TURNED YOUR BACK TO CRY / I’LL BE SHARING ALL THOSE TEARS WITH YOU / DRESSED IN WHITE AND BLUE / FOR YOUR FUNERAL / YOU LOST SOMETHING GREAT / YOU COULDN’T SHAKE IT / DID YOU FALL INTO A STATE / A STATE OF RESTLESSNESS / AND PAIN / DON’T TRY TO GRASP IT NOW / IS IT EVER HERE FOR LONG / IS IT EVER HERE FOR LONG / I’LL BE SHARING ALL THOSE TEARS WITH YOU / NEVER ASKING WHY / YOU TURNED YOUR BACK TO CRY / I’LL BE SHARING ALL THOSE TEARS WITH YOU / DRESSED IN WHITE AND BLUE / FOR YOUR FUNERAL
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Who Knows Anyway
04:39
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WAITING FOR THE FOG TO BURN AWAY / BUT WHEN WILL IT CLEAR / WHO’S TO SAY? / TELL ME WHAT WILL KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT / IF THERE IS A PINCH THERE’S A BITE / I KNOW THAT YOU DREAMED IT WOULD GO AWAY / WHO EVER DREAMS OF A SLOW DECAY / IS THERE A GOD WHOSE REACH DOES NOT SLIP AWAY / MAYBE REACHING’S A WAY / WHO KNOWS ANYWAY / LIFTING OFF/ I SEE A CLEAR VISION / YEARS FROM NOW / YOU HAVE RISEN / IS THERE A LOVE THAT IS STRONGER / THEN LOVE DIRECTED AT EGO / I KNOW THAT YOU DREAMED IT WOULD GO AWAY / WHO EVER DREAMS OF A SLOW DECAY / IS THERE A GOD WHOSE REACH DOES NOT SLIP AWAY / MAYBE REACHING’S A WAY/ WHO KNOWS ANYWAY
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Greenie
06:35
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I HELD MY BREATH / I THOUGHT IT WOULDN’T LAST / BEEN FIGHTING TOO LONG FOR SOMETHING THAT HAD PASSED / LIKE THE WHITE DEBRIS OF BURNING BUILDINGS / THERE WAS BEAUTY IN THE FIRE WE WERE BUILDING / CLEAR BEGINNINGS / CLARITY IS ICE WATER FILLING / FILLING UP MY CUP / UP MY BABY’S CUP / WE CLEARED THE GARDEN PATH / RESCUED A DRY SUCCULENT FROM DEATH / NURSED THE LITTLE GUY WITH SUN AND WATER / AND WOKE HIM UP TO TAKE HIS MORNING BATH / CLEAR BEGINNINGS / CLARITY IS ICE WATER FILLING / FILLING UP MY CUP / UP MY BABY’S CUP / WE PAUSED BEFORE TOUCHING WATER / FELT THE WIND UPON HER NAKED CHEST / DIVED INTO THE RIVER / CANNONBALL O CANNONBALL / THEN REST / CLEAR BEGINNINGS / CLARITY IS ICE WATER FILLING / FILLING UP MY CUP / UP MY BABY’S CUP
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Luka Kuplowsky Toronto, Ontario
The new album 'Stardust' is out now on Mama Bird Recording Co. (US/World) & Next Door Records (Canada).
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