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Transparent Tomorrow
02:33
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Transparent Tomorrow
Wake up shake your sleepy head
Mirror image delayed
Reality’s in disarray
Kick your cares away
They all will turn
Transparent Tomorrow
Lines of strangers, faceless crowds
Whispering so loud
Declarations of their doubt
Erase every frown
They all will turn
Transparent Tomorrow
They all will turn
Transparent Tomorrow
Human race, dissatisfaction
Broadcast daily in reaction
Keep the people out of sight
The king screams every night
But he will turn
Transparent Tomorrow
Yes he will turn
Transparent Tomorrow
After he burns
Transparent Tomorrow
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Change The Season, Change The World
if tomorrow comes will we still be alone
lost in the outer mist
of yesterday’s unknown
there’s a place with no shadows
where we’ll be when we all know
change of seasons, change the world
or reasons all but gone
run through the empty hallways
to ring the new day now
there’s got to be an answer
leave confusion out
there’s a place with no shadows
where we’ll be when we all know
change of seasons, change the world
or reasons all but gone
is there anyone who’s left, now that knows
where the dreams of the fallen, ever go
comes a time when the winds, never blow
today we’ll break the windows
come to all the cries
bleed there ever after
relish in our crime
in place with no shadows
here we’ll see what we all know
change of seasons, change the world
or reasons all but gone
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Early Morning Blackout
02:21
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Early Morning Blackout
darkness it came today
staring through the windowpane
step through the hidden door
black light shines in the
early morning blackout
fall through the misty gray
the other side is so far away
time stands still to never pass
but only in the
early morning blackout
they try to hypnotise us
they try to just despise us
they try it each and every day
darkness it came today
tomorrow couldn’t wait
no chances anymore
surrender to the
early morning blackout
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Down Too Long
03:18
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Down Too Long
i’ve been waiting for you
since the break of day
will you know my face still
or recall my name
will you turn your eyes
to the clear blue skies
you’ve been down too long
i can feel you near me
don’t you turn away
make your mind up quickly
if you’re here to stay
and turn your eyes
to the clear blue skies
you’ve been down too long
you’ve been down too long
i’ve been waiting for you
since the break of day
when i hear your voice call
do you feel the same
so turn your eyes
to the clear blue skies
you’ve been down too long
you’ve been down too long...
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Star Mangled Salamander
04:00
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Star Mangled Salamander
welcome all you people to the underworld
flags fly on corners where the news is heard
decked out in his robes and a crimson sash
listen to his voice he's the one to ask
he’s a star mangled salamander in disguise
he’s a star mangled salamander eyes of fire
and he’s gone gone gone, in a drifter’s song
welcome all you people to the court of doom
awake the flies and invert the mushrooms
angel on the nod when the verse is read
all the other cats have all gone to bed
he’s a star mangled salamander in disguise
he’s a star mangled salamander eyes of fire
and he’s gone gone gone, in a drifter’s song
yeah he’s gone gone gone, won’t you come along
welcome all you people to his world of satire
shouting from the tops of the highest spire
holy rollers gather in the back street squares
talk about their visions they’re all unaware
he’s a star mangled salamander in disguise
he’s a star mangled salamander eyes of fire
and he’s gone gone gone, in a drifter’s song
yeah he’s gone gone gone, won’t you come along
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Rainy Daydream Poppy Fields
rainy daydream poppy fields
now one knows just what is real
hollow men won’t fall away
never hearing what we say
still the day goes on and on and on and on
spiral stares look to the ground
colors lost without a sound
tell me when now when will they see
how the birds can fly so free
now the rain comes down and down and down and down
and still the day goes on and on and on and on
rainy daydream poppy fields
no one knows just what to feel
empty words won’t fall away
wish the cold and gray would stay
but now the earth turns round and round and round
and the rain comes down and down and down and down
and still the day goes on and on and on and on
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Spider Collector
04:41
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Spider Collector
underneath the wooden floors
shattered days that she once adored
finds a secret hidden in the dark
everything just falls apart
creatures lurk in leftover hearts
now the smiles she had are almost breaking
she’s the spider collector and wrecks her mind
hanging on the edge of her cryptic vines
the spider collector spinning upside down
face in the mirror with a twisted frown
she goes creep and crawl, creep and crawl
all the boxes could never hold
formulations of ways unsold
when the only purpose to remain
ray of sun through a window cheers
but never once a rainbow appears
piano grinds her fingers to the bone
she’s the spider collector and wrecks her mind
hanging on the edge of her cryptic vines
the spider collector spinning upside down
face in the mirror with a twisted frown
she goes creep and crawl, creep and crawl
underneath the wooden floors
gremlins dance and lysergic courtesans
drink her tears just for a lark
now she’s caught in the web of light
to escape from the sleepless night
the harshest bites never leave a mark
she’s the spider collector and wrecks her mind
hanging on the edge of her cryptic vines
the spider collector spinning upside down
face in the mirror with a twisted frown
she goes creep and crawl, creep and crawl
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Cosmic Eye
03:07
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Cosmic Eye
she gathers in the void
vorpal knowledge in her light
visions turn inside
ana, kata, to her arise
and the cosmic eye
gazes still unswerving
and the cosmic eye
reaches every corner of my life
beyond the world of real
beyond the future unconcealed
she holds the key to pass
held in walls of endless glass
and the cosmic eye
stares away unswerving
and the cosmic eye
burns into the center of my mind
in her garden of delight
soaring upward without flight
but suffering within
and hell has called me back again
and the cosmic eye
gazes still unswerving
and the cosmic eye
reaches every corner of my life
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2 Ways Out
03:02
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2 Ways Out
letting go of,, the flowers in your hand
3,2,1, then you understand
now you’ve got 2 ways out
1 is love and the other doubt
now you’ve got 2 ways out
can’t you see
where you run to, you have never been
when you find yourself, where you can’t pretend
now you’ve got 2 ways out
1 is love and the other doubt
now you’ve got 2 ways out
can’t you see
letting go of , hate while you still can
3,2,1, and you’re in a far off land
now you’ve got 2 ways out
1 is love and the other doubt
now you’ve got 2 ways out
can’t you see
can’t you see
can’t you see
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Rockslide DK
03:22
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Song about the Screaming Trees experience at the 1992 Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Van kept calling it Rockslide and later all hell broke loose. We had a great time...
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Gary Lee Conner (The Microdot Gnome) San Angelo, Texas
Psychedelic gourmet & former Screaming Trees songwriter's postgrunge
garageprog
psychfolk apocalyptic
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