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god cried: arson!
04:13
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Verse I. When God made the world he used a compass and a square,
A compass and a square and he made earth, fire and air
then he made water (and then made man)
Mankind disappointed God tipped his giant cup
and poured all the water down and he drowned them
Verse II. The he tried his hand again and put man back on the earth
And come together in tongue, heart and mind
Man built a tower to the sky to get even higher
God twisted every tongue and the tower fell to ruin
And man was scattered across the land
Nothing was the same man needed something to blame and the re-invented murder
Chorus: After he placed Adam in the garden
He gave him woman and a hard-on
Seduced by the serpent but God wouldn’t pardon
Adam and Eve they chose the wrong tree and God cried: Arson!
Verse III. Then he build a perfect mountain out of limestone rock
Built in the garden of the Pharaoh He put a stone lioness to guard it
The face fell off Egypt re-carved it to look like a man
God buried the thing up to its neck in sand
and left it for mankind just to confound them
Verse IV. Then he put a lion in the sky to keep the sphinx company
Hung it off the edge of his cosmic belt
But the wicked heart of man would not beget another eye
So he spun his belt round in frustration and made constellations
He tied everybody’s lives to the sky in figures and vague illustrations
CH: After he placed Adam in the garden
He gave him a woman and a hard on
Seduced by the serpent but God wouldn’t pardon
Adam and Eve chose the wrong tree and God cried: Arson!
Repeat: God cried: Arson
Addendum: When God made the world he used a compass and a square
A compass and a square and he made earth, fire and air
and then he made water…and then he made man
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the great divider
03:14
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Born in the time of the great divider
he drew up a plan to make your crossing wider
all the poor get washed away
start over with a clean slate
bring forth a boat and fill it with slaves
the time for work has come today
The piles of gold uphold the money lenders
nobody gets in without temple tenders
All the lovers are scared away
the scholars diminished if they don’t pay
bring forth your dead who’ll be buried today
in a hole dug for the multitudes
He stands with their book in hand
wields it like a shield he’s a numbers man
swings sticks all day and writes devious plans
the bidding of the chosen few
when the flood comes you’ll need a great divider
you’ll thank him then when the river grows higher
And walk to safety in a promised land
follow the divider who with a shake of his staff
holds the waters at bay and drives forward his prey
in the way of the resolute
When the flood comes you’ll need a great divider
wash disbelievers away and drives forward his prey
in a boat filled with the chosen few
Born in the time of a great divider
there’s always another to make your crossing wider
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3. |
starlight
05:26
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Were you born in sunlight, on a Sunday afternoon?
Were you born in moonlight, on a Monday in June?
Sunlight
Moonlight
Starlight
Everything is starlight
Are you Scorpio rising, waiting on the dawn?
Are you Capricorn hiding, biding your time?
Sunlight
Moonlight
Starlight
In one eye is the sun
In one eye is the moon
Sunlight
Moonlight
Starlight
Everyman, every woman is a star
-A. Crowley
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4. |
border song
03:42
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Ride the sun up Ride it back down
Ride the sun up Ride it back down
Forked tongues of vipers
Licks of lightning out on the plain
The rain ain’t hit us yet
But its coming all the same
Crossed the river shy of sundown
Quickly threw together a small fire
Raindrops sizzle on embers
And there’s nothing in the pack to eat- so I ride
Dawn breaks over the land
With sheets of cold rain coming down
Ride out over the country
‘til the sun bursts through the clouds
a mule train camp at night
Draws me into their fire
They hand me beans and tortillas
I sleep and before dawn I rise
I stand staring watching the plain melt up to the sky
It stands to reason that the world laughs to trick the eye
I don’t anymore know why I ride
I don’t anymore know why I rise
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5. |
particles of light
06:25
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The oceans roar the mountains speak
In whispered breezes
The trees scream the deserts weep
Tears of difference
And what’s more:
Little things break down the big
Like enzymes and bacteria
Read the rocks see the breeze
While bent on your knees
Feel the sun it burns the leaves
Smoke in the vapor
The grey remnants of the sun
And what’s more:
Mountains crumble down into small grains of sand
And we turn them into glass- glass mountains
Pay with the moon with your hands
Moonlight pours through just like grains of sand
Crack a branch throw it onto the fire
Sparks rise up into the milky sky
And what’s more:
Particles of starlight finally arrive
And enter your eyes
Hold onto them for just a little while
Lights dance on the beach in the moonlight
Particles of light arrive and enter your eyes
Here for you
Hold onto them for just a little while
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6. |
the glad day
05:01
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The Glad Day
Green mind, mine lines: Shovel all eleven of my grave sites
Bean times, mean times: We can dig a fortune in their coal mines
Slow tide, ripped eyes: Feathering the roaring of a bond fire
Keep time, lost mine: Read it in the pages of the Hell Times
Chorus: What I sing is so sad
But I sing ‘til I’m glad
It's a glad day!
Real life, deaf tide: Weakening grip on the after mire
Tea time, torn pipes: The trodden down failures of a midlife
Chorus: What I sing is so sad
But I sing ‘til I’m glad
Yeah, its a glad day!
Green mind, fuzzy lines: Grave markers ragged on the horizon
Feel fine, no time: Ominous and seemingly supine
Yeah, its a glad day!
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7. |
no body
03:44
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no body lives for ever
no lover lasts a life time
nothing built won’t be rubble someday
nothing destroyed can’t be reborn in a way
no thing for ever, again
most people are already dead
aimless people are easily lead
babies are born ever again
the sick, sad and glad pass on instead to
no thing for ever, again
a life too short or too long
a life cut off before it starts
the old are not rare any more
what’s too young to pre-pair for
no thing for ever, again but love
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8. |
the point of it
05:20
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Moses, too was a troubled man there’s nobody perfect in this room
Look at your own pile of dirt and get yourself a new corn broom
Chorus:
If you think things were different then I’ll tell you things are all the same
It’s all just his game That’s just the point of it….
Noah, too was a drunken sailor grew a vine and made an ocean of wine
Shoveling animal shit on a boat adrift at sea you might be too…
a drunken sailer
Chorus:
If you think things were different then I’ll tell you things are all the same
It’s all just his game That’s just the point of it….
Even Jesus Christ- the king of the blues:
A perfect disguise hidden in plain sight:
But nothing shrewd in his eyes makes you realize…
See that man out on a limb: they put a dagger in him
Inside Solomon’s mind, the greatest builder- the best you’ll ever find
But he kept it all inside they tried to crack him - they threw a hammer at him
Noah grew a vine how could he know it’d turn to wine?
Ah wine leads to love and self-love -they threw a rag on him (It was a coverup)
Chorus:
If you think things were different then
I’ll tell you things are just the same
It’s just his game
maybe its the point of it
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9. |
ghost of the susquehanna
04:43
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Harrisburg, the water rolls down
Under that bridge to the power station towers
Lights on the river at dawn
Reflecting lights in Lemoyne homes
The ghost sleeps out on a lawn
After thumbing rides in passing cars
Chorus: Harrisburg, I took a new turn
Leave it all to burn, leave it for that river to churn
Don’t you wish your troubles flowed like that water?
Under the widest stone span bridge
My Camp Hill girl in a trailer park world
New Cumberland roads, so wide and untold
Atom powered lights and radios
Punk rock and comic books
Melt down in Middletown pool
I drew myself right out of high school
Chorus: Harrisburg, I gave you my word
That I wouldn’t return
I took a Greyhound to New York
The ghost of the river wakes before dawn
rolls up his bag and emerges from the underpass
heads up to the turnpike gates
heads out in first light past green lakes
Flat green hills of Lancaster county
over Pennsylvania coal and steel
to the Jagged city beyond
the ghost of the river rides on an on…
Harrisburg, in the simplest terms
At the turnpike put out your thumb
Get out of the ‘burbs
Harrisburg I gave you my word
That I wouldn’t return
I took a Greyhound to New York
Don't you wish your troubles flowed like that water?
Under the widest stone span bridge
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10. |
drawn into a black hole
06:27
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First you laugh, then you cry
When you’re down, when you get high
The time is all too brief
The time is all too brief
Every little move I make
Every thought I’ve ever think’d…
came out of a black hole
Take a journey into an Iris
Ride a rocket through Osiris
Traveling in and traveling out
Outside’s in and inside’s out
Stare up at the glimmering veil
All the stars eventually fail
And burn out in a fiery trail
Time enough to tell their tale
Before their drawn into a black hole
Climb the spiral staircase with you
Your music plays while we ascend
At the top we embrace and say goodbye
You continue on while I pretend this is all a dream
Every little move I make
Every thought I’ve ever think’d…
Stare up at the glimmering veil
All the stars eventually fail
And burn out in a fiery trail
Long enough to tell this tale
Before its drawn into a black hole
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Vaca Sagrada New Haven, Connecticut
Streams frontman David Brooks and original Miracle Legion drummer Jeff Wiederschall share a musical passion and partnership spanning 30 years. This latest collaboration debuts ambitious songs weaving cinematic tales engulfed with characters from Old Testament figures, Cormac McCarthy's existential west, Rumi, Crowley and William Blake. Put your ear to the sacred cow’s head that is Vaca Sagrada. ... more
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