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The good ship
04:18
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Solid feast on a forest track
moving hairs in a mousetrap
the hairpin bend of the doctor's day
candelabra burns away.
To know your soul, I propose joining a good ship
but it's a frightening ship
red hot coals, prepared slow
you are a tough stick, but you are a crumbling brick
red hot coals, prepared slow
you are a tough stick, burning a short wick.
Snip snip and the day is gone
cooking pot, safe haven
proto-magnon psyches lead
up to now, the only now we breathe
Icicles harden the stars
tidemarked, laundered life
rippled foglight touching soft
software becoming hardware.
To know your soul, I propose joining a good ship
used to be a terrible ship
red hot coals, prepared slow
you are a tough stick, burning a short wick
red hot coals, prepared slow
you are a tough stick, burning a short wick.
Lick zig zags in the street
pawing needles, schemes to streams
cash tailor - exile game
Heaven bound for the rest of the day.
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More than
04:51
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Trees still lose their bark
the comet never completes its arc
more than you'll ever know
more than you'll ever know
When things fall apart
the astrologer casts his own chart
more than you'll ever know
more than you'll ever know
The card counter covers his tracks
the deer watches the child's back
while hiding low again, the threat that never wanes
The playwright inspired again
auditorium lights dim again
more than you'll ever know
more than you'll ever know
The calendar on the wall
its replacement identical
more than you'll ever know
more than you'll ever know
You escaped the hospital bed
found a wicker bed instead
not that you'll ever know
not that you'll ever know.
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The glasses institute
05:35
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The glasses institute wants you for a number.
To print on the underneath
hidden in holograms.
Release me at any space age time
riding the dresser on wheels.
Down the stairs it goes again
bowling eyeballs out the door.
Call the Head, he sells blue balls.
So he smiles, shoots arrows from braces
and blood from boots (no flares).
Sharing a knife to slap on the shame
Licking it clean and starting again
A case of shame
and the glasses institute
wants you for a number.
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Ebb, or flow
04:44
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- Instrumental -
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Jim Musgrave Norwich
Jim Musgrave’s music is rooted in rock and pop and is typically melodic and inventive. He also extends his output into more experimental / psychedelic albums recorded as Land Equivalents, Barbary Ape and brightredmite. A multi instrumentalist, most of his music is entirely self produced. He also occasionally plays drums for Belbury Poly / Ghost Box records. ... more
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