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All That We Let In
05:02
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I needed one more thing
to be sad about
uncertainty, or certain doubt
it's love...it's easy...it's hard
it's just one version of the future
all that we'll remember
all that we'll forgive
all that we'll laugh about
further behind and farther below
all that we let in
all that we let go
all that was within reach
there will be no other (further behind and farther below)
every day you're further away (all that we let in all that we let go)
every day
I needed one more dream
to see you again
in some strange world
that made no sense
it's just one version of the future
all that we'll remember
all that we'll forgive
all that we'll laugh about
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sailors sing of seven kinds
of darkness on the devil sea
this is how the world ends
cast adrift on stranger waters
lost in nameless territory
all the silver in your pocket
just serves to weigh you down
this is how the world ends
but another currency
could pay your passage
and set you free
angry days of doubts and doctrines
we are here to mourn and suffer
this is how the world ends
leave that land and its illusions
laugh at everything they offer
no cure no faith no hope no grace
but not everything is lost
not everything
the coldest day, the blackest sky
what is it you wait for
this is how the world ends
a dream forgotten, lost in time
you've come so far to find your way back home
now all you have is what you are
and the crows are coming soon
this is how the world ends
for a dream left on a windowsill
on the softest summer afternoon
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you are too young
to leave the land of before
and watch each breath
like a strand of pearls
you are too young
to know the patience
braiding her thin white hair
everyone is dying every day
you are too young
to leave the land of before
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The Bridge to the Palace
04:29
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I would tell you
this is simpler than you think.
I would tell you
you don't get to choose this one.
I would say
it's all right.
I would ask you
what was the most important moment?
I would ask you
any regrets?
I would ask you
are you afraid?
I would tell you
here, take my hand.
I would tell you
this is easier than you think.
I would tell you
there's a place you can't imagine
right behind that door.
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there was a future once
of monorails and jet trails and
cities in the twilight clouds
now heaven is full of spy satellites
and here's a gift for you
a song on the shortwave
late at night from someplace far way
here's a world for you
in the dreams of the machine
the purpose of a system is what it does
the purpose of a system is what it does
Is this a dream? How would you know?
a stone is mostly space
and space is big and empty
consciousness is a chemical
reaction in a a carbon array
color is just a reflection of light
and gravity is some kind of magic
those are the rules just run with it
those are the rules just run with it
this might is the box we can't think outside of
or perhaps it's just turtles all the way down
look for errors in the simulation
too much information in the spaces up your sleeve
it all changes when you look at it
it all changes when you look at it
can you see the shape of the future?
everything ends
while the universe expands into
nothing
forever
all those far-flung radio waves searching for a receiver
a song no one can hear so far from home
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Just in Time
03:16
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on the safest of days the warm surf
scooped you up and roiled you about
for what seemed like hours
but then you heard a voice from far away and
just in time
a hand reached out
a stranger pulled you back from the waves
and you did not drown on that day
perhaps there is love in the world
on the right side of the wrong highway
along the long yellow lines
a life careening,
those headlights are wrong
you yelled and swerved and dodged them
just in time
you later learned that was the moment she died
her spirit passing over the land might have lent a hand
perhaps there is love in the world
maybe you walked on the ledge
and examined the edge
lost in your private landscape
but maybe you found a means of escape
and maybe you found it
just in time
perhaps a spirit's whisper
perhaps a stranger's hand
perhaps there is love in this world
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The Telling of the Bees
05:39
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on this, on this, this darkest day
no solace, none serene
for the time has finally come
for the telling of the bees
we'll drape their hives with mourning cloth
and lift them up and round
and burn the sage around the hives
and knock the keys against the ground
to tell the bees the saddest tale
that we could ever tell
that she is gone, she'll not return
and our hearts are lost as well
the mice are listening beneath the floor
and the sparrows in the greenest trees
and the spiders in their sleepy webs
wait to hear the telling of the bees
and all the ghosts of winter
and the shadows in the field
and the fish beneath the icy river
strain to hear the telling of the bees
we'll drape their hives with mourning cloth
and lift them up and round
and burn the sage around the hives
and knock the keys against the ground
shake her teeth inside the jar
hear them clatter on the glass
all we have is what she was
for the sweetest times never last
look for light and I know that you will find it
look for dark and that's all you'll ever see
but soon enough all that's left to do
is the telling of the bees
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The Sky Is Full of Birds
04:06
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I like birds and maps
and little brown bats
kites and soup and great big rocks
crowns and cake and cashmere socks
I like ferns and knots
vetiver and robots
winter snow and Saturn's rings
and all the shades of green in spring
and there was something but I let it go
and now it's nothing, no
the sky is really big today
the sky is really big today
I like books and hats
and science and naps
the smell of paint and the forest floor
sidewalk chalk and hardware stores
I like crows and ravens
and elegant equations
trains and pie and reptile eyes
velvet nights and fireflies
and there was something but I let it go
and now it's nothing, no
the sky is so blue today
the sky is so so blue today
I like stars and peas
times gone by and times to be
maple trees in autumn red
the honks of geese overhead
and there was something but I let it go
and now it's nothing, no
the sky is full of birds
so many birds
oh it's full of birds
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Sara Ayers Albany, New York
"This is music to conjure lofty dreams of perfect love, to tell trans-galactic science-fiction epics, to examine the inside of a grain of sand." -- Michael Hochanadel, The Schenectady Gazette
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