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Ashes to Ashes
04:31
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won’t you tell me once again
the way it used to feel back when
my dreams were too naive to settle down
i use to see it clear as day
but years between have separated
the things i saw from how i see them now
bells are ringing
but no one hears a sound
I’ll keep singing
when it's ashes to ash as we burn to the ground
cause once upon a time is just
a lie disguised by honest trust
of what a man remembers used to be
and memory is just a game
where pieces vanish as they’re played
and hands can change to what you want to see
bells are ringing
but no one hears a sound
i’ll keep singing
when it's ashes to ash as we burn to the ground
and since there’s only so much space
inside my head, my mind erases
days to pave the way for one more year
as all my fragile memories
replay their lonely tragedies
just waiting for the day they disappear
bells are ringing
but no one hears a sound
i’ll keep singing
it's ashes to ash as we burn to the ground
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Unwinding
02:22
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You're the bull inside the China shop I built up in my brain
Tearing down the thoughts that I so carefully arranged
Breaking down the matadors and crashing through the walls
I am watching - watching as the world falls down.
You're a hurricane careening through the city in my head
Ripping through the corridors and tearing them to shreds
A beautiful destruction, just to watch it all unfold
You are dancing - dancing as the sun goes down
You're the quiet ocean waters I am treading in my mind
Silently unwinding all my memories in your tides
I'm waving from the surface as the tension is undone
I am waiting - waiting as the clock runs down
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Kaleidoscope
04:06
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this was never how i imagined it
coming to the end of the line
waiting for the silence to fold us in
as we're falling into the sky
the walls that kept us safely surrounded
so fragile as they were torn apart
the angels and the demons inside their cage
til heaven set them loose on the stars
and i tried believing it was all the same
but the love you lived and the plans i made
were as far from even as they’d ever be
as we drifted outward to infinity
so i prayed to no one as I fell towards home
that beyond the chaos there’s a final hope
caught in the kaleidoscope
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Fuses
02:48
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When I was a boy I never could explain
How falling lines ignite like fuses in my brain
Ticking down the time and burning in my bones
Till from the broken rhymes a melody explodes
Words are pouring out like lightning through my veins
The current draws me in, caught underneath the waves
Fill me to the brim I'm sure to overflow
And when the levee breaks the flood will take me whole
The ringing in my ears will carry me away
Trapped inside the sounds that offer no escape
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The End
02:19
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neurons are firing inside of my brain
fighting for space in the darkness
sparks flying high in a violent cascade
‘til fireworks fade and nothing remains
my organs will forget their parts one by one
the symphony fumbling to finish
my heart will grow tired of beating it's drum
and when it succumbs, my song will be sung
they'll lay me in the ground
leave their flowers with love
and I'll rest my weary head to the sound
of the birds up above
I'd like to think that i'm more than my thoughts
but i'm at a loss to explain how
'cause someday I'll just be a name on a rock
lead in a plot that's been long since forgotten
i'll lay there in the ground
the world will turn as if I never was
and my breath will drift endlessly on through the clouds
with the birds up above
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In the end, it's all we can do to believe the scales will balance themselves again, where intention and accident meet, there must be a reason that
In the end, it's all we can do to believe...
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Ian Galipeau Keene, New Hampshire
I write songs about ideas and characters I find interesting. I've always been fascinated by the grey areas in life, and writing music is one of the best ways I've found to explore the nuances.
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Satellites and Frequencies
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Catchy melodies, interesting and thought-provoking lyrics, time signature wizardry, and one of my favorite guitar solos ever recorded (on the title track). What's not to love?
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How Cruel That Hunger Binds
by Dietrich Strause
Dietrich's thoughtful lyrics are alive in his effortless melodies. Each song is beautifully produced, served by instrumentation that varies between intimate and expansive. "Around the World" is a gem.
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Expansive music that has the gentle hush of ambient and the insistent pulse of post-rock; enveloping and absorbing.
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Little By Little - LP
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