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surrounded by the dark
I see the trail of a wandering star
soaked in shiny dust
like a golden caravan
slow dancing side by side
debris of our past lives
swarms of stars fill the sky
like wanderers of the night
unaware of mankind
roaming suns in plain sight
screaming odes to the light
they shine with throughout their flights
I've seen you from afar
chasing shouting stars
the prelude has just begun
gloom’s about to come
with technicolor cries
of you fading from my mind
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Stargazer
03:46
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bend the light
chase the matter
reach for the heavens
climb the past
through your lenses
and don't forget to try
to expose all the lies
the gods have planted in our minds
sing the truth, sweeten it with rhymes
oh stargazer
roam through time
unveil the pattern
forsake the legends
destroy blind faith forever
allow us to see what lies
right above our skies
huge cosmic structures fill your eyes
spread the truth, debunk the lies
oh stargazer
dying lights
hit our eyes
every time
we look up at a starry night
oh, such a mystic sight
stargazer
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Mercury
04:07
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mercury
lend me
your spin
parabolic
mercury
iron gleam
melt me
in sun’s heat
I don’t know how to feel
cause I don’t know if it’s real
And now it’s too late to steer the wheel
mercury
save me
shield me
from x ray beams
oh I don’t know if it’s real,
soon I will know how it feels
to burst out of control at sonic speed
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4. |
Catatumbo Lightnings
04:15
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a blaze in the dark
has torn the night apart
and once the flash is gone
my eyes start to spill blood
cause all I ever do
is to wait here for you
to come back to the lake
and start anew
with everchanging forms
the everlasting storm
rages where the river meets its doom
carelessly invoking satan’s black sparks
the electric waltz of catatumbo lightnings
electrostatic nervous meltdown
light-crying clouds, catatumbo lightnings
living all my life together
with constant thunders
striking from heaven
nothing stays and nothing matters
but catatumbo lightnings
a thrill runs up my spine
in the maracaibo’s night
the light’s about to strike
a meaning fills my life
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5. |
Primrose Hill
01:18
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I was alone so I went to primrose hill
I soon realized how much of a bad idea it's been
cause you're not here
and it's crystal clear
this ain't the timeline we're meant to live
so somewhere in the cosmos
there's a place where flowers blossom
confined into an hollow
bubble of debris and sorrows
and if in this life we’re over
the multiverse will take us further,
our reality's a folder
filed under broken promises
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The Child of Dark Matter
05:07
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to spread the night across the river
moonlight fools and non believers
trade their weights until the worry's gone
their shock waves hit me like a fever
eyes roll back before a seizure
let the world sink into an endless fall
deathless ghost
the cmb sways and glows
for the child of dark matter
rules the quantum world
feel it all
inside you feel it flow
the cosmic doom depends on you
my reckless son
I’m leaving this earth,
I'm freeing myself
from the evil of this world
I’ll sail through time to see
the sheer beauty
of the cosmic web above
ripples on the fabric of time
where the bored ones try to survive
clinching to their dreams of weeping suns
their sobbing heat let the patience run dry
while you pretended to still be mine
forgetting all the truths we sought in life
now harmonize
you silent beam of light
the chorus sings celestial poems
about endless lives
and the poets know why
their time is meant to fly
despite the words they said
will echo till the end of time
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Endless Planet
04:38
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I think I saw a planet glow
it glows in the dark
and revolves around a sun's clone,
an alien one
it’s passing right beside the earth
and now everyone
is weeping like the end has come
while I'm both moved and stunned
see how I run by
crying mothers
the future’s over
I need to see you before
all is lost and
pretend that I’m in love
stellar rambler
earth half brother
please come closer
let me see how it goes
on your surface
frozen lost land
rolling over what is left of us
hold me, love
till I can’t feel no more,
our lives are forever lost
but still, don’t let me go
till all my atoms burst
I'm all and nevermore
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feel their shock waves
cosmic rays fall down
earth is frozen
clouds fill the sky till no light hits the ground
smokestacks crumbling
trumpets in the skies
the city's howlin'
white noise on the radio till I hear no sound
the doomsday lumbers
toward our hopeless lives
it’s mankind sunset
is there an escape or a way to survive?
see me climb up
the sulphur mountain side
let me come in
the cosmic ray station I don't want to die
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Burning Bridges
03:05
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I thought you could see me
but I was just dreaming again
correct me if I’m wrong
the now is a lie
just the past and the future are real
so catch me once I'm gone
I’ll burn the bridges down
down to the ground
a restless firebug
hidden from the sun
hun, leave your mind open tonight
and let your fears disappear
the moon will wash them out
the pain is a moment
and just the consequences are real
so light a match and sing along
burn the bridges down
down to the ground
burn the city down
and start anew
a better place to live
with or without you
I’ll keep to burn the bridges down
till i’m underground
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Neon Tunnel
05:42
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unveil what’s in your mind tonight
or I’ll dig deeper till you will go blind
we’ve got time
no need to rush, till here we’re fine
I’ll try to read your thoughts even slower the next time
well I’m lying, you won’t let me in if I don’t act right
a soft breeze is blowing
the sunset’s glowing
the cicadas’ buzz
while I light the fire
and I don’t know if
my time is coming
yet it’s been a while
since I felt alive
a neon tunnel shines
a neon tunnel shines right in front of my very eyes
I wish my cat would never die and to dive
inside his yellow eyes to see what lies
in his mind
does he perceive that time goes by?
or am I the one who lost track of his life?
I won’t try to read your mind at all next time
now I am the glow
of the celestial mountains’ snow
I’m a boiling pond
teeming with prehistoric tadpoles
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Marie Byrd Land Band Italy
lo-fi + psych
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