"THEME EYE"
absurd, the limping world
face down in mythic swirl
enduring actuals unseen
alone and drifting on
unmoored in trouble fog
i know the burden falls on me
internal escapade
entranced 'til darkness fades
collapsing consciousness between
through dreams in brightened sleep
infinite fathoms deep
somewhere the fire sings to me
again i see a face
the years cannot erase
and tightly grasp the memory
///
without tomorrows
voices in shadow
never wait
tonight
a chorus
aflame
stays
"BEDFACE"
eyes are rolling sight unseen within your epic dream
are you fighting, lost or flying through expanded time?
as my waking cares resume
all is still with you
you...
i'm awake for you
i will wait for you
frequent bargaining with sound
the cup is cooling down
impatient companion whines as the sun gets high
bedface lasts all afternoon
marks of peace on you
you...
i'm awake for you
i will wait for you
wide awake for you
"THE ISLAND YEARS"
in an odyssey
through my painted memory
i recoil at expectations
and guffaw in wanderlust
unresponsive to the rust
in the stares across the table
as they see i'm not afraid
of the choices i will make
starting with emancipation
as i row and row and row...
away from it all
don't know you anymore
as waves carry on
don't know you anymore
in a foreign age
ever present all the same
catapulted by desire
is a scattering of plans
raked to monuments of sand
for the hidden congregation
to proclaim i am alive
never swallowed by the tide
such a droll quixotic journey
as i grow and grow and grow...
away from it all
don't know you anymore
as waves carry on
don't know you anymore
///
inside out
forming a sound
outside in
not if, when
as it wakes
i cannot wait
as it flies
makes me feel so
high...
credits
released May 29, 2023
Recorded/produced/mastered by SH from 2020-2023 @ Covissa Nova Studio (with some elements recorded elsewhere between 2004-2019).
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