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it's not like i wanted to stay here
it's not like i wanted to be alone
sometimes i remember, i try to remember
all the things i hated
and the mouth is the same (as mine)
and the eyes are the same (as mine)
and the mind is the same (as mine)
but it's not quite right (not this time)
and the hallways they seem
lit from far away (is it light or day)
and the doorways are open to me(for the first time)
doorways lead to hallways lead to tracks to salvation, nightime electric, body neglected.
pathways and doorways and alleyways and all I see is all around me, passing reflections, failing intentions
it's not that I don't want to be here
it's just that I don't belong
something in me remembers, always remembers
all the things I loved
it's not like i wanted to stay here
it's not like i wanted to be alone
sometimes i remember, i try to remember
all the things i loved
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Running
03:15
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manifesto against love, locked away in a mind that carries
15 million poisons lost in my body, solitary
walking running moving
turning turning turning
release
I can't stop walking. the air is damp. I'm breathing it in, while it breathes me in.
if I lie down the air can surround me.
keep on running I'll leave everything.
running through my blood in a vessel of weakness
15 million people faces facing forwards
manifesto against love, locked away in a mind that carries
15 million poisons lost in my body, solitary
walking running moving
turning turning turning
release
I can't stop walking. the air is damp. I'm breathing it in, while it breathes me out
if I lie down the air can surround me.
keep on running I'll leave everything.
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Lifetime
04:54
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Distant faces
05:44
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Velocity
03:48
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Walking
05:04
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Tracks
06:20
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8. |
Define where I end
04:52
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where do I end
and the city begins
taking paths
towards memory
feel it sinking
falling into me
feel it seething
finding me
take it out of me
take it out of me
take it out of me
take this ecstasy
signposts sing the sweetest song
feeling like a place apart
signposts leading to a mark
leading back to where it starts
take these eyes into your hands
find the place where we fell
a folded band
a broken hand
leading back to where I end
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9. |
Nighttime electric
04:34
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Northern Air
04:58
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to the deficit we place on our incarceration
walking on embers we deny the completion
rented skies taken down by distant faces
fences faces tracks to salvation
frozen air replaces blood
sodium vapour
stairways, doorways, pathways nighttime electric
stairways, doorways, pathways, body neglected
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11. |
Pathways and passageways
05:09
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whispers, light fades and falls to gray
within, nighttime crisp and moonlight
falls on my face
walking away
pathways and passageways and all I say is that I'm here
without my thoughts without my mind
pathways and passageways, the light of dreams is waking me
can you see I'm going blind
lights move and flicker while I
pass through streets looking towards
nothing
nothing left of what I kept inside
nothing left of what I meant to hide
everything is gone inside
face fades, light fades and falls away
within, thoughts lead to things gone past
walking away, walking away, walking away
pathways and passageways and all this time I left behind
drained and torn and left to form
can't you see this is my time
can't you see this is my time
can't you see this is my time
can't you see I'm going blind
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12. |
Sky
03:54
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feeling the motion, face forward towards
neverending echoes of likeness
faces and places
paces towards places where long ago
sky turned to ocean, life turned to motion
everything around me is falling sky
fading from memory
nothing but entropy
passing the reflection, purge the infection
wait for the waiting, wait for the waiting
passing the reflection
purge the infection
take my reflection
break the connection
wait for the waiting, wait for the waiting
reeling in motion, emotion through portals
of light through echoes, faces in spaces
paces and planes, waiting for the entrance
feeling emotion, ocean to ocean
everything around me is fading sky
taking my memories
sealed in entropy
taking my reflection, breaking the connection
waiting for the waiting, wait for the waiting
everything around me is falling sky
turning blue and grey, night to day
try as I might I can't see the light
waiting for the waiting
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13. |
Closing
04:16
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sounds are sentiment
sentient and feeling
permanance is fleeting
but we find our time
closing, never ending
sounds are sentiment
like shards of sediment
collapsing in my veins
collapsing in my veins
between wires and cables, sights and sounds
and nights
I dreamt about you
I dreamt about home
I dreamt about all the things you said
I dreamt about you
and I want to go back there
I thought of the place
where we first met
we're not the same anymore
we're miles from home
this is a closing moment
a never ending final sound
a feeling left no closure
a life left wanting
this is a neverending
final moment of closure
a final sound
just for this moment
just for this moment
this is a closing
a neverending
final sound
in this moment
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17. |
Stairways - BONUS
03:20
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Alleyways - BONUS
03:01
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Vacant Spaces - BONUS
17:58
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The Wretch New Jersey
The Wretch is a concept: something that has fallen short of the ideal. Be it human failing, mankinds failing, ideas created
and tossed away, emotions left beneath the surface, all things have the potential to fall far short of their expected destiny.
The Wretch is Michael Weeks, also featuring Darren Halm, Eric Schlappi and a host of assorted guests.
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