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Aphelion

by From Bears

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1.
Would You Care To Guess? 05:05
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I hear the back door creak longer than I can stand I feel the breaching pulses of another land Paranoia sets in, my head starts to spin Glassy eyed, mirror minded by a friend of mine Animal on my back with its own mind Better keep him occupied Monkey on my back, sends chills up my spine Would you care to guess? Am I in my right mind? These walls won't reflect We pass through them like the light The footing's soft, the eyes fall off Another victim for the animal's trough And I close my eyelids This tree is alive, hero in disguise War between the plants and artificial light Turn out all the lights, hide ourselves from sight Would you care to guess? Am I in my right mind? These walls won't reflect We pass through them like the light The footing's soft, the eyes fall off Another victim for the animal's trough And I close my eyelids
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Cloud Rider 04:29
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You've got my eyes, but the way your shoes are tied is all wrong And you're a pilot in the expanses of one's mind The blue and red is causing bright 3D impressions of time All the while you sit back with a blindfold across your eyes Airplane engine sounds, voices in the clouds (Delay, relay, E-8, elate) Seen clearer skies, but I admit, this could be fault of mine Can't help but notice in the cabin that I am child-sized I said, "Where should we head?" without meaning for the words to rhyme And you responded causing excess fluctuations of signs Airplane engine sounds, voices in the clouds (Delay, relay, E-8, elate) I can't get me out of this fucking plane And I don't know why I got on Don't even recall ever getting on This flying piece of garbage Found my boarding pass Growing in the grass Now its hidden in my secret garden And I'm falling back down towards the freshly...
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Letters of Lost Cosmonauts 03:05
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My foot fell off the dirt path I fell in the snow But my shoes just kept walking I followed them home My house was underwater And my lungs were too tired from the ocean I can't see my toes The sediment, the glows And my brain eats its nose A cloud in the sky Was shaped like a horseshoe With the properties of metal Where lightning strikes had been queued I held there suspended in air All day long (until noon) Reach up towards the ground My hands want to sow And my brain eats its nose A hole in the oak tree Lead straight to my current thoughts A wall lined with bookshelves Covered with cosmonaut's Letters to wives Home on the Earth they call home Mission status is gold My head wants its home And my brain eats its nose I can't find my brink 'cause I don't wanna Sunny day, refuse to stay I hope I'm in a coma Glowing eyes, will chastise Anyone with thunder thighs Vertigo, now takes hold I will not grow old
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Fire In the Hull, But the Ship Isn't Sinking 03:53
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My head spun into the ocean And floated on top of the water My mouth was too full to wield confession Only the fish could hear The rain came down from the badlands And rested on top of the water My mind is slowly drowning Only the deep can hear Where can you run to? What can you run from? If nothing's chasing you His legs broke free from the wood plank That held him apart from the mad sea His countenance turned to face us No fear in his eyes, only vengeance The curse that he uttered weighed heavy As our captain plunged deep in the mad sea Never again will we find land As long as our minds remained Where can you run to? What can you run from? If nothing's chasing you Where can you run to? What can you run from? If nothing's chasing you
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Delusion 01:04
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Stranger To Mass Confusion 03:40
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A dirty look, an open book A crooked crook's illusions He's here to kill, run for the hills A narrow mind's conclusion A twitching brow, he's sitting still The shells now travel through him Just a man off a bus Stranger to mass confusion Where are their hearts? Heavy in hand What makes the blood flow under their skin? (repeated) A shallow hole, a restless soul A mind's rejuvenation He's entered town, welcoming crowd Whats this hallucination? Pass him a drink, no time to think This crowd's new proclamation He razed this town in the sand No need for explanation Where are their hearts? Heavy in hand What makes the blood flow under their skin? (repeated) Where are their hearts? Heavy in hand What makes the blood flow under their skin? (repeated)
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Dear Mother Teresa 04:40
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The rain sows the morning While we sow the eve The crops grow to the sound of The rain on the leaves The pattern paints a picture That the eyes can't recieve The drums in our ears, lose track of the years And the crow counts, "1,2,3" Dear Mother Teresa The storeroom grows heavy As we live out the years The farmhands kept busy While the sun disappears By chance if the cattle Are lead far from here The floodgates will open While the worlds not so clear Dear Mother Teresa The fiery glowing sea Washes deep down the roots of the dying trees The sky begins to bleed Quintessence release ether's beauty Your eyes will cease to see And your soul will soon look down on these Its past, then present, then future While the lights beat (while the lights beat) Dear Mother Teresa Dear Mother Terese
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Awhile 01:55
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Aphelion 07:56
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I cannot find An exit doorway of the mind And I will not die Behind my own eyes This forlorn path laid out Leads me to be fearful And makes me doubt if I can trust The guides encountered, maybe reencountered (Who is she?) Who is she? Who seems able to calm the madness of the sea And pass it to this familiar and strange species It travels like all the veins in the leaves Its a feeling foreign and cold, not so bold, Clarity What is the goal of a man without? But dirt underneath the fingernails Left or right on this road matters More than what lies at the end It appears as if my mind has sent another And I wait for subconscious one liners I can feel that somethings different here At times your shadow disappears And I'm left to sense the presence of Creator (Who is she?) Who is she? Materialized from nature at my feet Radiance emitting in UV waves I can see Unlocking the senses ordinarily hidden from human beings How could she have gotten here? So I ask. She seems able to calm the madness of the sea And pass it to this familiar and strange species It travels like all the veins in the leaves Its a feeling foreign and cold, not so bold, Clarity What is the purpose of life? To be the ears and eyes What is the meaning of time? To ignore the snake's (man's) device Why do the plants grow outside? To escape the home's delight Why do the children bother with fright? To cope with their bond with the night Why am I captive of my mind? To learn the science behind (one thought jumping) What makes the sun shine? The firing of Earth's collective mind Why do the mothers cry? They bear the fruit of new life What is the purpose of new life? "To be the ears and eyes and conscience of The creator of the universe, you fools"
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Perihelion 04:22
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Another sign of life on Earth Planted by the minds of another Took me to be their home's lost leader Could I find another seed to feed her The goddess of nature A viewing room behind the eyes A look into the vortex on the outside I could hear the words of my creator Through the voice of one beautiful beyond all human recognition The goddess of nature
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Brain Ice Cream 02:06
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Pilgrim's Asylum 02:48
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I leaned too far off the crest of the Earth And fell through bounds of the holes in my head Some dug by rabbits and their upturned turf Now where am I? Don't know why (Don't know why) I've seen more than you (repeated) Analyzed by the ignorant stiffs Who tell that I won't come back from this trip They use their minds like enclosed schools of fish Now where am I? Don't know why (Don't know why) I've seen more than you (repeated)
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All To Black 03:29
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released October 31, 2013

Artwork by Elizabeth Garifo.

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