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Lucid
05:26
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Lucid
Surely you seem lucid
Surely you want to
Make some conversation
I see the riddles in your eyes
But I know you’re there
Surely you want to lay
Our fears to rest
I know they said
You won’t be back
Yet here you are
It’s not your last stand
Surely you’re only dazed
From this operation
Surely it’s safe to say
There’ve been no complications
I see you twitching on the bed
Just a skeleton
But surely once you’ve been fed
You’ll be okay
I know they said
You need to rest
That must be why
You don’t answer
Somewhere inside
You’re there
I know you’re there
I know they said
There’s little chance
Pay them no mind
We’ll soon be laughing
(break)
Surely it’s just the drugs
And not derangement
Surely now there’s no need yet
To make arrangements
I see these I.V.s in your skin
And I wondering if…
Surely now there must be
Some kind of mistake
I know they said
This is the end
They must be wrong
It’s only cancer
Somewhere inside
You’re there
I know you’re there
I know
…Dad?
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2. |
Cycles
05:17
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Cycles
The pendulum
Marks the phases of your sun
Back and forth in time
Wired in a nameless tongue
Pry an open sore
Seal it off
Before it spreads its spores
Fencing in your cynic heart
Beating only for
This hole that you're with
Blind at the sight of the one
That you call your flesh
Your eyes
Bleed at the sign of this
Parasites
Leeching off your orphaned blood
Spewing bold advice
How their pseudo-wit offends so
It's almost as you dreamed it was
Mourning for the life
You lost in your wake
Blind at the sight of the one
That you call your flesh
Your eyes
Bleed at the sign of this
Blind at the sight
Of the one that you break bread with
And the silence of all your friends
It so rings true and
Only now that you know
That you've tried your best
You know it's useless
Pulled apart by
The force you know
You can't just stay away from
All along it's at home
Where you can't find rest
Now
Blackened ice
Feeding off the zero-sum
Ebb and flow collide
Surely this could be the one
Through and through
Is there not to be a lesson learned
Losing all to live your life
Only for the one who wants it
Their way
Blind at the sight of the one
That you call your flesh
Torn from the side of the one
That you're in bed with
Blind at the sight
Of the one that you call your flesh
Sold on the high
Of the drug that you wrestle with
Blind at the sight of the one
That you call your flesh
Your eyes bleed at the sign of this
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Starchild
05:22
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tarchild
It’s so lifelike
This image of you here
Starlit sights
Always in my head now
Child
It’s like you never left
Staring at the waters of the lake
The summer’s at the end
I crawl into a bottle of delight
To share your fire with
Mine
On the wind
It's more than I could have
Wished for
On the brightest star
Here
Fearing that the window's closing in
I stumble toward the light
Silence crowding in
To dull the thrill
I savor for the night
Our ride on the wind
It’s more than I could have
Wished for
On the brightest star
I cannot seem to lift
The melancholic chaos
And I cannot feel you here
Inside this crowded mind
Share your gift
Share your gift
Take me with
I just wanna' leave this place
Watch it burn
From beyond the limits
Meant for my kind
Solar flares
Channeled from the northern trails
Of the wind
And it's more than I could have
Lived for
Under brightest sun
I cannot seem to lift
The melancholic chaos
And I cannot feel you here
Inside this crowded mind
I cannot even get
Beyond these stolid moments
To where ours is
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4. |
Nothing is Safe
04:19
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Nothing is Safe
Fade in slow
Cut away long
Frame this shot with
Masterful brilliance
Focus is shifted through
A negative filter
Overexposed and
Measured in contrast
Parallels have been polarized
Shadow and mist
Obscuring your hindsight
Harder to see when it's
So out of sequence
Watching the color
Bleed from your dark lens
Something’s come here
To claim your faith in why
Knowing nothing is safe from this
(BREAK)
From this angle
Something's not right
Not so much different
As just more outside
Looping in sorrow
You were not warned of
And covered in shame
For that which you can't heal now
Something’s come here
To claim your faith in why
Knowing nothing is safe from this
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5. |
Vultures
03:47
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Vultures
Precious few years
Nary a tear for it all
Mourning delayed
Till your estate’s settled up
Lawyers and friends
Pluck their two cents
From your eyes
Pay off their grief
With fortunes you leave
To the dead
And when the will is done
Much to lament
Sharing the loss
In the pettiness of
Vultures swarming ‘round the dead
Eventually
All this will be left to rot
Heirlooms of greed
Replacing our needs with want
There you’ll remain
Calling in vain from beyond
And when the will is done
Much to resent
Bearing the loss
Lest we forget
There never is enough
And when the memory dies
The pitiless dole it out
The pettiness of
Vultures swarming ‘round the dead
Overhead
And when the memory dies
The pitiless dole it out
A family sold
Enemies for their price
The pettiness of
Vultures swarming ‘round the dead
And when the will is done
Much to repent
Wearing the loss
Lest we forget
There never is enough
In the pettiness of
Vultures swarming ‘round the dead
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6. |
The Thread
03:53
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The Thread
Son
Through the life you live
Try not to forget
Where the river winds
Celebrate the laughter
Solve what you can’t define
Challenge the obvious
Bend it to your will
You could be the one
Who mends the thread
And your dad is just a man
Who had his own war to wage
Was that better than to just
Have played along?
Maybe not
And not that you asked for advice
But here it is
In case you would like to know
I believe it is
Songs will be yours to write
Find the resonance
In the sounds you feel
Never let it end, son
May your impulse have a sense of its own
How we correct for this
Is the highest aim
Trust in the innocence of your path
And your dad is just a man
Who had his own love to give
And his dad was just a man
Who saved his own from wasting it
And it matters that we live
Our waking moments
With the blessing of the ones
Who’ve earned our respect
But even still
It’s to our best selves that we rise
I know you believe it is
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Widetrack Michigan
Widetrack is the musical partnership of father-son duo, Ron and Zach Tippin. The band's "Alterna-Prog" sound has been
described as "Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling conducts a group therapy session with members of Soundgarden, Pink Floyd and Rush".
Presently, the duo is playing select shows in support of their fifth album, Monoliths.
For more information: Widetrack@WidetrackMusic.com
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