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Ohieeo
05:02
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ohieeo
i never thought I’d wind up in ohio
i was off to see the mayans out in mexico
on my way to manifest predictions
then i got all mixed up in virginia
the farmers in the cornfields say ee-ii-oo
crop circles come from reapers and from ufo's
i wonder what they keep out in the silos
i’m so nervous from conservative talk radio
so i walk all tough and carry round a pitchfork
snd I ride an english saddle on my unicorn
i miss how she sells seashells by the seashore
but she left me by the water back in baltimore
now i sit around just thinking ‘bout the white noise
and i’m grateful we’ve been missed by all the asteroids
there’s a pearl in every oyster claims the tabloids
but i’m learning more and more i can’t believe that voice
‘cause i never thought i’d wind up in...
ohieeo
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Pendulum
04:12
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pendulum
back of my head silhouette against the sun
mascara trees bat the day into dusk we just
Sway in the breeze like a pendulum
i might choose to run or i could choose to stay
every step forward is one step away
from the places we came
those good places we wait
for an avalanche to fall
to start fresh in the fog of a wrecking ball
this whole thing’s a mess but i don’t mind at all
i just stare straight and fine like a latitude line
i see so far in front that i watch from behind
sun in our eyes hypnotizing vision
shadows reach back for the horizon we just
sway in the breeze like a pendulum
but it could be the love none of us ever knew
or it could be so empty tumbleweeds blow through
oh these things that we do
brave be bold build brand new
to make the avalanches fall
to know when to let go of the wrecking ball
this whole thing’s a mess but I don’t mind at all
i just stare straight and fine like a latitude line
i see so far in front that I watch from behind
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Routine
03:50
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routine
i get up in the morning
splash water on my face
i get dressed without mirrors
then i zone out on the train
i spend hours on nothing
i just picture your face
i sleep silent beside you
i hear things you don’t say
so i reach in the darkness
i sleepwalk on the waves
drift away as i’m drowning
then i do it again
don’t think
just blink
toss it all into the kitchen sink
don’t leave
just breathe
give yourself up to the
routine
i lay awake in the morning
i levitate
i ignore the directions
i drop out of the race
i disrupt the whole city
with unspeakable noise
then i fill out every bubble
on the multiple choice
i skywrite i love you
in the alphabet rain
i wake up when it’s over
i wanna do it again
don’t think
just blink
toss it all into the kitchen sink
don’t leave
just breathe
give yourself up to the...
routine
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4. |
Easy Tiger
05:05
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easy tiger
please be careful blazing firefighter
we’re getting a little too close
please be careful red-eyed up-all-nighter
so fast to the future we go
easy tiger lily lighting
quiet village sleeping tightly
my stripes are not my uniform
just means we’re born the same kind (2x)
please be careful hungry politician
you’re spitting out words you don’t know
please be careful jetpack businessperson
the air is thinner the higher you go
easy tiger prowling nightly
quiet village awakens slightly
my stripes are not my camouflage
i just get so lost watching you (2x)
easy tiger...
please be careful all you quiet people
your sound waves mean more than you know
please be careful all you passion seekers
your smoke signals reach us like poems
easy tiger growling mighty
quiet village burning brightly
my stripes are not my battle cry
it’s just that you and i are so wild (2x)
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Ancient Honey
04:08
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ancient honey
i believe in the evening
and the rooster that crows
i’m a featherless peacock
wearing nightingale clothes
have you ever been left somewhere
have you ever been cold
well then you know, that it’s not so hard to go
i should have let lightning strike
as we walked around like mummies waiting for the afterlife
i should have built the oasis
where we’d drink like it's the first time we have ever been hydrated
laughter like waterfalls
fills the heart of the sphinx with 10,000 jugs
i should have spelled it out
instead i drew pictures you couldn't figure out...
ancient honey seals our lips
as we go pantomiming hieroglyphs
on and on and on and on
we are blind we are buried
upside-down pyramids
run my fingers along these walls
feel the messages
may we echo forever
as i give you this pose
let your arms wrap around me
as the eternal rooster crows
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The Sunbathers
05:28
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the sunbathers
i stand in the shade with my mother
the sunbathers giggle and glow
i stare at their beautiful bodies
as i sweat in these dark summer clothes
i want to pour it all out like a fishbowl
and burn dry til my fins turn to legs
leave this place and pretend i’m an orphan
and start fresh somewhere oceans away.
i stare in the eyes of a stranger
i see everything there i could want
they project over me like a future
full of beautiful things i forgot
i want to stay with these birds here forever
squeeze the moon so hard that twilight never breaks
build a life in that place just before we look away
and move on with our arms full of waves
now i stand here with all of these people
all these places on all of these shores
the past is so vast and elastic
echoing words swinging doors
i want to sort through every strand like it’s a haystack
find a needle that could stitch a straight line through
but it’s all just noise and polaroids
of sunbathers waving at you...
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Audrey Harrer Los Angeles, California
Audrey Harrer is an alt-chamber composer/vocalist/harpist. She looks for clever ways to connect lyric and gesture and is particularly interested in the space where music and drama collide.
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