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"PASSPORT TO KUNMING" (2003 projekt records)
Tracks:
"She's Got A Halo"
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
Behold the trail of tears written by her pen.
Bella sent letters to her lover all those years.
She's got a halo.
She is unable and asks for the light….
Behold the trail of tears seen within her grace.
Bella spent all she had to find the old world, to find him.
She's got a halo.
She is unable and asks for the light to…
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"Lost In Translation"
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
Everyone's fame, golden-hailed golden.
Over some far-away ocean is your heart.
And it flows like a fountain, is your heart.
For the one true thing you left behind.
It's in everyone's eyes….
Everyone's fame, golden-hailed golden.
Over some far-away ocean is your heart.
And it flows like a fountain, is your heart.
Everyone's fame, lessons under everything.
For the one true thing you left behind.
It's in everyone's eyes…..
Life's great reward, life's great intolerance.
Life's great reward.
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"Impermanence"
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
What are those words?
Words of warning……impermanence.
Is there anything left sacred?
What are those words?
Words of warning….impermanence.
Behold the distance between.
Space is captured within the wanting.
What are those words?
Words of warning….impermanence.
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"Between the Folds"
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
Between the folds of life.
Lye the bitter life-reeds hang.
Hanging above your head.
Circling above your head.
Shut out the stars.
Blacken the sky.
You're a beauteous fruit of Eden.
With a black heart….
Between the folds of life.
Lye the bitter life-reeds hang.
Hanging above your head.
Circling above your head.
Shut out the stars.
Blacken the sky.
You're a beauteous fruit of Eden.
With a black heart.
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"Girl at the Window"
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
There's a token phrase that "life is for the living."
There's a bitter image and a loss for you friend.
Winter has come.
But you're unforgiving.
And a little less driven.
Girl at the window.
There's a token phrase that "all is in passing."
There's a candle still burning and I can't seem to get to you.
Winter has come.
But you're unforgiving.
And a little less driven.
Girl at the window.
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"Made Of Wood" (by Jesse Sykes)
He said "I think you know my name."
He said "I think you know what you came here for."
If you don't really like it you can walk out that door.
If you don't really like it you don't have to keep asking for more.
Right here on this floor….
He said I was the only one.
He said that we would have so much fun.
But I tried and I tried to get back on my feet.
The lines in my face tell me that I need sleep again.
So I'll just pretend…..
He said "I think you know my name."
He said "I think you know what you came here for."
If you don't really like it you can walk out that door.
If you don't really like it you don't have to keep asking for more.
Right here on this floor….
Alice in Wonderland hold out your hand.
If you're really made of stone I know that you'd catch me.
Oh, if you could, cause I'm made of wood.
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"His Faded Muse"
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
He'd never been to Indio or Belarus.
Fifteen years still dragging along his faded muse.
And the pretty girls, see how they run……
By the side of way-forlorn.
Where we turn a stone for the wrongs we've done.
I am that man and woman's son.
With only my finest hat and suit on.
All the willows wrap my scars in years….
By the side of way-forlorn.
Where we turn a stone for the wrongs we've done.
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BENEATH THE TREES
(2000 projekt records)
"Beneath These Trees"
(trad.)
beneath these trees
beneath these sleepy trees
sweet peace receives me
receives me
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"Rubina Verde"
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
it's easier now to count five hundred swims in...
all we are, pillars of silence
can you count the distance
even now, for La Donna Verde
all we are, five hundred swims in
Rubina Verde sings
all things and all things must end
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"Mayim"
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
mayim, water flows
all is life
mayim, back to life
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“This Part of Fortune Lies” aka “Stray”
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
this is all we have, this part of fortune
lies deep within
can you carry the weight
and it all fades
and have you gone astray
this is all we have, this part of fortune
lies with a tongue-tied drifting
can you carry the weight of it all
and it all fades
and have you gone astray
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"Born & Died on the 23rd”
(lyrics: eric cooley)
i see your picture
i see myself reflected a thousand miles away
and to think i never met your brilliant denial
but i got your lies
you got my burden
you got my eyes
you were born and died on the 23rd
your ashes sail on an open sea
born and died on the 23rd
now so much more than a laugh away
now so much more than a laugh away
how did we get this far?
how did I get this far?
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“If I Drink From This Cup”
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
if i drink from this cup
i'll go mad
it's a small token
of your affection
heaven's there holding out its hand
in heaven you coat your worth
if i drink from this cup
i'll go mad
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"To See Her In This Light"
(lyrics: eric cooley)
she sings to me but her voice
is coarse and frail
i cannot bear to see her
in this light
she is old so old her wisdom
dried and gone away
what did i say to make her leave
my mentor where did you go
you're old and it's too cold
too much silence she has to go
and soon i can hear her
sobbing outside my door
my mentor where did you go
you're old and it's too cold
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"Shallow: two doors down"
(lyrics: dara rosenwasser)
there's a man two doors down
keeps his head hung low
no one looks him in the eye
all in passing so shallow
how can you stand
and look below
or turn and go blind
and down we go
these sounds that fill
one links to the other
these sounds that fill...
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"INSULARIA"
(1999 ivy records)
Tracks:
"Cocoon"
(lyrics: eric cooley)
You know the language so well
I can tell
You've said this before.
She's alone in a corner
I can tell
You used to adore here.
Holding still, still I hold on.
Holding still, still holding on.
A simple, sad gesture of friends -
We're scared to see how it ends, and it always ends.
A simple, sad gesture of friends...
It's all you ever said.
Holding still, still I hold on.
Holding still, still holding on.
Holding still, still
holding on.
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"Birthday Party"
(lyrics: eric cooley)
I want a Birthday Party
With all my enemies around me.
They are singing to me
Just killing time.
Killing time...
So we waste a day, but That's OK
If she's willing to
Sleep again.
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