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No Man's Land
03:36
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Can't stand the pain can't stand the cure
You'd never take it that's for sure
Somebody broke you right in two
Never again you say, but isn't it lonely
There in no man's land
You've got your friends your life’s complete
They give you everything you need
Don't you remember what it's like
Anticipation, ah what you're missing
There in no man's land
Can't stand the pain can't stand the cure
You'd never take it that's for sure
Don't you remember what it's like
Never again, you say, but isn’t it lonely?
There in no man's land
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2. |
Kissing Katy
02:20
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Kissing Katy and it’s seeming like a huge mistake
Realizing though I’m dreaming I don’t want to wake
Where‘d this come from
Am I that dumb
How much can one take?
Who’s the last one I’d be needing in my perfect world
Who’s the perfect poster picture of a monster girl
Who in my head?
In my dream bed
Lies so impossibly curled
Who?
Katy is not without her appeal
She just can’t appeal to me
I can’t care what those lovely blue eyes
Might conceal
Kissing Katy and I’m dreaming I don’t want to wake
Kissing Katy and it’s seeming like a huge mistake
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3. |
Flaws of Attraction
03:04
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He’s the arrogant guy that she’s known for a while
She’s the girl that he loved at thirteen.
She can sparkle the breeze, send him up for a mile
But he never comes round ‘cuz it isn’t his style
And they’re not even a thing if you know what I mean.
“Hey, that’s a beautiful body but… no mind
How do you pay the rent?”
“You are a jerk of the handsomest kind
And you won’t make a dent.”
She’s the stunning brunette on the 6 o’clock news
He’s a writer who watches each night
But she married a lawyer who’s honest and true
So he hides her in novels, what else can he do
‘Cuz love isn’t love when it’s always a fight
“Hey, I can’t do this, it’s me, it’s not you
And you are not her”
“No, dear that character isn’t like me
And so what if it were
She is speaking his name on the 6 o’clock news
He was dead on impact it seems
His radio station was turned to the blues
And a song that they loved when they just couldn’t choose
And the sound of it left an emotional bruise
That she carried for years in her darkest of dreams
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4. |
Keen to be Near You
03:46
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Like the tumbling of leaves in a warm autumn breeze
My thoughts make their way to your laughter
And the promise of sun in the dark before dawn
Calls me home to the love that I’m after
Like the space in between every beat of my heart
Gets smaller and lighter and dearer
Like the comet that’s pulled by the orbit of the Earth, I am
Keen to be near you.
Ever keen to be near you.
Near
At the first rose of day, the last evening grey
And every color in between
Near
As the tinder and spark, the arrow and the mark
The song and the lark that play when you have found your way here
Like the bending of trees in a warm summer breeze…
My head turns to seek out your shoulder…
Like persistence of wings flying home across the sea
There’s a comforting cadence in the song of you and me
And the grace that shines bright is no trick of the light
It is clear – that I am
Keen to be near you.
Keen to be near you.
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5. |
Catching Light
02:46
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Sunbeam shine, shadow beside me, holding my hand
Makes no sound, walking on air, not touching the land
I’m shedding my alter ego, no armor to slow me down
Invincible superhero, ten steps to the speed of sound
Pain rains hard, breaks me in two, soaking my smile
Feel sharp ground, the stone in my shoe with every mile
Seeing the sky crack open, watching my courage drown
Looking behind me, seeing steps of a circus clown
Weather will always exist
If I do or don’t
And who am I to resist
If I will or won’t?
Slow glass moving, moment to moment, not looking back
Sun, wind, rain, over my shoulder, slung in a sack
Now quiet the clouds inside me
Now follow the peace I found
Now going where signs will guide me
Now standing on higher ground
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6. |
Underworld
04:56
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When you say you need me
It feels just like a shadow play
And when you starve and bleed me
Although it’s madness, it only makes me stay
I’m living in this underworld
Battered by your cruelest intention
And when it’s springtime overhead
I’m banished to this darkest dimension - Underworld
I can’t stand forever
And I can’t leave your side
And when you’re cold and clever
I’d dive into the sun just to save my pride
I’m living in this underworld
Banished to a never ending distance
And when it’s springtime overhead
I’m trapped here in these fields of nonexistence - Underworld
Every day my ruination
Beckons me with your sweet smile
Siren song I can’t ignore
Shipwrecked on your distant shore
Never gonna reach my Blessed Isle
A tiny world, born in passion
A singularity of lust
But the center could not hold
It crumbled to extinction in the shattering of trust
I’m living in this underworld
Wished into a well of suffering
And when it’s springtime overhead
I’m harvesting this season of nothing
Underworld, underworld
Here comes Persephone
She’ll be the death of me
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7. |
To The Sea
04:31
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You can see the edge of the world from here, from here
Everything becomes so clear when you hear what you hear
Waves sing to me, sweet melody
Sight and sound anchor me to the sea
Looking back so far below, to the shore, evermore
Cliffs are crumbling, slowly slip to the foam, taking my home
Miles underground, deep diving sound
Earth returns eternally to the sea
The city arises, untied from the land
Lifted and drifting, a gossamer caravan
Airships like thunderclouds all around me
Mem’ries rain down as the old world descends to the sea
You can see the end of the world from here, from here
Glass and steel yield to surf and bone and foam and fear
Sirens beguile, exhort and exile
Call me on and follow me to the sea
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8. |
Cliff of a Year
02:36
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High on a hill I’m standing still
Staring down at the sea of my fate
The cliff is steep, water is deep
Hiding all of the dangers that wait
Taking my pose, shedding the clothes
Of the year that stretches so far behind
Closing my eyes, hearing the sighs
Of so many hopes now resigned
I push off the edge
Leaving where I’ve been
Feel the year begin
As I pierce the ocean’s skin
The water is cool, a crystalline jewel
Effervescence of kindness and light
Pulsing with tides, soothing my sides
Pushing out the tendrils of night
Darkness ahead, words left unsaid
But nothing’s done that can’t be undone
Hope isn’t lost, it carries no cost
The new year has only begun
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9. |
King of Weightless
03:10
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Don’t try to tie me to your fate
Strapped to the chair, I don’t care to travel second rate
Breaking my bonds, I disintegrate
Drifting away you can’t say I’m not the King of
Weightless - such a beautiful soul
Weightless - be a part of the whole
Weightless - cast your eyes to the sky
Never bother with the ethereal ‘why’
Lift up your head and you’ll find me here
Slipped free and floating above the Northern hemisphere
Cat’s grin the last to disappear
The Red Queen arrives and is beating the King of
Weightless - screaming off with my head
Weightless - I arise from the dread
Weightless - I look up from my play
As I snip the thread and fly away
Weightless - free from your heavy hand
Weightless - leave my feet as they stand
Weightless - heaven’s light on my face
Falling up into ever-expanding space
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10. |
The Price of Admission
04:17
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Look at you now, lookin’ new now, all dressed up for confessing
Tell me the truth now,
come in the booth now, for me to give you my blessing
Let’s begin, tell me your sin, let me know how you did me
It’s off your chest, you’ll get your rest, when you outbid me
You’re clear, my dear,
Thanks for your contrition
Your relief, stole like a thief
That’s the price of admission
What‘s that you say, now? What should you pay now?
How much should I extract?
To clear the book, get you off the hook, and keep your conscience intact?
Some sympathy from me for the way that you feel
What's the bail to tip the scale helping you to heal
What's the sum it takes to numb
Your sad condition, hot here, my dear
That’s the price of admission
You didn’t start out to rip my heart out, but you know that you thought it
It was just what you meant,
this was no accident, but you broke it you bought it
So take your stand, play your hand, and I’ll call your bluff now
Roll the dice, pay the price,
but you’re not tall enough to ride this ride or justify your position
Too late to compensate
That’s the price of admission
Mmm, the price of admission
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11. |
Persistence of Memory
02:23
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What is it about you that so lives in me?
When was it we bound ourselves inseparably
So much of you stays with me so constantly
Aching with persistence of memory
Persistent formless dreams of you have now awakened true
Persistent formless dreams of you now have awakened true
Too much of my life was spent so aimlessly
Walking in the wrong direction, unable to see
Now as we begin to make our history
You’ll be in the persistence of my memory
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12. |
Won't Be Me
03:47
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Well you can call me chicken you can say I'm yella
But you never could call me the kind of a fella
Written up in the paper being left for dead
A big headline and all it said
He was a young and handsome kind of a tough
And he was fast, but he wasn’t fast enough
No it won't be me, in that paragraph
Won’t be me with that epitaph
I’ll be skipping by with a wink and a smile
And a mile away ‘fore I stop to laugh
The only thing on the lot that I coulda scored
It was a rusted out hulk of a flat-top Ford
Salesman said, this is a car you should own
Those dents will buff right out when you get it on home
Imagine driving this beauty all over town
Easy credit, low terms and no money down
No it won't be me drivin’ THAT down the road
Won't be the car that I can afford
I'll be on the street
Drivin’ on my feet
‘Fore you cheat me into takin’ that flat-top Ford
At the end of the bar in a “cashmore” sweater
Said she might like to get to know me better
Made it back to her place about half past nine
We had a lovely conversation, things were going just fine
Then I hear somebody poundin’ at her front door
Is someone in there w’choo, Eleanor
No it won’t be me that answers that knock
Won't be me that unlocks that lock
I'll be gone before
Your man’s through the door, and
Skedaddlatin’ halfway down the block (bye-bye)
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13. |
Requiescat
03:19
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The famous location was finally torn down
The one near the edge of the center of town
The citizens gathered from all points around
Walked away and sighed
A spot on a map that has never been seen
A stop on the railroad that fueled the machine
Combusting on hope, on sweat, and on dreams
And miles and time
Black and white pictures in small plastic frames
Of ones who had found some small measure of fame
You scour the rooms in search of a name
There's plenty of those
Come down - there might be a scout from the label!
There's beer in the ashtrays and dancing on tables!
The guitar player’s got a hundred foot cable!
He's playing right out in the street!
Find a new love, break up at the bar
A smile and a handshake, the band's found a star
Just always be sure that you bring your guitar
You never know who you might meet
The details may change, but the cast stays the same
The nameless pursuing the luster and fame
Consumed by a passion that they cannot name
But it has a beat
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14. |
Sleeve
04:20
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I wear the things I love upon this sleeve
All the things I've learned
All that I believe
The faces and the names are always near
Every song I've sung
The tales that led me here
If you don't see your name, don't be concerned
I promise it's there, deeply burned
Complete and constant in the heart that I wear
The one that lies so bare
On this sleeve
These tapestries are worn, the tricks of time
I remember when they were so new
With no reason and no rhyme
If some seen frayed or torn, they still exist
Always everlasting
And forever missed
Embroidered in this fabric, buried in the thread
So many things revealed, said and unsaid
A swirl of images, bright fragments of the whole
Sweet segments of my soul
On this sleeve
Your name will always be there
Deep in the heart that I wear
the one that lies so bare
On this sleeve
On this sleeve
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Pop Co-Op
Pop Co-Op are:
Steve Stoeckel (Spongetones),
Bruce Gordon,
Stacy Carson, &
Joel
Tinnel.
Fresh, all original powerpop/pop/rock songs.
2nd most played artist on This is Rock 'n Roll Radio, Syracuse.
Aired on Rodney Bingenheimer's Sirius XM show & the Mickey Bradley Show on BBC Radio Ulster.
"Best of 2017" on WKVA 88.1 Oregon's Snap, Crackle, POP!
... more
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