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Providence has seen
fit to give me
ten more years
to live since I
first woke up into the splendor
of this gently glowing world
When lately I have been moved to tears
by a passing cloud
I close my eyes
and everything that's on the surface
of this world reminds me of her
On another planet I was fortunate enough to meet her
and when my earth friends ask me how we
made it through the centuries I tell them
like Liv Tyler we gave up
eternal life to be together
Give me time and give me
air to breathe I
need it now
Depending on
this linear corporeal existence is a
strange delight
and every day that
I am still alive I thank the
vortex that deposited me
In another timeline where I was fortunate enough to meet her
and when my friends from this dimension
ask me how we've stayed intact I tell them
like Liv Tyler we gave up
transcendent permanence to
spend a single human life
together
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2. |
Ball Is Life
02:29
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Broke my finger on the court
now patience is my last resort
Lost my temper don't know what for
waiting is the hardest sport
I ain't much use from behind the arc
can't play the way the young kids play
But we'll light it up until the lights go dark
Ball is life just like the young kids say
I'm keeping my ankles in braces I'm keeping my
fingers taped together
Feel my age in unfamiliar places
but I can't complain
Brian steps up to challenge me
he says mister you know I heard
you're kinda nice with that old school style
jump shot look like Larry Bird
Now game's to fifteen we're tied at four
trying to forget the score
I'm keeping my ankles in braces I'm keeping my
fingers taped together
Feel my age in unfamiliar places
but I can't complain
and I can't complain
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3. |
Saturn's Rings
04:04
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First the bad news
I'm not ready for you
So don't come knocking at my door
Wait for the season
to turn I'll be yearning
Until my heart is sore
You're my unexpected
guest I'll plan my
whole life for
I'm counting Saturn's rings
you don't owe me a thing
If you come early
you'll be just a vision
of what's coming down the road
I won't regret it
except maybe one day when
you and I are old
I'm counting Saturn's rings
you don't owe me a thing
Float our ships
down that stream
take a trip
twenty years between
On that bridge
first I've seen
held her hand
like shadow across sunbeams
Wait for the season
to turn I'll be yearning
Until my heart is sore
You're my unexpected
guest I'll plan my
whole life for
I'm counting Saturn's rings
you don't owe me a thing
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Family Tree
02:41
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You don't have to bargain with me
everything that I have is free
you don't have to haggle and trade
I'll never get paid
You don't have to be honest with me
anything that you say I'll believe
you don't have to try to catch me
when I'm falling from the family tree
What is one or two
broken bones when the rest are new
Why should we be afraid
when every real decision's been made
You don't have to convince me to stay
I've got nowhere else to be today
you don't have to try to catch me
when I'm falling from the family tree
What is one or two
broken bones when the rest are new
Why should we be afraid
when every real decision that we have
has already been made
already been made
already been made
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1963
02:17
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How can it be that you
haven't figured out how
to breathe in the ocean of grief
you've been living in since 1963
And what would it take for me
to convince you to just
turn around on this highway
and bring this car back home
Tell me how does it feel
to be standing at the edge of the void
with the only one you can't avoid
In April and May it's like she's
fading away but then it's
June and the war will be back soon
but for now it seems like some things might be OK
Tell me how does it feel
to be standing at the edge of the void
with the only one you can't avoid
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6. |
B.C. Sang To Me
04:21
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You just have to slow
down and wait until
this ice melts away
You've been pressing
forward every single day
we just can't keep up this pace
Everyone's been asking me
how to keep above the water
but I don't have an answer
Who do you expect to
come to your rescue
Everyone keeps asking me
how long till this ship breaks free
raindrops on the icy sea
waves grinding down
that rocky beach
You and I are
drifting further apart
with each gust of wind
A new course with every
momentary current
and our fuel is spent
Everyone's been asking me
how to make it through the winter
but I don't have an answer
Who can you rely on
to tell you the truth
when tensions are high
Everyone keeps asking me
how long till this ship breaks free
raindrops on the icy sea
waves grinding down
that rocky beach
raindrops on the icy sea
waves grinding down
that rocky beach
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7. |
Write and Revise
02:45
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I went for a walk to clear my head
thinking of the things I wished
that I had never said
I rehearse in my head every day
things I wish that I had been
smart enough to say
but I don't improvise
just write and revise
I've been trying to stay on track all year
trying to stay one step ahead
of uninvited fears
my idears
support my fears
I don't improvise
just write and revise
One year could be
just as good as two or three
enough for me
to learn to trust what I can't see
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8. |
Innocence Pt. 3
02:32
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I've never
felt closer
to anyone
than when I wrapped my arms
around you tried to hold you back
from throwing one more punch
My heart has
never
beat faster than
when I pressed my
hands gently against your
shoulders tried to calm you by my touch
And when you
came to me
to ask me for
my forgiveness for all the
harm that you had done to what we were trying to build
I almost
broke character
in quiet laughter
as I remembered how your angry
torso quivered in the warmth of my embrace
I just hope you meet
some kind of relief
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Max Kennedy Boston, Massachusetts
Max Kennedy is a musical sorcerer, able to conjure up serene landscapes and scenes of beguiling discordance with his subtle arrangements and delicate, plaintive voice. Carving out a space between folk, jazz, and the avant-garde, his music will seduce you with its homespun, heartfelt glow and blow you away with startling shifts in melody and vocal harmony. ... more
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