1. |
house on fire
06:35
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i’ll set the sun and moon on end
i’ll deliver the flame beneath my skin
make haste watch the sun rise again
now I think I have just begun
in your black hands your burning sun is rising
keep on glowing keep on trying
lonely rivers stop flowing through the night
In your black hands all the sadness inside you
just fill your head with schemes
cause you know there's no joy
until company can find heaven
until company can find hell
in the grace of the flames we reign
in the place of the reaper it’s gone
in the waltz of fire lost forever
every day trapped in stone
every day speaking in vain
the dead man is still alive
love cannot be freed by being born again
every young girl against the rain
all the children dancing in the earth
every day the word that is written
upon the wall of a house on fire
written on the wall of a house on fire
every day the word is written
on the wall of a house on fire
the fire is still killing each and every breath
is he meant to be unhurt nor bound
if it were ever burned
like every young horse upon a hill
with your great big shoe cream
i can't find it there in your hair
you're the one sitting in the corner
the moon is on your nose and your eyeliner too
i know you'd be out there waiting
when the accident comes along
and i said oh well oh well
step into my room superman is in the bathroom
he's tapping I want to get closer
this cat's walking up this bitch's lips
and wants to bark over the floor
and i’m here covered by the moonlight
dressed to the nines
looking through a tear
and here comes the gods
things look just so
hate nor comfort
the thundering storm
i have forgotten trust
nor the silence fell upon the veil
in the fury of the flame
rain from the sky
bring on storm and thunder
rising from the sky
rise from the sky
in the fury of the fire
and the lightning shatter the dawn
in the fury of the fire
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2. |
in the memory of a place
04:35
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the ghosts have gathered
in the murmur of the wind
echos of their songs
the whispering begins
the living left behind
trapped within their skin
leaning in to listen
the rustle and the din
one who knows the name
is leaking from the heart
a suffocating ache
splintered torn apart
most intimate of phantoms
too soon did you depart
light that wandered with you
to stars beyond the chart
the fragrance from before
in the memory of a place
a shadow from before
in the ashes of a place
a gesture from before
in the vestige of a place
a token from before
in the ruins of a place
the softest of refrains
i only see your face
remembrance of a time
the falling into grace
the disappearing moments
leaving tears to stain
the space beneath my eyes
schematic of the rain
thought i heard you stirring
revisiting the pain
breathing in the hollow
the loneliest domain
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3. |
see and speak
05:02
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comes a ragged shadow
dragging faded glory
all but skin and bone
just a broken story
feel the lightning strike
taste the allegory
custodian of stars
taking inventory
what will all of this become
river forest whisper hum
when will all of this return
tomorrow never now discern
where will all of this resume
estuary ocean bloom
how will all of this begin
mountain flower murmur din
welcome tattered ghost
such a stealthy kiss
leaving little trace
nothing comes of this
dreaming jagged songs
nightingales dismiss
that we defer till day
to later reminisce
see and speak
hear and say
touch and go
away…
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4. |
when you go
06:53
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soft is the sounding low is the day
dark is the water that moves this way
deep is the current pulling it down
heavy the weight of gravity's gown
taut is the being who sees the crime
the house is now leaning finding no rhyme
dusty and distant the spirit retreats
barbed wire broadcast and endless deceits
no one is listening no one is there
gone to the market let the buyer beware
breaking the silence shaping the space
lifting the crippled ones running in place
when you go
remember me
when you cross
tell me what you see
mark the path with traces
so i will know
where you have gone
and where i must follow
there is rain and there is deluge
pain for which there is no refuge
there is broken and there is shattered
look just ahead the clouds have gathered
a storm is coming maybe it's here
never too worry there's nothing to fear
and if we are lucky the diggers may find
buttons from clothing worn in our time
may the birds sing your songs
may the light find your eyes
may the wind kiss your face
may the sun fill your skies
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5. |
temporary occupant
04:18
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the many words that fell away
the sound that shook the heavens
a song to lure the hummingbirds
offering concessions
sugar water flower stem
slower than molasses
amber evidence remains
what was in the ashes
temporary occupant
speaking in tongues
arbitrary document
ciphers and sums
fragmentary testament
hoarding a crumb
vacuous argument
hollow the hum
the murmuring that is no more
the whisper disappearing
a hymn to bring the starlight down
reluctant engineering
candle shining lucent light
silent as it crashes
down along the end of day
wordlessly it passes
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6. |
a darker star
05:00
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there is a shadow
in the haunted heart
the twilight aching
as the dream departs
after the emptiness
a shroud so dark
and now the tears
that stain our days
the diamond shards
of what remains
so still he shines
now from afar
amend to night
a darker star
follow the traces
of a drifting ghost
gather the remnants
as the darkness grows
remembered moments
embroidered bones
and now the rain
that veils the eye
with diamond seas
and blackest sky
so still he shines
now from afar
amend to night
a darker star
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fragment x Los Angeles, California
fragment x is g.e. stinson's vocal project comprising tributes to well loved influential partners, humans, friends, artists, as well as a beloved dog named vlad.
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