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Nowhereness
(instrumental)

Arrive (but never stay)

one makes a lot as it unfolds
in several levels
paint yourself a window
seeing from all angles
no pacing no retracing
but a vague feeling
I've been where I'll be

the past present and future
all under one roof
holding hands with eachother
though opposite rooms
no backway no entryway
but a staircase
that circulates up

we became one without being the same
arrive but never stay
change

flexible as water
to seep inbetween
from higher planes
into modes of being
rediscover all you came to offer
is the loudest whisper
ever conjured up

we became one without being the same
arrive but never stay
change

Tracks

why search for you with the circumference of my stare
I turn around
you're not there

inside with nothing to guard
we've climbed both sides of this wall before

every ladder encountered here is a one way
staying off is the escape
as I brace for the day
when I am no longer me

I hope to meet you there

we journey so far
in the spot right where we are

I simplified all my supplies
ran through the fields to follow your cry
creatures of will
full of potential
up on your hill I saw you spy
I saw you spy
so what am I

the kind of tracks you leave are like a flying bird
circling the predator

you know your damage control
and you're so close
you're invisible

Automatic Thoughts

to stay to remain
to review how I came
to aim to relate to this place
to rise to fall
to be here at all

feeling is part of these
longing to be where all moments meet
feeling is part of these
I like to be where I can stay in one piece

to seek to reach
to return and repeat
to merge with the blur
to return and move forward
to serve over and over

I will until my thoughts
grow farther and farther apart

Up and Out

everything we are not
keeps us in our shape
we are only in your blind spot
we are never out of range

outsmart all danger on impact
if it's hard to relax
recall how you can bounce back
flying past where you started at

all those premonitions of living
say go and know you never go it alone

designed with a sense of distance
we hope you don't forget
when it's time to switch direction
bottoming out helped turn the whole person around
no going down always leaves up and out

all those premonitions of living
say go and know you never go it alone

fly or crawl
welcome both

Land

water rising
and nobody coming back for me
a stranger a favor
a sudden change in the weather

a hand on my shoulder
a hand on the shoulder they're looking over
near a saddle a gun barrel
two tin cans and a lost paddle

now and then we'll trespass on your land

I looked east I looked west
I stood there shaking my head
they lead I said yes
I didn't know what I was agreeing with

traders or invaders
or settlers on the move
make room for more room
they say move where time moves you

now and then we'll trespass on your land
nothing to defend as all we see depends on
where we stand

stranded almost as if I'd planned it
never abandoned

The Outer Ring
(instrumental)

Fleeting Formations

overstimulation is equal
to no movement at all
I'm a small piece in the puzzle
making myself comfortable
tidying up on distraction
because there's always one
on the verge of about to happen

fleeting formations lock together in a bind
lost forever all sense of time
can't get back the same way twice

holes in space peaking through lately
nothing seems all that crazy
solar wind ions from on high
shedding light where it's hazy
saw you there soon as I didn't
things are not quite what they're called
could I be your favorite phantom

fleeting formations lock together in a bind
lost forever all sense of time

here in different densities
of the same waking dream
I see you but you don't seem to see me
keeping you company
in between your seen and unseen

Vultures

you can be anywhere
are you straight ahead
everything is closer than I think it is
close up you're close

we all sow our current
then we reap it's ocean
we're all taken for a spin
and then asked where we've been

so long astral vultures feeding on me
so long the plots to do me in failed
leave
you're done
all gone

very clearly every time you perch near me
my frequencies fly into a frenzy
we clash and then we match
like emotional pitch
busting out of this skin
we are all we surround ourselves with

so long astral vultures feeding on me
so long the plots to do me in failed
leave
you're done
all gone

again you'll call to me
again you'll come to me
soon to go right through
still I will be unmoved

Step Lightly

it appears all of our probable scenarios
are about to unfold
as we gravitate to the ones we like
it helps create the ones we find
renovating for a better cage
never did take the cage away
there's far too much to speculate
and every idea to decorate only hangs in the way

while waiting for patience
nothing is in the way
it is finished
while debating the pros and cons
we've seen enough to know the favorite one

letting go of what props us up
we discover no back and no front
we're in it all and it's all in us
without an outline even
step lightly while falling into place
behind leave the figure eight
you'll find me in close proximity
separate ways to the same place

the walk there is always longer
than the walk back
remember this earth as a blender
there's a big picture
and it's in here somewhere
as shattered patterns
come here to gather
faster and faster
one after another
steps lightly while falling into place
behind leave the figure eight
you'll find me in close proximity
separate ways to the same place

Centers and Limits

worlds open up all around you

have I been magnifying the myth
finding myself in it
these days

worlds open up inside of you

have I been the stranger to my own land
tunnel vision in the wide open
plane

slowly our travels changed
slowly our travels changed their aim

still I am one foot out for one foot in
a challenge in balance
centered in limits

the time's come
you know what to do
worlds opened up all around you

Homeostasis

we move each other
we move each other along
everyone gets on when they want

show me some ropes
where to hold when to let go
it is as it always was
it just took awhile to notice

tame or be tamed
is only one way to play
when I hesitate
they feed me to the bait

we catch all we can
then we turn it lose again
it is as it always was
it just took awhile to notice

we move each other
we move each other along
everyone gets off when they want

Down and In

now happens
everything's in everyone
now is one version of
everywhere all at once
right when I was I gave it up
right when I stalled I gave it my all
light and sound turned inside out
flights here
how am I upside down
nowhere to be found
all around
all in now
all is allowed
turn in turn out
swimming in 3D
in a knot called the body
time sits beside these
spaces above these
signal you on

Reality Spell

it all exists always to exit
into a new entrance
sunrise for somebody’s sunset
earth red with both birth and death
all were calling us here
with the call to color us in
the whole of existence on the edge
building a bridge

I found you
changes all worth going through
never did add up to an excuse
forgive me life
I declined

what the mind wants and what all life needs
let's never make it two separate things
bird songs and territory are surely reconciling
whispers of the jaded jester
who on earth are you working for
what are you going to do
choose your door one two three or four

I found you
changes all worth going through
never did add up to an excuse
forgive me life
I declined

So do you chose
once you know that you do
what will you chose
all those opposing pursuits
narrow in on the few that guide to
release from the reality spell
it isn't wrong if it isn't even real
all of these people mean well
whenever it's hard to tell
who here has been harmed
who here has been helped
copied keys to the cell
of secrets I keep from myself

I found you
changes all worth going through
never did add up to an excuse
forgive me I

Go-betweens

vivid new days begin
with nothing lacking
we always give
all we came to get
and we're leaving gifts
out in the open
or hid in the areas you frequent
we used to leave hints
in the dream exhibits
now seeming to wish direct experience
you keep connected through detachment
viewing all things in motion

the spiral's wound until it soars out
following a route
hollowing you out
forms sing into your mouth
straight through to the clouds

eagerly go-between close within reach
consult the source
free your entity
shedding the shadow
like losing it all
things you outrun in a free fall
grant permission to be how you are
don't act a life to live your part

If my life is your fast ad-lib
don't think too hard
just think ahead
we won't finish all in one breath
and it's such a relief to be nothing I've said