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I AM NOT ME
pure sweet music from my soul
all I am is bought and sold
no one receiving this satellite
no one calling me but I'm alright
I am not me
collect all the molecules and what have you got
carbon garbage and that's not a lot
I wore out two thousand shoes
I tore out the me and you
I am not me
I got a million nerves open and on
I got a billion words all of them wrong
open up the now is a yes or no
yes is a test will I stay or go
I am not me
all my egos scream my name
I can see them clearly in the flames
my consciousness will explode
death is perfectly safe so let's go home
I am not me
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Frozen Fog
03:35
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FROZEN FOG
I feel a frozen fog coming on coming on
don't wanna move my fingers don't wanna move my toes
don't wanna my get my get up to get up and go
I am melting into the couch today
got no other plans and that's OK
happy sinking deeply into a single spot
these pillows and this lazy day is all that I have got
don't be alarmed if I choose not to respond
since I threw the off switch I don't want to turn on
I feel a frozen fog coming on coming on
don't wanna move my body don't wanna move my mind
if I stay here long enough the day will turn to night
my nervous system loves to untwist
me and this couch love to coexist
light behind my eyelids takes me for a ride
we could play hide and seek but all I'd do is hide
don't be alarmed if I choose not to respond
since I threw the off switch I don't want to turn on
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Mother Mine
04:31
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MOTHER MINE
tight as a drum heavy and numb
nine moons alive mother mine
I feel the bass i feel your face
I hear you cry mother mine
the light is red my heavy head
is feeling fine mother mine
a waiting game it's all the same
out or inside mother mine
this energy is you and me
forever tied mother mine
here comes the noise the pain and joy
a blinding light mother mine
my mother mine I see you shine
I see you shine mother mine
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Submicroscopic
03:47
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SUBMICROSCOPIC
I'm getting smaller I'm getting thinner
I'm going to see you inside in the inner
my mind is melting disintegrating
my arms are leaving my head is aching
a quantum bender feels intersteller
a neutron number is how I call her
hello I'm falling
that's why I'm calling
can you please grab me
before I'm totally gone `
submicroscopic
I'm tipping under I'm loosing balance
erased all of my memory palace
I'm sliding sideways into a new space
my heart is fading nothing in it's place
particle blankets I'm cozy under
chemical darkness is where I slumber
hello I'm falling
that's why I'm calling
can you please grab me
before I'm totally gone `
submicroscopic
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Evolution
03:36
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EVOLUTION
tiny zygote in the sea is feeling so damn alone
make another one when it divides so on so on so
primordial soup is teaming with a variety
everey step toward a version of future you and me
it's evolution
it's odd how no one remembers distant history
from nothing in a carbon stew just add electricity
why struggle all that time just to walk upright
deep in a hole of darkness struggling toward the light
it's evolution
round and round round and round
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TEENY TINY FLOWER
it's a miracle that you are here
it's a wonder that you survive
no sense of purpose no sense of fear
you could have would have and should have died
I got a teeny tiny flower blossoming in my heart
I got a teeny tiny flower blossoming in my mind
you got a teeny tiny flower too that's the sweetest part
there is a teeny tiny flower blossoming all the time
a million years of colorless hills
a million years to activate
something from nothing is such a thrill
life loves to regenerate
I got a teeny tiny flower blossoming in my heart
I got a teeny tiny flower blossoming in my mind
you got a teeny tiny flower too that's the sweetest part
there is a teeny tiny flower blossoming all the time
your existence says it all
no need for a flowery speech
someday everyone will hear your call
a little teacher who loves to teach
I got a teeny tiny flower blossoming in my heart
I got a teeny tiny flower blossoming in my mind
you got a teeny tiny flower too that's the sweetest part
there is a teeny tiny flower blossoming all the time
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Sonic Eclipse
04:08
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SONIC ECLIPSE
when the backround noise annoys
distant distortion to avoid
there are places in the brain that you can save from scary trips
sonic eclipse
when you pile on the sound
compress the best into the ground
what your doing is unmuting all the channels 'till it fits
sonic eclipse
I miss you now like before
I heard your shape walk out the door
there are similarities between the pulse of waiting lips
sonic eclipse
and when your ears ring out in pain
and cooking bacon sounds like rain
mirages are mirages when you're loosing your grip
sonic eclipse
sonic eclipse
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Two Lonely
04:30
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TWO LONELY PEOPLE
two lonely people loving shoving
two lonely people killing time
two lonely people missing kissing
two lonely people filling time
I got nothin' but the feeling that I am see through
I got nothin' but the reflection coming off of you
I got everything compressed into a diamond shape
I got nothing not even my light can escape
two lonely people loving shoving
two lonely people killing time
two lonely people missing kissing
I am a person filling time
I got nothin' but the feeling that I am see through
I got nothin' but the reflection coming off of you
I got everything compressed into a diamond shape
I got nothing not even my light can escape
not even my light can escape
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Radar Mind
04:06
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RADAR MIND
the signal I'm receiving
is weak but that's deceiving
a flicker from the galaxy
a message in harmonics
a sense beyond the sonic
I catch and hold it happily
lightning in the distance
shouting with insistance
all I have to do is receive
I play with the reception
allowing the perception
that what I made came form me
I'm open wide with my radar mind
the serpent's out of my life
the smoke is out of my eyes
I see the tiny lights float by
the air feels more like jello
full of little cellos
panning let to right and side to side
I see my ego army
they think it is alarming
that I should know what to do
and all my little helpers
run for shady shelter
when a message in the void shines through
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Ultraviolet
03:34
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ULTRAVIOLET
when light goes out and clouds cover up your face
you can travel outward to a brand new outer space
eyeballs are thirsty for a spectrum full of light like
ultraviolet still and silent wide and vibrant ultraviolet
a jealous rainbow watches night time take control
an insect finds delicious nectar in the folds
my brain hungers for a side show full of light like
ultraviolet still and silent wide and vibrant ultraviolet
the birds feel sorry for our human limitations
I squint my mind and wonder about the radiations
nocturnal animals tell stories full of light like
ultraviolet still and silent wide and vibrant ultraviolet
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12. |
Fly Deep Inside
04:44
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FLY DEEP INSIDE
I don't want to take you where you dont want to go
but I have a ticket for the most amazing show
it starts right now inside of every living thing
please take your seat and spread your little wings
and fly deep inside
I don't want to show you what you don't want to know
but I found a way to sneak into the most incredible show
it starts right now inside of you and you and me
please take your seat and spread your little wing
and fly deep inside
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Chris Ballew Seattle, Washington
Chris Ballew is the songwriter and lead singer of the Seattle rock 'n' roll band The Presidents of the United States of America. For 10 years Chris made music for 0 to 5-year-olds and their parents as Caspar Babypants. Now chris makes fuzzy psychedelic meditative fun loopy music for grown-up brains to chill out and do tiny dances and take naps to. ... more
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