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There's Gonna Be Some Healing
Windows - but give me doors
Because seeing is just a tease
I want to go everywhere
Cards are dealt - the dealer's gone
It's so unfair - sometimes it seems
Like the joker is everywhere
I've got a feeling
The body's broken but the spirit's alive
I've got a feeling
We may not walk but I know we're going to fly
I've got a feeling
There's going to be some healing
I've got a feeling
There's going to be some healing
There's no comfort in my dreams now
They seem to mock me
And follow me everywhere
But there's smiles on all your faces
Now I can really see that
Your love is everywhere
I've got a feeling
The body's broken but the spirit's alive
I've got a feeling
We may not walk but I know we're going to fly
I've got a feeling
There's going to be some healing
I've got a feeling
There's going to be some healing
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Do it Again Like You Like It
Do it
Do it
Do it again like you like it
Better stop shaking the hand that's been holding you down all this time
'cause punching through that ceiling's gonna be the best feeling
That you'll ever find
They've got you where they want you
Walking on a treadmill of debt and desire
The bridge to the good life is out you can't make it
To the other side
And do what you love - that's an empty phrase
You do what you have to do
Do it
Do it
Do it again like you like it
Why's she getting cold? You start to feel old
When she turns you away
A perfunctory kiss to dismiss you and send you
Off on your way
She's got you where she wants you
Walking by your side to the gates of hell
She'll leave you there alone without a song or a prayer
Or a story to tell
And do what you love - that's an empty phrase
You do what you have to do
Do it
Do it
Do it again like you like it
Song art by Stephen Pellnat
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Ode to Olivia Rhodes
04:16
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Lyrics:
Ode to Olivia Rhodes
In this algorithm mind
Everything is clearly defined
But whenever she speaks to me I think I feel a smile inside
Her bedroom is the saddest thing
She dreams of places she's never been
Under radium glow-in-the-dark stars
Sticking to the ceiling
A picture of her family
She won't talk about it with me
I want her to see London town
She says that's her dream
She'll be there with me
Feel like I've come alive
Feel like I've come alive
Feel like I've come alive
Now I never want to die
Olivia tells me things
By the light of Saturn's rings
But I lose track - I'm lost in that
Riveting gaze
Yes these are strange days
Feel like I've come alive
Feel like I've come alive
Feel like I've come alive
Now I never want to die
I neglected to do the last objective
I just want to hear Liv say my name again
She'll say "Jack please, hurry up and do these things - you know you are my only friend."
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I Saw Everything
02:22
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I Saw Everything
I saw everything and everything was enough
I saw everything and everything was enough
Didn't have to ask but you revealed it on your own
Everything that you are came into view
But it was not for them
No it was not for them
I saw everything and everything was enough
I saw everything and everything was enough
Gave you their applause but you always wanted more
You put it out there like to many have before
But I will not believe you're an attention whore
I saw everything and everything was enough
I saw everything and everything was enough
And I will never ever leave you
I will never ever leave you
In the name of love
In the name of art
In the name you can't say
Followed you around when you wanted to be lost
But you know your deception came at a cost
Everything I saw, everything we lost
I saw everything and everything was enough
I saw everything and everything was enough
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Sacred Truths and Lies
02:35
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Sacred Truths and Lies
Never satisfied if you're staying hungry
Don't get comfortable, that's the end
Just keep wrestling down that nameless angel
Until he calls you his friend
Ah look, look into his eyes
You know he's got feelings
Sacred truths and lies
Let them dance in their sequins until morning
What's the harm in a champaign high?
And we weren't even invited, were we?
And that is completely fine
Ah look, look into their eyes
You know they've got feelings
Sacred truths and lies
Their complacency makes them smugly ugly
Your beauty is my desire
You can capture the spark if you are ready
And willing to be on fire
Ah look, look into my eyes
You know I've got feelings
Sacred truths and lies
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Waiting All Night
02:16
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Waiting All Night
I’m waiting all night for you, girl
I’m waiting all night for you
Too old to cry, too young to know why
I don’t know what I will do
I’m finding it hard to think, girl
I’m finding it hard to feel
And the hands on the clock
They move so slow
And time is so very real
You should have known my feelings
You should have guessed I’d be
Waiting for you, such useless love
It kills me that I am free
By morning I’ll be gone, girl
The sun will clear my mind
I’ve wasted enough time
It’s been all of my life
But now the dream has died
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You're So Beautiful Making Your Escape
If you swallow the key and you walk down the hall
They may have suspicions but they'll never know
Their cellphones are beeping they're texting the news
The odds have all changed now that you're walking through
Your strength is detachment their world is as dream
That you can see through like a warbling stream
You're so beautiful making your escape
When you break these chains and fly I hope that you won't break
This heart
We sat at the table while everyone laughed
But all I could feel what that cold blowing draft
Coming in through the windows and under the doors
But you weren't disturbed you were calming the storms
Of your mother and brother and crazy aunt Jane
The house was surrounded but you weren't afraid
You knew that the key was still safely hid
It was hard to swallow but I'm glad that I did
You're so beautiful making your escape
When you break these chains and fly I hope that you won't break
This heart
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Dystopia Is Over
03:31
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Dystopia is Over
I am the only survivor
Telling this story revives her
If only for a minute more
I am the only survivor
The ship was a marvel of science
Her launch was an act of defiance
We were young, unafraid to be hung
The ship was a marvel of science
Once we left land we felt weightless
Our fate in our hands we were fateless
The world recedes and now she bleeds
Once we left land we felt weightless
We tried maneuvers evasive
But their cannon were just like their faces
Hell bent upon our destruction
We tried maneuvers evasive
Her eyes met mine and we saw it:
Everything was lost in a moment
I saw her slip into the deep
Her eyes met mine and we saw it
And all she said to me
was
Love is the implicate order
This dystopia is over
They set me before a tribunal
They picked out a day for my funeral
Saturdays were off 'cause that's when they golf
They set me before a tribunal
The deep and I share a secret
I won't divulge though they seek it
I'll face the noose before I do
The deep and I share a secret
And all she said to me
was
Love is the implicate order
This dystopia is over
Song art by Stephen Pellnat
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Olympus Mons
02:32
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Olympus Mons
If you can choose you put your roots down
Where there is sun and the water flows
Ah but the world is so crowded now
Tangled up like a garden hose
If it's your dream to lift your branches
Up to the sky then fling your arms
But what's your plan B when the lightning flashes?
Sing up for that one-way trip to Mars
And I'm on that list and it's not like jury duty at all
It's like the Maid of the Mist in the roar of Niagara Falls
If I get picked I'm gonna climb Olympus Mons
If you forget your roots and branches
And how the water makes them grow
The sun's going to be there to remind you
Up in that rusty sky alone
If you can't find your place in this world
And there's no room for you beneath the stars
You can ascend while you're still living
Sign up for that one-way trip to Mars
And I'm on that list and it's not like jury duty at all
It's like the Maid of the Mist in the roar of Niagara Falls
Have you ever been kissed in the shadow of Olympus Mons?
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You Left the Gate Swinging
You left the gate swinging
You left the gate swinging wide
You left the gate swinging
So I went on inside
The stalls were empty
The horses out running wild
You left the gate swinging
You left the gate swinging wide
You left the gate swinging
Nailed to the wall inside
I saw your lucky horseshoe
You know I almost cried
You left the gate swinging
You left the gate swinging wide
You left the gate swinging
I went back outside
I called your name
You know I really tried
Muscle memory don't fail me now
Muscle memory remember how
Muscle memory you've got to lead me
All the way back home
You left the gate swinging
You left the gate swinging wide
You left the gate swinging
I climbed up the mountainside
Up on a ridge I saw your lucky ride
You left the gate swinging
You left the gate swinging wide
You left the gate swinging
I approached her from her side
Down the mountain
I rode her justified
Muscle memory don't fail me now
Muscle memory remember how
Muscle memory you've got to lead me
All the way back home
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Chris Pellnat New York
Can't really sing but I do it anyway.
In addition to solo work, I also play electric guitar in the band, The Warp/The Weft and am 1/2 of the duo, Teeniest.
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