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Dusting For Angels
04:41
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Pull up a cloud and watch the sky explode
It’s not a sight you’ll want to miss
The silver loom will spin the world around
And make it different
The saddest eyes I’ve ever seen before
Radiate true happiness
Will someone tell me why supreme delight
Finds us as we fade
Oh, yeah, I failed to mention that I’m
Dead, but please don’t fear me
Just one look and then I’ll go
I’m dusting for angels
No telling what the world will find
And leave behind
Now I wonder why the sun is shining
We don’t need that spirit here
The many splendours of the falling end
Bring me happiness
So now, I’m dusting for angels
The dead will never fear me
Just one look and then I’ll go
I’m dusting for angels
No telling what the world will find
And leave behind
I’m still dusting for angels
The spiritus is near me
Just one touch and then you’ll know
We’re dusting for angels
No telling what the world was meant to find
Angel dust
Angel dust
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Retrograde
04:20
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The retrograde is firmly overrated
The sun rises above the earth
The Dom and sub are finally fornicating
The sun and moon are under me
Time to live for today
Stop painting every rainbow grey
Retrograde, retrograde
Embrace the earth or blow away
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Giving Up The Ghost
04:33
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A misted place took so much space
In yesterday’s fixation
The falling snow is all I know
From innocence to aged
I embrace the eyes that follow
Partly me, partly you
Remember when the summer’s end
Would bring the sky to weeping
Little boy, man in moon
Whoever passes first
Will leave behind some news to swallow
You’re in me, I’m in you
Giving up the ghost
Giving up the ghost
To Madison from Ashland
Quite the undertaking
You’ll get to know the falling snow
The dance of death is quite a show
Giving up the ghost
With the fear we choose to host
I’ll give you just a little dose
So that I may keep the most
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The mothers are certain
That all is well
They say it’s a secret
So, please don’t tell
A dance in the moonlight
Is something obscene
Absorbing forever
The life of a dream
Serenity is decay
The future’s past be told
Surrender is not obligating
They know, they know
The forest is too silent
The air is bleak
The mothers of uncertain
Tranquility
Will feather your secrets
And keep them alive
Then shelter your children
From seeing the light
I know what you’re thinking now
This tale’s been told
The future is past contemplating about
I know, I know
They know, you know
A life takes its leaving
As death passes through
Say hi to forever
We sure will miss you
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Permagrin
03:24
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Leo rising
Feel her sin
She is flying
Time is thin
The sun is shining
From within
Keep on smiling
Permagrin
Leo rising
The sun is shining
A new day is dawning
So keep on smiling
Keep on
A new day dawning
From within
The fire’s dying
On her sin
The sun is shining
Catch the wind
Permagrin
Just keep on smiling
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Bathed In Lavender
02:48
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Heaven speaks to me
In the daylight
Darkness whispers free
In the moonlight
I’m bathed in lavender
The purple people treat me fine
Bathed in lavender
The purple
Liquid cleanses me
From the outside
What will keep me clean
On the inside
I’m bathed in lavender
The purple fills the air tonight
Bathed in lavender
The purple people treat me fine
Step inside Paradise
Close your eyes and make some dreams tonight
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Recto-Verso
03:59
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Bad is good for me
It’s pleasure, it’s ecstasy
Good is bad for you
It’s sadness and misery
Take a trip with me
Whiskey and the sea
Keep away from me
I don’t drink, I hate the water
Recto-verso whoa-oh
Two-sided
My machismo whoa-oh
Is feminine-fed
Keep the scales in line
Calibrate the dime
The air is where the sky collides
Company loves misery
So, hide your eyes and smile
Let’s get high a while
The ride is fine
The other side is mine
Recto-verso whoa-oh
Two-sided
My machismo whoa-oh
Is feminine-fed
Recto-verso whoa-oh
Two-sided
My machismo grows
With feminine head
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Any Given Tomorrow
04:10
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Full bright, dauber down, words are colours
Good thoughts dancing in my dome
There’s a fine line between guilt and bliss
When you’re born on the second day of Scorpio
Ride the cloud, they say that we come from water
Stinging is what we do on dry Earth
A pill and some swill will fill the bill
But, silly smoke is what I need
Any given tomorrow
Looks better than yesterday
The sun shines brighter than sorrow
Embrace what’s left of today
My head is in the clouds, but I’m tall
So, my feet are still on the Earth
Mirror opposites and happy accidents
Suspend like skyboxes in a default sky
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Forevermore
04:02
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A cold winter is when you came to be
A smile on the seventh day
A future for me
Fast forward fate to ninety-eight
When things became clear
Forever is a long time if we’re lucky
Forever is a long time if you’re lucky
Forever is a long time if I’m lucky
Forever, forever is a long time
Forever, forever if we’re lucky
Forever is a long time if we’re lucky
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Dawn Dusks Midnight
02:45
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Dawn dusks midnight, the blue
Through tears that fall, rip daylight in two
Shrouds of you drift through my tomb
Of yesterday’s altered gloom
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The Kissing Window
01:48
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Yeah, I know, I know, I know
Dear, you forgot to kiss me here
Roll it down so you’ll hear as I say
You cannot get away
My lips are on your face
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Pisces
03:04
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It’s high time to wander
To withdraw to the dream
It’s my rhyme to ponder
My Moon, my sea
They say it’s the secret side
That hides the key
Those rumours of sinking
Are drowning me
Escaping within my means
An unbridled peace
I feel like I’m falling to Pisces
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Randal Prater Seattle, Washington
Singer-songwriter with five solo albums. Former frontman for Creeping Myrtle and The Pagan States.
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