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Riptide
04:19
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Hey, it’s just me, you know, the one you seldom see
A faded memory
A third son, peculiar one,
but you know by now I won’t hit and run
Wary walls, ironic calls now give me pause
Oh my, oh my, oh my, worlds apart
It shakes my heart
And oh my, oh my, oh my, this divide
It’s like a riptide
No, I won’t let go, I will keep kind
I’ll listen in, but I won’t play blind
So hey, it’s just me, I’m checking in, dear absentees
Can we clear the air
What’s become of the three sons, has the demagoguery won
Sure, I’m sentimental
Oh, but now’s the time to recognize where we align
It’s not hard to find
Oh my, oh my, oh my, worlds apart
And it breaks my heart
Some say it’s out of your hands
Dug into separate camps
Leave (it) like a contraband
But I’ve gotta believe
There’s more to keep us together than to sever the tether
Don’t prove me wrong
Oh my, oh my, oh my, this divide
It’s like a riptide
No, I won’t let go, I will be kind
And I’m listening, but I won’t act blind
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Mistakes
04:02
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I’ve seen all kinds of windows
Windows that come and go
Sometimes bright and beguiling
And times I should’ve known
Daniel, he sparked a fire
Kamil, erased the bounds
What’s life but a collection
Of errors and lessons learned
One, then five, then hazy-eyed
Was a tiring theme for far too long
What’s it worth, the back and forth
But a spinning wheel to tempt a finger
I know my own (memories are a)
My own (key to the future)
Go for miles
All my mistakes
But I’m gonna own ‘em
I know my own (mental newsletter)
My own (we could do better)
Go for miles
All my mistakes
But I’m gonna own ‘em
Yeah, you gotta own ‘em
Said, I’m gonna own ‘em
Nathan opened a window
I jumped in
And since day 1-2-5
I’ve been clear-eyed
I have found my fox
And I’m gonna keep him
Mind is sound, no round and round
Nor a spinning wheel
To tempt a finger
I know my own (memories are a)
My own (key to the future)
Go for miles
All my mistakes
But I’m gonna own ‘em
I know my own (mental newsletter)
My own (we could do better)
Go for miles
All my mistakes
But I’m gonna own ‘em
Yeah, you gonna own ‘em
Said, I’m gonna own ‘em
Hey, you gotta own ‘em
Oh, I’m gonna own ‘em
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Do you have a reason to exist at all
So aimless and unyielding
Our backs against the wall
One hundred years of dreaming
You were gone
All hear your name, most feel endangered
Few light a flame, to burn in echo chambers
How did we get here
Ego
Disparities
Amplified divisions, truth a free-for-all
Derision veiled in freedom
While I admit I’ve seen no stranger
Time may reveal dreams of much saner
Days we remember how we arrived here
Or a return to
Avarice
Selfishness
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Dance
03:31
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As calm as the dawn before the twist
Content as a gent who’s never been kissed
The pace of this race could boil and ocean
Oh, what a time to bang the drums
Dance, dance, now’s your chance
Bumbling bodies perhaps at first glance
Dance from within or all around
Dancing to shake the barriers down
Believing is less a challenge
Than believing in believers
You know…
You know…
It’s true
Dance, dance take a chance
Fumbling figures from Burma to France
Dancing to shake the ramparts down
As sure as the rover is to return
As clear as the fear behind the lectern
The strife in one's life
Could swell an ocean
But oh what a time to bang…
Believing is less a challenge
Than believing in the messengers
Believing is less a challenge
Than believing in ambassadors
You know…
You know…
It’s true
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Bisq
03:11
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Traveler, the mystery pulls your mind akin to gravity
A wanderlust known to thrive deep inside of me
With few exceptions
Forty-five hundred miles and an ocean I crossed to get to you
We started snowed-in at Sirena’s then Belleek just a preview
The dawn of always
Infinity’s debut
We were locked down together for the better of two years
And more obvious than ever, excitingly crystal clear
It’s in your eyes
It's in your eyes
It's in your eyes
Home’s in your eyes
This is it, unwavering yesterday and evermore
Whether wandering (the) streets of Greece
Or in quarantine I’m yours
My adonis
(My) dancer in the dark
Locked down together for the better of two years
More obvious than ever, exceedingly crystal clear
It’s in your eyes
It's in your eyes
It's in your eyes
Home’s in your eyes
It’s in your eyes
In your eyes
It’s in your eyes
I live in your eyes
In your eyes
(It’s in your)
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Mel
03:34
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I, I’m you
A shadow reminding me
What not to do
We, we’re you
Fruit that blew off the tree
Down the avenue
Lunch dates and your holidays
Were all I knew
Hindsight intensifies
All the silence from words unspoken
They, they cared
But when the darkness fell
Who was there
You were despite our sorrows
Still loved, still valued
That August day
Missteps and mysteries were nothing new
But when I remember you
I see your smile
And hear laughter too
We’re all born fallible
So sleep easy
All heartache is forgiven
We, we’re you
Fruit that flew off the tree
Down the avenue
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Jerry Peerson Seattle, Washington
New album "Nakoy" out November 3, 2023 on Bandcamp Friday (everywhere else November 4)
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