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Stranger Things (Boston)
04:23
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Blizzard town benefits from myths of parallels
Emerald home forgive them for we know it’s laughable
Their sporty teams on TV screens
Have nothing on your music scene
The snow is piling high and that’s not all
Oooo at another time and without a trace
Of feeling overwhelmed due to your embrace, perhaps
Stranger things have happened...
Though unlikely that it’s meant to be
Your dollars and prestige don’t mean much to me, oh no
I hear the call of the Sound
Photographs romanticize the essence of
But hidden is the ambience
Macho men in baseball caps
(vs.) Tranny on the hill doing backflips
The snow is piling high and that’s not all
Oooo at another time after ample space
When we’re feeling less fractured due to your embrace, perhaps
Stranger things have happened…
Though it’s doubtful that it’s meant to be
Your dollars and prestige don’t mean much to me, oh no
I hear the call of the Sound.
Do you hear the call of the Sound?
Emerald home forgive them for we know it’s laughable
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Carry On (Yangon)
03:01
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Drifting shadows fading in and out of mind, sometimes pernicious some(times) kind
Dreaming without filters or a sense of time, vanishing or haunting you (somewhere) down the line
Oh, oh this is home now
More accurate a place to rest my head
Oh, oh belonging, seldom said
Nostalgia comes a creeping without warning
Subconscious impossible to mum
Even after searching deep inside yourself
Sure enough an underlying hum
Oh, oh this is home now
Reflection and direction on my mind
Oh, oh belonging, all in time
Like waves beat the shore these feelings we endure
(Whether) drifting in the sunshine or treading through a storm, carry on
Existence meets resistance, the darkness always falls before the dawn
So carry on…
Drifting shadows fading in and out of mind, sometimes pernicious, some(times) kind
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Hey my friend, it’s sometimes what I call you
Now and then a ghost
Another spin is just around the corner
It’s just around the corner, hold on
It’s a whimsical stay at times
And a pensive ballet sometimes
Either way your shadows always on display
Display…
Is your mythical mind at play
Or a daydream parade to that’ll take you away
Either way your reflections always on display
Either way…
Hey my friend the places that you take me
Confuse and educate me (all) at once.
But in the end introspection’s not an illness
And in fact there is (a) stillness
Sometimes…
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NvN (Hanoi/Yangon)
04:13
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Lurking right before my eyes
Hiding there in daylight
Haunting those who are unlike
You
Nature verses nurture
Nature
Was it nurture
I don’t know what it is that turns you off
then turns you on.
All I know is what you do
it turns me off
it won’t be long
It’s much too late
There’s no debating what you are
You’ve gone too far
Now be gone
But leave behind what is rightfully mine
my mind.
Was it nature
Or nurture
It’s all the same to me
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Mea Culpa, RB (Boston)
03:48
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Before I ever lost the chance to say goodbye
There were reasons to apologize
I was blind
I tried to be transparent, turned out camouflage
An oblivious self-sabotage
Underlie
Sincere attempts to survive my mind's interventions and unease
Were undermined and overwhelmed
I couldn't take it
I know I wasted it now
Although many winters fade
I am haunted everyday
I inadvertently betrayed the three of us
I know you don't wanna see my face again
I didn't even know it was the end...'til it was
(But) it was not an experiment or aimless spree
Like it or not you're still a part of me
It's plain to see
Sincere attempts to refuse the sense
of insecurities were made
And patiently you waited 'til you couldn't take it
Forced you to break it...cleanly
Although many summers slip by
I'm haunted every time
I gaze upon the city skyline that you painted
No, I'm not so naive to believe the chance will come along
So I confess to you through song
Mea culpa
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Hey Hey Hey (Yangon)
03:33
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Fifteen hours seven thousand miles
Calls attention this run is no trial
Hey Hey Hey
Sea and ocean nautical miles
Takes six thousand just to get you to smile
Hey Hey Hey
Wait, can we slow it down
Place and ear to ground today
There may be evidence to help my case
Pick a memory before it fades
I swear that I was there
By your side, this much is clear
Don’t forget to gaze upon the map
Pins on every place.
When in doubt just look around…
The dives of Capitol Hill
The still of Somerville
The shade from Shwedagon
And on
And on
We belong
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In the Silence (Seattle)
04:04
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In the silent room I think of you
You know
Morning sun lights the sky, for you twilight
I know
This space consumed by feeling displaced
I’m a tourist in my town without you around
Oh no
But we will endure. We must…
In this rising tide I feel I’m swimming without a compass
This great divide spawning dissonance deep inside
Aware the currents of the world
Can wash me far off course
I’ll throw myself a line before I’m pulled under
How can we lose sight of how fortunate we are
For some it seems the more they have
The more to whine about
Oh no…
And you, you’re my beacon through the fog
My H to B, uh huh
I’ll be a tourist in our town ‘til you’re around again
And we will endure, together
We will endure, together
We will endure, together
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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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