1. |
Grasp
04:32
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Going out again with a broken head
hurry up to something no one really cares
Carrying the weight like the world's on stake
on a fight with life that you seem to fail
'Cause you're late, always late
no matter how quick, always late
Sunrise after sunrise 'til you figure out
all that you've been doing is to play pretend
Somebody convinced you that this was the way
They made you repeat it 'til you thought it was
Safe, it's not safe
won't find it outside
It's not safe
Turn, turn
No matter how deep the wounds are
the sun burns, burns above
you gotta feel it on your skin
forget the lies, forget all you think you know, now
You gotta take a look inside
and grasp it all right now
Going out again with a stronger heart
walking every step like your mind's on stake
Carrying all the strength that your soul can bear
knowing there is strife on an endless day
Feeling every beat of your broken heart
Knowing to refuse every intruder thought
Rejecting all the lies that they put in you
Waiting for the final day to come
And grasp it all right now
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2. |
Instinct
05:12
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Can the beauty of our words transcend?
Can the power of our thoughts be enough to bring us there?
Can our words be a bridge for us?
Can our will be strong enough in the end?
Is our mysery intertwined enough?
Is the marrow of our instinct the axis of our world?
Can we give up everything we've got
to achieve the life we struggle for?
My strength itself can carry me
through seas, and land, and heartbreak
through warmth, and strife, and fighting.
The fire itself can burn me down
with love, and hate, and fury
with rage, and hope, and fear
Can our spirits endure what we've created?
Can our minds be still enough to figure it out?
Can a smile bring down all walls?
Can my heart become the haven where you roam?
Can our fear become our armor?
Can our love become our shelter?
Can your arms become my nest?
Can I be the home in which you rest?
Lay your head at night
don't let yourself embrace the fear
Be still enough to watch the world
don't hesitate to seize your dream
My strength itself can carry me...
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3. |
Animal
03:30
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The anima of my animal has flown
The anima if my animal has flown
It seems wherever I go I stumble upon a rock
It seems wherever I've been I stumble upon a dream
The anima of my animal is gone
The anima of my animal is gone
It seems whatever was left was taken away from me
My fear, whatever I do, has grown
It seems wherever I go I stumble upon myself
It seems wherever I say destroys my animal
The anima of my animal is lost
The anima of my animal is gone
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Mirror
05:48
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I took my hands, I carry home
and in my eyes I carry hunger
Inside my head I think of you
but in the night I find no other
I lost my words, I lost my path
and when I speak
there's no one hearing
I look for you, but underwater
there's only silence, only me
And in heaven no stars can guide my way
skies seem to be metling
my hands can reach no more
For I'm only dreaming
that I can find my home
I came to wander beneath the waves of sea
I tried to hold the ocean's mouth
but has it swallowed all I hoped for?
Should I emerge from underground
shall I emerge from your unconscious?
Even then, I search for you
Even then, my heart remains
And in heaven...
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5. |
Crow
03:18
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Bird, bird
I am scared.
Lives on a branch of my thoughts
You won't fly
Not with the mask on
Lose everything, it says
Love everything, it says
Lose everything, it says
Love and fly
Bird, bird
you can't be bound
No slave, no trajectory, no sound
Lose everything, it says
Love everything, it says
Lose, lose, even yourself
And if you have to
Go and fly
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6. |
Monsters
04:00
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Is barely morning
I can't get a hold on me
I truly try to reach the door
but my schedule seems unfit
Time's become relentless
it's a knot that's holding me
Fantasizing about a life of things gone
and those to be
I can't spend my life distracted sympathizing with the weak
or resenting the carnivores ot the cannibals
surrounding me
If I told you something, would you kee the secret, please?
I can't stand being on the outside 'cause my inside isn't me
I can't spend my life...
Wait, this may be too much but I believe in honesty
Unless I may cause you discomfort
Then just go or deal with me
This might have been too much of the things I must confess
please, indulge me, there's still time
and there's one last thing I want clear
I can't spend my life in anger disapproving what I think
or resenting all these monsters
all these monsters around me
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7. |
Sense
05:36
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Crowded streets and crowded cars
crowded days and crowded mornings
crowded numbness, crowded mind
crowded spaces, crowded living
dead fish handshakes, dead fish love
dead fish working, dead fish hoping
dead fish talking, dead fish smiles
dead fish talking about the weather
Morning, sunny
Evening, gray
Sunrise, sometimes
Moonlight, fading
always feeding, half awake
constant anger but still...
talking about the weather
Ran out of sense, ran out of sense. Spare!
Ran out of time, ran out of time. Speak!
Ran out of form, ran out ob substance
ran out of sense, regardless of seasons
Ran out of sense, ran out of sense. Spare!
And you just keep describing the weather
What other words, what other words can
describe these things, regardless of seasons
I'll find a place in the world for me
where to be boundless, once again
Walk every mile of the road
for thee time has come, really, once again
Will I walk the extra mile?
Will I stay the extra hour?
Will I earn this paycheck well
if I talk about the weather?
Will I have my dreams come true
if I smile and be a role model?
Will I be the best i can if I still...
talk about the weather?
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Once a Monkey Mexico City, Mexico
...always a monkey.
DIY since 1999 with the bare minimum, no music school, no pro gear, nothing but
free time and things to say.
Want to listen more? Go search Mx Rome on Soundcloud.
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