We are alive
Album Lyrics
WAITING FOR EARTHQUAKES
Rocks are broken
Ground revealed
The fissures spread
The sound, the feel...
Dont look now
Dont play the show
It’s over love
Just let it go....
Land broke off
Fell into sea
Once predicted
Now will be...
The earthquake finally came
Everything shows its form
And everything leans towards home
The breaking point
We all have one
Left of center, right of the storm
Erruptions on the lava land
We’re pushing just to stand on sand
The earthquake finally came
And where were you in all of this?
You’re sailing on the ocean
While I was in the middle
O the fire, the fire was a kind of bliss
An oh, oh that volcanos kiss.
I was waiting for the earthquake
OVERGROWN
Daylight breaking late
Let's open the garden gate
A strange wind is starting to blow
Follow me past the flowers
We planted in old seasons
And old hours
Some of them are still in bloom
oooooooo (chorus)
Was this where we kissed
In the haze of history's hiss
The truth amidst the midst
Your legs, your arms and thighs
Your body's fall and rise
The questions in your eyes
This garden has a spell
Let's look into it's well
But dont fall inside
ooooooo (chorus)
The path is red
And it winds
The sun, it sharply shines
A little blind
We hope there's nothing for us to find
In here, in here the mirror's never clear
This garden is overgrown
So walk out the way you came in, walk out the way you came.
PLUME
All the afternoons I counted
Since that one 1pm
Since you kissed me in your hummingbird mansion
Oh the feathers oh the feathers
All the afternoons I counted,
Folding paper, folding days
With your bird like hands
and your forever wingspan
Sent you flying flying flying.
No I don't mind mornings or evenings
Don't mind the middle of the night
But the hour of longest light
Send December squeezing.
Now all the afternoons are passing
Heading west, speeding through
Time to find another feather for my plume
Find another feather for my plume.
Eagles egrets ibis
heron robin wren
sparrows swallows larks
Eagles egrets ibis
heron robin wren
sparrows swallows larks
and doves, doves, doves, doves....
SLOW
The way that people stitch themselves together happens
Slow, slow, slow
The way that people stitch themselves together happens
Slow, slow, slow
So give me all the clocks in your house
We can throw them, throw them
So give me all the clocks in your house
We can throw them, throw them
Take the second hand
Break their magnetism
Bring them all together
Bury them all together
Take the ticking sounds
Write a counter rhythm
Hide the batteries
Watch the world go backwards
So give me all the clocks in your house
We can throw them, throw them
We can watch them tumbling now
In slow motion, motion
And the order that we wrote down
Has been broken
And the logic of love’s underground
Has it’s moment
A TRAIN
Meet me on the A train
And we’ll roll down to Brooklyn
Walk down 5th Avenue
Where the Puerto Rican shops used to be
Meet me on the A train
And we’ll rock to the Rockaways
Ital stew on the avenue
The waves follow all the way, all the way, all the way
And it’s all so simple
And it all goes mad
All the answers that you’re seeking
Can be found somewhere on the line
On the A train
Meet me on the A train
And we’ll roll up to Harlem
Stop at the Apollo
Maybe check out a West African trade show
Meet me on the A train
It’s an artery and a vein
The city’s body dont complain
Tomorrow it starts all again, all again, all again
And it’s all so simple
And it all goes mad
All the answers that you’re seeking
Can be found somewhere on the line
On the A train
How are you?
Are you hungry?
How was your day?
Did the world get in your way?
Did you travel far, walk or run?
Did you see the end, where the road has come?
Why dont you rest, rest
Shake off the hours.
Why dont you rest, rest
Shake off the hours.
Was it lonely?
Was it heavy?
Was it friendly out there?
Did you wish that you could escape somewhere?
Did you count the days till summer?
Did you remember times of wonder?
Why dont you rest, rest
Shake off the hours.
Why dont you rest, rest
Shake off the hours.
It’s nighttime now
And it’s still warm out
I think the moon is going to rise.
Let the quiet fall.
Like an old friend come to call.
And we wait, wait now for the sun.
Yes we wait, wait now for the sun.
IN SLEEP
Rest me from this logic world
The cave where I was born
Slip me under poetry
A million pages torn
Let the words wash over me
The words my soul will keep
In sleep, in sleep, in sleep
Follow through the tunnels lit with candles low and dim
Drink the cup, the water, it is filled up to the brim
Let it overflow my love It’s color dark and deep
Now sleep, now sleep, now sleep
Dream yourself a meadow with some rolling golden hills
Dream yourself a window with some yellow window sills
Count the falling flowers and the roses we will reap
In sleep, in sleep, in sleep
Sing out from the rooftops
Sing out to the north and east
Orbit earth in minutes
Say yes to the wedding feast
Speak in ancient languages
While dancers laugh and leap
Now sleep, now sleep, now sleep
Rest me from this logic world
The cave where I was born
Slip me under poetry
A million pages torn
Let the words wash over me
The words my soul will keep
In sleep, in sleep in sleep
STUCK ON THE MOON
If you find yourself stuck on the moon
the rules are the same
One foot in front of the other
Till your body float away
When your body is floating in ether
And your mind will join the game
As your logic slowly leaves you
Your dreams will show their face
And your dreams will say la da da
if your dreams are leading you're living
And they enter your everyday
You might find yourself back on the moon
And there you will stay
If you find yourself stuck on the moon
The rules are the same
One foot in front of the other
Till your body float away
WE ARE ALIVE
In times I did not have enough
A hole in what I needed
I broke into a cabinet
And opened and I ate from it
And scarcity there was a lack
Of friends to lend me something love
And all that I can think of now
Is that I’m glad it’s over
But.....
Hey, Hey We Are Alive
And now the time of fullness come
Fruit in the backyard
Everyone has so much light
Climb the light into the sky
And I could never see so far
The light now is in my eyes
Yeah I can only see the road
Immediately in front of me
But.....
Hey, Hey We Are Alive