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The Height
03:35
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I did it the way I was told
Packed my bags paid my fair
Watched the Boeings above I told myself, "I belong up there."
Some people are scared of the height
A fear of which I am aware
They fight each other here below
I tell myself, "I belong up there."
Above the clouds, The storms
The Turbulent winds
The conflict, the wars
The constant reminders
That I am just another man,
Standing on dirt, a man without wings
And when they come back to solid ground
I ask them what it's like, high in the air
They couldn't care less about the tops of clouds
Yet I wish I was up there.
-Nick Kennedy
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2. |
Did you see that?
03:02
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One thing after another
old words repeat at times
there are windows and doors
and colors spilling out
there are legends and there are signs
there are little story's that get missed by the pen
Wind Water, thank you for everything
it keeps this pen a moving to the beat of a dream
who knows the why or the ways that one may find
one foot to another, one road sign at a time
Oh mind, oh mind
so much more hidden in the edges
curled up in a ball ready to open if called
and no one knows your secrets
Held up in a corner picturing something, imagine that
Your spider webs a weaving a magical tale
all colored all smokey all under the veil
Big Has A moment
Held up his hands
So stop laughing
Do you really think like that?
No one can believe his luck
Big gets bigger, did you see that?
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There's no more rules
there's no more getting lost on things that just don't matter
Energy is yours
you own your world
Everything is coming up
IT ALL AMOUNTS TO SOMETHING:
Change is in the air
I say wave it like you just don't care (wink)
Theres no more Television worshiping
or kissing someone else's diamond ring
you own the world there's no denying it
so take your energy back
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4. |
Heart Work
02:58
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Her red looks real
It glows like a sparkler at her fingertips
spins off like a magic marker
she speaks in codes of flying carpets
and I believe in her mystery like a boy in a space suit
Lets just take today to play
like there aren't things so much more important
that need getting done
lets forget the made up rules just long enough to feel free
Her red looks real
like a lady bug with a dynamite set of wheels... 67
Driving down the street and its 11:11
You probably wouldn't believe us if we told you
all the crazy magic things that keep on happening to us
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5. |
Jimmy Swanson
02:55
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Hickory Davidson
Made a plan to keep the peace
with a boat
and a girl
and a satisfactory situation
no one knew because no one cared about the high tide
and the cost of sea floor education
the brand is new, fresh
since she grabbed you by the foot and left
Left with cinnamon crabs and a sun burned nose
Jimmy Swanson
-Ben Brunn
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6. |
Shades
02:40
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Shades of myself
Some that I put on the shelf
Flicker and wane
Redefining my name
But the outsides the same
Until clocks makes their claim
And The phases of time
Provide only rhyme
While lost is the ghost
That I knew but the most
the tumbling ice
Whispers fewer than twice
So the shadows we have
Mixing Two masks that are glad
-JAKE UITTI
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Maybe it was the way he spoke without words
or perhaps it was the gentle smile
Henry was always able to bring the light back to earth
even when the world around us seemed to be crumbling
Bigger things just seemed easy
like tornadoes and broken hearts
sent out silent words and moved his hands
like a magician
like a magician
Then when Henry calmed the Hurricane
it was a magnificent feat
didn't seem to want any of the attention
It wasn't him it was the state he was in
He kissed the alligator
Pet the mountain lion
and he slept it all off by noon
the simple life
oh the simple life
needs no complications
only realizations
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8. |
Pretend
02:37
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They speak French
I can feel the words
like an old heart beat I've known and loved
They spill the sound out all around us
They soak us all with syllables (and alcohol)
I can only pretend to understand
How can I miss
maybe third forth or fifth
but through the trees you can see
it's hit at us
so then there's a flash
a moment real quick like that
I can only pretend to understand
More or less I dream of time
where the open wounds can find a way to heal themselves
but until then I wait on this awkward plane
and I pretend to understand
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9. |
About a guy named Doable
02:15
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If Doable was a person he'd always be getting things done
he could drive all night on a couple cups of coffee
he could cut the lawn with his hands
he could make everyone supper without cooking a god damned thing
He had some kind of knack for all of that
he had a voice and boy could he sing
He's always getting things done
My how he always seems to be
No Pressure when the pressure's on
Doable
Doable's doing something again
His dad came down from Kentucky
and his mother came from Tennessee
They moved out to Skagit Valley and raised old Doable free
He might have not been clothed for his first seven years
He's got a closet full of memories in a mason jar of tears
Who just put this monster in my sleep
why would they do that and why would they just walk away from
Everything I'm seeing in the air
cover me I'm going in it really doesn't seem fair
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10. |
The new wall
02:53
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I am hiding in your looking glass
Do you know the secrets that are hiding in the drains like wet hair
No one seems to care anymore then a LIKE
No one seems to care anymore then a LIKE
on the new wall of life
Maybe it's too easy to put up and take down
Maybe it's too easy to hide in plain sight
The great change has made me promise that I forget
some of the dreams that expose the map to
our new existence
I've been told that this feeling of knowing something this close is real
and that the runway is different for everyone
I've felt this before but I've forgot the dream
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11. |
On the Hill
02:24
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On the hill
Soldiers line
For their quickened
Demise
Sky's crying fear
From robins eyes
Bang bang
And the day is done
Rolling red over
Green - slaughter
Is for some
The only means
On the hill
My fathers died
And on the hill
Their deaths subside
Their wants unmet
Their lives regret
And in the valley
We'll grow again
-Jake Uitti
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12. |
Lucky
02:07
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I'm a loner
I like being alone
Hiding away
Hiding from the moon
working with the sound
turning the pages
This is my story
it isn't always pretty
but its the only one I'm living
its the only one I'm living
and I love it here
and I feel so lucky
I feel so lucky to be here now
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Shelk Seattle, Washington
Hi I am Robb Benson and I started SHELK as a potential future band back in 2013. Released a full album that year on CD then many digital only basement releases have followed. Eventually became Stereo Embers but that is more of a rock and roll outfit and SHELK is now the solo indie side project (with friends at times) These basement demos are the seeds I release each year. Thanks for listening! ... more
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