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Soul Music
05:25
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SOUL MUSIC
TONE FORMED NOTE SPILT
A MEASURED WALZ FOR YOUR EARS
A BEAT FIXED
IS THIS SOUL MUSIC?
WHAT IS BORN TO YOUR HEART INTRINSIC?
WHAT WILL RISE FROM YOUR BELLY THROUGH PARTED LIPS?
WHAT IS SOUL MUSIC?
HERE IS THE SKIN THAT SHOWS
HERE IS THE FLESH AND BONE
HERE IS THE BLOOD THAT FLOWS
IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
HERE IS THE SKIN THAT SHOWS
HERE IS THE FLESH AND BONE
HOW DOES THAT OLD SONG GO?
‘IS THAT ALL THERE IS?’
IS THERE A WORD IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR VIOLENCE?
IS THERE TRUTH IN A LINE THAT YOU DON'T FIND IN SILENCE?
IS THERE SOUL MUSIC?
IS THERE SOUL MUSIC?
WHAT IS SOUL MUSIC?
WHAT IS SOUL MUSIC?
IS THIS SOUL MUSIC?
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Air Itself
05:22
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AIR ITSELF
FASTEN A KNOT IN A CHAIN OF COMMAND
AUGUR A NEW WORLD WRITTEN BY HAND
THEN TAKE OUT THE PAGE ERASE WHAT’S COMPLETE
SMOTHER ALL TRACE WITH APOSTROPHIES
OF AIR ITSELF AND NOTHING MORE
I PLAY THIS GUITAR LIKE IT’S A PHYSICAL HOAX
AMBUSH THE MASTERPIECE WITH ANOTHER BUM NOTE
BECAUSE WORK WILL CONFESS WHATEVER IT’S LESS
AND EVEN LOVE IT IS CRUSHED BY INEFFABLE LUST
FOR AIR ITSELF AND THE HEART IT CALLS
FOR AIR ITSELF FOR AIR ITSELF AND WHAT THIS SINGING’S FOR
YOU KNOW NOT WHY
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Stone
04:51
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STONE
I MOVE TOWARD THE SOURCE
AND WITH WHATEVER VOICE
MY INSTINCT TELLS ME TO IMPOSE
I PULL MYSELF INTO A LINE LIKE IT'S A UNIFORM
AND THERE WERE A SELF THERE TO DISCLOSE.
I TURN AROUND AND STOP
AND WATCH THE DAY SLIDE OFF THE CLOCK
WITHOUT A LOT FOR IT TO SHOW
YOU KNOW THAT TIME THAT TIME THAT TIME IS SOMEONE PASSING BY
WHO CANNOT TELL YOU WHERE IT GOES
I FILED A NEW REPORT
OF HOLY TRUTH AND AFTERTHOUGHT
AS IF WORDS ARE ALL I KNOW
AS IF THE LINES INSIDE WOULD NOT SUBMIT TO OTHER TIDES
AND TO WINTER AND TO SNOW (OH THE SNOW)
THIS HAND TO CUT
THIS HAND TO CURE
THESE LIPS TO TAKE
THIS BREATH UNSURE
THESE LINES THAT FLOW
THESE WORDS THAT FALTER
I MOVE TOWARD THE SOURCE
AND WITH WHATEVER VOICE
I COME TO CONSIDER AS MY OWN
AND IF A SONG, THIS SONG IS SOMETHING LIKE A MOUNTAIN TOP
THEN I'M A STONE PUSHING A STONE
I’M A STONE
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Porcupine
04:49
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Singer (One of Us II)
02:54
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SINGER (ONE OF US - PART II)
I AM NOT THE SINGER OF THIS SONG
AND I AM NOT HIS FRIEND
THOUGH I ABIDE IN ALL PARTS UNTRIED
FROM BRITTLE HEART TO FINGERS END
HE COMES TO YOU SO PLEASANTLY
HE ADDRESSES YOU SO PLAIN
BUT HIS TRUTH IS MERELY VANITY
THROUGH RHYME AND LIGHT REFRAIN
AND HE WILL CHEAT AND HE WILL LIE
AND HE WILL TAKE MY NAME
HE WILL DENY AND DEIFY
AND SO EULOGISE HIS SHAME
SO I AM NOT THE SINGER OF THE SONG
AND I AM NOT THIS FLESH
THOUGH I ABIDE IN ALL PARTS RESIDE
FROM WEARY FEET TO MEASURED BREATH
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Reckoning
04:12
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RECKONING
EACH SECOND WE COME TO
IS A VICTORY TO BE SUNG
FOR THE EVER LOV’ED DRAW
OF THE AIR INTO THE LUNGS
AND WHO IS IT YOU CALL TO
WHO YOU REFUSE TO NAME?
AND WHAT IS IT I'M DRAWN TO
FROM WHICH I TURN AWAY?
WHAT IS SHOWN
IS SHOWN TO AGE
AND WHAT IS KNOWN
IS KNOWN TO CHANGE
EACH SECOND I COME TO
I'M PULLED UNDER AGAIN
(BY) THE CRUSHINGLY FAMILIAR KNOCK
OF THE BLOOD IN THE VEIN
IF BY CHANCE I REACH YOU
AND IN THAT INSTANT DRAW YOU NEAR
KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT CLAIMS YOU
AND THAT ‘I’ AM DISAPPEARED
AND SO I SING
TO BE REMOVED
AND SO I SING
TO BE IMPROVED
AND SO TO LOVE
AND SO TO MOVE
AND SO TO CHANGE
AND CHANGE ANEW
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TFM
04:56
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TFM
THREE FIXED MOVEMENTS
FORM AS CONTENT
OF WHICH THIS A PART
FROM WHICH THIS IS APART
THESE WORDS SPOKEN
THESE WEIGHTLESS TOKENS
BEAR WITNESS TO MY HEART
BEAR WITNESS TO MY HEARTBEAT
ALL IN UNION
AND DISSOLUTION
OF WHICH YOU ARE A PART
FROM WHICH YOU ARE APART
THREE FIXED MOVEMENTS
4.56 (or whatever the duration of the song)
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Enemy (One of Us III)
04:27
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ENEMY (ONE OF US - PART III)
I CUT HIS FACE OUT OF THE FRAME
AND FROM THE SCENE I TAKE HIS NAME
IN LONELY ROOM AND SILENT PRAYER
AND IN THE MIRROR STANDING THERE
THE OLD ENEMY
IN THE REFLECTION I SEE
THE OLD ENEMY
AND ME
HE CLEANS MY TEETH HE COMBS MY HAIR
HE ACTS AS IF I WASN'T THERE
BUT WHEN DAY IS DONE AND WORK IS THROUGH
I'LL SHOW HIM WHO'S IN CHARGE OF WHO
THE OLD ENEMY
IN THE REFLECTION I SEE
THE OLD ENEMY
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Fucking Bambi
05:29
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FUCKING BAMBI
ENTER SONG WITH A SHRUG
AND FAR FROM YOUTHFUL LOVE
MARKS THE WAKING DAY
AND ALL THAT I CAN'T SAY
IN A PORTRAIT OF ABJECTION
CAPTURED IN REFLECTION
IN THE FREEZER SECTION WINDOW
TEARS WELL IN MY EYES
TO MY SURPRISE
AND MUTTERING DOWN THE AISLES
OF NETTO 'WHERE'S THE FUCKING PEACEFUL MEADOW?'
AIR THE OPEN SORE
COZ ALL I HAVE IS YOURS
DREAM OF LOVER'S KISS
AND WAKE IN YOUR OWN PISS
WATCH THE JADED SINGER
PLAY THE BONES AND FINGER
ALL OF LOVE'S REMAINS
AND DELICATE REFRAINS LIKE
'OH MY LOVE FOREVER
NO NEVER SHALL WE SEVER
BUT KNOW THAT I'M THE WEATHER
VAIN/VANE AND PRONE TO TURN AND CHANGE’
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Mute Swimmer Berlin, Germany
Mute Swimmer is the music project of British interdisciplinary artist Guy Dale. Through numerous releases and a changing cast of collaborators he has been shooting his fascination with the lyrical song through ambient folk, conceptual art, performance, post rock, drone and spoken word. ... more
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