01. SHIVA AND THE ASTRONAUT

there's a child that sings soft and warm
there's a bell that rings every sunday morn
there's a bird of love; has no place to mourn
it swept him blindly through the air
and left him broken
there's a wind that goes from the strangest ocean
and a jasmine rose; songs of roses
there's unfathomed sounds in a place called nowhere
and the silent ground in these breaths
it swept him blindly through the air
and left him opened
he left the world without a tear
when he crossed over
om namah shiva
in a world without tears
farewell
fare thee well
om namah shiva
in every russ he bid farewell
when he crossed over


02. TREMOR VOID

well i feel the happiness as the ground shakes around today
and i feel her smile in between the million miles she's from me now
picture perfect snapshot; it's in the camera void
now it's on the cracking walls, so beautiful and real
she goes to sleep as the earth i stand on falls
into the sleep below the tremor void
in a song forth he knows wisdom rescues all the lonely fear
set your wounded planet such a ness he learned woo now
i could leave every where for somewhere else
ready to return; returning with you
into the tremor void with you


03. MYTH OF ABDUL

where the elders are weeping in the old courts of laughter
spilling tears on velvet; tears spun from dew; draped from the lace
where the elders are weeping
come, come see for yourself
when the raven's wings are beating, where the harlequin sleeps
and the old play is pleading under dark, cold raining skies
beneath the old courts of laughter
come, come see for yourself
and the wise men speak while the raven's wings beat
and a cold raining sky
and a harlequin sleeps where the old players plead
under dark, cold raining skies


04. ONCE IN A DAY

in a way you know; i have sown in out
it's been a terrible snow in a world
in a proud, in a shadow, in a tower, in a tower
in a gale
once in a day
i was out; i cannot be here
saw the sun, was it always
in a while, holding outside, holy child in a tower
in a terror
once in a day
and she's in love with a man she once despised
but this doesn't come as a surprise
it's just like on a course like a wild, running horse
with no limits or bounds or ties
once, once a day


05. ALL THESE THINGS

the sun is damning, please let go
not with the memory, it'll drag you down below
jump at his dancers, out on the ledge, can't feel the edges
love dragged all her friends inside
was a melody she lifted by the wall
jogged through the memories traded for the hollow pillow
innocent christians no joy for love
no eyes were hoping until love without words
like a river to the ocean, like a drop of rain, like a weeping willow
tears falling from her wings
that's all these things
your eyes are smiling, your mouth is crying
your eyes like poets, open up every cruel door
jump at his dancers, for something that seems so twisted
undone but this december
now she can call it her own
i don't want to be a lover, don't want to need it before you
not as a lover
she's lying in the dark
just like a machine
she's lying in the dark
now it's only trouble, tears falling from her wings


06. TIMELESS

paperdolls, painted in blue and grey
sleepin' where the shadows play
where the nighttime meets the day
strange lady prays in a chapel
with an old dark door
wonderin' if what she came here for
was in all her yesterdays
no time for photographs
no time for the past
no time for the laughs
cold mother begs
from a painter in an empty street
for somethin' she can warm her feet
least to stop the cryin' child
sad actress preys on a waiter
in cheap cafe
hopin she can end that day
with a warmth that lovers feel
lady di, took more than a moving car
to steal your breath away
take your hand from the steering wheel
no time for photographs
no time for the laughs
no time for the past
no time . . .


07. HUMMINGBIRD

one, two, three, four
of the men who were loved by you
some were lookin for a woman to play
one who could venture to the empty rooms
and carry their bodies away
of course there's a ghost
and maybe one was a king
he whispered but never came through
one so alone, sad as a poem who hovered by the window then flew
away from poison rainbows
away from fallen snow
away from stumblin' footsteps
away from so alone
but to lie down beside you
to feel the heart beat in your breath
to carry my song to you
to bury the words inside
is all i really want
twisted and simple,
you curled into the shoulder
of a joker that could not surrender
like some endless river,
he broke into the layers
sunsets darken the waters
of course there was laughter
in this shelter of strangers
in the rooms of "i love you"
"i love you"
one so alone, sad as a poem
who hovered by the window then flew
away from poison rainbows
away from fallen snow
away from stumblin' footsteps
away from so alone
but to lie down beside you
to feel the heart beat in your breath
to carry my song to you
to bury the words inside
is all i really want


08. MY ONLY FOE

09. TRANSPORTING

and through this wire
your sleepy voice calls
every one of my shortages
of good days
transporting
time it's so ample
and it's passin' so sweet
you bring the deepest things out of me
outside
as amazing space
transporting
me to you


10. FOUND A WINDOW

my voice has lingered
inside this whole town
ruin
but i found a way to make my soul travel
and it comes to you
like a fire inside him
he didn't know where it came from
but it made him weep
and melt
like a candle, she said
you dance so well
comin' back to yourself
come to myself
comin' back to myself
come back to yourself


11. RESONATE

12. CHANTREUSE