1. |
Constellation
04:19
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'Til these stars grow up, I'll ignore their light
Make my wish
I'll come true right before they die
Trust us, imagine away
Believe your all's believed by all
Constellation trace
And through it all, you gave your all
Let them guide you home - warm and blinking eyes
That grant your wish, only forgive
As they close goodbye
Trust us, imagine away
Believed your all's believed by all
The risk you rushed to taste - it taught you all
Trust us, imagine away
Believed your all's believed by all
Constellation trace, you gave your all - believed it all
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2. |
Twin Flames
03:45
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I've missed you
Since our one was reduced to two
Since we went from "I" to "you"
Since we lost us
I look for you
Every time I become new
Every time born without you
'Til we find us
I wait for you
The side of me He made us lose
The side of you giving me proof
That He'll find us
Cause I've missed you
Since our one was reduced to two
Since we went from "I" to "you"
Since we lost us
I look for you
Every time I become new
Every time born without you
'Til we find us
And I'll find you
At a moment that He'll choose
Ageless moment that He'll use
To remind us
Die again and again, rejoin only when we realize who we really are
Live again and again, rejoin only when we're ready for who we really are
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3. |
I'm Taking Over Me
04:29
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Shielded in silence
All the sound ringing hope of what's to come &
Distorting all that was but wasn't meant to be -
At least not then
With covered ears, still turning dials
Amplified beyond control &
Taking hold of all you hear is you
Counting missteps
You build the staircase climbed to you
Pretend to hide, but open arms to what will kill
If let through
Grab the gun - sense him nearing now
Grab the gun - he can't hurt you if your eyes are closed
Grab the gun - swallow it all back down
But you won't fire...
You never will.
Imagined violence
Opening doors
Thoughts like daggers just for you
Each silver blade a clouded memory of him
You half-defend
With harbored pride
An unnatural smile
Fiction's your sense of control
I'm taking over me
I am what can kill
And you're still you
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4. |
Crying Wolf
03:03
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Coloring everything from inside, becoming all he's shown
She's coloring everything from inside, distrusts all she's known
Erasing everyone from outside, so he'll feel more alone
She's crying wolf again
Turns always to never
Turns theirs to her own
She's telling everyone
She's telling everyone she believes in goodbyes
She's telling everyone
She's crying wolf again
Laugh again at the boy whose mind and heart refuse to align
God is laughing again at the boy ruled by hollow signs
He prays that anyone else would answer, he's too afraid to know
He's crying wolf again
Swearing superstition's only his fools' gold outgrown
Turns always to never and forever on their own
He's telling everyone
He's telling everyone, so proud to feel it's a lie
He's telling everyone
He's crying wolf again
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Held
03:49
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Take apart all time
Manifest my life
Remind us who we are
Impatient with time
Captured within life
Thinking we're all there is
Hold on to you
Releasing this day
Beholding all time
Treasuring all life
Merge into all you are
Escaping all time
Mastering all life
Becoming all there is
Hold on to me
Remember to stay
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6. |
Say It's Home
03:29
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Outlined in dark, hidden lines
Hidden time, one through nine
Ten again, slacken time
Hidden tears, hidden smiles
Fears we'll find, but inside
Brightened shine
Unsewn eyes, unsewn minds
Clear again, now again
Say It's Home
Ignite the dark, hidden lines
Killing time, one through nine
Ten again, now all mine
Masked in tears, forcing smiles
Coils unwind, now aligned
Here again, ourselves again
From base lead, now golden, we're revealed again
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7. |
Mistakes to Learn
03:14
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Rub sticks together
Discover fire
All we ignite
Not our concern
Plant a garden
Seeds into flowers
Open our eyes
Watch seasons turn
Light a candle
Let's start a fire
Open our eyes
& Watch it burn
Grow farther away but
Closer, closer
Kiss you again
Let's start a fire
All we ignite
Mistakes to learn
Walk into traffic
We've got the red light
Closing our eyes
& Wait our turn
Hold you this last time
All I've admired
Closing our eyes
Each death is earned
Grow farther away but
Closer, closer
Never alone but
No one left to please
Rub sticks together
Seeds into flowers
Closing our eyes
Not our concern
Kiss you this last time
We've got the red light
All we ignite
Mistakes to learn
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8. |
White Mirror
03:30
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Unified heart and mind
Breathed alive, floating safe inside
Forming sight, remembering the light:
The first touch of joining us outside,
The first home you called our hands and eyes
We watched you ride
Sneakers tightly tied
Balance tried, wheels fell aside:
Felt the sidewalk scrape at your skin,
When it scabbed you tried it all again
Took her hand
Swallowed butterflies
Saccharine taste, and pulse giving rise:
She'd pierce the heart on your sleeve,
But made space for someone else, you believed
And then from two
Love became three
And we'll remember you through everything you see:
The first time she opens her eyes,
A crawl to a walk to a goodbye,
When all her cuts have healed and tears have dried,
Hold the mirror to the part of you that dies
And smile
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From unreached heights, our myths alight
Outlined heroes & their combatants loop in our looking glass;
Define all we ask
While all that's asked of us & those we trust sharpen in the telescope:
A drifting blueprint of our lives, mirrored above
The rise,
The chase,
Betray, erase,
Retry and face yourself
Expand, contract, overreact
The moon pulling tides and coaxing will,
It starts and ends & then again our orbit's safe
But then at last the moment's passed,
Our sun flickers in its last goodbye -
Or has a planet's lap now trapped Her Holy light?
We can't tell from where we are
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10. |
Echoes
05:00
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Sleep to lose this version of truth extinguished by light
Make our escape from youth
Our echoes renewed
Keep from view aspersions, abuse
Relinquish the fight we fought
I lost for you
Four hands, two swords
Four eyes, two hearts
Awakening again
None of this was real
Seeing you - a version of you -
Surrounded in light
We've escaped untruth
Guarding you
Amaranthine youth turned ageless tonight
We're free to die as proof
Six eyes, four closed
Two hearts exposed
Bleeding in our hands
Only this was real
Never wake me up
Echo us
Dreaming all of us
Trust in us, ash to dust
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Boy King Islands New York, New York
Boy King Islands was a duo comprised of long time collaborators Zachary Mastoon (aka Caural) and Jason Hunt. While their signature sound grew to encompass more psychedelic influences and diverse orchestration over the years, they remained true to their experimental aesthetic, carving out a unique and noisy niche in the ever-evolving non-genre of "rock music". ... more
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