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start ignition sequence now and light the sky
rocket engines burning bright, I watched you fly
course is charted past the oort cloud, into the night
I’m just a pale blue dot and now you’re losing sight
think of me when you’re out among the stars
if you’re drifting toward the bright lights and you wonder where you are
think of me when supernovas shine
where galaxies surround you and the past is lost to time
sheets of silent spacetime hold and keep you warm
from the heart of dying black holes, a world is born
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the mountain said go, the firefly said stay
the ocean below—an empire of waves
the floating docks at false creek in winter
are writing your name until now
the granite tower is broken by starlight
and floating in dusk until now
the mountain said go, the firefly said stay
the ocean below—an empire of waves
the mountain said go, the firefly said stay
the valley below—a kingdom of gray
the jasmine lights are drowning in sunset
and tracing your eyes until now
but shoreward streams are flowing toward sunrise
and gasping for daylight from now
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Little Hill (Original)
03:32
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(sonnet 45 by willy shakes)
sigh, feel the breeze on little hill
wake as the sun sets now
sing in the jasmine twilight
rise as I think your name
run with the silent tiger
scream if you feel the same
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Faded Light (Original)
05:26
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he wasn’t looking for the tide she swam in on
a quiet wave of green in his world of blue
the cobalt fishes in school all said dream on
so he swims down, down, down
to the fading light
the fading light
the darkness don’t come up
the sun just don’t go down
to the faded light
luna made a few more laps but she don’t wait on
a fish to change his scales from blue to green
soon the time came for her to move on
in mind he swims on, on, on
in the fading light
the fading light
the dusk ain’t coming up
but the sun is going down
in the faded light
so they moved on to the eastern islands
nights he stayed up in piscine language
stones and seaweed, sticks and starfish
“you’re so green, I’m so god damn blue
in the faded light”
\m/
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Reckless (Original)
06:04
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only you, always you
in my sweetest nightmare
if I could be somewhere, I
I’d be in your hands
It’s hard trying to wake up
You won’t understand
If I could led a reckless life
I’d sail to your lands
But I, being careful, I
I’ll stay ‘till the end
and dream of you
for another year
only you, always you
in my sweetest nightmare
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Both (Original)
05:35
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the signs of life are very much in evidence
the signal grows, the signal dies, depending on your residence
static lights the atmosphere in place of lasting permanence*
when you go the lightning fades regardless of the consequence
luna and sol are equal locked for dominance
one at a time the stars fall down
do you care about the time your orbit flew toward mine
they’re wasted inside, less than nova
do you want a satellite we both can see tonight
I don’t and I do
both are true
words go at the speed of light carrying your messages
space dust and comet trails are causing interference
through star fields and wormholes
an image of your countenance
unreal but pure-formed, without apparent relevance
one at a time the stars fall down
do you care about the time your orbit flew past mine
they’re wasted inside, less than nova
do you want a satellite we both can see tonight
I don’t and I do
both are true
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