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In a Cosmic Waiting Room
03:59
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In a Cosmic Waiting Room
You’re running out of time, oh
You waited too long
Linger in the lost and found and maybe
Someone will bring you home
We offered you a ride, but
You wouldn’t get inside
We pulled up in a white car
You didn’t recognize
Now, you’re in a cosmic waiting room
Waiting for a sign
I’m reading you the rites
Ch
The ancient Mother waving in the night
Earth into water, water to fire
Fire into air, then, out into Clear Light
Running out of light
So you lean toward the heat
Digging in the lost and found and baby
You find a set of keys
The path is getting dark
The window’s shrinking smaller
The birds that ate your breadcrumbs
Their shadows growing taller
Now you’re in a cosmic waiting room
Waiting for a guide
I’m reading you the rites
They sang it to you as a child
Now it’s written on your arm
It says you once was lost, but baby
You was never found
Throw the car in drive
Floor it toward the orange sun
The readings never reach you
One gone
Lights are turning blue
The road is disappearing
Seductive glowing green
Draws you out into a clearing
The Dancer-in-the-Flame
Burning circles on the ground
Light it up and run
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2. |
More Heat Than Light
04:08
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Cars crash, atoms smash
It's a flash in the pan
You can't plan the way that it ends
Stars die, still lovers try to hold on
When the fever's gone in a universe
That wasn't built to last
Ch
More heat than light
We can fight the feeling but we can never understand
Parts fly, the worlds collide
You tried suicide
You can't plan the way that it ends
In pavement and tires
Lovers mired in unsettled accounts
Friction mounts in a universe
That wasn't built to last
Br
You want a love to last forever and ever and
Never ever fade away
But it's a random chance of planets in alignment and
I can't find a beacon or a reason in my brain
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3. |
Drive On Tomorrow
04:31
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1st Verse
Give it one more try
We could move to the Moon or California
Longing to leave tonight
But at the edge of town
I feel you shut down
We’re newborn baby stars
Frightened by our own hearts beating
A flash in the sky
Starting over one more time
Ch
Drive on tomorrow, drive all night
2nd Verse
Give it one more day
If I can make it ‘til Friday
At least there’s a weekend
Ain’t that a hell of a way
For me to write this book when
It took me so long
So long to get this far
Behind the wheel reincarnated
Reading the rites
Drivin right into the lights
3rd Verse
Given one more play
We could move to the Moon or maybe to Vegas
It’s even money either way, and
The reasons to go are beating the reasons to stay
Your voice in my mind
Says that even the Sun is dying
A flash in the night
Drive it right into the light
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4. |
Sparkler Bombs
04:38
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Sparkler Bombs
Drinking warm beer
In the basement of an unfinished house
With nothing else to do, but
Wrap some tape around a sparkler bomb and wait
For the countdown
Tonight we’ve got our mission
Tonight we’ve got a plan
Breaking bottles in the kitchen
Looking for a light and
Laughing in the dark
Is it Wednesday night or Thursday night?
I really can’t remember
We gave up on waiting for something good
Now we live for something bad, or
Something big, or
Something loud
Something tragic
It might make us proud
To be remembered
Is a guilty dream
Wrap some tape around a sparkler bomb and wait
For the countdown
Tonight we’ve got our mission
Tonight we’ve got a plan
To light it up and run, light it up and run
To light it up and run, to light it up and run
Sparks explode across the common ground
Fire sprays into the dead, dry August grass
Light reflecting so directly
For the moment you can see
There’s no one here but you and me
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With nothing in our hearts
With nothing in our hearts
Another endless Wednesday night
Spent laughing in the dark
Cul de sac construction site
Ignited raining sparks
With nothing in our hearts
With nothing in our hearts
Vinyl siding
Shadows dancing
Starkly silhouette
With nothing in our hearts
Shaking hands a
Camera phone
Your brother and his girl
Run behind the dumpster as
Police lights start to swirl
With nothing in our hearts
We march tonight
Hearts returning triumphant
A victory parade
Down the county fair midway
Blurring lights from the
Carnival rides like a
Fountain of sparks
Getting high
On a Saturday night
Behind the Fountain Inn bar
We wander and wave
Hearts returning triumphant
They will never know or believe
What we saw
Blurring lights from the
Carnival rides like a
Fountain of sparks
Getting high
On a Saturday night
Behind the Fountain Inn bar
We wander and wave
Hearts returning triumphant
A victory parade
Hearts returning triumphant
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6. |
One Gone
03:14
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Only one
So small it can’t be all there is
Pinholes in the blanket let in light, oh
So far a million stars away
The good ones never stay
And you were gone
You turned to me and said, "One gone"
Relief was what you wanted all along
I could hear it in my head then it was gone
It was here and gone away, so far ahead
When one is dead
There’s another one
Hundred more on the way
Another one
Just drive don’t try to find a way
The good ones never stay
And you were gone
You turned to me and said, "One gone"
Release was what you wanted all along
I could hear it in my head then, it was gone
It was here and gone away, so far ahead
One gone away
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7. |
Fireworks or Lightning
05:57
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…and as the last one fades
I’m still standing on the shore
You can take my hand or leave it
In the sand
Words wash out to sea
Was it fireworks or lightning?
I could swear that I saw something there
In the shadow waiting
Looking for a way back home
Little bodies leaving here alone
Wait for the next one to land
Near the runway by the trees
You can hear the highway sneak up
From behind
I thought it was you
Was it fireworks or lightning?
I could swear that I saw something there
In the shadow waiting
Looking for a way back home
Little bodies leaving here alone
A plane could never fly that far
A car could never drive that fast
Past the sun and the moon and the stars
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8. |
Police Lights Suite
10:03
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I. Red and Blue Police Lights
Red and blue police lights
You know, I know you saw it, too
Aliens or airplanes?
You know, I know you heard it, too.
You were standing right beside me or
I might have thought I dreamed it all
Fireworks or lightning?
You know, I know you saw it, too.
Gunfire or thunder, or...?
You know, I know you heard it, too.
You were standing right beside me or
I might have thought I dreamed it all
Red and blue police lights
II. Dancing in Fire - The Abduction
As we rise over the fields past the tree line, then back to the Earth
I can see myself from the outside dancing in fire
Did we fly? It felt like dream
Away up the bluffs and back down to the sand bar
I could see your heart from the inside dancing in fire
III. Over the Maeystown Road
Your brother got the bright idea
To go to the river sandbar
I grabbed a joint and the last of a six pack
In back of his girlfriend’s car
Those were not taillights and it wasn’t a cornfield flight
Cruising by unidentified up over the Maeystown Road
Then, somebody stoked the bonfire sending sparks into our eyes Swirling up and over the levee and out into the sky
Those were not taillights and it wasn’t a cornfield flight
Cruising by unidentified up over the Maeystown Road
IV. Last Flight Out
Outside an unfinished window
Into a universe expanding
Past the cul-de-sacs and cars
And brand new backyards
Stars
Pinholes in the blanket let in light
Red and blue police lights
Fireworks or lightning?
Gunfire or thunder or...?
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Today the world was beautiful
The breezy fields and summer skies of southern Illinois
Carved up by roads and bridges into watercolor shapes
In shades of green and blue
Cars and deer and trees and red-tailed hawks and planes
All breathing in and out
Remembering what you said
Today the world was beautiful
Roaring down the road toward St. Francis in Aviston
I try to make connection from my mind up to your soul
Floating home on pigeons’ wings while breathing in and out
Today the world was beautiful
Everyone was gathered there
I wandered blind and numb and
Tried to find some footing and
I finally found your tree
Found your stone and then
Still somehow made it home
In time to see the sunset over your neighbor’s house
...and everything looks different now.
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Finn's Motel St Louis, Missouri
Finn’s Motel started as the brainchild of Joe Thebeau, a home recording geek. It has evolved into a rock band and production collective, making albums and videos. In the early days, musicians checked in and out of the Motel as needed. But in 2018, the lineup solidified with the addition of Jack Petracek and Scott Roever alongside Steve Scariano, the only other permanent resident of the Motel. ... more
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