1. |
It Must Be Always Night
04:07
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in my dreams I see you
since you left I seem to
sleep so deep
I don't wake up
my eyes close so easy
most days flow right through me
the lights go floating by
between the nights
in the future
sleep is sequenced through computers
dreams are harvested for sacred knowledge
far across the cosmos
we remember both directions
the next step in evolution
is to sleep instead of suffer
when that flying saucer
touches down upon my rooftop
I'll be wide awake and ready for them
whatever their intentions toward this world
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2. |
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my dreams are over in the morning
the movie fades into the sky
now and then I wake up feeling tired
and someone else is looking through my eyes
someone else is talking through my voice
he tells you things I couldn't say
now and then he reaches for the wheel
sometimes I believe he knows the way
into the mouth of the moon we fall
at the edge of the echo, a face in the window
shatter the pattern and shoulder the shadow
carry it all up over the wall
out of the cogs of the clock we crawl
swallow the surface, deepen the distance
pick up the slack where the slope is too steep
now step to the end, don't let it begin again
sleep is our only mode of travel
though our destination is unknown
together we can wake up in the future
unafraid of waking up alone
let me get some sleep
time to sleep now
lay my head upon your breast
I am weary, let me rest
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3. |
Lights Out
05:10
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I can hear you laughing in your sleep
between your breathing starts and stops
the rhythm rises, floats, and falls
I roll over toward the wall
the dog is dreaming on the floor
I watch the crack beneath the door
and every breath I take
reminds me I'm awake
reminds me I'm alive
it reminds me every night
we lie down in the dark and keep quiet
then we settle out of sight
so it goes, the loop is closed
and only broken open by the light
afraid to fade to black
'til my eyes roll back
and every breath I take
reminds me I'm awake
forever and again
to step around the bend
time is not a friend
sleep is not the end
please
don't
ever
wake
me
up
I was made to stay asleep
much longer
deeper and deeper
into the ether
please don't ever wake me up
I was made to stay asleep
forever
deeper and deeper
into the ether
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4. |
Slumber Queen
04:35
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lay down my darlin'
let your eyelids slide closed
in the crackle of the static
as the fabric unfolds
adrift on a golden ocean
beneath a white spiral sky
I shrink into the distance
and bid you goodbye
for only you make me feel
like a wave that could break
through the wheel
and roll around the bend
and down the divide
swim down to the bottom
and up through the other side
lay down my darlin'
in the peaceful dark deep
free from all evil
in the sweetness of sleep
I'll await you down below
the top of that distant plateau
sail through
the moonlight to
the top of the hill
where she sinks into the ceiling
pulled through the hole
she won't fill
lay down my darlin'
let your eyelids unfold
the crack in the doorway
is slidin' closed
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5. |
Insomnia Song
11:19
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no sleep
I try
my thoughts do not subside
taken by the tide
they raise the waves I ride
and leave me stranded on the wrong side
I long to call it a day
but I can't seem to find the way
my body is trapped halfway
my dreams await me deep in outer space
but I cannot find the exit from this place
I'll learn to wait however long it takes
no sleep
I roll around
my system won't shut down
the signal doesn't stop
the satellite goes spinning like a top
it slows but does not drop
the bed rejects my bones
I lie awake alone
stranded on a planet of my own
no sleep
I tried
my mind is completely deeply fried
it's getting light outside
another day draws near
behold the glow of the celestial sphere
we're all stranded here inside
and running out of time
go to sleep
where do you hide
why must I be denied
my head is laid down upon the line
how come I'm stranded on the wrong side
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6. |
Come to Bed
07:31
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fade out
your skeleton
will tell you when
to lay down
zoom out
concentric haloes
ripple out of the moon
blooming through the window
across the room
turning out of tune
the silence weighs you down
free fall
the spiral steps descending bend around you
the clock continues ticking on without you
come to bed
she said
it's time
to rest awhile
and leave this world behind
come to bed
she said
it's time
to sleep awhile
and leave the day
behind the sky
inside my head
is getter darker
all the time
welcome to the world that waits to wake you
good morning to babies who replace you
falling through the future into bed
together we can sleep until the end
in between the sequence
I can see myself
sliding off the shelf
I hope to keep my health
and every night I try my best
to just let nature take its course
defer the urge to search for the source
I flap my wings against the sky
to slow the windmills in my eyes
and walk my will across the line
when this world has run its course
and the spaceships come
to take what's left by force
I hope to be the first to leave
I hope at least we can get some sleep
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Mother Iguana Concord, New Hampshire
Recording project of songwriter/guitarist Mac Holmes.
Kaleidoscopic blends of progressive
chamber folk and experimental art rock.
Further elements drawn from astral jazz, dream pop, alt-country, and beyond.
“Eyeball Planet” is the project’s debut release, a symphonic, psychedelic song cycle, featuring an international ensemble of two dozen musicians.
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