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Mind Over Matter
04:07
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i’m alright, i feel fine now
this can’t be all there is now
concrete ablaze in my mind again
head down close my eyes then
can’t concentrate, grasp where i am
reset patterns travel oceans
you may ask me why
i can’t say that i tried
tried my best, what i thought then
i’ve got to begin again
you may ask me why
i can’t say that i tried
don’t you sigh boy
don’t you lie boy
don’t you cry boy
don’t you try boy
it’s mind over matter
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2. |
Fear of Love
04:39
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turn the sky to blue, then split it all to two
count off endlessly
passivate this fear, thick shields that we bear
hold on hold on to
dreams of a new place, where fear we can escape
the panic exists for…
fear of love, resistant of
when patterns seem so clear, all color disappears
red lined into the
thick lines that we create, divide up and abate
feel the backdraft to
all these small concerns, cover up and burn
the panic exists for…
fear of love, resistant of
just breath, just breath, just try to comprehend
over and over seek to fully mend
fear of love, resistant of
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3. |
Radium
04:49
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in the depth of this drain i tried to swim against
all the force weighing down, against the wall dispensed
either /or sides, either /or times, i want out of this sick mess
there will be light, there will be glow at any cost
the poison
the poison
bright green glow sucks us in, we can’t stop staring at the clock
they might float, they might fall, never ask what happens after work
in the end, thank you friends for keeping us out of the muck
we’ll carry on best we can, hands up
the poison
the poison
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4. |
Only Shown
05:10
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all these, your treasures
so easy, so magic, so
thunderous plight
they speak to your pleasures
some bones they earn
some they speak some they form to us
these ourselves no secrets
you never rush to save us
make me all my own
take me close, unknown
this was all, only shown
pictures from words, pieces
come as they’ve always done
your work, your blight
they’re weak just between us
electric dependency
opens to urgency
windows, no curtains
may not part to save us
make me all my own
take me close, unknown
this was all, only shown
where is your home?
that folds in its faults
what is this name?
that comes when it calls
we find its progress is
never serene but we’ve
tried to ascend but it
fell out of reach
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5. |
Don't Ask Why
05:19
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in the foyer, there’s a makeshift home,
small voices from inside
there’s a fire not seen by all, innocence well
don’t ask me, don’t ask me why
in the stairway, all that made us bold,
fears that didn’t want to stay
what will fade and be replaced,
it leaves us anyway
don’t ask to, don’t ask to try
i’ll write their logic down
revisit when we’ve forgotten how
before we’re told what to trust
think before lessons were taught to us
in the bedroom, only thoughts now old,
things i didn’t need to know
to begin again and see what remains,
is it all the same
don’t try to, don’t try to, don’t ask me why
don’t ask me why, don’t ask me why
sunlight soaks all our seasons
mistakes made for their reasons
if we are brave, will we see it all again?
if we were “weak”, would it only seem worth it then?
we lie in a windowless park
searching for a way through the dark
if we wake up in the end,
would it be the same story again?
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Molina
04:15
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here we are we’ve already lost control
here we are we’ve already split our soul
and the idea it was pointed back at us
get it out, let it out
you might be holding the last magnolia tree
you might be holding the last light i see
before the darkness finally gets a hold of me
get it out, let it out
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A New Path
05:04
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when all progress disappears, the path becomes unclear
to take from other's backs, then fill up the dirty cracks
there needs to be a line, to conquer and divide
there needs to be a sign, ask what part of this is mine
can’t believe that this is real, who did they have to kill?
open doors then watch them close, only shown what should be known
frightened by the path we’re on, I had to write it down
frightened by the path we’re on, close your eyes and hear this sound
come on let me get lost, i gotta find a new path
come on let me get lost, i gotta find a new path
when all logic starts to bend to reach a bitter end
the chaos that we know where the answer’s always no
frightened by the path we’re on, i had to write it down
frightened by the path we’re on, close your eyes and hear this sound
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8. |
Reflection
04:27
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half a life now a body wrecked
worry about mistakes, no time to correct
we made it up
now that all of this has passed
we’re left with asking how it did last
we made it up
sometimes our bodies rest adrift in snow
where they will forever glow
we made it up
one more round to make it right
how i feel the light
we made it up
to float free with the breeze
to take apart everything you see
stand sound by day, yet stumble through the night
we’ll find the way to one true light
all this fear will disappear
then resurface for no-one’s heirs
we made it up
all history will be lost
for the prize that we never fought
we made it up
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The Potomac Accord St Louis, Missouri
The Potomac Accord formed in 2000 in St. Louis, MO. Their 4th studio album, Let Me Get Lost, was released on March 13, 2020.
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