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Time Machine
05:01
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now, the unraveling
fortune favours fools
truth, elusive and confused
need, stripped naked now
to fend for what it wants
hope, in a chokehold holdin on
show me show me how
this is better now
so much i can't see
tell me tell me now
who comes after you
who comes after me
form and future born
from embers burnin low
how to know
what doin need get done
fun, so hard won
on days forgotten soon
how many moons
hidin faces, howlin tunes
everyone a time machine
one foot in memory, one in dream
straddling the moment when
what's to come becomes now and then
laid upon that barren rock
another one fought to beat the clock
longed for a pass
begged the devil's sympathy
broke the hourglass
and cried, "it went too fast"
show me show me how
this is better now
so much i can't see
tell me tell me now
who comes after you
who comes after me
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True Light
05:00
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too late
sudden fate
moved in like the wind
takes some time to know people go
who's born and who has been
spin around the sun
hand in hand as one
live too long
life upon a shelf
the wake behind the boat
closing in upon itself
wave upon wave erase the traces
then in dreams
we pull apart the seams
the fabric of our lives
comes apart before our eyes
wake up to thread the needle into place
spin around the sun
hand in hand as one
city lights
had you in their sights
sirens in the night
something wasn't right
only a rider on an empty bus
silent now
you’re still heard
every song you played
every single word
dissolving in waves and light embracing us
true light beacon break up the fight
true light break the day from night
true light Illuminate our oversight
turn the red flag white
surrender to your true light
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3. |
Echo Park
03:58
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she lives alone near Echo Park
speaks Spanish on the phone
one foot on the fault line
those neon signs
the game was on the radio
stretched across the room
the signal broke too soon
that afternoon
landed on the coastline
taxi took a right on Vine
sky turned blue to maroon
that afternoon
the lobby of the Normandie
The ghost of Lowry types
an empty page
Cactus and sage
Koreatown
No one around
The derby hat is gone
The Wiltern so magnificent
Keep moving on
Silverlake
Stood at the gate
Looking up the stairs
was it too early?
was it too late?
Sat under the neon sign
Normandie without an I
sky turned blue to maroon
that afternoon
the Angelus Rosedale graveyard in the dark
one day may they meet
again near Echo Park
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Motherless Sunrise
06:00
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motherless sunrise
summon a trail through their eyes
guide them through the brush
burn away the shameful blush
like so many before
this fight became a war
strength born in a rush
bred from weakness to endure
dawn from no horizon
neither sky nor ground
orphan light upon them
nothing lost or found
motherless sunrise
whether desert, whether sea
sand and water: mud
whether drought, whether flood
what do the stars see?
are we trapped, are we free?
make it shine, let it rust
like she said, we are dust
drawn from no horizon
not to see/unseen
nothing set or rising
nothing pure/unclean
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Seeing Double
03:17
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as it comes
clear and bright
full of light
as it goes
it becomes trouble
all this time
thought there were two
me - and you
as it turns out
i was seeing double
all this time
on our feet, on our hands
in our heads
becomes trouble
scattered light
breaking up
out of sight
can it be
i'm just seeing double
trouble is
the double talk
double negative
relative two reveal
what single eyes conceal
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6. |
The Elephants
07:05
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we spent one last night
upon the elephants
In tents adrift atop
the backs of beasts
while we sleep
forest dreams
spring beneath
granite feet
as we left
the eldest of the herd
came forth to tell
the truth without a word
we have seen
your bloody tracks
can't carry you
on our backs
traveled heavy through the centuries
trampled everything beneath your feet
and if days become more desperate
know the elephants will not forget
they won't forget
will we bow before the common good?
forego all that we could for what we should?
they have seen
our bloody tracks
can't carry us
on their backs
what consequence we know not yet
turn tomorrow from a child's regret
even if the outcome seems set
know the elephants will not forget
they won't forget
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Labrador
03:15
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cool October morning
stayed in bed
on repeat
in your head
late night talk shows
NBC
another nickname for me
waitin for nothin
nothing to find
sinking deeper
nothing to find
in the army
1954
on a cargo ship
in Goose Bay Labrador
took a hit there
never went to war
always took care of the kids
taught me how to bat and pitch
knelt beside me every night
said always bear left do what's right
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You Are Loved
05:17
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when you struggle with a task
when you need help but fail to ask
when it comes to push and shove
you are loved
hit your head against the wall
tie your skates tight but still you fall
always below never above
you are loved
go easy on yourself
everyone can use some help
think of what you know is true
i'm sending out all my love
to you
you know i struggle too
for the energy to push on through
when I only see the blue
i think of you
you help me come around
to go from feeling lost to feeling found
you're the one i'm most proud of
you are loved
no point along a scale
no grade to pass or fail
no one to call the boss
no finish line to cross
nothing you need to do
nothing you need to prove
nothing your eyes don't see
no one you need to be
go easy on yourself
everyone can use some help
think of what you know is true
i'm sending out all my love
to you
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Nick Zubeck Toronto, Ontario
Atypical and adventurous singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist using a wide palette of acoustic and electric sounds. Heavy on beautiful arrangements, instrumental passages, and thoughtful lyrics. Nick has also kept busy as a sideman working with varied groups like Great Lake Swimmers, Sandro Perri, Barzin, Sun Kil Moon, Royal Wood, Dana Sipos, Rich Burnett, Roxanne Potvin, and many others. ... more
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