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Hypnopompy

by Songs Become Water

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Looking at your photos is a habit that I often try to break I'm captured by your smile memories expressions on your face You were living poem now scripture that always speaks to me People say a lot of things hurtful things but you're still a queen to me You're still a queen to me I can't help but see your angel wings they help you fly so high Wish you had seen them too seen through the stoney labels placed on you Mortal eyes forever shut have blessed and opened mine Lessons never told pervade my heart forever transcend time In a world of weeds a world of weeds we look for gardens for the soul We look for gardens for the soul I still live on Holden Street Still live with songs and dreams Here people pay taxes with honesty and love for one another We'll throw away the mirrors for oft they lie they don't show what's on the inside And God and angels sing our names sing us through the storm And every stone that's cast will fall short of breaking hearts And if I had a wish I'd throw if far into a fountain so you could see the way you are Wish you could see the way you are Wish we could see the way we are
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Sometimes I want to see beyond all this haze, and then sometimes I wish I'd never cared enough to open up my eyes Once I wanted to see beyond all these ink stains on the page they slapped my fingers repeatedly to purge me of the sin Here's ancient wisdom wrapped in polyethylene a faith that's made to never decompose And I like the clear nights of luna sin moonlight and how we're meant to wander You kind of grow accustomed to it- Everything is clearer Everything is beautiful Everyone is happier When you start believing with no eyes And I like the clear nights of luna sin moonlight and how we're meant to wander you kind of grow accustomed to the dark And out on clear night of astros sin starlight Ineffable and laughable Nostalgic and indifferent Everything is clearer (everyone feels fear) Everything is beautiful (everything is futile) Everyone is happier (everyone is trapped in here) When you start believing with no eyes
3.
I think that we are getting closer closer to each other and further from our goal And it seems when every we get closer something tries to stop us and we fail But I believe you've got something special Together we've got something and I feel the world would benefit from us And I want to sew our dreams and time into a quilt and drape it over us as we sit by the fire of our hope And we'll take of all the beauty that we feel from the world and lament the fact that our words leave out the rest It frightens me that though we feel a calling we let our fear and busyness be our god But I believe that what is scaring me is that this is just iconic of what is happening in the world Is this song a warning? A prophecy? A wake up call? Some jumbled words? A battle cry? A desperate plea for help? Maybe the kindling of our hope? And I want to sew our dreams and time into a book and turn its pages as we sit by the fire of our growth And we'll sing of all the beauty that we feel in the world and lament the fact that our words leave out the rest
4.
Take your time but do it now Lock yourself in a darkroom where the evidence can resound If you feel the most lonely when you're among your own It's time to peer at the problems exposed when you develop your doubts Sketch yourself Draw a face with no eyes You call for my name but you should listen to your own advice That writing songs is easy Unless you avoid all lies, so I wish I could creep into your mind and sing you one true lullaby Sing that... Fear will take your hand and guide you far from here but I will stand and hold to the hope that we feel Videos and magazines make everything look easy Videos and magazines make true feelings seem trite and rusty Burn the words and pictures Burn away the lies Life's not a game of cards or dice Create the future with your own decisions Fear will take your hand and guide you far from here I will stand in shallow water Because I'm afraid to go too deep I will take your hand and hold you close to here, and I will take your hand and hold you close to hope, and I will take your hand and hold you close to me And I will take your hand... I will take your hand
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Upwards, beyond the stream beyond the flow of words that sweep me away Like buckets full of water each drop given away is more room to breathe more room to breathe... Give freely breathe deeply and live! Give freely breath deeply and live! Did god make me this way or was it the world or did the world make god to make me hate myself? Somewhere... beyond the stream beyond the cry of "Love the sinner hate sin!" Love as you would be loved Love as you would be loved Or you don't believe in love
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I had a dream and saw hundreds of people in a town by a dirty beach and everyone was beautiful but didn't know it I tried to wave but they didn't see me still, I'm not sure I was seeing them And in that dream I tried to sing and some of them heard but didn't feel I wanted to sing their beauty so I tried and I'm not sure if I did And I dreamt I was in a little rowboat drifting away watching the people on the shore and everything was so real but far... I could feel it so close I could hear it so close, and I'm not sure if I could see anything close up or clear but I think I want to I think I want to I think I want to... And since I didn't have a song to sing for every living being on that shore I sang one for someone and everyone with all my love With all of my love Knowing it could never touch everyone content with only touching anyone content with harmonizing with the breeze The waves moving me in sweet simplicity me seeing watching as my song collects on drops of ocean mist Watching as my song becomes water

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Dear Listener,

The modern song is a unique art form. Song lyrics, both in the form of poetry and prose, have the potential to inform, humanize, and infuse meaning into music. Likewise music has an unparalleled ability to add depth, feeling, and personal connection to words.

Various songs have inspired some of our most meaningful thoughts, feelings and ideas. The songs that are most valuable to us have been carefully composed to marry lyrics and music into an art form that would be substantially weakened by the absence of either party.

We have written songs that attempt to explore a few of our most meaningful thoughts and feelings. We have sought to marry music and lyrics in a meaningful way. While our lyrics are inherently personal, we hope you find them both accessible and relevant.

We hope to continue to improve our ability to think, feel, and convey those thoughts and feelings through songs.

Sincerely,
Michael Escalante
Danny Jasperson

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released April 21, 2012

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Songs Become Water Salt Lake City, Utah

Songs Become Water is the work of Michael Escalante and Danny Jasperson.

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