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We were down by the ocean, All the waves were in motion, You were playing in the sand, I asked you to take my hand, And you said, "Daddy, can we stay for just one more day? Do we have to go? I'm warm and comfortable." Okay, We can stay by the ocean, Hold our time and emotion, Build a castle in the sand, Show the ocean where we stand, And you said, "Daddy, today is great, Leaving will have to wait, We don't have to go, We're warm and comfortable." Well I sure would like to be, Comfortable and free, So take my hand and we can stay all day, The smell of ocean in our nose, And water splashing on our toes, So it goes, The castle grows, Our castle grows.
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Together in this Dream
03:48
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None of us can stay here, None of us can go, I left all my daydreams in an old coat, And now I see that I am not meant to be anything more than me. None of us can stay here, None of us can leave, I left all my aces up an old sleeve, And now I see that I am not meant to be anything more than me. None of us can stay here, None of us can know, You left all your memories in an old soul, And now you see that you are not meant to be anything more than free, And now we see that we are just meant to be together in this dream, Together in this dream.
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Trick or Treat, A million eyes you'll never meet, I never knew you, Nice to know you now, The mask you're wearing sold you out, Who are you now?
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Release Me
03:36
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It's strange how things can fall apart, Live your days like a king, Then the walls cave in. The levee broke and left us dead, The cost of silence in my head, Pennies for sense, And minutes for change, Nothing lost and nothing gained, Please, release me... Reimagine all I know, All that I have cared for, A mind that's clearly scared, Or simply flailing on a falling star, Or wailing from a forming scar, Please, release me... Tattooed to peeling skin, Snakes and apples, Original sin, Open sea, Afraid to go to sleep, Go to sleep, Go to sleep.. Release me...
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Cold
05:26
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I'm old, Brittle as a stone, And I'm cold, Hands fold on a buttoned coat. Don't stand alone, I'm cold too. My bones, Restless and alone, Unfold, You're not to be unknown. Don't stand alone, I'm cold too. Hold onto this song, I won't be long, I won't belong, Right here, I know you're near, Come on and stay strong, I won't be long. Hold on.
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Look Around [Interlude]
01:13
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Slow down, don't let this fool push you around, I'm here when you're down, Look around, Look around...
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Pale Blues
03:29
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I can see three now, Do you too? Out of the blue, Past and present are real and tomorrow is new, ...ahhh... What to do, What to do? I can see me now, Do you too? Out of the blue, Close my eyes just to see all my dreams come true. ...ahhh... What to do, What to do? I can feel free now, Do you too? Out of the blue, What I see is a relative hue in you. ...ahhh... Pale blues, Pale blues.
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Paddle Through
02:08
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You’re so confident there'll be another day, But who knows? Please don’t say there’s no other way, How can you be sure? Sometimes ends are new beginnings, Sometimes ends are ends, Lost on a path to winning, Paddle through the river bends. You’re so confident, There’ll be another day, But who knows?
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The Event Horizon
04:29
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Wires dangle lifeless below my feet, Tired from a days work of keeping me alive, And bearing their share of the load, Machines and symbiotic dreams of a future, Without the other, I wonder if the wires wish to exist without me, Become an independent but functionless machine, Supporting nothing, Hanging from nothing, Suspended and retired, A lifeless remora hitched to no one. Am I the host or machine, Am I both in this lucid dream? Am I the nightmare? Who bears the burden of knowledge, And to what extent should I be engaged? When the page turns and my eyes close, For whom will I have lived and died? If the answer is found in mirrors, I am a worthless palindrome, Reading myself back and forth like a numberless grandfather clock whose sole purpose is to hypnotize and make time and progress a line on the horizon. Life support will have been for nothing. The machine but a collection of parts, Lesser than the sum. Wires dangling from nothing and reflecting on a man who stayed alive, A task to them ascribed and done for nothing, For whom will I have lived and died? The answer is obvious and circular, And the question asks itself again and again for generations, Function and necessity to remain, I suppose there’s a destination at which the question ends, And we will have been stacked grains of sand through galaxies, When the last grain of sand answers differently, We will have all become, And we will all be one line with new function, One cannot find answers in mirrors, But in their place in time, Not hypnotized to forget, But to remember and allow the wires to pull and work and help us to remain, Life support so another grain is added, subtracted, stacked, forgotten, and hopeful to one day matter.
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Circles Implode
04:25
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Circles implode So the story goes And with it our minds, Right in time for the end of days, In a clouded haze, We circle ahead, Nothing there but the dead. Do they feel the dread, And meaning of time, Rewind back to a day, Would they choose to stay, Or circle ahead, Choices left to the dead. Choices left to the dead, Remember now what I said, Remember now what I said. Get outside of your head, And chose to live... Circle the black hole instead, See it inside of your head, The darkness will swallow the dead. To time and your orbit be wed, And hold on true to whatever you can hold onto. Until we’re old or until we fold, We hold onto whatever you can hold onto. Until we’re old, Or until we fold.
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See you when you rise. Where's the sun, My fear to flee, Keep me warm and say goodnight, I'm in the darkness, Be down near me, Keep me safe till morning light.
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Reality
04:13
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Let me tell you a story of how I came to be, It started under a weeping willow tree, Those shadows became my friends, But Plato warned that this would end. I should find reality, I should see. Lost my dog when I was three, He was dangerous to me, Backwards, foaming, deaf and blind, He bit me close to Christmas time. I was scared as I should be, How could he? That was my reality. God was right in front of me, Smiling down allegedly, I stepped up to smile in kind, And quickly learned that I was blind, Lonely as this world can be, I was free. Now just past 33, These things no longer bother me. Trees are rich, and forests bloom, I can see myself in you, Walking with my legacy. I can see. I shape my reality.
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Groundhog Day
02:34
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Here we are again, Hello, my friend. Hello, my friend. Blinders set and we pretend, Groundhog Day gets bombed again. But what can we do? Never once do we get through. Here we are again, Looking at my only friend, Time will tell, We can't pretend, Groundhog Day gets bombed again. But what can we do? Never once do we get through. You left me here but I'm okay, I think I can say that anyway, I know what you'll do, I know what you'll say, You are the same as yesterday, And here we'll stay, Welcome back, today. Welcome back...
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You cannot escape today, Tomorrow's empty, I suggest you stay, I'm lonely here, I need a friend, I am a memory, Help me never end. "Hello..." Wave goodbye and say goodnight, "Goodbye..." "Hello..." I'll see you in the morning light, "Goodbye..." Tomorrow: it seems like a year away, Tell me what to do or say, And I'll stay everyday this way, Time is not on my side. Tell me how long can you hold onto [time], Dreams and what they mean to you, We are only passing through [time], Carry me, I'll carry you. Memories: they will fade away, Tell me what to do or say, Let me stay everyday this way, Time is not on my side. Tell me how long can you hold onto [time], Dreams and what they mean to you, We are only passing through [time], Carry me, I'll carry you. What have you done? What have you become? I'm fading fast, My time is done, I'm lonely here, I need a friend, I am a memory, Help me never end. "Hello..." Wave goodbye and say goodnight, "Goodbye..." "Hello..." I'll see you in the morning light, "Goodbye..."
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I see you every hour of every day, Either stay or go away, I can't live like this no more, That's for sure, I'm shutting and now I'm locking my door. You're just a dream that won't come true, Love in my heart still belongs to you, Can't you see? Think of all the things that we used to do, Skies in our past were a different blue, I still see you in me. I see you but you never seem to stay, Not today, Not today... You couldn't live like this no more, That's for sure, You were shutting and now you were locking your door. You're just a dream that won't come true, Love in my heart still belongs to you, Can't you see? Think of all the things that we used to do, Skies in our past were a different blue, I still see you in me. Come see me... Once around, Swallow down the emptiness and pain, I almost saw myself in the mirror yesterday, But instead I watched an apparition fade away, I'll be okay... I'll be okay. I see you every hour of every day, What to say? What to say? We can't live like this no more, That's for sure, Goodbye, Doors. Goodbye, Doors.
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Hide the people you know, Tell yourself the flowers didn't grow this year, There's nothing but snow... There's nothing but snow... There's nothing but snow... [That will be all you know] I'll be gone...
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Rename Your Monster
03:13
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Start with your monster, Black, Morning takes away what the night brought back, But it's hiding in shadows too, Don't let it find you! Rename your monster, Red, Demons inside your head, They're hiding in closets too, Don't let them find you! Rename your monster, Blue, Ocean behind and in front of you, No paddle, what do you do? What if they can't find you? Rename your monster, White, The canvas is blank and bright, With freedom, what do you do? You can find you too!
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Hello, Goodbye, I'm cutting all my unnecessary ties, Like me and my mind, We don't need all these unnecessary knives... Please understand that you're fine, You have to move to get through these times, Everything gets left behind, How you choose to live determines what's inside... You're right, I'm fine, And all other unnecessary lies, There's room in the sky, So long as we keep climbing towards the light. Bleeding, Seeing truth as I need it, And peeling off my youth in stages, Hoping that there's more to go, And wondering what's behind that door, And knowing that I won't be around to see who got it right... Hello, Goodbye, I wish I had a necessary life...
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Watch the horizon extend, Round and round again, Candles light and burn, Leaves aware their need to turn. Here comes the son, 15 plus another ton.
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So the Dream Goes
03:13
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And I wish I was here, Is not a thing one can say clearly, It’s true. I wish I was here with you. Clearly and true Can you see me too? Or is this a Dream Of what time could mean, Timeless and true, What we’re on the road to do, I’m better with you, I want you with me, Collectively so, And we go and we go, Never knowing what might one day fully truly grow, It is what it is today, It will never again be that way, Take my hand, Look me in my eye, We say hello, And sometimes goodbye, But dreams will maybe make it so, That time will allow us to know, Infinite love and infinite circles above which we stay, Perfect and safe. Perfectly you. I say goodbye but forever in you, Just as you’ll be, Forever in me. So the dream goes, So it will be. Forever in you, Forever in me.
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[Roger Waters/Thom Yorke Banter] While I'm here, I'll tell you to know what you know and allow that to change over time. While I'm here, I'll tell you to open your mind and be good without payment in kind. And when I'm gone, You'll have this song. While I'm here, I'll tell you to feel all emotion but let none shift your motion through time. While I'm here, I'll tell you that I love you dearly and nothing...nothing can change my mind! And when I'm gone, You'll have this song. [Kurt Vonnegut Banter] When you're here, Make others smile, Take nothing for granted in your shared time. When you're here, Laugh and dream and love and think feely and be the sublime. This is our song, Could you pass this along, 'Cause we all hold on, Until we all get along. [Thom Yorke Banter]
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Better Than Nothing
03:52
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You are not the same as you used to be, You look taller to me, When the leaves fall down, Where will you go? And who else knows you're exposed? How did it get so cold, I'm halfway to nowhere, Standing alone, When the winter comes, What will you do? You're halfway to nowhere too. What beasts cast such shadows with the moon? Who will tell those stories all about you? Mourning what I'll lose, Scars over a wound not yet made new. The sun is gone, But the shoreline's black and yellow and blue, "I'm not over you." Half of me can see nothing has changed. Half of me might still be something saved. I've lost what stands to be gained, Fear is truth in what remains: nothing, Or nothing known to me, I can only hope to be a distant memory, For the time being, It's better than nothing, It's better than nothing, It's better than...
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E. Mez Buffalo, New York
E. Mez is a solo project...varies from acoustic tunes to electric nonsense
(Meslinsky)
b theory is an acoustic Singer-Songwriter Trio (McLaughlin, DeLotto, Meslinsky).
Walls Like Us is an alternative, progressive rock group (Berkley, Shanahan, Jacobs, Meslinsky)
Grissom Hall is a rock trio that spanned from 2006-2010 in the Buffalo area (Swarts, Neyman, Meslinsky).
... more
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