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Orpheus
02:34
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I look at the moon's
Quicksilver reflection
On the ocean
I cut out my heart
To wear it on my sleeve
The meat of my
Hopeless profession
I tear myself open
For strangers to prod
At my wounds
And mock them
I carry a lyre
Heavy and wood
Affixed with iron
And take this abuse
Because this is the part
In the play
I've been given
And even if I die
A fool
It's still the part
I've been given
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Siren
03:12
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I've been avoiding you my whole life
But I know what I have to do
The way you make me feel
Can't keep me away from you
You're everything I've been searching for
You're everything that's true
And if you tear me down
I'll try in vain to kill the pain from you
You make me sick to my stomach
Whenever I look at you
And you make want to disappear
When I know that I can't hold you
And I know deep in my heart
That I can't run away from you
You'll kill me in the end
Ever since I've known of you
You're the siren in my dreams
That I've always been drawn to
The dark temptress with the ability
To tear my heart in two
And I don't care if I have to go to hell
In order to be with you
There is nothing in all of this world
That I would rather do
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Nyx
01:59
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Angel like
She's sweet as silk
Her voice is like a bell
But don't be fooled by her
She'll drag you down to hell
Now she don't mean no harm
She only wants to heal
Every bit of pain
That you could ever feel
Her whispered voice
In your ear
Is like current on your skin
And she will coax you
To every mortal sin
If you try to chase her
She'll elude your grasp
And if you touch her hand
It will turn to ash
There are many skeletons
In the surf beneath her sea
And she will only find you
In the darkest of your dreams
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One Day
03:29
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Even when I'm old and lame
I'd still trade all my years
For just one day with you
While the earth spins
And the sky is blue
And we're still holding on to
The last frays of our youth
Don't worry about tomorrow
It'll have gone before we've known
Don't worry for my weathered soul
All my wounds are healed by you
Darling stay a while longer
Until the day is through
And when you're gone I'll be down
But at least I spent some time with you
And I don't care if I live for just one day
As long as it's with you
Two butterflies chase each other
One can't live without the other
And they'll be gone tomorrow
But who cares about tomorrow?
It's an empty promise we hold on to
What matters is right now and me and you
And as long as you're on this earth
I don't want to leave it
But without you hearing these words
I might as well not exist
My world doesn't have meaning
Without you in it
And I won't crush your wings
Even if you crush my dreams
I've wasted my entire life
But I wouldn't waste a single moment with you
Any day I'd spend with you
Would be the last I'd hold on to
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Dreaming
02:07
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I was dreaming you weren't far away
And you were next to me
I dreamt I held your hand
And we shared each other's memories
I laid my head beside yours
And we shared the same dream
I dreamt you were safe there in my arms
And not tortured in your sleep
We were so far away
In a field of flowers lying peacefully
With the blue sky rolling by
And you were safe with me
And I never wanted us to wake up
To find the walls dividing you and me
Of timid flesh and bone
Made from anxiety
I never wanted to disappoint
The other half of me
All I ever wanted
Was for you to dream with me
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Hell Is Without You
03:21
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Love is freedom
Or so they say
Hell is without you
You're the cause of all my pain
Wherever I may wander
In search for a place to stay
Home is right beside you
No matter what price I have to pay
If love is freedom
Then why I am a slave
I would trade fame and fortune
Just to see you for another day
I beg for my freedom
Though I don't wish to escape
Hell is without you
And this pain won't go away
I feel no more pleasure
And everything is grey
And only one thing I ask you
What can I say just to make you stay
And if you are gone
I will wish for yesterday
Tormented with regret
For this cruel fate
I would give up everything
For your own sake
Even if my suffering
Will never go away
Love is freedom
Or so they say
Hell is without you
And I wouldn't have it any other way
Love is freedom
For you but not for me
And only you
Can set me free
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Serpentine Skies Connecticut
Serpentine Skies is the Connecticut-based music project of Steven Belcher, focused mainly around the meditative state between the conscious and unconscious states of mind.
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