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I Am a Snake
01:56
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I am a snake
See me slither
I am hustling on borrowed time
I am a snake
watch me shiver
I feel the ground beneath me trembling
I feel a shake
Collapse is imminent
I have no limbs to pull me out of here
But I remember how to squirm
Yes I remember how to squirm
But I remember how to squirm
Yes I remember how to squirm
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Oort Cloud
03:49
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It's light-years to the next star,
But I don't mind the cold and dark
I keep my distance and keep goin' 'round,
Not a sound as I fly this arc
Gravity keeps pulling me,
But this inertia never stops
Keep sliding, frigid through the vast expanse
For lifespans of many smaller rocks
You are the sun
And I am in the Oort cloud
Everyone is flying around the sun
And I'm still in the Oort cloud
You're drawn as a circle,
But we all know your life is a sphere, oh my dear
And part of me was once catapulted into your world
Just to burn out and fly away, hey
I suppose it seems severe
To live so far from everyone
Beyond the interstellar medium,
Meet no one, but I still glimpse the sun
You are the sun
And I am in the Oort cloud
Everyone is flying around the sun
And I'm still in the Oort cloud,
Yes I'm still in the Oort cloud
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Grip
03:43
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Bracing myself for the winter chill,
Riding alone in the dark
At least I was prepared then for every day feeling the same
Hiding myself in the summer heat,
Breathing the bad air at home,
Closing things down for the season that never came
Holding onto the branches in gold streetlight glow,
Holding on for so long as we sway to and fro,
Holding onto this world, though it's cruel, please be soft,
Help my grip; keep us from falling off!
Saving my words for another day,
I bury my thoughts in the haze,
Not knowing if I'd ever have something useful to say
Now I'm checking off every box on time,
Waiting for something to give,
Wondering every second, can this be okay?
Holding onto the branches in gold streetlight glow,
Holding on for so long as we sway to and fro,
Holding onto this world, though it's cruel, please be soft,
Help my grip; keep us from falling off!
Holding onto the branches in gold streetlight glow,
Holding on for so long as we sway to and fro,
Holding onto this world, though it's cruel, please be soft,
Help my grip; keep us from falling off!
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Missing Space
03:53
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Time, time to step into this space suit,
Space, how I miss the space I could feel on this Earth,
Whatever it was worth,
Have we spent all we have?
Still, we have stillness and some necessities,
I can't see your face,
But I know that we're both facing the same choice
The very...
Sun that keeps shining down for ages
And all of its radiation flowing through vast, empty space,
Such an unfamiliar place,
But it will shine here still
Still, we have stillness and some necessities,
I can't see your face,
But I'm grounded if I can still can hear your voice
I hear it...
Clear, clearing out our old expectations
And making space, outer space for all of the stars to exist,
New worlds in their midst
We've not seen all they have
Days melt into nights,
Melt into lifetimes within an instant, tiny particles
Fly through the air,
And we wave back to...
Once my own mother told me a story
Of a time when ashes rained from the sky
Now there's a different reason why
They've come back
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Automatic Symphony
05:23
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Automaton, automaton,
An automatic symphony
Automaton, automaton,
The Automatic symphony
Programmed on punch cards in the 70s,
Programmed in shades of avocado green
Automaton, atomic age,
The age of automation
Automaton, atomic age,
The age of automation
Program your symphony alone, at home
Nobody needs to play or hear it, come near it
Automaton, automaton,
An automatic symphony
Automaton, automaton,
An automatic symphony
Automaton, automaton,
An automatic symphony
Program your symphony alone, at home
Nobody needs to play or hear, come near it
Program your symphony alone, at home
Nobody needs to ever know
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Dr. Something Portland
The project of longtime Portland songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alison Dennis, Dr. Something uses imaginative instrumental and vocal textures alongside humorous, emotionally trenchant lyrics to create engaging chamber pop that blurs the line between art and novelty. ... more
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