Wandering Cloud

by Mark Hampton

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Wandering Cloud 04:29
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I saw a wandering cloud Burning with radiation I took a silver string And made a constellation My feet were in the sky My head was in the water And I thought in silent wonder How does the sky ever stop from falling down? I took a thousand pills And swam through muddy thoughts I washed up in confusion My hands were in my lies I uttered forgotten sounds And pushed the silence from the dark With all these evil winds How does the sky ever stop from falling down? Stop from falling down Too many visions now I can’t tell which one is truth But truth is stranger than fiction Think I’ll just go to sleep now Too many choices now But they'll be made by someone Now that all my strength has gone How does the sky ever stop from falling down? Stop from falling down
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We're Only Human 02:57
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We’re only human It’s something only a human would say What else could we be anyway, anyway We’re only human Though sometimes I think I see A world full of robots maybe, maybe We’re only human We say it to one another But maybe some more so than others, than others We’re only human Does it just mean we all make mistakes Or that we love too little too late, too late We’re only human It’s a strange thing to think And a cheap excuse for anything, anything We’re only human Yes, it’s a strange thing to think And it’s not an excuse for anything, anything We’re only human Yes, it’s a strange thing to think And it’s not an excuse for anything, anything And it’s, it’s, it’s not an excuse for anything, anything Anything, anything
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Searching 04:40
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Well the moon and the sun and the stars Shone down on a world made of dust And life surged in the ocean brine Spilled overland, spread far and thrived And giants grew and ruled over the world Then they fell when fire rained down on them all The hirsute, the small and the weak Rose up tall to stand on their feet And after millions of years, billions have died And here we stand on the brink of our lives Oh I, I I’ve been standing and looking I know I should be yearning I’ve been waiting and regretting I know I should be searching Good things may come to those who wait But I might die young The meek may inherit the earth But they’ll get nothing done I’m gon’ leap without looking I know I’ll land softly I’m gon’ speak without thinking I know I’ll talk truthfully Good things may come to those who wait But I might die young The meek may inherit the earth But they’ll get nothing done I know I should be searching I know I should be searching I know I should be searching I know I should be searching I know I should be searching
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Calmly To The Storm 03:32
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Running on the great plains Breathing through my foot-falls Lulled by the rhythm, dreaming on my feet Feeling something like a god, reeling in the heat There’s a croaking, smoking thunder in the sky And I’m a living statue running calmly to the storm I’m turning into skin dust I’m dissolving in the air I'm drunk on fatigue, and everything’s in motion The skyline shimmers, past a swaying grassy ocean There’s a croaking, smoking thunder in the sky And I’m a living statue running calmly to the storm My feet are turning bloody But I have to keep on running I’m gaining ground and the storm is heading in The deluge will drown us then resurrect us from within And there’s a croaking, smoking thunder in the sky And I’m a living statue running calmly to the storm I'm running And I'm breathing Oh I'm dreaming And I'm still running and running Oh, oh, calmly to the storm
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What Are You Gonna Do 04:04
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Somewhere, somewhere Someone cares for you Somewhere, somewhere Someone cares for you But they're not here What are you gonna do? In this place, in this time When we're all out of our minds In this place, in this time When we're all out of our minds Oh I'm talking to you What are you gonna do? You can't win, you can't lose Because this game has no rules You can't win, you can't lose Because this game has no rules The time for talking is through What are you gonna do? Somewhere, somewhere Someone cares for you Somewhere, somewhere Someone cares for you But they're not here What are you gonna do?
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You Are My Queen 04:24
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Come n’ be my catalyst baby I need a reaction, I feel like a dead man Radiate me baby you’re a beacon And I’m a charred-stone soul in the desert Come n’ be my mentor baby I need a guiding hand, I feel like a lost man I’m moving round in circles and I'm crouching in the dark But I know you can reach me, feed me, and teach me I know you’re a jumbled victim mind Drinking every afternoon, howling at the full moon But you’re a screaming chaos beauty, baby Fire-licked, hand-picked, suckle honey, you are my queen You are my queen Come n’ be my tragic muse baby I need inspiration, I feel like a dull man Rage against me baby you’re a tempest Whirling winds rise up beneath me, oooh I’m flying I know you’re a jumbled victim mind Drinking every afternoon, howling at the full moon But you’re a screaming chaos beauty, baby Fire-licked, hand-picked, suckle honey, you are my queen You are my queen
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A Thousand Empty Red Beaches 04:01
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Skin salt, broken lipped, starlight drowning a thousand empty red beaches So clear, so bright, we steer forever deeper into the dark night Your eyes, fathomless, ripples radiate from a center of nothingness And one sound, so high, pierces through, and out and around a million times Our cups, over filled, and yet every moment there’s more pouring in and still We fight, oh we moan, our final battle re-played over again each day Skin salt, broken lipped, starlight drowning a thousand empty red beaches Hold on, my love, the sky is boundless and every cloud is a white dove
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Someday Soon 06:16
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Someday soon, one crescent moon All the stars will scream Someday soon, the hand that ruined Will fall into the sea And baby, we must crawl For baby, we are small And the rain must fall Someday soon Someday soon

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I saw a wandering cloud, burning with radiation

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released January 10, 2010

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