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Last
04:33
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Last
I drag this poem ‘cross your weary thighs
For the minstrel lays his head where he can cry
And his gasps for air become your sultry sighs
Time lingers for a moment before it dies
Time lingers for a moment before it dies
This window has a crack that looks like rain
The storm held back by this ancient pane
And the thunder breaks a silence once contained
By the mercy that you offered me again
By the mercy that you offered me again
So we hold onto the throes of a clumsy dance
Bluffing time with a broken gambler’s chance
Letting go of futures free and the shackled past
We never know which kiss will be our last
No we never know which kiss will be our last
As your voice cracked the sky in perfect song
I wept and merely tried to hum along
In a world that yearned to riddle me with shame
Your ember came and saved this tired flame
Your ember came and saved this tired flame
We cling to every cloud we see above
Just a wisp of flimsy vapor feels like love
And the trees that try to teach us with the wind
They sigh at our beginning and our end
They sigh at our beginning and our end
So we hold onto the throes of a clumsy dance
Mocking time for a brief and cruel chance
As the future forms the circle to our past
We never know which kiss will be our last
No we never know which kiss will be our last
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2. |
Wheel
04:44
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Wheel
Prickly skin with a misty sheen
Utopian hint from a wind unseen
Seeking out the in between
The ancient touch of our crumbling form
Teaches nothing whilst in the storm
Save a lyric, tired and forlorn
Tear out a page, the tale remains
The players, in a tome contains
Such fragile joys, merely staggered pains
Round and round the needle spins
Ostinatos woven within
The colors swirl to black again
The colors swirl to black again
The wheel hasn’t stopped
Hasn’t started
Hasn’t listened
Round and round the names are christened
A sense of wonder but a blinded vision
Sends us to our final bliss and
Then
We spin again
And then
We spin again
Another note, another rest
How shall we choose which chord fits best?
The riddle shows there is no test
All does and doesn’t matter now
We plead and churn and hope somehow
That a prayer may yield a cosmic vow
But no one’s picking up the phone
The stars went out and the moon’s alone
The atoms sleep so deep inside our bones
Yet there exists a look, a smile
The briefest touch will last a while
So let’s trade our souls for days and miles
Yes, let’s trade our souls for days and miles
The wheel hasn’t stopped
Hasn’t started
Hasn’t listened
Round and round the names are christened
A sense of wonder but a blinded vision
Sends us to our final bliss and
Then
We spin again
And then
We spin again
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3. |
Heart
04:33
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Heart
Gonna tear this poetry down
When no one’s left around
I’ll finally rest beneath the ground
And my end will soon begin before my start
‘Cause I just can’t stand to feel
Gonna cauterize the wounds
And hope that soon they will heal
‘Cause I just need reprieve from this black heart
Yes I just need to leave behind this heart
It’s all too much to bear
And we’re scared of the lives
That we never could repair
As we tumble down the well of space and time
And the ocean swallows us whole
And we’re told that our souls
Are more than bodies that we stole
But the void whence we came ends this rhyme
Gonna tear this poetry down
When no one’s left around
I’ll finally rest beneath the ground
And my end will soon begin before my start
‘Cause I just can’t stand to feel
Gonna cauterize the wounds
And hope that soon they will heal
‘Cause I just need reprieve from this black heart
Yes I just need to leave behind this heart
All our moments come to pass
And the ticking of our clocks
Is just a vicious paradox
As we halve the time it takes to reach the end
Infinity’s always late
As our fears are steeped in tears
We create that which we hate
As our love becomes the cut that never mends
Gonna tear this poetry down
When no one’s left around
I’ll finally rest beneath the ground
And my end will soon begin before my start
‘Cause I just can’t stand to feel
Gonna cauterize the wounds
And hope that soon they will heal
‘Cause I just need reprieve from this black heart
Yes I just need to leave behind this heart
Yes I just need to leave behind this heart
Yes I just need to leave behind this heart
Yes I just need to leave behind this heart
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4. |
Tigers and Flowers
03:06
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Tigers and Flowers
I don’t say what you want me to say
I don’t go where you need me to go
I don’t always know to turn the lights down low
‘Cause then the shadows come out and start to dance with my soul
And my soul doesn’t pray the way you want me to pray
Because the church doesn’t search for ways to make us okay
And we’re left with a mind that finds that time doesn’t care
About the void that will leave us so broken and scared
Though our time is ours
We look for tigers instead of flowers
There’s a world left unseen
While we’re too busy being
The fears and tears we wrap ourselves in
I don’t know what you want me to know
And I never thought it clever bringing others so low
And I don’t see what you want me to see
But my blindness isn’t kindness when you force it on me
I don’t love the way you want me to love
And I’ve loved all my life but it was never enough
And you’re angry and you’re tired and the world’s not your friend
But it could be if you’d just see that we’re all at the end
Though our time is ours
We look for tigers instead of flowers
There’s a world left unseen
While we’re too busy being
The fears and tears we wrap ourselves in
I don’t say what you want me to say
I don’t go where you need me to go
I don’t pray the way you want me to pray
I don’t know what you want me to know
I don’t see what you want me to see
I don’t love the way you want me to love
I don’t love the way you want me to love
I don’t love the way you want me to love
I don’t love the way you want me to love
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5. |
Love Wrapped in Blue
03:26
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Love Wrapped in Blue
Oh look, there’s another one
A second just passed
Wait around and we’ll lose a few more
These brief lives fly away
If we blink, there’s a day
As we sigh we lose all fourscore
Oh time, are you listening?
Could you stop here a while?
We would smile if you slowed it all down
Please don’t think us rude
Entropy is your food
But we’d rather our love stuck around
So grab that old pail
And bail a few years
For our fears are both painful and true
But we savor the flavor
Of the sea and our boat
As we float through this love wrapped in blue
Oh what’s it all for
If our lives are a lore
From a tome that will never be read?
And our stories just dust
Brushed off from the cuff
Of a man never woke from his bed
When I’m old and I’m gray
I won’t know what to say
As I stare down the barrel of time
As I lose my last light
And embrace the night
In the stars, our love will still shine
So grab that old pail
And bail a few years
For our fears are both painful and true
But we savor the flavor
Of the sea and our boat
As we float through this love wrapped in blue
Yes! Grab that old pail
And bail a few years
For our fears are not all that we are
As we savor the flavor
Of the sea and our boat
We will float on forever as stars!
Yes, we’ll float on forever as stars!
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6. |
Carry the Fire
05:23
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Carry the Fire
I hope the ones who love you
Remember that things go fast
Before any regrets set in
About their hurried past
I hope you’ll think to tell them
That they’re always on your mind
I hope you don’t carry anger
If they’re leaving you behind
None of us mean any harm
None of us mean any harm
We just can’t hear the alarm
Until time has had its way
I’ll hope for the gift of wisdom
To not expect too much
Not because the world will let you down
It just doesn’t work as such
There’s always goodness around you
Even in the ones who’ve caused you hurt
You don’t have to lay down and take more
Or rub someone’s nose in the dirt
None of them mean any harm
None of them mean any harm
If you can, reach out your arms
But if not, know that’s okay
Being human is tricky
It can be such heavy work
We separate from the world around
We get muddled and caught in the murk
This is a reminder to soften
To let down your cannon-strewn walls
I sing it not just for you over there
But for all who wander these halls
None of us mean any harm
None of us mean any harm
Try to move towards what is warm
And carry the fire again
And carry the fire again
And carry the fire again
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7. |
December for June
02:51
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December for June
While you are dancing in the void
Through a sea of celluloid
That captures photos blurred
Where shadows fell
There are cancers and disease
That will tear at you with ease
And some are made from thoughts
Instead of cells
The ember’s just a whimper
In the darkness of your world
And your lungs may fill with sorrow
As you breathe
The exit may seem simpler
A folly that unfurls
When today becomes tomorrow’s
Sweet relief
My love, my dear friend
It’s not time to meet the end
For I promise it will be here far too soon
There is a room inside your mind
A soft place one can find
A space to trade December for June
A space to trade December for June
Though you’re steeped in deep confusion
Keep your wits about illusion
Just another brick that hides
What is real
For these clouds so versed at cheating -
False storms and merely fleeting
The ground and sky
Aren’t all that you can feel
The ember’s just a whimper
In the darkness of your world
And your lungs may fill with sorrow
As you breathe
What begins as grins that simper
Forms an iridescent pearl
A smile that makes tomorrow
A belief
My love, my dear friend
It’s not time to meet the end
For I promise it will be here far too soon
There is a room inside your mind
A soft place one can find
A space to trade December for June
A space to trade December for June
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8. |
Wonder
05:31
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Wonder
Without a you, there is no bang
And the fangs of nonexistence
Sink their jagged points into my soul
There are no stars without your birth
And the earth is just an instance
Of an aeon spinning far beyond control
We may travel across space and time
And never be so graced to find
A meaning in the mayhem of our world
But in this briefest hourglass
I see our future and our past
A fleeting wisp of love where comets swirled
There is a light that comes from nothing
Though we’re born from random thunder
Look underneath the chaos as it falls
We are here, and that means something
So when your heart is torn asunder
We will wonder at the wonder of it all
We will wonder at the wonder of it all
If there’s nothing, what are we?
Just a sea of startled stratums
That can’t fathom where to go without a guide
Out of nowhere comes a light
But the bright blast of our atoms
Forms a star casting shadows where we hide
We may travel across space and time
As the circle of our life unwinds
We sigh and watch infinity unfurl
But in this briefest hourglass
We yearn for all the sand to last
Until our dance becomes a cosmic twirl
There is a light that comes from nothing
Though we’re born from random thunder
Look underneath the chaos as it falls
We are here, and that means something
So when your heart is torn asunder
We will wonder at the wonder of it all
We will wonder at the wonder of it all
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9. |
Hold On
02:18
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Hold On
Shut out the world
Let no light get in
Everyone's trying
But they're causing a din
When the only way forward
Is staying perfectly still
And pining the life
You didn't mean to kill
When it feels like it's time to let go
Hold
On
The light's always there
But it's not what you need
The darkness is warm
It's okay to bleed
Don't try to smile
Just take a slow breath
Focus your mind
And ponder what's left
If it feels like it's time to let go
Hold
On
When life has just broken your soul
Hold
On
There's always one voice out there
Pleading
Hold
On
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10. |
Thank You
04:21
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Thank You
Thank you for being here
Thank you for being what I needed you to be right now
As the colors blur my eyes
It really comes as no surprise
I should wipe away the tears to see you sigh
I wipe away the tears to see you sigh
You gently say to me “I’m here
and all the shadows that you feared
Have come to find a soft reflection in the night
There is no danger anymore
All your strangers opened up
The final door to welcome you inside.
The final door will welcome you inside.
Join the light.”
Thank you for being here
Thank you for being
Thank you for being, my one
Thank you for being here
Thank you for being
Thank you for being, my one
Thank you for being my one
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October Ember Columbus, Ohio
October Ember explores the light and dark. Sometimes playful, sometimes poignant, their music is a cross- pollination of
dreamy indie lounge, Euro-cafe, and folk-rock.
jennifer dutiel – vox, melodica, synth, ukulele, percussion, glockenspiel
kevin holland – guitar, synth, ukulele, percussion, flute, kalimba, engineering
troy kunkler - percussion, vibraphone
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