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Imaginary Balloons
05:52
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2. |
Imagine Maya Bay
04:43
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Imagine Maya Bay
Imagine Maya Bay
Going to Maya Bay
Going to where the illusion is most strong
Going to leave today
I promised her that she would not be picking sides
Deep in the fatal order of our house
Back to the future of standstill hours
Snuff out every lie, before this life's end
Revealing what we are to the deception
I hired a private hyper-star boat ship
Traveling promptly, by proper steam alone
Into that dark denial
To protect the destinies of our kids
Into fate, to pull back the black curtain
We will enter the snapdragon
Before our poor lives doth end
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3. |
Diving the Styx
08:51
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4. |
Liverpool Airport
04:31
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Stars like prying eyes behind a lens
They don't understand
Curtains of night draped across the stage
Last one rotten egg
Wings melted, hearts smelted
Everyone in their place
Coldest inferno ever produced
To keep us from truth
I've found microphones have use
Use one taken from my tooth
At a ballet filled with oil
Dare not speaketh the word soil
But, okay here, have a purpose now
I've found spirits have use
To end the abusive nature of everything green
It's just dying to be seen
Mother Earth smother'd in sequins
Technology is your friend
He cannot breathe in the air
Despair, I'm as lonely as they get
Like a chair
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5. |
Reflecting Pool
10:29
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6. |
Riddle's Fascination
07:27
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Mirrors out port side
This passage is uncertain
Meaning that's blank
Riddle's fascination
In our cabin of light
We cannot see
Blinded by our sight
And so we have descended below
Without anything
That provides us with doubts
Inside of mysteries
Converted to history
I'm directing the dire straits to save
Intelligence's dry remains
Nuggets of relief
Floundered memories
Visions too deceive
Like a tapestry
My love is a falcon
She's my lucky star
Mirrors out on all sides
There is no perfection
Other than reflection
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7. |
Top of the Mourning
07:52
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8. |
Sunrise Aria
05:26
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Define plateau
Desert air will compare
Now, too, see
Moonlight hits a single verse
Elementary conversation
So judgmental and mistaken
Your cradle slams into the earth
As stillborn as an egg
Balanced on a wish
Death will compromise
Ancient cowardice cracking open
Alas! Ears can see
Harmony is a reason
Wings create light
Every angel knows that!
My death, neatly
So concretely step
Into the currency
And take
You're worthy before me
The sound of silence hushing all around
Said vision is over
And the breakers crash
Pass along the side
Melodies unwind and unravel
The distant curse cannot be heard
So now you try to label it: deep
The elemental verse will beckon you
To steal its name
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Are You Imagined?
06:08
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10. |
Caverns of Egypt
03:50
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I told you so but can't remember
What was the joke, and does it matter?
I was never there for you
But now I can see you tried
Always something to discover
Sounds like something I'd say
There is an end to every question
That's how it goes, now I remember
Back in the caverns of Egypt
You always stole the blonde
I'm not saying that's worth saving
But it's the only way I can remember
What it was like to imagine our lives
This is an intimate portrait
A friendly handshake with Paul
Everyone will think I'm crazy
Like they think I always did
I hope you'll give my love to everyone
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11. |
Ode to Truth
12:00
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Vold Book California
Vold Book has been making music in Austin, TX. since 2014 and recently relocated to SLO County, central
coast.
Stay tuned for "A Humanist's Story with Vold Book," on September 15, 2023. It is a four-episode radio program that introduces new listeners to my work. Dive deep with me into the meaning of the music and words.
John T. Trautman - b. October 27, 1981 in Ridgewood, NJ.
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