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Relative Motion
03:20
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RELATIVE MOTION
Do I stay or go
And take my chances
When I go to speak
Something catches
If it is a circle
This is the edge
I am open and closed
Am I moving in place, moving in place
Moving in place
Am I sunstruck or common comfort
Leads me by the nose
Am I too late
But waiting still
Try what you got
Go broke on me
I am running, reaching
We want safety
and cheap
And I’m running
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Penny Machine
03:33
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PENNY MACHINE
I put my chips in, I watched it spin
Right to your door
Could you be the One and all that
I am asking for
The rabbit he races, the lion he waits
I spent all my pennies on you, waiting
I spent all my pennies on you, shameless
But there were times when I would win
And all the colors whirled to land on my fortune
I want to want what’s real in you
Beneath the picture I made, under the proof
Ain’t that something, wouldn’t you say
I spent all my pennies on you, waiting
I spent all my pennies on you, shameless
But there were times when it would shift
And all the losses turned to wins on my token
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Greater Leagues
04:01
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GREATER LEAGUES
When I’m an animal I bear my teeth
That’s the way I hear animals should be
And if I get by it’s up to me, only me
Once I get mine then I’ll be free
But the cup gets bigger and the more I need
And in the night stars shining on my
It’s only in the light, I can’t see
When I resist everything will freeze
Gonna put my fists up and take the world down with me
But if there’s fear it’s no remedy, no remedy
When I remember to I hold my own hand
And I see the light again, mmm hmm
Then I believe
And in the night stars shining on me
It’s only in the light I can’t see, I can’t see
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Positive Thinking
04:54
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Cutting Cords
03:33
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CUTTING CORDS
Let me stay, let go
You’ve seen this before
And sent them on their way
Darkness lift, path be quick
Show me what I have come for
Hey, hey, hey show me what I have come for
Here’s all that’s left of your careful plans
Time is spending, and time is wasting
You wound like ropes
Round my cells, my veins
And I was choking you like smoke
This morning
Oh my devil, my darling dear
You’re still saying my name
Well hey, hey, hey you’re still saying my name
Here’s all that’s left of your careful plans
Time is up and time is free, yeah it’s free
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Make Me a Real One
03:17
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MAKE ME A REAL ONE
I walk the tightrope
Of the sinners and the saints
And oh this circus
Never comes to an end
Drench me in holy oil
I’ve been waiting to see
What those potions
Could do to me
Make me a real one
Picture perfect
Mirror mirror tell me
If I’m worth it
Make me a real one
Isn’t that the way
My mannequin
She knows some tricks
From the violence in the garden
You can take your pick
And I’ll be your cherry
It’s easy to see
What they’ve done to me
But I can’t help it
Make me a real one
Light as a feather
Mirror, mirror tell me
When I’ll get there
We’ve only just begun
You’re a work in progress
And I’ll be your cherry
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Good and Steady
04:02
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GOOD AND STEADY
Cast your line farther still
Warm your hands, it’ll be a while yet
Your honesty it shocks me
For all you don’t say
But I’m good and patient, good and patient
Just you watch
I want all the records showing
I’ll do right whether it’s karma or chance
Let me fuck up, let me fix it
I’ve got all the tools for that
Always ready, always ready
So what’s next?
Let me in that field again
They say anything can happen
And everything must fall apart
To come together
Just you wait
Tell me what I take for granted
Show me what my hands are holding
Thought I was falling but I’m
Good and steady, good and steady
I guess
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Piece for Solo Guitar
03:46
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Let the Walls
02:59
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LET THE WALLS
Look at us, broken mirrors
“Hedge your bets, it’s all the same,” you said.
But trust what you are given, trust an open hand
When it appears
And I’ve far to fall it’s true
So humble me that’s what you do
If I’ve far to fall
Then humble me
In my shelter I am safely tucked away
And all the papers pressing
But if the walls all fall down
Nothing here, skin and bones
and my bracing heart
And I’ve far to fall it’s true
So humble me that’s what you do
And let loose the reigns
The beast may roam in what might remain
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Theory of Survival
05:40
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THEORY OF SURVIVAL
“I have sunk many ships
The more I do it, the easier it gets
It’s such a thrill to watch it blow
I can’t be here but I stole the show”
“But I know you will always figure it out
Some days it’s very bad, but they pass”
Watch how we wither, how we wither away
This is where our enemies used to play
“I’m a maker, I shift my shape
Who has the keys where we hide away”
Only one way in, and one way out
Some days it’s very bad, but they pass
And I won’t be just passing time
Always fires are burning and eyes are open wide
Watch how we wither, how we wither away
This is where our enemies choose to play
But if I stay, would it be okay?
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Kela Parker Los Angeles, California
"A prepossessing voice" (A&R Factory).
No one sounds quite like Kela Parker. The Los Angeles-
based, Portland, Oregon-bred singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist pushes the edges of pop forms with her singular mystic prairie rock, “like folk music, but from a country you’ve never heard of before.” (Destination: Universe!).
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