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Elevation Glass

by The Sea Swallows

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The darkness falls away And here comes the dawn A dazzling sun illuminates Our new treasure to live on Can you see me pull Obstacles from your way? Fortune delivers seasons Every single day. It's as simple as forces of nature Shaping what we think is real Before my eyes and if I have the strength I will weave them to heal Can you see me pull Obstacles from your way? Fortune delivers seasons Every single day. The sky describes a story of what has taken up residence in your heart And like the temper of the time I can't quite find what's pushing you to position the end before we even start. What is hidden should never be bound Secrets will not make us free Surrender them slowly into the passage Of time and for once be happy
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Up & Swings 02:31
I heard the news you left later the next day I suppose it didn’t seem important to say Goodbyes because they were simply talking About the greater plan to begin walking Away This life brings me up and swings me down There are times I rule and there are times I clown There have been days of ruin that I thought It felt necessary to grab a guitar and figure Out the proper way to shake this dark architecture But there's a problem in deciphering who Should be listening for a breakthrough Today This life brings me up and swings me down There are times I rule and there are times I clown There have been days of ruin that I thought When misadventure takes it's time to pick Me up it strips me down with Fortune's quick Sway This life brings me up and swings me down There are times I rule and there are times I clown There have been days of ruin that I thought Lost for hope but was worried for naught
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Here's an inescapable truth The future will hold the past subject To time and bring the dirty proof Into a light that others may inspect It feels increasingly so the fact That my past holds me captive The dreams of all those in back That disappeared fall inactive The past becomes my present So often I wish Pages of penultimate phrasing Saying what I thought I should say Time spent halting and stumbling Drifts and drives until it's far away That's just how it's always been You say like the dilemma is done But the man out of this time has seen Seconds pass differently under the sun The past becomes my present So often I wish The past becomes my present So often I wish I could send it to the future far away The moments that we spend in conflict Are the times we are covered in noise That pushes us in directions derelict The discomfort of chaos naturally enjoys Choose silence over the arguments Of the ages if it serves no advances Or purpose and perhaps prevents Poisoning the futures best chances The past becomes my present So often I wish I could send it to the future far away
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Illusions losing power in the light Revealing the absence of wonder That filled the innocent with sight In my arms no fear of falling under Damaged hearts replace the story We used to tell before time for bed Still found random chances for glory We overcame enemy myths instead Though clearly there comes a time When lifting the world is not an option Softening with a laugh or a rhyme Provides no counter to time's toxin The aim of mistakes may be a mystery Consider if the insight is worth the journey (Fix the dream of one more day of bliss Conjure memories bright and precious Sun kissed can be saved from the abyss If I learn to sort the truth from the premise) The shadow that hovered over seasons Bringing home real danger we could avoid Reassessed the weights that were reasons We waited patiently to be destroyed In truth I still seek words of wisdom From the store of many with longer time Than me for the benefit of the sum Of experience exceeds new design (Fix the dream of one more day of bliss Conjure memories bright and precious Sun kissed can be saved from the abyss If I learn to sort the truth from the premise)
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The sky is dark and there's the lonely hum I hear after stumbling out of my bed It would be a fine time to let that wave run Me over right back to lights out in my head It's the same day as the day I dreamed there was another way To take it back before I stay Lost again in time's decay It's the same day as the day Wages dance instead to the music of The register and the pay clock chime And the mealtime bells ringing above Stealing slivers of seconds in time It's the same day as the day I dreamed there was another way To take it back before I stay Lost again in time's decay It's the same day as the day Unlike my heart, I jump and start setting a pace Instead of putting off now the inevitable later By the time I fully get my head in the race My time has made off with the accelerator It's the same day as the day It's the same day as the day It's the same day as the day
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Traveler 02:51
I traveled to the sacred place my heart pulls Me and wished to record the experience Hoping mostly to document some miracles With technology and spare no expense By paying attention one may detect the slight Texture of grains turning to pebbles crowning To stones that shape the church we did sight Where the stories of miracles are abounding This will be the gift that needs love and time Before anyone gets to claim it belongs to them But where once there was only possession This treasure is destined to be everyone's gem Quests can achieve bright clarity if we cherish And nurture ideas instead of quickly honing Them to be shaped ready to battle and perish At the mercy of the false penitents atoning I call upon the gods to grant me the courage When my stomach swims, dips, sways and flutters Tap whatever source for hope we may forage To keep me on my legs while my heart stutters Further along to the violent storm and follows The path that led to the choice of crossing The capital and onwards to the gallows Followed by the resting place of the king.
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I have belief to describe for me The world I live and breathe every day What matters most is I choose it for myself And force no obligation for others to obey There are wonders in this world that most Of us will never have the grace to witness For one there is the birthplace of a legend To see the light of that star and progress That star and progress But no matter what we saw We only found our faith Some held back in chains will never share in The glory of knowing these gifts are here. Their destination is hidden from me But if we know patience then we all know no fear
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Hunters with direction sniff out the run The youngest of our hope die blind of the sun The light lowers with long miles to go near Never know a day that doesn't have fear We hope to take up devotion to the dream Of better days to survive the mayhem But before we preach an improved path We must memorize the lines to walk them Here is a message that can't be lifted away From the light because it has been conveyed By the voices that improve and imbue it With the depth and gravitas that is due it We hope to take up devotion to the dream Of better days to survive the mayhem But before we preach an improved path We must memorize the lines to walk them We must memorize the lines to walk them Here is a song that was written and then erased. The context has not been properly placed Because the unjust side was writing rules To take away the peace and reward the fools We hope to take up devotion to the dream Of better days to survive the mayhem But before we preach an improved path We must memorize the lines to walk them
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First breath to last gasp they put me in my place Just when I’m set to reset they push me back into race Hoping to push me past the pain to where the gaudy things Define me, nothing is denied me, pleasure is for kings The fight is where they teach you all of the rules for saying the right thing at the wrong debut The truth is if you do as they say and even as they do it still won't make you one of the few There is an approach to the path if you put your soul up for sale They insist you need to be okay with some moderate betrayal If you aspire to retire with a level of comfort second to none Be quick to get your cut and leave the scraps to no one The fight is where they teach you all the rules for saying the right thing at the wrong debut The truth is if you do as they say and even as they do it still won't make you one of the few God and drugs and fucking and drama in the golden age of TV Create the illusions you find necessary in order to catch seconds to breathe And even if you hold as much as you can The fight is where they teach you all the rules for saying the right thing at the wrong debut The truth is if you do as they say and even as they do it still won't make you one of the few
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Prayer is not worth much When prescribing a way to die Some faith would say such A single minded goal is an ally A tool that discourages thought and Travels undercover in velvet glove Lying in wait to steal all that you love In the real it never looks like a brutal Display of finesse. What really shatters the people to scatter is the futility of the safety they possess Creating spirits is a main feature Of what we do so it's unusual How civil society can confer An attraction so clearly delusional They know this kind of work in really Every city you can name inside The borders of the land of those who did not survive In the real it never looks like a brutal Display of finesse. What really shatters the people to scatter is the futility of the safety they possess Many who hold me don't read me They feel like they are in control But I say when to need me or feed me When to take or to give up a soul In the real it never looks like a brutal Display of finesse. What really shatters the people to scatter is the futility of the safety they possess
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I see her and say, it's been awhile I'm glad to see you found your way back I felt there were signs announcing your Arrival and when I was sure I made ready I see her and say, it's been awhile I'm glad to see you found your way back There are roads you have traveled and roads You have lived and I see them scratched across your skin To see you home and it's been so long Maybe I thought you disappeared away So stay here and recover the pieces Of memories left and share them with me Let's not think on when you might be going I see her and say, it's been awhile And not much has changed around here The same stories and excuses that you ran From are still right here anticipating The next time you run into the arms of A comfort you can send straight to the brain In my heart I still wait for the day You might listen to reason or love Or instincts for survival that would Lead to a revival of hope That somehow I can look and See where you are wandering is truly safe So stay here and recover the pieces Of memories left and share them with me Let's not think on when you might be going I see her and say, it's been awhile I'm glad to see you found your way back Not much has changed inside my heart And I would do anything I see her and say, it's been awhile And I would do anything I see her and say, it's been awhile And I would do anything To know where you are wandering is truly safe So stay here and recover the pieces Of memories left and share them with me Let's not think on when you might be going

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released June 1, 2023

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