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Stargazer
03:48
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You have the life that you see in the clouds
You watch the sun rise and set from the lakes you've found
And if your eyes begin to glaze over now
You can always stargaze someplace where you're safe and sound
So deep in the grove where you open up
Don't waste away with a half filled cup
In riverbeds, are you lonely?
Well come out and play in your own way
The weight of world seems so heavy now
Lighten the load, your dirty laundry
Down the mountain side, you see a new face
Will you keep it alive and share your story?
Well it's time to get away, and shed those layers that keep you enslaved
You lie awake, and wrestle with those anxiety bears that bear witness
To all your storms, I can relate, well fuck that noise and celebrate
Now get stoked, hell yeah, this is the time for you to make your stand
You will weather this storm
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Monochromes
03:19
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Sitting on the rooftop, I can't let go
Of all the stupid things that I think I know
Swearing up a storm when I lose the flow
Of all the little words that I need to throw
Screaming from the rooftops "Let me grow"
You're shouting from the other side "No no no"
Can't this die with kindness, not overload?
Leaving us in blindness, in the snow
You think I'm only 25, but I'm an 88 key piano
I want to play all the notes for the people below
With the shades and colors that are in my code
You wasted up my palette drawing monochromes
Scraping up the ashes, even now
Blurring all my lines, falcons on the prowl
Musing me with every little single doubt
Ending up a raw stump, can you hear me now?
Rocking from the rooftops, back and forth
Swaying from the treetops, around the board
Leaving you the sawdust on the ground
There is a wholeness to be found
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3. |
Stand Your Ground
03:37
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Waste the anger on the door
Wake the giver in the floor boards
Life will often ask for more
Bruise this crystal into form
We all fall down sometimes
But we'll get back up, we'll get up, and get it again
We all lose sight sometimes
But we can't give up, we won't give, now its time to live
We'll swing from tree to tree
Like you've never seen
Above the branches we'll be climbing with the greatest of ease
We all fall down, now stand your ground
Soar above the molten core
Soothe the lover by the head board
Find a new resolve to mourn
Now you'll see just what's in store
We all fall down
We all fall down
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Fireside
03:37
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Right lane stops, but the left one starts
With disregard from your guarded heart
Tie up the loose ends
Love how the signs bend
For you, the fear, no the fright won't stop, it gives you chills
Have a thrill, just wet the quill and seal the deal
Wallow in defense
Wake up your lost sense
If you feel a storm inside
Get dry by the fireside
Muzzle your electric mind
Ground all the wires
If you bleed the chaos dry
You find silence with dynamite
Fallout from the long goodbye
Fires will find you
Can't resist when the feeling starts
With little screams from your wasted smarts
Save all your receipts
So you seem fancy
Rely on skills, no the kind that will end up in spills
Carry on, the crime of this is never wrong
Follow the witness
Wake up their lost sense
You wake up drenched
Soaked in regret
What if you could, start to feel good
And that's the way this story goes
New candles burn if you let go
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5. |
Last Saturday
03:07
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I want to break out of here
I will slay dragons this year
Then maybe I'll disappear and hush the crowd
I'll show you what I'm here for
You can build castles and more
And say goodbye to the old shores, old shores
Last Saturday night
Last Saturday night
Last Saturday I woke up and thought I was dead
This Saturday night
This Saturday night
This Saturday I'll wake up and write a new script
I will write a new script
Walk home Sunday, walk home someday
Be vigilant for the sharp fangs of Monday
Get up, make coffee by 10
Its time to dress up again
Fake it, and make it, then you become it, my friend
Dynamic shoulders pretend
I know how to make my bed
So neatly packed in a shed, I'll sleep on the grass
I will write a new script
I will write a new script
Something that I can commit
At least I think so
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6. |
House Guest
05:07
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You can break down like anyone
This is a story to write down when you're done
Your galaxy is a desert now
Thump your melancholy chest, I'll see you in the crowd
Say goodbye to your house guest
I think that its time to rest
You're both weary from fascination
Of each other's wickedness
Young man won't you come up for air
The weight of the fangs are the same everywhere
Don't wait up if you're feeling scared
Can't go back, never go back, they know that you care
We are the only ones who lie in sand
The banter that asks for wishes from fans
And don't you forget to share that
We'll hold on until you end up bare
Hey you, hey you
Don't wait for the other shoe
Hey you, hey you
To drop from your lonely mood
Admit you're weak
Take a swim, modestly
Sink deep
You keep acting like a nobody
You went from a criminal
To everyone's best friend
Accept, the help
And the guest will leave yourself
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7. |
Idle Hands
04:09
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Forget yourself
What's on your mind
Today it's only shade
Follow the forest path
Burn the bridges down
We don't see eye to eye
These idle hands can't wait to fight
We don't see eye to eye
You make believe these enchanted nights
Allow yourself
To find a new way
Into your old arcade
Alone again, so am I
Two fools alive
I want to see your real face
I can't describe the taste
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8. |
A New Wilderness
04:01
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Hello my greatest fear
Let me buy you a beer, friend
And share your story
Of all your favorite side effects
As we stumble drunk into the street
Pissing on pavement like cavemen, carefree
Trek into the wilderness unknown
Life will seem so weighted down below
Tying hammocks to the trees that won't let go
You can trust this, its built into our bones
Now that we've been to war
A band of brothers, washed on shore
Make our way up the beachhead
As hateful bullets fly between our beds
Now we stumble bloody into the trenches
Just like old friends mending each other's fences
Our bones
Our bones
My young habits don't fool me again
With those canteens of your old medicine
What age was it when we met?
I kind of forgot, that well, we were never ever really friends
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9. |
Howls In The Night
03:51
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7 miles back, 7 miles back to my house
Got my schoolbooks packed, got my schoolbooks packed, and I just found out
Every kind of thing rustles through my brain, you know I don't make a sound
Nothing really makes sense any more when the mind's blown
What the hell happened, I cannot fathom with this stubborn stone
There are strange howls in the night, now I can't find my
Old hand me downs, I'll wear them around and hide this new bite
80 minutes in, 80 minutes into this mood
Filter out the cold, filter out the cruel, noises that turn true
Every kind of rain rattles through my brain, you know I don't make any sounds
So far I'm good
But I don't know if I'm right
If, if I'm right?
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10. |
Knock Out The Lights
03:14
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Obsession wears me out, its a bitter pill now
And as it makes its way down, my stomach churns around
Now you've waited for me, hoping that I'd provide relief
From the toxicity, insane fantasy
Ah, ah, ah, we happen all the time
Ah, ah, ah, all the time
I know how to fly, If you follow me down
I will pick you off the ground
Get your sneakers on kid, lets ride away on our sled
From the frights in our life, we will conquer and rewind
Ah, ah, ah, we happen all the time
Ah, ah, ah, conquer and rewind
Ah, ah, ah, we happen all the time
Ah, ah, ah, all the time
For god sake, look inside, I'll do the same
Now for goodness sake, reach inside and break the chains
Knock out the lights, this isn't funny
Is it right to control every thing just to feel alright?
Cool cool cool, laugh it off
The only mistake I made was ever doubting myself
And the progress that comes from pain
No no no, keep on trucking, keep on trucking, keep on
Let's go
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11. |
Chase The Sun
03:31
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Lost again in this lazy fountain
Soaked and worn
No one's feeling grounded
Crash your plans against a mountain
Debris in your hair
Things are fine, who cares?
Careful now
So go and be your own mystery
Find your western dream
Follow the sun, what does that mean?
So go and be everyone's mystery
Who's the wasted creep?
Under the sun, where no one leaves
Camping friends, they will help you mend
As comfort sets in
The static fades away again
When you doubt on the years you missed out
Someone tells you how
There's nothing left in the fallout
Careful now
Coral drinks, waste deep
Just like a famous beast
Sorry not sorry, because sorries are cheap
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12. |
Octopus's Cauldron
03:05
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Alarm bells echo off inside your castle
The horsemen have found you
No more satellite
Shoot the moon tonight
Go on and make a life
Gotta think it over, gotta think it over
Take it off
The mask that shrugs your shoulders
Faces frown
If you don't act like your neighbor
What's that sound? Cauldrons boil when you stumble
Meet your fate at the stable
Go find some bandages and put them on
Until your wound's gone
So there you were
Drowning under
Octopus arms
Make you stutter
When you fall down, when you fall down
There's a safe house, there's a safe house
From the fallout, from the fallout
Once you feel better, the walls start to smolder
The mask that shrugs your shoulders
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13. |
Painted Hills
04:13
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Slow your head down
With hollow sounds
Way too loud
Fill your bedroom
With poetry
And pretty things
Calm your family
You're the echo
But there's room to grow
You still make time to glow
Follow me, follow me
To the painted hills
For wild beasts
You can be, you can be
On an endless ocean
Where you can sleep
Cool yourself off
Now take a walk
X marks the spot
Time to slow down
You're moving so fast
Next you hear a crash
Expose your skeleton
Release your senses
This seems so senseless
Well maybe that's what this is
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Peter Arvidson Portland, Oregon
"Peter takes the infectiousness and melodic sensibilities of pop music, blends it with the chiming coolness of indie and then delivers it with just enough rock swagger to create a sound that feels uniquely his own." - entropymag.org/peter-arvidson-a-new-wilderness/ ... more
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