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Blend

by Astral Companion

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1.
IDKY 05:13
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I don’t know why She left for good last night She didn’t say much I don’t know why I lost myself for a little while I was deep in thought I don’t know why I thought I had really done it this time I thought I had really done it this time I thought I had really done it this time I don’t know why
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Alison Is Off In The Night 01:07
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Rachel (The Stain Of Knowledge_ 04:05
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Rachel, why did you bring me here To stare at the endless blue Of the ocean or the sky Or the iris of my eye To and see your point of view When everything I’ve learned Has only brought me further from the truth Rachel why did you teach me fear? Was it so I knew to run So I can make it another year? Rachel why do I hate death? When it’s all that I will have When I’ve given my last breath Rachel, I’ll put your head up on the wall When the gun is in your hand You’ll only be taking the fall I’ll cut out your brain Clean up the stain of knowledge Rachel, you had to die for me And I’ll swallow up the sea Or turn the air to smog ‘Cause I am the mourning son Burning bright beside your grave Rachel why didn’t you point that gun at me I am not for this world I am only for the flood And I want to write my name in blood And have it splattered across a million TV screens Rachel, I’ll put your head up on the wall When the gun is in your hand You’ll only be taking the fall I’ll cut out your brain Clean up the stain of knowledge Remove every trace of knowledge Rachel, I hope you know That these are only words And if I’ve said Anything to upset you I hope you know I’m sorry These fevers pass… I hope one day to be as beautiful as you are…
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Make Me 03:41
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I felt my blood run cold in the champagne overflow Stuck with myself again this time I saw my memories lying splintered in the road The cracked streets where the rain was crying Stay out of my way Today There’s not a word that I can say to make you want to stay, make you want to say There’s not a feeling you can feel to show me how to heal, show me how to heal You seemed so solemn in that dusty blue chair Lost somewhere deep inside You were a mirror into which I stared The fear that lurks in the shadows of our eyes Stay out of my way Today There’s not a word that I can say to make you want to stay, make you want to stay There’s not a feeling you can feel to show me how to heal, show me how to heal There’s not a letter you can write, to help me sleep tonight, help me sleep tonight There’s not a blessing you can give to make me want to live, make me want to live I watched you walking out of my apartment I watched you walking out of my life My last sight, your hair shimmering in the wind There’s not a word that I can say to make you want to stay, make you want to stay There’s not a feeling you can feel to show me how to heal, show me how to heal There’s not a letter you can write, to help me sleep tonight, help me sleep tonight There’s not a blessing you can give to make me want live, make me want live
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I Am A Hurricane 05:17
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I slept all day There was a storm outside And we’re running low I didn’t eat a thing But help is on the way Help will soon arrive This is how I spend my time Sitting here with you I told you this before The second you walked in the door This is only for a little while I’m going home, soon Home, where I come from Nearly there, it’s been so long These are trying times but we’ll make it through all right We’ve seen worse before. We are desensitized And the storm is raging on. Its screaming and trying to swallow us hole But we have nine lives We will be survivors We are the special ones We can always take control So stare me down With your blue gaze, Eye of the hurricane Rip me out Time is up Its all forgotten Please, lock me away Before I tear you apart I can’t be stopped, I was born this way Its safe out there, the storm is in my heart Please stay out I’ll crush you now I am a hurricane Please stay out Just run away I am a hurricane
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Alison Always Loved This Song 01:47
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7.
Lover's Loss 03:45
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We called it, Lover’s Loss And that’s all that words can describe If you fight it, as best as you can If you fight it, as best as you can You will break first If you fight it, as best as you can If you fight it, as best as you can You will break first I know that you’re the one I know that you’re the one Been trying, too hard For words that won’t come I know that you’re the one And I know that you’re the one Been trying too hard For words that won’t come You have to learn to trust But what doesn’t break down What doesn’t start to rust We were laughing under the moon But it crashed down from the sky It all ended so soon And I don’t know what to do anymore And I don’t know what to do anymore I know that you’re the one I know that you’re the one Laughing, smiling Under the hot sun I know that you’re the one And I know that you’re the one Laughing, smiling Under the hot son
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ctrlRACHELctrl 01:38
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I am just another son. I am bright and burned I killed you on the way out But you can never die It’s all about control, isn’t it Rachel. But it’s so hard to take a step back when every moment BLENDS into the next And I can’t get above it. You’ve steered the reins for a long time. You’ve gotten very good at it. I just want one second of freedom Freedom from my fingers freedom from my legs Freedom from my stomach, my heart, my mind Freedom from everything that keeps me shackled in I used to think that I had found that freedom But its gone now, and maybe its just because I know better And that is the scariest part of all Alison wasn’t ever bound this way The way her eyes lit up when I said something funny And when her arms were around me, they went on forever Alison was free Alison was the moon in eclipse And now she’s a balloon in the wind And its just you and me again Rachel And I swear that you’re a cold bitch Indifferent but you never leave me alone And I say things just to hurt you. But you’ll never let go You were always in control You control the sky, it was there before me You control the earth, it was there before me You control all those old societies And everything is handed down by you So Rachel, what chance did I have?
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Prizefighter 04:12
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Lay me out Get up, get up again There’s pride at stake And money always changing hands And my skin rips Bones shatter And I ask why You never give me an answer But I’ll always be your prizefighter In the roar, the sweat the heat, lights getting brighter My hood’s tight Around my temples I’ll split his head Right down the middle And if you smile right I’ll fight your war I just need a distraction I don’t need to know what its for Because I’ll always be your prizefighter In the roar, the sweat the heat, lights getting brighter I’ll always be your prizefighter…
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A Good Son 03:37
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Beaten down, and I think that you should blame me Don’t these stories end in some kind of meaning And I’ve been waiting for so long Start over, blessed child We’re all here, together, together I’ve been trying to bleed thoughts out of my head Pretend that I’m here at the end, at the end But I’ll always come back, I’ll always come back home ‘Cause I’m a good son A good son, A good son Now Listen, Now Listen, Now Listen, Now Listen This is no kind of escape This is no kind of escape So take your sleeping pills and cry into your pillow ‘Cause this is no kind of escape A fast approaching day everything will change A revelation, a revelation Spread your wings and they’ll burst into flame A moment in the sun, a moment in the sun So grab it now, it’s here for the taking Grab it now, there’s no use in waiting A moment in the sun, a moment in the sun And the day is here, I am filled with fear Everything could go wrong, Everything could go wrong Just grab it now, it’s here for the taking Grab it now, there’s no use in waiting A moment in the sun, a moment in the sun
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Exhausted 05:05
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Can you remember? Before the walls went up In hidden green towers and blossoming flowers Before the quicksand stuck Can you still picture? The valleys stretching so wide The mountains all raised, up into space Before they got lost to the tide Before memory was your only guiding light Before you were trapped, in a rut, on the tracks Could you cut through your pride and ever get it back, ever get it back So exhausted Lay down, at least for a while I lost it Long back, out in the wild Can you still hear? When every note sounded new When magic was there, in the waves, in the air Something untouchable too Can you remember? When there was something worth searching for Never quite found it, raced all around it But just ended up just getting bored Before the cold seeped in through your coat The wind whipped you withered and dry Before all the thoughts pressed in from all sides Could you cut through them all and destroy all your pride, destroy all your pride So exhausted Lay down, at least for a while I lost it Long back, out in the wild Can’t get you out of my mind Tips of your toes, back of your spine Oh, my eyes are spinning pictures, Spinning pictures of what they want me to see So exhausted… I’ve run out of luck, I fuck everything up…
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So Long, Alison 03:50
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I hope that I can find Someone to share these long car rides Skirting the city side And if our eyes should meet On these fast paced, lonely Hollywood streets I swear I’d make it worth your time So Long, Alison Always remember, joy is in the air Its just a question, my lonesome dear, of whether it can be found I really thought this time There was something worth the sense of pride In this mixed up cocktail life And when you left my side You took a little part of me Nothing ever goes for free So Long Alison Always remember, joy is in the air And it’s just a question, my lonesome dear, of whether it can be found So Long Alison Always remember, joy is in the air It’s just a question of whether it can be found Here’s a little something true, to keep close to you Always remember, joy is in the air, Alison…
13.
In The Garden (Blend) 02:00
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Recorded in Jeremy's room from roughly October 2011 to January 2012.

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released January 17, 2012

Thanks to Daniel Sunshine for recording some cymbals for "A Good Son" and "Exhausted". Jeremy did everything else.

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Music by a certain Jeremy Noah.

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