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flat earth
04:38
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flat earth [12_06_2017]
you say there’s madness to reason
no wonder we’ve been sailing alone
you know we’ve been here before
an accident to claim of our own
we try to see past the horizon
no ship has ever docked on its shore
we cry without reason
it’s all we’ve got to make our flesh feel at home
you stray from sanity
to sanitize the dirt in your eyes
you fold like an acrobat
your bones suggest a corrupted mold
yet we lie down to forget the truth
it always was a burden to bear
so we die in anxious repose
evaporating tomorrow’s air
say another prayer to your gods that don’t care
they can’t save us from our genetic errors
belief is our folly
like sheep we will follow
past the edge and into thin air
You say there’s reason to madness
No wonder we’ve been failing alone
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shape shifter
04:12
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shape shifter [12_11_2017]
a silken pose for a show
a blackened rose
its silhouette
shifting on the marbles below
red is just a poison for the fools of the game
no one knows who is king
the ghost within his machine of shapeless promises
in all that’s left is right
ahead in red
for the fools of the game
to take away what’s true
drain our veins to blue
tell us what we want to hear
and love us through and through
it’s always time to be out of time to change
and to think all of this through
we may...
we lost ourselves along the way
but now it may be too late
so let’s take away what’s true
drain our veins to blue
tell us what we want to hear and love us through and through
it’s never time to be out of time to change
let's think all this through
there’s still time...
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open water
03:53
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open water [10_28_2016]
i’ve never looked up for a savior
i’ve never looked down on my soul
and now I’ve found my own salvation here
forever now
is this my paradise?
another path that’s made of jungles
another desert in the prize
forever now, if it only rains a lonely sweet surprise
then the savior wins the house every time
the seas don’t part when you know your own way
and the waves don’t care what you have to say
when the time has come to let it all go
would you keep your pride to stay afloat?
late into the moonlight
far from any shore
there’s no lighthouse in the distance to guide me anymore
just a chance to prove my instinct
that the sea is just a dream
full of all the lies and jealousy from them
to drown what I believe
i’ve always looked down on a savior
i’ve always looked up on my own
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the dark matter
04:12
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the dark matter [04.28.15]
believe in yourself now
breathe in and out like they ask
because you’re not happy anymore
or crying anymore
you’re just numb
to the sun
forever burned
try to do your best now
bleed it all out like they want
because you’re not like them anymore
or frightened anymore
you’re just fine
no longer mine
forever blind
believe in what they show you every time
breathe like they do
forget all that you knew
it was never true
so trust in what they say
they’ll feed you smiles so long as you stay
they’ll live to let you die
believe in yourself now
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prison paradise
03:47
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prison paradise [01_06_2017]
so here it comes again
another star to rise up from the dark again
all hail to its song
and praise another day in my prison paradise
likely i don’t know the hour in my room
but it feels like the daylight is casting playful shadows
to throw my hope around and onto the moonlit ground
oh, it’s night i guess
so bright under these watchtower skies
and my gaze arrested into the light
this burn
it never felt so right
in this room
it feels all right i guess
so bright under these watchtower skies
all these marks decorating my days like art
to remind me how it’s been
so when am I free?
this beauty i’ll never leave
so here it comes
another star to rise again
in my lonely paradise
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negative space
04:07
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negative space [01_03_2018]
say no more to me, love
i think i’ve got all i need
your silence spells your words forcefully
a novel i don’t want to force myself to read
alone and in the shadow of no one
frightened by the lack of blame
a stone to throw beyond the speed of sound
a musical in your name
so lovely, now i think it’s your turn
to speak your mind if you dare
even though the song you’d sing
is sad enough to make me bleed
a little hurt is all i need
to know that you’re gone
alone and in the sorrow for fun
frightened by your wicked game
a stone to throw beyond the speed of sound
a musical without a name
if i could let you know that i never did let you go
then i’d know just how to fall down
if you could let me know that you’ve gone away and let me go
then i’ll know just how to hit the ground
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dKOTA Portland, Oregon
dKOTA explores expansiveness, dynamics, unexpected progressions, and heartfelt lyrical expression. The project is lead by songwriter and vocalist, Dustin Johnsen. Dustin’s songwriting layers an amalgam of sonic textures, dissonance and resolve, and intentional rough edges. ... more
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