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we are the asteroid
02:26
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"...technology can be used for good and for evil. It is as if there were a God who said to us, “I set before you two ways: You can use your technology to destroy yourselves or to carry you to the planets and the stars. It's up to you.” ~ Carl Sagan
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snowcastles
03:17
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snowcastles [11_30_2013]
so maybe you can walk me home tonight
i’m a little cold now and i can’t put up a fight
because i know you’re the one
to be here by my side
when nobody is around
to show me how to move along and smile
because i know
that you’re the one for me
when you sing
a song among the rain and breeze
oh, nobody can compare
to the light in your eyes
it’s the fire in your stare
to melt my heart into your lullabies
i know
that i can find my home to start again
so long
as you take my hand and help me sing along
so baby will you walk me home tonight
i’m a little cold now and i can’t put up a fight
because i know you’re the one
to be here by my side
when nobody is around
to show me how to move along and smile
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miss midwest
04:24
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miss midwest [10_28_2007]
my letter from out west
just to know that you’re still there
those heavy thunderstorms
no longer knocking on my door
and i wonder what would you say
about my life since i moved away
oh, what am i going to do when i start missing you?
because i know you’re in my heart
till i die you’ll be a part
of everything and everywhere i go
you’re the one that lets me dream
and when you speak to me,
you sing
miss midwest
church bells bring the light
hazy bars carry the night
that heavy, humid air
hang above like distant plans
and i miss those christmas days
lost in streets of a snowy maze
oh, what am i going to do when i stop missing you?
because you’ve taught me what i need
to feel love and succeed
now promise me that you’ll always stay the same
you’re the one that lets me dream
and when you speak to me
you sing
miss midwest
you’re summer-sweet
you’re mine
my dear miss midwest
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serenade of sirens
04:45
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serenade of sirens [08_26_2013]
the simple sound of silence
a simple lullaby
a simple song to tame the breeze when it’s blowing hot outside
forever lost in melody
forever lost in love
so true
it’s a lonely blue
i want to see the moonlight
i want to feel the rain
i want to hear the sound of love breaking down with no pain
it’s forever kept a secret
oh, forever time to risk it all
to touch the stars
it’s a lonely blue
so pick me up when i’m cold
because i don’t want to be here all alone
surrender now to the life that passes me by, dear
forever doesn’t wait around for a lonely soul
a serenade of sirens
a serenade of sighs
a serenade of praying loud to the darkness in your eyes
a harmony to sail the seas
a melody of a summer breeze, so true
i want to seek the mystery
and i want to fail
i want to climb and reach the top to learn its lonely tale
like a fading sunbeam with a broken yellow trail
and a wish so true
the lonely blue
another way to whisper
another way to cry
another way to fall down
another way to die
and i want to reach and touch you
the only thing that really seems real
is where we are
right now
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the lucky
03:05
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the lucky [10_27_2012]
so here we lie
still
and dream about us tomorrow
whispering how it’s going to be
so here we smile
alone
afraid of what’s to come tomorrow
the sun will rise to shine on all our sorrow
for what we know cannot ever be
so don’t look up when you know that this is all the higher we’ll fly
just hold my hand and don’t let go
we’re holding on to what we know
it’s love and loss
and rochambeau
tonight
so right
we lose
falling through paper eyes
we try
to count back to one when the time was right
oh, let me down from your smile
so here we lie
true
singing songs of tomorrow
the cries that drown where no one hears the sorrow
of a lucky hand with nothing left to lose
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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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