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Four in the Morning
03:36
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Marsha:
Walking around at
four in the morning
I’m not dreaming,
but I'm half asleep
Take me down
I know where the dreamers go
And I'll join them
because I've got to know
And it's so quiet
You can hear the stream
Of unbound consciousness
Of strangers as they dream
And there you are again
I know I've seen that face before
And just behind the curls of flaxen hair
I know I would see your eyes
Reach out and grab your hand
Before you disappear again
How many times have we been here before
On the cusp of a new day
This time I want to stay
And now you're gone again
My eyes are blinded by the light
Just as the memory slips away
To be recalled another night
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The After Hours
03:44
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Teacher:
Marsha wake up, you're acting like a child
You're gonna be late again
Get it together, girl
You’re much too old to play pretend
Marsha:
“Marsha,” you say, “wake up and pay attention.
You're letting time slip away.”
But what is the point
If you're just wasting time a different way
No, I'm not okay
Drop the guise - it's never getting better
Say goodbye - because pretty soon you'll see
Close your eyes and just imagine all the things
You wanted life to be
You'll only be free when you close your eyes
Psychologist:
Sometimes what's not even real
Profoundly effects how we feel
Thoughts that are buried so deep
Creep to the front while we're asleep
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Be Here Now
03:20
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Psychologist:
I could really use a little help here
Just tell me what's going on
We can't just let you sleep through all your classes
you're becoming so withdrawn
Look, I know it's been hard for you
and I can't imagine what you've been through
It's not like you to fall behind
what can we do
to get you realigned?
I keep trying to reach you
and every time I start to get through
you pull away
and close your eyes
as you retreat
inside your mind
you've got to know it won't last
you can't live
in the past
you've got to be here right now
Times up, it's been a productive session
Please consider what I've said
All this talk of dreams it's simply nonsense
You've got better days ahead
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Marsha:
I can still feel the mist in the air
just before the sunrise
How could I have been so unaware
it’d be burned into my eyes?
There are things that I wanted to say
Never got to say them
Empty words fill a dark empty room
void of conversation
Now and then you have to go back again
and you find things are not where you thought you left them
Searching high and low for something you’ll never find
You had to leave it behind
You say, “It’s better to have had and have lost
than never have had,” but at what cost?
And coming from those who have it all…
Spare me your welfare call.
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You Can't Go Back
03:18
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Psychologist:
You can't go back
Time is always moving forward
There's no room for you
Psychic:
It's true what they say
That the grass was always greener
but you can't see that hue anymore
Marsha:
I want to go back home
I just want to go back home
Psychologist:
Maybe it's just
that we only get one summer
To play kick the can – hide and seek
Psychic:
You know that it's true
that you once believed in magic
when did things get so bleak?
Marsha:
I want to go back home
I just want to go back home
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Enter a Lucid Dream
05:36
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Psychic:
Enter a Lucid Dream
Make a world of your own design
Enter a Lucid Dream
Leave this world behind
Psychologist:
You're aware that everything
You dream is fake?
You've been sleeping more
Are you afraid to wake up?
Psychic:
Enter a Lucid Dream
And explore inside your mind
Dig in the darkness
Imagine the things you'll find
Psychologist:
There's a reason certain thoughts
Are buried so deep
It is dangerous to
Seek them out in your sleep
Psychologist:
I can tell that something is seriously wrong
You're searching for a reason why the magic is gone
But chasing distant memories is no way to live
In order to relive them, what will you give?
Psychic:
Enter a Lucid Dream
Make a world of your own design
Enter a Lucid Dream
Leave this world behind
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Midnight Groove
03:46
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Marsha:
Lying awake
Watching the hours pass
trying to find a way back home
Can't fall asleep
Headlights flash from the street
Shadows creep as my mind roams
Throw off the sheets
Walk to the window
But I know you're not out there
I know you're in my mind, though
the world left you behind and
I can't give up keeping you alive
I have wounds that haven't healed and
Even though it isn't real
I feel that I can't live without you here
Closing my eyes
I feel the cool night breeze
As I drift into a dream
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Marsha:
Summer afternoon
you're asleep in a chair
It's familiar though
I've never been there
I'll be leaving soon
I just wanted to see
what your life was like
before me
Innocuous moments
Frozen in time
Flashing through my mind
Noise, discoloration
The price to stay behind
Walking through this space
it's amazing to see
water droplets
frozen in place
Was it only film grain?
I always thought
it was odd
you were out in the rain
Innocuous moments
Frozen in time
Flashing through my mind
I've paid the price of deterioration
But I can't stay behind
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Marsha’s Parent:
You're awake
Now I'm left in darkness alone
I can feel myself fading
Without you, I'm displaced, forgotten
But when you're here, I'm alive
Got to get you to keep on dreaming of me
Trade your waking life so that I survive
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Memory Enforcer:
You weren't supposed to see the other side
You weren't supposed to see the end
And now your memories are trying to hide
Marsha:
How many lives do we have left?
Memory Enforcer:
Why are you still here?
now it'll never be the same
Marsha:
Was it ever real?
Memory Enforcer:
Looks like you've gotten lost again
This is your last memory and I'll make sure you forget
Can't you see you were never meant to be here?
Marsha’s Parent:
You don't remember?
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Mike Brunacini Jamestown, New York
Mike Brunacini is an American songwriter hell-bent on crafting wistful melodic pop with retro sensibilities. His melancholic lyrics disarm with their quiet introspection while his lush, cinematic string and horn arrangements transport the listener to sepia toned landscapes. ... more
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