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The Other Nature
03:13
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So the story has been told, it's one I know
But the ending will be different this time
The words are pouring onto the pages
I'll say anything to just about anyone
I'll say anything to just about anybody who will listen
Waiting for the other nature
- If you find yourself a stranger to these words or in these hands
Waiting for the other nature
So the story will unfold, it's how this goes
It's not delicate or sentimental
I'll say anything to just about anyone
I'll say anything to just about anybody who will listen to me
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2. |
River Within/Without
03:46
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I went walking in the greenery
I can't remember where I stood
I started blending with the scenery
As the water moved beneath the woods
The smallest stream was barely flowing
But I followed anyway
And in a gesture of unknowing
I laid my answers on the ground and let them wash away
And this is what it was -
a massive ocean moving and moving and
And this is what it was -
a mountain in its stillness, unmoving and...
There is a house where the sea wind blows
Moves the curtains in the room
The lavender on the table trembles
Everything moves
And this is what it was -
a massive ocean moving and moving and
And this is what it was -
a mountain in its stillness, unmoving and...
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3. |
Three Birds
04:38
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An unfamiliar voice just spoke, saying
'You're alone and singing songs you shouldn't sing,
and you're not listening...the words have never been inside you'
I answered back, 'I do not know who I am most days or where I ought to
go'
But when I looked down, my feet were planted in the river
Where I was I did not know
Where I stood I said, 'I know this isn't home'
I've gotta find me a place, a better place
A place where I can heal
[You say I'll know when I see its eyes,
But I see the strangeness in its eyes
You say this is home
Soon it will all feel like home in a little while
But it's been a while and nothing is changing]
I came running to your door
Standing there I couldn't see you even bother to look outside and see
A man, a man who's cold and frightened
Without words you spoke so clear
A sacred song that rose, but soon would disappear
You said, 'Brother, you're home, the words have always been inside you'
[Three birds sing out their songs now]
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4. |
Part Of It All
03:35
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You find the movement in the pain
'Unraveling is strange,' you say to me as you wave your hand and sigh the refrain -
How strange it is to be anything
But this time you say 'anyone'
But I don't feel like anyone these days
Who am I underneath it all?
I am...
It's okay, I'll wake up feeling alone in my skin
Something tells me this time
Something tells me it'll be different this time
You're a part of it all
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5. |
Interlude
01:56
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I couldn't find you where you were
Singing songs you were never meant to sing
I knew the words, but I forgot the melody
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6. |
We Are Trees, Pt. 2
03:22
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I don't have something to say
I don't have something to tell you that hasn't been said in some other way
I don't have somewhere to be
So I can just sit on this corner watching the far off tops of the trees
They're calling to me
We are the trees, we are the branches
We are the leaves that fall into the soil
That die and become something new
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7. |
No One Knows When
04:00
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The trees will fall
The ground will shake
The water will rise
So you better have a way to escape
The clouds will swell
A hard rain is gonna fall
The sun will darken in the end
And there's nowhere to run from the one who will call
But no one knows when
No one knows when the sea will rise
In my world, I'll catastrophize
No one knows where they've been, or where they are
Or where they're going to
[Their holy water was all blood
And from their mouths the flowers sprang
And through the light of the sun
Their songs arose and wove a place where I could rest my head]
But no one knows when
No one knows when the sea will rise
In my world, I'll catastrophize
No one knows where they've been, or where they are
Or where they're going to
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8. |
Two Houses
04:00
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Tell me what you think of this
Another moment nearly missed, another conversation had
Another script I tried to learn
By repeating word for word
As disappointing as it is there is comfort in its grip
Comfort in its kiss
I've built this house on top of sand
A world inside I'll never understand
But it's easy if you swallow the words you want to rise
The words you'll never write
So take your pictures off the wall and put them anywhere
And take your books of the shelf, it's easier when you know we tried
A river flows between these homes
Breathing life into these weary bones
Flowing with words I cannot sing
A little ghost for the offering, a little agit for the never believer
Our sudden blissful songs are long enough for us who are so small
Time is holding up, time isn't after us
Let the river take me home again
So take your pictures off the wall and put them anywhere
And take your books of the shelf, it's easier when you know we tried
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9. |
Everything Belongs
03:37
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I'm still stumbling through the scenery
In my story of a century
Which doesn't seem that long to me
The impermanence of everything often has me wondering
Why sing anything at all?
Why write any song at all?
What called me to the river
What called me back home
Was a voice saying, 'Everything belongs!'
It was then that the Spirit set fire to my bones
Saying, 'Child, this is home!'
[I will never have the time enough to praise the way the stars hang glittering in the dark
Their dewey sparks, the brimming drops of light - shine so far and sing their song of fear and fire]
What called me to the river
What called me back home
Was a voice saying, 'Everything belongs!'
It was then that the Spirit set fire to my bones
Saying, 'Child, this is home!'
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Geology Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Geology is the home recording project of Greg Jehanian, the long time bassist of Philadelphia post-hardcore band, mewithoutYou. Through straightforward songwriting and melodies, Jehanian seeks to highlight the small, ordinary moments that draw us close to the enormity of Mystery. In summation, he states Geology's essence in these few words - lo-fi, high hopes. ... more
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