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Better Than You Know
03:21
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Better Than You Know
they did not protect you
you came to believe the lies they told
they did not embrace you
but locked the door and kept you in the cold
they did not perceive you
you just served the ends that they desired
they did not respect you
you were bent to fit what they required
we are sculpted we are made
by the blinded wielders of the blade
we are hammered we are wrought
by twisted metaphors they taught
you’re much better than you know
though they haunt you from below 2X
they did not support you
but there was too much heart in you to die
they did not define you
fated best to love and testify
we are sculpted we are made
by the blinded wielders of the blade
we are hammered we are wrought
by twisted metaphors they taught
they did not reflect you
and you accepted you were base and wrong
they did not sustain you
and you grew up so fragile and so strong
you’re much better than you know
though they haunt you from below 2X
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2. |
Been So Long
03:16
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Been So Long
once i still believed in love
or that was the name we used
now i bless the gift of breath
and i keep myself amused
i embraced the words they sang
of two entwined as one
now i walk these barren hills
wrapped tight against the sun
been so long since wine and roses
been so long since we fed the flame
been so long since this heart exploded
been so long since i heard her name
no i’ve not forgotten
how that cold ending burned
i kicked up above the waves
and i never have returned
been so long since wine and roses
been so long since we fed the flame
been so long since this heart exploded
been so long since i heard her name
i received her letter
which sped me back so far
did we really drive away
tin cans behind the car
been so long since wine and roses
been so long since we fed the flame
been so long since this heart exploded
been so long since i heard her name 2X
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Fundamentalists
02:40
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Fundamentalists
we’re the fundamentalists
been chasing profits from the start
everything objectified
light years from the heart
we’re the fundamentalists
we hang the yoke upon the rest
chewing up the natural world
we know this way is best
we’ve got ayatollahs
sitting in the banks
and we’ve got cold-eyed troops with guns
if they try breaking ranks
we’re the fundamentalists
and our religion owns this state
we pretend to honor god
when wealth alone is great
we’re the fundamentalists
we claim that freedom is our creed
we ignore the endless chains
of one transcendent greed
chorus
we’re the fundamentalists
but we won’t look that in the face
we could take down everything
and still keep at the race
we’ve got ayatollahs
sitting in the banks
and we’ve got cold-eyed troops with guns
if they try breaking ranks 2X
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Sanitorium
04:13
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Sanitorium
it’s dark in the corridor
there’s no one here but me
still i often speak aloud
to keep some sanity
the hallways stretch out endless
down wings that can’t be tracked
i don’t recall one rumpled bed
or any paint that’s cracked
i’m all about forgetting
the errors of the past
but when i see those photographs
the distance seems so vast
who knows when i first arrived
or how this life began
i thought i saw a face one time
that hovered as i ran
i repeat a rumor
that there’s a real outside
but i believe it’s urban myth
and probably they lied
i’m all about forgetting
the errors of the past
but when i see those photographs
the distance seems so vast
i think i’m getting better here
it’s sometimes hard to tell
flashbacks come less frequently
i do try not to dwell
i so long avoided it
the sordid world of men
now i dream of crowded streets
then i wake up again
i’m all about forgetting
the errors of the past
but when i see those photographs
the distance seems so vast
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5. |
Don't Know Much
04:09
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Don’t Know Much
don’t know much but it feels like this
don’t know much but it went like that
too many things got so confused
and when i tried it all fell flat
don’t know much but a point of view
don’t know much but the same refrain
the complex things get so confused
until we find the crux again
i hold onto what i gathered
though the struggles i forget
out beyond the gates of wisdom
open wide and waiting yet
don’t know much but i do go on
don’t know much but i still believe
the humdrum things get so confused
til sweet lightning i receive
i hold onto what i gathered
though the struggles i forget
out beyond the gates of wisdom
open wide and waiting yet
don’t know much and i never did
don’t know much and i never will
the lesser things get so confused
but there’s a chime here sounding still
i hold onto what i gathered
though the struggles i forget
out beyond the gates of wisdom
open wide and waiting yet
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6. |
Walking In The Twilight
02:39
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Walking In The Twilight
walking in the twilight
can’t believe how beautiful these hills
my pulse is racing
what a miracle just breathing is
see the mountains shimmer
feel the sunlight warm upon your skin
right when it seems finished
opening to grace helps me begin
walking in the twilight
a creature flowing at its natural best
lost inside the rhythm
a feverish mind now mostly come to rest
i don’t need a purpose
people often break your fragile heart
now’s time for forgetting
returning to the wonder of the start
walking in the twilight
can’t believe how magical this day
i am blessed and blessing
sweet creation take my breath away
and i know i’m lucky
having one true friend can soothe your soul
here i’m in the glory
just part of the pulsing of the whole
walking in the twilight
i will call you later and we’ll talk
walking in the twilight
all i got to do right now is walk
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Monsters
02:50
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Monsters
you see them sidle down the avenue
three piece suits they’re casing you
now they smile wide but they’re vicious still
no drawn guns but their words can kill
they’re all ego and they’re false pride
and they despise the tender side
if you forget and show you feel
soon their muscle gonna close the deal
monsters monsters thrill to fight
only weaklings care what’s right 2X
when they call brother it’s time to run
cause they’ll demolish anyone
and don’t try reason or you won’t survive
just back away quick you might stay alive
seemed like a dream when i awoke
like civilization just went broke
outside i heard coyote cries
i glimpsed the madness in those eyes
monsters monsters thrill to fight
only weaklings care what’s right 2X
i looked in the mirror and oh my lord
the creature in there snarled and roared
but there’s no way that beast is me
i’m nothing like my enemy
monsters monsters thrill to fight
only weaklings care what’s right 2X
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8. |
Chains
03:02
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Chains
a natural chain a chain of parts
a chain of souls a chain of hearts
a fragile chain a chain of goods
a chain of chains it’s understood
yeah we’re all connected
yeah we’re all the same
yeah we each feel separate
sussing out the game
yeah we’re joined by commerce
the peasants and the king
yeah the banksters scurry now
and sew up everything
a natural chain a chain of parts
a chain of souls a chain of hearts
a fragile chain a chain of goods
a chain of chains it’s understood
yeah the rivers join us
yeah we share the seas
yeah we know this mortal coil
that binds us to release
(break)
yeah we need each other
all joined up on a wheel
spinning through the darkness
such call for ways to heal
a natural chain a chain of parts
a chain of souls a chain of hearts
a fragile chain a chain of goods
a chain of chains it’s understood
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America Gonna Break Your Heart
i watched the speeches on tv
an endless con it seemed to me
the fawning sponsors down the hall
were selling tickets to the fall
the kids were told they stood a chance
until he ditched them at the dance
mocked and scorned by the old elite
their civic hazing near complete
we had high hopes at the start
america gonna break your heart 2X
i watched the candidates online
the bankers flashed a little sign
then tweedledee hugged tweedledum
and they both winked each raised a thumb
they swore the streets still ran with gold
but there are things you weren’t told
indeed this was a better place
once i glued on my white man’s face
we had high hopes at the start
america gonna break your heart 2X
i fell in love she looked so fine
she told me here’s the bottom line
i want a tesla and your vote
then slid her hand inside my coat
while drones attacked the oil rich lands
our corporate coup went just as planned
their soldiers fixed me with a stare
all praise the oligarchs affair
we had high hopes at the start
america gonna break your heart 2X
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Rumors Here Of Kindness
03:30
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Rumors Here Of Kindness
rumors here of kindness
that only kids believe
stumbling down along the docks
they say they saw her leave
rumors here of kindness
gentle as a breeze
they say she’s deep in hiding now
fled somewhere overseas
ever since she left us
lord it hasn’t been the same
sometimes i wake up at night
still calling out her name
i’m still calling out her name
rumors here of kindness
arrested in a sting
she was doing what she did
uplifting everything
rumors here of kindness
they marched her far away
huddled in a clearing
and beat down every day
ever since she left us
lord it hasn’t been the same
sometimes i wake up at night
still calling out her name
i’m still calling out her name
rumors here of kindness
still whispered in the hall
but someone saw her body
dumped out behind the mall
somehow she still hovers lord
even though she’s gone
and now the children speak of her
like a glow before the dawn
she’s a glow before the dawn
rumors here of kindness
that only kids believe
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Oedipus
03:04
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Oedipus
he didn’t mean to marry mom
he never meant to kill his dad
that stranger at the crossroads
such hubris made him mad
the sphinx posed him a riddle
he answered it with ease
then he wed the widow queen
her throne right there to seize
we are all king oedipus
trapped inside a knot
i was blind to consequence
and i earned what i got
i understand the horror
but i can’t feel the shame
yes i see an act that spread
this cosmic kind of blame
and we’re spun in a tapestry
the somber threads of fate
though we fight against the flood
can’t help but be too late
chorus
he put out his own eyes
when he saw what he’d done
and wailed his way to exile
now shunned by everyone
we are all king oedipus
trapped inside a knot
i was blind to consequence
and i earned what i got
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12. |
Before We Came Here
03:56
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Before We Came Here
before we came here i looked down
above the clouds on this bright town
and i sure wondered how it might be
to skip along so wild and free
before we came here i forgot
the midnight scent of forget me not
and i sure longed to feel the thrill
of that first kiss i remember still
yeah you tried to tell me
about good and bad
but i was still a child of light
in love with all i had
before we came here i hadn’t heard
a concert from the mocking bird
and i believed that kids could fly
like falcons in a golden sky
before we came here i made a wish
to dive so deep like a giant fish
and what i’d find i couldn’t say
those depths would take my breath away
chorus
before we came here i so longed
to fall to earth where i belonged
i couldn’t wait for it to start
so i could know my beating heart
yeah you tried to tell me
about good and bad
but i was still a child of light
in love with all i had
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Kito Peters Santa Fe, New Mexico
Kito Peters has released (like doves!) quite a few CDs, has garnered his share of esoteric radio airplay, and has won a baker's dozen of New Mexico Music Awards, including twice for Best CD of the Year and four times for Best Pop CD. He is a big fan of Harry Bosch, Al Kaline, and Laura Nyro. ... more
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