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Chasms
03:15
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Chasms
it’s my job to keep her happy
what i need don’t count at all
so i serve and hug and bear it
til i hit the frigging wall
love means constant sacrifices
down so deep the lesson learned
buckets from a dwindling wellspring
not that much will be returned
best beware of what you wish for
one day it might just come true
then the sirens grin and beckon
chasms opened wide in you
crumbs so sweet a beggar’s banquet
caught up in that tender trap
could you claim some kind of pension
even draw a different map
best beware of what you wish for
one day it might just come true
then the sirens grin and beckon
chasms opened wide in you
there’s no way to break a pattern
that will not entail some pain
will you fold what will you follow
fate tugs hidden strings again
best beware of what you wish for
one day it might just come true
then the sirens grin and beckon
chasms opened wide in you 2x plus last line
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2. |
Riptides
02:34
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Rip Tides
i knew about the danger
when rip tides come along
soon you’re gulping for blue sky
the downward pull so strong
i had banked on reason
to keep me safe in bed
til one night the dam collapsed
starved body swamped the head
i still loved another
we walked inside the light
but i’d grown so tired
of emptiness at night
for every tryst in heaven
you’ll suffer stabs of hell
i thought i was in control
until so quick i fell
i still loved another
we walked inside the light
but i’d grown so tired
of emptiness at night
now i can’t imagine
what path leads on from here
caught up in the conflict
ensnared in love and fear
i still loved another
we walked inside the light
but i’d grown so tired
of emptiness at night
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Slippers
04:17
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Slippers
her innocence still touched me
her open heart as well
i knew what had savaged her
those childhood hounds of hell
i offered some protection
we kept each other safe
she walked so determined
a stalwart kind of waif
we lost each other back there
an emptiness that grew
we got used to distance
that nothing could renew
i have got to let her go
a part of me cut loose
we became old slippers
no more that vital juice
we lost each other back there
an emptiness that grew
we got used to distance
that nothing could renew
maybe it’s the best for both
then why this flood of tears
she was my true family
for all those passing years
we lost each other back there
an emptiness that grew
we got used to distance
that nothing could renew 2x plus last line
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Runes
03:07
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Runes
you were like a hurricane
that blows a life apart
battering the carapace
and swirling through my heart
now the tower crumbles
what will be left behind
when i’m pulled to see you still
such obstacles i find
i threw runes again tonight
i pulled out my tarot
i consulted the i ching
still hard to let you go
old ways left in shambles
the stasis broke and done
you were like a bowling ball
so certain she’s the one
i threw runes again tonight
i pulled out my tarot
i consulted the i ching
still hard to let you go
as quickly as it started
the storm blew through and left
now i’m grateful that you’re gone
so why so deep bereft
i threw runes again tonight
i pulled out my tarot
i consulted the i ching
still hard to let you go 2x
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5. |
Plumage
02:46
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Plumage
something came to take me
in the darkness of the night
like a huge bird swooping down
no chance evasive flight
yes love was a raptor
a taloned beast of prey
i was sitting by the bed
then quickly swept away
i’d been dying by degrees
just bread crumbs to protect
way beyond my little will
bold plumage would direct
we can’t know the outcome
the whole thing sounds absurd
who believes in acts of fate
the swift wings of a bird
i’d been dying by degrees
just bread crumbs to protect
way beyond my little will
bold plumage would direct
now i lie here naked
in the soft folds of a nest
love lets out her savage cry
and i fall cursed and blessed
i’d been dying by degrees
just bread crumbs to protect
way beyond my little will
bold plumage would direct 2x plus last line
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Liar
02:56
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Liar
weeks i barely saw her
my girlfriend of so long
i still felt a gentle love
but romance not as strong
i had met another
big passion a surprise
who could read those sudden flips
behind her gleaming eyes
i’d become a liar
integrity all shot
once i seemed a man to trust
but now so clear i’m not
i could not determine
what path i ought to take
secrets built on shifting sands
each plan a sure mistake
i’d become a liar
integrity all shot
once i seemed a man to trust
but now so clear i’m not
i lay there in silence
enveloped by the night
soon would come a pregnant dawn
bright wing of fate in flight
i’d become a liar
integrity all shot
once i seemed a man to trust
but now so clear i’m not
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7. |
Pooch
02:37
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Pooch
who has all the muscle here
who holds the winning clout
she gives you a lot of line
then she will wait you out
certainly you love your friends
and partners from before
still you’d shiver in the cold
if she should bolt the door
she says you must let them go
it’s either them or me
if you’re willing to give in
then her pet pooch you’ll be
she knows you’ll start yearning
your body will rebel
then you’d offer anything
for what she has to sell
she says you must let them go
it’s either them or me
if you’re willing to give in
then her pet pooch you’ll be
when the junkie sweats kick in
will you prove man or mouse
stuffing cotton in your ears
afraid to leave the house
she says you must let them go
it’s either them or me
if you’re willing to give in
then her pet pooch you’ll be 2x
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8. |
Cupid
02:35
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Cupid
because they’ve watched the drama
each knows what’s best to do
but you can’t feel the arrow’s force
until it’s aimed at you
your head knows it’s crazy
your body can’t let go
you’re exhausted day and night
still pulled toward your foe
it’s a form of illness
brief carrot and more stick
you’ve been barely hanging on
since cupid made you sick
she tries hard to change you
so you critique as well
they say love will lift you high
but this aches more like hell
it’s a form of illness
brief carrot and more stick
you’ve been barely hanging on
since cupid made you sick
you know you’ve been paralyzed
it just appears you’re free
if again you found your legs
how bittersweet to flee
it’s a form of illness
brief carrot and more stick
you’ve been barely hanging on
since cupid made you sick
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Trembled
03:29
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Trembled
the part of her that trembled
it’s that that drew me in
watching as the link mail melted
longing to begin
the part of her that trembled
so different from the rest
she had swung a mighty sword
and put me to the test
how much could i offer
and what could she give me
she seemed ringed with fire
wrapped tight in mystery
the part of her that trembled
so hidden and discrete
from the start i wondered
if we would ever meet
how much could i offer
and what could she give me
she seemed ringed with fire
wrapped tight in mystery
the part of her that trembled
i knew it couldn’t stay
fluttered past me like a bird
and then flew quick away
how much could i offer
and what could she give me
she seemed ringed with fire
wrapped tight in mystery
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10. |
Portcullis
02:42
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Portcullis
savage pitch of boil and hate
run before it gets too late
not yet sliced up in her bin
while she still craves skin to skin
gangster to the manor born
filled with fear and hurt and scorn
you’ll pay such a heavy price
trapped in this junkie paradise
quick contempt and loathing
more demented rage
all the putrid hades fumes
her conscience free rampage
there is no way this will change
a feast and then more shooting range
best seek softer hearts and prayer
while you wriggle from the snare
quick contempt and loathing
more demented rage
all the putrid hades fumes
her conscience free rampage
have we reached the final cut
a true portcullis in my gut
is there someplace i can trust
inside me stronger than just lust
quick contempt and loathing
more demented rage
all the putrid hades fumes
her conscience free rampage 2x last two lines
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11. |
Press Release
03:16
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Press Release
i thought i was someone
it turns out that i’m not
i knew i was truthful
my self review so hot
i thought i had courage
the will to speak my mind
then i had to recognize
each little lie i’d find
i believed my press release
it made me feel so good
once the mirror laughed in scorn
i finally understood
i thought i’d grown peaceful
the road ahead now clear
i could feel life slowing down
the last times drawing near
i believed my press release
it made me feel so good
once the mirror laughed in scorn
i finally understood
i thought i had weathered
the wind storms of desire
then one day i felt the heat
my body set on fire
i believed my press release
it made me feel so good
once the mirror laughed in scorn
i finally understood
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12. |
Occupied
03:34
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Occupied
love was a misleading term
she wanted to possess
what could save me from the leash
her killer words i guess
i thought she was crazy
the rage in her so deep
you could feel her sharpen blades
if you went home to sleep
we’d found dark connection
that burned from skin to skin
still i sensed the lethal buzz
that stopped me plugging in
love was a misleading term
she wanted to possess
what could save me from the leash
her killer words i guess
she bestowed her passion
but i could feel the bite
it was just a question when
she’d stab me for some slight
chorus
when she frothed with hatred
i thanked her deep inside
finally binding cords got cut
no longer occupied
love was a misleading term
she wanted to possess
what could save me from the leash
her killer words i guess
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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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