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Land Ho!
02:57
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Salutations, stranger
To the land of the free
Milk and honey flow right onto your tongue
And bottom dollars grow on tall trees
Hey, asylum seekers
We’ve got the rights that you’re owed
One grand for an hour of sand
And for a VR headset home
Two by two
We load our boats for something more
One by one
With telescopes we look for shore
Land ho!
Hey, what’s that in the distance?
Maybe invaders from space
But that ain’t no UFO
It’s just Columbus on a tidal wave
Nothin’ was owed but was stolen
We pick the pockets of life
All that’s earned is hardly deserved
We are marauders of the other side
2 x 4
We build our house to feel at home
Three for three
We gamble all that’s been bestowed
Land ho!
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Wilderness
04:11
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Tailored to your eye’s content
We’re dressin’ up the wilderness
Trimmin’ all the tangled brush
We took it out and made it up
We made it up
We’re dreamin’ of a cul de sac
Building up this house of wax
Colorin’ inside the lines
I fell in love with black and white
With black and white
Could we forget the past?
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Passages
03:05
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(Like a) Hand-Me-Down
03:46
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O, Mary
Mother Earth
Creating children from the dirt
We take you for all your worth
You never ask it in return
Yes, the canvas
She understands us
We command her with new distractions
Down there like little ants
Obsessed with all that we can get
She’s waiting, invisible
The cosmic’s unconditional
But the paintbrush is mighty dangerous
To the painter who dips it in her blood
Yes, we treat you like a hand-me-down
Once we’ve used you, we throw you on the ground
With our gold pans, we fight to feed
Getting stronger while she’s tearing at the seams…
Tearing at the seams
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Children Abroad
06:55
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The faceless escapist
Displaced from her home
Stranded abandon
All borders are closed to you
The distance she lives in
She ships out alone
Horizons stay silent
The miles unknown to you
Baby, I’m drifting further from you
Adoption’s no option for children abroad
So pirates and riots and smugglers are born like you
From gathered to scattered
We wander alone
The scattered are gathered to capture a home with you
Baby, I’m drifting closer to you
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Ellis Island
04:45
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This I pray, Ellis Island
Give me pride and identity
Lead the way to my direction
Breathe new life in liberty
Please I beg, Mother Ellis
Bring me peace and rock me to sleep
Coddle me with your affection
Keep me wrapped in…
Your warm safety
This I beg, Ellis, baby
Move me past remembering
Make me new from my nostalgia
End my fear in beginning
Please I pray, Ellis Island
Fill my voice inside of the cracks
Turn this mouse into choir
Never hiding…
From who I am
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