when we leave, we will know where we've been
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| Scatterplot Sounds rerelease | Available on eMusic and iTunes |
Release Date: July 23, 2002
Track Listing:
01. rest assured [MP3 6.8 MB]02. smoke and mirrors
03. unproven theorem
04. in the throes of giving up
05. conspicuous minimalism
06. time slows down at midnight
07. how to attract love
08. something said
09. i know how you got old [MP3 4.2 MB]
10. the pace of sound
Lyrics:
Rest AssuredCrystal clear, I could hear a pin drop
I know you're near, peering through perched eyes.
Words appear, and pass away with trembling
The words I fear and choke to realize:
"Rest assured, my one true love."
Fireflies flicker in the moonlight
Faint replies, from eyes I've come to know.
Step with grace. Step with kind assistance
A steady gaze will guide you fast and low.
It was at the Lord's behest, that we were truly blessed.
"Rest assured my one true . . ."
See the light and always count for sound
It's moving faster at fifteen miles.
Please, don't leave us here.
Please, God, please don't leave us alone.
With you - we'll stay with you.
See the light and always count for sound/It's moving faster at fifteen miles. Please, don't leave us here. Please, God, please don't leave us alone. With you - we'll stay with you.
I'll kiss you awake.
Smoke and Mirrors
You're making great leaps, son
You're taking great risks.
There are a few things I haven't told you yet.
Sit right down. I'll bear it all. It's time I should come clean,
That it's all smoke and mirrors from here on out.
Draw back the blinds, tear down the curtains
There's nothing behind.
They may tell you otherwise,
and it may appear to be that way.
But it just ain't so.
An Unproven Theorem
Maybe I should try again; start over.
Let gravity have its way.
Maybe I should try again;
start over.
Let gravity have its way.
I was/I was on the verge.
I was.
In the Throes of Giving Up
The chopper searchlight is fixed on me.
There is no escape from this gravity.
The line is ended
the label stuck
The men in blue just topped the hill.
Standing here, hands in the air
At the center of twelve guns' sites
They'll never bring her back
Never bring her back
Conspicuous Minimalism
High above the ocean
High above the sea
High above this ink and paper,
you were next to me.
Called you from the window
Called you from the drowsy,
halfway stubborn sleeping.
Waves repeat with anger
Waves repeat with cause.
Waves repeat in perfect sequence
Serve to give us pause.
Stand to face this morning
I'll sing the sun up, push my feet forward
Stumble to the next oasis
One of us is home, I know.
Count the leaves in tandem
8 then 5 then 3
Find the pattern, pray the pathway soon revealed to be
Fix my eyes upon you
Landlocked from the winter sparrows
An ocean full of ink can't write that
One of us is home, I know.
Time Slows Down at Midnight
Da da da
How to Attract Love
Searching for sign of life or promise of it.
Sort of seems a shame, so soon to say, "I'm done with this."
Could it happen - magnet's power to me?
To anyone?
Something Said
He leans on the door.
His arms are folded.
He opens his mouth then changes his mind.
Where to start?
(and once he does) Where to end?
Mulling nothing over on his tongue.
He says, "How are you?"
I Know How You Got Old
Read the play in the spring
Thought a lot about God's role in suffering
And all...all of the millions of times.
I heard the news in July
Had no symptoms, only the reasons why
All...all of those lost, sacred rhymes were lies.
I had imagined it mattered which reasons to use
But winter brought nothing but all the bad news we could bear
Could hardly bear
Heard your voice through the glass
Felt you standing at every slow street I passed
And then...then I was standing alone.
I strained to think what you said
To remember the last couple lines you read
And grinned...grinned with the grace of a saint
I had imagined the best way to deal with the blow
We stood on the lawn and we sang in the snow
How I wanted God to know
I know how you got old.
Pace of Sound
Draw a line in the sand.
Draw a star. Draw a circle on my hand.
Just because, so I know I won't forget.
Turn the volume to three.
Hit the wipers and turn onto the street.
Just because, so I know I won't forget.
Stunned and shaken/trying to sleep
Try to read some. I can't.
You know, you know, I never will.
Set the sun on the porch.
Leave the air for the music from below.
Just because, so I go to face the work tomorrow
Excavate the foulest place, breathing next to me.
I know, I know
I'll spend a long time letting you go.
Trailing - linger out in the sun.
Take bearings from a set in stone spot
Point forward and move away at the pace of sound.
Reviews:
Rocket Fuel, August 20, 2003
by Annie ReidMatamore, 2003 by Dedier
You'll need to know Belgian French to really understand it.
Erasing Clouds, October 26, 2002 by Dave Heaton
Splendid, October 7, 2002 by Jeremy Schneyer
Stylus Magazine, October 7, 2002 by Todd Burns
An Unproven Theorem made his top ten songs of the moment
Impact Press, October / November 2002 by Don Pflaster
it's about 3/4 of the way down the page
Ink 19, September 30, 2002 by Matt Cibula
Delusions of Adequacy, Sepember 2002 by Jeff Marsh
It's the second review on the page.
Pitch, August 22, 2002 by Andrew Miller
Collective Zine, August 2002 by Andy Malcolm
Indie Workshop, August 2002 by Jake Haselman
Aiding and Abetting, August 2002 by Jon Worley
Action Attack Helicopter Magazine, August 2002 by Michael A. Cavagnaro