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Raise The Lower'd

by Karl Blau

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1.
At the feet of The Sun There's nothing to be done Nothing on anyone But nothing to be done Born on the day Nothing was in the way Nothing can repeat Nothing ad infinitum Never been aware Nothing for me to care for Nothing inside my core Keeps me moving forward Marching ever skyward Starting to understand There's no where to land On this wild Earth
2.
You are my baby, baby, baby, baby Someone so new, so new You are my baby, baby, baby, baby Someone so new, so new I can't remember No I don't remember Life before you Bear your breast and hold your child Go outside - hold your child Explain the river - hold your child Mention the moon - hold your child I want to keep you wild I want to keep you wild I want to keep you wild I want you to be wild You are my baby, baby, baby
3.
- by Stephen Roxborough Out of the sky Into the Earth Out of our minds into our hearts Out of the deep into the now Out of tomorrow into the past Out of the ocean onto the beach Out of war into the calm Out of this piece into our parts Out of our hands into our mouths Out of the trees into the forest Out of the deep and into the night Out of The Sun into the Moon And out of the right Into the left out of the wrong into the right Out of the cradle into the grave out of our minds Into the sky out of our time into the sky Out of the trees into the forest Out of the deep and into the night Out of The Sun into the moon Out of the right out of the right
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Plague Odd 04:47
Go low and outside, catch this ball of fire So low - the southside - down to call the shots So low - you drop below and freeze cause Simon said Oh no - you don't know what you know as the goin gets good and went So Bro, the first time you held the hour glass Hollow it must feel - dig up all the past In toe - the shadow's held in chains that cannot bind No, no, the notion knows it needs a stitch in time Sneaking into your end zone You didn't see me til I crossed the line Points are all but on the board and the ref is feelin' fine Better wake up, surely, here's a cup of ice tea splash in yer face Shoulda seen this comin' bout a mile away But you're on the field - doesn't that mean you're here to play If I could just play god - plague odd, plague odd I would just say god, play, god, play, god Hard blow - I can tell the pain left in your eyes For show - can't help itself, stare into the clouds Big toe - planted on the line til the moment that he whistled the blues Eat crow - in fields of corn while the buzzards carry off the scarecrow Sneaking into your end zone You didn't see me til I crossed the line Points are all but on the board and the ref is feelin' fine Better wake up, surely, here's a cup of ice tea splash in yer face Shoulda seen this comin' bout a mile away But you're on the field - doesn't that mean you're here to play If I could just plague odd - play god, play god I would just say god, plague odd, plague odd (play nice)
5.
Face in the cloud She knows it can turn on her suddenly into a crowd All looking down Watching the soldiers march two by two into the ground So call the cats home, tell 'em get the night off While the candles dance and prey, Pauli, may, Molly Drift back to life If I'm at all leaving lights on, speak soft So the piper paints the dawn, Dolly, low, Lolli, Leave what you like Colors are loud As a baby the dawn calls out by lighting the crown Leaving jewels on the ground Touched one by one as the orchestra warms up its sound If the cats can will they sing their songs soft By the castle gates and go, Gary, low, Larry Serve up the sigh Medicine string up the bow Who would admit the air took aim, Arie, race, Rory Rig up those rides Nothing extra put in her lungs, stomach, her blood But the arc of life has twisted and broken vessels in her foot And its all connected Her green eyes Her green eyes
6.
Dark Place 03:42
I see you walking in the cold night all alone Your pale cheeks floating like the face of the moon Unaware, but if you should care to stare long enough into a Dark Place You make out the shapes of shadow's trace You know that you're the sculptor of this place You take any kind of picture that you need to Staring out into a Dark Place Oh pretty people Look at the Unknown And just wonder What is so fearsome If in a dream you lose control Would the waking time be near? The night it stands the temple The chariot plunged into the salt waves The possibilities that lay now about Carve your face into the darkness Carve your place into the darkness Oh pretty people Look at the Unknown And just wonder What is so fearsome If in a dream you lose control Would the waking time be near? There is a land/lamb that you must find You'd do well to let go of your mind And wander like a beast o'er valley wide Make do with all the darkness I see you walking in the cold night all alone Your pale cheeks floating like the face of the moon Unaware, but if you should care to stare long enough into a Dark Place Oh pretty people Look at the Unknown And just wonder What is so fearsome Dark Place Dark Place
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The Stranger 04:19
How will you come to me now? As a liar, lover, patron, beggar, thief? Lion or on fire? Oh babe, save my soul I don't care about rock and roll Oh, babe, save my soul How will I come to you now I'm in position to be your lover I'm in position to be your judge I'm in position to be your brother I'm in position to be your mother I'm in position to be your daughter I'm in position to be your sister I'm in position to be your son I'm in position to be your savior I'm in position to be your slave Oh babe, save my soul I don't care about rock and roll Oh, babe, save my soul I don't care about rock and roll How will you come to me now? As a help, a loss, a weight, a mate? What a lovely weight to put on me What a lovely weight to bear To set me free with, since I'm thinking of you here: Once upon a time we flew out in the stars and around the moon Oh babe, save my soul I don't care about rock and roll Oh babe, save my soul I don't care about rock and roll
9.
Anyone can understand Neath tall, tall trees In the valley behold all dreams And then wake them free It's the mountain tops that blur the scene On the crest believe The Sun Never mind all me John, you headed south And through the border into the Earth Too long under The Sun Since your birth All the patterns in the sand You left behind At the crossroads of space and time You're on my mind Am I Juan during I am One-during Am I Juan during I am One-during The swan song sings a tune We'll learn someday And the moth robe flashes blue And then turns away You went and ate the Moon For a better view Well I took the food to go And stomped out the room Madness catches up too soon You shed a tear The weight of that one globe Hurt his back I fear Black remains the color Of the shadow, great You can see anything you want Staring out that gate
10.
The light has something on me Sewing again the work that fit The ones before me Taking a toll from the bridge I know Feast done faster Face down pat Patchwork dirt The shirt is done And darnit Do I dig the diamond Mince the words Absurd Third eye sore Sense the shipment The light it wants an offering Quick to be judge An angry god licks its offspring Takes me apart from the comfort of shade Taking a toll from the bridges Connecting the world full of ridges Valleys and peaks of your stitches So I go - once it's stormy The light has something on me Feast done faster Face down pat Patchwork dirt The shirt is done And darnit Do I dig the diamond Mince the words Absurd Third eye sore Sense the shipment Sunlight - you've got a cold shoulder You can make me believe that I'm Growing older But I'm just growing more dependent If you've got warming to do If you've got warming to do If you've got warming to do The light - it wants an offering The light - it wants an offering Feast done faster Face down pat Patchwork dirt The shirt is done And darnit Do I dig the diamond Mince the words Absurd Third eye sore Sense the shipment
11.
(by Stephen Roxborough) There's an ocean out my window And a wave bouncing on the sound And a school swimming further And a bird diving down To a planet underneath And a world overhead And a cloud in the shape of quiet Watches the tide make a bed To dream of flying somewhere Then rise up to the sky To the moon who knows a story But doesn't know the reason why Yet tells it to the ocean And they dance upon the water And reflected back to me And it sings through my window And my eyes can hear the waves And the ripples expand forever And the song is ever saved Flowing through the ocean The vibration getting stronger And the song is never ending The chorus swims to the stars And I know somehow you'll hear it And one day flow back to me Some day before those waves of song Take my ashes back to the sea Some day before I leave my home And flow back out to the sea Some day before I leave my home And flow back out to the sea

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released October 5, 2016

Out of the Sky, Ocean Out My Window lyrics by Stephen Roxborough.
The Stranger by Brianna Lea Pruett.

Sampled drums from Nick Myer.

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Karl Blau Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

These records are all over the place. My latest studio record Love & Harm consists of a modern country rock sound featuring the pedal steel of Jon Hyde (Introducing) and amazing players you'd recognize from playing on stage with me. Living in Germantown, Philadlephia, started a recording project called Opal Eskar, check that out too. ... more

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