R I F A S

Against the Wind

All the wolves that follow me… Denied a taste of the wild
I caught a branch on the way down… It showed me all that I need

These little things I have come to know
These little aisles I crawl
Against the wind… Against the wind

So roll out the carpet the king’s back… And so we break out the wine
I caught a branch on the way down
It showed me all that I need

And these little things I have come to know
These little aisles that I crawl
Against the wind… Against the wind




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En Route

Travel far… Travel wide
Use my legs… Use my eyes
What I leave… I leave behind
The car’s comin’

A minor fraction of time
You acquire… You design
The mark I leave… Never mind
The car‘s comin’



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Ten Ton Shoes

I walk alone without a friend
I walk alone and I pretend that the world is bigger

I walk around in ten ton shoes
I keep the feeling at the boot

I could tell you what you’d really want me to
But I want nothin’ to do with this

Stay around
You stay around


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Fishbowl Life

Every time I dip my toes in all the rest is gone
I wonder how I live this fishbowl life
Inside this little world of mine

An invitation to be part of this symposium
You might just start on all those lost details
Like sunken ships or tadpoles tales
Cause it's like that


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Underwater

Loose ends all tied in knots and now they're frayed... I can't get back
Everything had at once set in your ways... I can't be there

I was underwater... I wasn't comin' up for anything you said
I was underwater... I wasn't comin' up for anything at all

How many times enough has got to stay... I can't stay here
Forcin' your feet to go the other way... They can't get there

I was underwater... I wasn't comin' up for anything you said
I was underwater... I wasn't comin' up for anything at all


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Vamp

They feed off the ones who pass
And they wait beside them... So are we
And they blur it all out... Don't ever doubt
The moon is strong now


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In A Time


I live in a time when you can see everything
But the sky isn't blue as long as I cannot see you

And I live in a time when you can get anything
And it's just a phone ring away from you and connecting

And I live in a time ruled by technology
But we can't even see to the bottom of the sea

And I live in a time when you can be anything
But it doesn't mean a thing without you


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Eye on the Moon in a Hole in the Sky

Where does it go... Change before our eyes
Where does it go... Gather your lullabies
Every time... Every time

Where does it go... Change before our eyes
Where does it go... Like a slow demise
Every time... Every time... Every time

And you can tell us almost everything
Almost everything the day will bring
Can you tell us 'bout the night

Where does it go


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A Light in the Dark

Been following the sound... Just to find out where it goes
Been ridin' all around... Just to find out where it goes

Been ridin' all around... Just following these lights
Goin' from town to town... Gettin' there tonight

Here's something now... I hear something now
Here's something now... Somehow


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Discarded

It's inane... I call it off
This is for... I struggle with
I wrote it down... Then discarded

Then again... Rinse it off
Won't come... What's it for
I got a hold... Memorized... Now shut it in


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Rabbit in the Moon

I was in a fog... Cursin' at the moon... So alone
I looked into its eye... Cause it was a hope
You leapt out... Can't make you out now

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Long Divide

Stayin’ inside these lines takes forever
Livin’ inside the mind… Ya gotta be clever

I wanna tell ya so you will feel
The tiny molecules bounce in your ear
I can see it now

Livin’ inside these times… Has gotta be better
Stayin’ inside these here lines… May take us forever

I wanna tell ya so you will feel
The tiny molecules bounce off your face
I can see it now

And every day’s just felt like a year
Since they taught me how to multiply
For instance three times five

And everyone got caught in the net
Since they taught us how to alphabet
For instance what’s your name

And every year’s just felt like a day
Since they taught me how to long divide
For instance three by five

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Ariadne's Favor

Try to take the avenues on
Left too young to find your way home
I never had to roam
These are the same places I’ve seen before
These old walls they start to ignore
But I don’t even care
Just try to be near you
I don’t even care
Just try to be near

Whacked the beast and now I go home
Left a path made out of her yarn
The seas won’t leave me alone
Now it is hard to go back to there
Might have forgot to set the right sail
But I don’t even care
I just want to be near you
I don’t even care
I just try to be near you
No I don’t even care
Just try to be near

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Ammunition

You’ll be looking at the face of all… Stay sharp
Can’t even know where the fire start
You’ll be counting all the rows… They all have limbs
No one’s trying their best

If you can see… This is all you need
And you can hear… It is all so much
If you can see… This is all you need
They shouldn’t give us anymore

You’ll be counting all the seconds you have left
Sign it and date it and what’s next
You’ll be waiting for crescendoing footsteps
But there’s only a pit-pat

If you can see… This is all you need
And you can hear… It is all so much
If you can see... This is all you need


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From the Sons of Sailors

Since I saw this place
I just can’t seem to erase


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Sleeping Birds

Sleeping birds weigh heavy on the treetops tonight


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Lift

I caught a lift
Over the trees
And from up there
This is what I see

The future is
Riding right on the brink
If you can’t decide
You just swim
...Crazy ‘bout her

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Wishful Thinking

So long… So long…I’m leaving here tomorrow


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