Lyrics

all lyrics © Chris Coon 2008 
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Colours

Frame by frame
You polarize space inward
Frame by frame
You pulsate through the landscape
Frame by frame
You’re arranged in its lines
When you move across the screen
You’re the ultimate light beam

You are colours

Frame by frame
Projector hits the screen
Frame by frame
A formalist persuasion
Into a space where we can meet
Brilliantly flickering

You are colours

Not Here

Spirals we breath
Eye lights bring on the dirges
To be spurns of swear
We grunt wearily
Pale cast of dead fled said
When I’m not here
You’re a fool
I love you for that

Odysseus Gates

Were floating, floating
Were floating, floating
Floating

The ships fallen from its course
All the maps have been destroyed
The sun burns our eyes
No sorrow and no joy
Floating
Floating

Penelope
And the wine dark sea
Her rosy fingered text messages

Soft dark oiled skin
Bellows restless winds

 

 

 

 

The Experiment

Don’t let them break you
Don’t let it break
They will try the experiment
To lead you astray
They have the means
A formulated plan
When the work is over
You’ll fall to them

And where’s the love in this?
No heart, no compassion
They’ll pocket all your dreams
Like sardines in a can

Break free and cut the rope
Close your eyes and never lie again
Break free and cut the rope
Close your eyes and never lie again

The experiment is here
The experiment is here

The Stairs

Don’t you know he’ll be there?
He’ll be waiting at the top of the stairs
Oh that Minotaur he’ll be waiting for you
He’ll be waiting for something to do
Don’t you know he’ll be waiting there?
With the horns at the top of the stairs

Unfamiliar

You’re in the lines
Of the image I’m touching
Shifting through contours
For me to find
Hanging on
To reality filters
Fondle yourself again
Come hither

The past is narrow
But we look for new adventures
Roaming through fields
Of endless light
Head is lifted
By the image that keeps up together
Peeking through Venetian blinds

I can’t wake up
I can’t wake up
Upon the couch
Shake me up
Shake me up

So unfamiliar
I can’t wake up
So unfamiliar
Upon the couch
Shake me up
Shake me up

So unfamiliar
Unfamiliar
To me

The story remains here
But the image has gone
I fall to the ground
With my arms raised out to you
There’s no better description
That I can imagine
Of a world that’s passed by buy
All exploding and burning

So unfamiliar
Unfamiliar
To me