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The Water Tape

by Mirror Tree

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1.
Winds of Change 04:09
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Lavender hills, they remind you that there's somewhere new, under the blue Falling into complacency You're scared lately, the tank's empty I promise you there's opportunity for every star that shines tonight There's only signs in what you can see The winds of change haven't died Often the windows will shatter The broken mind over matter And all you can do is put blankets up and pray that the torrential downpour lets up You can't let things be Self growth didn't happen overnight to me I was lost, comfort comes at a cost and I'm reading a litany of lies
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Turtledove 04:24
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You've been thinking for way too long It makes no difference if you're right or wrong Everything's true in a fit of rage There's no living in the eye of the storm I spoke four times of what I knew You just spit it back, or what it meant to you Everything's true in a fit of rage There's no living in the eye of the storm A reddening world and a loss of love No more sightings of a turtledove Nothing matters but the answers you can use to win There's no miscommunication, it's just the world you're living in An airplane taking me far away Douglas firs and clouds of gray A reddening world and a loss of love No more sightings of a turtledove
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Space Song #1 03:55
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I am floating free I see nobody This side of the sun Planets, so far away I'll arrive someday So far from when I'd begun In this silence space I have found my hiding place Light years away Black holes change my course To the gravitational force My spaceship gives way I was exiled from Earth But a new world will give birth Under my rule Morons and cowards Will be guided by words An extraterrestrial fool
4.
In the Trees Somewhere 02:44
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Colorful scenery will be our home in the trees somewhere I refuse to walk myself through these catacombs I'll never find you there And whenever I get it together you'll be the very first person that I'll go see in a new way And whenever I get my head on straight I'll sit around, cause I gotta wait for you Everything I say, I hate, it sounds like noise from a ticking clock Every time I build myself, I get destroyed I'm a falling rock
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Weeping for Caroline 03:10
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Lost in a daze The memories are creeping into his head The sting of better days A violent reminder that his love is dead He picked up the cup A mixture of stale Sprite and rum The portrait hanging up A picture of what he's running from Ooh, into the power line Ooh, weeping for Caroline Ooh, right where the sun won't shine Ooh, weeping for Caroline The mail pile on the floor The sirens outside singing life must go on He cant open the door There's no purpose left since his other half is gone He's in an epilogue How can Earth keep spinning without her? He creeps closer to the fog There's one way to make things how they were Ooh, into the power line Ooh, weeping for Caroline Ooh, right where the sun won't shine Ooh, weeping for Caroline
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The Roses and Rats 02:05
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Hey, you, Is there nowhere you can run to? No distractions and a quiet place? Trust me there's no drug that can replace This inner peace I never could find I'm ready to give up what was mine If you can imagine a worse concept The roses, the rats, and what emptiness forgets Watch them all dissolve in a saline bath Burn the building down, cause we won't see the aftermath But someone will Hey, you, What's resentment driven you to? No commitment to a big plan? 40 miles an hour minivan? Self destruction, that's a trendy thing I feel alive when I can feel the sting I swear, I swear there won't be growing pains I think I feel the weakness in my veins If you can imagine a worse concept The roses, the rats, and what emptiness forgets Watch them all dissolve in a saline bath Burn the building down, cause we won't see the aftermath A legacy to follow, a mission I regret I'll follow this dream 'till I'm buried in debt and I'll never be a hero, at least I'm not living a lie or am I?
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Eternally a Ghost 03:57
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Past the time I had I'm in the air Eternally a ghost Watching in despair My eyes, buried in an underground casket My lover, a burning question, can't even ask it Visiting my children, they're happier A curse was finally lifted by a barrier I'm a ghoulish witness to what I left behind Like the ghosts of Christmas, showing me I'm blind Hatred, there's a price on all of this anger Regret, from when my spirit was younger Mindless, oh how I thought we were different! Worship, I'm paying my sins with interest Sympathy I've regained and there's no words to say I've left our planet bloodstained, beautiful in a way How would I do it over? I'd be with my true love I never met him sober Till now from up above Brought to a view of the world I envy Never, my head and my heart weigh heavy Too late, I'm serving my sentence down here Take me, there's nothing more I need to see
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Natalie 02:46
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Natalie, I hope you're doing well You were responsible for breaking me out of my shell Vanity, I've seen who you put first Now I'm in the thick of it, and everything seems to be getting worse Natalie, I know I cut you out I had a choice to make, and took the easier route Fading thoughts, slip into my dreams The smell of booze, and overjoyed screams If I told you how I really feel I'd eat my words, it takes so long to heal I'll leave you in hazy summers past Stuck in time, from when I saw you last
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Mutant 04:58
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Running for the better half of June And I'm a little down No one sees me by the glowing moon Am I safe? Powers I've been hiding for so long They're gonna murder me This disinformation hits the news and suddenly I learn that I'm the enemy Hypocritical noise From the government which destroys If they weren't afraid of me they'd figure out a way to use me for the military If they ran on policy they'd be a dying breed and out of power by January Just like the rest of them I wanna belong Just like the rest of them Was I wrong? I once thought that cooler heads prevailed I don't know anymore Force my hand and I'll become a threat to all the crooks you've met and all you're fighting for Hypocritical noise From the government which destroys If they weren't afraid of me they'd figure out a way to use me for the military If they ran on policy they'd be a dying breed and out of power by January If we started polling well they'd use my face to tell you they were right from the beginning If there's such a place as hell they'd send the ballots there instead to raise their chance of winning
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Bolshevik Island + The Kraken 06:38
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Oh, we sail Sail to the harbor of Bolshevik Island The Siberian Sea was unforgiving But my storm-weathered crew was unremitting To the snow we go The archipelago holds great treasures For fear of the cold we take great measures Edge of the Earth The Russian sails upon the mast carry the souls of a distant past The Arctic Sea is cold and vast Time will tell the righteous heir Ten billion rubles buried there Smell the spoils in the air Warned of the beast Guards our destination, ten feet fall He carries his bag of human bones He'll cast down with Davy Jones, down to the deep blue locker We will find this gold we seek I will guide my shipmates to the light Dangers lurking just beneath I will seal my destiny tonight There's a monster lurking in the blue abyss Scanning the waters for an evening meal Streamlined, the kraken moves with intent I hear from my shipmates it can't be real
11.
Cold 02:24
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Lonely feelings, spinning ceilings If only the days were pulled from another year I'm so cold In a freezer storing memories that my heart can't hold In a nightmare only truths and terrors can be told Had an opportunity but I'm a fucking coward If only the days were pulled from another year I'm so cold In a freezer storing memories that my heart can't hold In a nightmare only truths and terrors can be told In another world, I'm so cold In a freezer storing memories that my heart can't hold I'm a nightmare, only a fool would think they struck gold
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Purple Moon 05:00
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Once I was so high I could see the sunrise I will never forget The flashing lights Once in a purple moon I was hurting you But you did it every nightfall Now that I'm up to speed I know what I need To make it one more day Some days I blame you, some days I blame me I don't miss you, I miss the girl you used to be And I don't want it anymore I should have seen the signs when I was nineteen Sometimes the movie ends and you're left staring at the screen I'd forget it if I could Once in a purple moon I was hurting you But you did it every nightfall Now that I'm up to speed I know what I need To make it one more day And I will not forgive I've got my life to live And there's not one more word I need to say And I will train my voice To speak to what I know This map cannot be found But I know my way Once in a purple moon

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An honest attempt at recording demos of some of my favorite songs I've written over the past five years, all recorded over the summer of 2022. The source material for my past and future projects.

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released September 10, 2022

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Mirror Tree Detroit, Michigan

sadboy psych folk

I've written so many more songs, these are just the ones I've finally gotten to record decent demos for :)

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