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Gravity Waves

by The Heavenly Mentions

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1.
Spectator first on the scene, Quick grab me a paper! What he says makes no sense at all. But someday, it just might It just might! Words get stronger in written form. They just might last, they just might. People of the town saw it different. Typhoons battle ships at night. Ships at night! Dictator, last on the scene, Pulled up his black boots tight. Stuffing his fortune into duffel bags. You can’t trust people. And that ain’t right That ain’t right! Helicopters falling from the clouds Blast the morning light bright. Legions of Liberation Missed by seconds The chance to make things right To make things right! As every tin-pan tyrant never learns, The capital falls without a fight But when those dreams of posterity set in, Everyone’s got him in their sights. In their sites!
2.
You’re on your own And you’re turning like a feather Inside a storm And you’re hoping for a tether Her eyes are fixed And they’re playing on your conscience The screen is lit And it’s filling you with nonsense Your skin Your bones Your body is a prison You count you hope you’re waiting for the schism The world is flat And the ocean is a river There is no time To watch a flower whither The sun’s a star But it burns like any other Our ancestry I call the sun my brother Your skin Your bones Your body is a prison You count you hope you’re waiting for the schism Never die You’re gonna live forever You’ll become light And then you’re off to meet your maker
3.
Hello it’s good to have me around Back from the lost and found I have to cry When you turn away like a tide Leaving the ocean dried I run and hide Everything is everything But when I’m alone That’s not enough for me You’re you and I am me But when we’re apart It feels like there’s no one Within atoms break apart Reactions stop and start I couldn’t see Without light from exploding stars Everything moves apart Where would I be? Everything is everything But when I’m alone That’s not enough for me You’re you and I am me But when we’re apart It feels like there’s no one Tell me where to begin again Copy, paste, resend There’s nothing to find If you try to retrace your path Count it with higher math You’ll get left behind Everything is everything But when I’m alone That’s not enough for me You’re you and I am me But when we’re apart It feels like there’s no one
4.
Rebuild Me 03:34
June’s green growth Is turning to late summer brown. The highway’s disgorged tourists They’re living back in town. I’m sitting here in bed. Wondering where I put me. Could you help me please? With the arguments I need To rebuild me Another day down I got everything done. Checked off the list, I see. Time to go downstairs and watch TV. We don’t have intimacy – we’ve got TV. It’s not a problem with you. It’s just my memory. I just forgot where I put me. Sun down, My favorite part of the day. But tonight, I feel unguarded And I can’t ignore my fears. They mostly involve My face into the mirror, Being forgotten without tears. Buried by the years. Forgotten without tears. People are waking up All over this city. All they need to come alive Is some toast and a cup of coffee. Others like me, they need a universal shop of reasons So they don’t dissolve between the seasons. They need a reason To rebuild me.
5.
The Cave 03:38
He met his lady at a late age In years and in history. Deserts to the east and west, Cobblestone super-highways Ending in one city. But theirs was a city Of black collapsed stone, Bodies and bone, And tribes and tribes Of men with shortened lives. And then in middle age, His mind was a heavenly light. The day he came out of the cave. The day he came out of the cave. A few poor souls they gathered around At the foot of his rocky hill. Dancing and shouting Make us well, Make us whole, bowing down. The merchants poured in their spices. They all poured in their gold Into gaudy things And sexy screams, Fortunes dreams And even ice cream. When he reached them at his feet, His rage was a heavenly might. The day he came out of the cave. The day he came out of the cave. He started his preaching In front of the meat-market square. Shouting to give up the buck, And clean up their dissolute lives. The old men and their goons Were offended by the sight. They picked up stones. Bottles were thrown. He had to be dragged out by his wife. And when he left the page, None of this world seemed to turn out right. The day he came out of the cave. The day he came out of the cave.
6.
Do you think that I am exempted From the laws that bind us all? Whenever I have attempted To get myself free, to push back that wall I can run out of my mind But you can’t keep that pace So now you’re falling behind I’m going to win this race… Knee deep and it keeps getting deeper Down a river to a water fall You’re cheap but I can be cheaper Don’t have a quarter to give you a call I can run straight out of my mind But you can’t keep that pace So now you’re falling behind I’m going to win this race… …to the finish line When we started you were beside me Shots rang and now you’re so far I can run straight out of my mind But you can’t keep that pace So now you’re falling behind I’m going to win this race… …to the finish line I can run straight out of my mind But you can’t keep that pace So now you’re falling behind I’m going to win this race… …to the finish line The finish line That’s where I’ll be
7.
One Step 03:37
1 step From the porch onto the pavement 2 steps Because you cannot wait 1 time All the time there ever is now 2 times Too many times you hesitate Through the streets and down the alleys North wind blows Over the hills and through the valleys Rain and snow Pick it up and move it downstream But where to go Things move one-way and not another Your time will go Ohhhhh Your time will go So you’ve just got to know That like the river flows So why not let it go? 1 bridge What you need to cross a river 2 sides You cannot stand on both 1 day Something’s sure to finally happen Today Is good enough for me Through the streets and down the alleys North wind blows Over the hills and through the valleys Rain and snow Pick it up and move it downstream But where to go Things move one-way and not another Your time will go Ohhhhh Your time will go So you’ve just got to know That like the river flows So why not let it go? 1 step From the porch onto the pavement 2 steps Because you cannot wait 1 time All the time there ever is now 2 times Too many times you hesitate Too many times you hesitate Too many times you hesitate Too many times you hesitate

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released February 27, 2017

Piece of Paper, The Cave, Rebuild Me written by Edward Osowski
You're On Your Own, I Have to Cry, The Finish Line, One Step written by Geoff Pearce

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The Heavenly Mentions Montreal, Québec

In February 2015 four rock junkies came together in a half burned-down warehouse progressively being crowded out by condos sprouting like saplings on the banks of the Lachine Canal in Montreal. Musical companionship and a comradery became a band, now called The Heavenly Mentions. ... more

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