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Everything
03:27
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Everything:
Everything is going away
Everything is
Everything is striving to stay
The institution doesn’t want you to change
Isn’t that strange
The institution puts the truth out of range
Everyone is floating away
Everyone is
Everyone is made out of clay
The institution put a ring on your hand
and a wall on your land
The institution of the tribe and the clan
A old man once said
Gotta make your own bed
Before you can have something to say
My room was a mess
I went to the protest
So that we might see a better day
An wise man once said
Gotta make your own bed
Before you can have something to say
My head was a mess
I went to the protest
And the war happened any fuckin’ way
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2. |
Spring of '21
05:24
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Spring of ‘21:
In the spring of 21
A cloud of ash eclipsed of the sun
A new world war had just begun
Some of us hid, some chose to run
Drones buzzed above the trees
The honey dried and dew did freeze
We won the battle for New Orleans
Fanning the flames of rebel dreams
Every home in my town
was a hole in the ground
Every mouth that I fed was a dry riverbed
In the spring of ‘21
It was on day 22
When I last held the sight of you
Our bus it crashed and bodies flew
In all the chaos after the coup
I came to on the basement floor
Surrounded by the smell of war
I hitched a ride down to the shore
paid a smuggler and climbed aboard
There were supersonic sounds
Parachutes on the ground
In the bombed out market place
I thought I saw your face
in the spring of ‘21
In container 23
On a freighter out at sea
Was the safest place to be
No destination no company
I was pulling out my hair
One tiny hole let in the air
A rescue plane sent out a flare
All of me knew it was you up there
What I thought could never be
Is the world that I see
in the spring of ‘21
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3. |
Pixie
04:01
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Pixie:
Pixie
The rarest of pearls
The only one in the world
A house at the end of the road
Pixie
Stardust on the stage
A goddess of the new age
She knows every card that you hold
The reign of Pixie has begun
The reign of Pixie is never done
Pixie
A solar eclipse
Hurricane hips
The queen of the city at night
Pixie
The milk of the moon
The curve of the spoon
Where dark meets the light
The reign of Pixie has begun
The reign of Pixie is never done
Bring back the sun tomorrow
Bring back the light we borrow
Bring back the sun tomorrow
Bring back the light we borrow
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4. |
Unsung Heroes
04:20
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Unsung Heroes:
Unsung heroes shine on us every day
In the pale sunset light where their spirits play
Unsung heroes illuminate the night
The dark folds of space cannot consume their light
Unsung heroes
Unsung heroes
Unsung heroes In every golden leaf
Falling toward the earth in a life too brief
Unsung heroes in the hills above the sky
Where the iron age of earth is but a distant cry
Unsung heroes
Unsung heroes
And so it goes
Unsung heroes
We sing a song for all those unsung
And ring the bell for all those un-rung
So that the nameless might hear their names enshrined
in the Unsung Heroes Hall of Fame
Unsung heroes shine on us every day
In the pale sunset light where their spirits play
Unsung heroes are with us in our dreams
Where all is as it should, but not as it seems
Unsung heroes
Unsung heroes
This one’s for those
Unsung heroes
My blood it flows
With unsung heroes
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5. |
Group Self Portrait
03:32
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Group Self Portrait:
We could all get
A group self portrait
We could all get
A group self portrait
A photograph from outer space
Reflecting every human face
In the season of the quarantine
We woke up from a fever dream
We could all get
A group self portrait
We could all get
A group self portrait
A picture in our Sunday best
A record that outshines the rest
We were shaking off a heavy dust
Finally seeing what’s in front of us
Gather round
Those in front please kneel down
Smile wide
Tilt your head to the side
Hold still
Until
We can all get
A group self portrait
A group self portrait
We could all get
A group self portrait
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6. |
21st Century Ding-a-ling
03:54
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21st Century Ding-A-Ling:
He hides in a room
Where the sun never goes
We don't know he's king
So he can't be deposed
His heart doesn't beat
But his blood it still flows
Oh No Follow the gold
Oh No Follow the gold
Money from paper
And diamonds from coal
We are all free
To dig our own hole
The eye in the sky
Is collecting the toll
Oh No Follow the Gold
Oh No Follow the Gold
I know next to nothing ‘bout everything
I'm the 21st-Century Ding-A-Ling
Slip sliding down the digital drain
I know next to nothing ‘bout everything
I'm the 21st-Century Ding-A-Ling
On a runaway ghost train
No sound of silence no wisdom of old
No internal life or hint of the soul
Just the hum of the hard drive
Steady and cold
Oh No Follow the gold
Oh No Follow the gold
I know next to nothing ‘bout everything
I'm the 21st-century ding-a-ling
Slip sliding down the digital drain
I know next to nothing ‘bout everything
I'm the 21st-Century Ding-A-Ling
On a runaway ghost train
One on one is where hope still springs
Two on two we are cruel and dangerous things
I know next to nothing ‘bout everything
I'm the 21st-Century Ding-A-Ling
Slip sliding down the digital drain
I can’t seem to tune into any one thing
21st-Century Ding-A-Ling
There’s no pilot flying the plane
I know next to nothing ‘bout everything
I'm the 21st-Century Ding-A-Ling
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7. |
Back to Life
03:48
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Back to Life:
I can’t bring you back to life
I can’t bring you back
I hold your memory
Runs deeper than history
Sunlight on the surface of the sea
I can’t bring you back to life
I can’t bring you back
No one more dear to me
Taken too early
Now I don’t know who or what to be
I can’t bring you back to life
I can’t bring you back
But I will meet you in the light
The one and only light
Yes, I will try to make this right
I can’t bring you back to life
I can’t bring you back
But I will meet you in the light
The one and only light
And I will try to make this right
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8. |
Bitterness
03:54
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Bitterness:
Why can’t you stop and smell a rose
Without striking a pretentious pose
Why can’t you just report the news
Without a song and dance review
Why can’t you make a clean arrest
Without shooting him in the chest
Bitterness
Bless that bitterness
That bitterness can really make a spirit move
Bitterness
Sweet sweet bitterness
That bitterness put a needle in the groove
Why can’t you read a book or two
Before proclaiming what is true
Why can’t you live inside the day
Before planning your get away
Why can't you listen to God above
Before the money runs out of love
Bitterness
Bless that bitterness
That bitterness can really make a spirit move
Bitterness
Sweet sweet bitterness
That bitterness put a needle in the groove
Some people carry the message
Others carry the mess
Some people get religion but never confess
To that bitterness
Oh bless that bitterness
That bitterness can really make a spirit move
Bitterness
It can change up your address
That bitterness put a needle in the groove
There’s always one thing left
One thing left to prove
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9. |
Inside Job
05:48
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Inside Job:
For every exit that I’m passing by
My mind wanders down the off ramp
To a tavern that shuts out the light
Next to an alley full of dogs and tramps
A motel window with a neon sign
A fly buzzing ‘round the front desk
The bed is dirty but the sheets are fine
The room is spinning but my mind’s at rest.
It’s an Inside Job
Bartender tells me ‘bout his fear of heights
The escalator to the mountain top
Where Zeus blinded him with heat and light
While the early frost killed his crops
It’s an inside job
The DJ’s voice starts to fade away
Otis Redding comes on the box
That’s when it hits me I cannot stay
My ride is waiting down by the docks
It’s an Inside Job
On the outside
I cannot relate to this
I cannot hang on to that
Afloat in the eternal mist
Each day I take myself to the mat
Take myself
Take myself
I cannot relate to this
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10. |
Inner Space
03:56
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Inner Space:
I made mistakes
A young fool makes
Poured honesty onto the wound but it was lethal
Letters burned
Lesson learned
I stood alone
beneath the Cliff House with the seagulls
I traveled
I traveled far
I sailed the great United States to find you
I traveled
I traveled far
I dove the depths of inner space to love you
I shave my hair
My head kissed the air
But the war was still raging on inside me
Tempting fate
Run to the farthest gate
A blast of cold air as I cross that final boundary
I traveled
I traveled far
I sailed the great United States to find you
I traveled
I traveled far
I dove the depths of inner space to love you
Went all in to see the revolution win
Fought the good fight
But had my ass handed to me
Nine years passed
Nice guys finish last
Along the way I bared witness to
The horror of the mystery
I traveled
I traveled far
I sailed the great United States to find you
I traveled
I traveled far
I dove the depths of inner space to love you
I traveled
I traveled far
I walked the seven lonely seas to find you
I traveled
I traveled far
I dove the depths of inner space to love you
To love you
To love you
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Dylan Connor Stratford, Connecticut
Dylan Connor is set to release his 5th full-length album in 2021, titled Infinity
Days.
Connor's sound has drawn comparisons to R.E.M., Ben Folds, and Gin Blossoms
In 2021, Dylan's single "Bring You Back" was featured in the crime thriller "Adverse" starring Sean Astin and Mickey Rourke. His song "Man of Peace" was featured in Academy Award contending documentary "Little Gandhi."
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