1. |
Don't It Figure
03:04
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Don’t it figure
Just when we got going
Everything is gone
And don’t it figure
Just when we’re all-knowing
Everything is wrong
But it don’t matter
What you might believe in
If anything at all
‘Cause as you get higher
It’s a little further
That you gotta fall
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We call it a shame but we all are to blame
It’s all just a game ‘til it ain’t
Afraid to embrace that we’re losing the race
So we just act the part and we wait ‘til it starts again
Don’t it figure
Just when we got open
Everything is closed
And don’t it figure
Now that we see through it
Everything’s exposed
But it don’t matter
What you’re understanding
Or what may be unclear
‘Cause as we keep drifting
We’re a little further
From what we need to hear
chorus
If there's a brighter day
We need it right away
chorus
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2. |
Just Say When
03:44
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Everybody’s waiting for someday
But what if someday never comes?
Everything we’ve been saving, sitting worthless
What then, what then, what then, what then?
chorus
Just say when
Just say when
Just say when
And I’ll be there
Just give me the headlines
And I’ll fill in the rest
‘Cause I’m tired of the same stories going nowhere
And I’m running out of breath
chorus
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3. |
Down
03:40
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Maybe we are dreaming
Maybe we are dreaming
Maybe we are dreaming
We’ll see
chorus
When it all comes down
Are we really feeling?
Are we really feeling?
Are we really feeling?
We’ll see
chorus
When it’s time for leaving
When it’s time for leaving
When it’s time for leaving
Will we?
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4. |
In Your Hands
05:04
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Looking at these pictures
I feel a little weak
That monkey is coming ‘round again
And the devil starts to speak
So I twist and turn to clear my head
And I see just where I stand
And I realize that I’m everywhere
If I hold on to your hand
chorus
‘Cause when I’m in your hands
This world seems so small
And I don’t want to do anything
I want to do it all
Outer space is inside me
And I’m lifted by your sound
But I still ain’t found no gravity
So I’m never coming down
And the look upon my face
Is the one you know so well
We can talk all day about nothin’
With a thousand stories to tell
chorus
It’s like lovin’ in the morning
It’s like floating in the sea
It’s my Sunday morning gospel
It’s a reason to breathe
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5. |
Down to Love
03:07
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It’s outrageous
Contagious
It will save us if we let it
Take us to the other side
It’s for the dreamers
It’s for the screamers
It’s not as hard as it sometimes seems
One kiss and we can all be gods
chorus
It all comes down to love
It all comes down to love
Go on and take some
Go on and make sone
Go on and save some for yourself ‘cause
You can never have too much
It’s like a dagger
It make you stagger
For get the stroll, baby, you’ve got swagger
Just turn it on and let it run
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6. |
Ready for It Now
04:47
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For us all to take a step
For us all to blink our eyes
For us all to pay our debts
For us all to be surprised
chorus
I’m ready for it now
I’m ready for it now
I’m ready for, ready for, ready for it now
For all our last requests
For a taste of something sweet
For the answers to this test
For the shuffle and repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat
chorus
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7. |
Thick
05:21
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It moves like a thief in the night
Careful and silent, absorbing the light
It hangs with the greatest of ease
An acrobat swinging on a broken trapeze
You mostly notice just when it's not there
A sigh of relief as your lungs fill with air
But you watch and you wait for its fateful return
It's heavy, it's angry, it's ugly, it burns
And it's thick
Yeah, it’s thick
Yeah, it’s thick
It starts with cough or a sneeze
But soon you are drowning and down on your knees
The colors all swirl like a dream
One that's controlled by the mighty machine
Yeah, the mighty machine
Some days it's purple and some days it's red
And some days it drives its way into your head
And on the rare chance you may find that it's green
You know that too soon it will fall in between
Where it's thick
Yeah, it’s thick
Yeah, it’s thick
You close all the curtains and just stay inside
You let the day fade, 'cause it's safer to hide
And wait for the nighttime to obscure the sky
But seeing it starless you can not deny
That it's thick
Yeah, it’s thick
Yeah, it’s thick
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8. |
Here Before
04:56
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Touch
You can’t touch
You can’t touch my soul
Take
You can’t take
You can’t take control
chorus
‘Cause I’ve been here before
I’ve kissed the ceiling and cursed the floor
I’ve been knocking on this door
Yeah, I’ve been here before
Touch
I can touch
I can touch my soul
Take
I can take
I can take control
chorus
I was here before you
I was here before you
I was here before you
I was here
Now I’m here before you
Now I’m here before you
Now I’m here before you
Now I’m here
Chorus
(You can’t break my heart, I’ve already tried
You can’t take my voice, it comes from deep inside
I won’t lose my light, I won’t lose my way
I’ve been here before and I am here today)
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9. |
It's You, Marie
05:17
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I’ve been around, ‘round, ‘round, ‘round, ‘round
For a little while
And I’ve found, found, found
A few things that make me smile
Like sharing a joint with a friend
Hearing a song again and again
Waking at dawn and still seeing the moon
Or sleeping ‘til noon
But I thought I should let you know
That of all these things
There’s one
That gets me the most
chorus
And it’s you, Marie
Yeah it’s you, Marie
Yeah it’s you, Marie
Yeah it’s you, Marie
There were days, and days, and days, and days, and days
I was in a daze
And there so many ways, so many ways, so many ways
I carried that weight
Like watching a day float by
Hiding a tear that dripped from my eye
Putting it down in so many words
Or just feeling the hurt
But I thought I should let you know
That of all these things
There’s one
That’s helped me to grow and let go
chorus
When I turn off my eyes and turn off my mind
It turns on the light
Twenty years have gone by and I’ve been given the time
To learn not to fight
When something’s so right, it’s alright
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10. |
'til the End
05:04
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I came here with nothing
All I’d ever need
Nothing never leaves you
Nothing knows no greed
But now I’ve all these somethings
And everywhere to be
I’m trying to find nothing
It’s all I want to be
I’ve looked for the reasons only to find none
But I found a feeling, and it weighs a ton
It is every color, and it is every sound
It fills my head, my heart, my soul
And holds me to the ground
It holds me to the ground
I’ve been thinking that it's better not to have and not to know
But these thoughts are bigger than me and they always seems to grow
And I won't try to stop them
No, I won't try to fight
And I won't try to bury them
But I won't give them light
Sitting in a silence, loud as any din
I'm trying to find nothing and begin again
Here there is no waiting
Here there is no line
Here there is no hurry
“Cause here there is not time
Here there is no time
There's no real, no pretend
There is nothing to defend
There’s no now, there’s no then
There is nothing to transcend
There’s no up, there’s no down
Everything just goes around
There’s no life, there’s no death
There is only space and breath
And I’m here ‘til the end
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11. |
It's Time
03:38
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Waiting
We’ve all been waiting
Waiting
We’re all done waiting
And now it’s time for us to move
Yes, it’s time for us to move
Yes, it’s time for us
Changing
There’s so much changing
Changing
There’s so much changing
And now it’s time for us to choose
Yes, it’s time for us to choose
Yes, it’s time for us
No more wasted choices
We must raise our voices
Raise our voices
Saying
Hear what we’re saying
Saying
Here’s what we’re saying
Now it’s time we know the truth
Yes, it’s time we know the truth
Yes, it’s time we know
(We know that it’s time
You know that it’s time
We know that it’s time
You know that it’s time)
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Momentary Genius New Jersey
"Momentary Genius" is American alt-rock musician Daniel Weisman. His first album, “A Taste of Something Sweet", was written, recorded, performed, and programmed by him in his home studio. From the funky, conscience-minded “Don’t It Figure” to the tender and confessional “It’s You, Marie”, the tracks on “A Taste…” touch on love, politics, and seeking answers to this crazy thing called "life". ... more
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