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Thousand Years Under the Sun

by Michael Slumber

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1.
Mystic Hope 04:30
A view filled with lies Ideas wound up tight But poorly spun Come undone New shining eyes Fall from the heights Far above or rise below The truth's we'll never know Because the world is just a game That we play between our names We gave to all these buzzing thoughts We use to describe All the senses here That we breathe or touch or fear Or leave as tattered foliage For lack of knowledge Cause everything is empty once you find yourself close enough to see how it runs. See how it runs A healthy dose of Mystic hope will helps you cope with our boats finite ride for a while. At least for a while I guess Cause our life is just a phase That we see between the waves Of endless space and time Just fragments Of a dream you'll wake up from Look around and then succumb To slumbers warn embrace Or deaths cold fingers
2.
Take me back down to the river banks Where the dead stare from the reeds Make me feel at home there And leave me be Visit me down at the river banks Where the crows caw from the trees Give me your advice then Leave me be Take me away from these river banks I don't belong in the reeds Just stay here as I ramble Then follow me I believe there's a future Because I know there has to be Whether it's what we came for Whether it's what we need I still believe
3.
Holed Up 03:43
I sing to myself ever night A practice that fends off the fright The air here is too cold to sleep I wish they would turn on the heat Cause I'm holed up in here Once I was free as a bird The skies and the trees I preferred The vastness the blue and white Gaze to the limit of sight Now I'm holed up in here Once there was people I knew Friends and a family too some how there's laughter near Muted so they never hear Stealing our thoughts and our will Holding us here until They decide that theyll let us go It's never been our right to know I'm holed up in here I once saw a shooting star Through a small crack in the wall I wished I was far out of here For a moment my mind had felt clear
4.
I saw a human sized ad I knew that everything was fake So I grabbed the air Pulled the horizon aside like a curtain I can’t remember what I saw But I woke with a scream Ahhhh Say you wanted To believe Say you wanted youth A cold touch clutches everyone Say you wanted some truth To use Every thought becomes real I worried something might appear In the dark as I turned off the light I turned my back and it appear I cant remember what I saw Saw on the other side But I woke with a scream I cant remember anything Say what you wanted Cause theres no truth Behind the curtain we use To make life simple Understandable For your dumb and fleeting minds To grip Get a grip
5.
Shell Shake 02:41
Doom spreads it's wings and the crows start to sing As the sun starts to set on a filth ridden street I pull up to the gate To an ill omened Fate stare into a face with eyes of dead weight She's out there In the moonlight Speaking in ancient tongues A rhythm from heaven Or a corrupted soul There's no where to go there's no place called home The evening is spent with her head in hands Til she stalks to the van Stares in the mirror "Sorry" she croaks with a syringe in her throat She's out there In the moonlight Shell of a warrior A plasma disaster Decaying from the inside out You don't tell anybody And hope the waves here will wash you ashore In a series of bad decisions Can't decide what's good for you With a conscience like an anvil You'll sink before you wash ashore
6.
Long Run 04:07
Towns turn to dust in the long run Sink to the ground ever more I'll be some one else in the long run See me as I'm walking out the door We all become ghosts in the long run Shades of unfinished former life Patterns I used to know as friends Children unprepared for the end Grab your things and go Cause Dreams will ebb and flow The stars will lose steam in the long run Sink into the depths evermore To be surrounded by a throe of blackness To be comfortable and warm Dark are the dreams of the old ones Gnarled and strange through the age Mild with overwhelming hoards of knowledge Damned to follow us to the grave
7.
Through the hoops, jump everyday While it's raining in your heart To keep your head above the waves While it's raining in your heart Call the dreams you left behind While it's raining in your heart Tell them that's we're done and the search ain't worth the find Well the moment has come you regret that you sold your soul For a meaningless life for cold and loveless home But is it worth it? Is it right? Is it fair to ask the stars for brighter light? Drift away from your heart See the world as logics art Keep your madness to yourself And drown inside You're losing your sight in a dim and haunted age Wading through time like a warm and stagnate bay But what do you really need? Besides a sore body to feed? Through the hoops, jump everyday While it's raining in your heart To keep your head above the waves While it's raining in your heart Call the dreams you left behind While it's raining in your heart Tell them that's we're done and the search ain't worth the find Drift away from your yourself As it's raining in your hearts Don't make time for yourself As it's raining in your heart Don't believe in yourself As it's raining in your heart I don't believe in myself
8.
Share the moon share the rain Share the truth and share the pain As the universe looks on To the earth a vagabond Spinning past the burning sun Inferno bound moribund Circling what it means To be alive and to be free Everything that ever turned out right Was once a glimmer in your eye Everything that ever turned out right Was once a glimmer in your not so shinny eyes A dreamers work is never done A thousand years under the sun A dreamers work is never done
9.
Wallower 03:34
Wake early Don't draw the blinds Be active Stay on time Eat better Don't sleep all day Be friendly In any kinda way And maybe you'll start To feel alright And not have another miserable day Commit To what you want Don't tire From your own thoughts Be strong There's new feats each day Be calm And things turn your way Maybe you'll start to feel alright Not have another miserable day We know how to not be alone We know how to be unsure We know how to wallow in our filth So we wallow away To have another miserable day
10.
As the sun rose in the sky And the tumbleweed blew from the road side And the heat hit a new high And the dashboard said "your cars about to die" And there's nothing in sight You keep real cool Cause life don't end here We'll find a way There's no need to fear Take my hand The coast is so clear Keep real cool and Drive right into hell We got all we ever need In a gas stop junk store out in the country A thousands miles from anywhere There's still every fruit any time of year Any bus out of here
11.
Said the seagull to the sky "Who are you and what am i? Where do I end and you begin? What's this body that I'm in?" Said the starfish to the rocks "What am I? Can you talk? How many arms does it take For your to conquer the oceans shake" Said the clouds up In the sky "Lord I hate it when I cry Flood the earth with my mess Go ahead send me to heck" Said our lord and god above "Keep doing what yer doing, bud. Hitch a ride, hang loose some times Don't you fear. I got your crimes"
12.
Dreams fall apart If only in your heart Time has it's way To make sure dreams don't stay They all fall away It crumbles in my mind As I wake I can not find The lives I never lived The words I never said A knocking in your ear Closer than to hear Reminds you of the life That boils deep inside The follies of desire We live to be retired Scramble with your work And Impress no one The sea was never green The sky way never blue The flame was never there Neither was me or you

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released January 15, 2016

Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering
Photo by Anthony Cao
Digital Manipulation by Mike Brown
All songs written and recorded by Mike Brown

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Michael Slumber Vancouver, British Columbia

Michael Slumber draws from the depths of nightmares, crafting lyrics that mirror the twisted landscapes of reality. His voice can be a spectral whisper or a demonic growl guiding listeners through a musical journey that transcends the boundaries of the known, delving into the uncharted territories of the mysterious and the supernatural. ... more

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