1. |
Deadline
03:56
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Oh, hello there. It’s you.
That is what you said, isn’t it?
Or was it I that said that to you?
In retrospect, I am not sure it makes a difference.
I had always felt that when I opened my mouth,
Your words were spoken.
And when you spoke to me,
I heard my thoughts aloud.
Let’s leave the windows up tonight
Then maybe I can try and talk to you
Throw off the wrongs I couldn’t right
Size up the problems I can hide from you
I didn’t mean to let you down, I wasn’t trying to get you
I just wanted you to see my point of view
Fifteen years floated by, I still can’t seem to tell you why
I see it all so differently from you
You got something that I want
But I’m already breaking protocol
Most thoughts wither in the dark
Some justify the price of owning them
Deadline somewhere up ahead
After that what am I supposed to do?
And is the line already dead?
Have you said everything you wanted to?
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2. |
The Last World
04:28
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Didn’t wanna leave this late
Crowd me out, it’s an easy shot to take
Believe me, I tried it
Easy come and overflow
One mistake and the story slows
It just takes some time to prove
Maybe I’ll find Jesus
Maybe I’ll just cut and run, but
I don’t need a pile of reasons I’m treading water
We’re not done, we’re just old enough to feel like we died young
To feel like we got lost in the last world
Even if I could go back
Tell myself when I still had time to kill:
“You got a bad thing coming”
He would laugh, I’d be gone
And he won’t look for me very long
This is a one way kind of view
I fell in and couldn't swim
I let the current take me
Blue in sight and capped in white
The wind grew waves around me
We begin of fish and fin
Our bodies made of water
Born again, pray amen
We're all too close to nothing
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3. |
Sweet Dreams
03:46
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We are only dancing
You’re my only friend
Til Jesus walks again
Fear is holding me here
Whatever you heard
It’s colder in the Earth
The fire is freezing
Begone, sweet dreams
I have a thirst – sing it:
We know there’s blood in the water
But time keeps flying
Dust has no allegiance
Please do not disturb
The flowers or the curb
My demons sleep inside it
Pleasing who they serve
But I am of the Earth
In time unbeaten
Good boy goes, trying out a new pose
He didn’t last long and he was in his best clothes
These days are burning like crazy
Keep it up, keep me down – lock me up in this town
Passing seasons, running out of reasons
Now you bring a miracle? Shell them out until we’re even
Move slow, stop, go
Whoa, no you don’t – I can see you
Begone, sweet dreams
I have a thirst – sing it:
We know there’s blood in the water
But we keep sipping
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4. |
Siren
05:52
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How long has it been?
I am sure we have missed it.
Somewhere, when it was left,
Our head turned right.
Once, its voice was carried on the wind,
But we were indoors.
And what is left now?
Shadows and Echoes.
Imprints and Absence.
Look there and trace its outline.
I am sure we have missed it.
Don’t count on me – I will file out of heaven
Pleasing me, trying to find someone to have it
Deep down on the bottom
I can feel it coming closer
Reaching out from below
Siren, feed
Give me some thunder
There’s a time for peace and a time to go low
It’s so dark that I can’t see
Whatever I’m under
Get up, I said
Get up, I had control
Heaven, I lost it
Get a look at me, I got half a hundred faces
Each one sees – can they find the missing pages?
Pull me now
Nearly touching my Creator
Hold me down til I’m free
I concede all of my ambition
It’s a bona fide decide to die alone
Get up, I tried to fight – turned back twice
But a fool won’t listen
Get up, I said
Get up, I had control
Heaven I lost it
Call me out slow – down rhythm
Take me to the stranger deep inside
Let it out slow, my siren
Calling from the one place I can’t hide
Hit me til I’m what you wanted
Hit me for what I used to be
I’m inside, underwater
And I don’t wanna feel myself sink
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5. |
Kill Cycle
11:17
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I: STOP (0:00 - 3:02)
Isn’t it over?
How do I pop this fever dream?
Who can I trust [STOP] now?
How can I watch this?
Got my attention
I know which hand is feeding me
If I can just [STOP] pause
I think I got this
When I was missing
Spots in the walls were eating me
It was just so [STOP] low
How could they do that?
Lost my direction
Every path is beating me
Highs aren’t enough [STOP] anymore
Why am I watching?
PULL - the alarm, make it fast you don't have much time to
ACT - find the door, out the back and keep following the
TRACKS - on the ground, through the trees till you're wading in the
SEA - dive beneath, kick your feet and keep swimming towards the
HEAT - find the void, hidden deep listen till you hear it
SPEAK. YOU. FALL. ASLEEP.
Eyes roll below their lids, you're seeing something
Who is that kid? The one you used to live in
Breathing quickens, your pulse a drum like beating
Oh no, don't go! You can stay here
In my memory
The walls then ignite and drown you in a bright light
You've been here before (maybe in a past life)
You're a docile animal. Take a look around, you're lying in
A field of gold
You're split now. Float up, look down
Body lifeless on the ground, shadows growing all around
Pennies on your eyelids, surrounded by your grandkids
"You can stay here"
In my memory
Uh oh, an echo. Why do we keep repeating?
II: IN MEMORY (3:03 - 6:31)
What are we now?
Do I have to do something?
Somewhere a wave is cresting
Elsewhere a wave has crested
We have been everywhere we will be
So what now?
Didn't you say that you've heard me before?
That I ask you this over and over?
III: ECHO (6:32 - 7:24)
I turned a corner
All of my life was meeting me
Gave me a sharp [POP] shove
Out of my body
I had it coming
But I don’t drop so easily
Look at me now [POP] wow
Isn’t it crazy?
I wanna know, am I really just an echo
You said yes? No? Maybe so?
Try to speak clearly
IV: VOID (7:25 - 11:17)
Dear holy fountain, please remember me
Your folded son
This sinking Earth has lost its hold on me
And I feel as one
We’re only walking, as I melt away
My time has come
Oh holy void, I fear to see your face
But I feel as one
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6. |
Tether
04:05
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I can’t bend, show me how
Seems like something I should know by now
Growing up made me small
It’s a wonder you’re still here at all
You don’t know me like I do
I don’t feel it like you do
The tether’s loose
Got this one memory
I see it every time you look at me
I was crashing so long
Set it up so I could knock you down
Say there’s nothing black and white
Step on a landmine
Feeling unwanted – I cannot tell you why
Think it’s just parts of my bad side
Sudden love or sudden ice
Keep me off this ride
The tether’s out of reach this time
Think it’s just parts of my bad side
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7. |
Avalanche
07:13
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When was it that you first called my name?
In the late April rain,
Was it you tapping in code against my window?
In the heat of early July,
Was it you bending the light into those alien letters?
And in the last days of fall,
Did you write your poetry into those first flakes of snow?
Only to have them melt in my palm.
My friend, how long have you waited?
What are we under?
Where are we now?
Don’t blow my cover
Don’t scare me out
Inside, bite by little bite
People disappear
Lost – driven by survival
Has it happened here?
And I’m catching on fast like some kind of natural
Time is redefining what we are
I gave it all I had, never get the timing on
But when everything is said and done
The avalanche carries all of us
This ride – I have never like it
Lions we create
Rest – I don’t wanna fight anymore
Who was right? Who am I?
You decide
I cannot relate
Let gravity pull you under
Ice crack, switchback, falling on the wind
The ground beneath: blown asunder
Look back, time-lapse, when did it begin?
Swollen rush
Let it out and take it back, high roller
And I forget you over there, so high up
Run down
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8. |
Thin Water
03:47
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There is a moment when the world will disappear
Thin water looking up, and only I am here
Lean over me until you see yourself unweaving
Bleed into me until you tire of thoughts and doubts
And breathing
Two faces trading places, frozen in retreat
Thin water flowing over – how is it so deep?
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9. |
Listen
05:44
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I am you when you are there
I can’t move unless you bleed my layers
And the only thing that’s keeping me
Is the light you hold for me
Every loss and every rut
Brings me closer to the gift you brought
I don’t know how long you’ll be with me
But I hope I live to see
Are you ever uncertain?
Are you ever afraid?
Did you talk to my father?
Do you know me by name?
Can you see where the edge is?
Am I closer than you?
Are you trapped in the circle?
Are you gonna die too?
Will you speak to me
If I listen?
Are you leaving me
Did I miss it?
God I wonder what happened
Something isn’t quite right
Don’t you see how the shadows
Won’t react to the light?
If I ask the right question
Will you tell me what’s wrong?
Every answer is deeper
And I can’t hold my breath for that long
I can see now.
My heart warms at the thought.
To think we once would see a stone
And know it only as a rock,
Lifeless and separate from our self.
Everything then is with us now
And we rejoice in it.
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Telestela Minnesota
Telestela is comprised of multi-instrumentalist/producer Matt Nelson and singer/guitarist Ricky Wilcox. Telestela was formed in St. Cloud, Minnesota in 2014 (with percussionist Cory Zdunek and bassist Carrie Schneider). The band released their debut album Blood/Metric in 2017, followed by a creative hiatus. Wilcox and Nelson returned to the project in 2020 to record Speak/Siren, released in 2021. ... more
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