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What a Way

from I Need a Reason to Stay by Semaphore

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Music Inspired by:
"Prélude à l'après-midi d'un Faune" by Claude Debussy

Lyrics Inspired by:
"Prélude à l'après-midi d'un Faune" by Stéphane Mallarmé

lyrics

All these lonely lights dazzle with me into the night
Can I feel my eyes pulsing?
Is the Earth breathing right with me?

Wandering adrift do I need a second wind?
Is my camera obscured?
My view is sfumato for sure...

Diving into the hours of morning feeling like a daydream
A walk through the coast break

Will I ever be free?
Will I ever be me?
Do I want to hold on?
Is my body gone?

Sunlight give a ring
Seeing eyes in everything
Every word a metaphor sounding contrived more and more

Can I be free?
Can I be me?
Can I hold on?
Am I gone?

I won't acquiesce, a life obsessed with cosmic healing
You can lose yourself and be possessed by what you're feeling
And you're dripping down and flowing into what you once were
Your old lullabies come pouring out and swimming all around

On the dancing greens, I can feel your energy
The synapses don't connect and we're losing our intent

You'll still be the same person today
Unless you decide you want to change

But be aware
Don't meet yourself there
You don't need to fall to break your fourth wall

I'm running out of time
I won't see the divine
The frame removed is slowly setting
The tune that played is quickly fading
Was it just like I was sleeping?

The noises start to blur
Not sure of what I heard

But my mind void of word
A body weighed down by earth
Succumbed to midday
(Silence)
I must sleep on this sand to delight on star's wine as I see shade you became

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from I Need a Reason to Stay, released March 24, 2023

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