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Wading the Deep

by The Time Pieces

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1.
The Great Divide 04:40
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The other day, it occurred to me that we had crossed the great divide. The endless roar of another age that long ago had passed us by. Close your eyes, envision the impossible. Just think tomorrow is another day. I found a sad song that I had been searching for. Please tell me why you cry and why you said to me, goodbye. I hear a songbird, not a thrush or nightingale but a mockingbird who mocks me. A silent scream, a tear, a bell, a raindrop, they all sound the same to me. Your silence screams. Sulking behind your disguise where did you go, what shall I do? Close your eyes, envision the impossible, The one you left so long ago for dead but never died, never died. I heard an echo, some obscure, redundant little phrase keeps coming to me. The one you left so long ago for dead but never died, never died, never died. Never, never give up, so they say. Just think tomorrow is another day. I found a sad song that I had been searching for. Please tell me why you cry and why you said to me, goodbye. Goodbye!
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Now I Know 03:18
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Here I am, your long lost friend, shall we scour treasure once again? A vinyl castaway, you can follow me, I know the way We’re headed to the top, getting in the groove, and off the ground It’s time to throw away every heavy stone that drags me down Oh where oh where might I find salvation? I hope she wasn’t just an hallucination! I spend every day on the inside Painting outside the lines of expectation Love, peace and harmony are under the gun. But that’s nothing new under the sun! Now I know, Now I know, Now I know! Throw your gold into the wind, only love endures until the end My saddle shoe suitcase, I surrender to your holy face Today is the day I will break it down and shake it out. No time to ruminate, your life was wasted on the roundabout Oh where oh where might I find salvation? I know she wasn’t just an hallucination! Treasure we will find on the outside Shouting to the sky in exultation. Love, peace and harmony outnumber the gun. And our inner lights outshine the sun! Now I know, Now I know, Now I know!
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Wading the Deep 04:01
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Do you want to be lazy, or do you want to get crazy? We can circle around what we found in this deadbeat town Well are you down for a space flight? A supersonic sound for the uptight And if we fly all night we’ll be there by the morning light Play in dark, weigh beauty spark Run, seek, fly, cry, tear in my eye Well I saw you on the front steps drinking formaldehyde Are you stupid or just too lazy to go inside? Now don’t just sulk in the corner, don’t be a forlorner Like a Beatle in the basement with nowhere left to hide Raincoat rhyme, expanding space and time Smile song of joy, blue lost lonely boy Well if you want for the what for And the middle of the street is a dance floor Keep going back to the cut slack flashback candy store Well I just can’t take it, that special way that you shake it But I won’t be hanging around for the third world war Wading the deep, don’t wake me from my sleep Blinded by sight, I pray for the light
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I Don't Know Anymore 03:22
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Well I used to shine a light upon the shadows of this lonely place And I hoped for the redemption of the planet and the human race I don’t know anymore, I don’t know anymore Should I bury the remains of my conformity? As I gaze into the mirror of hypocrisy? Should I try to find an exit off the roundabout? Should I try to beat the clock or let the time run out? Well! What do I know? I know the sun will rise tomorrow And my love for you will never fade away And we can’t repay the time we borrow There was a day when it was easy to be sure of all that I professed I never had a doubt about the clarity that I possessed I don’t know anymore, I don’t know anymore Should I trust again and risk another double fake? The next move that I make could be my next mistake I can’t seem to find an exit from the roundabout Looks like I waited much too long and let the time run out, well! What do I know? I know the sun will rise tomorrow And my love for you will never fade away And we can’t repay the time we borrow
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Grab A Paintbrush 03:22
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Grab a paintbrush, but there’s no rush I’m tuning up the orchestra in the early afternoon And by evening I’ll be sipping tea With the man up in the moon Maybe someday, I’ll pay off that layaway I broke the piggy bank, one too many rainy days Just a little blue, a fallen tree or two It’s Friday night, I’m tuning in to watch the Twilight Zone Then I’ll meet you at the graveyard By the pile of cobblestones If you wander down by the broken bridge You might see the ghost, she's the girl I love the most And when I come back home from fighting tyranny Across the sea I’ll ask my wondrous darling Will you marry me? Now the final touch, but not too much I may not be prolific like Monet or Vince Van Gogh And don’t judge me if I fall asleep Underneath the mistletoe There’s more than one way to portray the falling snow Until I make that scene, I’m turning up my radio
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Dance with Your Daughter 03:30
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I’m gonna dance with my daughter before she rides off into the sun Cause in the blink of a big brown eye she’ll be on the run I’m gonna dance with you like we used to at the Upside Down Cafe We really danced those summer nights away Ooh feel that motion, like the ocean blue Oh, swinging, swaying, can’t live without you Oh, I’m crying in the rain but all I have to do is dream of you Stay just a little longer and come go with me to the sweetheart tree Mary Lou she just won’t do, I only want to dance with you You better dance with your daughter, she’s just waiting there for you And when she bats those lashes you’ll do anything she asks you to Go on and dance with the one you love, call her turtle dove And she might just need to know that she was Sent straight down from heaven above Ooh endless summer, little drummer girl Oh shake, rattle, roll it, your my diamond, pearl Ah, September do you still remember Fun, fun, fun in the warmth of the sun And I should have known better than to Court and spark let’s go dancing in the dark But I won’t be seen with Billy Jean Because you’re my only dancing queen I’m gonna dance with my daughter before she rides off into the sun Cause in the blink of a big brown eye she’ll be on the run I’m gonna dance with you like we used to at the Upside Down Cafe We really danced those summer nights away
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The Geology Song 03:51
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In a billion years, will we belong In the perfect place, this perfect atmosphere? Can we just go back to yesterday? When the stream was cold and washed my fears away But I feel tectonic plates are drifting underground today I’m sorry if that makes you feel this way Well they say you gotta get both feet off the ground Heavy gravity, and it’s world renowned These Cenozoic bags I carry around The stratigraphy of a world upside down Oh, Dear Doctor Connel, did I make the grade? Or am I just a glass of supernova lemonade? Great balls of fire are brilliant things, Do constellations move in a spiraling ring? Do they contract, do they expand? Are they shrinking like a grain of sand? But the color of the light has changed to a slow retreating band As I slip away I hope that you might take my outstretched hand Well I feel a little sedimentary As the granite stones roll over me This metamorphic heart has one last plea Please take care of my dearest magnolia tree Oh, Professor Edwin, are you proud of me? Or am I just another relic from the Tertiary?
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Lullaby of the Dragonfly 02:52
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In an ancient lullaby, I became a dragonfly. High above the sea, where to find a banyan tree? Minstrels sang a serenade, waiting for the moon parade. By the Pearl of old Guangzhou, Autumn leaves turned into snow. You ask me why a dragonfly would brave the stormy sea? A whisper from my dreamcatcher, it was meant to be Ten thousand miles, untold turnstiles, a longing in your eyes, And if you listen, you might hear an angel cry. Then the tears became a song. We’re in the place where we belong. If you teach me how to sing, I can show you how to fly with a broken wing. Let’s shower the world with fairy dust And wrap it in the arms that are bound around us. I’ll need it when I’m old Can I keep your heart of gold? I couldn’t have imagined you in any place or time But there you were to make complete, an uncompleted rhyme. Lullabies and Dragonflies, an angel’s broken wing, You and I, we share these precious things.
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Outside the Asylum 03:57
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If we survive the last cliche I think everything will come together. This is just a phase I’m going through But there’s a long and slow delay, Waiting for those waves to roll ashore And when I find my key, I’ll be free to open every door. But will I see you on the other side? Can you show me all the secrets that they hide? I, myself and me, butterfly, magnolia tree In a dream I was flying outside the Asylum All these sad refrains, falling down like summer rain In a dream I was flying outside the Asylum With an ear pressed to the ground Supersonic screams don’t bother me. This teenage craze will come and go. But as I face these cold and windy days, There’s a spark to set my heart ablaze And this is why the blues and I, Today, must go our separate ways. But will I have the guts to carry on? I know I’m gonna miss you when your gone I, myself and me, butterfly, magnolia tree In a dream I was flying outside the Asylum All these sad refrains, falling down like summer rain In a dream I was flying outside the Asylum
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Home Again 04:43
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released July 15, 2021

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The Time Pieces Birmingham, Alabama

The Time Pieces is a creative music project that harkens back to the past, revels in the present, and blasts fearlessly into the future.
Chris Byars is the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist behind The Time Pieces. Chris grew up in Hueytown, Alabama where he learned to play the drums. He also played outside with his dogs Missy and Meatball. ... more

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