1. |
Plain Clothed Ghost
04:05
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[Verse 1]
Warm air Summer stroll
Weightless floating over
Cracked and crooked sidewalks, broken
Lawns lined with peonies
Front porch neighbors wave
But I feel so unsure if they can really see
[Pre 1]
That I’m living in the past tense
Presently a presence stuck in time
Waiting out my sentence
Paying off a debt that isn’t mine
Still lingering in Limbo singing
[Chorus]
I’m not really here
I’m far off in some other location
After all these years
It shows
I’ve turned into a plain clothed ghost
[Verse 2]
Specter sneaking
Past the weekend strangers
Crowding all the downtown galleries
Peering into the fuss
I feel the hidden pangs of the
Warmly glowing spirit I always thought I was
[Pre 2]
Yet I’m turning the mood frigid
Jangling chains on Main Street just for show
Looking for some distance from the
Only place I’ve ever known as home
Lingering in Limbo singing
[Chorus]
I’m not really here
I’m far off in some other location
After all these years
I’m busy lingering, lingering
Lingering in Limbo singing
I’m not really here
I’m far off in another location
After all these years
I’ve turned into a plain clothed ghost
[Outro]
The only one who knows it is me
The only one who knows it is me
The only one who knows it is me
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2. |
The Magician
04:31
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[Verse 1]
How long will you hold this in-side?
The world is waiting and so am I
Don’t you worry
You’re more than ready.
You’ve built a wall to keep you from your - fate
It took so little power to create
Just a flicker
Gets it out of the picture
[Chorus]
Make the change
Trust the Magician
Rearrange and let go
Underneath
All is said and done
So plant the seed
And help it grow
[Verse 2]
No more averting your eyes
I know it really hurts to say goodbye
Those you tell
Will wish you well
[Chorus]
Make the change
Trust the Magician
Rearrange and let go
Underneath
All is said and done
So plant the seed
And help it grow
[Bridge]
You’re spending time slowly writing a script,
Researching, rehearsing
It’s coming true that you’re making this trip
To your new home
Let the words fall out
Give your dreams some ground
[Chorus]
Make the change
Trust the Magician
Rearrange and let go
Underneath
All is said and done
So plant the seed
And help it grow
[Outro]
Ohhhh There is magic in your heart
You’ve known it all along
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3. |
Celestial Bodies
04:21
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[Verse 1]
Tucked away
Lengthening my exhales I try
To meet her
In the realm of light
She breathes deep
Surrounded by mellow astronomy
Her aura, a shine
Pulses in place
Reflecting the divine
[Pre 1]
Yes I know that there’s another plane
But I am stuck here on Earth
Watching my thoughts spin around I’m…
[Verse 2]
Tucked away
Under magpie’s perch, half covered
Sheltered by skinny walls
From distant thunder
While she dreams
Visions of Arizona medicine
Hopeless, I count the stars
Peaking through the clouds
[Pre 2]
Yes I know that there’s another plane
But I am stuck here on earth
Watching my thoughts spin around I’m
Longing to see
Longing to see
[Chorus]
Celestial Bodies
Come out
And color the night
Lulling me close
To sleep
Calming me
Closing my eyes
Ah-ah
Closing my eyes
Ah-ah
[Pre 3]
Yes I know that there’s another plane
But I am stuck here on earth
Watching my thoughts spin around I’m
Longing to see
Longing to see
[Chorus]
Celestial Bodies
Come out
And color the night
Lulling me close
To sleep
Calming me
Closing my eyes
Ah-ah
Closing my eyes
Ah-ah
[Verse 3]
Stepping outside
I look out at the mountains in the dark
And a halo of white,
The moon.
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4. |
Vibrant Denial
05:33
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[Verse 1]
Rounding hairpin turns up high
Cliffside, Thousand mile view
Looking out my dusty
Windshield for a sign
I tried to catch (keep?) my cool.
Streaks of ice rolled down my face
Non-stop air conditioned tears
As I let all I’d been holding roll away
I still kept shifting gears
[Pre 1]
Oh-oh
Oh - I was
[Chorus]
Wide awake
But startled by the imagery
Overcome with disbelief
In a state of
Vibrant denial
Lucid but paralyzed
Vividly going blind
Clearly hypnotized
[Verse 2]
Pushed beyond the precipice
Giving in, unlike times before
The hardened shell I had built around my heart
Melted to the floor
Free from heavy gravity
Unstuck, I floated through the roof
An unseen hand so gently carried me
I rose into the blue
[Pre 2]
Oh - I was
[Chorus]
Wide awake
But startled by the imagery
Overcome with disbelief
In a state of
Vibrant denial
Lucid but paralyzed
Vividly going blind
Clearly hypnotized
[Bridge]
A hundred feet over the road
I could see it bend and bow
Twisting, turning, rough terrain
Straightened downhill at the plains
And made its way out to the coast
Above my car above myself
As he screamed still trapped in hell
Arms up, outstretched I felt
[Outro]
Vibrant
Lucid
Vivid
Clear
x4
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5. |
Russian Doll
03:44
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[Verse 1]
Packed my baggage filled a new flat in Los Angeles
with succulents and a brand new guitar
Set the scene between Hollywood and Sunset
Told my demons they could wait in the car
[Pre 1]
Now what? I'm still buying Chinese takeout
In a different state but feeling the same
So what? Moving doesn't mean arriving
the same old doubts are crowding my brain
[Chorus]
It's time to unpack
It's time to unpack
I need to release all these expectations
It's time to unpack it all
[Post]
And re-paint this Russian Doll x2
[Verse 2]
Spilling open, out of use not broken
Haven't spoken to these younger me's in so so long
Wearing hard lines, colored by the dark times
Couldn't see the starlight so blinded by tongues
[Pre 2]
Now what? Do I make of all these faces
In a different state but feeling the same
So what? Feels like seven different voices
Trapped inside of me all silenced by shame, so
[Chorus]
It's time to unpack
It's time to unpack
I need to release all these expectations
It's time to unpack it all
[Bridge]
Day by day, bringing color back to each face
Little by little, line by line
Painting my truth over these lies
Now I’m mine
Day by day, bringing color back to each face
Little by little, line by line
Painting my truth over these lies
Now I’m mine
Day by day, bringing color back to each face
Little by little, line by line
Painting my truth over these lies
Now it’s time
[Chorus]
It's time to unpack
It's time to unpack
I need to release all these expectations
It's time to unpack it all
[Outro]
And re-paint this Russian Doll x4
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Alan Rigoletto Los Angeles, California
Alan Rigoletto is a Los Angeles based Singer Songwriter.
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