Aftermath Of Cannon Fire

When things get dark, it can be too hard or just too scary to imagine where you'll be in the future. "Purple Flowers" is about cultivating reasons to keep going, about throwing one more thing into the horizon to look forward to. Even if it's next year. Even it's tomorrow. Even if it's just an hour from now.

Forgive me for this broken thing I'm offering
This wilted flower's all that made it through the spring
I grew it from my memory with hopeful heart
With life as my intention and my choice of art
Now I don't know if flowers are the right gift for you
But I really need something to look forward to

Keep looking forward like my therapist said
Better to pray for sunshine than to wish you were dead
So I got seeds to sew now, petunias to prune
I want my purple flowers to bloom

My foxgloves aren't blooming for another year
Too far to think about, too far to think about, I need my head right here
Lavender to burn would be delightful too
To push the gloom away and let the healing through
I think I'll do some violets too, to beat back the grey
So that maybe tomorrow we'll still be okay

Keep looking forward like my therapist said
Better to pray for sunshine than to wish you were dead
So I got seeds to sew now, petunias to prune
I want my purple flowers to bloom

So please accept this blessed thing I'm offering
So through it, I find strength to stand and soul to sing
To face a frightening future with a steady heart
To build a home with love and calm and joy and art
Cuz now I know that flowers are the right gift for you
So please take them and show me what I need to do

Keep looking forward like my therapist said
Better to pray for sunshine than to wish you were dead
So I got dreams to sew now, and new plans to prune
I want my purple flowers to bloom

Purple Flowers

A song about a moon in love with a planet.

Lyrics:

Does the moon's gravity affect me, or just tides?
Is your heart always struggling to breathe, or just mine?
I thought if the rocks and seas were divine
I could lie in your stream and just trust that I'll rise
Did you clear out your orbit for me, or the sun?
I'm afraid you're a dream and afraid that I'll run
Your storms, they amaze, I could watch 'em for days
I could be a good moon if you'll let me be one

Cuz I liken your clouds to a brightening of everything blue
Lightening abounds and it's wonderous and frightening and new
But your rings are around me, your radiance is keeping me warm
While I dutifully view all your beautiful magnetic storms

Does the light from the sun reach me, or just you?
If I find you, I'll let you tell me what to do
Or maybe I'll just explode into dust
and then patiently wait for my light to break through
Do you move to align with the stars, or do I?
I'm eclipsed from your light so you can't see me cry
But I pray that the love that you're capable of
keeps your wind blowing high and your moons in the sky

Cuz I liken your clouds to a brightening of everything blue
Lightening abounds and it's wonderous and frightening and new
But your rings are around me, your radiance is keeping me warm
While I dutifully view all your beautiful magnetic storms

Magnetic Storms

A song about giving in to your base impulses in the face of doom and despair. 

I'm a lazy stoner, a bit of a loner
If I called you, do you think you'd come over? 
Do you think you'd come over?
We could pretend like the world is alright
Easy to do, but don't turn on the black light
Don't turn on the black light
The room won't spin yet, it hasn't kicked in yet
We'll climb to the clouds and make a beautiful vignette
We'll make a beautiful vignette

But I don't wanna tell you what to do
We're runnin' on fumes, destruction looms
And the sky glows an omen of doom
Cuz all I wanna do is take drugs and screw
So light me up like it's the last thing you'll ever do

I'm constantly starving for somebody's heartbeat
I promise to heal you if you promise to harm me
If you promise to harm me
Your pain is so valid, so full of that sad shit 
Now should we undress, or sing the rest of this ballad? 
Or sing the rest of this ballad? 
But I'm cool with my nightmares, ask and I might share
Or maybe we'll find 'em while your touching me right there
While you're touching me right there

But I don't wanna tell you what to do
We're runnin' on fumes, destruction looms
And the sky glows an omen of doom
So all I wanna do is take drugs and screw
So light me up like it's the last thing you'll ever do

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