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 I tried to capture and recreate  the breath and feeling of the 91 and 5  freeways  that surround my home. they remind me of the ocean continually  roaring low rumble breaths with each passing  tire.  I  taped the freeways sound from my front porch while heavy rain poured. Then took a guitar and viola bow to reproduce the swells. I picture Red Eye Joe the ghost of some forgotten hobo from long ago  waking to this modern unceasing world of movement wondering the vast freeways unnoticed, confused and hollow

Red Eye Joe

Hollowed by my naive faith in you 
It's true ignorance was bliss 
But  now  that i can  see 
I hunger for the calm peace 
The Soothing warmth stilled from 
basking in the belly of blindness 

My touch on your skin feels uncertain
Empty is the caress 
Void of  bubbling bliss 
flowing foolish 
from  the  house  where man contain their sins  

I know now that your as human 
As the rest of them 
I'm tired of fighting instinct 
We  glorify ourselves with decorative titles 
 admitting than forgetting all in root that we're just animals 
 and we'll l always crave  the taste of  embracing foreign skin 
The dicing of our genes 
Easier than ever 
I'd rather bank my solders in a vault 
Then   entertain only the pleasures
Clever  Mother nature but so is mr. chemist
thank god he gave us tools to trick em 

Free To  seek  our native lust absent of the  consequent 
now I know that you are human as the rest of them

My trust will choose to remain elusive 
open eyes will only close to rest 
But waiting constant the  world translucent 
Photons pressure to invade
Parading through the blooming virgin morning  lenses 
Clear sight with a cloudy mind 
If I could see you how I did 
I would 
But there's no use in wasting life 
Wishing to rewind time before disasters strike
So bend perception trick the light 
Get fitted for another pair 
Hope will soon be restored and everything will seem alright 
Ignorance will again  be bliss 


Human As The Rest

 Track 2 on Bored With Songs, written and performed by TJ Arriaga 

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