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Sleeping Bear
06:00
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Nights like these I struggle in ways to describe
Don’t care to look with these bloodshot eyes
How many papers must one file to make their pay?
How many lies must one hear to think they’re okay?
What’s the point of growing when all your flowers wilt?
Rivers washed away all of his silt
Rusting wire and bleeding hands along the plain
Spiraling circles in the clouds that turn me insane
Though it’s growing late
If I concentrate
Maybe someday
This sleeping bear will wake
Left alone again in this room
Nothing but a harp and a crooked old loom
Now to envy the rabbits and the coast
Both take what little they have and make the most
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Ice and Snow
07:57
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When the ground is ice and snow
Father Sun his face don't show
Oh my dear, please let me know
When you are ice and snow
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3. |
Gospel in C Minor
05:31
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Mary, do you see your babe?
Give you a holy name
Jesus Christ will someday
Rise from his grave
Joseph the carpenter
Build us a brand new church
Build it strong, build it firm
The savior is near
Mary, with your tears in your hair
Pick yourself up, just don't care
No use for cryin'
When the savior is here
Some say for The Lord's sake
Is but our own mistake
Heathens, well, they hide their face
Scared as they may
You lot are falling deep
Way beyond The Lord's keep
For every sin you sow
So shall you reap
Peter, with your love so strong
Hear me when I sing this song
Show me from right or wrong
Just point the way
Lordy, see your head hung low
You fill me from head to toe
Grace flowing in my bones
Join in the fray
Sinners, you foul men
Builders of the serpent's den
Your time has come to end
Repent while you can
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The Sea and a Machine
05:06
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When the waves have grown too high
On this coast where I lie
And all that comes out is a sigh
The sun is fading in his grace
He's still here to make a place
All I can see is your face
Many a man have been called by the sea
But many more have died in her company
In her company
Our souls are all we've ever been
We're just a big machine
Or maybe it's life that is a dream
Hopeful that I won't drown
And your waves won't bring me down
To your arms you know I am bound
Many a man have been called by the sea
But many more have died in her company
In her company
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5. |
O Verum
03:17
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O Iesu culpis
O Iesu pie
Fili Mariae
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Phantom (Part I)
04:48
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Orange and red runs down the hill
Like a painting standing still
Just as a pretty young sweet girl
Whom I care for and always will
Now she's here and then she's gone
'Cause her will is much too strong
Any asshole can write a poem
Or a drunkard sing a song
As the willow starts to mourn
Coats and scarves to keep us warm
Relate the soul to the sight
On this cold autumn night
Her hair is black don't you know
And skin as pale as a ghost
Haunts my dreams now and then
Those are the ones I like most
Wooden doors open the way
To a place we would go everyday
Now we're older and wearing suits
Our day jobs always seem so gray
As the willow starts to mourn
Coats and scarves to keep us warm
Relate the soul to the sight
On this cold autumn night
Moonlight shines in the night
Man makes his own light
But my phantom girl looks best
When she's in my own dark sight
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7. |
Thus Spoke Aeolus
01:25
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8. |
Phantom (Part II)
02:54
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9. |
Mount Shroud
08:31
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If I was a picture in a frame
Who would count the echoes? Who to blame?
Help the foggy swoon to remain
But how can I so weak keep contained
Oh I know all is not black and white
But the world is dangerous and you'll be cold at night
If there's something that you want, but you can't have
You can always have the mountain
And if there's a dirge to sing but can't be sung
Then listen to my bluebird cry
Looks may warm where eyes grow pale
They're heavy made of glass, mind so frail
If the key were ever to be found
Then paws would swift across the rocky ground
So let me go, ain't no sin in my mind
Though intentions be so fit, first may seem unkind
If there's something that you want, but you can't have
You can always have...
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10. |
Untitled
02:05
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Big Oak Iowa City, Iowa
Big Oak is an experimental folk band started in 2014. After playing a handful of shows at their high school, they began
recording material in the studio. In 2016, they released their eponymous debut album. They are now on intermittent hiatus due to attending different colleges and universities.
Members:
Joe Feldmann
Thomas Gumpper
Louis Ho
Daniel Szmyrgala
Joel Tansey
Ricky Rodriguez
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