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Anxious Joy

by Ariel Joseph

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Finally 05:03
Air is pushing down on me and you Crazy pressure forces us down through the floor Staying here is fucking up my view of all this mess And it's draining all my manic, creative fuel Finally, there's a storm blowin' through... Facing east, I breathe the ocean wave Heaving underneath this stagnant air I can feel it coming up this way Patience is the key to bringing rain Finally, there's a storm blowin' through Eventually all of the waves and veins Will bring us down and up again
2.
Will Power 04:20
I'm not really sick, not physically Just sick within my soul Keep trying to throw one stone to hit all the birds But there are infinite stones at your feet Willpower will power you through Willpower will power you through Maybe all the birds already know what you deserve But you've been trying to come up from the wrong side So I take off my shoes Because it's warm outside And I take off my coat Because it's not raining And the wind stopped biting me I'm taking off my clothes Because I'm too ready now for anything And I peel off my skin Because my soul didn't have a window Willpower will power you through Willpower will power you through Maybe all the birds already know what you deserve But you've been trying to come up from the wrong side So I take off my shoes Because it's warm outside And I take off my coat Because it's not raining And the wind stopped biting me I'm taking off my clothes Because I'm too ready now for anything And I peel off my skin Because my soul didn't have a window
3.
Sit down and look straight ahead, boy You're gonna be what you are Pick up the pencil and write And be right, right now I don't believe in the dreams In your dim little head Why don't you prove it to me And get back in your chair If we can bear the truth Become the rest of you, Mother Earth And when we hear the sky Open up to your name We're all the same You'd better button your shirt, man We don't wanna see your fur And though you carry your case To your desk every day We still find other ways To make you feel ashamed of your life Oh, cycle through the matrix of work If we can bear the truth Become the rest of you, Mother Earth And when we hear the sky Open up to your name We're all the same And if we stay asleep With our eyes straight ahead We will be counting the days on repeat Of the cycle that obscures the sun Take off your sunglasses, man Remove the blinds from your head If we can bear the truth Become the rest of you, Mother Earth And when we hear the sky Open up to your name We're all the same
4.
Song of Home 04:01
I'm afraid it's time for me to go Abandoning my comforts down below I wonder if my friends would like to know If I plan on returning to my home But I cannot guarantee I'm not sure where it will be Just as long as I have my guitar I can sing a song of home and there I'll be This old place keeps tempting me to stay But I wont let it cause me more delays No more looking back, I'm going away Looking forward, no more yesterday But I cannot guarantee I'm not sure where I'll be Just as long as I have my guitar I can sing a song of home and there I'll be Waking up just to be a better me Fortune has me without a shred of doubt That I will find myself a home where I'm not alone I'll find a home But I cannot guarantee I'm not sure where it will be Just as long as I have my guitar I can sing a song of home and there I'll be
5.
Dear God 03:13
Dear God, are you listening? Dear God, do you hear the many voices? Dear God, there's a million cries for help Dear God, do we need to keep on praying To the lord, by any name? Dear God, please get to saving Ourselves from this sensation Dear God, are you even there? Yes, I am here and I am listening Yes, I exist in every action I am the motion of helping another I am the feeling of helping yourself But I'm no genie in a bottle So don't wait for me to come Dear God, why do I feel so different? Dear God, is it true we're all the same? Dear God, are you the sum of everybody? Every person's guilty conscience? Every hope and every sin? Dear God, can you answer me? Yes, but only if you know the answer And yes, we are all one being. I am the sum of all existence I am the stars, and so are you We are all together darkness We are all together light We are all together the darkness We are all together the light

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released July 22, 2016

All lyrics, music, and production by Ariel Joseph Tukachinsky

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