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Proposition Declination
05:44
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courage dawned on me
just enough to run away
and just in time
any longer i would have died from lack of love
so i fled to save my life
but for months she writes and says
mi vuoi sposare?
to which i reply
tu non mi ami -- hai rotto il mio cuore
why the sudden contradictions
i suspect you've changed your mind
but not in time
i'm sorry, i can't
so much pain was shared
just enough to fuck us up
for years i cried -- won't you please believe in me?
but your lack of trust kept you from seeing me:
the man you once loved was forgotten and hated, thus
you brought me down and convinced me i wasn't much
because to you, i wasn't much
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Want
04:02
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where're your eyes?
where're your eyes when you need them?
you'll have to do more than you're doing
but look at you
you're so huge you're a star
but you're drifting drifting far to nowhere
nowhere is where we're going so
please don't rape the earth
sitting on the prize
how's it taste once it's stolen?
you'll have to steal more to get the point
well the point is, we're fucking up so
please don't rape the earth
they're spinning lies
spinning lies just to trick trick trick you
into spending so much more than needed
but you need it is what you're thinking so
you keep raping the earth
what is there to buy when all you're in need of is
what you're so blind is seeing
the truth is - yea the truth is we're all blind so
we just rape the earth
when's the last time you stopped yourself from wanting
all the little things you're shown
and we're shown
all those murdered babies ooh
all those empty houses ooh
all them flashy stars ooh
all the things we want
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Rich In Meaning
03:40
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careless in our desires
reckless in our being
all the while a common need that we have neglected
a quote from my love
rich in meaning, too complex for reading
and here, here's another i'm having trouble reading
i can walk away a thousand times
but there's no leaving
not until the mystery decides it's time
what have we neglected
what's this common need
tell me your mystery which looms and threatens to leave me
i'm afraid to see her go
i'm afraid to lose my heart
you're afraid to hold too tight
for fear your might choke love to dead
a quote from my love
rich in meaning, too complex for reading
and here, here's another i'm having trouble reading
i can walk away a thousand times
but there's no leaving
not until the mystery decides it's time
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Flooding In
04:40
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i couldn't take the pain
i couldn't stand your spite
i see you've written a hundred times
but i'm too scared to read your words
i'm afraid to fall again
i'm too scared to take the train
for fear i'll see your questioning eyes
though i love you it's true
staying with you is impossible
living with my guard up is what brought me down
and was what pulled us apart
drugs came flooding in
to keep my mind stable
your quest to find out the truth is what killed me
was i cheating?
you bloody fool, who the hell do you think i am?
drop it! just drop it, you've drained my soul
curse my soul for loving you
though i love you it's true
staying with you is impossible
living with my guard up is what brought me down
and was what pulled us apart
i thought we could
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Cultural Estrangement
05:03
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bring on cultural estrangement
for i reject this aim for status and title
i challenge the populous to stand by my side
i'm empowered to represent humanity
and all that has been discarded of a past way of life
a better way of life
my goal is to find my purpose in the world
and a means to eradicate the tyrant
no longer will i be an instrument in the hands of
the capitalist
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Playing With Knives
04:03
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it's raining from the light fixtures
the floors wide open
swallow me whole don't miss a piece
i'll go to hell this christmas
only if i'm a good soul this year
i've killed you and you've killed me
serves us right for playing with knives
a swear i've told you otherwise
in fact i know for sure
yet all my words are castaway and heard as something else
i was reckless and irritable
precisely why: i couldn't move on
but i've moved on to a better place
without you
i don't know why i just held on
simply speaking i adored you
but tell me why we played with knives
i swear i told you otherwise
in fact i know for sure
yet all my words are castaway and heard as something else
i can't sit still you haunt my mind and cease to go away
i've walked away and proudly haven't had to go your way
it's raining from the light fixtures
the floors wide open
swallow me whole
don't miss a piece
i've killed you and you've killed me
serves us right
but tell me why
it serves us right for playing with knives
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Relic of a Phantom Past
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mirror gaze. a new reflection.
a proud depiction. a conscious rebirth.
so many jagged stones his stride has passed
assert to leave behind the chemist who aided rest
forward motion. reflect on hard days.
take from past misfortune that which is for today
you're not the ghost of your past self
not tomorrow, not today, only yesterday
upon a breath absorb all which is
granted it's easy to take for granted
what we're granted
you need not cast away
amber flower in bloom like you in bloom
be gone. be gone
fade further. phantom. foe
become a forgotten form
of one which once was
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Andrew La Tona Toronto, Ontario
Andrew is a composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist based in Toronto, Canada.
This page is Andrew La Tona's material, available for purchase and download.
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