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Hymn of the Marsupial
03:10
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I am small and I am scared
And I am wholly unprepared
And I keep moving forward faster everyday
And you can't stem the tide
I know I've tried
It never comes out right
Just say a few kind words and then be on your way
To my left there stands a martyr
On my right I find a saint
And here I am stuck in the middle with you
And I don't know what there is I can do
Crawling in the dark
And eating garbage everynight
My jaw hinged wide
My teeth are long and white and sharp
Thats a life you can't sustain
A river pregnant with rain
Coursing swiftly through the gutters of your heart
So lord make me a vessel that's of used to someone
Or at least a harbinger
Cause once I found a purpose I won't stop till I'm done
This I promise you
So you can run your fingers through my matted fur
And tell me how alone you thought you were
Yeah you can run your fingers through my matted fur
And tell me how alone you thought you were
I am a parasite
I am just trying to survive another night
I am a parasite
I am just trying to survive another night
I am a parasite
I am just trying to survive another night
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The Void
03:01
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Flying backwards through the void
I see you standing there and smiling
On some distant shore
And for a second I feel annoyed
But that passes in a moment
And I am overjoyed
Now I am driving past your house
And I keep watching and rewatching those old movies that you used to love so much
And there's this fleeting feeling in my chest
That I cannot describe at best its forgetting and remembering and holding on and letting go all at once
And there's a fine line
And there's a phone call
And there's mirror bouncing back the
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Sense Memory
03:42
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Sit in silence
Await the voice of god
Have another cigarette
Days spent listless pushed up on days spent feeling odd
Songs I haven't written yet
We go on
We go on
Picnic table
Your grandfathers back yard
A strong sense memory
Faces smile at you from a day that's now long gone
Changing colors shifting breeze
But there's really no explaining so I guess you had to be there to see
One winter knocked the power out
Ice hung like ornaments from trees
And as I watched the sunrise from the window in your room
I thought
Theres no place else I'd rather be
And this could all just be a dream
Some reflection of a thing
A bell struck now it rings and rings and rings
In all directions
Sit in silence
Await the voice of god
Have another cigarette
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Ghosts
03:58
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There are ghosts in the walls of this house
But the way it was built won’t let them out
So are we are learning all of their names
Rending tearing and burning seeking solace in flame
Now I hear voices all the time now
Convincing myself I’ve committed no crime
and oh, sometimes I believe
Oh the things they say to me
Now I plant flowers in the garden
Counting the day’s not begging no pardon
If there’s some magic spell some sage some wisdom of some bygone age Well I don’t have the patience now
Find your power try to focus it and let it flow
If there’s something you’ve got holding you back just let it go
And I can understand that that might be a daunting thing to hear
It’s just that often ghosts can lie to you my dear
You’ll feel better morning morning
You’ll feel better better morning
In the morning better better
In the morning morning morning
You’ll feel better morning morning
In the morning better better
You’ll feel better morning morning
You’ll feel better better better
You’ll feel better morning morning
In the morning better better
In the morning better better
In the morning morning morning
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Snowing
03:40
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The first time that I met you it was snowing
I remember
It was snowing
And you broke into my house and you were glowing
With a radiance that I had never known
And I could tell that you were not like me
And I observed your fearful symmetry
And then
You spoke
And then you spoke
The second time I remember it was summer
But I can't remember how or why or where
Just some sweet sensation then a changing of location
With some real bright light
I know I wasn't scared
I'll believe in you if you believe in me
We'll help each other exist
There are worlds inside that no one else gets to see
But I wouldn't want to miss
The first time that I saw you it was snowing
I remember
It was
Snowing
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July 6th, 2015
02:56
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The orange glow of the street lights
The sirens in the distance
The songs of the cicadas
Nearly drawing them out
And you keep droning on about some comet that you saw from the roof of someones house
While I am telling myself stories
And coming up with ways to end world hunger
And these explosions in the sky
Can’t even catch my attention
And you keep saying that you’re fine
But the whole world’s burning down
And I’m not saying that you’re lying
This time
But if I make you uncomfortable you should know that I’m uncomfortable
But I guess that’s only fair
And I’m sorry I lost focus
There’s just so much going on
And my head will not stop swimming
It’s alright though nothings wrong
I just need a little quiet I just need this fucking day to end
It’s an elevator ride
It’s a roller coaster
There is no in between
It’s a perfect day outside
It’s a broken toaster
I’m sure you know what I mean
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Easy Answers
03:21
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We begin
At the beginning
See a house that’s being built on the riverside
There’s a blueprint
There’s a feeling
There’s suggestions but there’s really no guide
We keep moving
Follow wanting
Try to take the lead sometimes
Everything is
Good for something
A bridge, a door, a wall
A neon sign
Use everything you can
And start again
Second acts are
Often jarring
Shake the dust and then a leg
Your position
Ever changing
Keep rhythm in your head
Take everything you can
And start again
And there’s an easy answer
Of that I have no doubt
Something everyone is saying you should do
But you’ll find all those easy answers
Lying on the ground
In a day or two
And then where are you?
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Ancient
03:36
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It was here when we moved in
We found it hiding in the attic
Inside an ancient steamer trunk
Behind a crumbling wall
At first we couldn’t read the signs
Ignored the silent symptoms
And the call
One night was all it took to change it all
The strong scent of butane
Foil on the windows
Stacks of papers scattered on the floor
Megan makes the call and we make our way to the car
Shut the door
Now hours and days
Don’t matter anymore
And I feel that I am changed
To my core
This sweeping sickness
This aching hunger
The blackest coffee
These nights of wonder
But I still feel I’m falling in my dreams
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Bandages
03:27
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I made some assumptions
I’ve bitten my tongue now it’s bleeding and I can’t stop it
So If you’ve got any medicine, any bandages
Let me have it, let me have it
You don’t know my name you don’t know anything
I don’t know anything
We all make mistakes sometimes, yeah, we all lose the plot sometimes
We all fuck up the recipe and have to eat it anyway
No one wants to be Typhoid Mary
Or patient zero
Or anybody’s ghost at all
We wanna be livin easy, making money
We wanna build another mall on sacred land, yeah yeah
But snakes in the grass seldom tell you where they’re going
or whose skin they’re wearing now
There’s a fire burning underneath the pool in which we’re swimming
Slowly raising temperature trying to cook without a sound
So if you’re feeling froggy baby
Get to jumping, not for nothing, not for anything,
for all the money in the world won’t make you happy,
Won’t make you anything you aren’t already
Anything you aren’t already
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Reader Remember Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Reader Remember features the songs of Zach Frederick, a singer/songwriter living in Fitchburg, MA. Always an energetic performer, Zach plays both solo and accompanied by his wife Alissa (keyboard, vocals, melodica, trumpet) and the incomparable Russ Condon (drums, vocals). Reader Remember combines vivid storytelling with a unique sound, often compared to The Mountain Goats, and The Front Bottoms. ... more
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