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i am a minnow in a stream
a black bear up a tree
i am everything
i am the yard
i was somewhat humanoid
then i became a void
i am infinity
i am the yard
i am everything
i am the yard
i'm not anything
i am the yard
i am a minnow in a stream
a black bear up a tree
i am everything
i am the yard
i was somewhat humanoid
then i became a void
i am infinity
i am the yard
like Jim Carrey said
when he played Gregorian chants
they brought the birds to life
then he opened up his mind
now he's the yard
now we're the yard
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i am a minnow in a stream
a black bear up a tree
i am everything
i am the yard
i was somewhat humanoid
then i became a void
i am infinity
i am the yard
i am everything
i am the yard
i am nothing
i am the yard
i've fallen for the great illusion
but there are no lines that divide
there are no edges and no sides
i've fallen for the great illusion
i am the yard
i've fallen in a great confusion
but there's no me now i see
there never was and will not be
i've fallen in a great confusion
i am the yard
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a. Your Backyard
so disconnected from the natural world
you can't even recognize your own backyard
sounds of streams and rustling leaves
they're all foreign to your ears
machines keep paving over every blade
grey cold concrete city scape
you block the sun, you move the rain
what will it look in 40 years?
you can try to blow the leaves away
but the wind just blows them back your way
but the weeds break the street
and they push their heads right through
and the rain rusts, and the wind gusts
and it blows it all away
you can try to blow the leaves away
but the wind just blows them back your way
b. Get Rid of It
get rid of your car
you don't need to go that far
travel as far as your legs will go
only carry as much as your arms can hold
get rid of your head
incessant chatter keeps you distracted
rhythmic breathing to join in the song
folded in the sounds of the universe is where you belong
you can try to blow the leaves away
but the wind just blows them back your way
c. Artificial
melted candles replaced with lights
take your time and sleep at night
or you'll be burning at both ends
can't replace a soul with lines
so tech won't be a friend of mine
unreality where's it end?
you can try to blow the leaves away
but the wind just blows them back your way
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Pick Me Up off the Ground (Umbrella Song)
i ride my umbrella through the morning sky
the sun's slowly waking drizzly grey pushed aside
you know i know life can be beautiful if you give it one more night
let me show it to you, take my umbrella for a ride
and the rain falls down
flip your umbrella upside down
and the rain fall down
come pick me up off the ground
the snow's slowly melting, it trickles away
the dark cold of winter was never to stay
you know i know life can be beautiful with you my my side
let me show it to you, take my umbrella for a ride
and the snow blows in
get my umbrella out again
and the snow blows in
let my umbrella catch the wind
soon you'll know life can be beautiful when you're standing in the rain
a little help from your umbrella, baby please can you just stay?
when the rain falls down
flip your umbrella upside down
and the rain falls down
come pick me up off the ground
i ride my umbrella through the morning sky
every storm must eventually subside
take my umbrella for a ride
Into the Great Unknown
here we go, into the great unknown
but we do it together
if we do it together
then we'll always find our way home
here we go, into the great unknown
please let's do it together
yes let's do it together
and we'll always find our way home
Some Kind of Love
some kind of love coming to you
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(nothing/everything)
there's no gender
there's no race
there's no outer
only space
there's no sky
and there's no blue
there's never me
and there won't be you
there are no planets
there are no seas
there are no fingers
on my keys
there is no is
there never was
there are no gods
there's only love
there is no progress
there are no scores
if there're no winners
you don't have wars
all these bricks
and bones of steel
they can't stand
they're never real
there's no gender
there's no race
there's no outer
only space
there's no sky
and there's no blue
there's never me
and there won't be you
Part of It
every dewdrop
rust spot
and spiderweb
every car tire
smokestack
i'm a part of it
all i see
is beautiful
drown me in the locust sound
bury me deep in the group
dip me in the morning sun
chew me with your bubblegum
wide-eyed like my sister's child
now the singer's in the song
simple, natural, goin' wild
i've passed by for too long
i see it now
every toadstool
cop car
and pirate ship
every rainstorm
last call
no stopping it
all i see is as it is
if it is at all like this
part of it
all of this
drown me in the locust sound
bury me deep in the group
dip me in the morning sun
chew me with your bubblegum
wide-eyed like my sister's child
now the singer's in the song
simple, natural, goin' wild
i've passed by for too long
i see it now
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Pt. 1: Jim Carrey
i am a minnow in a stream
a black bear up a tree
i am everything
i am the yard
i was somewhat humanoid
then i became a void
i am infinity
i am the yard
i am everything
i am the yard
i'm not anything
i am the yard
i am a minnow in a stream
a black bear up a tree
i am everything
i am the yard
i was somewhat humanoid
then i became a void
i am infinity
i am the yard
like Jim Carrey said
when he played Gregorian chants
they brought the birds to life
then he opened up his mind
now he's the yard
now we're the yard
Pt. 2: The Great Illusion
i am a minnow in a stream
a black bear up a tree
i am everything
i am the yard
i was somewhat humanoid
then i became a void
i am infinity
i am the yard
i am everything
i am the yard
i am nothing
i am the yard
i've fallen for the great illusion
but there are no lines that divide
there are no edges and no sides
i've fallen for the great illusion
i am the yard
i've fallen in a great confusion
but there's no me now i see
there never was and will not be
i've fallen in a great confusion
i am the yard
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a. Your Backyard
so disconnected from the natural world
you can't even recognize your own backyard
sounds of streams and rustling leaves
they're all foreign to your ears
machines keep paving over every blade
grey cold concrete city scape
you block the sun, you move the rain
what will it look in 40 years?
you can try to blow the leaves away
but the wind just blows them back your way
but the weeds break the street
and they push their heads right through
and the rain rusts, and the wind gusts
and it blows it all away
you can try to blow the leaves away
but the wind just blows them back your way
b. Get Rid of It
get rid of your car
you don't need to go that far
travel as far as your legs will go
only carry as much as your arms can hold
get rid of your head
incessant chatter keeps you distracted
rhythmic breathing to join in the song
folded in the sounds of the universe is where you belong
you can try to blow the leaves away
but the wind just blows them back your way
c. Artificial
melted candles replaced with lights
take your time and sleep at night
or you'll be burning at both ends
can't replace a soul with lines
so tech won't be a friend of mine
unreality where's it end?
you can try to blow the leaves away
but the wind just blows them back your way
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some kind of love coming to you
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(nothing/everything)
there's no gender
there's no race
there's no outer
only space
there's no sky
and there's no blue
there's never me
and there won't be you
there are no planets
there are no seas
there are no fingers
on my keys
there is no is
there never was
there are no gods
there's only love
there is no progress
there are no scores
if there're no winners
you don't have wars
all these bricks
and bones of steel
they can't stand
they're never real
there's no gender
there's no race
there's no outer
only space
there's no sky
and there's no blue
there's never me
and there won't be you
Part of It
every dewdrop
rust spot
and spiderweb
every car tire
smokestack
i'm a part of it
all i see
is beautiful
drown me in the locust sound
bury me deep in the group
dip me in the morning sun
chew me with your bubblegum
wide-eyed like my sister's child
now the singer's in the song
simple, natural, goin' wild
i've passed by for too long
i see it now
every toadstool
cop car
and pirate ship
every rainstorm
last call
no stopping it
all i see is as it is
if it is at all like this
part of it
all of this
drown me in the locust sound
bury me deep in the group
dip me in the morning sun
chew me with your bubblegum
wide-eyed like my sister's child
now the singer's in the song
simple, natural, goin' wild
i've passed by for too long
i see it now
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