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Starry Eyes

by The Benevolent Dictators

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1.
Cowboy Daydream 03:59
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Cowboy mind rides fearlessly onward, touches the sky on his own Smiles at the crowd as they gaze up with wonder, kicking up dust as he goes The cloudy future that I seek, riding wild and free when I'll take the reins today (ride higher) The whole world's going by (I can't see it) And saddle up in a new disguise Cowboy mind rides fearlessly onward And the rush as he rides leaving all it behind Clears his head makes space for a daydream Ride up closer to the sun Empty space for miles in the desert (the sun beams down, my head held high) And the rocks beaten down to a powder of sand Grown up safe in the shadows of walls (my soul alive, my eyes so wide) A travel companion with endless skies The cloudy future inside me, riding wild and free but I'm playing pretend alone (to feel better) A daydream to live by (I keep going) A conquered joy that I'll fantasize The cloudy future behind me, riding wild and free and I'm playing pretend alone (to feel better) A daydream to live by (I keep going) To face the world with I'm playing pretend alone (to feel better) A daydream to live by (I keep going) To face with the world with starry eyes
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Father of Waters 04:43
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Riding along in the father of waters See all the change in the trace of the valley And the decay gave us all that we wanted Swept through the current and end in the sea Enter the morning, feel no light Cast a line forward, nothing's gonna bite Feel the water through my toes Start a future on my own Tied to a self that was made before my time Now I'll escape and leave it all behind Feel the water through my toes Start a future on my own Oh and I'll drift away, save my worries for tomorrow Oh and I'll drift away, save my worries for tomorrow Oh and I'll drift away, save my worries for tomorrow Oh and I'll drift away, save my worries for tomorrow Oh and I'll drift away, save my worries for tomorrow Oh and I'll drift away, save my worries for tomorrow Oh and I'll drift away, save my worries for tomorrow Oh and I'll drift away, save my worries Riding along in the father of waters See all the change in the trace of the valley And the decay gave us all that we wanted Swept through the current and end in the sea
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Twilight of the Idle 04:36
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Out on the western way The twilight of the idle Out there the sun will rise We'll stay there for a while and say Far from the days of old A cattle ranch to build a home Do what we want to do, oh oh Static minds, wandering souls Out on the western way We disbelieve our eyes from Everywhere we turn An infinite horizon, we'll stay Far from the days of old A cattle ranch to build a home Do what we want to do, oh oh Static minds, wandering souls Far from the days of old A cattle ranch to build a home Do what we want to do, oh oh Static minds, wandering souls
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A Childish Embrace 04:06
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Put your name in the sand, as if to tell all the world A heart for my own, a hand I can hold when I lose all control Then we'll fly through the plains, still new and unknown A dream for the days our lives will settle and etch into stone Illusion dies in vain A lullaby of pain We'll fall into a childish embrace Well I know it's a dream, I can feel it inside Stand on my own when reason escapes from the cold butterflies And the wonderful things, there could be in the end The sun shining down, a view from our home 'til the end of the days Illusion dies in vain A lullaby of pain We'll fall into a childish embrace Illusion dies in vain A lullaby of pain The strangeness of our fates We'll fall into a childish embrace
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Still Life in a Midwestern Winter 06:32
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Feel my cheeks slowly freeze while my ears, they burn Struggle walking through the weight of a snowy trail A setting made to get lost and not return While my breath rushes out then disappears Overwhelmed by a howling wind And I don't know where I'm bound An inward scream in isolation, a peaceful cold in winterlight A distant warmth in which direction, what's it worth if I'm the same I don't know And outer dissonance turns towards my mind Drowned inside with reflections of eternal haze A setting made to get lost and not return (a part of me apart from you) While my breath rushes out then disappears (an arm's length away) How convenient to be a part of the storm To diverge makes one truly forlorn The faintest hint of common footsteps, a river freezes paused in time The novelty of intuition, the curse of truths you analyze Here I go Frozen, a river paused in time A peaceful cold in winterlight Frozen, a river paused in time A peaceful cold in winterlight Frozen, a river paused in time A peaceful cold in winterlight Frozen, a river paused in time A peaceful cold in winterlight
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Borrowed Words 03:53
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The curtain draws to start the play, a ritual amusement The anxious crowd stands by to see, a trick up my sleeve They clap to show me praise, from my disguise through their eyes The kind of me they wanted, all told I'll despise Shadow right above me tears off my disguise A smile a tear to shield away, a fragile ego onstage Another half outside of me, still within me Some borrowed words on borrowed time through these nights in my eyes The kind of me they wanted, who knows I'll despise Shadow right above me tears off my disguise The curtain closes now it's over, a faded recognition An act to fit in everywhere, but to belong nowhere I play a part played so well, just to know realize The kind of me I wanted, so close I'll despise Shadow right above me tears off my disguise
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The Hopeless Argonaut 05:07
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Fool's gold, sift through shallow riverbeds The promise of a miracle, a gilded age for visionary souls Fool's gold, the innocence of magic Propelled by common fantasy, left with empty pockets nothing more There's a strong tide beside me, and my patience running dry Can I opt out from the time that I was born, or try out alchemy instead And oh, all this time From the veil of a California dream, kept our souls wandering onward Destiny turns to fate, now we're older, yeah we're older From the veil of a California dream, kept our souls wandering onward Destiny turns to fate, now we're older, yeah we're older Now we're older, yeah we're older Now we're older Yeah we're older Yeah we're older Yeah we're older Now we're older Yeah we're older Yeah we're older
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Candlelight 03:59
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Sitting on a keg of powder of my worries and beliefs Under candlelight a vision of the path ahead of me And I'll write a letter to myself from yesterday Pushing on the same old string from which my world hangs Surrender to a piece of mind, free from chains of starry eyes for The self-determination You'll never get word from above, blinded by the cloudy skies but It's not that way forever Self-endowed with eagle feathers from the distance I have come Safely knowing that I found out, I found out who I was No longer shouting in the darkness, I got something to say It's ok to be another settler on the trail Surrender to a piece of mind, free from chains of starry eyes for The self-determination You'll never get word from above, blinded by the cloudy skies but It's not that way forever Let the wisdom here guide me that I've written with this ink Step back into all the confidence of who I'm meant to be It's a feeling of belief, and I'll end this letter someday you will see Surrender to a piece of mind, free from chains of starry eyes for The self-determination You'll never get word from above, blinded by the cloudy skies but It's not that way forever It's not that way forever It's not that way forever
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October Rain 04:29
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When the day turns into night for all those years You stop and wonder 'bout a dream that seemed so clear The forest paralyzed by cold October Rain A cracklin' fire's in our eyes to ease the pain It's got me wondering through the morning, where we'll go It's got me wondering through the morning, where we'll go The wood will burn the wind it glides the smoke will rise We gather 'round dissecting missteps in our lives The cowboy mind admits desire for something more A sentimental crutch we're trying to ignore You've got me wondering through the morning, where we'll go You've got me wondering through the morning, where we'll go With the trees the stars the moon the endless sky Throwing shadows on our hideaway at night By and by our dreams converge with what we've got Consolation veiled by solitary thoughts It's got me wondering through the morning, where we'll go It's got me wondering through the morning, where we'll go
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Scarecrow, Pt. 1 04:05
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Oh, so many years gone by with you Carve our names out in the front, a wooden sign tells everyone There'll be generations to call this a home A dirt road forms, to lead everyone to our door Stable right just where we need, a horse to ride to get away Every year we'll see the seasons change No longer trapped in the shadows of the old Oh, so many years gone by with You, a winding road to make us Free, a farm to call our own Oh Crickets chirp into the night, a breeze pulls air from all around And the grass stands up from signs of life A creek in back slowly washes as it flows Oh, so many years gone by with You, a winding road to make us Free, a farm to call our own Oh Scarecrow towers in the field, smiles to scare away our fears And our grounded roots they're tied to the earth Restless no more, just at peace staying here in our home Melt away the hollow romance of dreams
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Scarecrow, Pt. 2 03:01
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Take a train ride up a mountain, don't pretend Then a new world shows itself around the bend Through a window in a distant shaded land Close your eyes and feel the future in your hands A time remade Don't look back, a one way track as if to say It's not an answer, just a plan and that's ok Through a window in a distant shaded land Close your eyes and feel the future in your hands And float away And float away And float away We'll float away

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released May 26, 2021

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