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Burn this when you've finished
'Cos I'll never forget what it says
But I hope you do
I hope you do
I know that you just found this
Where you said you would look but forgot
So don't try to call
'Cos I won't be home
You know I won't forget you
But it took you too long to find out
What you had to do
And it's just like you
So burn this when you've finished
'Cos I'll never forget what it says
But I hope you do
And I want you to
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Not for This World
03:45
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Too sweet, too pure for this world
To the point, I'm sure, in this world
Over time you'll find, overdone, left behind,
Simulated, uninviting, danger here
A face like the moon, ever new
A smile like the hearth, of sorrow and mirth
A soul like the earth, of death and rebirth
Underground so fair, beyond compare
New things of old - blue notes turn gold
A soul like the earth, of rebirth
A heart like the sun, all for one
A smile like the hearth, of sorrow and mirth
Too sweet, too pure for this world
To the point, I'm sure, in this world
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They know their own way out
They know their own way out
But if you tie them up inside, you'll find them in your mind
They know their own way out
They don't remember why they're here
But never forget you were
Your voice, your hair, your step, your care,
The short time you're ever there
They know their own way out
They know their own way out
But if you tie them up inside, you'll find them in your mind
They know their own way out
They look happy for you, if you want them to,
And hide the pain they live
Crying, sighing, idle for hours,
Only to forgive
They know their own way out
They know their own way out
But if you tie them up inside, you'll find them in your mind
They know their own way out
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Yes, Dear
02:55
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I am your fear, your conquest dear
I hold the key to your heart
I am your fear, your conquest dear
I hold the key to your heart
I see right through your skin so bare
Through muscle, bone, and soul
You've come to settle an old score
Tall tales you were told
By girls and boys in the schoolyard
By boyscouts 'round their totem poles
You repeated word for word the lyrics of a song you heard
They script each play you make, each breath you take
The rattle in your throat - you gulp to hide a gloat
A gloat to hide the pain
Of chasing after manly fame
That you would own on others' lips
Whispering your storied name
Your hands glide down my hips
The cheering crowd in your head
The jeering crowd in mine
I am your fear - when you are dead
I am the next in line
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Les restes gris
03:57
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Une autre après-mid a fini
Comme toujours, l’amour atteint éteint
Mon cœur blessé s’est retrouvé
Au fond infime de cet abîme
Cendrillon connait sa fin funeste
Et moi, je suis les restes gris jetés
Au cendrier
Au début elle savait tout déjà
Je m’attendais à plus, j’étais un fou – un fou
Malgré tout on s’est déshabillé
Et par là a quitté l’éternité
Cendrillon connait sa fin funeste
Et moi, je suis les restes gris jetés
Au cendrier
Avec nos boulots
Notre amour est trop
Pour se supporter
Il faut sacrifier
L’un pour l’autre – l’un pour l’autre
En se pardonnant de ce surplus
De charme, d’attrait et de fatigue
On a découvert l’intrigue toute nue
De cet étouffant effondrement
Cendrillon connait sa fin funeste
Et moi, je suis les restes gris jetés
Au cendrier
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Silkworms
03:00
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Ideas, silkworms, tired of spinning yarns
That in their dying days conspire to build a structure firm
And to this noble purpose, insouciance dedicates
The lives of generations in an ever-widening circle
It bends but never breaks, mend it to stop a leak,
Meet it and befriend it, the firmness fake, the proof too late
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Sisters of Theory
03:38
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Obscured by fog and doubt
Glowing pale in the day
The academy calls out
Join the Sisters of Theory
The Sisters of Theory know
That people are just beasts
And beasts are just like ants
And ants are just machines
Deus ex machina
Say the Sisters of Theory
Machina ex deo
Ken Kesey and Leary
Belief in God
Is just on and off
Right, left, wrong, right
The lawyer won't decide
And faith is delusion
The Sisters of Theory say
Others live illusions
Of naïveté
The Sisters of Theory know
The difference is they know
And no, you do not
And one of them you're not
So you do as they say
And they say what you do
In their academic way
That's all they know is true
That's all we ever knew
That's all they'll ever do
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Trial by Tears
02:24
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Never to see, nor be seen
Never to be but a dream
For infinity
Between the Devil and the deep blue sea
She chose the sea
There the fire may expire eventually
In the depths of endless night
Nothing to fear but the light
Never to see, nor be seen
Never to be but a dream
For eternity
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Motel Ben Ottawa, Ontario
Started in 2014, Ben's Motel joined forces with JoAnn Brooks and Jack van der Meer with Allan Kinney doubling as the third
member of "The TripLettes" in playing to a full house at Castro's Lounge in Toronto's Beach neighbourhood on Monday 16 May 2016.
Appearing more and more on stages in Ottawa since then, we've branched in two - The Everything Bagel and Motel Ben! To everything there is a season!
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