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Monday, April 8, 2013

Watching Water - Alias

Recently came upon an old box of CDs I haven't listened to in years and years and the other day found this track, Watching Water, by Alias. Been listening to it since. It's always been a favorite of mine, but it's even more poignant now considering everything...

Listen to it here:


Here are the lyrics:

Intake ambiance a tool for meditation
Progressing towards the clouds with at whom I am complete
Defeat the chains that restrain an eager sensation
Equal balance in and out, all inhibitions shall deplete
(X2)

I'm trying to break this writer's cramp, massage my hand and daydream
Out the window innuendo, watch the water find it's path down the glass.
It seems, erratic direction, it's only perfection.
Rest my head inside my hands, pace back and forth inside my mind.
I wish sometimes I wouldn't reminisce so much.
Such things, tend to make one reflect and dissect situations to an extreme.
Hard now to redeem what was there before
No more gone are those days and ways have parted.
Gone from feeling solid trust to outsmarted.
Anyway, I'm now moving on to a distance far from yesterday,
It's best this way.
I feel as though I've missed this moment of truth
Outcome uneventful. I've lost the ability to feel sentimental
I can stare at a puddle and see a million places I love.
It's comforting thoughts of places I've been, places I will never see again.
Send my love to all who were there, wishing I could crawl back in.
But, I've transformed and the pieces wouldn't fit, so the sore necks will cease.
Eyes searching to the sky to try to find some form of peace
And I keep pulling up blanks, yet I'm wearing this mask for the sake of others.
We all miss things I suppose, we must let go, well I'm not ready.
Just let me sit in silence and soak in what's trailing down the window,
To cleanse my emotions, to begin the process of preparing myself.

Intake ambiance a tool for meditation,
Progressing towards the clouds with at whom I am complete.
Defeat the chains that restrain an eager sensation,
Equal balance in and out, all inhibitions shall deplete.
(X2)

I watch the drop join it's friends and become one with the crowd.
Relating all too well, forcing me to sigh out loud,
Look into clouds, to envision, the inside of my head.
I'm turning leaves at this turning point. Remembering what they said,
As they drove off one by one.
They left taking pieces of me until I felt empty inside.
Already looking forward to that day when I'd be returning.
And I hadn't even left yet,
From then on I took the inside out approach.
I'm granted lots of time to think when when your new position is coach.
And your team is sleeping the whole time, when it's 2:40 am in the morning,
And you're in the middle of nowhere with the buzz of the AM radio
The only one that's there.
Think a lot about life, that's where it all began for me,
The more I thought, the more I began to clearly see
Absolutely every aspect of my life in a new light.
I figured out my Rubix Cube...well I got it somewhat right.
And things are coming together as I slowly come undone.
And the occurrence known as the "it" is swept under the rug,
And now my burden weights a ton.
But it only makes me stronger and I refuse to break.
I'm letting things pass by, for the family's sake.
Just give me a picture of the truth so I can hold it near,
And watch the rainfall, syncopated with one lonesome tear.

Intake ambiance a tool for meditation,
Progressing towards the clouds with at whom I am complete.
Defeat the chains that restrain an eager sensation,
Equal balance in and out, all inhibitions shall deplete.
(X2)