"4" (2017)

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LET IT GLOW

(Pedersen)

Like the smell of snow

when it lands on your steamy lip

new fallen sweat trickling down

tickles your tongue there's nothing wrong

in sensing carefully

climb back in bed disconnect your hip

let it glow

It's hard standing up

with the weight of what I know

but the truth is it tastes more like ashes

than victory the mystery

is you never miss a beat but always overheat

when you take to the street

Beyond a city left abandoned we spin

beyond the edge of your dreams it seems

worlds of swirl begin

Something's going down uptown day and night

a surge is gonna come wash the filth away to the sea

guaranteed the hard-beating heart

shields the lab rat souls

while control falls apart

If you're spitting in the wind it blows back in your face

but the face that you wear is false

and it don't look like you sad but true

don't you think we know

the real travesty is you wear it just for show

Beyond a city left abandoned we spin

beyond the edge of your dreams it seems

worlds of swirl begin

I need to find new thoughts

plausible and strong

although I'm keeping right I'm always in the wrong

just went along

you know they asked me when you're always in your seat

does it mean you can't think on your feet

POWER LINES

(Heyman/ Pedersen)

Reach out for the falling sun

red dirt roads and one-on-one

don't go on to ask me why

the power lines are singing by my side

Race against the final burn

no regrets and no return

don't ask me to tell a lie

the power lines are wailing by my side

Through the rain

watch your grit go down the drain

don't entertain

a dream of trailing back again

Drifting fast into the black

it's not an option to go back
echoes of a battle cry

the power lines are howling by my side

Through the rain

watch your grit go down the drain

don't entertain

a dream of trailing back again

Drawing closer to an end

a bad break's coming round the bend

swallowed by a bloody sky

the power lines are broken by my side

MOON PALACE

(Pedersen)

Come away to my moon palace

on the final frontier

a silver face trying to tell us to rest up there

and eclipse year after year

Raise your eyes, believe the luster

your nerves recall

assert the sheen the sky can muster

and let it all seep through your cell walls

Cloud number nine

the top of the list

I insist

it's where we align

and all we've missed is there

at the end of the line

Giving in to bold desire we learn the trade

chase the glow and feed the fire

a swell parade of sparks that fade

So come away to my moon palace

I'll met you there

no gravity to compel us

it's a grand affair in thin air

BLACK DOG NIGHTS

(Pedersen)

Slowly getting back in shape

softly planning the escape

I can't help but notice

that the walls are caving in somehow

Black dog nights and mercury

hit me like the third degree

in a time of infamy

there's no end to what the end could be

The blessing seems like a curse

it's bad but it's still getting worse

break up and run

for a place in the sun

Pain's not what it used to be

pretty sure you would agree

there's no pill for this rag

and we're are both flying the pirate flag

Not because we wanted to

clearly turning black and blue

looking up but going down

we were running 'fore we hit the ground

The blessing seems like a curse

it's bad but it's still getting worse

break up and run

for a place in the sun

LONG GONE

(Heyman)

The summer nights are long gone

darkness grows each day

changing winds are rising

but no one's blown away

the flowers we let wither

in the shadows we let grow

they just lay down and I come down

while it falls around me

We left the sky wide open

above the flaming fields

beyond a lost horizon

of run down ideals

no fuel to keep us burning

no drug to keep me clean

I'll just lay down while I come down

and it fades around me

We found our time in pieces

scattered on the ground

maybe this will free us

maybe we'll come around

I take it we're forgiven

I take it we'll forget

I'll just lay down while I come down

and it fades around me

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FALLING

(Pedersen)

This fall we're finally falling

and the freezing dark days

soon come crawling

she said you're appalling

like the sick polaroids

you keep installing

Oh woe

we will go toe-to-toe

Leaves fall like relations

condemned by the cold

and strange accusations

it feels like the surprising

find of a nail

between your eyes and

Oh woe

we will go toe-to-toe

FREE

(Heyman)

Free forever free at last

free to go down slow free to make it fast

go ahead now just feel free

oh you tell me I'm as fre as a man can be

I'm free like thunder free like rain

I'm a rambling man on an empty train

from the mountains to the sea

and I tell you I'm as free as a man can be

I'm free tomorrow free today

free to walk the line

I'm free as far as I can see

and I tell you I'm as free as a man can be

I'm free to rise I'm free to fall

free to crawl the floor the climb the wall

I'm free to laugh when I could cry

and you tell me I'm free to say goodbye

me cursed

GLASS BELL

(Pedersen)

It could be raining but more likely the sun is out

it might be reflections

but I believe those are cotton clouds

You may ask how I don't know

did my eyes already go

but no, I live under glass

For as long as it takes and then some

I'll be

you will see

me

under glass

Notice the low hum or maybe it's just a rush of blood

wicked vibrations

sets me back to days before the flood

You would ask me how d'you feel

I know it's not ideal

it's surreal, I live under glass

For as long as it takes and then some

I'll be

you will see

me

under glass

This bell is all I relate and answer to

it's mostly reflections

but ok then they will have to do

You may ask if I don't mind

the answer is no I am fine

confined

I live under glass

BACKFIRE

(Pedersen)

Sailing through the morning light

into a town without name

far beyond the come-what-might

just looking for someone to blame

I don't need a hideaway

just like to drift around the plan

the frosted sun keeps me at bay

as if to say you understand

don't do it just because you can

It had to backfire coming in under the wire

we always try to get higher

but just fall and get burned

in that same old ring of fire

She came to me in golden robes

she said hello, I said okay

I told her don't get up your hopes

but dug what she had tucked away

and then she took me all the way

It had to backfire coming in under the wire

we always try to get higher

but just fall and get burned

in that same old ring of fire

A cold wind swept the hidden face

of the sorry sight it soon became

gone again without a trace

the wind itself has no aim

it knows no guilt or shame

I'm sailing through the here-and-now

in some town out of place

what is a stranger to you anyhow

he's easily replaced

just another meal

another taste

KEEP IT COMING

(Heyman)

Just be untrue that's all I ask of you

just follow through 'cause all I wanna do

is watch you brake it just to watch it fall

you can make it

Tonight it's all right

Just keep it coming

It's dark and clear

the moon and the stars are near

just me and you all I wanna do

is go on break it just to watch it fall

we can make it

Tonight it's alright

Just keep it coming

FLATLANDS

(Heyman)

Turning wheels, burning tires

frozen pipes, melted wires

got you this far

circumstance

revolving in the flatlands

On too late, gone too fast

went to waste, meant to last

got you this far

the clapping hands

revolving in the flatlands

Out of touch, out of time

another day you fall behind

got you this far

shaking hands

revolving in the flatlands

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"The DeSoto Caucus" (2014)

 Nail In The Wall (Pedersen)

Staring at the nail in the wall where your picture used to hang

trying to remember if the door bell really ever even rang

there's the first few rays of light

sniping like insect bites

Keep it quiet keep a steady hand on the tiller till it cracks

try to find a way to sit it out and please relax

we lost the last shroud of the night

how do we stay out of sight

Listen to the drumming of the rain as the city starts the day

all the running feet of a thunder slowly rolling our way

there's a train full of dreams

taken to extremes choking all the screams

Skills Of Warfare (Pedersen/Heyman)

Into the dead of night we extend you 

a slow and bumpy ride with the ground crew

along the silent roads you won't know of

were darkness still explodes in a blow of

air

take care, there's no need

for all your skills of warfare

Go down along the cove to the new scene

we're putting on a show at the Black Bean

we booked a part for you on the main stage

if it's a bit askew don't sustain rage

go

you don't know you're ensnared

in all your skills of warfare

Upon a crumbled place with a low sound

you think you see a face that brings you down

and find a missing link in a dead voice

but if you try to think, it's your own choice

There you square

and roll out

you're unaware

of all your skills of warfare

Stepping Outside (Pedersen)

I'm stepping outside, reclusive

I'm finding this stride too elusive

not a thought goes through my mind

the work is complete

 and it's fine

I'm stepping outside, committed

you know we collide, now admit it

never thought I'd leave the crew

now it's just me

pulling through

Hear the crooked bullets fly

see how they pass me by

It's colder outside, but it's clear here

no one to fight on this frontier

see the man that slowly flows

into a realm of repose

I followed the stream to the city

I crumpled the dream with pity

now I see how I was blind

I'm stepping outside

and it's fine

Wasteland (Pedersen)

Throw me your red lips

lower your shoulders

show me the scar that you hide

just a few flips that's what I told her

over the great divide

I used to live in deserted houses

castles of bottles and sand

far from a beach yet further from feeling

any one's loving hand

Words that strand

ships in a wasteland

I slowly dissolve like Quinn as he's watching

out with his eyes on the door

fall like the rain be

lost in glass city

pitilessly drifting ashore

Radiant cowgirl beam through the doorway

showing the scars I conceal

glow in a new dawn, start the healing

ending this lonesome ordeal

Words that strand

ships in a wasteland

we're ships in a wasteland

Come Undone (Pedersen)

Feet first we're falling

in and out of belief

two tickers stalling in need of relief 

You've hit the waters

that fell as we spun

around the wonders of the multiple one 

Come undone

be the one

don't lay out the setting sun

In fear of drowning

unlearning at best

we all run for reasons barely expressed

Our words keep fueling

unreasonable doubt

it's kind of grueling but that's what it's all about

Come undone

 be the one

don't lay out the setting sun

I've lost the feeling

that I'm one of us

it's so revealing and so hard to suppress

Come undone

be the one

don't lay out the setting sun

Just The Other Day(Pedersen)

It seems like just the other day

that half the city washed away

and you said us two we'll stay

you're tired of running 

It seems like just the other day

I think maybe it was in May

you left to join the cabaret

a painful show, a shadow play

left you spinning

It seems like just the other day

Stars that shoot and love that's second hand

can be really beautiful

like an unknown Promised Land

you're so hard to understand

It seems like just the other day

you said there will be hell to pay

then took the car towards the bay

did not come back that night

in fact you never did so I guess you got lost along the way 

Lighthouse (Pedersen)

A lighthouse against the winter sky

a landscape flying by

and you know that you've been screwed

something doesn't quite comply

but instead of asking why

you just conclude

that that beacon is the essence of solitude

Made good money, sure

that's not the problem nor the cure

another week escaped you

another month, another year

and you think you know what you're doing

and you think that you're getting somewhere

A black dog by the side of the road

rocks where a river flowed

and you know it all adds up

and while you are still afloat

you make a mental note

to just stop and see the moon

and its glow before it drops

Never once looked back

always stayed on the track

another love escaped you

another dream, another fear

and you think you know what you're doing

and you think that you're getting somewhere

Bridges Of Bern (Heyman)

All the people of Bern know to keep in mind

that you can drift down the Aare

but don't reach the river Rhine

Coming down from the ridges

with the pace of time

and we fall from the bridges

and we're drawn to the river Rhine

All the bridges of Bern

up above, along the line

just burn on, burn

we're on our way to the river Rhine

Maybe time will disclose

what made us blind

well everybody knows

we'll go down in the river Rhine

Crack In The Cover (Pedersen)

I'm one lying flat on the back

checking the crack in the cover

perceiving a cleansing air above her

There's two or more ways to explain

the growing pain of your lover

that we might be about to discover

And it seems to me

like a burn in the third degree

that's coming on inescapably

All three going down a dirt track

while dusky clouds start to hover

I'm still checking the crack in the cover

And it seems to me

like a burn in the third degree

that's coming on inescapably

Don't Fear (Pedersen)

Escaping through tunnels of cracked concrete

surprised at what you find

looking east you meet the west and see how they align

you reach the plains as daylight breaks

it's clear there is a gain

pilots, sailors, faithful fakes abandon the urbane

So don't fear if you hear

a foreign sound to your ear

Never mind the word you heard

we're running towards the light

hearing fails and eyes get blurred upon this wondrous sight

we reach out to the fellow man

attempting to unite

they say that's how it all began

to me it's just alright

So don't fear when you hear

a foreign sound to your ear

The man is at the window still

he's taking you away

to the big house on the hill in case you won't obey

hold on to your rabbit's foot

for all that it is worth

your luck is totally kaput prepare to hit the dirt

But don't fear if you hear

a foreign sound to your ear

Lonesome Train (Pedersen)

Lonesome train

westward bound

long to dwell

to rest and never be found

Yellow as liquid sun

carrying a suitcase and a ray gun

Pierce the plains

rule the rail

you persist

the steel and dust trails prevail

No more horsing around

in for a penny in for a pound

Cry against

the rushing tide

knee deep in uncovered with nowhere to hide

March on the golden dawn

steadfast and frugal you move on