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Daybloom

by Daybloom

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1.
Watch this man A man who was in search For the easy way out And stumbled across the easy way in Turned across a deft knuckle like a coin To land heads up Just as called And win it all Rolled from between the rock and the hard place Safely between the training wheels Already seen the pitch curving to home base The light was green but he decided to steal In slow motion crashes he lands Into the luxury recliner From out the frying pan And into the sun and sand He gently dozes toward the bend Accompanied by the ghost of pride He walks the beach toward no end So long as the sea is at his side See this man who sought shelter in sand castles Watch him find wisdom in matchbooks In shades of bland he lives in quiet pastels His character: a collection of last looks Feather heart beneath his weightless breast He learned to chart the identity of man Watch him mark it correctly on the test He had written it on his hand
2.
Blood Lust 04:16
Naive, we came knocking at the gates Entering new love with skipping steps We skipped a step And lost our footing Time pressed on and memory fed hope Forbearance gave way and passion grew claws Marshal our ensigns, report to shared borders We must keep separate each one from the other If there is a breach, more blood will be spilled Now we've a taste for it, we can't stop 'til we've killed Once you were kind and I was well meaning A poet, a pragmatist building love with four hands Now words are arrows And our aim is honed Our bed is our pyre, a sacrifice to itself Our better selves cry out, kindling on the fire Marshal our ensigns, report to shared borders We must keep separate each one from the other If there is a breach, more blood will be spilled Now you've a taste for it, can't stop 'til you've killed Tempting with tears and baiting with jeers Foreplay forewarning the battles to come Reckless strikes Leave frailties revealed Violent visionaries abandon precision Ravaging flesh that scars, but can never heal Marshal our ensigns, report to shared borders We must keep separate each one from the other If there is a breach, more blood will be spilled Now I've a taste for it, can't stop 'til I've killed Can't stop 'til I've killed
3.
Till the Sky 04:32
Whitewashing dawn breaks over windowsills Beckoning all to labors undone Toiling through time, she quiets a frantic voice Murmuring dreams of beauty and rage Bartering hope for trivial drudgery Scorning small joys while others partake Stagnant and cold, poisonous dormancy Fashioning bars, she forges her cage Whispers in the night, specters calling Stars are shining bright, as they’re falling Crashing at her heel, and she’s smiling The Earth ceases to reel, as it’s dying Till the sky, till the sky Myopic child holds others accountable Blaming the world for risks she won’t take Distancing all, willfully desolate Salting her wounds, she is her own prey Reaping brambles from fields unsown, hoarding love from Hearts unknown Self damned to a half lived life, spiteful conceit Breeding strife Whispers in the night, specters calling Stars are shining bright, as they’re falling Crashing at her heel, and she’s smiling The Earth ceases to reel, as it’s dying Till the sky, till the sky Whitewashing dawn breaks over windowsills Beckoning all to labors undone Toiling through time, she quiets a frantic voice Murmuring dreams of beauty and rage
4.
Brink 05:50
You say I'm your anchor But to hold you I had to drown Bearing waves that raise you up Hold me firm, and force me down For years I've rusted here Your tether in stormy seas But now the skies have cleared And I've forgotten how to breathe Forgotten how to breathe I say I'm an island And you are the crashing sea You define me, you confine me And from you I cannot flee You erode my very being With your ever-changing tide My will is lost beneath you I am your eternal bride I'm past the brink, I'm in the drink I'm looking up from the ocean floor You have no rescue boat, I know I'll never float We both know that I'm done for I won't deny I've made my choice And I affirm it every day Convinced that for your joy I must be the one to pay You are not a villain You are just too blind to see The two of us went out at port And one was lost at sea I'm past the brink, I'm in the drink I'm looking up from the ocean floor You have no rescue boat, I know I'll never float We both know that I'm done for I'm past the brink, I'm in the drink I'm looking up from the ocean floor You have no rescue boat, I know I'll never float We both know that I'm done for I'm done for
5.
Resigned 06:16
My perspective is getting bigger And it's making everything look small I see my future getting shorter I see my shadow growing tall In the distance there is an end And it's making everything look bigger I see every word I have penned I see every scar on my figure To meet my own expectations I have struggled and pined Endured failure, frustration And in time, resigned I've watched my wonder evaporate To make room for certainty I see the boundary that creates I see it settling permanently My ambitions get longer But every day their end grows near I see the strain on hope getting stronger I see possibility disappear To meet my own expectations I have struggled and pined Endured failure, frustration And in time, resigned The more I try to grasp The less I am able to hold The moment I understand my youth I am grown old I am grown old I am grown old I am grown old
6.
To Find Me 03:58
Sailed our way ‘round Traitor’s Isthmus Take her up to the Baltic Sea Find the glow on the rocks of Old Tralee Docks are quiet with the low tide Pubs are pushing out their keys Locals smile as the ghosts of my day follow me I am searching, riding rainbows To find me Make my way north to my homeland Follow paths that eyes can’t see No one seems to notice when I leave Knock on doors that once were open Closed and covered, ivy leaves Curtains drawn as the streetlights hit my feet I am searching, riding rainbows, I am looking To find me Something rings out through my temples Interrupting my sweet dreams Reminds me that things are never what they seem Hit the clock and turn off the lights Back in bed where night keeps me Wake me in the morning where I’ll be Searching, riding rainbows Searching, riding rainbows
7.
A shade of grey on a cloudy sky The world of man to a forest pine A drop of water in an endless sea One of a million who’d rather not be A little red paint in a river of blood Four-lane highway to a flash flood Cricket’s chirping over a whale song One right choice in a pattern of wrong An anthill under a stampede Great advice when you don’t take heed A few words of reverence for those who’ve earned it Reflection on life for those who’ve spurned it Abstract painting in a hotel room One less bristle in your dustbroom A speeding ticket when you’re on your way home Everyday worries when you’re out on your own Another paycheck to spend or save Another flower on a very old grave A hidden sadness if you don’t show it A terminal disease if you don’t know it An offer to stay when you’re leaving soon A moonlight drive at twelve noon One wrong note and you’re out of tune Gun in mouth or needle and spoon A burning secret you never confide A paddle and land when you’re swept by the tide A will and purpose when you’re along for the ride Poetic justice for the other side Abstract painting in a hotel room One less bristle in your dustbroom A speeding ticket when you’re on your way home Everyday worries when you’re out on your own Another paycheck to spend or save Another flower on a very old grave A hidden sadness if you don’t show it A terminal disease if you don’t know it An offer to stay when you’re leaving soon A moonlight drive at twelve noon One wrong note and you’re out of tune Gun in mouth or needle and spoon
8.
A final kiss, a last goodbye He turns his head and starts to cry For him, it's the end of the world There's no more reason in his life He tries to speak and don't know why He can't, it's the end of the world The sky is filling up with black The cleansing rain not coming back You know, it's the end of the world The trees are falling down today And leaving us the only way they can It's the end of the world On this planet we are renting Sorry but I feel like venting I can't sit and watch this thing just end Up in the clouds a lonely teardrop Falls upon neglected rooftops I think that he knows, won't try this again Now all the love this world could show Is under several feet of snow That's why, it's the end of the world I won't give up, I'm not like that There's always hope, I'm like a cat Drop me and I'll land right on my feet With every day as we waste time Contemplating nursery rhymes We're fooling ourselves, as history repeats Our future gone, we heard it fall It's fallen off the apple wall For some, it's the end of the world Now God is dead and heaven's gone He gave it up and he's moved on I guess, it's the end of the world It's the end of the world
9.
I think that I am, I think that I am I'm running the race, I'm red in the face I'm trying really hard, I'll get second place I've come really far, I'm not a disgrace, not a disgrace But I think that I am I think that I am It seems really close, it seems really close I keep reaching out, for what I care about I'm trying really hard, but I still have my doubts I've come really far, to choose the easy route, the easy route It seems really close It seems really close I know I can't do it, I know I can't do it There's something in the way, in a shade of lakeshore grey I'm trying really hard, paid all I can pay I've come really far, just so I can say So I can say, I know I can't do it I know I can't do it The end is very close, the end is very close I saw it at the beginning, and then it all started spinning I've tried really hard, but I'm still not winning I've come really far, but I'm still at the beginning, at the beginning And the end is very close It's very close I'll give it one more shot, I'll give it one more shot I think I deserve that much, and I would have it as such I'm trying really hard, almost enough to touch I've come really far, I left behind my crutch, I left it behind I'll give it one more shot One more shot I think that I am, I think that I am I ran the whole race, I'm red in the face I tried really hard, but I still didn't place I came really far, so I'm not a disgrace, not a disgrace But I think that I am I think that I am
10.
Wake 03:41
Moira caught in course of waking Between dream and the day Neither had the claim of staking Neither held a greater sway Dim and dazed and yet so vivid Light and songbirds breaking through Interpose the nymph and naiad Interpose the dusky hue Straddling planes without discernment Bridging gaps and binding all Holding to a brilliant moment Reality within her thrall The moment slips and couplings falter Visions consumed by blazing dawn Aurora proves the fancy's master The wisps of night so soon move on Sweet child I love, please let it pass For dreams are brief and are not meant to last Should you lose yourself within the gates You'll find that only madness waits Wake Morpheus does claim us nightly To wander his capricious land But at day breaking brightly We heed Apollo's fresh command Twin worlds kiss their morning greetings First light and gloam, their common ground This must be their only meeting Lest all creation be unbound You must let them move on My turtle dove, my little swan For where they lead you must not go So part your lids and meet day's glow You need not even say goodbye For they will wait 'til lullaby Wake Moira wake Wake Moira wake Wake
11.
The Proof 03:53
Glancing with a mask of innocence Green-gold eyes peddling lies Forcing forth a deception, protruding into perception Altering minds with truth redefined Deceivers believe and make themselves our truth Believers deceive and make themselves the proof Every word Every look Every touch Is riddled with dishonesty Nowhere to run Nowhere to hide Nowhere to find The truth inside the lies Deceivers believe and make themselves our truth Believers deceive and make themselves the proof Shadows cast on walls of stone Are all some minds shall seek to know But greater truths the world bestows If we but use our flesh on bones Break the dams down And let the floods give way See what holds its ground And see what flows away Every stone Every tree Everyone Holds truth if you but choose to see There’s no need to run There’s no need to hide Someday you’ll find The truth of your own lies

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released February 9, 2021

Kathleen MacIntyre-Ross: Voice
Frank Schoonbeck: Bass, Voice
Michael LeJeune: Guitars, Drums, Voice
Marnen Laibow-Koser: Violin, Viola, Accordion

©2021 Quadrivalent. Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Biscuit Bend Studios, 2013-2020. ASCAP. All rights reserved. Logo design by Adam MacIntyre-Ross.

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Daybloom Albany, New York

After preparing a massive arsenal of puns in preparation for a ten year tour of stand-up punning in pun-friendly venues worldwide, Daybloom packed a van and set out, only to get a flat tire in the driveway. Plans dashed and bored, they started playing music. ... more

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