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The Design

by Mishal Zeera

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1.
Shy 04:07
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Too shy to greet us You keep to yourself Under a table Leafing through a book of photographs Always by yourself Watching you for days now I think to myself Is that joy possible Living in a world of ghostly dreams? Always by yourself I want that happiness I want to hear the sound That silence coming in Like a neutron bomb it tears my life to shreds
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Stars In Steel 03:39
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You can't understand our silence until you're quiet too I can't tempt you or your desire as it walks away with you I am the hand I am the eye ...and I'll see you again I am hid between the secret and the space that stares at you I can comfort you where their love fails, if it's love that comforts you I will watch you by the starlight, a light that always shines I will tear you from the details, Ill tear you from these times I am the web I am the blade ...and I'll see you again There are no memories past this line And past that line there will be no memories for you So close your eyes Know that I'll take you back Everything you want to know You can't understand our silence until you're quiet too
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Innocent 04:36
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You could say that I am as an animal crouched by her side Glad to be there, shameful of the sight And I am not around when you come by I am not around today Two would be an unfair number when it comes to loving mother You would be a dilute on my life When her finger picks at failings, all the Kings men "Uncle!" cry Still I feel her misery tempt my eyes to cry We're both innocent
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The Graduate 04:08
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Going down, beneath the covers I find my first contentment here I don't believe in anything that I can see I don't believe in anything if I can see it It's too late now, I wish I had treat you better Wish I could lay with you again A big house, so many rooms to choose from I'll sleep on the floor again
5.
The Design 03:15
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Suffer me, complex by design Battery, touch the tongue of mine Sold in pieces, the value may rise high Sold in pieces, the program fails by design You could be the next big soap star You could be the next pretender to comfort me Or simply waste my time Battery, touch the tongue of mine In the bathroom, on the floor, she cries She says its all useless, the program fails by design "You should be my next big romance, you should share my burden in this world!" Still there's no-one there you really know can seal the door to hurt for evermore Stupid as you look stuck on your own - maybe there will be a day when, all those good things come and we'll be there Ready to get back Gone to pieces, gone to pieces am I Born useless, the program fails by design You can be the next pretender I will bite the current in my lines
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Prey 04:41
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If you really want me to, I will say to you What I've said a hundred times, when I prey on you It's true Time after time, like sparks, like sparks burning out You'd rather forget and I will speak again If I don't feel better then I will make you cry So cry, how you let me when I break you down Today I woke up sick of being strained and rushed again And I know you couldn't sleep you wear that look again You can see it, it's possible when you're precious to someone - you can hear it echo past the sun Is it second to the reign of progress when there is hope in sight? Are you a slave to detail, or a general weakness, hidden in your mind? (Burrowed in your mind?) Today I woke up sick of being strained and rushed again And I know you couldn't sleep you wear that look so well And we talk again, are we stuck again? All I really want for you is you feel easy too
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Never Mind 04:46
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I wish I controlled myself better, and forced my thoughts to leave me be What takes you from your bed and brings another back? I wish I could soothe and protect her, starting again knowing this from that What changes in ourselves when certain words are said? So, never mind, I'll get it right next time I don't want to go back empty handed, I know I'll go back empty as I came What comforts in the day, it bothers in the night! And fortune seems to favour misfits! With nothing to lose and no-one to pay back, it has nothing to do with raising the lowly high What bothers in the day, it comforts in the night!
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PolyValhalla 04:16
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Clear follow of winter sun behind wings sometimes together, sometimes wide I'm taken completely from the weave and wind How the quiet speaks, sings, moans and weeps! It says to listening ears "I'm here, today" Old murmuring water runs in streams Black beetle and black bee have violet wings I wonder if bodies either will or want The soft shimmer of stellar jewelry drapes over the end of Form and Light Come wake me completely 'cos my joy comes with tears Here today
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Oh Well 04:30
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Facing the sun in the morning Towards the East and high This light and heat swallows night for me Through half closed eyes Oh Well And the sun is not a problem With my insides all on fire I'm burning to death and I forget about myself remaining This all through half closed eyes Some day, you will fly, little bird, and you'll forget the nest you came from, by the lonely brook Some day, you will find, little bird, the stones they throw will never reach you, they just fall to Earth Oh Well
10.
News Of The World 04:53
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See my friend! He makes decisions, he does his business in the dark He knows his cover covers nothing, his mother never coddled him Stick around, if it makes you feel better Come on by, common boy! It's an individuals way of passing time "And I love you baby! I really love you baby!" The righteous path must have diversion, in Palestine, in Israel The Prophets children show no mercy when the television Kingdom's come Paint the scene you must inhabit, stay in green halls of desire! Your lover knows the nails you've trampled to do your business in the dark

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released April 25, 2011

Produced by Mishal Zeera with Jon Duva
Engineers: Jon Duva, Jeff Berner, Alex Wong, Mod Alien
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian

All drums and percussion Kevin McAdams
12 string guitars and backing vocals David Leatherwood
Additional keyboards and backing vocals Micki Barreto
Organ on "Shy" G Guida
Additional backing vocals Caressa Leatherwood


Graphic design by rightintheface.com.
Photo by Lore Splitt

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