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Asleep at the Wheel
06:19
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Asleep at the Wheel
I’ve seen the sun rise countless times
I’ve danced in the light of the lunatic moon
I’ve found the bottom of many a glass, and
I got mangled on other tasty bits too.
I’ve traveled around much of the world
Made music for thousands more
Loved far too many dubious men
And all of the entire time
I wasn’t even there...’cause I was
Asleep at the wheel
Enjoying the view
From inside my eyes
Where all the world
Was my own private stage, I was
Asleep at the wheel
With life whizzing by
And in my reverie, I was
Just along for the ride
The view is much nicer
When you’re sleepwalking through
You’re the star of every show
And the world loves you, too
Unscrupulous people don’t
Exist in there, and
All of the empty space is full
So, you never have to really feel
Yourself when you’re alone, I was
Asleep at the wheel
Avoiding the pain
That comes from confronting
The messes you made
Asleep at the wheel, I was
A wreck for too long
And all the while I never had
To sit still alone
Facing the horror of the world
Is hard enough to do
Facing yourself and all you hate
Is even harder still
For the open, empty spaces
Just leave you
With you
(and you and you and you and you... )
So, I try to stand here awake
Solitary, flawed and still
But the lure still tempts me
To close my eyes, and
Dream my dreams
Asleep at the wheel
Asleep at the wheel
Asleep at the wheel
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2. |
Into the Sun
02:42
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Into the Sun
I want to fly
Straight into the sun
Melt my wings and
Plunge into the blazing heat
Become one with the
Blinding light
I'm white hot fire
Hotter than light
All my cells will
Disappear into the blaze until
There’s no more me, just
Beautiful, beautiful
White hot light
I want to fly
Straight into the sun
Straight into the sun
Straight into the sun...
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3. |
Shadowlands
04:15
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Shadowlands
What happened to you?
Why’s the space so dead
Behind your eyes?
Did you burn through the fire
That made you alive?
You walk and talk like
Someone I used to love,
But you're a whispery shell
Of your former self
A cut-out doll
Fluttering in the breeze
What happened to you?
You tried to grab the
World by the horns and
Fling it out into the sky
Scattering your prize wide
Like stars across the canopy…
Did you kill too many hopes?
Did you trash too many dreams?
Did the city break your heart
More than any woman dared?
What happened to me?
I almost followed your lead
Down that path
But I decided I had to live
Though with each and every day, I
Fight the temptation
To join you
In the Shadowlands
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4. |
So Close to You
02:42
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So Close to You
Your eyes
Made me
Want to drown
In you
Your hands
Made me
Want to twine
Round you
Your lips
Made me
Want to
Enter you
I wanted to be
So close to you
Closer than anything I knew
Closer than our bodies
Could ever be
I wanted to dive under your
Skin, swim through the
Platelets of your blood
Wrap myself around and in
The marrow of your bones
Nestle in your muscles
Tangle in the
Branches your nerves
Lodge myself deep in the center
Of your hot and pulsing heart
But my desire masked fantasy
Conjured up to cloak the danger
That I refused to see
Flesh can’t fill the empty spaces
Especially when the figment of my
Dreams was one as
Volatile as you
Now, I’d rather keep a
Lucid distance as
Your madness seems far less alluring
And I continue facing down
The solitary demons, which are
Every lurking, lonely, but they’re mine
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5. |
Some Boys
02:44
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Some Boys
Some boys like to play with snakes
Rip the wings off moths and smash
The blues eggs found in
Robins’ nests above
Some boys leave those days behind
While others find they cannot quell the
Urge that makes them
Want to hurt the very
Thing they love the most
You saw me bright and shiny
Fresh for plucking
For your fancy
And though you struggled hard, you
Couldn’t help but
Try to break me
Straight in two
Bit by bit, with every day, you
Picked and poked and
Dug and bit
Tried to bring me down
With each and every move
I crawled away with two drops left
Close to dead, but I refused to
Give up on the ghost, for
Even life keeps marching on…
So, now you’ll find me on a shelf
Safe and high above, where
Grubby hands can’t pull me down
And have a go
One day, I’ll venture down below
Armor locked in place, so
Angry foolish boys like you
Can't try to mess with me again
Oh no…
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6. |
Alone
02:55
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Alone
For every time I home to you
Try to join myself to you
Try to reach for some moment sublime
I know these precious seconds
When the lines that
Separate us disappear
They’re oh so fleeting, so fleeting…
Far too soon, we'll fall to earth
Break apart into our
Discrete entities, where
There’s no singularity
Only you and me
Why let us know that place exists
Where time and space can melt away
And we are one with everything
When in the end,
Its fades away, and
We are left
Once again
Alone
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7. |
This Time
03:11
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This Time
If this time
Might be the last time
We make love
We may never know
If this time
Is the last time
We make love
We’ll never know
So love me
With all your might
Love me
With all your heart
Love me
With everything you own
For this time may be, the
Last time we'll know
This is all the time we’ve got.
Make it count for all we can
This is all the time we've got
Trickling away like grains of
sand...
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8. |
In the Sea
03:32
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In the Sea (Full Fathom Five)
One day, we’ll live down
In the sea,
You and me,
In harmony
Spending our days so happily
Frolicking among the fish and
Playing hide and seek
Amidst the coral's lacy trails
I’ll pluck some pearls
To bejewel my hair
A ring of shells to
Crown your head and
A mighty triton for your hand
We’ll carve two thrones
From the rocky reefs
Where we'll sit by side
The gentle waves lap golden warm
We’ll splash and laze about each day
And when the moon lights
Up the sky, we'll make our
Sandy beds, and sleep so
Peacefully
Enjoying each other’s
Company
Far better than when we were
Distant mortals on the land
One day, we’ll live down
In the sea,
In the sea,
In the sea,
In the sea,
In the sea…
One day, we’ll live down
In the sea,
In the sea,
In the sea,
In the sea,
In the sea…
[Full fathom five thy father lies
Of his bones are coral made
Those are pearls that were his
Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes…
—William Shakespeare, The Tempest]
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9. |
Where Did You Go?
03:42
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Where Did You Go
I miss you, my friend
I love you and I’ll never
See you again…
Where did you go?
Where are you now?
Did you slide into the earth
Burrow into the loam?
Sink down deep
Into the soil, and
Mix your bones with the stone?
Where did you go?
Did you slip into the sea?
Let your blood flow ’round
The fish and flora
Nestled sleeping
Down dark and deep?
Where are you now?
Did you fly into the air?
Take one final gasp, and
Blow your heart, out
Into the farthest
Reaches of the sky?
I knew one day, that
You, like me,
Would take your leave
And disappear
But I had no idea, that
It would be so soon, so soon…
I miss you, my friend
Where did you go?
Where did you go?
Where are you now?
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10. |
Deep In My Heart
03:26
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Deep in My Heart
Your hands
Your strong hands
Used to hold me,
Feed me, bathe me
Now, they’re tiny twigs
Veined like pale leaves
Your eyes
Your brown eyes
Used to scrutinize me
Now the faintest glimmer
Is all you can perceive
You’ve known me all my days
And time keeps passing by
And we just keep changing
And nothing stays the same
Nothing stays the same
Your skin,
Your pale skin,
So soft, not dry like paper
For all its lines and creases
It’s so soft, so delicate, so soft…
And I’ll remember you
Your eyes, your hands, your skin
And hold you always
Deep in my heart
Deep in my heart
Deep in my heart
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11. |
Sleeping
03:19
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Sleeping
When you’re sleeping
So peacefully
I peer into your tranquil face
And wonder at the
Places where you go
When you're dreaming
So quietly
I gaze into your curtained eyes
Veiled from me, and
Wonder if I'll ever know
The things that only
You can see
When you lie
So near to me
I close my eyes and
Fall to sleep and
Wonder if I’ll join you
In your hidden, private place
Do we meet somewhere, and
Do the things we never can
When we are wide awake?
Come together
Make a secret life
So rare and precious it can
Only blossom fully in the
Garden of our dreams?
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12. |
My Lullaby
02:18
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My Lullaby
Close your eyes
Rest your head
In this soft space
Now's the time
To let yourself go
Let yourself go
No danger’s near
You're sheltered here
All alone and
All is well
No harm can come
To you tonight
You’re safe
Alone in this
Quiet moment
Go to sleep
You can go now
Let yourself go
Now you can
Become one
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Christina Wheeler Berlin, Germany
Christina Wheeler is a composer, vocalist, multi-instrumental electronic musician, producer, and multimedia artist, who works solo and in collaboration with other artists.
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