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No Control
03:56
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Lost and bewildered
And so far from home
You realize that you're all alone
You won't admit you
Need a helping hand
You deny that control is gone
Screaming for any who hear
Just so that they will know
There's nothing to see here
Everything's under control
But nobody listens
No one understands
They all think they have good advice
They won't make a difference
Nobody can
Because they can't see through your eyes
Letting the chaos ensue
Lashing out at the world
There must be something you can do
Order to restore
You go through the motions
And wait for the change
Maybe this time you'll get it right
Avoiding the different
Afraid of the strange
Afraid to see yourself in the light
Keeping yourself on a leash
Hiding safe in your hole
Stasis is sanctuary
How you maintain control
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Electric Fugue
03:54
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Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
Señors, señors, car avec les soldats
Oui, les toréros peuvent s'entendre
Pour plaisirs, pour plaisirs, ils ont les combats
Le cirque est plein; c'est jour de fête
Le cirque est plein du haut en bas
Les spectateurs, perdant la tête
Les spectateurs s'interpellent á grand fracas
Apostrophes, cris, et tapage
Poussés jusques á la fureur
Car c'est la fête du courage
C'est la fête de gens de coeur
Allons! en garde! allons! allons! Ah
Torèador, en garde
Et songe bien, oui
Songe en combatant
Qu'un oeil noir te regarde
Et que l'amour t'attend
Torèador, l'amour, l'amour t'attend
Tout d'un coup on fait silence
Ah! que se passe-t-il?
Plus de cris, c'est l'instant
Plus de cris, c'est l'insant
Le taureau s'élance
En bondissant hors du toril
Il s'élance! il entre, il frappe
Un cheval roule, entraînant un picador
<<Ah! Bravo! Toro!>> hurle la foule
Le taureau va, il vient, il vient, et frappe encor
En secouant ses banderilles
Plein de fureur, il court
Le cirque est plein de sang
On se sauve
On franchit les grilles
C'est ton tour maintenant
Allons! en garde! allons! allons! Ah
Torèador, en garde
Et songe bien, oui
Songe en combatant
Qu'un oeil noir te regarde
Et que l'amour t'attend
Torèador, l'amour, l'amour t'attend
Torèador, torèador, l'amour t'attend
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The Door
02:38
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The day, the day will never fade
From the chambers of my memory
When I found the door to the other side
It followed anywhere she dared to lead
We walked for miles, and miles, and miles
Wondering at the world in this new state
We could speak to others at our leisure
But not a soul could our world infiltrate
The rules changed
Time took on a different meaning
Beauty strange
And it shook me to the core
Through it all
My sense of self persisted yet
But she changed it evermore
Out of body, in a different mind
I saw time and space through another's eyes
We saw ourselves through each other's eyes
I was exhilarated and terrified
No more, no more, no more, no more
Will that door be opened for all time
The real world called me back
And I answered
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The Other Side
07:20
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Once upon a time
There was I, just getting by
On routine
Every day
Only living life
Content, but never satisfied
Resigned to find
No other way
Then a door flew open wide
And I was pushed
To the other side
How can this be
Can I believe the things I see
I could never have dreamed up
Where I am
I'm scared, but somehow I know
That I was made for this
And I could never go
Back again
Acceptance takes a while
Though every sense says this is real
I couldn't make this up
Oh, no
It's all so strange, but now
Alive is how I really feel
Each day my sense of
Purpose grows
Since that door flew open wide
And I was pushed
To the other side
How can this be
Can I believe the things I see
I could never have dreamed up
Where I am
I'm scared, but somehow I know
That I was made for this
And I could never go
Back again
How can this be
Can I believe the things I see
I could never have dreamed up
Where I am
I'm scared, but somehow I know
That I was made for this
And I could never go
Back again
How can this be
Can I believe the things I see
I could never have dreamed up
Where I am
I'm scared, but somehow I know
That I was made for this
And I could never go
Back again
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Our Brothers' Blood
08:14
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I hear your brother's blood
Crying out for justice from the
Street where it was spilled beneath his keeper's feet
Justice is slow, and deaf
And dumb, and blind, and often it's not done
And owed with interest after all these years
Blows for the fool, they say
Foolishness dismisses, looks away
Pretends that it sees no atrocity
Call me the spirit of
Revenge, but we are legion and demand
A restitutionary offering
Our brother's blood lies as
A signpost in the road, pointing the way
Towards tomorrow and towards yesterday
One cannot walk to
Yesterday, but one could simply walk away
And hope that ignorance his choice explains
Despite the fervent fears
Of some, yesterday can' t be undone
But tomorrow could be changed
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Home
04:56
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When the sun grows cold
And the nights grow long
And the world weighs more every day
When everything seems
Bent on going wrong
And I feel like I'm losing my way
When the hour is late
And my nerves are frayed
But my weary way home's finally through
A warm heart awaits
Where my rest is made
It's so good to be home with you
When the money's dear
And the bills arrive
And world seems falling apart
And all of its slings
And arrows fly
And wounds pollute the heart
When eyes run dry
And blood runs cold
And some comfort is long overdue
There's a haven for
Body, mind, and soul
It's so good to be home with you
And oh, there were so many lonely nights
When my empty heart kept me awake
I'd given up believing there was someone
Made to fit in this aching space
When dreams foreclose
On tired, old bones
And the pilgrimage nearly is through
When the heavens clamor
For kingdom come
It's so good to be home with you
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Inire's Mirrors Mankato, Minnesota
Inire’s Mirrors is the musical work of Tony Cordes, which is to say, me: a singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and occasional pizza baker, cooking up killer pies and saucy electronic-symphonic-prog-rock-metal right here in Mankato, Minnesota.
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