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The Third Rail

by Short of the Sun

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1.
I find the stones that blaze most bright So often are flawed and twisted tight In layers of yellow-grey pyrite I think it's time I'd learned to see them right All that glitters gold has quality unknown Sand down the shining shell, the faded core may show All I can see's not nearly enough for me Lightning from the sky and poison in the tree The outside looks healthy and alive But under, the apple's worm survives Inspired and borne by black insides Now that I know you, I'll look for more next time All that glitters gold has quality unknown Sand down the shining shell, the faded core may show All I can see's not nearly enough for me Lightning from the sky and poison in the tree All that glitters gold has quality unknown Sand down the shining shell, the faded core may show All we can spy's a fraction of you and I Poison in the tree meets lightning from the sky
2.
There's a mountain watching from the mist Orange grass surrounded, deep in the distance White dots on the landscape wandering lazily Winding roads arising, calling out to me Oh, and there's an ocean raging in the heat Technicolor greenery, air so sticky-sweet Crystal blue-black water brings the lightest breeze Climbing waves arising, calling out to me In my bones I know the stories told are just for show To create in us a fear of the unknown And soon the dark horizon glows Suddenly sunrise There's a city upon a yellow hill Golden light surrounded, well-dressed people mill Sunrise floods the rooftops, shadows stretch aligned Oh and it's a city that one day I will find In my bones I know the stories told are just for show To burn in us a fear of the unknown Before long the dark horizon glows Suddenly sunrise We've been convinced by the myth that the world is small We need the interest and nerve to discover it all In my bones I know the stories told are just for show To burn in us a fear of the unknown Before long the dark horizon glows Suddenly sunrise
3.
Caution! 04:17
Irony knows my name ever since yesterday Tried not to let it show, building from deep below Fixated on the past, nothing good ever lasts Like it or not, here it goes All I know is that I'm caught between my instinct and my luck I can't obsess over the clear if what I see was never here What I see was never here Irony's fixed my past, fitting and unsurpassed Whether I let it show or not, nothing can regrow I can escape my name if I forget the shame Like it or not, here it goes All I know is that I'm caught between my instinct and my luck I can't obsess over the clear if what I see was never here Instinct operates on cost and what it sees is never lost But still I'm tied to hints and lures; it's vagary that leaves unsure If I let you further into the depths you'd be forgotten Nothing good can come out of it, to be unfrozen And I'm not going to relent, I'm too corrupted So my reactions can only just inspire caution All I know is that I'm caught between my instinct and my luck I can't obsess over the clear if what I see was never here Instinct operates on cost and what it sees is never lost But still I'm tied with yellow lines; it's vagary I hide behind
4.
Spotlight 03:26
Just be sure that you know it, don't let your moment by If you're nervous don't show it, but worries and doubts are alright And you'll know that you've made it just as the curtains rise As the crucial moment begins The spotlight burns bright on your skin Do what you will, take your bow There's no pressure - no pressure, now In this, your moment to shine The spotlight burns right through your mind There's no misstatement allowed But no pressure - no pressure, now All the greats once were quaking, fighting the urge to run Don't give in to your shaking, hold firm until you're done As the crucial moment begins The spotlight burns bright on your skin Do what you will, take your bow There's no pressure - no pressure, now In this, your moment to shine The spotlight burns right through your mind There's no misstatement allowed But no pressure - no pressure, now And soon we start the show Look for the yellow glow Take what you need to know No pressure, no pressure, no And you are not alone If somewhat on your own Just stay within your zone No pressure, no pressure, no
5.
Yellow Brick 04:04
You start your night in static black and white Shadows faded grey, clouded moon so slight And in the silence you try to sing But move so slow You know it's not enough But listen here, it doesn't have to be This country's wrapped in gold from sea to shining sea And when you see your reflection in the waves Tall and clear You'll know you're here with me A quality unknown to me All my colors swim below the yellow brick that paves my road And if you need to change your hue just dare to dream it too There's nothing wrong with a somnambulist life Until the colors draining draw you towards the knife But like the yellow knight fresh from the spell Standing tall I'm not at all afraid Of qualities unknown to me All my colors swim below the yellow brick that paves my road And if you need to change your hue just dare to dream it too All my colors swim below the yellow brick that paves my road And if you need to change your hue just dare to dream it too All my colors swim below the yellow brick that paves my road And if you need to change your hue just dare to dream it too The dreams you dare to dream come true
6.
Pardon me, you need to stand back from the yellow line Pardon me, you need to stand back from the yellow line Well we've been avoiding the danger that you-know-what could bring You know you and I can't flee this forever, one day we'll have to try One over, one under, and one to bring ideas we can't stand It's over, asunder, unless we take the third rail in our hands Well this train will keep going nowhere until we make a change or just disembark But we can get somewhere as long as there's a spark One over, one under, and one to bring ideas we can't stand It's over, asunder, unless we take the third rail in our hands Pardon me, you need to stand back from the yellow line Please sir, you need to stand back from the yellow line Why can't we seem to stay back from the yellow line One station on the line, one car's been left alight One moment to decide to cross the yellow line One station on the line, one car's been left alight One moment to decide to cross One over, one under, and one to bring ideas we can't stand It's over, asunder, unless we take the third rail in our hands One station on the line, one car's been left alight One moment to decide to cross the yellow line One station on the line, one car's been left alight One moment to decide, decide

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released April 24, 2015

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