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Confirmation Bias
08:25
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CONFIRMATION BIAS
Well Francis was a mystic
I saw him walking in the fields
He said he’d never felt as hopeless
Never felt as lonesome, and never felt as free
Once I was young and running wild
But time has had its way with me
Now I’m resolute and restless
Scorned, forsaken, lonely
Maledicted and released
And in this shared hallucination
The unproven is believed
What’s the point in looking around
How dare we call things into doubt
If we know just what we think
We know just what we think…?
Well Francis said they’ll never stop
Because you know they can’t believe
That they’re only here this moment
That they themselves are finite
And they just refuse to see
They’ll burn this world like it won’t run out
Like its abundance will not cease
Like it’ll fill a void so lonesome
Fill a void so hopeless
There’s no end to what they need
And it’s our confirmation bias, friend
We reinforce what we believe
What’s the point in looking around
If you dispel the truth with doubts
And disavow the things you see
You disavow the things you see?
So smoke ‘em if you got ‘em
Have another round or two
You know this party’s going nowhere
I said this party’s nowhere
There’s nothing much to do
Just rearrange my expectations
Elevate me if you can
From out of this swamp of complications
Of nuanced situations
Of this tedious last stand
It’s our confirmation bias, friend
It keeps us disarmed and well deceived
All the world is upside down
Or is it the other way around
Do you know what you believe?
Yeah, do you know what you believe?
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HEAD FOR THE HILLS
Head for the hills
Let’s hit the road
Let’s pack it up
Let’s close this show
Let’s make a move
Let’s split this town
Let’s burn it down
Let’s break up camp
And douse the fire
Call back the dogs
And join the choir
Set ‘em up Joe
One for my baby
And one for the road
And now it all seems so far away
Could there be better day
For me and you?
I don’t know why we waited
I don’t know the road to take
I just know it’s getting late
For me and you
Head for the hills
It’s time to bounce
Let’s bust a move
And let’s bug out
We’re giving in
We’re jumping ship
It’s time to split
We’re making tracks
We’re moving on
Let’s pull a ghost
Gone baby gone
Farewell, goodbye
Adios, adieu to you
And now it all seems so far away
Could there be better days
For me and you?
I don’t know why we waited
I don’t know the road to take
I just know it’s getting late
For me and you
And on the horizon
There’s a mountain high
It was made for you and I
Of that I’m sure
Let’s try to disappear
Let’s find the road that’s clear
Let’s find a way that we can get away from here
Head for the hills
Let’s go get stoned
Let’s all get lost
This place is toast
Farewell, goodbye, adios, adieu
Farewell, goodbye, adios, adieu
To all of you
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The Silk Road
05:22
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THE SILK ROAD
I wish I was a sailor
Just sailing on the sea
I wish I was a mystic
Just walking through the trees
But we’re marching down the silk road
With no idea of what it means
Lord we’re trouble bound
By all the things we can’t see
This road is still and empty
I haven’t seen a face for miles
The sun is hot
The shade is cool
What I’d give to see a smile
And I wish I was a sailor
Just riding on the sea
But I’m just out here thinking
What it was you meant to me
Well they tell me that you’re waiting
For the day that I return
Emancipation or ruination
You’re open to either one
And I wish I was a mystic
Walking through the trees
But I’m just out here thinking
‘Bout what I said that I didn’t mean
You’ve been staring at the walls
Seeing things you’ve never seen
You’ve been staring at the walls
Thinking things you’d never think
You said you’d never be a sailor
But can’t stop dreaming of the sea
And now you hate it when you dream
You’d rather drown himself than think
The road on into forever
There’s something up over the hill
It’s up there round the bend
Just waiting for the kill
And I wish I was a mystic
With a clear and focused mind
With talisman to cling to
To see me to the other side
Well once I had a teacher
Oh how he’d make me think
Put my tail between my legs
With the wisdom that he’d speak
I last saw him at the trailhead
I waved as he walked away
He said there’s life and death in a moment
It’s not your choice either way
I wish I was a sailor
Just sailing on the sea
I wish I was a mystic
Walking through the trees
But we’re marching down a silk road
No idea what it means
Lord we’re trouble bound
By all the things we can’t see
Lord we’re trouble bound
We’re trouble bound by the things we can’t see
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The State of My Kingdom
04:56
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STATE OF MY KINGDOM
You and I in our tiny boats
Little ghost ships barely staying afloat
Leaky sieves with no quarter
In violent seas, taking on water
Take my hand and stare back at the golden shore
We’re blown out to sea at the cusp of a war
We hear the marching
We hear the horses
We hear the thunder
And that’s the state of my kingdom
State of my kingdom
Check out the view at the edge of the world
Under crystalline skies, no detail’s obscured
The beauty shines in the face of its curse
And you’re a clever boy now
But you can’t find the words
To describe all the horrors that tomorrow will bring
The fire and smoke and the song the crow sings
And battered hearts bleeding, all broken and free
To act out the part of a lifetime
And that’s the state of our kingdom
The state of our kingdom
When blues skies descend to smother our will
We’ll fight back ashore and head for the hills
With the last of our effort and the last of our steel
And the song of the fates closing in for the kill
Dame fortune has showed her face
Soon we’ll be riding a cold rock
Slowly rolling through space
And the rose-lipt maidens and lightfooted lads
Kiss once again to prove that they lived
And that’s the state of our kingdom
The state of our kingdom
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STILL I LIVE, STILL I DREAM
I stood alone on an empty street
My days are marked, and carved in stone
So stop the clock now, send me home
The breeze across my face blows warm
I heard no gavel hammer down
I saw no sign of my reprieve
My hands were unbound at the gate
But I only felt a mild relief
But still I live and still I dream
I hurl a bottle into the sea
With very last of my belief
I live, I live, I dream, I dream
We walk the edge of flowered fields
We listen for thunder in the hills
And dance in streets turned deadly still
I live, I live, I live
I dream, I dream, I dream
Turn your head when they walk me up
Do not look from down below
The time was short, we always knew
That coward’s bargain through and through
The promise was weak, it was always cruel
It was a lie, we always knew
There’s no reason now to mark the time
The sun is shining in my eyes
But still we live and still we dream
I hurl a bottle in the sea
With very last of my belief
I live, I live, I dream, I dream
We walk the edge of flowered fields
We listen to the thunder in the hills
And we dance in streets turned deadly still
We live, we live, we live
We dream, we dream, we dream
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I SAW YOU THROUGH BROKEN GLASS
In the springtime, I smelled flowers
Come the summer I heard the birds
In the autumn I saw the moon
In the winter I felt the snow
In the solitude I found freedom
In the quiet I found contentment
In the darkness things were certain
Unrelenting, vivid and cold
I saw you through through a window
I saw you through the broken glass
I’m deluded, I’m enlightened
I’m sustained by either state
From morning to dusk I read wordless text
At dawn I give in and I’m lost in thought
The warblers whistle from windswept willows.
And dogs bark to me from down the village
I can’t describe these feelings in me
How can I give you a heart so overwhelmed?
I saw you through through a window
I saw you through the broken glass
Well now you are out there and I am somewhere
And this is the future, and we are here
No one’s walking hand in hand
And we know nothing down to a man
Who’s an optimist? Who’s a fool? Who’s a dreamer?
Not a hope in the world, but remains a believer?
We’re abused by the takers and ignored by redeemers
We’re lost in the stars, they’re our last great deceiver
I saw you through through a window
I saw you through the broken glass
Sitting on the steps your head in your hands
Thinking of things you can’t understand
Sitting on the steps your head in your hands
It’s barely enough, it’s the best that you can
Sitting on th red e steps staring at the sky
Looking at the sun thinking of time
Sitting on the steps staring into space
Thinking to yourself get me out if this place
Sitting on the steps your head in your hands
Thinking of things you can’t understand
Sitting on the steps your head in your hands
It’s barely enough, it’s the best that you can
Sitting on th red e steps staring at the sky
Looking at the sun thinking of time
Sitting on the steps staring into space
Thinking to yourself get me out if this place
Sitting on the steps your head in your hands
Thinking of things you can’t understand
Sitting on the steps your head in your hands
It’s barely enough, it’s the best that you can
Sitting on th red e steps staring at the sky
Looking at the sun thinking of time
Sitting on the steps staring into space
Thinking to yourself get me out if this place
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We Were Not They Said
05:53
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WE WERE NOT THEY SAID
Light was not they said
Dark was not they said
The sea was not they said
The land was not not they said
Rivers were not they said
Mountains were not they said
The fish was not they said
The bear was not they said
The cold was not they said
The heat was not they said
The rain was not they said
The snow was not they said
The clouds were not they said
The sky was not they said
The wind was not they said
The air was not they said
The moon was not they said
The stars were not they said
Space was not they said
Time was not they said
Black was not they said
White was not they said
Before was not they said
All was not they said
I was not they said
You were not they said
We were not they said
They were not they said
The heart was not they said
Love was not they said
It disappeared they said
The world was not they said
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Silver Smoke of Dreams
09:54
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One Grain of Sand
07:35
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ONE GRAIN OF SAND
One grain of sand
One grain of sand in all the world
One grain of sand
One little boy, one little girl
One grain of sand
One little star up in the sky
One grain of sand
One little you, one little I
One grain of sand
One drop of water in the sea
One grain of sand
One little you, one little me
One grain of sand
One leaf of grass--on a windy plain
One grain of sand
We come and go again and again, again
One grain of sand
One grain of sand on an endless shore
One grain of sand
One little life, who'd ask for more
One grain of sand
One grain of sand, one grain of sand
One grain of sand
One grain of sand, one grain of sand
One grain of sand
One little star up in the blue
One grain of sand
One little me, one little you
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The Delta Wind
07:01
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DELTA WIND
Delta wind blowing, up through the leaves
Up from the levee, up through reeds
Up past the oak, to the ponderosa tree
From Rio Vista, all the way up past Alder Creek
I walked that levee once you’re walking now
Praying that the wind would cool me down
That breeze on the levee - the only cool around
What the hell are doing in this sad old town?
Summer heat bakes like only summer can do
Everything has changed and nothing is new
What in the world you ever gonna do
Now that delta wind's blowing
And you’re stuck with the truth?
Delta wind blowing, it blows all the way
Up into the hills from down the valley plane
Past dying old farms, past suburban lanes
Up into the forest that's been scarred deep by flame
Where the fishermen settled, where the silt becomes dirt
You were lighting a candle in a Portuguese church
Old timer smoking just outside the door
Knees too stiff to kneel, he’s seen it all before
You sit in the pews and say a prayer for her
We all gotta do what we all gotta to do
Are you walking blind
Or are you just stumbling through?
Now that Delta wind's blowing, it’s blowing in cool
Delta wind blowing up through the leaves
Dog’s stretched out on the floor
And you’re laying on top of the sheets
Bird's fighting the wind to just find their way
And the fruit on the vine's trying hard not to wither away
Down in Delano, they’re out in the fields
I thought that time was done, but they’re out there still
In the haze of the dust, at the edge of twilight
Your mama got away, and it was just in time
Joan is driving 99 in that black Cadillac
She hates being here, she hates looking back
She can’t shake the feeling on a night so blue
As much as things have changed, she’s just stuck with the truth
Delta wind blowing, against the summertime heat
Thought I was holding it in, but now I’m down on my knees
Dreaming of fog in December, so thick I can’t find my way
Dreaming of the snow in the mountains
Coming down hard on a winter’s day
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Well Johnny and me we’re heading out
We’re taking the dogs and splitting town
Ain’t got nothing left to tie us down
We’re just ghosts in the wind
We’re just sad old clowns
I Got my old guitar, Johnny stole a banjo
Wrote oblivion or bust on a sign by the road
Said goodbye to our loves
Goodbye to our homes
Wished everyone good luck and struck out on our own
Now we’re swimming in deep water
Swimming in deep water
Waters way up over our heads
Look out mama, we’re good as dead!
Swimming in deep water, we’re swimming in deep water
Swimming in deep water
We’re swimming in deep water
And we’re swimming in deep water
Swimming in deep water
We’re swimming in deep water
Swimming in deep water
Swimming in deep water
And we’re swimming in deep water
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Victor Krummenacher California
Victor Krummenacher is a founding member of Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom. In addition to a solo career spanning 10 albums over 25 years, he is also a member of The Third Mind (with Dave Alvin), and has played bass for Eyelids, Cracker, M. Ward and Casey Neill among others. Victor's 10th solo album, Silver Smoke of Dreams was released in October of 2021. ... more
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