Instructions from the manual Could not have been more plain The blues are still required, that's right The blues are still required again Past territorial piss-posts Past whispers in the closets Past screamin' from the rooftops We live to survive our paradoxes We live to survive our paradoxes We live to survive our paradoxes [Incomprehensible] Men here of the secret They pass in upholstered silence They only exist in crisis They only exist in silence Past territorial piss-posts Past whispers in the closets Past screamin' from the rooftops We live to survive our paradoxes We live to survive our paradoxes We live to survive our paradoxes We live to survive our paradoxes We live to survive our paradoxes We live to survive our paradoxes [Incomprehensible] runin' out [Incomprehensible] sixty seconds on the dial And that takes a while

When it's springtime in the rockies I'm coming back to you Little sweetheart of the mountains With your bonny eyes of blue Once again, I'll say I love you While the birds sing all the day When it's springtime in the rockies In the rockies, far away The twilight shadows deepen into night, dear The city lights are gleaming o'er the snow I sit alone beside the cheery fire, dear I'm dreaming dreams from out the long ago I fancy it is springtime in the rockies The flowers with their colors all aflame And though I long to be back in the rockies I'll wait until the springtime comes again When it's springtime in the rockies I'm coming back to you Little sweetheart of the mountains With your bonny eyes of blue Once again, I'll say I love you While the birds sing all the day When it's springtime in the rockies In the rockies, far away

Carbon-made found her at the end of a chain "Time to race" she said, "Race the downhill" Behind crystalline irises loons can dive Where the world bleeds white Just keep your eyes on her Keep don't look away Keep your eyes on Her horizon Bear Claw, Free Fall, A Gunner's View Black and blue shred in ribbons of lithium Blow by blow her mind cut in sheets Layers deep now unravelling Just keep your eyes on her Keep don't look away Keep your eyes on Her horizon Get me Neil on the line No, I can't hold Have him read "Snow Glass Apples" Where nothing is what it seems "Little Sis, you must crack this" He says to me "You must go in again Carbon-made only wants to be unmade" Blade to ice, it's Double Diamond time And keep your eyes on her Keep don't look away Keep your eyes on her horizon On her eyes On her horizon

Flicker, Yes flicker There it is A little less faint A little more of your flame Feel it warm your skin Part of you trapped within Shed a little light on this, help me see Shed a little light on this, Underneath the scarring from his defiling Underneath the pain Heroines, they are not born They are made A phoenix forms, her ashes rise Expose their hell, break Satan's spell Fire purifies, it's redemption time Flicker, yes, Flicker When neighbours and friends Only give you their burning silence Even with torches raised, Part of you can't feel safe Shed a little light on this, Help me see Shed a little light on this, please Shed a little light on this, And on those who excuse this act of violence Choosing you to play Heroines, They are not born, they are made A phoenix forms, her ashes rise Expose their hell, break Satan's spell Fire purifies, it's redemption time

I'm not sure who's fooling who here As I'm watching your decay We both know you could deflate A seven hurricane Seems like you and your tribe Decided you'd rewrite the law Segregate the mind From body, from soul You give me yours, I'll give you mine 'Cause I can look your god right in the eye You give me yours, I'll give you mine You used to look my god right in the eye I believe in defending In what we once stood for It seems in vogue To be a closet misogynist homophobe A change of course in our direction A dash of truth spread thinly Like a flag on a pop star On a Benzodiazapene You give me yours, I'll give you mine 'Cause I can look your god right in the eye You give me yours, I'll give you mine You used to look my god right in the eye Oh Zion please Remove your glove And dispel every Trace Of his spoken word That has lodged In my vortex I'm not sure who's fooling who here As I'm watching our decay We both know you could deflate A seven hurricane You could have spared her, oh but no Messiahs need people dying in their name You could have spared her, oh but no Messiahs need people dying in their name You say, "I ordered you a pancake" You say, "I ordered you a pancake"

Benjamin, science whiz My computer bat friend Tell me where, tell me when I'll meet you ninja Ben At the back of the record store With the tapes you secured Prove the extent of their viciousness As they purge our scientists My computer bat hunts for facts Campaigns funded by The fossil fuel industry How many of us will they own To give them global mastery? Sucking hydrocarbon from the ground Those pimps in Washington Are selling the rape of America As they attack Juliana Now there is no avoiding Necessity resurrecting herself And her daughters Who will never be bought Not by the gods Not by the men on the hill Thread of life Measured quick Spin then Snip Benjamin, science whiz My computer bat friend Tell me where, tell me when I'll meet you ninja Ben Tell me where, tell me when I'm in your army Ben