The Elephant Six Recording Company - Circulatory System Lyrics
LYRICS

Circulatory System

yesterday's world

yesterday's world
seemed just so far away
from these days
yesterday's dreams
seem just alright
with me these days
can we go back in time?
can we bring these days?
yesterday feels
feels just so far away
from these days
yesterdays seems
seems just so far away
from these things
yesterday's dream
feels just so far away
from these things
here we go back in time
to bring these days

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prehistoric

now and then
this moment
the past
and the present
and from now on
prehistoric
to the present day
it's all inside us
below us, above us
around us, outside us

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diary of wood

people made of paper
come and go
but shadows grow
green behind
in a diary of wood
we found the things
that make us grow these worlds
an umbrella made of stone
and the focus that will turn to sand
you get the general idea
to call in all the troops
that are close at hand
pretend you're a soup of sky
past earth tonight
let's send them photographs
from way outside
way inside

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outside blasts

over the leaves, past the church (and bells)
you'll hear ancient voices singing
walk past the leaves
nevertheless here we go
if you want to talk about symbols
we are often symbols, definitions, tables
hardware in a circular time
we just want to fly (away)
if you're given the chance (you are)
would you walk up and down
the things inside of you?
hear the message we send
there's no more waiting because
everything's always been, and will be
we just want to fly away
we don't have much time
there's no time, for coming apart at the...
seems like an ornament blue air raid
are you sad about your mountain?
was this a continent you liked?
there's no sound, just circular beaches
accepting your part of it
seems like a clock (poor old clock)
the country clock is invisible

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joy

we're only made of water, sand and stone
we're made of joy and make believe
we're only made of sky, and it's true
if you still believe in joy
even if the world is full of hate
we can blast away inside (way inside)
you can still believe in joy
even when the world is loss and pain
you can blast away inside (way outside)
its no secret we have this little blue world inside
do you still believe in joy
and blast away at confusion and pain?
no matter what you look like (or feel like)
it's no secret we have this little blue world inside

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the lovely universe

here comes the perfect day
we're inside the milky way
to revolve around the sun, and believe
that it's a lovely universe
in us all, and you'll be fine
you've got the planets and stars
and the planets and stars they're inside you
the meaning came today
all your questions slipped away
just revolve around the sun, and believe
that it's a lovely universe
in us all...
in the lovely universe
we can use more than five senses
the feeling came today
we finally slipped away
and found a little cloud, floating free
in thee lovely universe (in us all)

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round

round, it always comes around again
we've comearoundd but...
here we go round again
round, we always go around again
but here we've come around again
again, round and round, round

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inside blasts

looping scenes over geometry
midnight window
to foggy entrance
small clutch on planes
wire, wood or spacing
grains and sauces
come from another city
entirelyy different from the present time
from the present time let's go
to different worlds than you thought possible
new tastes, wire, wood or planes
looping, looping, looping, looping
you, thought you'd never live (to find)
all the thing inside, what about truth?
it's something you don't often find
well, don't forget the sky
fools, if you're waiting on some paradise
don't forget your lives
because, we observe the myth tonight
who wants to rise above these buildings?
who wants to rise above their chemistry?
tonight? climb a tree and follow the stars

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illusion

shall we dust off the maps?
or has illusion transformed us?
ceilings aren't high, top floor
breathe carefully begin to climb
did you never think you'd open your eyes up
to find the pieces in place?
don't you know when you look hard enough
you will find, the pieces in place
shall we dust off the maps?
describe the performance?
or shall we move on?

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waves of bark and light

did we never say hi?
we never say hi or say goodbye
but here we go into the sun
to ride the waves of bark and light
when we've made it up to the sun
unpack your things, you'll see why we've come
you need your frequencies of intuition
the now dead eternal clock has ceased its ticking
i read between the lines
and saw the faces
we saw the difference in every corner
we now know, everything
is just beyond us, above us, below us, etc.

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now

now, right now
there is no other time
right now is the only time
it's been such a long time, now
we're such a long way away
we can ride a time or dateline

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a peek

do you think you believe what we've seen
let's open the door, have a peek
you'll see time is flowing out
it's something so big you can't see
but of all the things, you can believe
do you think time is running out?
it's something so big you concede
let's open the door that has reached
what is now known as inside out
it's never too late to see
the clearest things come to be
if you seek time that's flowing out

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fingers

all we are is fingers on a reaching hand
towards the sky...
below the sea...

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days to come

we're sending photographs of days to come (next century)
wait until you're certain everything is all right
and we've taken all the things from brain to stem
here are some pictures we found inside
lately, we're moving closer, wait until you're
certain everything is all right why defeat
yourself with every word you say?
here are some pictures from a new
calendar, we found inside, outside
above, below, beyond... here we go
we'removingg closer and closer

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symbols and maps

such a long way, a long way
let's take off in the sky
painting symbols and maps
keeps us occupied
the sound in the forest
you heard the whisper
i know you've come a long way
let's take off in the sky
and revel all the worlds that we've locked
inside, the sound in the forest
you heard the whisper
i know you've come a long way

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the pillow

incomprehensiblee flights of the fruit
(twisted around) looping, lifting
new dimensions, we construct
a new model, but we never reach the way
we're stuck in this world they built
there's a way out (some way)
just say goodbye to the world that we've known
beyond your shoulders, above the flags
across the mountains, a new clock is here
beyond the railings, below the towns
above thehighwayss, beyond the clouds
above the houses, beyond control
below the oceans, above the blanks

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stars

here we go around the world
just to find it's all a dream
good thing your dream is your reality
who wants to rise above?
how long has it been for the stars
up in the sky?
and how long has it been
for the things you know?
here we go up on a cloud

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time or dateline

it's been such a long time
such a long time
you're such a long way away

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how long?

how long?
will we ride in the sky
if we take our advice from the sun?
how long? just to find once inside
that the universe is so small
look back, on the things in your lives
and take some advice
from the stars...
you never knew, you didn't know it was coming
all we are is fingers on a reaching hand
towards the sky, below the sea

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should a cloud replace a compass?

rain makes shapes fall on the lights
and thelamppostss, door to door
should a cloud replace a compass?
how long can we think of the world
as simply up or down (black and white)
when inside out has come (and gone)
telephone wires, they may never reach
you, they climb up so high, but still
they never reach you (that's a good thing)

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your parades

create your own parades, invite the stars and planets
reach the heavens, just inside
you never knew it was coming
in balloons of your own design
you can land there day or night

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forever

we will live forever
and you know its true