Parallelo
Copyright Philip Radiotes.
Drums by Kevin Estrada, Bass by Gus Iversen
Uses Of A Man [lyrics][hide]
Extra Weight [lyrics][hide]
We Have All Summer [lyrics][hide]
Mayan Calendar [lyrics][hide]
Cheap Livin [lyrics][hide]
Staring Down The Sun [lyrics][hide]
Creators [lyrics][hide]
Milestones [lyrics][hide]
Pineapple [lyrics][hide]
Propeller Jet [lyrics][hide]
Well Being [lyrics][hide]
Leaked photo shot in the dark on a resolve to make a change
I fought that feeling for strange markings of a coming of age
no couple, shifted and awkward could give love a better name
no blessing lifted from the clouds could commandeer its aim
we all owe wait forever
what are, what are the uses of a man?
am i useless to try to understand
we are no uses of a man?
tomorrow whatever today was will seem sawed off and ashamed
no sight worth keeping but evidence of every struggle we made
a reciept wrote for my soul, a receipt to delay, a receipt to do more
than completely revoke the shame upon your name,
shame upon your name, shame of your certainty
we all owe wait forever
what are, what are the uses of a man?
am i useless to try to understand
we are no uses of a man?
we trifle, we fail, we tire, we feign desire
not for the sake of our hearts, not for the sake of our hearts
all for the sake of remaining the same
and pasting what’s fallen apart
we all owe wait forever
what are, what are the uses of a man?
am i useless to try to understand
we are no uses of a man?
who’ll figure time from an hour glass?
who’ll sink or swim under moniker?
mouthful without an explanation
who but your own will take the bait
to keep the extra weight off
running out of bold declarations
melded in the family way
it arouses self-deprecation
but no edge-wise word left to say
and where all your appetite comes from
that you will never know
who’ll figure time from an hour glass?
who’ll sink or swim under moniker?
mouthful without an explanation
who but your own will take the bait
to keep the extra weight off
running out of points of contention
to the tune of mouthing off
in the middle of all you mention
so delicious, lifeless and soft
and lacking the perfect shape
and lacking in every way
but running out
who’ll figure time from an hour glass?
who’ll sink or swim under moniker?
mouthful without an explanation
who but your own will take the bait
to keep the extra weight off
on a whim we’ve been waiting for
rising up with the tide
we are inched and then pulled in
leavin layers behind
no influence on our behalf
without interruption
a brand new season has begun
we have all summer ahead of us
no need to rush ourselves
we have all summer ahead of us
no begging for divine help
this overture is gonna write itself
and we have all summer ahead of us
must have hit on a nerve somewhere
threw you into a mood
now you’re warming up to ideas of
drawing life in the nude
i’ll take my time discoverin’
every detail of yours
that comes to light when we’re together
we have all summer ahead of us
no need to rush ourselves
we have all summer ahead of us
no beggin for divine help
this overture is gonna write itself
and we have all summer ahead of us
i’ve been stuck in this city
when frost bit through all my plans
i couldn’t imagine it heating up
but now as i dig my feet in
and plant myself in the sand
i’ll stick in a moment that never stops
no more anticipation
we’re in the prime of life
with all the pleasures of losing our time
we have all summer ahead of us
what lost ancient exacts a mondern bend
to the charming where our options end
it’s the winter solstice of redundancy
fulfilled by never evolving
purification
in another land i missed the telephone ring my name
had i been there it would have been the same
the last time i seen her was the first time too
in between all the things she said came true
we harvest day, we worry night, the oracle writes
our souls evicted and so our skin turns white
our myths aligned between a honey moon
by the long count it will begin and end soon
purification
all of our preminitions have been off
criticism dreams up a silent movie
the underwater fringes of our great city
is it an error rhythmic as we breathe
is it exactly what we need to see
purification
brought up wasteful and unprepared to brace for
a day that’s a suprise hadn’t come quicker
when that feeling is leaking from the ceiling
your own negligence is tough to ignore
ease of mind
never may come again
for as long fidelity
is holding up the line
all at once i had to say goodbye to my pedigree
all at once i had to say goodbye to that luxury
reputations and stiff negotiations
ration off the values we fought against
flee the city, in search of cheaper living
but freedom and a bargain are opposites
ease of mind
never may come again
for as long fidelity
is holding up the line
all at once i had to say goodbye to that luxury
all at once i had to say goodbye to my pedigree
once i learned by picking up the pieces of the past with scissors
not now
once i lived for waving from the window of my father’s error
not now
once i’d move mountains of goodwill to get away from who we are
ease of mind
never may come again
for as long fidelity
is holding up the line
all at once i had to say goodbye to my pedigree
all at once I had to say goodbye to that luxury
STARING DOWN THE SUN
stare right into the sun
long and hard don’t turn your back on
one you should not act on
if you even glance off even once
and you can never expect as much
to burn a hole clear through your mind’s dawn
all your dirty daydreams will be gone
stare right into the sun
when you think you all have learned your lesson
and burned in the impression
you better pray you learned it right
cause if you don’t you’re gonna find
all the grieving and the groveling
you done will not award another one
your chance will be gone
what will you do when your answers will have turned away?
rave night and day
CREATORS
creators run amok inside of the mind that holds belief
Running devil circles inside the mind that holds belief
and that man goin’ round for our name
knocks the myth of and legend of the same
who we belong to
decision and distraction they must all be made for me
unloyalty to action colored, whipped and spat out free
wedded to a trail of tears
with no purpose our spirits adhere
but to belong
i cursed my own caretaker, then in love began to cry
and pulled apart the shades to show the people passing by
my soul is peace-claiming dove
flying free to a jailor above
for he belongs to me
MILESTONES
the sum of the old world holds no worth today
the placeholder froze in the present decay
the sum of the old world holds no worth today
milestones breed from each other
passing as pure legacy
beating your chest with your guns at the ready
wholly convinced its unique
you’re becoming none but a composite of
time and ego and fluff
milestones meld into sense of direction
tracks laid for covering up
the sum of the old world holds no worth today
its placeholder frozen in other’s decay
the sum of the old world holds no worth today
made up of memorabilia
now you’re unable to die
your nina your pinta your santa maria
afloat, no land in sight
now without any warning
now without any care
now with no landmark to compass
we decide what we heir
priorities and who’s are number one?
priorities and who’s are number one?
priorites under the gun
thy kingdom and thy will be done
priorities and who’s are number one?
Well there’s gonna be a day
when you try to realize
the shoes of yours just aren’t fitting any more
when it’s a matter more of what you say
than the look that’s in your eyes
you’re better off with your feet on the floor
and that’s all that really matters
up until you give it a second guess
but i can see a pattern forming here
i think i’ll watch it all progress
’cause i couldn’t care less
no I’m careful of what i don’t care about
I wouldn’t wanna be careless
a sloppy hand won’t catch my greasy pig
anybody could sort the whole thing out
but i sense the hesitance
it’s just too big of a hole to dig
and i’ve had it with all of you
i don’t even come off as humorous
everyday it’s getting harder to exist
in the middle of this mess
when I couldn’t care less
the fly-by-nighters sleep
and only need to listen
for the safest catch phrase they could use
that whole goal is so completely incomplete
there’s nothing more to accomplish
unless you’re talking all the old pair of shoes
on our date with a disappointment
hurry up and put on your party dress
i see something out there on the horizon
that will hold your interest
but i couldn’t care less
PROPELLER JET
you got the air of a young amelia earhart
courageous and telling as a watchdog’s bark
yours a wedding veil where ours is a shroud
watching from the ground
propellar
one land one sea
how i long to be
stowed away in your airgoing dream
i’ll reveal in earnest i’m a dangerous man
i let the act push further than i understand
my standards are doubled, my canary sings
flapping metal wings
propellar
one land one sea
how i long to be
stowed away in your airgoing dream
to cross
to cross…
The Atlantic!
an equal opportunist
it’s skywritten
our inscription trailing behind
a world we’re never meant to find
propellar
one land one sea
how i long to be
stowed away in your airgoing dream
WELL BEING
the rounded edge
in soft focus
bears no grit
to do justice
do justice
unto your well beneath
i run to
for replenishing
but if we don’t see each other the same way
the only option left for me will be backing away
all in the promise of letting go
your well being’s the only thing
i’ll make part of my own
any living secret
every part of me grown green and tall
but your own well being
trumps it all
the lengths I go
to keep distance
pledge a quick
tongue bitten allegience
to the grace to the warmth
the support and hope
all you’ve made available
but if we don’t see each other the same way
the only option left for me will be backing away
all in the promise of lettting go
keeps the book you’ve closed open