1. |
Rider
02:13
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Rider
trees and trials
three denials
little thunder
little wonder
love forgotten
love remembered
I recall
nothing else
though I
was there
signs within a
pool left
alone
forever and
all
every rider beware
of the thimble of light
every symbol of life
every letter of loss
every literal powder keg
visceral register
lateral signature
seal
sign
sublime
real time
is
the goat of wonder
--Christian Asplund
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2. |
In the Middle
05:18
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In The Middle
Softly
I remember
Your kiss
And your letter
I cried
In the darkness
I lied
And I thought this
Was all
That I wanted
I was broken
You were gone
I sit
By my window
And I listen
For your footsteps
I’m mistaken
I hear nothing
I’m alone now
It is quiet
I am empty
I am waiting
I am watching
You are gone
Softly
I remember
Your kiss
And your letter
I cried
In the darkness
I lied
And I thought this
Was all
That I wanted
I was broken
You were gone!
--Christian Asplund
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3. |
Wave Through
03:20
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wave through master narratives
wave
through master narratives
don't stray
but think on it
the last best
process relieve, relive
beyond a finished
rising of whitish
vapor
forming a vast amalgam of
atmospheric gasses
space is and space isn't
gravitational recreation
imagine negation
--Christian Asplund
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4. |
Goodbye
06:01
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5. |
What This Is
03:16
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What This Is
And it was the beginning of this era
And I had all time ahead of me
I was waiting for time to
Stop
A number
A world of references
Hidden in the
Air
Of
as abbreviated consequences
of the abstract emblem
ending in the evil expenditure
resulting in the unending racket of
racist rallying cries,
despise
I would release
the systemic aggression
being inordinately incessant,
allowable
in instances
inside the
pocket of the
real revolutionary impulse
sent impassively
through thorlent
three-limbed
Moment of silent
declension,
delineation,
defined within the
last of real-
ize
the skies
I am not
Here
--Christian Asplund
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6. |
Dreams
05:59
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Dreams
1
I wanted her to be the one in my dreams
I wanted her to be more than she seems
I had a vision of how it should work out
I thought I knew what it was about
Chorus
Here goes hope dashed again
I keep trying but I never win
I should heed the signs
I should see the shadows
Again and again and again
2
I thought I’d be a different man
I thought I had a perfect plan
I had a dream that I’d be strong
A dream that carried me along
Bridge
This world, this wound will break my heart
My life is bound to fall apart
The time
The earth
The work
The short and long duration of it all
3
I have a different question
I have a dark admission
I have a distant message
I found it in the wreckage
--Christian Asplund
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7. |
Unscroll
02:40
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Unscroll
I can see you
Lead you, be you
We can exit
Enter, exist
Come rejoin the
Triumph of the
World
Come unscroll the
Threshold of the
Word
I can see you
I can lead you
I can be you
Now
--Christian Asplund
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8. |
Memory
03:31
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Memory
I hold in my heart
A memory of you
I’ll never let it out
It stays captive
It wants to flee
I’ll never let it out
I’ll hold it till I die
I’ll never let it go
Why did you stay for an hour?
As I knelt
I saw a way
Waiting for a moment
I was empty
I was waiting
For a revelation
I want to see it again
I want to be part of the plan
I want to
Revel in majesty
Pink purple plethora
Velvet and satins and
Jewels and luxuries
My memory
It fades
After many years
I’ll try to bring it back
I’ll hold it till I die
I’ll never let it go
--Christian Asplund
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9. |
Fragility
04:42
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Fragility
Don’t touch me again
I don’t need a friend
The birds and the trees
Are all I need
If I have doubt
If I’m alone
I’ll do without
I’ll make a home
Don’t listen to my words
I’m not sure who is speaking
I don’t know who I am
Your comforting voice
Your soothing release
Is all that I need
Is all I need
If I have doubt
If I’m alone
I’ll do without
I’ll make a home
Please listen to my words
I’m not sure why I’m speaking
I know who I am
--Christian Asplund
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10. |
This Was When
02:47
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This Was When We Watered
This was when we watered
Verdant fields
Left intended
Righteous
Fallow blossoms
Through decay
Elevation
See
Know
Rule
Honor
Openness
Revelatory
Meekness
Weight
Images
Lessons
Fifteen books
Information
Recitation
Less than thirty
Trees
Burdened by
Nothing
Seen
Felt
Heard
--Christian Asplund
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11. |
Tomorrow
04:58
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Tomorrow
Tonight
I see
My world re-
volving
All re-
maining
Enter the
Simple re-
ply or
Through all
Why new
For tall
Moon earth
Reap teal
Sound form
Round healing be-
lieve me
rue blade
nine
--Christian Asplund
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Christian Asplund Provo, Utah
Award-winning Canadian-American composer-performer. All scores published by Frog Peak Music. Books/articles in Perspectives of New Music, American Music, UW and U of IL Presses. Words used by the press: passion panoramic-power pure-pointillist plaintive rocking rollicking searing subdued soothing submersive splendid ethereal mesmerizing mind-blowing toothy otherworldly absorbing bewitching ... more
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