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Shadowman
03:49
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I am wide awake, but I can't move a bone in my body
I'm cognizant of the way his footsteps sound in the hallway...
Did you hear that?
His hands fold around the door
Good Lord, look at the size of his fingers!
Shadow, Shadowman
Shadow, Shadowman
He's a shadow, Shadowman
And he's coming to get me
Shadowman!
Look out for the Shadowman
He's looking right at me
And I can't move a muscle
Move a muscle
Move a muscle
Move a muscle
Move a muscle
Move a muscle
Shadowman!
Shadowman!
Now he's right next to me
I can feel his breath on my face now
Frozen, I can't fight or flee
Suddenly, there's a light in the window
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2. |
Get It Right (Tonight)
03:49
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If you're going away, if you're leaving today
We gotta face-to-face it
If I'm hitting the road and I don't know where to go
I don't want to regret it forever
Hold on, I can't find you
There's a future if we could speak the same language
Hold on, I wanna find you
For this moment we could get it right (tonight)
If you're going away, if you're leaving today
We gotta talk it over
If you walk out that door and it's just like before
I don't want to wait forever
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Spooklight
05:10
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Once upon a quiet night
Not too far from here
I saw an eerie light
Then WHAT? It disappeared
Spooklight
Spook
Spooklight
Spook
It was close to midnight
But it was bright as day
Up and down, left to right
Then it flew away
I'm not the only one now
I'm not the only one now
In the corner of your eye
When you least expect
From the darkness of the night
You won't ever forget
Spooklight
Spook
Spooklight
Spook
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The Voice
05:44
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2:00 am on the street
Threadbare lives, Sin City nights
I gotta get off my feet
It's been a long day now
Heading down the back roads
And all the corners crowds don't go
Where no lights get in and the shadow grows
There's a voice in my mind says,
"Turn around now, turn around now"
Yeah, there's a voice in my mind taking me places
Something's going down tonight, tonight, tonight
It's the end of the world tonight
My suspicion it sneaks
That darkness is pregnant with evil
And I can smell the black tide comin' in
Then the voice it speaks
Says, "Go on down the other road now
'Cause the light is breaking in
Yeah the light is breaking in"
There's a life on the brink tonight
3:00 am on the street
Hearts are racing, hands are shaking
After all of the grief could this be?
Maybe once in a lifetime
The darkness cracks and you get her back and
The prisoner walks free
The prisoner walks free
There's a lost sheep that's safe tonight
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5. |
A Premonition
04:01
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I've been down this road before
I know what's behind that door
No one can say what it is to me
"There's a sign!"
The sign says no soliciting
Tomorrow's always a mystery
What will you find in the night
Watching the flames taking flight
What will it mean then in the end
To rise above a premonition?
I see your signs - red in the sky
Gotta do what's right for me and mine
Not everything is heaven-sent
For every broken clock and lucky guess
There's a thousand disappointments
What will you find in the day
Watching the ashes cast away
What will it mean then in the grey
Burning tomorrow to yesterday?
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6. |
Ironwood Rhino
02:46
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Wake up and put your pencils down
You with the insolence and your plastic crown
The wolves are tearing up the old playground
That's what comes around
Pull the alarm the storm is bearing down
There's a hurricane here in Rooktown
This foundation isn't feeling sound
Is it too late to turn around?
Is it too late to turn around?
Can I get out before I drown?
Sometimes the hero rises from the grave
Sometimes we're baptized in a tidal wave
Sometimes fire rises from the ash
Some things are better for the clamour and the crash
Here they come leading the parade
High-step, goose-step in the cavalcade
Don't dare question their trail of grenades
That's the way it's played
If you wanna hide, I'll be your barricade
If you wanna fly, I'll be your rotor blade
If you want some toast, I'll bring the marmalade
That's the way we play
That's the way we say
It'll be better someday
Raise a glass to the open road
Turn your backside to the status quo
Let the current of the river flow
That's the way it could go
Take a ride on an iron rhino
Take a trip up to an arctic floe
Ride the coattails of someone you know
That's the way it goes
It just goes to show
That's the way it goes
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Minnesota Sky
05:06
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He gets up early to embrace the dawn
Gazing out the picture window with his wool socks on
The snow shimmers in the starlight
A white blanket on the lawn
A sea of cold tranquility to rest in before it's gone
He knows there's more than meets the eye
(And the wonder of it all)
His eyes see far
(And the wonder of it all)
He knows in the Minnesota sky
(And the wonder of it all)
There are more than stars
(And the wonder of it all)
Across the icy plain a wild wind blows
His eyes are frozen at what he does not know
Against the black above a circle glows and grows
Grab a camera to capture it before it goes
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As the Crow Flies
04:33
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Everybody knows how everything goes
But here come the crows to tell me what's right
They bang on my door
They crash to my floor
They weren't here before and they won't give up the fight
As the crow flies
Before we realize
We get demoralized slowly
As the crow flies
Before we realize
We get polarized slowly slowly
They seem to read my thoughts
Are they hatching a murder plot?
They stare at me in the parking lot
I can't scare 'em away
Everybody knows
How everything goes
But I've got these crows who follow me like prey
Here they come again
They treat me like a friend
They want me to follow them as far as the curse is found
Look how they carry on
Like a rook would treat a pawn
They won't stop until I'm gone
It's time I stood my ground
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10. |
Pareidolia
04:26
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See the man, see the face
See the shapes up in outer space
I saw the news and it made me cry
See the signs up in the sky
See the truth and see the lies
Come with me and you'll be surprised
I saw the ghost
I hear the whispers
I saw the ghost
Hear the music, connect the dots
Hear the rhythm of the tyrant's thoughts
I heard the news and it made me mad
Hear the troops across the land
Draw a line here in the sand
Come with me and you'll understand
I know what I see
I see what I know
I know what I see
I see what I know
Come on now!
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11. |
Mystery
10:19
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At the end of every journey there's another quest
At the end of every journey
At the end of every story what comes next?
At the end of every story
See the mountains rise
Hear the river's cries
Smell the forest pines
It's sublime
Feel the autumn rains
Sit in the summer shade
Friendship unafraid
It's no charade
I thought I had clout, had it all figured out
'Til the mystery walked in my door
She opened my eyes and to my surprise
Nothing felt like it did before
Kept me up nights, took me to new heights
Gave me thoughts that I couldn't ignore
Now I've got an enigma and probably a stigma
But there's just so much I gotta explore
Here it comes again getting under my skin
Can't work the mystery out
All of these questions and all of the connections
Make me wonder what it's all about
She's making more sense and I'm out of defense
Trying to make peace with my doubt
It's not coincidental and maybe it's essential
But I'm not sure if I'm allowed
Wow!
I can explain everything
I can explain almost everything
I can't explain hardly anything
I can't explain a thing
No! No! No!
Conscience and consciousness
Beauty and art
We are surrounded by mystery
From ocean's shore to planet's rings
Writers and dreamers and the universe sings
We are astounded by mystery
At the end of every journey there's another quest
At the end of every story we wonder what comes next
The soul of the explorer will never be at rest
The soul of the explorer will never be at rest
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Rooktown Denver, Colorado
Rooktown is the musical project of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jeff Foote.
Rooktown provides original music for podcasts, videos, and various projects.
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