1. |
Space
04:48
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It's fair to say it's cold up here
It's fair to say everything is right in front of us
It's fair to say everything is so far away
So far away
It's fair to say . . . .
On this wide open plain
In this limitless space
We left it behind
At the end of the line
On the edge of the road
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2. |
Weary
03:15
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Please don't remind me of the world I'm trying to leave
We're still alive but we can't see
It's dark inside our dreams
Get me out of here
From this atmosphere
I missed my chance to breathe
Light no longer shines itself down here
I live in hope that's been engulfed by fear
I may soon be free
Unless demons follow me
It's dark inside of my dreams
Don't mistake my velocity for haste
I just need this ferocious pace to escape
And I'd have flown to space but I could not find my cape
I'd loved to have lived a less weary life
If the planet hadn't died time after time
And the way in which I've survived has become
The way in which I'm gonna live the rest of my life
But I'm gonna probably die.
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3. |
Lapse
03:17
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I'm fast asleep. Don't bother me.
It's warm out here. How'd you find me?
Did you think that I'd be home?
Slamming your head against the door
Did you see my shadow in the window?
Keep following, keep following, but I don't know where I'm going
Keep falling, keep falling, and we don't know where we're going
And I said what I said what I said what I said
And I can be quite sure
But I'd be a liar if I tried to pretend that my intentions were pure
Every little thing that I lied about
Every little thing that I lied about
If you know where you're going, please can I have a lift?
So hard to find the landmarks in this infinitely spacious abyss
It's getting dark, please can I have a lift?
I'd rather run and hide than face the storm when I'm like this
I heard the devil could never breathe out here
But if god's around, then he ain't listening
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4. |
Forth
03:02
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5. |
Sorrow
03:05
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This won't be that long a run if we keep heading straight toward the sun
I know the urge to burn up can surpass the desire to survive
I think that it's gonna be fine if you continue to fly
Toward the light, toward the light for awhile
Take a good look around you
You will find sorrow
Just like you left behind
What are you going to do?
Keep running forward
Until tomorrow
It's fine if you're gonna hide inside, inside the light
I'm gonna come and find you
I know where you're gonna be
On the bright side of the planets and moons
In the night
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6. |
Sick
04:41
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I'm sick and all I can do is try and fight it
I'm lost and all I can do is try and find my way home
I thought that the further I'd get from the ground
The less that I would be pulled down
I'm sick and lord knows my wings ain't cut out for this shit
Momentum behind me may not be enough to get me into space
The world burns behind me and I just seem to be stuck here in one place
I'm sick of propulsion that doesn't seem strong enough
To keep me from falling from grace
I'm here, stuck in this rut like the rest of you
I'm getting old and I can't extinguish this fire that burns up my soul
The oceans are tempting but they all seem about to come to a boil
And I can't come home dear, cuz moving on's been proving to be
Further than I can go
I can't breathe
You can't breathe
Here we are
Turning grey
So look up now
It's so hard to know where we're going
Till we look down
And I'll help you
And you can help me
Send each other some water
Or something like that.
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7. |
No Quarrel
04:31
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I've no quarrel with you now dusty space
For all of this chaos was birthed in this state
So many beautiful eyes that I'd left in dreams
So that I may sleep forever I just need a taste
A promise of a dream of a shadow of dust
A hint of a trace of something I can trust
Just a whisper of a timelessness, lost in this state
I will lay down forever if that's what it takes
I may soon be free
If my chemistry changes, my cells rearrange themselves
On their own
These anchors that are chained to these spikes driven into my mind
Keep me grounded even as I fly
Gravity as I'm falling from earth keeps pulling me back inside
I can't hide in the shadows if there ain't no light
And I can't sleep in the darkness so I'm gonna lie in wait
How do I retreat inwards if there's nothing outside
There's no place to run to and there's no space to hide
Bring lights to my eyelids to ensure that I survive
I will follow from that which I'd just left behind
And if I can't escape then lord knows I tried
And if I ain't moving may i be strong where I lie
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8. |
Telescope
01:55
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I know you're lost
And it feels things will get worse
Please don't stop
Hold fast to your course
To believe nothing changes
Will never be true
There's an eye behind a lens
Always searching for you
You may be content
This ain't over yet
As long as you're in the dark
The sun will never set
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9. |
Too Many Stars
03:29
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There's too many stars for me to see the black sky
And the black sky's what I was hoping my gaze would find tonight
There's too many stars for me to see the night time
And the night time's what I was hoping was gonna hold me tight
There's too big a sun to shine this little light of mine
And all I really want is to be swallowed by the night
All I really want is to be swallowed by the night
It's too big a shame to have passive immobility
So please pass me with nobility so that I may watch you fade
And I'm tearing at the seems to pull this fire from my dreams
And I'm lost and a little bit afraid
I keep my heart under the shade and I'm doing it for my health
I ain't fooling anybody except my foolish little self
I wish I'd been prepared, I wish that I'd done it right
And all that I'll end up being lord
Is Swallowed by the night
All I end up being is swallowed by the night
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10. |
Be a Star
04:23
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Though I've tried, it's hard to resist staying alive
And we'd said all of our goodbyes before the sunlight blinded your eyes
And if I lay myself down and wake up near another sun
To you I'll be a star, a thousand years dead and gone
I just might need a couple of days
To make sense of this state that I'm in
These phantoms been following me
Now I'm staring them right in the face
Things might not be as fucked as they seem
I just might need a couple of weeks
All this might take a couple of months
See we've run into some complications up here
Be patient and I might find a way to come home
Cuz I'd give my life to see the sunrise once more
Things might not be as fucked as they seem
I just might need a couple of weeks
The storm before the calm comes
Where we are is not where we're from
If you find the embers of life
Please hold them near
Or the sun may never rise out here
I just might need a couple of weeks
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11. |
8M20S
04:07
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It takes light this long
From the sun
You're all I need
Gravity
All my whole life I've always been
A tornado, yeah, a whirlwind
Lord please take me away from this sin
If it's over tomorrow then today is the end
Cuz it's hard to find life when I'm already dead
And a good god is empty like the space that we're in
And if I lay myself down
And wake up near another sun
To you I'll be a star
A thousand years dead and gone
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Cantor Dust Winnipeg, Manitoba
The avant-prog, surreal storytelling project Cantor Dust is singer/pianist Mark Klassen, accompanied by electric cellist Natanielle Felicitas, currently exploring the emptiness that surrounds us as we float through space in search of light.
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