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Self Storage

by Damon Huss

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1.
Far down along the road La Brea Avenue Crucifixions line the way On everybody's face And I feel I've rendered unto Caesar All I can afford Then I'm sitting in this cathedral Out of my mind Feeling sorry for The Middle Ages Conversations with a friend Turn to God, turn to Rome But the bus exhaust in my mouth Stops the words from getting done Hours later in the night The Holy Ghost bets on my life
2.
I'm not especially slow But I can see the Sun begin to unfold On the back of a hummingbird With no suggestions On my mind Don't you ever have to pray? I'm not happy alone I'd rather get buried in the flowers you've grown And drink the silver from the northeast sky Wake up with questions On my mind Don't you ever have to pray? We're not being thrown From the heavens that we used to own Just sleeping through a thunderstorm With no suggestions On our minds
3.
I watch you sleeping In the middle of the evening Late summer lights are cold Like autumn Your circulation slows Blood takes it easy Before I go and Just in time I kiss your lips I want you Should I turn the light on Or let you dream? In midnight's waking eyes Kiss the darkness with your smile And inevitably I'm mesmerized Where am I? Should I turn the light on Or let you dream? Stand here on my head Or in the street I can't feel my feet But oh, your eyes I watch you sleeping In the middle of the morning Your portrait, invisible ink Can capture this
4.
Stargazer 02:40
Take my hand, we will go Farther out than you'd ever know And I put my trust In what you've shown Our chance to be alone Oh, stargazer's every glance Caught you flying over the mountains Now I don't know what to believe Like a magic hand fumbling For a set of keys Often though I may lose my head I'm not forgetting that you said There's reflection in your eyes The mirror lets me be Take one sip, we will go Feel it drip for a day or so After we swept up stones Our chance to be alone Oh, stargazer's every glance Taken with no reluctance Pick a moon from the branch of night Ice cold, shining Take a bite
5.
In her eye a solar flare And the planet went cold My knees nearly froze I could feel the fire enveloping This icy atmosphere Place your hand and feel the heat Through the wall Through the wall I don't know her name But neither does she Guess we don't make much Out of memory In her eye a half moon green Coloring all that I can see I could walk blind And still see the glow In the old garden Faces drawn here With only my shame shedding away In the breeze In the breeze
6.
I'm thinking of spending time Occupation for my mind At the nursery, pantomime Act like the plants Asleep and alive But no one has it all worked out Down to the hour Who they are And the question there On everybody's mind Is the answer here In every flower Maybe silence brought me here Talking once taught me not to care Take a nap now on the stairs Drunk in God's glory Just about anywhere But no one has it all worked out Down to the hour Who they are And the question there On everybody's mind Is the answer here In every flower And the petals glare Not to be undone If they fall away Hold on, you rise Above what you love And what you despise Hold on, what do you taste As your former self drifts away
7.
In my mind Two voices offer pleas One is always skeptical But the other wants to believe In their cries Which only I perceive Light shines on the love I gave Shadow on the love I need I don't know whose tears I'm crying Tonight In this life We look for the love unseen Through miracles and misery And the time lost in between I know you in my heart There's no need to believe Because I know that in this dark You're sleeping in my heart
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Hot Moon 02:58
If I open the window, open the door Let the smoke blow in freely And then sink into the floor The scent of the outside world Is blowing over Yes it's blowing over In a moment of turning When we look up and away See the stars get into character Relax and watch the play The Earth tilts toward you now And I'm rolling over Yes I'm rolling over Hot moon Shining down tonight No electronic sound or sight Because I want to see your face In the natural light With a handful of lightning Given to us to adore We can sit by the window And fall asleep on the floor The Earth tilts toward you now And I'm rolling over Yes I'm rolling over
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Unhinged 03:55
We've seen this world go by Side by side Yet even in this room you're gone When did you hide? Oh please come back Oh please come back Don't you know I'm changing my ways And you always wanted that What's the difference between feeling useless And being used? When there's so much to do all at once You've got your heart and your mind You don't have to choose An injustice before our eyes Fills us with fear I'd like to tear it down Before the spirit disappears Who'll give it back? Who'll give it back? Don't you know I'm changing my ways Though it's not easy to do that What's the difference between feeling open And being unhinged? When our thoughts are out of control We don't want to lose But we don't have to win You've got your heart and your mind You don't have to choose Life in all its unfairness Will reward you
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recorded in Valley Village, California
from 2008 to 2010

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released December 31, 2011

all songs written and performed by Damon Huss
recorded, mixed, and mastered by Michael Miller

℗ + © Damon Huss 2011

for Phoebe & Henry

thank you always Aimee

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