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Impossible Future

by James Milsom

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1.
Couple of planes Stop in Dubai Paratroopers drop Bags of rice Colour in common Whites of our eyes When they're edible You don't sever ties You don't know What you don't know Got night vision See you in the dark Low light, hallucinations Tell us, who, you, Are. Impossible future Imaginary past Fight fire with fire Birds with birds Earth with water and hearts with words If we sink we sink But if we float There's a demon in us So it's our throats
2.
Ishi 04:05
I see with sight that amazes I can breathe at heights dizzy And i'm spinning with the high The line passing through my street Bends upon itself, to make complete The flutter in my chest My heartspeak is stutters The others all have been Nothing more than others You are the calm that gives me rest Is she laughing Seems like we used to laugh at nothing Should be in the kitchen dancing Lip-syncing hip hop songs Sliding down the hallway Back to where we started from All of this time, for my distractions Enjoying the view of either side of you Unsteady in my seat Let alone my feet There's so much more to see either side of sleep
3.
Clockface 05:06
Half half half measure is enough for me Pleasure in suffering Moments in time, i'd rather be To start, start - the moments unwinding The treasures i'm finding To bag, tag, and try forgetting Two hands moving on me my heart races, erasing Two hands moving on me Wind back Each discovery Far far far into the fiction The belief system Of false memories Star star Show me an instance Send me a signal Like a scuba diver
4.
Case 00:42
5.
Ohhhh when it's dark Moments that have passed A shadow cast by a tree Dark branches engulf me I see the daylight moon And I am divided in two I tumble into a waterhole Glowing orbs of yellow keep me afloat And all around it's cloudy, the violet sky is shrouded I see my submerged body, but beyond it's darkness Dawn among the leaves I'm drawn to a shimmering A light that never starts A light that always was If this all was flipped upon you Inside looking out to The ricocheting moments that have passed Would you sense them coming? Hear and feel their gentle humming? Would they set you on such a different path?
6.
I feel Something Like a telephone wire Hanging Over From pillars in the sky On a loop You get another chance Travel past And see again Where it echoes down the line Sends a signal, read as a sign They say truth washes like it's fluid Nonsense it's pure As pretense is proof And fear is very dear to us To the stars, a faithful compass Looking up, down, never in or out A needle to wind the words around I remember Must be somewhere Buried under where I can't find it But if you replace it Even with just traces I will believe it Belief, is all we need, and...
7.
OW 00:57
8.
Wizard 03:58
Question Is it mine to mess with? Guess what it's happening The wizard brings time to start again Folds it over, threads his needle, pierces the skin In the south where I'm from You could pull me out like the teeth from my gum I hung papers from a mast On a strong wind to sail backward Now the finest forest threads Blowing over our heads Slow down Just say so and then it's Home now And let's pretend In the south where I'm from I said guess what, it's happening Was it mine to mess with? And the wizard took out his needle again
9.
There's a train station approaching Think how did it come to me. that static is comforting, it's just A black and white harmony, there's Nothing like confidence, for ignoring consequences, and I think it looks easier, if You pretend you can't see it. And I started out, just wanted to levitate Then at the speed of sound, I started to spin away If I look down, it really doesn't seem far So now i'm going up and up and up and up I took off my coat, and it was easy to float, up from This room underwater, where I'd been before, to wait For all of my memories to Be erased entirely, they say it's swimming around me, di- luted by the whole sea
10.
Say see 03:35
The dew settles, the colours come out And the river is energy, pushing atoms to the mouth Would have a kinder disposition, Had it any memory. The sediment sours the cool water, Tinges its depths with a deep murky lustre, As if to cover old footsteps. There are secrets kept within, Where hearts have traveled, and lungs let the water in. We don’t say what we all see. It’s standing right before us, the breadth of the street. It’s in our mothers and our fathers and in every syllable we speak. It’s the white on every page that populates our history. The bluestone is weathered on the bluestone walk. The overhanging darkness is strangled by the saxophone’s squawk, And the silent erosion beneath the bluestone blocks. The motion rocks the city, though it’s no Shanghai. We’ve a far surer footing but we never build as high. We’re dredging the ocean floor. I guess the lower we’re plunging, the further it feels to the sky.
11.
Falls 01:18
12.
Mission 02:42
If this is a mission It could be ever incomplete I am a foot soldier Forever staring at my feet Is it getting colder? Maybe my heart has ceased to beat Maybe I know you Maybe you know me If I was a wizard ohh I'd put the charm in charming Looking in the mirror ohhh Would be so disarming Not much left for conversation I'll take what's left unsaid and I'll probably just say it I could be the happiest human Light in my eyes When darkness is looming If it gets better than this I don't want to know about it I'm flying faster than the speed of post I'm not even trying Or at least not as hard as most In a church hall Where the bush is burning red I'm sleeping solo In a karma sutra bed There's nothing like wanting something Burning so hot Something in wanting nothing To tell you who you are All this time I've been working on a theory If I keep my eyes shut I can see more clearly
13.
Quiet in you 03:25
Hope was never akin to me Never wrote songs about nothing goes wrong State was never unwavering Foundations laid before the mind got mind No it's nothing like suffering Succotash meaning escapes me Nothing really happening You can free your mind but you'll never be free If youuuuuu think you can't fight it Like hasn't everything already been worked out? You can't cast a shadow in the darkness of doubt Who could be tired Every conversation that you ever, ever had Black and white static like an old TV set There's a quiet in you Teeth contain my identity With these gums from some dead American Seek a sense of belonging Who you belong to or who belongs to you A cross, a star, the hottest hell fire Triangle roof makes it reach up higher Move the spirit within me Telekinesis would truly inspire

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released June 1, 2018

All songs written and arranged by James Milsom
Drums by Mark Leahy
Piano and some keys by Nathan Gilkes
Strings by Xani Kolak
Additional guitar by Timothy Mitchell
Vocals, guitars, computers and some keys by James Milsom

Recorded and mixed at The Base by Phil Threlfall
Additional recording by James Milsom
Mastered by John Ruberto

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