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  1. Active Joy

From the recording The Furious Bliss - 2010

Still in love with this song after many years.

Some of the best lyrics I've ever written, I think.  Really proud of this one, with all it's mellow 'Floyd-ism' and layers of sonic texture. I particularly like the subtle use of bells and analog synthesizer, though I must admit this turn could stand to be remixed a bit.

Another song that doesn't resolve its final chord. Hell yeah.

This song is dedicated to the late, great Sparklehorse.  RIP Mark Linkous (2010).

Lyrics

Another day is over, leeched and bleeding on the morrow
Do you realize?
Another year is over, iced and barren it's time frozen
Do you realize?
 
Bittersweet and providential
I'm holding on to active joy
Clutching beyond what has been given
Let it go
Let it go
 
Another moment leaving, drained and distant, still receding
Do you realize?
Another memory fading, far off now but still we're chasing
Do you realize?
 
Time, a speeding round in slowest motion
Muzzle flash is all I seem to know
Grasping for dry land amidst the ocean
Let it go
Let it go
 
Another month is waning, ebb and flow are knives in waiting
Do you realize?
Another rusting resolution, piled in the corner of no solutions
Do you realize?
 
Time's the fire in which we're burning
But, can we glow amidst the flames
With the sorrow that cannot be touched
Comes a joy that cannot be named
Yesterday is disappearing
Yet, I am tethered to its smoke
Reach for the clarity that time is smearing
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go