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Emerald City

from I've been here before by Hazy

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Emerald City
there were snowflakes over the sea,
they saw it was coming but they didn't see me
they saw the bombs a'droppin', flames a'hoppin'
drippin' down from the corridors of misery
Bob Ben's combing out his weary eyes
waiting for the raindrop from the sound of the skies

but that was back in the killing times
when there were people still alive
me and Bobby Ben waited out the storm
for a short time

Bob Ben kept with him a rocking chair
several kinds of opiates
and several roommates that lived upstairs
in the corridors of his estate
Bob Ben had a pig pen, dope and colored wheels
he lived out in the wasteland, where I met him in my early years
he was hangin' around a newspaper stand, with a cigarette in his long white hand
he said "son, I'll take you to the promised land"

that was back in the killing times,
when there were people still alive
me and Bobby Ben waited out the storm
for a short time

One day he gets a knock at the door
never seen her face before
she says the dust has settled
and the waves have all rolled down.

invitation to sit on the highest tower,
with servants around on every corner,
clap their hands for peace and order
and sow their empty seeds.

Long after the killing times
when all the other men have gone
a simulacrum of me sits under the sea
sings dead Ben's song.

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from I've been here before, released June 11, 2011

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Hazy Indiana

I've lived for a relatively short amount of time...during that time I've experimented with lots of music, I've written a lot and gone on various websites under a variety of names. Now I am Hazy, and I've been Hazy longer than I've been anything else as far as music goes.

My songs mostly reflect weather, atmospheres, or personal nostalgia. Some make no sense at all (especially my earlier ones)
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