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Dead Heart Souvenir
05:56
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Soft stroke, caress the soul; feel the pulse moving faster
Dark heart, souvenir; heal the wounds driven deeper
They don’t share the pain; no no no it’s just for show
Slipshod, ease the mind; feel the surge from below
The light will come again, let it shine down on this day
The song that sleeps from within your mind drifts away
Everyone we know is like a mirror with a soul, and as we move beyond the narrow, walk the storm clouds from below
The other way of knowing, nothing but the primal glory, what’s the truer price of freedom, not the motion or the form
Turn it up and spit it out, another punctured fairy tale, the hearts will ease and sorrows end, where day and night will meet as one
Crawl inside and letting go, it’s not about the words you just borrowed
She pushed away and she’s so much alone
[The light comes from way down low]
Dead heart, souvenir; heal the wounds driven deeper
Low hum melody; turn it up in a frenzy
Everyone we know is like a mirror with a soul, and as we move beyond the narrow, walk the storm clouds from below
Memorize and improvise and slip away and hear it grow louder
Turn it up and spit it out, another punctured fairy tale, the hearts will ease and sorrows end, where day and night will meet as one
Crawl inside and letting go, it’s not about the words you just borrowed
She pushed away and she’s so much alone
[The light comes from way down low]
©2013 Reanimation/Michael Shanahan
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When the sun comes up again
Where night and day collide
Watchers of the sky today
I swear that she was crying
The birth of life and love
Rejoice in what it’s saying
Form of strength and beauty
She’s coming home today
©2012 Michael Shanahan/Reanimation
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Surprise Hitchhiker
04:29
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In the eye of the storm
Iridescent eyes
Now awake from hiding
Chase us through the maze
Challenge what I know
Connecting to the silence
We hear the music
Dawn leads to darkness
Fingers dissolve from my view
Surprise hitchhiker
Surging from within me
Wants to taste the breath of you
[We’ll never give it away]
Beyond the bounds of time
I grab the closest hand
Increasing concentration
We couldn’t let it go
Followers were burned
Or in their hiding places
Turning and turning
Heal all that wounds me
I became strong through dreaming
Surprise hitchhiker
Surging from within me
Wants the world to finally see
[We’ll never give it away]
©2014 Reanimation/Michael Shanahan
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The Space Between Words
08:07
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(Instrumental)
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And You
05:24
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Trespassing into my life
Held up for everyone to see
Disapprovingly
The seeds so deeply buried
Sadness stands where sympathy died
You think there's nothing wrong
We're drifting away
So wide awake for the first time
And break the silence with very few words
And yet that's nothing new
No drug can take us this high
No words, in motion, the blink of an eye
And rise on winds that roar
We're drifting away
Let go, dissolve, follow, sorrow, did you, did you, redo, renew, run through, undo, untrue, you do, and you, and you, and you, and you
A spark, in bloom, to love, too soon, to kiss, to fly, too high, too high, unchecked, undone, unloved, a gun, and you, and you, and you, and you
©2014 Reanimation/Michael Shanahan
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Growing with the growing light
A past just screaming for a way
To breathe tonight
When once it seemed the world conspired
Forced to tear the heart
That was yours and mine
All the years, all the doubt
Shared the pain apart
Away from what pushed below
But now we float between the worlds
Life on life we come and go
Let it find a way out – Let it shine again
Let it rise above now – Let the time begin
Let it reach inside you – Let it drown the cries
Let it cut so deep now – Show the dream that lies behind
And through it all you held your breath
All the while we sought the chance
To feel the flesh
Above it all you drew me back
To crawl inside, to see you dance
Our souls undress
Growing with the growing light
A past just screaming for a way
To breathe tonight
To touch, to feel, to come alive
You turn your face, so much to say
And open your eyes
©2013 Michael Shanahan/Reanimation
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Opiate of the Hoi Polloi
05:45
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(Instrumental)
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I'm wide awake and understanding
A dying god, nothing to say
Will someone stop the noise in my mind
This red light kiss won't wash away
Was this our dream or only borrowed
You drag your nails across my skin
Flooding through the body, and touching every nerve
Before you go, you let me in
As everything fades
Light revealed destroys the shadow
No rhythmic dance, when hearts burned bright
Collapsing with the silence, a door without a key
That is was and ever shall be
As everything fades
©2014 Reanimation/Michael Shanahan
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She Never Sleeps
07:56
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Crashing down around your heart
Letting go but won’t forget
Floating on the breath from you
Dancing through my head
She never sleeps
She’ll never close her eyes
She cannot sleep
No matter how she tries
She never sleeps
She weaves the thread of seasons
She cannot sleep
She needs you to believe in
Memories of where she came
A path straight to the sun
Never changing point of view
You were always the one
Red felt heart my valentine
The decades seem just stolen
Washed aside by auburn waves
Her promise can’t be broken
©2012 Reanimation/Michael Shanahan
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Reanimation Winfield, Illinois
REANIMATION is the vision of Michael Shanahan. Since 1985, the music of REANIMATION and its forebears has resisted easy categorization by combining elements of psychedelia with progressive, experimental, alternative, and pop rock. With REANIMATION, Shanahan melds these influences into a unique experience based on groove, space, atmospherics, and tension. ... more
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