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An intergalactic spirit journey.

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I.

We ran away from what we were doing
We saw the shimmer of stars through the myst
In a haze of hope we set a course for a distant world
Across the vast expanses to the unknown

"Don't let them see me
Don't let them know I am here"

"Look, up ahead! There is a gleam"
And patterns of lines; they must be like us
We brace ourselves as we come in for landing
We swing the door open; their world we are shown

Here is my home now
I can be everything
Don't let them see me, if they do
I will be filled with fear

(fear)

II.

In the shadow of the future
I crumbled to my knees
I rose to brush the dust away
And saw the motes afloat toward the door

From the doorway of a building
The sound of stunted songs
I chose to throw my cares away
mmm mmm mmm mmm mmmmm

Sickly specks of prickly light
Deflect my second sight
So we sauntered to the street
Soon I would retreat

III.

A:Let me go
Please let me go
To a place that I have known before
B:Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Please don't make me close the door on you
A:Let me go
Please I must go
There's something I must do to make me better
B:Don't let me go
Don't let me go
It's better than we ever could have hoped for
B:We don't know
We don't know
Our brains can even fit inside our heads
A:I don't know
I don't know
My heart is taking blood right from my brain

Touch me
B:touch me
A+B:It might be the last time...

A: Don't wait for an answer
Don't wait for the answer
B:Won't hold my breath in Minnesota
A:Wait for the answer
Don't wait for an answer
B:Hold my breath and drown in soda
Please don't make me
A:Don't wait for an answer
B:I'll wait for the moment
A:We'll wait for the moment
We'll wait for the...
B:We'll wait for the moment
To touch California
My hope will never (A+B) leave

B:Say goodbye
Say goodbye
Perhaps the future will be not as stupid

Say goodbye
To Californ
Soon I will see the oran-ge of Minnesota

Say goodbye
Let it end
A:This might be the last time

IV.

This is not my home
I'm driven to change
I follow the fates where they summon me
when will they summon me home?

V.

(instrumental)

credits

from Thinking Hard To Overcome Nervousness, released June 21, 2011
Johnny Unicorn: vocal, piano, saxophone, bass clarinet, synth, guitar, vibraphone
Naomi Adele: vocal
Lauren Zeck: clarinet
Bea Miller: flute, piccolo
Jhole Jackson: drums

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Johnny Unicorn is based in Seattle, and plays progressive rock and quirky pop.

Johnny Unicorn is also the proprietor of the prolific Zorznijor project.

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