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Union, Reunion

by Noah Glenn

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1.
Conversion 04:44
I could take a walk around the world Maybe pay my way diving for pearls They say if you seek, you will find, But I know I’d never find another girl like my girl No one could ever snatch you from my hand I’d do more than anybody can My fingers’ grip is so tight You never ever ever slip through like a grain of sand I don’t care if it’s in Fahrenheit or Celsius My blood boils for you I could try to run far from the wrath But I won’t get as clean in another bath I realize I’m far away, But I will do what it takes to get back on the path Take your pick, measure in miles or kilometers I’d travel so far for you I don’t care if it’s in Fahrenheit or Celsius My blood boils for you Other people stretch their arms for gold They’ll never be content when they are old 'Cause they may find what they seek, But they’ll get no joy from the things that they hold So, I will use a different set of rules I won’t measure my life out by jewels Some will try to prove they’re true using false gods, But the only thing they’ll prove is they are fools Whether dollars, euros, or pounds, it makes no difference You’re worth more than any currency Take your pick, measure in miles or kilometers I’d travel so far for you I don’t care if it’s in Fahrenheit or Celsius My blood boils for you
2.
Hummingbirds 02:59
You and me sit on the balcony, watching hummingbirds We can’t count the beating of their wings; they’re beating like our hearts Oh, when I don’t feel okay Oh, you know just what to say Hold me Let me forget nothing You and me sitting by the sea, drinking hummingbirds We’ve lost count of how many times we’ve watched the sun go down Oh, you are not the same Oh, we’ll give you a new name Hold me Let me forget nothing
3.
Sleeptalker 03:39
Sometimes we stay up all night But it’s only because we worked all day When else are we gonna do The things that we wanna do And say all the things that we normally cannot say? You know you talk in your sleep I guess you’ve got no secrets to keep Even when you dream Sleeptalker, Sleeptalker Our future seems so unsure But isn’t that what futures are for? When else could we possibly do All the things that we’ve dreamed we might do But haven’t gotten around to so far? I write down what you say in your sleep Cause we don’t have any secrets to keep Even when we dream Sleeptalker, Sleeptalker (Sometimes I can’t understand thing Sometimes I know exactly what you mean Keep on talking as long as you’re talking to me)
4.
Listless 03:19
Please don’t ask me to define Why your glances feel like wine It really is no fault of mine That I feel the way I do If I tried to write it down Or express it in a sound Attempts would shatter on the ground There is no book about you My love for you is not a list of attributes To which I add, from which I could subtract It’s something more intangible Than just a page to fill with facts Encyclopedias don’t tell me what the gist is And a love based on lists would be listless People ask me how I knew That the one for me was you Like there’s some checklist they could do To contain what they can’t hold But there is no equation Or some cryptic calculation That you’d compute if you had patience And thus unravel every fold My love for you is not a list of attributes To which I add, from which I could subtract It’s something more intangible Than just a page to fill with facts Encyclopedias don’t tell me what the gist is And a love based on lists would be listless
5.
Close your eyes and lay your head down Need not wonder if I’m around Reach your arm out you’ll know where I am Mathematics can be undone That’s what happens when two are one Some things science cannot understand I am of dirt. You’re of my rib. Of you and I will be our kids I’ll live quietly and work with my hands And then when that day comes And I make my way home Don’t mash your teeth and groan Like those who live with no hope Listen to me as I tell this I don’t want to be so selfish As to seal myself in a concrete tomb So plant a tree above my body And its roots will drink deep of me Growing food our grandkids will consume Or spread my ashes in the garden Grow tomatoes, carrots, cardamom I will feed you still for years to come We return to the dust That was used to make us Until then we still drudge In this dirt that's been cussed
6.
Since I joined the union, the flame has ever burned When there's a reunion, to dust we shall return There will be beauty here You planted your seeds, but you never expected them to grow Now your harvest has come, and you're reaping what you did not sow
7.
No sense harvesting a fruitless tree Cut it down and you’ll expose the rot So disgraceful to be spoken out loud Things that have been done in secret You were formerly at home in darkness Now you know the feeling of the light Everything that has been touched by this light Has no choice but to be visible Already/Not Yet Measure time because the days are evil Don’t be foolish; understand the plan Speak to one another like a hymnal Some notes here and some are yet to come Is the kingdom future or now present? May not know until you fall asleep Wake wake awake awake, o sleeper You are called to rise up from the dead Already/Not Yet Wake, wake oh sleeper Where, oh death, is your sting?
8.
You're whispering a secret But I know it like the back of your hand Hands that know just how to hold me Hands that even know the old me Everything I ever buried Everything thing that I can't bear Laid bare we're both the same Married by our very name You know me better than I know myself Something going on in your eyes I know what nobody else sees You're looking right through me You're seeing into me Your eyes know how to read me You know all the words before they come out The greatest book I ever read Is the one inside your head You know me better than I know myself
9.
If I sow the land Like Johnny Appleseed When the harvest comes What will I reap? I don’t know what to do I don’t know what I’m gonna do If I lost it all Like my grandfather did Would I rise again Thankful for the fall? I don’t know what to do I don’t know what I’m gonna do If I hear your voice Like I’m sure You want me to What would I do? And how can I be sure? If I built a boat Just like my namesake did I would want to know Who would be on board I don’t know what to do I don’t know what I’m gonna do We don’t know what to do They don’t know what we’re going through
10.
I am a weak and fragile vessel I have no power to defend I shatter myself to a million pieces You put me together again with rubber cement Left to myself, I'm no more than a savage If left up to me, I'd never repent It takes someone stronger to bring me my senses I'm sticking you to my side with rubber cement I've arrived unarmed to the battle I gave myself up to every blow I've seen what becomes of golden cattle But I still cannot let mine go
11.
Part I: Phantom Like a phantom Moving to and fro It’s all in vain Heaping up wealth But he don’t know where it will go When he don’t remain Show me the end The number of my days Fleeting is life Not much more than a breath Selah Like a phantom I walk about And I make an uproar For what do I wait? The earth is a cloth You consume like a moth All that I adore Let me know my end The extent of my days Here I sojourn Really not much to see Selah Part II: Selah (A rest) Part III: Ashes to Ashes Let the poor man be lifted Let the rich man be humbled Let both know they will meet the same fate Green grass withers beneath the scorching sunlight, Just as all men will fade We brought nothing in the world We'll take nothing away (Ashes to ashes, dust to dust) (There's just one God over the living and the dead) Green, green grass withers beneath the scorching sun, Just as all men will fade away Like a phantom
12.
Youth fears time But time steals youth away We age everyday We age everyday Life fights death But only brings delay It comes anyway Death comes anyway This is not a sad song This is not a sad song No, this is not a sad song Death's just temporary Morning comes and we wake from our sleep We wake from our sleep We'll live endlessly

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released May 15, 2012

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Noah Glenn is a filmmaker, musician, and composer living in Memphis, TN.

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