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The Seventh Palantir
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Nicholas, o Nicholas, the entity chose you to serve it
Nicholas, I tell you this, you know what you did to deserve it.
past the far reaching border of the northern exposure
dwells a man of inscrutable fate
watching your deeds dear, the seventh palantir
that he pulled from the hands of his very best friend
he tried to resist and he failed
and his fortress, his impenetrable fortress,
indistinguishable from the fictional man of steel's
fueled by mechanisms not understood
by the operators of the modern age
built by the dreamers of a long forgotten time a civilization long since lost
to the shifting landscape the infinite tundra only navicable by cancerous beasts
and cosmic rays
christmas day
palantir
a thousand years
nicholas, immortal nicholas, draws power from the oculus discovered in a pile of dust
found by himself and a young Robert Peary
adventuring boys exploring north
knew not the danger of venturing forth,
it cost young Robert his memory
and nicholas, cursed nicholas may never go home again
save but for once a year, so says the ancient pact
when the oculus makes it's command
ignoring modern ideas of what's possible the palantir guides his hands
and at night he still tells he can hear through the bells
him say "flee if you can my dear friend"
but despite not belonging, the curse is upon him
and he knows not the warmth to defend
cosmic rays
christmas day
palantir
a thousand years
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Take It Easy 2
03:49
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snow falling in the neighbourhood where i let you down
and i apologize how for how i was back then
warm my hands at the bar where you said no to forgiving me
maybe a couple of years we can try again.
take it easy
do you know they put a brand new building where we used to live?
and i apologize for how i was back then
i don't know how to hang on to the baby and let the bath drain
i might remember it wrong, but i miss my friend.
take it easy.
water froze but i was already cold for a year or so
pipe burst in the front yard and i walked away
made amends best i can, i understand if it's not enough
maybe a couple of years we can try again.
take it easy
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The leaves are frozen to the ground
it's a little late now
friends already left town
it's the very last day
last day of work before christmas, it's so slow
sometimes I think about the river, it gets so cold
should i change what I'm doing, I never know
i never know
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my body aches but it's not cold, i stay inside where i am wanted
made the card to send to you to say i won't show, but i forgot it
i go outside to light a smoke but slipped on ice, god kept my promise
this christmas eve i'll be alone, patch on my arm, flask in my pocket
i don't wanna be here, so i'm gonna go
try to get sober next year
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Can't see the lines on the road
pretty sure where to go.
It didn't call for snow
but what do you know.
what does it matter if I actually exist?
I have to go to work either way it is
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