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The Man with the Monotone Voice

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The Man with the Monotone Voice

Who will hear the man with the monotone voice?
No matter what you say,
any thought is a choice.

I've seen her moving in the earthly dance.
She's been singing with the priest.
She's been listening to his chants.

People dead on their feet stop to listen to her.
Nobody waits for a thought to occur.

She sees the stars in their dark frame above.
She is not a dreamer
when it comes to love.

He left his kin just to shed his own tears.
His own father's been gone for more
than four billion years.

And he's never cried so loud since the skull left the womb,
but his ears never ring when she's in the room.

The planet safe, my mother is old.
She said don't be afraid, child
to do what you're told.

You will not notice your thoughts when they're true.
There will no more to say
when the world is healing you. Yes, you.

Then she told me to wait, said you've got to wait your turn.
There's an old bridge in side you that is never going to burn.

Though your skin may be burning before you begin
To know anything what it means
how not to sin

Ever again. I do need to be free.
Even with the words that are given
Me, yes me.

The water is wide, I cannot get over.
My beautiful wings are not real anymore.

But if you can hear when you know what to say,
we will be together,
together one day.

We will grow when we will wake up and rest.
We won't need to be wise if we're true and we know
What is best.

In the night and the day we'll be seen and rejoice
in the mind of the man with the monotone voice.

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from Ben Veneer, released March 1, 2011

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