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Skipping Stones

by Forging Reverie

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1.
Reverie: Recollection 00:25
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After the Crash 03:17
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It's time to reconcile for chronic amnesia You're just the shotgun-shell for the job You melt me down like cast iron Then pour me out like concrete foundation... I met you on the inside (Before you had a name...) Could you really be (the paradigm?) My soliloquy...? - My soliloquy...? Buried deep in all you are Fermenting my every fear Potentiality, so far yet so near... I'm the moth and you're the windshield I am splattered paint across your floor You've laid me out like I was hit by an eighteen-wheeler! And I cannot remember who we are... Now you're on the outside (I am born today!) But, could you really be (the paradigm?) My soliloquy...? - My soliloquy...? In a state of shock after the crash I've forgotten how to think, at last The moment, I remember, standing still and moving so fast! Nebulous consciousness Vivid dreams Memories unflexed Will atrophy Cerebral skies grow cloudy... Potential signs design me... Deceptive vision Ignites reverie Conceptive attrition Sets me free Again - again - again... I see you on the outside (Now that I'm awake!) But could you really be (the paradigm?) My soliloquy...? - My soliloquy...? Collision, redefined My own paradigm... The pain is a reminder That I am alive...
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Reach 03:51
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Do you see them standing there, spineless Arid, gray and shapeless Waiting to be seen...? They're nothing more than silhouettes Cut out and then pasted From the pages of a dream... Still they're wandering, aimless Robots in their places Learning how to breathe... Though they all remain nameless I know all of their faces Used to look a lot like me... So many barriers To be broken when we're near They're all so paper-thin When distance hides our fear, but I Can't stop thinking If only you were here I would understand... There's more to find - There's more to feel - Now is the time... I've watched them stammering, brainless Stuttering as if they've Forgotten how to speak... They are the hopeless romantics Burned out and wasted The dying breed... So now they hide in open cages Waiting patiently, as if They don't want to be free... Though they all remain faceless They're mirrors, clear and stainless Of the one I used to see... So many barriers To be broken when we're near They're all so paper-thin When distance hides our fear, but I Can't stop thinking If only you were here I would understand... There's more to find - There's more to feel - Now is the time... (All you have to do is reach!) As fortunes fade with youth I ask you once again How long will you wait to Scar your sterling skin? A gap in your defenses Begs to let them in Do you understand...? There's more to find - There's more to feel - Now is the time... All you have to do is reach!
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Dreamset Dynamism 05:50
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Atmospheres empathize When silver skies begin to rust (I hear their rhythms in my head...) Be careful with those eyes You'll burn a hole right through my chest (And I'm already melting in this bed...) No, I won't sit and wait again Because I believe in dynamism If I've missed my chance, if it was ever there It won't return wearing... the same skin Raveled up in the motions that you make I'm falling again! Drifting as the autumn leaves Slowly - ever slowly... To the bottom... These dreams are so vivid My circadian rhythm falls apart again (Shelf my heart again...) In the arms of a specter She is the vector where our worlds collide (I'm stuck here on the other side...) I don't want to sit and wait again Because I believe in dynamism The clock is screaming! But I don't hear a thing... Wound up in emotions for whose sake? I'm stalling again! Lifting my body toward the Sun As my spirit slowly... Sinks... I awoke to reminders in the rain that what falls did rise An ocean spoke with whispers in the waves of uncertain tides The clouds broke; the Sun would say, "The ocean lies" Up in smoke, the dawn today brings familiar goodbyes... Raveled up in the motions that you make I'm falling again! Drifting as the autumn leaves Slowly - ever slowly... Wound up in emotions for whose sake? I'm stalling again...
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In the Pouring... 02:55
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Waiting for the rain to come Cleanse our spineless apprehensions... We burn and blister in the sun Turned black in a world Where light is something Only white can shed... Therein lie the tools we lack To reattach our severed ends Blending light to mend the schism! Don't ask the questions if you're afraid... Of the answers! Won't you sing and dance in the pouring rain...? Or will you die alone to avoid the pain...? (No!) Waiting for the rain to come Purge our groundless trepidations... We crack and crumble in the sun Black angels left To wilt and wither On the driest river bed... Prosaic eyes see black and white Refracted light will help them unlearn To turn a mind into a prism! Don't ask the questions if you're afraid... Of the answers! If I don't see sky soon I'll go insane! - A life lived so dry will surely die in vain! So won't you sing and dance in the pouring rain (with me)? Brush away the cobwebs From the forgotten corner of your head Which used to speak with your heart But for so long, you've neglected... You're oscillating (back and forth) Between the lives you could have led Quit looking to your feet! - The answer is falling from sky... And you aren't even getting wet!
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Satellite Memory (Lights Out) 04:51
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There was a time When you would shed the sun on everyone you met Though out of sight You're still a source of light, afraid to set a fire And though you now sit alone Casting shadows to eclipse your own silhouette I see you there You're still a stare in the face, and I'm the smile you forget to hide I know it's inside You're still a source of light And I'm your satellite Oh please, turn off the gravity It's grown so dark and I'm so dizzy Trying to remember... Lights out... Again... For now I'll hide In crowds, behind their shadows, losing my head I'll shut my eyes Just to block out light; letting nothing out or in Maybe I'm searching for a sign Of where the hell your mind has gone, or trying to forget But there you are You're like a star that’s been pasted to the inside of my lids I know you're inside You're still burning bright And I'm your satellite Oh please, turn off the gravity It's grown so dark and I'm so dizzy Trying to remember (where I am) Oh please, turn on the lights I'd open my eyes but I'm too busy Trying to remember (while I can) Lights out... Again... Don't - Don't burn out on me Oh please, turn off the gravity There's a black hole inside your head... Don't - Don't burn out on me You'll swallow all your memories Oh please, turn on your lights, instead! Oh please, turn off the gravity It's grown so dark and I'm so dizzy Trying to remember (where I am) Oh please, turn on the lights I'd open my eyes but I'm too busy Trying to remember (while I can) Lights out (Lights out) Lights out... again...
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Sun & Rain 04:28
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Sun and rain Stray particles, speckling Painting patterns you made so familiar... Stain my skin Chains were broken By the words you spoke with my lips... As they came On that night, the city Shook the stars from your sky, with a wish... In your eyes, remained The rest, raining down on me I hid them inside your kiss... For just that one moment The world disappeared And the city was frozen Along with our fears For all that we'd bade Had formed into the crown Of both sun and rain And all came... crashing down... Sun and rain All life, I've trained To discern heart from brain at the start... Stolen, they Look exactly the same But they've never looked quite like this... Crescent mane Dancing - Dazzling The dark side dared to shine, clear and crisp... I think I saw this in a dream Or maybe on the silver screen Long before I was sure that it could not exist... The day, torn asunder Was bound in the clouds Of a storm, without thunder To drown city sounds For there struck no lightning Of doubt where we found In both sun and rain The walls came... crashing down... I’ve never felt such freedom - I’ve never felt so alive... How many boundaries can just one moment defy...? (For just that one moment The world disappeared And the city was frozen Along with our fears For all that we'd bade Had formed into the crown Of both sun and rain And all came... crashing down...)
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Fog Hunting (White Lies) 03:33
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I'm retracing our map It feels like chasing a ghost In the fog; I lost your words... I saw it surround me But when I needed it most (Like a ghost...) It faded faster than I could reach... I thought I'd been blessed by my own ghost I guess I confess that my impulse At best, was possessed, and at the most I left a piece of it behind... Inside a cloud of white lies... I'm chasing that cloud It's just like hunting a ghost down Even if it's yours, I'm way of course, and at a loss for words... I feel you around me Though you’re not even close (Maybe never were...) You faded faster than I could say: "I'm real..." (There was a lesson here, somewhere... But I lost it in the fog...) I thought I'd been blessed by my own ghost I guess I confess that my impulse At best, was possessed, and at the most I left a piece of it behind... Inside the chest of someone else's ghost... I begin again with each new birth End up in my head, gestating words I give you my best and brace for the worst As bad as the rest and as good as the first You said that my language could quench your thirst I could pour you and ocean, but what's it worth? Your replies are haunted and rehearsed With these white lies! (Your voice echoes in my ear Smiles traced within the sound...) I thought I'd been blessed by my own ghost I guess I confess that my impulse At best, was possessed, and at the most I left a piece of it behind... (So excuse me, my dear While I chase another cloud...) I'm facing the facts; I came so close To taking it back, though I suppose Retracing my tracks is otiose I know exactly what I'll find... The will-o'-the-wisp in your green eyes... (They're white lies...)
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Latent Heart (In Pantomime) 05:08
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Ascending waves pulse in poise Elevating other noise Into white, without a choice Rather listen, above it all... Move me where I stand Almost feel it touch my hand Terraforming every land A door into a portal... Luminescent, like Sun in eyes, they'll white- Out my every colored light I can send no signal... Moments falter and rewind Accelerating time In and out of sync with mine A latent heart that will recall... The muted mind... (in pantomime...) Speak without a voice Transforming all noise Into white, without a choice Rather listen, above it all... (There, one voice remains...) Touch without a hand Entering, I don't understand (I don't...) Terraforming every land A door into a portal... (Channeling Xanadu...) Paint me without sight Lunar eyes will white- Out my every colored light I can send no signal... (In response...) Rhythms shudder without time Blindly beating deaf designs In and out of sync with mine A latent heart that will recall... The muted mind... all in pantomime... Whose eyes are these Never meeting - unmet? Whose hand is this Never touching - unfelt? Whose voice speaks Never kissing the ears Of a clock that beats Giving life - unset? Synchronize with mine: A latent heart in pantomime! Synchronize with mine! Synchronize...
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Skipping Stones 05:29
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You can't keep a secret That secretly wants to be told... Someone will surely steal it Just so they can watch you unfold... You've got to address it To come alive before you're old... (Can’t keep it... [x11]) You are efflorescent Show your insides; let me hold...them... (Address it... [x2]) Okay, by now... This will all seem out of place - Out of line! But right now... I feel it's time I spoke my mind... I've had these burning questions Melting me down, out from inside... I've struggled to ignore them But I can't put them out! (No!) Lately it seems, I've Been falling asleep in my headphones... Just pondering why Asking the ceiling as if she knows... And each time I try Skipping these wishes, they sink like stones... (I'm skipping stones... [x12]) Straight out of your sky And back into my head to haunt my bones...again... (They're sinking... [x7]) I'm sick and tired... Of pouring my heart out into that broken glass! To an insider... There are some things I just shouldn't have to ask... I've had these burning questions Melting me down, out from inside... I've struggled to ignore them But I can't put them out of my mind... They do grow dimmer now and then But soon those embers reignite... "You can't forget her," they've said Shining like a flower in the sky... I nod off to the ceiling fan Spinning my thoughts into a web, over my bed... It becomes a dream catcher Weaving nightmares into a net, inside my head... That blooms like a moonflower And I launch like a moth, straight into the trap, again...
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Reverie: Headphones 01:52
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Dreamset Dynamism [Acoustic] 04:44
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Atmospheres empathize When silver skies begin to rust (I hear their rhythms in my head...) Be careful with those eyes You'll burn a hole right through my chest (And I'm already melting in this bed...) No, I won't sit and wait again Because I believe in dynamism If I've missed my chance, if it was ever there It won't return wearing... the same skin Raveled up in the motions that you make I'm falling again... Drifting as the autumn leaves Slowly - ever slowly... To the bottom... These dreams are so vivid My circadian rhythm falls apart again (Shelf my heart again...) In the arms of a specter She is the vector where our worlds collide (I'm stuck here on the other side...) I don't want to sit and wait again Because I believe in dynamism The clock is screaming! But I don't hear a thing... Wound up in emotions for whose sake? I'm stalling again... Lifting my body toward the Sun As my spirit slowly... Sinks... I awoke to reminders in the rain that what falls did rise An ocean spoke with whispers in the waves of uncertain tides The clouds broke; the Sun would say, "The ocean lies" Up in smoke, the dawn today brings familiar goodbyes...

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released July 1, 2008

Recorded/Produced by Justin Newton
Mastered by Devon Wedge
Artwork by Tye Newton

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Forging Reverie New Hampshire

Forging Reverie, our passion project of eight years, unofficially crawled to a stop by early 2015 with a handful of unfinished songs. As of yet, no tapes have been burned. : )

Where we’ve been…
Derek and Justin’s casual, guitar-gear podcast: youtube.com/@TheToneControl
Justin’s audio production studio: jaysongstudio.com
Tye’s visual design business (& someday new music): www.tyenewton.com ... more

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