The Runes​-​-​Specters in the Mist

by Matt Kjeldsen and The Runes

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Somethin' Happy 03:14
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Somethin’ Happy Look away and say your blind look ahead and die behind use your head and not your mind you’ll feel good, yea, you’ll be fine Salivating dogs, juicy meat, dollars fly on by like the dreams that collide where the brain cells die all alone in a room of how’s and why’s and who’s and where’s and when’s I gotta write somethin’ happy or I’m gonna starve but, I might die laughing if they harvest me don’t eat the boomerangs if you please they’re part of the collection of part of the trees Monetary collapse, civil wrongs, deadly ax poisoned water, concrete, black air, man attacks advanced life in the sea, quality that we lack Oil burners, waste kings, mental midgets, TV time talk shows, game shows, money suckers, elected slime money smiles, flapping lies, pouncing on the prime time rhyme Savior save us, save Earth, save the day from the hoards, from the beast with the deadly ways start again, try again, different blend can we mend our ways? Telephone, teleshop, telewar, telegod bad laws, bad blood, Aids money, look for pods look around, get sick, wanna die, call the Godsquad brain prod, lightening rod façade High altitude bombs, smart bombs, video war camera man, news man, in the can video store skud man, arab man, oil spill on the shores of the new war to end war, the clean war Salivating dogs, juicy meat, dollars fly on by like the dreams that collide where the brain cells die all alone in a room of how’s and why’s and who’s and where’s and when’s
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If Only 04:01
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If Only Near peace of mind and beyond our time I feel fine and I know what’s mine if only In my space, from behind my face there’s a softened pace and a minute trace of lonely So, you ring the bell and you break the spell you’d make the sell at the wishing well if only You’re back again like a nuisance friend you can see the end and you tend to pretend if only if only
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Snow Party 05:56
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Snow Party The snow has been falling all through the night by the morning the world is green and white and all the gray just fades away with the first coming of the white days and in the silent morning they come to life all the snow creatures from the snow night they hang the lights and they tune the band and there’s brand new life up in snow land It’s a snow party for the snow men and for their snow ladies and their snow friends for the snow animals and snow birds there’s snow music for the snow words it’s time to celebrate the snow again The rain has been falling all through the day A and the evening comes to find water ways A and the water forms into water folk A it’s party time, it’s aqua days It’s a rain party for the rain men A and the rivers flow from the snow end A the rain ushers in a new day A and the hopes’ eternal for a new way A it’s time to celebrate the rain again A at times it seems the rain will never end The sun is shining, they’re hot days A and the sun folk form from the hot rays A the heat, it rises, cicadas sing A and the sun people do their sun things A and the sun sings It’s a sun party for the sun men A it’s a warm feeling that the sun sends A it’s a bright dawning for the sun plays A they live outside while the sun stays A it’s time to celebrate the sun again repeat ‘Snow’ chorus with refrain (Colored trees and northern breeze a seasons fall and summer leaves a the sun is kinder with a gentle hand a and the snow men wait just up in snow land)
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70 or Dead 04:37
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70 or Dead One day you look, you find you’re seventy or dead with all the memories stockpiled in your head of all the things you’ve dreamed and half way said Now you’re seventy or dead All the days and nights you can’t recall rationalize all the shallow stalls focus in on the lighter side instead when you’re seventy or dead It isn’t real ‘til the picture fades what you feel makes the colors from the gray why weren’t you happy when you had it all in spades What were you thinking when you had the chance did you feel the sinking while you held your stance your back to the wall while the others did the dance All the life you missed while planning more were all the happy times worth crying for they’re only visions in your head when you’re seventy or dead It isn’t real ‘til the pictures fade what you feel makes the colors from the gray why weren’t you happy when you had it all in spades What were you thinking when you had the chance did you feel the sinking while you held your stance your back to the wall while the others did the dance One day you look, you find you’re seventy or dead with all the memories stockpiled in your head of all the things you’ve dreamed and half way said Now you’re seventy or dead
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Warm Feeling 04:17
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Warm Feeling The TV’s miles away now I sent my problems with it too but, if you want I’ll come for you The news is with the TV farther away than I can see and if you need I’ll need you too Warm feeling comes ‘round tonight self-stealing drums pound the night warm feeling comes ‘round tonight The blackness fades to grayness and just my song and I remain with candle light and life’s refrain Warm feeling comes ‘round tonight self-healing drums pound the night warm feeling comes ‘round tonight When feelings come ‘round tonight farther away than you can see you move along so hastily repeat chorus
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I Feel It 04:22
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I Feel It Nothin’ new, nothin’ new get behind somethin’ new, something’ new is what I’ll find soon, somethin’ true Got it here, got it here in my heart what I feel, what I feel, my heart seems to be reblooming And I feel it ‘cause it’s right I feel it through the night I’ll feel it all my life Is it real, is it real, is it fool’s gold wanna feel, what is real with a new boldness of me And I feel it ‘cause it’s right I feel it through the night I’ll feel it all my life And I feel it through the days like it’s never been away I feel it through the days I’m covered from the sun I’m on the run but having fun no longer stunned by what’s undone I’m gettin’ by I’m bound to close my eyes and wonder why but then I sigh one day I’ll fly I feel the sky I’m gettin’ by I’ve got it all, got it all, always did Now I see, what is me suddenly less hidden from view And I feel it ‘cause it’s right I feel it through the night I’ll feel it all my life And I feel it through the days like it’s never been away I feel it through the days I feel it
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Just a Little 04:04
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Just A Little Just a little longer now though, you’ve heard that all before what you see is just a tear in the eye of another year just the place you’re headed for Just a little harder now though you’re that much smarter now what you hear is just a cry it comes with dark, it’s gone with light just the place you’re headed now, headed now Just a little colder frozen on your shoulders every heart you gave away just a little softer not as much to offer with every word you wish to say but, never say you’re far away from yesterday Just a little deeper now make it hurt and show me how what you feel is just a twinge of what you’ll keep out on the fringe just a little deeper now, deeper now Just a little colder frozen on your shoulders every heart you gave away just a little softer not as much to offer with every word you wish to say but, never say you’re far away from yesterday
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The Party 03:42
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The Party We’re a lost generation and we can’t be found we’re all looking for money but, there ain’t no jobs around so we stay pretty numb and we act so hip it’s a party for the dumb on a deaf and blinded ship Life as a party is over the party in life has been spent life as a party has left us ‘cause the party packed up and went We lie to ourselves and we tempt our fate we think it’s still early when it’s really getting late we’re all plastic and paper and metal and glue we’re all take and no give, it’s all me and no you and the place we live, we’re slowly killing too repeat chorus Rolling on through a tunnel at a frightening pace with no lights and no sounds and no judgment of our place so we party and play or we search for a deal and we look for a buy but we always want a steal repeat chorus
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I Burn 03:49
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I Burn Some people think that I’m asleep but, I’m poised and ready to leap every stage that passes makes me stronger now ‘cause every dream that is shattered reappears somehow in me So I burn in the night for a fire, a light I burn for the night, for a sign to make it right Some people think that I’m too weak but, I’m strong and steady and sleek and every disappointment handed down my way is filed away for balance in the better days ahead of me repeat chorus Some people try to kill desire toss a pail of water on the fire but, every bitter breeze that tries to blow me down simply fans a flame and makes the music sound from me repeat chorus
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Armin' Myself 03:56
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Armin’ Myself Armin’ myself from my holy brothers armin’ myself from the righteous mothers armin’ myself from hypocrisy I’m armin’ myself from all I see Armin’ myself from the greedy men armin’ myself from pretend friends armin’ myself from self destruction armin’ myself from overproduction Armin’ myself with rocks and stones armin’ myself ‘cause I’m all alone armin’ myself with rocks and stones Armin’ myself from simple minds armin’ myself for danger signs armin’ from the NRA armin’ myself from the USA Armin’ myself from the so called leaders armin’ myself from lying pleaders armin’ myself to save my son armin’ myself from everyone repeat chorus Armin’ myself from the mushy heads armin’ myself from feds and reds I’m armin’ myself, so arm yourself I’m armin’ myself to save myself repeat chorus refrain
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Unsettled Hearts 04:24
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Unsettled Hearts Unsettled souls, unsettled hearts with searching eyes and longing nights where peace of mind and solitude are somewhere else, out of view Unsettled minds unsettled hearts given time we fall apart Late at night when all is still the past is real, the present hell the future blurs with every day like every word you never say Unsettled thoughts unfinished hopes holding on to danger road Holding on is easier than letting go but, it’s still the same, in the end you’ll know what you gave and what you owe and what you’ll never know for holding on Un-harnessed will can lead to tears in searching eyes and longing leers and bitter smiles for hollow years unsettled souls, unsettled fears Unsettled minds unsettled hearts given time we fall apart Holding on is easier than letting go but, it’s still the same, in the end you’ll know what you gave and what you owe and what you’ll never know for holding on
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Specters 01:36
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Specters in the Mist (2004) by The Runes was the second of the ghost trilogy. Most of the songs were actually played by the Runes when they performed live. They were finally recorded in studio and thus these once live songs were to live again.
Partial list of the songs: Somethin' Happy, Armin' Myself, The Party, I Burn, 70 or Dead, I Feel It and Just A Little

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released June 15, 2004

All instruments and vocals by The Runes: Matt Kjeldsen, Brian Collins, Jimmy Holloway, Carrie Miller and Julie Carlton. Produced by Matt Kjeldsen. All songs composed by Matt Kjeldsen.

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With well over 1000 songs to his name and about one hundred independently produced and released albums over the past decades, Matt Kjeldsen is a veteran of the music industry and the eclectic Austin, Texas scene. His sound ranges in tone from irreverent to sublime, from angry to resigned, from simple tracks to grand soundscapes, from singer-songwriter to avant-garde groove designer. ... more

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