The Day Will Come by Cai Rodis

The day will come I don’t feel someone right behind of me 

Can I stroll a bit–control all this?

Can I get a chance to breathe?

Stare but still, don’t see me standing near…

Go away, but not too late. I need you here

But don't think I’m an alien

Just take a step while I take a breath.

Can’t you see? Right beside me?

You treat me like an alien. I know,

I feel something you don’t inside of me 

I need the day we feel the spirit rising through the floor

Can they see all this? Do they believe in this?

They’re not ready for what’s more.

Why can’t I bring the other side 

closer to what’s really there beneath?

But don't think I’m an alien

Just take a step while I take a breath 

Can’t you see? Right beside me?

You treat me like an alien. I know,

I feel something you don’t inside –

I try but my mind makes a sigh to this world

So no more can I be confined, then I’m fine

There’s more to this world to be seen.

But don't think I’m an alien

Just take a step while I take a breath.

Can’t you see? Right beside me?

You treat me like an alien. I know,

I feel something you don’t inside of me

Patterns by Liana Warren

oh the sky is full of pink clouds tonight

and I don't have much time till it starts to rain

so I slip on my boots

get to walkin'

hit the street

if I'm gonna make it after all to this place I wanna be

but the moon's a toothy grin, hangin' low

with a mole from some bright planet I don't know

and the light on the corner's blinkin' red, baby

just like a sign

and as for me, I'm turnin' in

once again

willing symbols to align

cuz there's numbers forming patterns in the dark

a message to decode a broken heart

oh there's numbers forming patterns, what's it mean

when a pattern's just a pattern breaking me

so I come back to the quiet of my cold bedroom

shiver for a while, turn the dial

maybe something will change soon

if I stare at my guitar long enough, tell me

will it start to sing?

and if I keep on looking out to the abyss,

will it look back into me?

where there's numbers forming patterns in the dark

a message to decode a broken heart

oh there's numbers forming patterns, what's it mean

when a pattern's just a pattern breaking me

cuz there's numbers forming patterns in the dark

a message to decode a broken heart

oh there's numbers forming patterns, what's it mean

when a pattern's just a pattern breaking me

when a pattern's just a pattern breaking me

I Had to Run by Nüxia Peng

Oh, I suppose that I am numb
Fine mist pulled me close
wander to and fro
In all the world
I know I will wait for you until I’m so
tired I can’t go on
I had to run but nothings wrong
In the lightning space
We go together
I had to run but nothings wrong
When the lightning breaks
We’ll grow together
I had to run but nothings wrong
Why do you run?
I had to run
I had to run but nothing’s wrong
You know, better than I
Emotions, they make me tired
Enter your world,
I do
In your world i survive the cold

Estrogen by Concession

The shot didn’t hurt when you gave it to me 

The hand it was holding when it went into my knee 

I let out a sigh like I’m blowing off steam 

I’m a lady

And twice a month or every day it grew like a weed 

It was poison it was beautiful but it was vanity 

At the show you didn’t know I was blooming 

Like a flower

Time goes on and all these voices 

A machine with no moving parts is broken 

Every particle of dust an explosion 

While the Earth is revolving

Estrogen and terrifying visions on a cloud 

Magic hanging smoke calls and tells me I’m getting old 

In the night as the dark creeps in the voices are so loud 

Estrogen like smoke hanging over the ground

Trimmed my nails and shaved my legs I guess I’m dreaming 

With the rain falling treading water seeps but runs free 

In a movie theater bodies sink into the seats 

Tireless nights like a sequence

And twice a month or every day it grew like a weed 

It was poison just the thought “am I passing?” 

In the snow you didn’t know I was withering 

Like a flower

Moving faster now it’s a rollercoaster ride 

As my cells grow apart and the tides divide 

At times I was so scared but the heart 

Overpowers it’s exhilarating

Estrogen on the roof looking over the city 

Thoughts of future love and suddenly I’m empty 

In the night I walk past closed storefronts with silent worry 

Option 1 do it for a while 

Let it all consume me with a smile and then feel free 

Option 2 remain gender useless 

Draw a figure forget which line was drawn 

Sing along

Estrogen and terrifying visions on a cloud 

Magic hanging smoke calls and tells me I’m getting old 

In the night as the dark creeps in the voices are so loud 

Estrogen like smoke hanging over the ground

Ghost Drawn by Waterstrider

Everything’s gone 

turning it’s cheek 

caught up in lust and emotion 

Bury my bow 

hunting for peace 

everything’s been broken open 

I don’t know what for 

Ever something lost 

Curse the silent wounds 

Half of never 

How do I turn off, separate from you? 

I believe it now 

The way the sun burns out 

Had a sudden change in feelings 

True love is a ghost drawn on 

All that I’ve fought 

all that I’ve won 

bending my thumb over backwards 

Taking my time 

to see what I see 

I always put me above the others 

Do we need love to tell us we’re real? 

I only feel like I’ve just awoken 

 I could have lost myself in you 

never to see what’s here 

True love is a ghost drawn on 

(On and on and on and on) 

How Deep Is This River, How Stable Its Banks by Neder Gatmon-Segal
Where we are
there is water
and all around us
land

And a field
tilled and sown
flooded, grown

i’d like to show you how i swim
you show me how you water fields
i’d take you on to banks and shore
we’d live and cherish, settle down

if i could plan the years and hours
i’d cultivate and water flowers
if time was fake, in spaceless time
i’d stay there with you we’d be fine

every day
every night
pass over us
between us
River
and its banks

how to wade
should we float
float downstream
end-less-ly

well rivers flow and so do we
we shift and cycle endlessly
and life and love you cannot dam
of this i’m sure i think i am

and in the end
the river’s mouth
flows into ocean
flows down south

every day
every night
pass over us
between us
River
and its banks

in the end
at the mouth
i hope we end up there
Together
once again

Your Life Is the Wheel by Affectionately
Last time I felt this
I never got so close to climbing the mountain
But now I see through it
Driving down the highway
I scream hallelujah
I’m really sorry
That I was a little late to the party
No more excuses
Finally the good life

So, how does it feel

When you finally get the chance to take control 

Of the wheel 

Don't look back

At Last

All the colors

Are coming in to fill my dreams of another

There’s nothing like it

Seeing how dance around like a comet

Maybe there’s a chance that 

Living just piece of your life will enhance mine

No more excuses 

This life is such a good time

So, how does it feel

When you finally get the chance to take control 

Of the wheel 

Don't look back

Why the hell

Does it change?

Can I live the life I wanna live? 

And all things change

Just live the life you wanna live

Just live your life

So, how does it feel

When you finally get the chance to take control 

Of the wheel 

Don't look back

And how does it feel

When you finally free yourself 

And make it real?

Perfect by Derek Sup

What is perfect?

Anything?  Nothing’s perfect
Are you perfect?

Anyone?  No one’s perfect

You can surely

Try to be something perfect,

But you’re living a lie

Might be impressive to try

But your wasting your time

If you think you can be perfect

What is certain?

Anything?  Nothing’s certain

Are you certain,

Or in a cave thinking shadows are certain?

You can surely
Trick yourself into being certain,

But you’ll never know what the future beholds

You just got to let go

Of that aching need to feel certain

Is it worth it

All this obsessive behavior you’re indulging?

Is it worth it

Endlessly chasing impossible purpose?

Do you notice

The fullness of love,

Of life in those moments

When you’re feeding that need

That compulsion to be

What cannot be achieved

How could it ever be worth it?

Give up being perfect

You’ll never be certain

Trying’s never worth it

Nothing’s ever perfect

Butte County by Lucy Broom

Tearing my way up the 99
Trying to forget the world that I left behind
If you need to reach me just send good Old Scratch a line

There's a picture on the dashboard I keep to remind
Me of the place that I left home to find
But that smile of yours don't exist anymore
So I'll drive, I'll drive, to the next state line

But I'm still wasting my time
Blurring the line between despair and death
Nursing a grudge
Holding out for a love that can rebuild what's left
Oh and Mama, if you only knew
The things that your boy's been going through
You wouldn't be writing me now
Saying "Honey, this will all be over soon"

There's a lot on my mind now
But Butte County's calling
There's gold hills and green trees
And much that was stolen
By that black veil I once wore over my eyes

Those woods that I once knew
Where I fell in love
Were as muted as my heart and black as my lungs
But all at once
The world is full of light and I know why

Cuz I'm done wasting my time
Blurring the line between despair and death
Nursing a grudge

Holding out for a love that can rebuild what's left
Oh and Mama, if you only knew
The things that your boy's been going through
You wouldn't be writing me now
Saying "Honey, this will all be over soon"

Cuz I'm done wasting my time
Blurring the line between despair and death
Nursing a grudge
Holding out for a love that can rebuild what's left
Oh and Mama, if you only knew
The things that your boy's been going through
You wouldn't be writing me now
Saying "Honey, this will all be over soon"
Oh and Mama, if you only knew
The things that your boy's been going through
You wouldn't be writing me now
Saying "Honey, this will all be over soon"