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Natalies for Glasses VI (After Six Years, This Is All I've Got to Show For) pt. 1: Hey, I Love You, pt. 2: What Else Is New (Reprise) and pt. 3: In My Dreams, You Wanted Pictures of our Projected Future

from Cantata no. 6 (Assistants of Assistants) in Varying Keys, Op. 25 for Three Electric Guitars, One Bass Guitar, One Drum Kit, One Tenor and Additional Voices Where Appropriate by Shorthand Phonetics

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...He is picked up by Tsubasa after the work day was over and gets Hide home in which he engages her in conversation ("Natalies for Glasses VI (After Six Years, This Is All I've Got to Show For) pt. 1: I Love You) and sings her a short song he wrote in America with the help of a friend (pt. 2: What Else is New). He then tells of a dream he had in his cell with Tsubasa listening (pt. 3: In My Dreams, You Wanted Pictures of our Projected Future)...

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[pt. 1: Hey, I Love You]

the say the road to hell
is paved with the best of intentions[16]
makes me wonders

which degree burns am in for
if i continue being who i am

to you the woman i choose to love
unaccepting as you are

arms length you keep me
on the edge of limbo

ready to push
me over
why do you do this?
are you scared?

that i'll inadvertantly
pull you in
take the risk
it'll be worth it

i am not making
anything up when i say do
believe in you

my faith is so strong
dare i say it rivals my faith in
god Himself

for he, created me and you and this circumstance
but still

arms length you keep me
on the edge of limbo

ready to push
me over
why do you do this?
are you scared?

that i'll inadvertantly
pull you in anyway
take the risk
it'll be worth it

just take the risk
it'll be worth it

[pt. 2: What Else Is New (Reprise)]

You are a coal
Burning fire, burning soul
Not black from dirt, but being.
Admit you do, you've still come through.
Yet cessation still sounds freeing.
Gentle assurances from ones you love.
Grant you virility to push forward
Though you may be challenged
Pressure from all sides
You have put up with the torment.
Accept your strength,
Embrace the pressure, break every last confinement.
At your best, you are hard pressed,
but then can you can be a diamond.

pt. 3: In My Dreams, You Wanted Pictures of our Projected Future [A. Ashari]

and so our lives continue
on the whim of our chemistries
will it lead to more doom
or maybe we make it out alive
i hope its the latter
coz no one wants to die broke
of contentment,
but how can we achieve that?

if you dont seize every oppurtunity
to make yourself happy
i should listen to my own advice
apparently that’s what i need right now
but you oh you
i love you and i would give anything
for god knows what now
but ill settle today
to tell you this weird thing
in my dreams you said you wanted pictures
of our projected future
and this is the best i can do

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[literary bibliography]

16. "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", Proverbs, Infobase Publishing, 2007, p. 234, ISBN 9780816066735

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from Cantata no. 6 (Assistants of Assistants) in Varying Keys, Op. 25 for Three Electric Guitars, One Bass Guitar, One Drum Kit, One Tenor and Additional Voices Where Appropriate, released August 30, 2011
part 1 and 3 by A. Ashari
part 2 by A. Ashari / J. Steele

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