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A Meeting of the Mind

by Instants

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1.
A silouhette has never seemed so perfect, dancing in the moonlight to the sound of the ocean As the tide rolls in The combination to the locks not working, I stare into the mirror and the room starts spinning around as I breathe in and out So I wrote it down on a napkin corner, folded it up and put it in my pocket Never let our secret back out Don't apologize to me for something, you never even understood to start with Or I swear you won't be seeing me around Don't make me hold you down And tell you what it is I love about the way you look at me Whenever you decide to love me back I'll be waiting here you see If you could only see what I see Two paths crossing but the moment is so brief That you're bound to miss the beauty if you blink Where has it gone, I can't believe Something this magical could come from in me I could have sworn you were falling for me You were falling for me And no one will believe me when I say this but I know you're out there somewhere just Saving all of your lovin for me So I continue on this path just searching, never realizing my true potential Until I woke up this morning Its all a metaphor for something bigger I keep my eyes peeled so as not to miss it I'm terrified and in disbelief How many times can one man be deceived I never noticed it until I opened my eyes Oh How much time I've wasted underneath The surface wondering How I let my life just pass right through my fingertips in a daze I swear the fortune teller left this part out, just took my money and lied to my face And as I pass you on the sidewalk something in me starts to change I know a love like this could never be as big of a mistake As the one I would have made if I had just turned and walked the other way
2.
Hey there, whats your name? So nice to meet you I kind of get the feeling that we've met before Follow me back to my place in the city I've got a view of it all and so much more Well, déjà vu doesn't happen to me often let me tell you when it does it really trips me out I know I've seen you somewhere before but I can't put my finger on it at the moment maybe I Know in my heart that you're my one true love, Thats the moment you looked in my eyes and said Don't you think it might all be in your head I don't remember seeing you before But maybe, just maybe Who knows since life's so strange and all Then something comes over me and I grab hold of your hand Its almost like we joined as one that Moment, sweet moment Don't ever let it slip away Lets hold it, forever No one can take this love away from Us I swear to you Until the end I'll stay right by your side, you'll never be alone again
3.
Jagaduru taught me of karma And how my etheric double Would open like a lotus flower But when I approached her In my asrama I didn’t notice it was really chittakasa I taught myself the sandha bhasa Let the tension in the room rise up to meet my middle chakra Sex Life Pain Lies Love The truth The rebirth I see our souls bind The madhyama became a mantra Of mine you see Mandalas start appearing right in Front of my eyes like A deity I've Been searching for but until now I could not find Until that moment When my eyes unfocused I may have never noticed Our eternal closeness closing in on me She’s my Goddess in disguise, From her lips departs a nectar so divine Its on the tip of my tounge, In the dead of night I swear to God She fucked the sun right from the sky I swore the moon was in her eyes It tore into me My lord it soothed me Sex Life Pain Lies Love The truth The death of our minds
4.
Bad Bliss 03:23
I'm terrified of the future darlin' But then again who knows maybe it all works out in the end I place one foot right In front of the other Til my stride takes over and the struggle is just a thing of the past A thing of the past, You've got to promise me you won't look back Ever, and that wherever you go I go In the heart of man there lies So much more than has met your eyes A glimpse is never enough To hold forever is too much I can't believe what was said Did I invent this whole mess Is this delusion or bliss Or some cruel, sad, sick limerick I know I stand here today But have I been here before I've seen that look on your face I've heard that knock at the door I called you up on the phone It's not in service any more Bad bliss won't you carry me home buried deep within the marrow of my aching bones It's times like these, I think I'd rather be alone How many times must I tell you that without me your a sinking stone Under the water This is our future Whether you want it or not I'm here to tell you that you've got it bad Bad bliss won't you carry me home Bad bliss at the core of my bones Bad bliss won't you carry me home Bad bliss never leaves me alone
5.
It's such a shame to see you wasting Your talent instead of chasing The dreams that you had Before you slipped back towards the past How the hell can you stand to face it The mirror and your reflection The bags underneath of your eyes From all of the stressing and no, you can't live a quiet life It doesn't even matter how, hard it is you try Its absurd, to think I could be your wife Eternally bound as life just passes us by The longer that you wait the worse its going to get I turn my back to walk the other way Without any hesitation you just look at me and say…. Every body is moving at a rate I’m unaccustomed to They say every man is his own worst enemy Lets move to the country A little house where you can love me We’ll watch the sun rise and set And write each other poetry It will be so beautiful To say the least Often times I wonder if I love you more than you love me But then I realize, You wouldn’t be here At all if you didn’t feel the same I really hate to say this But I think we’re on two different pages I can’t stay forever You know without you I’d die Lets try not to get to comfy Being together Why? Don’t you love me? I’ve literally told you hundreds of times When its all said and done my dear I can promise you You won’t want me here Sorry I, don’t understand Don’t leave me hanging here
6.
Its times like these, I wish I could Go back to the way, things used to be And ever day and every night I lie awake with you by my side Coming to conclusions that would define us, Set us apart from the way That we are and the way that, We were when times were easier on us How much of this is real and what is not I can’t tell but a lot of it could go either way I know, its just a part of me that I’ve yet to kill Please believe me if you give me one good reason Not to trust you I will put an end to this all Oh, I will put an end to this all And I could not be better prepared for this heartache Its all the same anymore Love feels just like pain and my heart is the ocean I tore out all of my veins And I can only pray for the lord to lift this heavy weight Cover up the lies that you told to yourself When you still felt alive Seeking out the truth only led me to you love Tell me what have I done To deserve this I was a good man Until the day you arrived and then everything went South
7.
As simple as it sounds it's getting harder by the second Keeping you inside my web my grasp is slowly slipping All the days that pass us by are slowly dying with us Never saw this coming in a million years until it hit us I pry open my lids and walls start to close in around me Sorry I don't understand the point of being lonely Carrying the weight of your mistakes upon my shoulders Crying out at night for fear I might slip further under - Neath the hypnosis that I planned for you I know Timid eyes only mask little bits of the truth I hear Harrowing howls from a reverb drenched room That I locked from the outside to be close to you Oh, how I'd die for a love that I could call true If everyone I know decides to distance themselves further from me than they have already I don't know if I would Notice any difference at this point I swear that I don't Even know my family in the way I long to know you Heavy on my heart weighs what was once nothing I'd even notice I could see it clear as day I wanted little more than peace of mind to bind my being to the cosmos Can't you feel the energy infecting all that is around us shaking themselves to make our presence felt Violent forces vibrating so low I could tell they were Acting on instinct, when they climbed from the well Where the wishes of lovers and liars had fell To their resting place, final Wasted days Instantly I felt it creep up on me, woke me from my Slumber, in the middle of the night I rolled right over You were gone I couldn't understand why my heart felt so hollow Suddenly the things I’ve always known I'm not so sure of swallow down and harbor for a lifetime not even an hour Senses fail me daily but this time I think I’ve gone and done it Now I know I’ll be alone forever Never felt this way before today I lived alone before you I was always fine I loved myself and all of those around me but all that I can see is crumbling Heaven knows I’d sell my soul off piece by piece to find you breathing Even if it means that I will be the flesh you sink your teeth in when you’re hungry I will be the meal that feeds you Words are only weapons when you use them without pure in - tensions, Dialect encrypts the words that rearranged to form a message
8.
I waited up by the telephone baby just hear your midnight call, I sat alone for what seemed like years just counting cracks in the bedroom wall Nothing in this whole wide world could break me down the way you do Everyone says I’m as distant as I’ve ever been, Been pacing holes in my shoes With nothing but the memory of you, I hit the road not knowing what to do And every mile that lies at my feet, Every stranger that I meet Every glance passed in between Tells tales of terror I don’t know how to Explain it darling, I’ve got chills running all down my spine There’s a fire burning right behind my eyes Follow the sound of my voice In an instant you’ll find me Prove that your love is still true There are terrible forces at work, Trying to keep us apart babe Try not to let them succeed After all this time I finally see I have no control of my destiny Still nothing could stop me I’m well on my way, Whatever between us will quickly decay I head towards the sunset, I’ll find you just wait, I’d give up my life just to know that you were safe Inside me, Hold on I’m starting to fade into black Then I see you standing over me, I’m saved It’s alright I’m right here Reach out your hand It will all be ok, the future is near
9.
As the moonlight leaks in through my eyelids I can see it clearer than I ever have before From the confines of my caved in love mine Years slip through my fingers I'm just etching out the days Hearts were made to break It's a feeling that I just can't shake Lately I've been having fever dreams Now I can see her nightmares play out on a movie screen They've freed me from the chains I'm bound in Sounding off the siren and running towards the top Of the mountain where her footsteps just abruptly stop And the choir only whispers to us who were not b Because you ain't Jesus You can't walk on water You do not believe in Anything at all I have seen it in your eyes I know the weakness Pleasing though it seemed at first now not at all Creep out into the dark end of the hall Sneak up on me from behind and watch me fall Into the winter then Came and went the summer You rearranged the seasons For no reason at all And I got splinters, one after the other Underneath my fingernails from scratching at the walls From scratching at the walls Reason never had no meaning its just a ghost believe me And I still can’t recall, why I started bleeding from the lids of my eyes, carry out the plan Without you noticing it all In the future I won’t have to make this call When you approach me on the street I won’t recall Ever crossing paths or talking there for hours Each drop of love is now just blood we've shed Each drop of love we shared is now just blood we shed Its pooling up outside our favorite restaurant The church declared it all an act of God instead I know you’re real, even if you’re only in my head I know you’re real, At least more than a silhouette
10.
This can't be happening, I know it isn't real Because if it were then you would know my name by heart And how did I get here, All I did was love An angel from above I thought you were And She Said…. And you, you can trust me You don't have to be afraid Follow me until the days outrun you Why won't you listen, to what I have to say Look in my eyes don't you recall the way we fell in love Oh all of the decisions, we made have led us to A point where we can chose one or the other No not a chance in hell can, the both of us remain You just keep causing so much pain to me I know now what to do I'll keep my cool and follow through You won't know a thing, I'll have you dangling by a string Hanging over the fire That I started to keep us warm I built you shelter from thes storm Its such a shame I never saw this coming I just let you have your way With the trinity I've come To understand finally Mind, body and soul Which one are you today I can't decide if I should stay Me or become you I promise you'll miss me You know you aren't yourself when you're without me So give in and kiss me Like your a man and not ashamed I told you my love is not a game You'll wish you had never played (with my heart)…..

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Coming from Nova Labs October 17th, 2014!

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released October 17, 2014

Produced, Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Joshua Putney

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Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keys and Drum Programming - Joshua Putney Vocals - Kristen Putney
Additional instrumentation -
Nels Dovre - Cello
Julia Immel - Viola
Darren Matthews - Slide Guitar
Ryan Lombard - Organ and Guitar


Artwork and Design by: Scarlett Alexandra Putney and Matthew Dake

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Instants Des Moines, Iowa

Instants is an electronic/rock husband and wife duo from Des Moines, IA. This is what Joshua and Kristen Putney do when in their spare time from their mother project, Diamonds for Eyes.

Their upcoming album, A Meeting of the Mind, which is the first work of fiction they have ever produced, is scheduled for a double release early next spring alongside the new Diamonds for Eyes album on Nova Labs.
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