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I hesitate to turn the light
I may fear the other side
Though it exists and I am there
I don't think I came prepared

The light moves while the shadows change
The picture has been rearranged
"What's to fear?" I thought I heard
But where's the voice that spoke the words

I'm not schizophrenic
Don't believe in ghosts
But this peculiar old man
Sat beside the lamp post
With a smile so bright
Like the Cheshire Cat
Made the rest of his face
Disappear behind his hat

Inverse measures of the mind
Have locked us into space and time
When surfing probabilities
There are no doors, there are no keys

Start to look between the light
You never know what you might find
Tricky yet fulfilling
But only for the willing

I'm not schizophrenic
Don't believe in ghosts
But this peculiar old man
Sat beside the lamp post
With a smile so bright
Like the Cheshire Cat
Made the rest of his face
Disappear behind his hat

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from Songs for the Reaper, released February 9, 2008

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“This Grand Rapids band does the groovy, experimental, jam-rock thing in a way that would make Frank Zappa proud.”

Brian McCollum - Detroit Free Press

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