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Fracture

by Ionne

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1.
Burn 01:46
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Human 04:52
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Said I wouldn’t want more than my hands could hold Said I wouldn’t take more than my weight in gold Said I wouldn’t make noise—I’d leave quietly Said I wouldn’t wage war but you’re forcing me Said I wouldn’t lose sore—I don’t give a damn Said I wouldn’t need you—I know who I am Said I wouldn’t tell lies but I’m lying now Said I wouldn’t give blood but I’m bleeding out There’s a darkness in me A hole that never heals And I like the way it feels Sometimes Said I couldn’t trade honor for sacrifice Said I couldn’t be silenced for any price Said I couldn’t come back after what we’d done Said I couldn’t get caught with a smoking gun Said I couldn’t do better—I’m not so sure Said I couldn’t get burned on a lust so pure Said I couldn’t get spoiled by the gifts you flaunt Said I couldn’t get hooked—now you’re all I want There’s a darkness in me A hole that never heals And I like the way it feels Sometimes You put this in me This hole that never heals And I like the way it feels Sometimes You make me human You make me cry You make me human Keep me alive Forget what I might do If I weren’t on your side Forget the world I’m here to stay—I’m here to stay Forget what I might do I’m always by your side I’m yours to take—I’m yours to take
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The Last Time 06:07
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All we ever feared Was killing time Several hundred years Amount to Castles that we’ll never own And songs I write But cannot sing myself Our dreams of spaceships And their secret plans To take us somewhere else The mirror’s cold The glass is too Tonight I feel so old So used to Pain from this malfunction Filling up my mind And spilling on our bed This little robot Should be sleeping Should be sleeping Should be Locked away in Solitude Like the last time (Just like the last time) Like the last time (It’s always like the time) Full of empty Platitudes Like the last time Like the last time Fall apart Like the last time Like the last time What else can I drink To ease my mind When every thought I think Returns to Cards and pictures Countless roses Precious moments Moments laid to waste Don’t turn your back Don’t walk away Don’t be that way Don’t be your Self Locked away in Solitude Like the last time (Just like the last time) Like the last time (It’s always like the time) Full of empty Platitudes Like the last time (Just like the last time) Like the last time Fall apart Look at what it’s done to you Like the last time Break my heart Smile if I’m still hurting you Like the last time Like the last time Like the last time
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Falling Satellites 04:36
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Well, take enough time to catch your breath Then fall in the crowd—there’s not much left Gunshots and glass and smoke and heat The god in the church across the street The point we crossed the borderline Our creature comforts left behind The sweet taste of change hangs in the air And I’ll admit I’m unprepared We’ll be home by twilight When we’ve gone what will they write? Are we shooting stars or falling satellites? Seven live rounds of drunken spades The annual farce of our parade Cut short the night we heard the beast Had taken the girl we called Maurice The point we crossed the borderline Our creature comforts left behind With bottle bomb cocktails in our hands Assured they’d cave to our demands So we marched and screamed But they stopped listening Our fires gleamed Now your brow is glistening Sweat like blood falls down from you But what else were we going to do? We were in love With everything they told us to To never speak of So we smoked them all in ’22 In love In love We’ll be home by twilight When we’ve gone what will they write? Are we shooting stars or falling satellites? When we’ve gone what will they write? When we’ve gone what will they write? Are we shooting stars or falling satellites?
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The Fray 04:27
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The moonlight fills us in The mist peppers our skin And nothing Keeps us Tethered Our desperate evening stride Against the crashing tide Unbroken Hardly Weathered Till real life Broad daylight Catches us and pulls us in the fray Let’s shift the tide That is why We’re here The fragile lines we made Like porcelain dolls now lay In fragments Where they Shattered The autocratic chiefs The ones who hunt our peace Like bloodshed Is the Answer Till real life Till broad daylight Catches us and pulls us in the fray Let’s shift the tide That is why We’re here Till real life Till broad daylight Catches us and pulls us in the fray Let’s shift the tide That is why We’re here The moonlight fills us in The mist peppers our skin The ocean Waves are Breaking And everything could change Our desperate midnight stride Against the crashing tide The risk is Worth the Taking And everything could change The world you thought you knew The joy I promised you Is just Beyond The skyline And everything could change Should angels bless your feet Then run ahead of me But keep me On your Mind
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Mess 05:09
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The story of the mess we made Begins with me A hundred million years ago Beneath the sea I rose like mist above the waves To touch the sky And heard a call that shook the earth Then there was light She cupped her hands to shape the moon And tamed the tide She lit the sun then quenched its rays And called it night She called it night She called it night She called it night Then God looked down on everything And it was good Except the part where I did feel Misunderstood I started giving gifts I knew Would fail to please Like mutilated animals And burning trees I killed her son and hid the blade In self defense It’s hardly an excuse I’ve made But it’s the best The closest I’ll admit the blame Or feign repent Or feign repent O, I I can be Something real Someone new The story of the mess we made Begins with me A hundred million years ago Beneath the sea The pleasure of your countenance Toward other guys Is difficult to comprehend But still I try Cause I just want to feel it (We both) To feel something (Reached for) Cause I just want to feel it (The knife) To feel something
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Acid and Wine 04:06
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He said: Acid and wine Might be good for your mind Hold onto love Hold onto love He said: Funny how much is revealed As it burns, as it heals Hold onto love Hold onto love Hold on He said: Feel it peel away karma and Jesus Christ Science, governments, supermen, kryptonite Find salvation in chemical overdose Let it be father, mother, and holy ghost Then he grins as you flicker and slip away Lets you choke on the poisons he’d never take Ugh Hold onto love Hold onto love Well who among us has it all If none of us survives the fall Brother, keeper, vicious Reaper Demons run when we Call then by their name Then he grins as you flicker and slip away Lets you choke on the poisons he’d never take Picks your pockets, your flesh, and your memories Leaves your bones for the dogs and Persephone Strip me, strip away karma and Jesus Christ Science, governments, supermen, kryptonite Sweet salvation in chemical overdose Let it be father, mother, and ghost We’re too numb to be terrified
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Ephemera 07:03
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Cherish the world Cherish the world that’s laid before you Live for the night and seize the day Savor the moments they adore you For a year or so till you’re just another name Just another name I’m lagging behind my generation Hoping I’ll win another chance To capture their hearts and their salvation With a kiss from you And this seven-minute dance Seven-minute dance But the lives we’ve built Like Damocles in peril Bliss hangs over us And if it falls Would we be More than just Ephemera? Ephemera Our eyes looked up to heaven As egrets burst in flight The seventh seal was broken The kerosene alight The woods were crackling, burning When rockets did ascend A growing constellation Exploding in the end We cried at all we’d witnessed Though we’d been left behind The vestiges of charity The dregs of humankind But one ship kept ascending We shouted at the sight It journeyed cross millennium And touched down just last night But by the time we’d found it The pilot barely wake Through slow belabored breathing He prayed his soul we take We raised him up to heaven And offered him to God Who finally broke Her silence Before She broke the rod Cherish the world
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The Fall 04:51
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Taste the fruit of sight One single bite I’d never tell Fortune, fame, and might We’re building heaven Without the hell Devil in disguise We kiss your feet Comfort us with lies And bid us hark To sing your praise A song to mark The end of days What have we become Beware the fall Beware the fall Lord what have we done We’ve lost it all All There’s poison in the well So let’s drink wine The sacrament of self Let’s raise our psalms To mask the screams Before the bombs Bring endless peace What have we become Beware the fall Beware the fall Lord what have we done We’ve lost it all All What have we become Beware the fall Beware the fall Lord what have we done We’ve lost it all All
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Me Alone 03:03
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This world repeats itself Are we nowhere? And masks to take a breath And no one's there Just me alone Oooh Just me alone Oooh It's just life, it's just empty cells Someone save me I'm too tired, too much to bear Just rest, don't speak A hope to hear my prayer But who's knocking who's watching Who's listening Who's with me I lift my head and no one's there Just me alone Oooh Just me alone Oooh
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A Reason to Believe 03:25
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If you ever really want to take a chance with some else If you ever really want to make me cry If you figure out that love is detrimental to your health If you jump and finally learn that you can fly Well heaven might seem closer to the sun But the heat alone could find your wings undone If the colors in the sky don’t match the dreams that you designed When you open up your eyes enough to see If you’re looking for a cause that gives you meaning in this life If you really want a reason to believe That you could fix the world with light and truth Well I have imperfections you could smooth And I could be the risk for you to prove Your sway, your sway Away, away Can you find a way home? A way Well if you can’t Then I would love for you to stay If you ever really want to take a chance with some else If you ever really want to make me cry I need you now more than before If you figure out that love is detrimental to your health If you jump and finally learn that you can fly I need you now more than before If the colors in the sky don’t match the dreams that you designed When you open up your eyes enough to see I need you now more than before If you’re looking for a cause that gives you meaning in this life If you really want a reason to believe

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released September 30, 2022

All tracks written, performed, and produced by Ionne; except "Me Alone" words and music by Adrienne Carlotta Harris, arranged, performed, and produced by Ionne. All tracks published by Brand Label Music (ASCAP).

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Ionne New Haven, Connecticut

Dr. Maurice L. Harris, also known as Ionne, is a composer, recording artist, and co-founder of 5015 Records. Ionne was born with the 2014 release of the album Love Moves Faster. He has since produced a range of projects including the pandemic-inspired The Other Side (2020). Recent works also include collaborations with actor-singer Jennifer Fouché and Grammy-nominated guitarist Rod Harris, Jr. ... more

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