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    [Stu]
    I just woke up from a dream
    I was in a place I'd never been and never seen
    So I packed up my horse
    Everything seemed sweet
    Found the closest speakeasy and ordered a stiff drink
    Fuck, I never thought I'd lose my mind
    I s'ppose sanity is easy to lose and hard to find
    Hey and can you hear that tintinnabulation?
    Are all the bats in the belfry again?

    [Cookie]
    A land-borne illusion breaks the ocean surface
    Is this mental confusion or have I finally found my purpose?
    Coconut congas playing in time with the waltz of a tortoise
    A symphony of delusion as my thoughts finally realize their purpose
    I hope this place is here in the morning
    Or I'll be floating back to the land with the water bloated corpses
    Their palm trees looking at me funny with a sideways belligerence
    A symphony of delusion as my thoughts realize their ignorance

    [Stu]
    Paranoia's on the growth
    Is that laughter or a crow?
    Every rustle in the trees a potential snare
    Close my eyes and block my ears
    Cut the cord and leave me here

    Phantom (phantom)
    Island (island)
    Phantom (phantom)
    Island (island)
    Woo!

    Am I chasin' shadows?
    Reality superimposed
    Every footprint in the sand
    Every crackle of dry leaves
    Every wave that breaks too close
    Every whisper on the breeze
    Every shape inside a cloud
    Every star that's out of place
    Everything that I believe
    Throw it all into the sea and be free

    [Ambrose]
    Sixteen horses galloping
    Twelve long years of graphing, grappling
    The pull by this horse
    I can feel it in my loins
    The crippling moon-washed cycle
    The lapping rip, the rising flood
    The flip of the coin
    It's another turning point

    Phantom island, insane asylum
    Phantom island, insane asylum
    I'm the doe, the cat, the dog
    The laymen lack a one true god

    Let your bygones be bygones
    Bow down to Set and Typhon
    The long lagoon of rhythmic grooves
    Bound and stampede running through the

    Phantom island, insane asylum
    Phantom island, insane asylum
    Phantom island, insane asylum
    Chantin' sirens ringing clear

    The palm trees; heads are bangin'
    Stuck inside of mental seas
    God, it's me, the sharp cliff hanging
    We must retreat back to sea
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