1. |
By False Lights
04:53
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The bones
Of every ship
That ever came to grief
Lie here
Lie here
Mystery begins
Mystery begins
Right here
Right here
They thought they were safe
But they weren’t safe
A watery grave
A watery grave
They thought that the rocks
Were further away
A lantern above the caves
Mystery begins
Mystery begins
Right here
Right here
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2. |
Idyllwild
04:09
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A song on the radio
Makes you shiver
And want to curl into a ball
Makes you want to be
Seventeen
And forget the future’s shrinking
Life was so open then
Now it’s closing in
Life was wide open then
Now it’s closing in
One by one
We’ve watched our dreams
Disappearing
Two girls against the world
Summer nights warm and long
Sleeping all day
So many songs
The shadow cast by long ago
Puts a lump within your throat
A girl whose favourite thing is snow
Snow and being alone
The ocean between us can’t
Take away the past
The ocean between us won’t
Take away the past
There’s a place all we shared
Shines unimpaired
Time flies
Swift as an arrow
The dagger of never trodden paths
Photographs they break my heart
Ambushed by the thought-”I don’t recognize her”
I miss you! I miss her!
Life was so open then
Now it’s closing in
Life was wide open then
Now it’s closing in
One by one
We’ve watched our dreams
Disappearing
But the ocean between us can’t
Take away the past
The ocean between us won’t
Take away the past
There’s a place all we shared
Shines unimpaired
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3. |
Sacred Music
04:47
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Carry me away
Sacred music
Touch and unchain
A wish to defy
Gravity
To slip away
From the mundane
Golden light
From a window high
A building for the longing
Moved by the beauty
But the need stays unattended
No balm to leave you mended
No balm to leave you mended
Sometimes I sense a secret
About to be revealed
Is it just a trick of silence
A slight of hand
A skill?
Desirous of
Something more
A prayer for something precious (something sacrosanct)
Reaching and searching
For something beyond
All that I recoil from
I sense a force at work
Is it goodness?
Is it nature?
It tugs my heart
Fills my thoughts
And never leaves an answer
And never leaves an answer
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4. |
This Once Was An Island
04:10
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A coastal road at night
Leading to a Spanish Shipwreck
A constellation of lights
A flood of something so right
So right
Like stepping into a dream
And is this place here when we leave?
This once was an island
This once was an island
A pipeline under the ocean
A painted angel’s kisses
The wind outside the window
A desert under darkness
Like stepping into a dream
And is this place here when we leave?
This once was an island
This once was an island
The Snowflakes,1908
The team looks to the camera
The whistle of a train
Like a warm embrace
Shields her, makes her feel safe.
Like stepping into a dream
And is this place here when we leave?
This once was an island
This once was an island
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5. |
The Coldest Sky
05:44
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Bone white
Moonlight
Pale lemon stars
Adrift in
The night sky
My only company the past
I dreamt of
Such emptiness
Such calm quiet order
Between solitude and loneliness
I’ve crossed the border
She’ll never hear me say her name again
Out of her arms and out I’ll stay
She’ll never hear me call her name again
We’ve made all the memories we’ll make
I dreamt of
Surrender
Now I’d give anything to fight
Anything
To melt
This eternal night
Waiting for the light that won’t arrive
Lonely in the coldest sky
She’ll never hear me say her name again
Out of her arms and out I’ll stay
She’ll never hear me call her name again
We’ve made all the memories we’ll make
Anything to feel her warm lips
Anything for just one more kiss
Just one more kiss Just one more kiss
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6. |
Schnee Gletscher Glas
02:53
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Instrumental
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7. |
November Starlings
04:07
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The world is beautiful and it’s waiting
We’re hungry for what’s on the table
Under clouds that keep on changing
Hope returns and keeps returning
That trace of sunshine in the winter
That breeze when summer’s at its highest
Part of the ride, of the adventure
You and I will journey together
Sharing whatever
We uncover
The dusk upon The Marsh
The stations of the cross
Rest your head on me and I’ll catch you
Your head on me and I’ll catch you
I’ll catch you
This life that you and I are living
It’s a scrapbook in the making
Flick to the howl of England’s garden
Save a page for November starlings
Pinning down what we are feeling
Is something we’ll never be awake to
Love does the hiding we the seeking
And there will never be a breakthrough
Undefined it will stay
A handful of snowflakes
Trying to tell you how much and how
Beyond squeezing your hand three times in a crowd
Rest your head on me and I’ll catch you
Your head on me and I’ll catch you
I’ll catch you
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8. |
Darker, Colder, Slow
03:57
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The days seem darker now
This sense of winding down
The days seem colder now
This sense of slowing down
When all I knew was your presence
What to do with your absence
When all I knew was your presence
What to do?
Left alone to travel on
Left to grieve silently
I see an open door
I see an empty chair
Someone’s left the room
Still something tints the air
I see an open door
I see an empty chair
Someone’s left the room
Someone left too soon
Left alone to travel on
Left to grieve silently
Maybe not today
Maybe not tomorrow
But where you’ve gone
Someday I’ll follow
There’s never time enough
There’s no one who won’t leave
A constant slipping away
Nothing’s held in place
There’s never time enough
There’s no one who will stay
To the past each day
The future gives up space
Left alone to travel on
Left to grieve silently
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9. |
From A Pale Blue Rosary
04:54
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From a pale blue rosary
From the presents I would leave
Underneath your pillow
Underneath your pillow
From there to here
From there to here
From a pale blue rosary to here
“You don’t need a reason to call”
“You don’t need a reason to call”
Could I have made it clearer
Made it any clearer
What was going on with me?
How see-through must I have been?
From the start you felt like home
I lost that sense of being alone
Through streets dark and empty
You held me in a taxi
How I needed to be held
Needed you between me and the world
I tried so hard not to give in
I tried to do the right thing
Whatever I was saying
Maybe I was hoping
We would get from there to here
From a pale blue rosary to here
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10. |
Say Goodbye To The Sea
03:19
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Let her be your harbour
Say goodbye to the sea
Instead let love drown you
It gets old being free
It’s time to fall out of love
With falling in love
Time to stop this heart from wandering off
You will never find
As much as you will lose
Time to keep in mind
You can always choose
Time for a talking to
You’ve no need of a stranger
The uncharted
The new
Open your eyes
Your dreams have come true
She took such a chance
Here’s where you come through
Show her she was right for believing in you
You will never find
As much as you will lose
Time to keep in mind
You can always choose
Time for a talking to
Don’t make the same mistake again
You will never find
As much as you will lose
Time to keep in mind
You can always choose
Time for a talking to
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11. |
The Tenth Of Always
04:28
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I knew I couldn’t stay
A country town
A dirt road
I always had a taste
For the glitter
For the tinsel
It’s just the way your heart beats
It’s just the way your heart beats
If you continue this way
They’re gonna make fun of you honey
For me there’s no other way
No matter how many stones are thrown at me
It’s just the way your heart beats
It’s just the way your heart beats
If you think you’ve gone too far
Just keep going
Just keep going
If you think you’ve gone too far.
When I look back I think
You’ve come a long way girl.
Someone once said to me
“You were always yourself”
The body is a canvas
The body is a canvas
It’s just the way your heart beats
It’s just the way your heart beats
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12. |
A Statue To Wilde
07:41
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