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Written In Lightning
05:17
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the winds have been rising
torrid and frightening
clouds have been gathering
On our way home
there’s a changing horizon
It is written in lightning
Ions colliding
on our way home
if love is an armor
then can we love stronger?
to take care of each other
through all the storms
there ain’t no turning back
once you have seen it
the sky it is turning black
out in the distance
if love is an armor
than can we love stronger?
forged as the years turn
on our way home
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2. |
New History
03:12
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the sun is setting on this town
where rust and ivy intertwine
where past and present remain bound
in all the things we leave behind
because spirits linger
cities whisper
of who we once were
repeating over
It echoes all throughout this town
a past more present than it seems
With pained reminders all around
of whats no longer history
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3. |
Storm Cellar Heart
02:51
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waking early
moving quickly
just in time to see morning glories
they’re in bloom now
a neighbor told me
that it helps to notice the small things
taking time out
taking shelter
to wait out this inclimate weather
when you hold me
it’s so much better
it’s enough to drown out the thunder
it’s a still life
at my window
sipping coffee
watching the birds go
but is it still life?
it doesn’t feel so
is it storms that help make the heart grow?
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4. |
Shedding Skin
04:49
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diamond scales upon a rotted log
cicadas singing from a mountaintop
blossoms growing on a dogwood tree
leave behind what you used to be
It looks like it will be that kind of year
cicadas waking from within the dirt
toadstool growing from a fallen tree
leave behind what used to be
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5. |
Come To Pass
02:42
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and I’ve been waiting for a long time
seems like we’ve waited for a lifetime
but I think its better not to grieve
for a fiction of how things used to be
‘cause I have a feeling it won’t ever come around
and I can’t seem to shake these bad dreams
so we keep burning all our sage leaves
in hopes that the smoke will clear the air
a cure for something that isn’t there
‘cause I have a feeling it won’t ever come around
‘cause I think its better not to grieve
for a fiction of how things used to be
‘cause I have a feeling it won’t ever come around
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6. |
Waves, Breaking
05:02
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and the waves
dance with me
to the sounds
of the singing sea
when those raindrops hit
a percussive shift
as the tide slowly rises
and with alarming speed
how we cease to be
masters of our terrain
but the waves
cannot be tamed
by any song that we can play
and that moon can pull
and those waves can break
but we rarely listen
and with alarming speed
how we cease to be
masters of our terrain
water on the land
castles in the sand
mountains toppling down
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7. |
No Dominion
02:49
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its on these days
I read you letters
hoping for some truth within
like a song that can’t be silenced
I’m awake again
In a world that tries to numb us
its enough to stay alive
peace is more than just a season
it is worth the fight
say say say you will
brave the storms that rage in you still
and a heart can stir at the toll it takes
but a soul can never break
its on the days
I pay you homage
a little poem I recite
it says death shall have no dominion
may you rest through the night
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8. |
Mountain's Shadow
03:17
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We stayed up driving
how we almost lost ourselves
as morning was breaking
and the parkway took us
underneath the mountain’s shadow
holding on to love that we’ve known
waiting for the sun to show again
and down in the valley
how we almost lost our way
but behind those hilltops
there is light obstructed
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9. |
Nightingale Sing
04:18
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nightingale sing
for the king
will you be the muse
until you’re of no use
nightingale tweet
for the queen
will you sing your song
while the kingdom falls
nightingale fly away
as far as you can from this place
someday you will know
that your song has found its home
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10. |
Thunder Follows
04:45
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In the twilight
underneath the ground
there is life still
it is singing loud
and even when the saplings bend
their roots will still expand
and peace is more than just a season
coming round again
in a past life
guided by the stars
gazing upwards
navigating where we are
but even when the sky gets drowned out
by the city lights
we can still try and make out
what we are inside
and oh thunder
a warning shot
a bomb dropped elsewhere
how can we
keep waking up the same?
so I wonder
is the light
before thunder
here again
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