1. |
Some Song
04:37
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getting drunk in the living room
all by myself like I don't think of you
gone off to bed like you don't think of me
playing some song to you while you sleep
three rooms away
you went to bed and I couldn't have followed
cos there's a bottle of wine waiting to be swallowed
so I'll stay up staring at the fire all by myself
& drink myself into somebody else
I guess I see you seem preoccupied
kiss in the kitchen when we find the time
I know the first thing that you'll say to me
as soon as you have finished lying is
"I swear to god"
you went to bed and I couldn't follow
cos there's a bottle of wine that's waiting to be swallowed
so I'll stay up playing my guitar all by myself
and sing myself into somebody else
you went to bed and I couldn't follow
cos there's a bottle of wine waiting to be swallowed
so I'll curl up to sleep on this couch all by myself
& dream myself into somebody else
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2. |
Tenderly
04:14
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she came clawing up the cuckoo clock, singing a song
of the smallest of triumphs,
holding her own hand.
now professing her undying love,
honey on the tongue.
she’s leaning ever so closely now,
sounding sighs of the sea.
wash over me, tenderly
wash over me...
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3. |
No Harm
03:12
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on either side of two panes of glass
in passing, our eyes meet
greet, sudden stranger
all anger ceased
between us, spaces breathe
I mean you no harm
I mean, you know harm
I mean you no harm
I mean you no harm
fleeting but deep is the weep of your gaze
sweeping my face
in you a window reflects like a mirror
where for once easily
I love what I see
this true might be my best taste to explain
but not place blame
if you'd like to, I'd fan flames
to find and frame your grace
I mean you no harm
I mean, you know harm
I mean you no harm
I mean you no harm
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4. |
Swan Song
09:27
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drew a bath in the dark,
as the sun would not bat a lash to stir some warmth.
i was calling out my dove,
cooing for a truce.
i did not try to reason why
or make an excuse.
silly crocus!
you always come too early!
just the once,
i want a postponement of spring.
better believe budling took pity;
birdling tipped out on the wing
to follow its own bidding.
it’s agreed: we won’t hurt the other beyond the need.
graceful bow,
a breath,
an avow
and together we bleed.
feeling no fear...
though i can’t be sure
of shape or form,
we’ll share the warmth
of Spring when I cross
the wildest storm.
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5. |
Twilight
05:28
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grey skies, twilight
night is coming on
not quite half life
I fight to belong
not to belong to you
under the floorboards
the right words in discord
a mainline of moonlight
your outline in half light
you call to me but say nothing
distracted away
I pace these halls all night long
and sleep through the day
I say you're bluffing
you say it's true
and we'll stop at nothing
for something to prove
I know it's fleeting
these feelings can't stay
and soon you'll be leaving
as way leads to way
rain falls, cold winds
nails bit to the quick
draw a long shot in the dark
for that spark that we saw
(you called to me)
a see-saw standing still
from the teeter-top of the ferris wheel
spent a long time defying gravity
but now I feel it calling me
down
calling
me down
we're falling down
am I only imagining that there is anything to save?
am I only imagining that there is anything to save?
am I only imagining that there is anything to save?
am I only imagining that there is anything to say?
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6. |
Hand Hold Time
04:16
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cold light on a cold night.
i’m sidelined after all this time.
you’re like open water to me;
a trick of light & i’m out to sea.
fast-forward decay
caused by drugs & self-hate
it’s an unexpected god:
hand hold time.
i don’t like bringing the fire
to the bridges that we’ve made,
but these books are apocryphal
and i’m feeling the pull.
thought i was wearing my welcome out
it’s an unaccepted loss:
hand hold time.
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7. |
Oh How (Nadine's Song)
04:20
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oh how I'd love to die in the snow
each flake falling so gently on my body below
til I'm numb and I'm sleepy as my pulse starts to slow
beneath blessèd silence into which I finally let go
oh how I'd love to die in a fire
burned body to blacken as the flames climb high and higher
just a pile of ashes and I'm done with all desire
float up to the heavens in a swirling, spiraling smoke spire
oh how I'd love to drown in the sea
fill my lungs with saltwater and drink it so deeply
til I'm pulled beneath the surface of waves rocking tenderly
release me to my origin before my birth when I remember being free
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8. |
Blue Moon
06:17
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moon, blue moon
blue moon
blue moon through my window
moon, blue moon
blue moon
blue moon on my pillow
it’s been a blue moon since i’ve seen you
shell, pearly shell
pearly shell
pearly shell from the ocean
shell, pearly shell
pearly shell
pearly shell feel the motion
curving through the past
here now, at last
you will all return to me in dreams
you will all return to me in dreams
you will all return to me in dreams
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9. |
Col's Lullaby
00:45
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Time & The Bell Portland, Oregon
Allisa & Mandy are two longtime friends who've been playing music together half their lives. Time & The Bell is their musical project of intimate, dreamy folk pop infused with all the beauty and feeling they can muster.
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