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Rainspell
03:38
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Patient Ones
02:37
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WENT TO THE WATER SIDE LIKE I'VE DONE A DOZEN TIMES / HOPING FOR THE RIGHT TIDE / THIS TIME SEE YOUR BODY/ OH THE PATIENT ONES / AT THE MERCY OF THE SETTING SUN / TIL THE WHISPER OF THE DAY IS DONE / ANOTHER SECRET YOU WON'T SEE / I WOULD WAIT ALL NIGHT / UNTIL THE DARKNESS FILLS MY EYES / BUT ALL I'VE GOT IS EYES / DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE WAITING FOR / WOULD YOU WAIT FOREVER AND A LITTLE MORE / YOU CAN FIND ME ON THE OCEAN FLOOR / THEY'RE OUT SINGING TO ME / I WOULD WAIT ALL NIGHT / UNTIL THE DARKNESS FILLS MY EYES / AND WHEN THE DARKNESS FILLS MY MIND / I'LL FIND YOU IN DREAMING / WENT TO THE WATER SIDE LIKE I'VE DONE A DOZEN TIMES / SENDING SIGNALS WITH MY SLEEPING MIND / NEXT TIME HEAR THEM SINGING
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Harriet
03:30
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HARRIET DIED TOMORROW / CAME TO ME LAST WEEK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT / SHE TOLD ME "LOOK FOR THOSE WE'VE LOST IN THE MAGIC, IN THE WIND & IN THE LIGHT." / I FELT THE PAIN OF THE DYING / KNOWING EVERY LOSS WAS A DEATH DEEP INSIDE OF ME / AND I FELT POWERLESS TO STOP IT / BUT THERE'S POWER IN THE MOURNING & THE GRIEF / MARGERY WOULD YOU DANCE WITH ME? / I FEEL YOU STANDING AT THE BACK OF ME / YOUR EYES BRING OUT THE VERY BEST IN ME / TUCKIN IN MY SHIRT AND SINGIN "THANK YOU, PLEASE, A PLEASURE TO BE SEEN." / NOW THIS IS THE BEGINNING / AND THE BEGINNING'S ALWAYS HELD BACK BY A CERTAIN KIND OF HARD / ITS LIKE NO ONE'S EVER FELT LIKE THE BEFORE / EXCEPT FOR THE SCARS ACROSS OUR HEARTS / A SPIDER CAME TO DANCE WITH ME / HER STORY STRETCHING FROM THE BACK OF ME / I WAS ALONE BUT SHE WAS TRACKING ME / IN THE SHADOWS HEARING EVERYTHING THAT I SAID SILENTLY / I SANG INTO THAT GHOSTLY BREEZE / "MARGERY WOULD YOU DANCE WITH ME?..." / HARRIET PASSED LAST WINTER / TAUGHT ME TO NOTICE THEN TO LOOK AGAIN / SHE SAID YOU'LL FIND ME IN THE BEAUTY OF THE BRANCHES AS THEY BEND INTO THE WIND / YOU'LL FIND ME IN THE WAY THE WIND CARESSES ALL THE GRASSES AND YOUR SKIN
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Like Weather
03:31
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PIECES OF THE FUTURE LIE LIKE WEATHER ON YOUR FACE / SOMETIMES I THINK OF HOW IT WAS BEFORE / SOMETIMES I'VE OVERTAKEN BY THE WAVE THAT BRINGS THE CHANGE / THAT FLAVOR OF THE MOUTH AGAINST THE SHOTE / AND IT STRETCHES MY SKIN WHEN I TRY TO PREDICT EVERYTHING / I TRY TO SEE THE NIGHTTIME FROM THE DAY / WE'VE ALL TAKEN MEASURES TO PROTECT WHAT WE PREFER / AND HOARDED THOSE WE'VE LOVED ALONG THE WAY / I WENT TO SLEEP IN HOPES I'D WAKE UP AND BE STRONG / BEHIND MY LIDS WOULD CHANGE WHAT NEEDED CHANGE / AND IT STRETCHES MY SKIN WHEN I TRY TO MAKE YOU EVERYTHING / I TRY TO SQUEEZE THE NIGHTTIME FROM THE DAY / I HOPE YOU TASTE WHAT I AM NOT / HOPE YOU EAT ALL THAT YOU WANT / HOPE THAT WE DON'T CLOSE OUR EYES OR LOOK AWAY / THERE'S YEARS BENEATH OUR FEET / AND I STILL FLINCH WHEN YOU FLASH YOUR TEETH / BABY, WE HAVE CHOICE BUT CAN'T CHOOSE NOT TO CHANGE / BECAUSE YOU'RE BIGGER THAN ME / AND I WON'T BE THE WIND AND THE SKY AND THE SEA / BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE SAY IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE / AND IT'S NOT ABOUT DODGING RAIN / CUZ WE'RE GONNA GET WET EITHER WAY / SO LET GO LIKE WEATHER, WHAT'S BETTER THAN MORE OF THE SAME? / LET GO LIKE WEATHER, A TETHER WON'T HOLD BACK A NAME
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Silver
03:05
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IT'S HARD TO DISCERN / YOU LIVE AND YOU LEARN / AND I KNOW YOU'RE LEARNING / OH HOW YOU'RE WORKING / AND IT'S BEEN HARD / WE'VE HAD IT HARD / WITH US AND WITH OURS / NOW WITH ALL THAT HURT YOU'RE THE ONE HURTING / I BET YOU'RE THIRSTY / WE CAN'T STAND ON WORDS / YOU'RE SLOUCHING AND BENDING UNDER YOUR ACTIONS / NOW WE'RE THIRSTY FOR ACTION / I SAW THE SILVER / WE'VE ALL TASTED SILVER SOMETIME / I SAW THE SILVER / WE SWALLOW OUR TONGUES AND HIDE / THOUGH IT TOOK YEARS TO NAME IT / IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TRUE / WE CAN'T BELIEVE OR BREATHE FOR THE SHAME / AND WE WONDER WHAT'S TRUE / I KNOW THAT THE FEARS CONTAGIOUS AND IT'S CHOKING YOU / THOUGH IT TOOK YEARS TO NAME IT / IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TRUE / I SAW THE SILVER / WE'VE ALL TASTED SILVER SOMETIME / I SAW THE SILVER / BUT WE SWALLOWED OUR TONGUES THIS TIME
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This Time
04:21
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THIS TIME IN THE MORNING HOW THE WORDS WEAVE THROUGH THE SUN AND THE BODIES COME AWAKE IN DIFFERENT WAYS / THIS TIME I'M A BIRD / THIS TIME I'M A FOX / THIS TIME I'M A GLITTERING LEAF FRESH FROM SLEEP / WEARING THE CLOAK OF MORNING DEW / THIS MORNING I'M ALIVE AND I NOTICED / WHAT A FEAT TO ATTEND TO PATTERNS / HOW THEY WEAR DEEPER ON THE DAILY WIND / WHAT A WORLD OF EFFORT JUST TO ARRANGE A DAY FOR SURVIVAL / THIS MORNING I SURVIVED AND I NOTICED / THIS TIME THE OTHERS / WE'VE WOKE IN PAIN / PINCHING DOWN A PATH UNAVOIDABLE / IN A BAD PLACE / WITH A BAD TASTE / THIS TIME I'M A STORM CLOUD / I'M A REALIST / I'M A REAL PIECE OF SHIT / WHO CAN KNOW WHAT I NOTICE / THIS MORNING I AWOKE KNOWING NOTHING / WHAT A FEAT TO KEEP ON BREATHING / HOW WE GROW SHALLOW ON THE DAYS IN INCLINE / WHAT A WORLD AS STEEP AS THIS WORLD WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE / THIS MORNING WE'RE ALIVE AND WE NOTICED
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The Sea Around Us
03:52
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FOR A LONG TIME WE WERE COASTING ON FUMES / IT DIDN'T MATTER / WE WERE GLUED TO THE VIEW / OUT FROM THE FRONTLINES WITH NOTHING TO LOSE / THE WORLD GOT LONGER / READ AN AUTHOR / SHE WAS BORN IN THE SKY / DIED NOT LONG AFTER / IN THE CONTEXT OF TIME / BUT IN THE MIDDLE SHE HAD A BEAUTIFUL MIND / AND IT SPILLED OVER / WILL YOU SHINE WHEN YOU GET UP TO FIGHT / WOULD YOU WIN FASTER BY DIMMING YOUR LIGHTS / WE'LL ALL GET SMALLER TIL WE ALL DISAPPEAR / IF WE HIDE HOW WE'RE BRIGHT / OUT OF SOME DISTANT FEAR / WE'RE ALWAYS SINKING / SEPARATE AND SORE / BUT DEEP SEA MOUNTAINS / HOW WERE THEY FORMED / AND DO THEY TOO START TO DIE FROM THE MOMENT THEY'RE BORN / THE WORLD IS CHANGING / ALWAYS HAS BEEN / WILL YOU WILL YOU SHINE WHEN YOU GET UP TO FIGHT / WOULD YOU WIN FASTER BY DIMMING YOUR LIGHTS / WE'LL ALL GET SMALLER TIL WE ALL DISAPPEAR / IF WE HIDE HOW WE'RE BRIGHT / OUT OF SOME BACKWARDS FEAR / WE'LL HIDE HOW WE'RE BRIGHT BUT IT'LL JUST BE FROM FEAR / WE NEED YOU'RE CRITICAL BRAIN / YOUR CLEVER EYEBALL / YOUR LOVE FOR THE RAIN / WE'VE GOT A LIFETIME FOR PUSHING BACK AGAINST PAIN / IF SOMETHING'S PRETTY / LET IT BE PRETTY
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Goodbyes
02:33
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WE'RE GONNA MISS IT WHEN IT'S GONE / IF IT'S THE SUN WE'LL LEAVE A LIGHT ON / IF IT'S THE DARK / JUST CLOSE OUR EYES / WE DON'T WANNA GET GOOD AT GOODBYES / IT'S ENOUGH TO KEEP US HOME / CUZ WITH THE RADIO ON IT'S LIKE WE'RE NEVER ALONE / HOW TO KEEP ALL OUR INSIDES INSIDE? / WE DON'T WANNA GET GOOD AT GOODBYES / NO NO NO / SINCE WE'RE ALL "ADULTS" HERE WE CAN CHOOSE / WHAT WE STAND TO GAIN AGAINST THE WEIGHT OF WHAT IS DUE / SCATTERING OUR HEARTS ACROSS THE SKY / WE DON'T WANT TO GET GOOD AT GOODBYES / BUT WE'LL TAKE THE SHADOW PARTS THAT MAKE LIFE BRIGHT
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YOU'RE TOO FAR AWAY NOW / I CAN FEEL IT PLAIN / IT'S THE TREMOR OF A DARK CLOUD BREAKING UP IN THE WINDS OF CHANGE / WE'RE WAITING FOR RAIN / I HEARD YOU HUMMING / "NO ESCAPE FROM THIS PAIN" / YOU BARELY GET UP BEFORE YOU'RE WASHED BACK DOWN AGAIN / WHAT IF THIS STORM IS ALWAYS STARTS AND NEVER ENDS / WE'RE WAITING FOR RAIN / KEEP BREATHING / WE WERE SWIMMING IN A STORM ON A SUMMER NIGHT / KEEP BREATHING / WE WERE LAUGHING HOW THE SAND AND THE SUN FELT SO RIGHT / KEEP BREATHING / HOW THE SHARKS AND THE FISH LIVE IN TEARS / LET THE WAVES WASH AWAY ALL THE STING OFF YOUR FEARS / HOW THE SHARKS AND THE FISH LIVE IN TEARS / LET THE WAVES WASH AWAY ALL THE STING OFF THIS YEAR / KEEP BREATHING / GIRL YOU'VE BEEN A STAR ON THE DARKEST NIGHT / KEEP BREATHING / LISTEN TO ME TIME IS ON YOUR SIDE / KEEP BREATHING / YOU'RE A MOUNTAIN WITH A BRILLIANT MIND / I GUESS IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME / YOU'RE TOO FAR AWAY NOW / I CAN FEEL IT PLAIN / IT'S THE SHADOW OF A STORM CLOUD BREAKING UP / PLEASE GO WALK IN THE RAIN
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The Sound
03:13
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IT'S A CERTAIN THING / THAT I COULD ONLY ASK ABOUT / THAT I COULD ONLY THINK TO SING / THAT I COULD ONLY SING / IT'S NOT THE WORDS IS THE SOUND / HOW WE SINK OUR LOVES DEEP IN THE GROUND / DOWN DOWN DOWN AND DOWN / LIFE'S AN UNCERTAIN THING / WE CAN ONLY CAST ABOUT / I FELT THAT WEB TODAY / I COULD FEEL THAT ACHE / IT'S NOT THE WORDS IT'S THE SOUND / HOW WE PLANT OUR LOVE DEEP IN THE GROUND / AND DOWN / AND ALL AROUND / WHEN IT'S THE KIND OF PAIN THAT DISOBEYS DISTANCE / SEEMS DARKNESS MOVES FASTER THAN THE LIGHT / WHAT WILL YOU FIND FRIEND / YOU'RE SUCH A FINE FRIEND / I'VE SEEN THE FLOWERS GROW IN YOUR LIGHT / WHAT WILL YOU FIND FRIEND / YOU'RE SUCH A FINE FRIEND / I'VE SEEN HOW THE FLOWERS GROW IN YOUR LIGHT ...
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Real Mean
02:34
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I READ BACK OVER / THINGS THAT I WROTE THREE YEARS AGO / I'M TEN YEARS OLDER / TIME MOVES FAST AND TIME MOVES SLOW / BEFORE YOU TOLD ME / THAT I'D FUCKED UP WORSE THAN NONE BEFORE / YOU WHISPERED THAT I WAS A BETTER PERSON THAT YOU / I DISAGREED THEN / DON'T ANYMORE / WHAT'S THE USE? / I KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST SORE TO LOSE / I WAS NEVER HALF AS BAD AS YOU WERE BAD TO ME / BEING REAL NOT BEING MEAN / YOU TRIED TO TWIST IT / I TRIED TO FIX IT MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER KNOW / TO DO THINGS RIGHT / TO BE YOUR FRIEND AND MAKE IT RIGHT / TO FIND A THREAD THAT I COULD START TO SEW / WHAT'S THE USE? / I KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST SORE TO LOSE / I WAS NEVER HALF AS BAD AS YOU WERE BAD TO ME / BEING REAL NOT BEING MEAN / YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN / BEING REAL AND BEING MEAN
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Belly
02:36
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IN MY POCKET MY SWEET / I CARRY THE KEY TO THE CITY / YOU DIDN'T NOTICE BUT I CUFFED IT AT / JUST THE RIGHT TIME / SO IF YOU'RE EVER HUNGRY / OR YOU'VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO SING / CALL ACROSS AND OVER / AND UP AND OVER / "THAT'S SILLY" I'LL SAY, "THESE THINGS ARE LIKE BREATHING" / WE'D TAKE DEEP BREATHS / AND THEN YOU'D PUT FOOD INTO MY MOUTH / AND YOU'D SAY "YOU FIND THAT YOU FIND WHAT YOU NEED WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING" / YOU'D PUT FOOD INTO MY MOUTH / "THAT'S SILLY" I'LL SAY, "THESE THINGS ARE LIKE BREATHING"/ WE'D TAKE DEEP BREATHS / AND THEN YOU MIGHT SING INTO MY MOUTH / ABOUT THE COMPLICATED WAYS THESE SOUNDS COME OUT / WHEN YOU'D SING INTO MY MOUTH / "THAT'S SILLY" WE'D SAY "THESE THINGS ARE LIKE BREATHING" / WE'D TAKE DEEP BREATHS / AND EXHALE EVERY WORD WE'VE EVER CHOKED ON / YOU'D SAY "DARLIN YOU'RE THE TONIC TO MY SORROWS / DARLIN YOU'RE THE TONIC TO MY WOES / I'M GONNA SWALLOW YOU WHOLE" / IN MY BELLY MY SWEET / I CARRY THE KEY TO THE CITY / YOU DIDN'T NOTICE BUT I CUFFED IT AT / JUST THE RIGHT TIME / SO IF YOU'RE EVER HUNGRY / OR YOU'VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO SING / JUST REMEMBER YOU'RE IN MY BELLY
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