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Doors
04:48
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I drove through the night
Was pulled by some fire
Where I go, you cannot follow
Touch is a darkness
That tingles with colour
To feast at a table
In blankets of shadows
Held in the twilight
By fingers of ghosts
Spoken in whispers
I let out the secret I hold close
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2. |
Night and Day
04:51
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Is it night or is it day?
You asleep or you awake?
You can open up your eyes
You can be the better for it when you go
And maybe we will find each other
Do you know?
Do you feel?
All the things that left
When I found you
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3. |
Shawl of Night
04:11
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Give him justice and I’ll pay you kind
Put it in my bucket and I’ll drink the wine
If it’s all you got
Cause I make my money from stealing dimes
Put a coat of copper in the coal mine
If it’s all that you want
But I’ve got something else to share with you
You love your daughter like you got a son
Cause she ain't that pretty after all is said and done to her
She walks outside under lighter fuel
Put the boys back home in the swimming pool
She’s got sparks, you know
She’s got fire below
And she’s got something else to share with you
We are becoming the shawl of night around your head
You’re a dead man now
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4. |
Acacia
04:49
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I don't want you to go
I don't want you to stay
I don't want you to sleep it off
It's hard enough to find someone to blame
I can take the cold
I can take the rain
Oh, it's the demon sun under my skin
That malevolent influx of memory pangs
I don't see much of day
I don't sleep much at night
I don't care if the moon's on my side
It's a wicked ascension of waterless tide
It's lukewarm on the surface
But deep down it's cold as ice
It's cold as ice
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Home
05:08
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Light shone on the hills
We made it, I don't know how
Maybe the stars we wished upon
Have finally come through
I'm not sure what's ahead
Through the mist, through the darkness
But when the sand warms your cheekbones
You'll be glad what's past is past
Home is in your eyes
You can be stronger in its light
Wake up from your sleep
You can be stronger when you're free
I'm afraid
These strangers' ships keep moving in my nightmares
Maybe the olive trees will shade us from the piercing glare
But when the bullets poured into your body
Like the horns of bulls and armies
Daughter, I held you close and looked at the sky
I don't know why, I don't know why, I don't know why
Breathe, keep breathing
Come on lay your head
It's okay, you know it
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6. |
MOMA
02:56
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I’m taking you to New York
It’s a place that I’ve never been
It’s a place that you’ve never been
It’s a place no one has ever been to
I'm taking you to New York
I’m keeping my promises
I'm making a new house
Going to find you again
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7. |
We Were Never Young
03:36
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You said to me that we'd leave here forever
But I can't become what I need to have been
You said to me that this town was bad weather
But I've never been so almost contented
We were never young
We were just hawkeyes on the rising sun
You said to me that we'd leave here forever
But I'm not as sure as I once was
You spoke to me with a voice unrelenting
But all that is left in you now is a whisper
We were never free
We were just breakers on the raging sea
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8. |
Mountains / Ocean
04:48
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And I fell from the mountains
Into the ocean
Is it now or is it then?
And maybe I'll find you
Under the water
Is it now or is it then?
Oh, spread your wings
Let the wind blow where the wind blows
And I will follow
Even though I don't understand
It's not okay
To be found
You've been there before
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9. |
Curse of the Light
03:48
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We've got a former life
You couldn't believe it if you tried
When I spoke it out
One of you stood still, the other cried
I guess it all makes sense now
Oh, the curse of the light
I guess it all makes sense now
We were right
Once, the heavens fell
On our backs and left their lashes
Still, we shook the bruises off
Now we run and we are stronger
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10. |
The Grass Will Give Way
04:25
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I've been told it will come
Like a thief in the night
Some will cry out in joy and some with fright
And the grass will give way
As the bodies emerge
Air will pour in their lungs
Or so I've heard
Please, don't leave me in the earth
Light will cover our face
Leaving each thing revealed
I'd be lying to say I wasn't scared
And if you see it on me
On my hands or my head
You can wash me with fire till flame is fed
Please, don't leave me here instead
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11. |
Bantamweight
05:56
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They take you all the way downtown
Show you right where to begin
Through the streets and empty buildings
You break the locks but you still can't get in
They leave you out to fight the elements
From your back, you can count the stars
Slowly they will all expand and join
Unfolding forces in the darkness
Making one relentless, uncontainable, dramatic conclusion
To everything you've known so far
And if you call me, I will answer you on the first ring
Everything you bring, I will honour
Every house that crumbles, I will rebuild
When the light is violent and imposing
I will be as dark as the silent hour when I first told you
What I'm still discovering
When the calm is poisonous and lonely
I will be as wild as the raging waters that first bore you
To the shore of my release
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12. |
Haisha
05:30
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Take me to an old northern town
Where the night does not progress after the sun is down
Is there anybody here at all?
Is there anybody hurt cause I can’t see too well
Give me that flame, it’s an old redemption
You can find the truth, but it screams pretension
Did anybody hear that sigh?
Is there anybody else still terrified?
Watch me talk a tired victim down
Do you see the architect in his old home town?
Is there anybody who can tell?
Is there anybody off of that windowsill?
Give me those prayers, they’re an old protection
Lord, deliver me from my own intentions
Is there somebody at my door?
Is there somebody there, what are you here for?
Soft wind blowing through the city
Bringing you closer to me in the young night
For the first time
Floating through the new songs
Beating on an old drum
Rhythm skips across the river
Small birds singing in the tall ferns
Oh, it's a good earth to walk upon
When the snow is gone
Looking at your face now
Shining like the copper bells
Of the church across the river
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Lunchtime in the English Room Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lunchtime in the English Room is the musical project of Suhail Stephen
(writingisprayer.com).
It began as a two-piece acoustic guitar/vocal outfit in high school, traversed a brief instrumental stint in university, and now makes songwriting and electronic production its bedfellows.
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