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Pale as, pale as I am
I am... anchored at your shoulder
Holding fast at your side
As awakened, awakened you are
You are... reaching toward the water
Whispering wild-eyed and wired
Saying ‘watch the lights,
Watch the lights flicker down there’
As there in the shallows
Tiny minnows danced as if flames in a fire
All the world was watching us that day
Silhouettes of everything we feared
But you said ‘half of all we see are shadows anyway’
Pale as, pale as you are
You are... deep in the forest
Pulling me fearlessly on
Resting only for air
All the trees were watching us that night
Silhouettes of everything we feared
But you said ‘half of all we see are shadows....’
So stay with me tonight
And keep me close by
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Cri Du Couer
04:29
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We heard voices from the trees that night
A disembodied cri du coeur
Hidden by the might
Of mighty cedars and ash,
White trash, some might say
They carried fireworks
And in the flash we saw,
Collapsed in each other’s arms,
All the flowers.
We heard the crying of geese in flight
A mesmerising cri du coeur
As if broken, or burned alive;
Were they searching for their young?
Would they sleep that night?
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Approaching Silence
01:32
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As I approach the age
My father died
And the point at which
Everything we’d ever know of him
Had arrived
I look back at the image of a boy
And ask ‘did I say goodbye,
Did I say goodbye?’
And then as if from
Behind my shoulder
A voice, so much colder,
Calls my name,
I stammer
‘well it’s evident I’m not the man,
It’s plain for all to see’
But who are we to dwell on sentimentality?
And so as I approach the age he died
I find myself short on vanity
Or wounded pride
I am not the man he was
And I can only hope
I showed him good grace
For manners make a man,
Make a man,
But I was raw
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Something caught my eye
But there was nothing where
I thought there would be
As I turned and held my breath
Something made a sound that echoed down the hall
But you were still sleeping
Deep beneath the waves
The voices called me nearer
Bewitching me
They said 'You could be
King of lands of skies & sea'
Something got a hold of me
And led me to believe
I was in some way either
Cursed or blessed
Something got me thinking
I was heading for the wall
And took a lifetime
In the long grass
To resist
You could be
King of lands of skies and sea
If you follow me
For I am wealth and dignity
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This Uphill River
03:53
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It took a long time
To get where we were going
Get where we were going
Although we were strong
And I believed you
Everything you said
Everything you said all along.
‘Get behind the mule’,
‘Get behind the mule’ I’d say
With a smile
And the wine would flow
When the work was done.
I believed the American dream
I built my house beside a stream
And sailed this uphill river to the sea
But I can’t reach the ocean
Without you.
It took a wild wind
And everything the good Lord
Could throw at us
It took the rising rivers of Noah
The seeds and the sowers of dust
Then.... you called my name, so slow
And as if in a dream, you fell
Turning on your plough
You fell, back to the soil
Seemed as if unreal
How could this be?
Still the field was green....
I bought this American dream
This house of love
From which to reach the river
Flowing uphill to the sea
But I can’t reach the ocean,
The final scene,
And leave them all behind
To work another day
If you’re not here with me.
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I Forever Dream Of Home
03:38
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Will you still be there when I get home?
Will you still be there when I get home?
Will you keep the embers,
Keep the coals
Red as raw meat on the bone?
Keep the car running when I'm gone
Keep the caller on the telephone
So afraid am I of all I can't control
That I forever dream of home.
And soon enough
The world outside
Will summon us attend
We'll be pulling on, pulling on
Every last layer.
And soon enough
If fears are realised
The cracks will mend
The snow will cover up, cover up
We will disappear....
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