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Rêves De Vous
04:15
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This bed is a gift that I feel every shift of your body as it nestles close to mine.
Yeah.
Each breath that you take, oh I feel escape from your body as it wrestles hard to find
Repose, because it knows that there is no dream that could be better than this
I used to think that this bed was too small for two
But now I know that it's perfect for me and you
Adieu, mon cher, I will meet you there
Bonne nuit, mon amour, I know what I'm waiting for
I just want to lay here, and just stay near
So I'll just wait dear, don't take me away from here
I won't fall asleep, No, I don't want to dream
Because it cannot be as good as this to me, No, no, no.
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Alchemy
03:30
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I was born in a rainstorm, and raised on the sea
My father was the water and my mother was the breeze
And I heard all the secrets of the ocean and the water
And never yearned until I learned of our captain's daughter
She was an angel, and she floated on air
Her eyes shinning bright, and the wind in her hair
When she spoke it was just like a song on the breeze
All the breath I had kept, it was stolen from me
It would take the finest alchemist to forge a force as fierce as this
Or make the magic that she holds, that turns this heart from stone to gold
Then, one day our love caught fire in a storm
All the flames we had made kept us ardent and warm
When the captain found out, he was burning with rage
We were thrown from our home to an island far away
We built new lives, watched our old ones uncoil
Planted hands in the land, dug our feet in the soil
'Til the day both our bodies will rest in the earth
We will sleep nestled deep in our blanket of dirt
It would take a fearless alchemist to break a bond as strong as this
Or steal our bodies from the cold, and turn our bones from dust to gold - where time will show, my heart she holds.
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The Single Hound
04:29
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You pace from day to night, wondering how to make this right
And you've convinced yourself it's up to you and no one else
But as you sleep beneath a canopy of leaves
A cold gust of wind blows through your skin
And you're not so sure, if it all was pure
Though you were assured, now your sight is blurred
Is this where you thought you'd be?
'Cause you sparkle like a star, but then shatter into glass shards
But it is still so dazzling
How you mold your broken heart into a brilliant work of art
You work from day to night, just to make things right
And you're convinced that you do just what you have to
But your mind is filled with doubt, and only now you have found
That you're building your own grave of paper flowers and mache
But when you lay in it, will your limbs all fit?
Does it make you sick to think that this is it?
Is this where you thought you'd be?
'Cause you sparkle like a star, but then shatter into glass shards
But it is still so dazzling
How you mold your broken heart into a brilliant work of art
Is your decision worth the weight of the consequences it has made
And are you strong enough to carry it yourself, 'cause you know there is no one else, but you
Oh yeah, there's only you. So carry on.
Is this where you thought you'd be?
'Cause you sparkle like a star, but then shatter into glass shards
But it is still so dazzling
How you mold your broken heart into a brilliant work of art
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4. |
Honey and Milk
03:58
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Honey, your eyes seem heavy
I'll warm up some milk, you just get yourself ready
'Cause we both know you need your repose
And a sleep of gentle comatose
But you look peaceful right here
Wrapped in my arms, our hands held close and dear
Just wishing to stay forever, this way
Embraced in the hold of the day
With a smile on your lips, I'll trace it with fingertips
And outline our future design
And the places that we'll go someday
Once all of this grey fades away
Your face has a far away look
Dreaming distant of the places you took
From books you were read in the comfort of bed
To lock away and keep in your head
I'm counting each breath you intake
In the hopes if I watch, there will be no mistakes
And then you will wake up and say that it was enough
And tell me all of the things you dreamed of
With a smile on my lips, I'll lean down for a kiss
And our hearts sing, but I can't help but think
That this could be the last time
No, I won't let that be right
With a smile on your lips, and a look of warm bliss
There is one thing - I cannot bring myself to say goodbye
It's easier to just say goodnight
Goodnight.
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5. |
1927
05:36
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On your couch watching old movies
The screen will sing you off to sleep
With your eyes closed you can tell me just what you were dreaming of
Was it us?
On your floor with the rain outside
We'll wrap our blanket tight
With our arms entwined you can tell me just what you were thinking of
Was it enough?
"To be, or not to be?"
It all seems so easy
But I guess that he never found another like you
On your porch with the sun all around
You'd pluck chrysanthemums and blow them out
With your breath back can you tell me just what you were wishing of?
Was it love?
"To be, or not to be?"
It all seems so easy
But I guess that he never found another like you
To sleep, perchance to dream is nothing without you here with me
"To sleep, perchance to dream of you is all that I was wishing of"
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6. |
Evangeline
03:38
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We were sitting side by side, watching the trees
Turn from green to red and shed off all of their leaves
I’ll always remember how you said nothing is forever
But that was just something that I could not believe
We were sitting side by side, out on the lawn
Wondering where all that time of ours had gone
And as you assembled careful words, your hands, they trembled
But that was just something that I could not dwell on
No, no
Evangeline, you’ve got the brightest smile I’ve seen
I was a fool to think that I could be the one that you would never leave
But all of these darker things, they cloud up all of my dreams
‘Til they are left to dust to bury us and everything that we could be
Oh no, just say it isn’t so
‘Cause darling you were the better part of me
Now I have nothing left but my regrets and memories to keep me company
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7. |
Tightly
04:17
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May your hands always be warm, even on the winter nights
May you find the one who’s born to hold them true, for all of time
May this hurt less one day than all the pain that I will cause
May you find some hopeful way to see a gain within this loss
May the sun rise up again, and shine a light upon this place
May you feel so happy then, within a warm and tight embrace
May that hold never end, and keep you up from off your knees
May the words that I have said drift away into the breeze
And maybe this is hard to express,
But I never loved her more than when I loved you less
So unsure, so unsteady
What we were, I miss already
But it’s not right of me to keep it locked up tightly
So here we go, we’ll say goodbye
And always know we had our time
‘Cause it’s not right of us to linger on this broken truss
May this place that we had built be left to ruins and decay
May you feel no bit of guilt as you turn and walk away
May he give you all of the things that I never could promise
May you then feel so at peace within your well-deserved bliss
And maybe this may fair you well,
So much better than my farewell
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I watched you dancing from the other room
In a dress that was too big for you
And you looked so cute it hurt to think that you weren’t meant for me
So I sat quiet, thinking that perhaps
I would catch your eye, and you’d ask me to dance
And I wished so hard it hurt to think of anything, but you and me
But in this sea of lovers, and people who adore
I feel the feelings hover, and carry me ashore
To windswept isles of lonely solitude
Where countless ocean miles will divide me from you
And everyone is dressed up in their best attire
But I am feeling alone, and ready to retire
But then you looked at me, and I heard you speak, “Would you care to dance with me?”
So in this sea of others, and people who adore
Two lucky souls were lovers that somehow had found more
Than windswept isles of lonely solitude
Where countless ocean miles had kept their hearts subdued
So all of the good little girls, with their cute little curls
Will be riding home tonight, with arms around strangers
And all of the bad little boys, with their ray guns and toys
Will be held up tonight, close to danger
Now the party’s over, and everyone’s gone home
And it’s just you and I, slow dancing alone
And I love you so, it hurts to breathe, it burns and stings
I cannot be when you are away from me
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Whittling Foxes
04:16
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I was torn from the string and soon bored of the things I was given
With a scorn and distaste for the city and places I’d lived in
It was hard just to breathe, all the air choking me, it persisted
And was hard to surmise all of the things in the sky that existed
So I hope one day I will make my escape
Flying fast away from all these lights that steal the dreams from my bedside
I have seen a place in a dream
That calls to me and will not release
Me out from under its curse
I must break its hold on me first
‘Cause I know one day I will make my great escape
To leave all these lights, all these lights far behind me
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10. |
Harvest Rivulet
08:57
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We were pulled from our roots, like weeds
And placed in the sun to put our souls at ease
But we crumbled like fallen leaves
And now caught in a gust, our lives will never repeat
Oh no, look at us now -
We’ve got no hope and a handful of doubts
As our pockets overflowed and spilled out
With the stars that we’ve kept and wished to carry around
But when we bring them home,
Will their shine still show?
For too long we’ve basked in the light
In a place where I’m sure our memories won’t serve us right
‘Cause even now in the darkest of nights
Everything is iridescent and wonderfully bright
But when we come back home
Will the comparison then show?
Are we too late, or are we just afraid
To come back and lay in our old beds, still unmade?
Take this wish and sing it out
Don’t be afraid your heart will let it come if you allow,
You know it won’t be waiting
Take this wish and sing it out
Don’t be afraid your heart will let it come if you allow,
You know it won’t be waiting
So open up, release your doubts
Don’t be afraid to start, if you get scared, just turn around
You’ll see them, always waiting
Take this wish and sing it out
Don’t be afraid your heart will let it come if you allow,
You know it won’t be waiting
(Are we too late, or are we just afraid
To come back and lay in our old beds, still unmade?)
So open up, release your doubts
Don’t be afraid to start, if you get scared, just turn around
You’ll see them, always waiting
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