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Swan Lake Reverie
00:25
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2. |
Fever Dream
03:51
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Why
Why are you leaving today
Today of all days
You should have left months ago
Why
Why of all times
Is now the best time
You could have left months ago
You could have told me
We'd work it out
But now, now you're gone
Like the dreams I had for us
You, you were a dream I had
A fever dream
All day I thought of you
This, this love was beautiful
But too much. too soon
Never to grow or bloom
The sun shone bright when we first kissed
The wind blew and I knew I loved you
Your hair was gold and your freckles danced
You had me in a trance
What happened to the boy I knew
The one who called and talked til two
That boy has up and left
Replaced with the silent one
You could have told me
We'd work it out
But now, now you're gone
Like the dreams I had for us
You, you were a dream I had
A fever dream
All day I thought of you
This, this love was beautiful
But too much. too soon
Never to grow or bloom
Where could we be had we kept trying
Where would we be sharing our lives?
We'll never know
We gave up
Our love was too hard
See me again and tell me we're friends
Or we can go on as if we'd never met
It's okay, let's not be sad
It's better I not be caught in your net
You, you were a dream I had
A fever dream
All day I thought of you
This, this love was beautiful
But too much. too soon
Never to grow or bloom
Why
Why are you leaving today
Today of all days
You should have left months ago
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3. |
What If
04:45
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What if I took your hands to take a walk with me?
Hand in hand, let's stroll.
Side by side, walking through the trees,
We won't let go.
Stay with me.
What If I said this is not the world
But only what I see?
Can we see what is truly true?
Would I still walk with you?
Maybe one day all will be revealed.
Maybe that day is soon.
What if our eyes opened wide?
Would we know this is a dream?
Slowly, we draw closer to our destines,
or what they amount to.
Can we truly exist if we hid ourselves?
If you'll be you, I'll show myself.
What If I said this is not the world
But only what I see?
Can we see what is truly true?
Would I still walk with you?
Maybe one day all will be revealed.
Maybe that day is soon.
What if our eyes opened wide?
Would we know this is a dream?
Back to back, we can face the world.
Apart from that, what can we do?
Be alone, or in a social contract,
We strive to act just like ourselves.
What If I said this is not the world
But only what I see?
Can we see what is truly true?
Would I still walk with you?
Maybe one day all will be revealed.
Maybe that day is soon.
What if our eyes opened wide?
Would we know this is a dream?
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4. |
Sweet Bird
02:42
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The rush of rage like a hurricane,
Pouring forth on her.
Signs were there but she could not see
What was soon in store.
Ooo, don't say a word.
Ooo, fly sweet bird.
She pushed back against their walls.
The day was fraught and long.
His eyes shone bright with a fevered shine;
The storm drowned out her song.
Ooo, don't say a word.
Ooo, fly sweet bird.
No one believes what they clearly see,
But erase it from their minds.
The skies are clear when the clouds drift by;
It's easy to shut your eyes.
Ooo, don't say a word.
Ooo, fly sweet bird.
He walks through their town at noon.
His justice won't come soon.
His sweet bird's wings have been clipped,
But her lips- they never slipped.
Ooo fly
Oooo fly
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5. |
Something New
03:38
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Give me something
G-give me something
I've never seen or done.
Let's do something
L-let's do something
Let's do something that's new.
Sometimes I can't stand that life is so bland
Each day is like the one before
Each morning I wake at the same time and place
There is a feeling I just cannot shake
Is this all there is
It's mine or it's his
We work and we sleep
Grab something to eat
Spend time with TV
We can rewind
Go back in time
Live something that's new.
Breathe a minute
Take my hand and
Let's learn to dance!
I need to be free
Cuz I don't belong
Hold my hand and let's move along,
Give me something
G-give me something
I've never seen or done.
Let's do something
L-let's do something
Let's do something that's new.
We could fly high, zooming blue skies
We could dive low, see oceans below
We could explore, see everything
Stay out all day and night.
Let's go meet up,
We'll drain some cups
Just the thing that everyone does.
We can escape monotonous life-
We'll quit our jobs and run away.
To somewhere that's warm
A place without storms.
No words can convey how I need to escape.
Don't be dismayed-
Nothing is wrong
I need to be free cuz I don't belong.
Give me something
G-give me something
I've never seen or done.
Let's do something
L-let's do something
Let's do something that's new.
Where would you be
If you were still free
To take your life and set its course?
Where would you go if you had control
Could do anything you liked?
Would you be here, drinking your beer
Pretending all is alright?
Or you would you be out on the road
Encountering those you'd never known?
Tell me the truth
Tell me you're sane
Take my hand and we'll run away.
We need to be free, cuz we don't belong.
Hold my hand and let's move along.
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6. |
Little Things
04:30
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It's the little things that make a life
The little things that make a wife adore you
It's the little things that make a life
The little things that make a wife adore you
Like the way you curl your hair around your finger
when you’re wanting to look good.
Or the way the light plays on your face when we’re in bed
and the baby's in your place
Walking next to you
Holding your hand in mine
No matter what we do
I’m always on your side
I’m always on your side
I don’t know why I’ve gotten so hard
I won’t engage
I don’t know when I’ll be able to face the person I am or who I’ve been
You’re my hiding place
Your words just aren’t something to say
You keep me steady
When turmoil reigns
In your heart of hearts
I still know you’re who you are
It’s the little things that make a wife
Think that holding on to life’s a good thing
It’s the little things that make a wife
Think that holding on to life’s a good thing
Like the way you seek me out to say
the day’s been hard, but we’re okay, let’s eat
Or when you meet me at the door pull me close and to the floor
heartbeats
heartbeats
Waking next to you
Morning fills our room
No matter what we do
This is what I need from you
This is what I need from you
One day I’ll wake up I won’t be this way
I will engage be able to say
I'm here for you and for them too
I’m here
I’m here
The sun will feel warm falling on my face
I’ll squint in a smile and laugh to say
That this is okay
I promise I’ll stay right here with you
We’re here
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7. |
Here Comes the Dawn
04:04
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Sick of waiting for life to happen to me
Tired of waiting for just wait and see
You'd think I'd go and do
What I was meant to
But I wait
I wait
And I don't know why
I've not been quite the same inside
I can never let you in.
But you always try
Try hard though you might,
I'm just waiting for the end in sight.
Each day passing, another chance gone;
Seven hours, wasted.
Eight more to muddle through
Nine more I hope to dream
or spend dreamlessly.
But here comes the dawn.
Yes here comes the dawn.
Here comes the dawn.
Yes here comes the dawn.
And I don't know why
I've not been quite the same inside
I can never let you in.
But you always try
Try hard though you might,
I'm just waiting for the end in sight.
What happened, happened years ago.
It's all not your fault.
What's done, is done.
What's done, is done.
An endless tableau
Of me slipping away
An endless tableau
Of me slipping away
And I don't know why
I've not been quite the same inside
I can never let you in.
But you always try
Try hard though you might,
I'm just waiting for the end in sight.
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8. |
Deep Dusk
02:15
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9. |
Approval
03:11
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Oh I still need your approval
Though we haven't talked in years
Yes I still need your approval
To face all my fears
I still need your approval
But I’ve got to move on
I need you I need you I need you
To be gone.
Whenever I'm in trouble
Or feel uncertainty
I hear your voice inside my head
Breaking me so artfully
Your silence seemed perceptive
But it was only apathy
The endless critic echoes
Interrupting reality
Oh I still need your approval
Though we haven't talked in years
Yes I still need your approval
To face all my fears
I still need your approval
But I’ve got to move on
I need you I need you I need you
To be gone.
You're even in my dreams at night
You take a starring role
Laughing at what you left me with
Musing on what you stole
I wonder why I ever thought
You could be in control
I feel compelled to repossess
My own title role
Oh I still need your approval
Though we haven't talked in years
Yes I still need your approval
To face all my fears
I still need your approval
But I’ve got to move on
I need you I need you I need you
To be gone.
I don't sing this to bring you down
Or even call you out
I only struggle to fully know
Why I still feel so much doubt
Or even why it's you I call
In my mind to hash it out
I still need your approval
But I can never be your friend.
Oh I still need your approval
Though we haven't talked in years
Yes I still need your approval
To face all my fears
I still need your approval
But I’ve got to move on
I need you I need you I need you
To be gone.
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10. |
Hello Lover
04:24
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Mmm
Hello, lover
Mmm
Hello, friend
Mmm
You're like summer
Mmm
That never ends....
Ooh, your patience is refreshing,
Ooh, when we're together
Ooh, we have lots of time.
Hello- lover, come to me.
Mmm
Let's be focused
Mmm
On nothing else
Mmm
Just slow kisses
Mmm
That make us melt
Ooh, your patience is refreshing,
Ooh, when we're together
Ooh, we have lots of time.
Hello- lover, come to me.
Mmm
Hello, lover
Mmm
Hello, friend
Mmm
You're like summer
Mmm
That never ends....
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11. |
Solace
02:42
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12. |
Ghost Town
02:37
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My body's a ghost town
A mess of broken dreams and never will be's
A ghost town
So much potential and yet so empty
A ghost town
The paralyzing sadness starts when the day begins.
I'm trapped in bed in my own skin
Until obligation wins.
Biology's a stupid thing and yet I heed its call.
I listen to its promises
It doesn't care at all.
I feel tricked.
Love brought someone oh so small
Just to be torn away.
I tell myself you were too lovely
I don't know anything.
Please come back.
If the wind could sweep away the pain
If rain could wash away my rage
If blowing sands could scour away
Everything I feel
I'd travel nonstop just to be
Wherever I was not
Wherever I am not
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13. |
Innocence
03:07
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When I was a girl
A happy little girl
I lived in a world of my dreams.
I played and I sang all the livelong day
And talked with few that weren't me.
I stayed in the sun until late evening
And my friends weren't altogether real
I loved the world's sparkle
And never knew that I was strange
But I wondered why my thoughts were always dark.
Until one day I reached the awkward age
and grew in the curves of womanhood.
Memories are deceptive and care not for naivety,
My friends played and sang their teenage games,
I would never be the same.
No longer was I gay as the world around me sang
Innocence is all we have.
My heart broke as I was alone in my refrain
Innocence is all I lost.
Innocence is all I had.
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