1. |
spirit me away
02:49
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spirit me away
i need a switch
or i need a button
or i need a ditch
or i need to spirit me away, or i might get hitched
or i might get married, uh-oh...
i might get married...
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2. |
these gold wings
04:00
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you’re here
they sting
all down these gold wings
all fall
go back down now
i’ll be
underground
and your hand
(and your... and then... and more...)
your hand, your salt, balanced now.
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3. |
over the overlap
02:28
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the winter disturbs the spring
with early orange and purple
on and on,
over the overlap
between your stillness and your activity
these permanent disruptions
carry the corners of the day
on and on,
over the overlap.
unfolding like the moon
beholden to the plans we made when we were young
regretful of the daily chase
forgetful of the place between your truth
and mine
like winter into springtime
water into wine
curls around the threads of time
your stillness leaves no statue suspended
and every invitation open-ended
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4. |
fractated
03:15
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the edge of the earth
slips beside the silvery sky
and the touch of the two
is the touch of my desire
fractated
sensation slips
slips into focus
into imminent dreams
and the touch of the two
is the touch of my desire
fractated
go shocked into joy
push sideways
and back again
beyond all emotion
behind the mind
and forward
into the centre of the rhythm of the self
familiar dance of me
the edge of the earth
slips beside the silvery sky
and the touch of the two
is the touch of my desire
fractated
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5. |
revolution
03:54
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lady of the empty day
vixen of the sandy bay
bare-skin demograph
real-life autograph
i kissed your revolution because it shone like summer
i smelt your revolution because it shone like summer
children of the glossy hook
readers of the empty book
skinny-faced jawline
your belly in a decline
your rhythm is beneath you!
your face is in your teeth, you!
your mouth it only mumbles
your skies they only crumble
but still you’re coming home with more and more
i kissed your revolution because it shone like summer
i smelt your revolution because it shone like summer
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6. |
run like wolves with me
04:32
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so unfold your arms
decide to run like wolves with me
lose your way
drop it like it’s made of china
chase it out the back door
rewind your time
pray like gods with folded arms
tear a hole in the daylight
and i’ll be sifting through your grains of sand
and i’ll hold them up each one to the stars
unfold your arms
decide to run like wolves with me
all the way to a homeland
lose your way
drop it like it’s made of china
split me back together
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7. |
there my rest
04:57
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in sleep, asleep, is sleep
and for my sleep i’ll make
a house, a hut, a hill
and there my rest i’ll take
(lyric by federico garcia lorca,
translation by frank mcguinness / portia winters)
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8. |
i won't be there
04:21
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i won’t be there
i won’t be shining
i won’t be casting my eyes away
i won’t be there
i won’t be blinking
at astonishing dawn break chasing your day
i won’t be walking
in your gilded footsteps
i won’t tread on your grave
i won’t be there
keep it for other days
i won’t be there
see sun rise over oceans
of unforgiving time
see moons mark themselves and me
watch midnight shift
go careful with your gift
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9. |
now go down my hair
02:27
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10. |
something to look for
02:09
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something to look for
in blank pages
something to find
in these blank pages
go back
to the unwritten things
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