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The Tides
03:33
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Your job, my son
Is to follow the music wherever it goes
You've gotta run when the wolves of stagnation
Start wearing your favorite clothes
No, home isn't a place anymore
It's the tears in your eyes when you wake up to this life
Home isn't safe anymore
This life will rip you to bits to get to the truth that's inside
The only stillness in this world
Comes when you give into the spin
And get taken by the tides
Get taken by the tides.
Your job, my daughter
Is to go down to the water,
Let go of the burdens that could drag you to the bottom
Strip down to the bare you,
Let the cold air cherish you,
Offer up to the night sky this body that caries you
Doo-do-do-do-do-doo
Through every little thing that you do.
No, home isn't a place anymore
It's the tears in your eyes when you wake up to this life
Home isn't safe anymore
This life will rip you to bits to get to the truth that's inside
The only stillness in this world
Comes when you give into the spin
And get taken by the tides
Get taken by the tides.
Get taken by the tides.
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2. |
Guilty for Sharing
00:23
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3. |
Too Much
03:31
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I’ve been walking too fast
Down quiet city streets
Looking over my shoulder
Tight knuckles clutching keys
Even before I could speak
I had enough reason to believe
It’s dangerous
To live in my body
Oh this body
Oh this body
Oh this body
Has been confused for prey
Is it too much
Is it too much
Is it too much
to ask
To feel safe?
So I built an armor
I can barely stand to wear
With a lens of suspicion
That can override my care
I want the world to have me
In my raw beauty
Love pours through me
When I can live in my tenderness
Oh this body
Oh this body
Oh this body
Has been confused for prey
Is it too much
Is it too much
Is it too much
to ask
To feel safe?
Even know I can hear them
Saying quiet, hide your fear
But I need more choices
Than armor up or disappear
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5. |
A Lot to Hold
05:42
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That’s a lot to hold
No wonder why
You need a break but you don’t get it
Then you break down
With so much you’ve seen
It’s no surprise your mind feels like a mine field
when you’re quiet
Don’t you blame yourself, my darling
for the shape this world has you in
It’s a twisted thing
And you were just woven in
It was never meant to tend
To the human within
With it’s roads like veins
But what heart are they serving
A heart that looks away from
The million ways that we’re hurting
A heart that drinks champagne
While the water in Flint still runs dirty
The pain in your heart
That’s the truth
Breaking through
That’s the truth
Breaking through
will you stomp it out
Or let it move you?
that’s too much to know
no wonder why that the world news has you
Desperate for distraction
That’s too much to be,
It’s no surprise the ancient being of your body
Is so frightened
Don’t you blame yourself, my darling
for the shape this world has you in
It’s a twisted thing
And you were just woven through
If you feel like poison
that’s 'cause it’s poisoning you
With it’s roads like veins
But what heart are they serving
A heart that can’t beat without slaves
but won’t admit to where it’s getting it’s rhythm
It wants more for the minimum
And the minimum that it gives ya
Once in prison’s just inflation on nothing
The pain in your heart
that’s the truth
breaking through
that’s the truth
breaking through
This thing we call freedom
It’s not rooted in truth
You can’t call it free when
Someone else pays your dues
When someone else pays your dues
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6. |
Ready To Run
02:54
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One time someone told
me how it was
And I believed them
Pointing to their map
they said now follow this or mayhem
But now I’ve grown
And I can make my own
Thanks for your map
But it was holdin’ me back
Born into this world
i came here to discover
beauty in every form
i came to live in wonder
But your black and white
is fucking with my light
you were a wonderful crutch
But now I’m ready to run
I’m ready to run x2
Now when they say i can’t
i smile and keep on walking
it isn’t wise to take advice
from people only talking
get in the ring
or your words don’t mean a thing Am
One time someone told me who I was
And I believed them
Tucked away that parts they didn’t like
Hope they wouldn’t see them
But now my colors
Are bleeding
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7. |
Stuff's Gettin' Weird...
00:45
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8. |
In Defense of Sadness
03:18
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9. |
Re-Recording
00:20
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10. |
Time For Tea
02:34
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11. |
Let Go Into It
00:58
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you are standing on the edge
of another raging river
your soul it pulled you here,
your body resists and quivers
you weren’t expecting this
you thought you’d have some time to rest before the next go
honey you can move slow
remember all those times you crossed wild raging rivers?
and how each time they all told that you’d drown
Take your shaking knees now as a good sign Em
My dear, you prayed for this when your legs were still bound (different G)
You already know you won't ignore
The voice calling from The other shore
you can't forget what you’ve seen
Or pretend it’s just a dream beyond your reach
You know you’re gonna cross
The only question is how long
You’re gonna stand upon the ground that will not hold you
I know the reeds twist around your ankles
say don’t you dare wade in
and I know the current hisses it will quicken (I’ll quicken if you try to swim)
The moment you try to swim
But you’ve heard them all before
the threats the try to keep you standing on the wrong shore
but you know they're hollow
remember all those times you crossed wild raging rivers?
and how each time they all told you you would drown
Take your shaking knees now as a good sign Em
That on this shore what you most want can’t be found
you’ve been here before
and you’ll be here again
no use questioning
if you know how to swim
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14. |
Come Home To Me
03:42
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I heard it through the grapevine
It was whispered through the leaves
that you’re feeling disconnected
and not good enough for me
but there’s nothing you can do
to keep my sun from shining toward you
sleep all day, that’s okay
i’ll be there in the moon
you’ve been hiding behind bright lights
in the loneliness of your room
but even there, with my gravity
i’m holding you
so you think that you’re too much for me
but you’re the waves and i’m the sea
so let yourself crash if that’s what you need
your unrest, too, is a part of me
honey, lie back in my breeze
lay to rest those hollow comforts you seek
they only serve to make you feel further from me
walking on a tight rope, when it’s the ground that you need
aching of thirst while building a bridge over the stream
oooooooooo come home to me
but there’s nothing you can do
to keep my sun from shining toward you
sleep all day, that’s okay
i’ll be there in the moon
you’ve been hiding behind bright lights
in the loneliness of your room
but even there, with my gravity
i’m holding you
can you really doubt my love when there’s shooting stars about
and trees that feed you
trees that breathe you
give fire to warm your bones
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16. |
St. Judy's Comet
02:45
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Ooh, little sleepy boy, do you know what time it is
Well, the hour of your bedtime's long been past
And though I know you're fightin' it
I can tell when you rub your eyes, you're fadin' fast
Oh, fadin' fast
Won't you run come see St. Judy's Comet
Roll across the skies
And leave a spray of diamonds in its wake
I long to see St. Judy's Comet
Sparkle in your eyes when you awake
Oh, when you wake, wake
Little boy
Won't you lay your body down
Little boy
Won't you close your weary eyes
Ain't nothing flashin' but the fireflies
Well, I sang it once and I sang it twice
I'm gonna sing it three times more
Gonna stay 'til your resistance's overcome
'Cause if I can't sing my boy to sleep
Well, it makes your famous daddy look so dumb
He look so dumb
Little boy, won't you lay your body down
Little boy, won't you close your weary eyes
Ain't nothin' flashin' but the fireflies
Ooh, little sleepy boy, do you know what time it is
Well, the hour of your bedtime's long been past
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17. |
Loose Boards
03:04
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Every time you walk away
The ground begins to shake
I wish It wasn’t this way
But this is the chance we choose to take
I wish I was more like you
Steady and secure
But I've got some loose boards baby
I hope you don’t fall right through
The panic came again for me today
I read a book that says its not my fault
That the moment I think my mind can change
I take my heart and coolly walk away
I wish I was more like you
Steady and secure
But I've got some loose boards baby
I hope you don’t fall right through
I hate to admit it but
when you hold me I feel home
and the times I want you nearest
I tend to throw the sharpest stones
And one day you wont wake up, the same thing goes for me
It sucks,
That living whole means loving
What will surely leave
I wish I was more like you
Steady and secure
But I've got some loose boards baby
I hope you don’t fall right through
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18. |
Oh Momma
03:28
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The Feelings Parade (Morgan and Scott) Oakland, California
The Feelings Parade is a movement as much as it is a band. Led by songwriters Morgan Bolender and Scott Ferreter, the project has developed a loyal following of diehard “Feelers" who come as much for the poetic songwriting, tight harmonies, and rich textures as they do to drop into their own tender human hearts in a space of collective radical vulnerability. ... more
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