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On Paradise
03:53
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Sweet baby
Like you, I emerged
From a certain uncertain chaos
They say those who are quickest, survive
And those who are strongest, thrive
But I never want to get all the things that I want
How awful would that be for me?
I’m happier here, slow
And indulgent in the sun
I’m happier here, weak
Let the night come when it comes
Sweet baby
Never thought I’d be the one
To accept my own defeat
I know if I’d been quicker, I’d have survived
And if I’d been stronger, I’d have thrived
But I never want to get all the things that I want
How awful would that be for me?
I’m happier here, slow
And indulgent in the sun
I’m happier here, weak
Let the night come when it comes
I’m happier here, slow
And indulgent in the sun
Let the night come when it comes
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The Quickening
03:26
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The sun gleams like brass on the wet leaves of morning
Dreams shatter like glass as the birds begin crowing
The freshness of dawn, oh the nearness of life
The quickness of love, how it cuts like a knife…
…right to the flesh of it, till the soul beneath it shows
Pleasure comes, pleasure goes
To the very quick it flows…
Dark forest of sleep and bright ocean of dreams
It travels the deep and awakens in me
The starkness of dawn, oh the harshness of light
The darkness of lust, how it robs you of sight…
Right to the flesh of it, till the soul beneath it shows
Pleasure comes, pleasure goes
To the very quick it flows
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The Flowering
03:54
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Don’t count your blossoms before the spring
Though the heavy-hanging buds may ring
So full of life, that you hear them sing
Through the tender green wrapping!
Its silken fur glimmers in the moon
Its vermilion heart quivers in its womb
How beautiful it will be in full bloom
Soon, you think, soon!
Though stars may crowd the darkness of the sky
They never touch the loneliness of night
The forests long for openness and light
Extending towards blue, so pure and bright
Made new by the thrill of birds in flight…
I’ll look no farther than the things I see
I’ll savor the significance of leaves
I’ll float my body languid in the breeze
And let the moments run through me
To blossom only as they please…
I’ll let the moments run through me
To blossom only as they please
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The Withering
01:18
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I welcome the withering
The long, lonely dithering
Through hither and thither
In, darkness comes slithering
The patter and pittering
My heartbeat askittering
So ruthless, so shivering
The heartless embittering
The wreckage and littering
Of lies so disfiguring
The chatter and chittering
While truth stands there, quivering
Here is such withering
Through long, lonely wintering
On snowbanks, a flittering
Of sunlight so glittering
Still, darkness comes slithering
Through hither and thither
In long, lonely dithering
I welcome the withering
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Opus
03:14
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The winter rains fell for seven weeks straight
And no one was sure it would ever abate
We took shelter indoors and awaited the sun
But weeks turned to years and the sun didn't come
It didn’t come…
How soft
Softly we turn
Turn into dust
The faster that we burn…
Now low lies the moon, its light fading fast
O’er faraway hills of cinnamon grass
As we dim into dusk, dissolve into past
We say, “Nothing good in this life is meant to last…”
Could it ever last?
How soft
Softly we burn
Burn into dust
The faster that we turn…
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6. |
December Song
04:25
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Under any hand but yours my heart won’t beat
Only you can rouse me from my sleep
So I dream of fertile earth and tender breeze
And I’ll keep dreaming till I am summoned back to life by your heat
I wish the gods would turn me into a tree
But keep my mind distinct, alive, and free
My trunk will thicken with ring after ring
My fingertips will blossom in the spring
I’ll grow branches supple and strong for you to climb
I will raise you ever closer to the sky
Beneath my shade you’ll pass the time
And in the fall you’ll watch me lose my mind
My leaves will paint the ground below with red
As one by one they tumble from my head
Till just my lonely skeleton is left
And in my bareness you will think me dead
Under any hand but yours my heart won’t beat
Only you can rouse me from my sleep
So I dream of fertile earth and tender breeze
And I’ll keep dreaming till I’m summoned back to life by your heat.
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Serenade
02:47
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His mind is wider than the sea
Ineffable, boundless, and free
The texture of the blue is warm and sweet
And salted with its sensuality
The yearnful moonlight sighs and weeps
As heaving waves glitter and gleam
I gaze into the peaceful deep
I follow where its whispers beckon me
Dive!!!! Delight!!!! Into the fecund brine
I drink. I swallow. I taste the high divine.
It jumps! It shines! Like lightning through my spine
And brings me ever closer to what’s mine…
His mind is wider than the sea
Ineffable, boundless, and free
The texture of the blue is warm and sweet
And salted with its sensuality
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8. |
Lullaby for Love
03:00
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when i’m close to you in sleep
i feel a pure and endless peace
to float on that feeling till strong turns to weak
hold on to the kiss of your cheek on my cheek
when i hear your name in the hollows of my mind
it runs as a melody through the chambers of my spine
to float on that feeling till strong turns to weak
a truth so far greater than language can speak
so sweet, clear, and deep
to float on that feeling till strong turns to weak
hold on to the kiss of your cheek on my cheek
so sweet, clear, and deep
a kind of defeat…
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I Feel...
02:24
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I FEEL
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Morrow Song
04:59
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It’s little I care where my feet go
it’s little I worry, it’s little I know
My blood runs quick and my love burns slow
It’s little I worry and little I know
It’s little I care if my heart breaks
At least it means that I’m awake
The hand extends—to give or take?
My fingers tremble, my body quakes
Cause tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Lie between me and song
The rodents gnaw and the neighbors borrow
When will I find rest where I belong?
It’s little I feel at the edge of the sea
the high winds whistle, the ocean beats
I stay. I listen. and at last, I scream
“All that i wanted was just to feel free”
It’s little I know how my love grows
But i’d choose again this way I chose
My feelings cross and my thoughts oppose
But my mind trusts what my heart knows
And tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Lie between me and song
The rodents gnaw and the neighbors borrow
When will I find rest where I belong?
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Stand between right and wrong
Summer slough and winter sorrow
When will I find rest where I belong?
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Everybody thinks that I’m strong
But my longing is gnawing my body hollow
When will I find rest where I belong?
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Just Above My Head
03:02
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Everything I dream or I lose
Everything that I fall short of being
All of my last goodbyes
Are to those who knew me–
Imperfect, yet still loved me
When my death comes and whispers to me my end
Let me say I’ve lived with love
But love can’t be given
It waits to be taken in
Let my death ask of me
Will my music remain?
My songs all may die with me
But when I sing, I find my own eternity
I light my lamp again and again and over again
And never stop to wonder if
It will help to take away the darkness
Before I reach my end,
May I reach my self
And release from the shallow shore
To join with the flowing
Multitude of mystery
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12. |
No Paradise
02:45
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To keep that feeling of sky
Pressed between words
It can’t be done
So why do I try?
Why do I try?
Twig by twig, the dove builds its nest
To carry its future, storm after storm
So I make a home for you in me
Brick by brick
Storm after storm
Storm after storm
With the instinct of an insect
That senses peril yet flies towards warmth
One tender touch can last a whole lifetime
To keep that feeling of love
Pressed into song
It can’t be done
So why do I try?
In the hope that you will hear it
So far away
So dimly alive
But alive
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