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I did not hear the silence creep in
I could not stop the emptiness surrounding
Turn my back against the wall
I would not take my eyes away from watching
There was once a time when I couldn’t separate your voice from mine
Run but couldn’t hide
Tried to build the world by my own design
You always find me
When I hear the warning sirens calling
Far away - far away - I hear you calling out my name
When I feel the ground beneath me trembling
My feet can’t stand on this familiar ground
I will run straight into the eye of the storm
We were one in the same always searching for someone else to take the blame
I would hang upon every word you say
Now I don’t listen when you call my name
Precious energy - I feel it galvanising me
Perfect clarity - there’s nothing left that can distract me now
I don’t listen when you call my name
Golden intention - shout it every single day
Fix my direction - there’s nothing left that can distract me now
I don’t listen when you call my name
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The Messenger
03:56
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I used to count the time - since I last saw you
Since I last spoke your name
I turn the pages brittle with age
And I memorise each word the ink and the space
Each time I hope for a different end
But there’s nothing new here - I'm searching - it's unclear
I make a space for you
Send the messenger - deliver - deliver
You watch me - watch me kneeling on the ground - my hands in the dirt
The overgrowth - but I can’t find you here
How long - how long I wish for the spring - tend the ground
I’m summoning - wild flowers in to bloom
And I’m - hoping - you’ll see - I’m listening - speak to me
I make a space for you
Send the messenger - deliver - deliver
The rain it fell without a sound
The sun it broke on through the clouds
The sky fills with colour and I see much more now
And I know it - you’ll see - I listen - you speak to me
I make a space for you
Send the messenger - deliver - deliver
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Melusina
04:48
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It’s double edged - a blessing and a curse rolled in to one
It’s comforting - silent secrets stored in my skin and bones
Be still - be still - be still the water’s rising
Hold on - hold on - hold on the banks are breaking
I knew this day would come - river runs high
Where once the land was barren - once the valley dry
There’s healing in these waters - transform my life
So quietly - I dare to dive into the darkest depths
Before I know - I’m covered by the current’s cool caress
Listen - listen - listen it’s just my heartbeat
Faster - faster
I knew this day would come - river runs high
Where once the land was barren - once the valley dry
There’s healing in these waters - transform
Feel the raging force it quenches my thirsty soul
Carves a new way through what once was hard as stone
And I will not be fearful anymore
I concede - I can’t contain
Just wash away the past it binds like chains
I never gave up hope - ‘cause all this time
I knew this day would come river runs high
Where once the land was barren - once the valley dry
There’s healing in these waters - transform my life
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The Mirror
04:43
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Man I swear she stares into my soul
With eyes wide open
And a smile so wide for show
It takes all that I have just to try not and turn around
Try to face the facts
But there’s no sound
I’ve found this place
Where nothing is quite as it seems
And it’s so cold to the touch
So cold to the touch
Covered in dust after years of neglect
And I run my fingers ‘round the edges
And I want things to be different now
So I start with the slate clean but that voice soon creeps in
You’re still looking!
What you looking for? Nothing’s changed!
I’ve found this place
Where nothing is quite as it seems
And it’s so cold to the touch
So cold to the touch
If what I see isn’t how I really feel
Then how do I know which is real?
If what I see isn’t how I really feel
Then how do I know which is real?
And if what I see - if what I see isn’t how I really feel
Well how do I know which is real?
‘Cause I’ve found this place
Where nothing is quite as it seems
And it’s so cold to the touch
So cold to the touch
If what I see isn’t how I really feel
Then how do I know which is real?
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No Control
03:59
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When I wait for the mist to rise
As it lingers all I know is in disguise
Every breath of the breeze clears the skies
I might see it all
When I wait for quiet stillness to come
I am shaken by the storm winds to the bone
Raise my hands to my heart - I am home
I might feel it all
I can’t stop the time - I can make the space
Just as day surrounds the night you know that everything must change
I can find the strength - if I let myself breathe
When I wait beside the fire it will burn
While it rages I know hope will return
Leaving traces here - in the scorched earth - help me see it all
When I wait by the sea the tide will turn
Watch the moon as she fades and then return
All these phases and ellipses we’ve traced for ages affirm
Help me see it all
I can’t stop the time - I can make the space
Just as day surrounds the night you know that everything must change
I can find the strength - if I let myself breathe
Learn from all there is to know and search out all there is to see
And if I might let go
I find I’ve no control
Just as day surrounds the night you know that everything must change
If I might let go - I find I’ve no control
Just as day surrounds the night you know that everything must change
If I might let go - I find I’ve no control
I can’t stop the time but I can make the space
Just as day surrounds the night you know that everything must change
I can find the strength - if I let myself breathe
Learn from all there is to know and search out all there is to see
And if I might let go
I find I’ve no control
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6. |
The Swan
05:22
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Water clear as glass
Longer shadows cast
Meet me at the bridge
Hear the river sings
Softly beating wings
Meet me at the bridge
In the dreaming - in the half light - in the intention
In the longing - in the heart space - in anticipation
In the feeling - in the knowing - is transformation
You can’t see changes one day at a time
Days turn to years in the blink of an eye
When the storm winds blow
When the drought stops flow
Meet me at the bridge
In the dreaming - in the half light - in the intention
In the longing - in the heart space - in anticipation
In the feeling - in the knowing - is transformation
You can’t see changes one day at a time
Days turn to years in the blink of an eye
In the dreaming - in the half light - in the intention
In the longing - in the heart space - in anticipation
In the feeling - in the knowing - is transformation
Follow me downstream
And when the river starts widening
We’ll fly
We’ll fly - follow me
We’ll fly - follow me
We’ll fly - follow me
We’ll fly - follow me
We’ll fly
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Astraluna Otley, UK
multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer * loves harmonies and heavy drums
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