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Even When We Forget
04:17
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We are the winter’s quilt, we are the poet’s tongue,
We are the roots of a tree, we are its leaves falling.
We are the summer’s rain, we are the child’s laugh,
We are the elder’s cane, we are everything,
We are everything.
We are the silenced people’s cry, we are the ones who stand up.
We bring the key to the cage.
We sew the wings to their sleeves.
And we sing, and we sing for their lives.
And we sing, and we sing for our lives.
Oh, we are the ocean,
Oh, we are a drop.
Oh, we are a mountain,
Oh, we are a rock.
Oh, we are a flower,
Oh, we are the seed.
Oh, we are the seeker,
Oh, we are found.
Even when we forget we are, we are.
Even when we forget we are, we are.
Even when we forget we are, we are.
We are a star, a firefly,
The moon’s rise, the wind’s fall,
We are everything. We are everything.
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2. |
Step Away My Dear
04:33
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When light’s too bright, we cannot see
A sound too loud, we cannot hear
Plants too close, cannot grow
Step away, step away, my dear
Step away, step away, my dear.
When we think we know, we know nothing
When we are too close we cannot see.
When we say it all, we say nothing.
Step away, step away, my dear.
Step away, step away, my dear.
And watch me as you watch the moon.
Give me space to disappear.
I’ll wax and wane, but never leave.
I’ll stay the same, but always change.
Step away, step away my dear.
The moon knows the earth from miles away.
Please see my whole self, not just this part.
Please see my whole self, not just this part.
The moon pulls inwards, and stirs the tides.
Now you pull inwards, and I’ll pull inwards
And our tide will rise.
The moon sees the earth from miles away.
Their love is as clear, as it is far.
Please see my whole self, not just this part.
Please see my whole self, not just this part.
And watch me as you watch the moon.
Give me space to disappear.
I’ll wax and wane, but never leave.
I’ll stay the same, but always change.
Step away, step away my dear.
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3. |
Already Whole
03:06
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The day the moon became the sun
She grew a long red beard
Put on her hat, and smoked her pipe
Soon after, disappeared.
And we all forgot. And we all forgot.
All the while the moon was singing:
I am more than what you see, I am more than what you see
When I am red, I’m still gray
When I am gone, I’m still there
When I am waning, I am full
I am everything at once.
And we sang back, to the moon:
Let us remember, let us remember
That we are already whole
Let us remember, let us remember
That we are already whole.
The day the sun became the moon
He slivered into curves
And wore a silky hazel dress
That floated in the wind.
His hair out long, the curls swung down
Like rope, we thought we could climb up to him.
For we all forgot, for we all forgot.
All the while the sun kept singing:
You cannot come close to me
You cannot look into me
But I am everywhere at once
My light is what you see.
I grow the gardens
I lift the seeds
I dry the river
And I burn the trees.
But will you ever truly see me?
And we sang back to the sun:
Let us remember, let us remember
That we may never be known
Let us remember, let us remember
That we may never be known.
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4. |
Stardust
05:12
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Stardust in our eyes
Falling from the sky
Will we see our dreams
Come to life
Are you the one for me
Am I the one you see
There are so many questions
What is our story
Stardust on our tongues
We taste the glow, we taste the light
The universe inside
Stardust in our breath
We inhale
The light
In our chest
Do we know
That we are
Everything
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5. |
The Moon is Full
03:52
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Why did you leave that way
Your letter spoke nothing of pain.
Why couldn’t you’ve shared your sorrow
‘Stead of hiding it in flames.
Ashes in the park ground
Spread out in the soil.
I dig my hands into the body
The body, the earth, the grave.
I place some seeds into the ash
Hoping that new life will come.
And as the flower rises,
We’ll know that death can grow.
The moon is full and I must let you go.
The moon is full and I must let you go.
I pray that the seed will grow.
I pray that the seed will grow.
I pray that the seed will grow.
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Praise this Fear
03:10
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Praise this fear that holds me down.
Praise this fear, for I’m allowed.
Praise my shaking shaking speech.
Praise this fear that makes me me.
Praise this fear that holds my story.
Praise this fear and all its glory.
Praise this fear I’m still alive.
Without the fear, I would have tried.
I could write you a letter, cause you’re wrong.
But is it possible beneath the words, beneath the fear, beneath the walls
Beneath the timing and the errors,
is it possible that you do?
But what if everything I gave you, I gave to me.
And everything I thought you had was just my dream.
What if all the love I thought was yours,
Turned out,
To me mine,
All along
All along
The way home.
All along
All along
The way home.
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7. |
Wondering
04:57
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When does a person become a thought
When does the thought become a dream
When does the dream pour into life
What does a memory mean
What is outside, and what is my mind
When something is over, where does it go
Is a moment that passes, no longer mine
Is a song still a song, if it’s just an echo
I left you trembling, under the rain
Wondering, whispering, hoping our fate
Time has kept going, but also, not changed
What are you dreaming, are our dreams the same
Is there another way to hold eachother again
Wills in the willow
Yes’s in the spring
I keep a wondering when we’ll be free
Flames in the west-wind,
Dissent in the breeze
I keep a wondering, when we’ll be free.
I fall apart as the day slowly fades
Wonderin’ if you do, for I feel the same
I feel the same.
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8. |
You are Within
04:27
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You are within my soul
I am within your soul
You are within my soul
I am within your soul
I am you
You are me
I am you
You are me.
When will we love a stranger like we love our lover
When will we feed the hungry like we feed our daughter
When will we hold the lonely like we hold our mother
Will I see in your eyes, a little of mine?
I heal for you, I heal for me.
I hurt for you, I hurt for me.
We never end, we never start.
In this short breath, we’re all we’ve got.
I am you
You are me
I am you
You are me.
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