1. |
Where I'm Bound to Go
03:59
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The sun slivers through bare winter trees
Wind whistles in the cattails
Blue jays sing in the pine
But I am caught in circles, trying to change your mind
White gulls spiral up, a sparkly wizard’s flame
The log spins memories, in rings of time
But I am caught in circles, trying to change your mind
I see my shadow in the water
My body ripples with the waves
Oh, let the water take me
Please, let the water take me
Oh, let the water take me
Where I’m bound to go
Where I’m bound to go
I am rain
pouring into mouths, into bodies, into soil, into seeds
I am river
rushing into rocks, into night, into sapphire, into green
I am ocean
I pull up high, then crash down
Deep enough to hold other life
I am air
flying up into golden light
into soft sheets of the sky
I am cloud
changing in your eye
Into rain, into lake, into ice, into river, into sky
Into rain, into lake, into ice, into river, into sky
Oh, let the water take me
Oh, Let the water take me
Please, let the water take me
Oh, Let the water take me
Where I’m bound to go
Where I’m bound to go
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2. |
Prospect Park
03:41
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this is where we watched the sleeping swans
this is where we found kittens in the camperdown elm tree
this is where we carried the baby turtle across the road
this is where we sang rounds on the hill
where we sledded down
how do I move on
how do I move on
this is where we picnicked till late
this is where you forgave me, in the dark, by the lake
this is where I splashed you paddling
watched the heron dance
quietly
this is where we touched our hearts silently to say
I love you
I love you
how do I --
how do I move on
how do I move on
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3. |
The Red Dragon
03:21
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My boat crashes into a rocky bend
I swim in dark cold water
trying to reach him again
Prickly Swamp Rose scrapes my arm
My body aches, but I'm becharmed
The water is too murky
I use my magic light to see
High waves, wind, and night
All my life I've only known a love for which I fight
All my life I've only known a love for which I fight
An angler fish finds me, tries to keep me underwater
I lose my breath, but escape his grip,
to travel onward
High waves, wind, and night
All my life I've only known a love for which I fight
All my life I've only known a love for which I fight
Something grabs my leg again
the claw of a red scaly dragon
her voice in deep tremolo
If you answer my riddle, then you can go:
If you love someone who doesn't love you,
what kind of love is that, true?
If you use all your magic to get to his shore,
is that what your gift is for?
If you didn't have to fight,
how could you use your light?
I have nothing to say, the dragon sends me back
the other way
Low waves, still and dim
I have never known this ease of swimming with the wind
I have never known this ease of swimming with the wind
Here I am on warm sand
resting in the sunlight
not in waves, faraway
I have more strength, so here, I'll remain
The magic light I used for him
I turn back to my own self
warms my belly
feel almost free
In time, I'll know him as only
the one who brought me back to me
the one who brought me back to me
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4. |
Glow
01:40
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singing
on the sidewalk
on the broken piano
with the missing key
laughing
when you found the metal
nail within the bean soup
you were eating
how much do we miss
when we blink our eyes
now that it's over
what is really mine
light falls
underwater
but we can't stay there long
to see
the glow
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5. |
Fireflies
02:32
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stars drip in the night
melt into our minds
quiver the solace
reaching the aweless sleeping tight
ashes in the wind
zinnias bursting in
there is nothing there is nothing
that’s mine
skin like dust, dissipate
mind a cloud, watch it fade
I was just dreaming
you were still breathing next to me
glass in my heart
all shattered parts
give them wings,
let them sing in the sky
fireflies in the night
shine, then lose their bright
just a flicker
just a flicker
of light
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6. |
The Same Blue
03:37
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fill your belly with wind
mouth open
eyes spill with light
blue seeping in
hear a shell
sing in waves
an echo of her home
holy water, in the church outside
watch trees when the rain comes, bow in the wind
an oasis
inside me
cerulean rippling
we all drink the
same blue
feel our interwoven
roots
holding still
as our leaves above
shift into
green red brown
fall to the ground
always changing
always still
always changing
always still
always changing
always still
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7. |
Willow
03:22
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oh willow are you weeping, in the summer in the shade
oh willow, are you sleeping, in the closing of the day
will I ever love another, like I loved you that way?
will I ever love my own self, like I loved you that way?
oh willow, are you weeping, did you know this was our fate?
oh willow are you leaving, can you take my heart away?
to the meadow, to the river, let me live without this pain
who will love me though I'm broken, who will stay till I'm ok
oh, the loons were calling
the mountain's falling
we still had more to dream
oh, you’re the tree we planted
by the pond we swam in
underneath the eagle's wings
oh willow are you weeping, in the summer in the shade
oh willow, are you sleeping, in the closing of the day
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8. |
Duchess of Fungi
05:00
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My home is missing in the fog
I wander the forest
Bare feet on muddy floor
Skin torn
An acorn we sow
To become more
Deep in soil, down below
The only way to return home
is to give up what I know
I don't want to lose you, but you're already gone
The only thing I'm holding now,
clenched fists, tight jaw
The only way to return home is to give up the love I've known
The only way to return home is to give up the love I've known
I sink my body into earth, my roots reach down
to touch mycelium
a constellation underground
Oh Duchess of Fungi,
Oh Lady of Truffles,
can you lead me home?
Can the darkness show me where to go?
Can the darkness show me where to go?
Under earth in eternal night,
I follow mushroom roots
Don't know if I'll survive
Chanterelle, Parasol, Muscaria, Black Saddle
Fairy Ring, Cremini, Hen of the Woods, Maitake
Sweet Bread, Cryptic Bonnet, Bear's Head, Wine cap
Will the mushrooms lead me back?
Puff ball, shaggy mane, blue milky cap, slippery jack
Ear Straw, Tiger's Eye, Wood Ear, Velvet Foot, Golden Needle, Pig's Ear, Belly Button, Milky Cap
Will the mushrooms lead me back?
Can the darkness show me where to go?
Can the darkness show me where to go?
Deep in soil down below,
My body aches, I travel on
I don't know what still awaits
For I give up the love I've known
I give up the love I've known
I give up everything I know
Please let the darkness show me where to go
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9. |
What I Still Have
03:39
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I no longer have you
but I still have
the eagle above, long black wings, a snowy head
bear with midnight fur, a black so rich
moose by the forest
floating in the mist
kayak on the lake to watch the heron
walk on water
like a ballet dancer
that time we laughed for hours when the paddle missed the ball
cantaloupe and watermelon
chair that blew into the water
I gave you everything I have
and now I'm left with everything I have
elk sitting in the field, eating grass but oh so still
the song we sang about love and freedom
hoping we would heal
the sound of the bottle making bubbles in the pond
the world's greatest song
sunsets that painted mountains red
like volcanoes in the sky
and the stars that fell into our eyes
as we lay
under the night
I gave you everything I have
and now I'm left with everything I have
I don't have your love
but I still have mine
I still have mine
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10. |
Broken Bells of Light
03:40
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the road is winding
we’re still driving
past all we left behind
the spider’s spinning
on the rearview mirror
barely on the line
falling backwards
in the verse of night
stars move forward
broken bells of light
we were singing
that song about freedom
hoping love would stay
my heart, still open
we have not spoken
since you went away
falling backwards
in the verse of night
stars move forward
broken bells of light
I’m still aching
I can’t stop breaking
this is how I’ll be free
Mmmm
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