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Give it a Witness
04:34
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I woke up reeling washed on the bank of a river
on an evening lost in the weight of itself
limp like a seedling deep in the muck
how i shiver,
how I arrived on this busted plane
o, the flow of my own self has gone astray
give it a witness
Hemming and clawing I holler out
"How'd I get here,
So far from home
and all the one's that I love?"
A storm cloud approaching bloated
yet weighless delivers
a sheet of rain,
an awful refrain:
"You are fucked, you will fall down, get washed away
without a witness"
Soon I am seeing leaves on the rippling river
and high aloft an old tree molting itself
It bows to me and says "You're the spawn of my roots, dear.
Thankful you grew, now I need you to know
you will grow, you will blossom in every way,
give it a witness
Soon my cradle is the bed of the river
The storm cloud claps and strikes the old tree down
in the shadow of it's fall
how i shiver
a seedling becoming human again
the maw of the cold winds won't blow me away
give it a witness
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2. |
Light Showering Me
03:31
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I'm having a good time
broken wing
on a crowded street i see
there's a groundswell
under me
I'm having a good time
in drifts a silent song
in breathless symphony
on a ghostly silence, red lights
showering me
I'm having a good time
There's a tiny wild wounded
songbird on my knee
and an angel
praying for peace
crouching at my feet
I'm having a good time
crossing things
off a list I wrote of things
with no meaning
I'm crossing a stream
in my dumb dreams
over and over
I'm having a good time, I'm alive
on this leaking boat
with no guide
I'm having
a good time
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3. |
Wild and Lost
02:54
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I'm a ghost k
nocking on the walls
let me in
I'm alone, and I'll sing it loud
I'm a foolhardy keepsake of the wind
My body is broken the doorway is open
there ain't no meaning, it's a waste of time
I'm seeing I'm breathing
I'll wilt like a flower inside
I'm gonna go to a prairie
grazed by the wind
and bury bones
gonna scream out loud
I'm a foolhardy sweepstakes,
don't let me in
All promises broken
the storm clouds are forming
There ain't no meaning,
it's a waste of time
I'm vast like the ocean
the doorway is open to all
that is wild and lost
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4. |
You Can Love You
03:55
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I can see high above and far
a lonely windswept cloud
I'm at home beneath the tree
under which
we gave our vows
We believed in a simple wild
neverending song
and the choir was
YOU and I all along
when the needle dropped
O, the hiss when the music stopped
haunts me
This is a song about us
I hope it's ringing true
I know I'll always love you,
but now it's time
for you to love you
without me
I'm sobbing as I write this
I'm gutted by this gloom
I know I'll always love you
and I pray
that you can love you
without me
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5. |
Mother Heroic (Bjork)
03:36
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Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Thy perfect sorrows
Are the world's to keep
Wherefore onto thy knees
Come weep
With a prayer
Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Thy perfect sorrows
Are the world's to keep
Wherefore onto thy knees
Come weep
With a prayer
Mother heroic
Mother glorious
Beholding in thy eyes
Immortal tears
Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Oh...
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With Child Nampa, Idaho
Music project of Elijah Jensen-Lindsey, an artist and carpenter residing in a small town in Idaho.
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