1. |
Turn Down the Silence
03:18
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I wanted to drown out the silence
To clutter my head from outside instead
Wanted to fill up every corner
And leave not a space to contemplate
I packed my bags, ran towards the bellow
Of engines and horns that grumble and roar
But in the hum there is no solace
Relief is a bride for whom to fight
I longed to hear some quiet, but then it came a cruel blow
And so I ran back to the noise, to mute the silence
Turn down the silence
There is a road outside my window
The wheels never cease to keep me from sleep
I've not the courage to escape it
My head's in a spin without its din, I cannot win
I longed to hear some quiet...
We are always on our own
Even when surrounded by a thousand souls
There is no lull in between what's inside and outside of the wall
I long to hear some quiet
I cannot hear the quiet...
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2. |
Swallow Me
03:57
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Tie me up in bubble wrap
To keep me safe, but hide me from the world
I know you meant well
But your religion has begun to swell
Grab my feet and turn around
To understand what you miss when you hide
Of course you meant well
But our opinions never seemed to gel
Take all the time that you need to swallow me
There's nothing left to decide, because in the end
You'll take all the time that you need to follow me
But I'm going on with or without you
Knock me from the branches
And press me in an empty book
To learn to forget that we all should
Look before we jump
Take all the time that you need...
Take cover, if that's the only thing you can do
But if you take cover, nothing will be left for you
Take all the time that you need...
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3. |
Wingless Bird
04:26
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You've got me, you've got me cold
I'm untangled, I want back your knots
Take me under now, take me under, I will go
Take me under now, take me where I cannot float
You've got my, you've got my stomach turned
I'm hungover, I a wingless bird
Take me under now, take me under, I will go
Take me under now, take me where I cannot float
I don't want to be just a thing of the past
I don't want to be that other girl, so...
Come over, come over here
Don't want to say it to the back of your head
You don't feel this, you don't feel the fear
It's stuck in my throat and you don't even know
I'm losing voice around you
Tie my legs into your own again
Feel my breath warm every layer of skin
Kiss me 'til your beard turns my chin red
Take me under now, take me, I'm easily led
I don't want to be just a thing of the past
I don't want to be that other girl, so...
Come over, come over here...
You've got me cold
A you're making my stomach turn
And you don't even know
And I don't want to rock the boat
But would you, would you...
Come over, come over here
Don't want to say it to the back of your head
Come over, come over here
Loosen your tongue and tell me if I'm wrong
Come over, come over here
I've too many holes, I can no longer float
I'm losing voice around you
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4. |
The Water
04:09
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Do you recall that morning when I sailed to sea?
I pulled my boat out on the lonely sheets
The water, the water, it filled the hole
The hole in my boat I had allowed to grow
Do you recall that morning when I ran away?
Put on my boots and not a word did I say
The water, the water, it filled my eyes
I hung myself out all alone, but they would not dry
The water will carry me until I learn to breathe
The water will set me free, if I could find my own two feet
It seems like the hand that threw your words across the room
Has torn me out from my warm cocoon
The water, the water, it's cold out there
It fills you, then leaves you a heavy head to bear
Don't come creeping in on me
Sing as you move your feet
The gulls plunge downward in a spin
Tell them to eat my skin
Because their hunger grows
If they took it and rose, I would fly with them on the wind
I would fly with them on the wind
Don't come creeping up on me
Roar as your body weaves
Swallow me into your waves
I no longer want to be safe
I will dive real low, hold my breath as I go
'Til the water will set me free
'Til the water will set me free
The water, the water will set me free
If I can find my own two feet
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5. |
If I Had a Home to go to
03:06
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I had no time to play today, and now I am too tired
If I had a home to go to I'd have been in bed by nine
I'd run towards the kitchen, having sung all day for coins
I'd cook a hefty meal for two and we'd clear away your toys
If I had a home to go to I would fill a room with flowers
I'd tell them all my tales, I'd lock the door and stay for hours
I'd have a big bay window looking out over the sea
I'd watch the world, but all the world would no longer watch me
I had no time to breathe today, sometimes I just forget
My girl will cut me loose and make a woman of me yet
She'll take the ribbon from my hair and tie it around my feet
If I had a home to go to I would leave her out to weep
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6. |
Giraffe (By the Shore)
03:08
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There he was buried in the sand, I took his life into my hands
You would never notice him
But he had many paths from which to choose
Life in a box of technicolour, never knowing day from night
Or an eternity just floating
Choked by the foam and blinded in the light
But oh, there'd be so much you'd never see
If when I dug you up, I had taken you home with me
The fire dancing to the distant drumming of the rain
And you all safe in the glow
Maybe you're face down in the water
Maybe you're running out of breath
Maybe if I hadn't set you free
I'd have pulled you from the arms of death
Days could have come and gone forever
And like the bears and dolls you'd smile
Know I didn't mean to kill you slowly
You have seen the world through your painted eyes
And oh, isn't a short life better than a million days
Each one no different from the last?
If you could feel with your hollow body
Then you'd have more than I, as I wait by the shore
Oh take me out, and we will dive into the clouds
And when I leave the earth, I will explode into a thousand parts
The pieces of me will scatter out among the stars
I will be free
And you will no longer be lifeless
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7. |
Shoot the Stars
05:24
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Cold water, please don't drink the water
And I will surely lose some sleep if I don't swim ashore
Her dress was tipped with red to blind the soldiers that she led
And they won't find the antidote by walking in the dark
Just one more glass you take from me, is that all you're asking?
One more and now it's empty
You'd shoot the stars out of her eyes
And she will hunt you down until you die
You'd burst the clouds to make me stop
She'll knock the walls to find you
No other way is there to know when she's behind you
The lion's den is empty now
Too many words to swallow
This sucked the life out from the hills 'til they were left all hollow
How much more can you take from me before I'm empty?
One more and it's all over
You'd shoot the stars out of the sky
And you will chase the storm until you die
Smooth now, not like it was before
But it's not like it mattered
I was never the girl that she could be
All she wanted to be was in your pocked
She said you can look back but just
Don't look down
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8. |
Maude
03:59
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She was a lady, the seventh of ten
The sea was her most beloved friend
Taken by tides and the strange life they bring
But never taught how to think
She took to the water beneath the moonlight
The dusk hummed a tune as she held her skirt tight
She buried that whale like we buried our speech
But ours sank too deep to reach
No daughter of mine will leave home
It is not within her to go it alone
No daughter of mine will leave home
We are crippled by freedom we cannot afford
We had our minds dropped right out of that boat
I'm burrowed in eelgrass, I'm tangled in weed
Maude cast her net but it didn't find me, or any of us
No daughter of mine will leave home...
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9. |
Humans
05:04
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When the dusk comes to settle, and everything falls
Into a darker shade of the colour it was before
I want to feel the fog against my cheek
Get so close to the black trees that I can smell their slumber
But you would call me a fool
I would be safe here if it wasn't for the humans
Darkness could be my friend if it wasn't for the humans
Death is all I see, death in everything
It's waiting for us all, so let's just be friends
Is it worth being anything less?
While you fight to be something you can call your own
Rivers run on, planets turn
And time doesn't care if you understand
That it moves along without your hand
Oh, the only ones who understand are the humans
Who one day won't even exist at all
If you'd lived and learned you'd be sure
That you might as well lose your grip
Isn't it ok just to be moving along
Just like everything else that lives?
Aren't the leaves most beautiful
When they are old and about to die?
You can point your gun at my head
But we'll go the same way, I am going to same way as you
We will go the same way, I am going the same way as you
Because a human is a human wherever you go
While you fight...
And a human is a human, a human is a human
A human is a human wherever you go
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10. |
You Are Only Your Own
05:38
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You are only your own, you are only your own
Who am I to take that from you?
You are only your own, you are only your own
Unlock the floodgates and I'll do my time
Turn your body over and spill out your mind
You cling to the hinges, I beg you let go
Your bones will only rust if you keep the lid closed
I can't stop the world from ganging up on you
I can't keep its dirty paws off you
You've come to say you'd give it up
If I want you is this where you'll be?
It's a place you can never take me
If I lose my patience, then here's my excuse
I'm only a human and I think you're one too
But the space we held between us is filling up slow
We're firing out these signals, we water, they grow
I can't stop the world from ganging up on you
I can't keep its dirty paws off you
You've come to say you'd give it up
Did you think that would lighten my load?
If I want you is this where you'll be?
It's a place you can never take me
It's not as if we could be running out of love
Because when the word is failing us
There still is love
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11. |
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Oh when you come down for me, don't tread too lightly
Oh when you come down for me, I'll be ready
At the wake of every shower I drop roses on the grave
And at the wake of every rose, I drop a tear its soul to save
I can't be sure if I'll fare well when he comes knocking
I can't be sure where I will be or who'll be watching
But at the wake of every year, I shed a tear just to be safe
Oh when you come down for me, don't tread too lightly
Oh when you come down for me, I'll be ready
As they fall to meet their shadows, withered bodies cling no more
As dry as bone, and there is nothing left but him down in their core
And if I lay down beside them I would be no different
And if I crunched them beneath my feet, they would not even flinch
But I don't dare disturb the peace of what was once but is no more
Oh when you come down for me, don't tread too lightly
Oh when you come down for me, I'll be ready
And so it is, we think our lives away, we're none the wiser still
We'll never know the nature of this beast, this fear we cannot kill
I can't be sure if I'll fare well when he comes creeping
Under my skin, no part of me he won't be keeping
But at the wake of everything, there is a hole I long to fill
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12. |
Hoverfly
04:45
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You're only a hoverfly, disguised as a wasp
If I dared get too close would you sting me?
I don't think you could, even if you tried
Because you're only a hoverfly
It's a dangerous game that you're playing
Maybe one day a crow or a hawk or a bee
Will come to realise that you wear a disguise
And they'll chew you up and spit out your wings
They'll spit out your wings
Because you're only a hoverfly...
You've painted a picture you hold of yourself
And you're working so hard so the paint doesn't fade
But even through layers of colour so bright
Beneath the black and the gold, I can see
That you're only a hoverfly...
I don't know why you want to scare me
I'm just trying to go about my day
Is it some animal instinct?
But you've got no prey, no nest to protect
You've got only your own neck
You're frantically flitting to and fro
Because you don't know where to go
No you've got no place to go
You're only a hoverfly...
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13. |
Ladrainnín (bonus track)
04:49
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Cúrfa:
Níl ionat ach ladrann, i riocht foichí
An mbeadh fonn ort mé ionsaí le cealg?
Ní dóigh liom go n-éireodh leat
Mar níl ionat ach ladrannín
Níl ionat ach ladrannín
Ag rith ar thanaí atá tú
Lá amháin tiocfaidh beach nó seabhac nó préachán
A aithneoidh gur bréag atá ann
Roimh tú chogaint agus caitheamh amach
Is do mhionsciatháin
Cúrfa
Chruthaigh tú pictiúr le taispeáint don saol
Is scéin ort go dtréigfeadh dath na híomhá
Ach fiú tríd an gcóta tiubh, daite go geal
Faoin dubh agus ór, is léir dom nach bhfuil...
Cúrfa
Cén fáth go dteastaíonn uait mé a scanradh?
Níl mé ach i mbun mo ghnó
Seans ann gur instinn ainmhíoch?
Ach níl creach agat, gan nead le caomhnú
Níl ann ach do mhuineál féin
Ar mire, ag scinneadh thart
Ach cá bhfuil tú ag dul?
An bhfuil fhios an domhain ad?
Cúrfa
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