1. |
Hope
01:10
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2. |
The River
04:47
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The devil came to play today
and cackled at the sun
Though a risky bet he played
he knew that he had won
His hunger grew for more than this
a pity vote not cast
The child’s pain has sealed his kiss
and the water’s flowing fast
Drink from the river boy
Smell the fresh green grass
Kiss the sky and pray to God
That your time won’t pass
You’ll need something beautiful
a miracle at hand
Fortune setting with the sun
Wishing you will stand
The angel sits and stops to think
of how this came to be
She contemplates taking a drink
from the water that she sees
But the water of the river flows
To heaven and to hell
So if you want to quench your thirst
You must find the well
Drink from the river boy
Smell the fresh green grass
Kiss and the sky and pray to God
That your time won’t pass
You’ll need something beautiful
a miracle at hand
Fortune setting with the sun
Wishing you will stand
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3. |
The Sinking Question
03:53
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Left on my own
What did I do wrong? To
deserve this shame
I hear a voice
I’m left with no choice
To observe their games
Outside there lies a life
I dare not fantasise
Yet I ask why/I’ve not learnt
Why I’m left to cry/Why I’m left to yearn
For what I’ll never have
My body creeks
I follow their shrieks
Past my wooden walls
I see them there They’re
without a care Stood
straight and tall
Outside I feel the life
I would not dare describe
I might have known
That here on my own
My days would fill with the empty
My questions sink And all
I do is blink At the
clouded moon
The river calls
The devil he crawls
But I have attuned
Outside I know there’s life
Beyond my sunken eyes
My body’s bent
And all my time is spent
Being teased with my freedom
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4. |
The Thing With Feathers
01:28
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5. |
The Baptism
05:20
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On my daily muse
I start to lose
All my faith in you
My greatest fears
Consume me like a storm
that never
clears
My trust in you shakes
Do I keep my faith?
I ask you what it takes
Now my wings lay broken
Whispered words
unspoken
God bless the man with
the losing hand
Belief in you withers away
He waits for a song to sing
again
But singing won’t fix his
faith
Baptise my mind
God save me
I feel I’m falling away
God bless the man with
the losing hand
Belief in you withers away
He wants a song to sing
again
Eyes that don’t see
Ears that don’t hear
It’s life that he’s craving
A life that’s worth saving
God bless the man with
the losing hand
Belief in you withers away
He waits a song to sing
again
Eyes that don’t see
Ears that don’t hear
It’s life that he’s craving
A life that’s worth saving
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6. |
The Downpour
05:06
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Again I pray for rain
But a downpour wouldn't numb the pain
I wish that I could see Beyond
a fate so crippling I wish that
I could feel
You helped me stand alone
Drips of strength in brittle bones
The sparkle in your eye Tossed
aside by turning tides of waters I
have fantasised
Again I pray for rain
But a downpour wouldn't numb the pain
I wish that I could see Beyond
a fate so crippling I wish that
I could feel
Ooh na na…
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