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Downriver
04:29
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Downriver -
As you near the mouth
One must welcome all that’s been
From the birthing source
To the rapids met upstream
Let go
Just float
No use fighting what’s is written
Pay no mind-
Realign
And do as water does
Life is but a river
You seem different now
From before
You were tangled in the reeds
Such a crying shame
But see some
They never find release
I know
I know
It’s no small part of what you’re feeling
Reconcile
Your inner child
And move as water moves
Life is but a river
It winds
Once you get your rhythm
You’re flying
Word from the ones who are wise
Meandering downriver
Got to pick your wars ray
Try and keep your mind at bay.
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2. |
Bird of Paradise
03:47
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Bird of Paradise -
I saw a damsel ‘yond the fence
Whose beauty rang pure innocence
She came to me with nothing on
Steady through the morning
I heard she mucked out in the barn
Voice it kept the horses calm
She graced the fields & so belongs
Solely in the morning
Only in the morning
Swears the city turns all people blind
But we will never be those kind
She carries neither world nor woe
Free but for the morning
Lighting up the morning
& she’s seen the bird of paradise
But I have only seen her twice
Once came to me but now she’s gone
Willing to the morning
Willing to the morning
Headed through the morning.
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3. |
Murder of Crows
02:50
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Murder of Crows -
Father oh father
There’s poison in my bones
Nearly two thousand years
& it will not go
Wade through the night
I see your shadow stir
With coins on his eyes
& whisky on his breath
So I stumble down
To the lock where the boy was found
Three little words
Spilling out to feed my my worth
And I know I’ve wronged but still I
Tighten the ropes and push out the chair
Judged for my life by a murder of crows.
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Ulalume (Ballet on the Moon) -
Turn from this place
We learnt to back down
Love I disgrace
Bow head to the ground
Look Eulalie
Above you
A ballets playing out
Amid the dunes
It’s happening-
Give her some room
In suffering -
See death
Can be both kind
As well as cruel
I’m ever your fool
Look Eulalie
Above you
A ballets playing out
Amid the dunes
Step of the cat
Through attitude
Now spin, pirouette
Into Ulalume
I was broken for a moment
But all can mend with time.
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5. |
House of Lungs
03:44
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House of Lungs -
Bite down - hard
On you’re tongue
See the fifth sleep hour
Has just begun
Where the fish don’t swim
But are swum
And the birds don’t fly
They are flown
Pinch yourself
You’re in the house of lungs
& grief’s the bill
You’re left for loving so - so
It is not a question of when
Nor how
Just want to feel
A sliver less alone
As you burn through this night
In lieu
Of love
Of peace
& In truth
You are
In dreams
But if this is all you know.
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Wooden Maria London, UK
Four-piece alternative project out of London.
"The vocals and the instrumentation
become a singular divine vessel, venturing deep into your soul and getting the best out of it before sailing away towards a graceful ending, leaving you moved, touched and wanting to relive the experience over again."
-Music Dances When You Sleep (2020)
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