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leaving breath
04:47
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well the mark of a good man's how he falls
like a lung in its leaving breath
but your breathing left no air at all
and you pressed your face into my chest
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autumn, it came like some kind of silent engine
pulling apples to the ground
each night's the same: I can feel your absence linger
in the shadow of my skin, in the hair upon my crown
with the thoughts therein
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well I thought if the sun shone bright enough
the day would never end
but your reverent eyes were fixed above
and the dusk was crowding in
in those eyes a sinister star did rise,
oh a crow would call so well
when the dogs were barking once and twice
on the hour like a bell
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2. |
arbiter (for R.S.)
05:35
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Oh my darling - you set fire to the lake while I was swimming
Oh the footpaths - oh, the miles - I would run to see what you were thinking
Oh the Hammer, where's that (loco)
(loco)motive is the engine driving (in)?
(In)deed I would love to see the face of the last man I tried to (please)
(Please) the hammer
Please the engine
Let that train just roll off in reverse
With you all my thoughts are weapons
Deadliest the one that I had first
There is Johann with his beard drawn - surname rhymes but I won't say it (here)
(Here)'s my notion, resignation, downward motion, intimation's (clear)
(Clear) the airways, stop him drowning
Angels laughing up there on the bridge
"You must go so they'll remember
Jump the railing - die so you can live
Just forget about Clara and the kids
Life is just too difficult to fix"
~River, I heard your currents singing
I'd hoped to sleep forever in your arms~
I will stay in states aphasic, lying supine, breathing through my mouth
My family all are strangers - remnants of the man the water washed (out)
(Out)side the air is full of birdsong
Oh the ease with which they sing their blues
The sun is full of sorrow
Bright, rotating, incubating fuse
At night it sings that sorrow
Moon and stars fade in to light the sky
Saviors died for some tomorrow
Hammer has the nail to purify
Sickle takes what lives so it can die
Engine runs until there comes a time
River you tease me in your mercy
I'd hoped to sleep forever in your arms
Each angel heavy, every bird a prophet
Every sunrise brings another storm
River I heard your currents singing
They dragged my body to your shores
Was only time the arbiter, dear
When I was begging to be un-born?
River, I-
River, I-
(River Rhine)
River, I-
Oh my darling
Oh my darling
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3. |
sail away
04:41
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Sail away, I'll sail away
I'll go, my love. I'll go today.
If you find me quick a fleet of ships,
I'll make my trip. I wont delay.
I'll bring you spice - the taste we've lost.
The Emperor's rice, the ancient cloth.
I'll bring you clocks that will not wind
that long since stopped, too full of time.
I'll sail away, I'll sail away.
What a glorious day to sail away!
On the wind I'll soar to foreign shores.
The stars once more will light my way.
I'll bring you birds in a gilded cage.
In time they'll learn to sing your praise.
In time they'll learn to turn a phrase -
no longer yearning for things to say.
Spent all night behind my eyelids,
vision darting back and forth.
But you were always in the periphery, of course.
Somewhere there's a sunken desert,
and I'm drowning in the drought.
And every time I write you know what its about.
I'll bring you hues to die your hair.
I'll bring you apple, peach, and pear.
I'll cross the whole wide ocean fair -
and sail back to my love, I swear.
I'll sail away, I'll sail away.
I'll go, my love. I'll go today.
If you find me quick a fleet of ships,
I'll make my trip. I wont delay.
I'll sail away, I'll sail away.
What a glorious day to sail away!
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