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Same Skin
03:34
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Dusty cover, widely read
Tapestry’s all tattered threads
Ghosts that wander through my halls are just echoes
Remnants of lightning bolts
Weather-worn and all at sea
I cut my sailcloth accordingly
Not as bright-eyed as once I was
Still my hope-filled heartbeat is holding strong
I’m in the same skin but the walls are closing in
The same skin I took my first breath in
Same skin, it’s a different time but it’s the same skin
And every line is a beginning
So protect and cover me
Multi-layered anatomy
Cut me bruise me, I’ll wear the scars
A walking canvas for stories past
I’m trying to avoid your gaze
Hope you don’t remember me this way
Just a shadow of my former face
My song still plays in the same skin
My heart beats in the same skin
My mind aches in the same skin
It’s a different time but it’s the same skin
And every line is a beginning
Every line is a beginning
Every line is a beginning
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Ten Years
03:40
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This reminds me of one of your stories
You always loved a sinister tale
Your eyes would grow wild, your voice soften to a purr
But this time there’ll be no uplifting crescendo
The curtain’s fallen for the last time
And I wish I could erase these troubled times
And I know all things must end, but I’m confused
‘Cause I know you meant to me what I meant to you
Ten years a ghost, ten years a shadow
Thrown to the wind, caught in the crossfire
When all’s said and done I’ve nothing left to say or do
Ten years a ghost, ten years a shadow
I’m just a blow-in, a figure quotidian
You were a giant who walked among men
You filled a room and yet your heart was heavy as the sea
And time doesn’t wait for the burdened to offload
She’ll take you down without cause for concern
And I wish I could foresee these uneasy times
You stepped into the dark just I could see
You made my burden light, yeah you carried me
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If Not Now When
05:10
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It was only yesterday, they said it was the best she’d played
Game of her 14 years and 15 days
Algebra and debate, Spanish - top of her grade
Every day a milestone, today was much the same
But no amount of stead and savoir faire
Saved from a fate as dark and delicate as her wintery hair
He’d been up and down these halls since they seemed 50 feet tall
Funny how perspective is everything
Though he’d had them at their worst, he’d always seen their futures first
He took the lost and broken of them underwing
And it’s an impotent legacy that the kids they didn’t wanna hear they now refuse to see
Don’t wanna talk about this now, but if not now, when?
Don’t wanna hear about it now, but if not now, when?
Can’t make their minds up about this now, but if not now, when?
We can’t change anything now, but if not now, then when?
Flowers left upon the stair presumably by mother’s hand
An anniversary gift, but not the kind she planned
Now he’s frightened to his core, up here on the third floor
All the one-word answers, he wished he’d told them more
Now there’s a quiet resolve that wills them on
No longer will they let you stifle the voice of reason
We bring you this breaking news
The white noise will be continued
So don’t adjust your mindset
Don’t wanna talk about this now, but if not now, when?
We just can’t face anything now, but if not now, when?
It hurts to think about it now, but if not now, when?
Never be the same as it is now, now we’re left to wonder when.
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Where You Start
03:49
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A love kept on ice is stronger than a love that keeps us on the rocks
A heart in a cage is freer than a heart that’s had its wings torn off
In the right light, we are still life that moves between the lines
This is not how I pictured us
Who’d have known we could come so far
But here we are
No one knows what’s ahead of us
All I know is I want to end where you start
So we begin with a question interrupted like we sleep
Little tremors that disrupt the inner pieces
This release isn’t guaranteed to last
Stealing spaces between the seconds to make the hours ours
We love in overtime
We see with borrowed eyes
But it’s feeding our desire to climb beyond the high
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Slow Burn
04:02
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Tell us, what’s your best asset? (In 20 words or less)
Who would be your desert island companion?
Could you dial the darkness down? They just wanna sing along
And it’s a bridge too far to the chorus
Slow burn, slow burn
Stamp it out
Your existence will consummate in 40 business days
But before you go, spare a minute to rate us
Tell us your fake history in a way that’s self-deprecating
Aim it at the lowest common denominator
Slow burn, slow burn
Breathe it out, count it down
Overcome, rise above, stay your hand
He seemed such a stand-up guy
He shouldn’t have to do the time
For such a momentary transgression
You were so very distant then
I just needed to feel something
Stop this behaviour, you’re making something out of nothing
Slow burn, slow burn, slow burn
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Red Desert Heart
04:32
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There’s a place I long to go where you turn on the radio and get nothing but static
Where the roads are narrow veins coursing toward a red desert heart
And you allow yourself to cry, ‘cause out here tears dry before they hit the ground
And this endless open space is the perfect hiding place from whatever gets you down
And you can give yourself permission to let go
Stand up to your mind, sit with your demons
Getting lost is your one way ticket to home
Take off, we will find a way to land
Take off, we’ve horizons in our hands
Take off, if you’ve got fire in your soul
Take off, crash and burn, never learn until you let go
And you allow your bonds to break, surrender aching to the acres of nihility
It’s an eviction; a release
An absolution from the feeling you’re not worthy to just be
And you can let the chips fall wherever they may
Submit to your fear, hand out your hang ups
Follow smoke and you might just burst into flames
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I Am The Fire
03:20
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You came like rolling thunder over the hills
Before I knew it suddenly you’d landed here
And I barely had a chance to think this through
This wasn’t a predictable incident
I’m vulnerable at best of times and you got me good
So throw down your weight, but don’t ever underestimate my heart
I am not drowning, I am the ocean
I am not falling, I’m the horizon
I am not sinking, I am the anchor
I am not burning, ‘cause I am the fire
Forget the tea and sympathy and pour me some wine
I won’t be the best of company but you got my time
And I’ll tell you straight - don’t underestimate my strength of mind
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Paper and Wood
03:55
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For hours if not days I’ve been staring at this space
For love nor money, it’s a void I cannot change
I’m almost done sucking marbles through a straw
I’m almost gone if I could only find the door
Then out of the dark, that elusive little spark
Flickers and falls. Was it ever here at all?
I’d burst into flames if I wasn’t watered down
But I’m losing patience; I’m painfully calm
No time to rest, it’s down to the wire
This tempting fate; playing with fire
Cataclysm for the common good
For mountains made of paper and wood
Against my will I went in for the kill
Against the current I was only standing still
Words disappear in a cloud ubiquitous
You’re barely here - just enough to make this worse
We’re setting suns; throwing stars
We take the sky and make it ours
But we’ll never part with the clouds
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Unify
04:52
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Sinners cast your stones, make some rubble and dust
Keep up the distractions like you know you must
The subtext is crystal but the surface is blurred
Don’t let the static divide your attention, you know what you heard
It’s more than a numbers game
Though we may fracture we sum up the same
Unify
You and I, we are ever strong if we exist as one
Unify
No divide we won’t overcome if we resist as one
Children under heel find their ground underfoot
The blood of their fathers was spilled for a straw man far less understood
The future is fluid and the present is hope
Hold your momentum, this ship hasn’t sailed but it keeps us afloat
Stripped of our false pretence, we all come into this world innocent
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Ghosts
03:21
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When the room is quiet
The daylight’s almost gone
It seems there's something I should know
Well I ought to leave but the rain it never stops
And I've no particular place to go
Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life blow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life blew wilder than the wind
Well I'm feeling nervous
Now I find myself alone
The simple life's no longer there
Once I was so sure
Now the doubt inside my mind
Comes and goes but leads nowhere
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Amy Vee Newcastle, Australia
Novocastrian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Dark, dreamy, melancholic.
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