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Wicker
04:18
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No dreams come, and I don't know why
I never fall
awake at night
Hours half spent in the back of time
are ever mine
the morning light
Conjures weight of necessity
that in the dark
may seem to far
Still I pause and I don't know why
I never fall
I never fall . . .
Footsteps
Turn round the corner of your mind
Then they're gone
Never heard from again
So long ago
In ancient times immortal ties are bound
to pull you out
Only to drop you from the highest point
No dreams come and I don't know why
I never fall
awake at night
Hours half spent in the back of time
are ever mine
the morning light
Conjures weight of necessity
that in the dark
may seem to far
Still I pause and i don't know why
I never fall
I never fall . . .
Misled, tortured and abused
or so it seemed
For a time
Pieces are memories
Cried on the wall
I wrote them down and held them deep
so when you're alive
I can find them
Find them if you want me to
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Twenty-Three
03:20
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Carriage and Horse
03:12
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The carriage and horse of cherished desire
Aren't filled with remorse or fanned by my fire,
But severed by teeth or broken by hands
What lies underneath the surface demands
When my determination yields, the conscience deems
To live in barren fields and drink from bitter streams
The clouds on the storm of my restless aim
Aren't drawn by the warmth of my dying flame,
But I glow with stars when night comes on black
And heals all the scars tomorrow brings back
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Take me back again
I’ve been waiting for so long
All I ever wanted is this
Signed sealed and delivered with your kiss
Take me back
(or I don’t know what I’ll do)
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Windsor
05:00
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I had to return, though it steals away my life,
to find so little i remember
From days of early childhood
Before i ever thought of time,
building snowmen in the winter
I never wanted more
than all the diamonds in the world
Perhaps not even that much
I find it hard to say,
I’m finding so few words
That tell the fear of being lost
and not being looked for
Like a blurry morning, putting colours into place
until the room is as it was before
But nothing is familiar
I don't recognize a face
Every monument seems foreign
It's a lovely autumn, where the trees all turn to red
and the leaves fall to the ground below
Still this could be Bristol
It's clearly someone else's field
It's far too late to wait for seeds to grow
I never wanted more
than to reflect an honest smile
But that's just chasing rainbows
I find it hard to sleep with nothing left to keep
and nothing more to give away and less to return to
I cursed at the first day
When as a child i swore I'd stay forever
Sitting by the old house
under clouds and falling rain
Hoping for a change of atmosphere
I wish I'd never left here
Sometimes I wish I'd not been born
I often wish I had a home somewhere
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The Darkness All Around
05:51
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The darkness is everywhere
I know because I put it there
Don't let that frighten you
As most are prone to
Sometimes I light a candle
To watch it flicker in the shadows
Don't let that frighten you
It's not an easy thing to do
Have you ever poured a glass of wine
to watch the crimson bubbles shine?
Like candlelight swimming through the glass
How silently the hours pass
The darkness is all around,
The only contentment I've found
Don't let that frighten you
Like all the others do
Don't let that frighten you
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