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I can read your lips
But you give no heed to it
I know I burden all your thoughts
You’ll see one hand from the grave
Reaching out to be saved
but you stumbled down onto your pride
Oh….. Oh…..
Oh…. Oh….
I showed my calloused hands
my wrinkles I earned from the land
You would never wave a white flag
I would never take from you
but had to hide the battered bruise
Of your will to have the command
Oh….. Oh…..
Oh…. Oh….
And now the time has come
The sea has called the morning sun
I will fall back into the tide
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Silhouettes
03:06
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We couldn’t stay in this place
Time made us fools and spun us out of place
Vision blurred, facedown on pavement
we kept each other warm
Lifelessness come from your lips
Kissing the lips of the breathless
Christmas lights bright on the rain – covered porch
Take off my muddy boots and the coat that you wore
Temporarily safe,
our jocund hearts beat as one
Move to the sound of the drum
Move to the sound of the drum
Now we have come to the end
The tide has washed in and took me by the hand
Keep to the flow of the sea
Keep to the flow of the sea
Keep to the flow of the sea
Keep to the flow of the sea
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Figures
05:33
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We built our homes with callused hands
Our figures immortalized while we make our plans
I can feel the wind
I can feel the wind
Blood moving through my veins to my toes
As I lay still, entwined in your pensive arms filled with prose
Figures in a venn diagram
Breathing in again
We’ll take our broken bones and mend them
Close our eyes and shed our skin
Oh, We’ll find our way again
Oh, with our breath held in
As the wick burns at both ends
Oh, take me home again
The crops have been sown, the trees have grown
Metal plates frame the moon and stars with a new home
Walking down the road with blinded eyes
Shifting through the dark
All the sticks and stones we’ve built are gone
Leaving only our words mark
Oh, We’ll find our way again
Oh, with our breath held in
As the wick burns at both ends
Oh, take me home again
Father time has run his course
Moving quickly, no remorse
We were singing all our days
Until the rain drowned out our ways
Oh, We’ll find our way again
Oh, with our breath held in
As the wick burns at both ends
Oh, take me home again
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Dewdrops
04:49
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The morning dewdrops form upon the grass
And quiets the sky
The air is chilled and calm after the fire,
the fire it swept through the night
The trees begin to wake
And crickets cease their songs
My hands they start to shake
I open my eyes I’m wide awake
The winds blew merciless and strong
We’d fallen to the ground
We laid face down with leaves in mouth
Our broken bones were sore
Out of my skin came my bones
Letting out a cry
“Not again they cried!”
As the oil spilled out the joints and stained the sky
Well I can’t see
My body’s growin’ weak
Stop pullin’ on my limbs
For surely they will rip
Huddled close for warmth
We wept long into the night
I said, “Things will come to pass,
that are not yet in sight”
Still in silence we laid
No words exchanged for fear of the unknown
Just look me in the eye,
Just look me in my eyes!
Well I can’t see
My body’s growin’ weak
Stop pullin’ on my limbs
For surely they will rip
Oh we tried, Oh we tried
Oh we tried, Oh we tried
Oh we tried, Oh we tried
We gave it our best try
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5. |
'Cross the Sea
02:38
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Travel safe, honeybee
My voice will carry with the breeze
And if you are lonely or tired
I will come to you
Whether it be a falling leaf
or a mist from the sea
I will always come to you
My gentle eyes of blue
You had your choice of ladies
I’m sure glad that I was one
Your humble heart and quiet strength
My heart was overcome
With gladness I could not contain
Oh my heart was slain
I will always come to you
My gentle eyes of blue
And when I go travellin’ ‘cross the sea
I will be the breeze
You’re the best thing, my honeybee
that’s come my way in a while
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After I've Gone
02:50
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After I’ve gone will you swing on your pendulum
It seems I’m a bump on the log
After I’ve gone will you be a bit freer
Will you see any clearer my friend
We’ve trecked through the mountains and found rest again
but it seems that the sun has gone down
And I don’t really know to stay or to go
But the memories of day I will stow
I’ve seen all I need, you’re will to be free
I’ll untie the knots in the sails
Battered and bruised I will row to the shore
Alive by the burdens I’ve bore
We’ve trecked through the mountains and found rest again
but it seems that the sun has gone down
And I don’t really know to stay or to go
But the memories of day I will stow
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You Are the Roots
04:15
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I don’t know where I’ll go
To distant lands where the wind will help me grow
My hands are plowing soil to sow
For a seed that will grow much larger than me
I know I must go and see
But where I sleep is most foreign now to me
But must I leave you behind?
Must I leave you behind?
‘Cause You are the roots that grow deep
And my bones cry out to sing
that I have no home, you are the home
that I love to keep
My body aches, my soul awakes
I am trying to trust what the good Lord will make
But my love, I hear your voice in the sea
It warms my bones and sets me free
‘Cause You are the roots that grow deep
And my bones cry out to sing
that I have no home, you are the home
that I love to keep
Everything must grow
Everything must grow
Everything must grow
Everything must grow
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Winter Moon
06:14
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The winter moon shone dim upon the sea
I saw you underneath the gloom
The wind swept you backwards
While the world was pulling you
Onward the sea pressed
The ship was tossed and swarmed
I could see through the fog and clouds
A light bright o’er the hills
And we cried and we cried and we cried
That we’d be saved
And we cried and we cried and we cried
That we’d be spared
We turned around and sailed onward
Different ways than those before
You were consumed in your own words
You were lost and torn in two
Cold and chilled I sat and wept
My stomach dropped with deep regret
Then the waves pulled us under
So we tried to kick and swim
And we cried and we cried and we cried
That we’d be saved
And we cried and we cried and we cried
That we’d be spared
Death will not take us
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Natalie Nicoles Los Angeles, California
Nicoles began her current musical trajectory around 2009, playing in bands (The Wild Reeds, Branches) and touring the
country in the years that followed.
In 2018, she paired up with producer James McAlister (Sufjan Stevens, The National) to release music under her own name, and continues the collaboration with her newest E.P. "Spilling"
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