1. |
Lilac
03:40
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Come to me my darling
Wrap your arms around my neck
Kiss my eyelids and my nose
Say you'll always hold me close
You don't know this yet
But someday you'll see
These will be
The good old days
All your questions will hang
Like your grandmother's wash
Rippling in the wind
Dripping in the sun
And you'll let them go
And you'll let them go
Sometimes no answer
Is all there is
But you can't deny
Birds in the sky
Are beautiful
When they fly
I'm so lucky I'm the one
Who gets to hold your tiny hand
The past is over and it's gone
The future hasn't yet begun
The present's just fine
As long as you're mine
Chorus
Repeat Chorus
Come to me my darling
Wrap your arms around my neck
Kiss my eyelids and my nose
Say you'll always hold me close
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2. |
Alnilam
04:36
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I have dreams every now and then
That feel like memories
I find myself walking in a world
Much like this one
When I wake I recall
Running through the dunes
As if I knew the way
In the pale saffron light of an alien sun
Fine sand looks like gold dust
Oh and I remember you
You were there too
Large like moons
Orion's string of pearls
Hang in the sky
Then you turned to me and said
Alnilam's the brightest one
When I wake I recall
Standing by the sea
Tall grass swaying in the wind
Tide pools sparkling, teeming with life
Singing a symphony of blue
When I wake I recall
Running through the dunes
As if I knew the way
In the pale saffron light of an alien sun
Fine sand looks like gold dust
Shine on Alnilam
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3. |
Rise
03:20
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Big changes around the corner
Trying them on for size
New skin still a bit too tight
But the place and time feel right
I'm feeling a little light-headed tonight
Happy to find I'm not dancing alone
Feel our spirits
Rising higher
Flying colors
Test of fire
I'm feeling a little light-headed tonight
Look around we're not dancing alone
Feel our spirits
Rising higher
Throw the ballast
In the fire
Your eyes your grin
I drink you in
(Where have you been?)
Is this happening?
Your hair your skin
I breathe you in
(Where have you been?
Where have you been?)
Big changes around the corner
Look around we're not dancing alone
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4. |
New Year
04:17
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The last time I saw you
You sat across the table
We had a drink or two
Before the year was through
You stared at me all night
Don't know why you were unable
Right in front of you
To see me across the table
It's been a long time since
I thought I knew you well
You looked like a prince
It's been a long time since
Outside the heavy snow
Was falling like rain
We said goodnight and I
Stepped out into that white world
I knew my heart was breaking
It's been a long time since
I thought I knew you well
It's been a long time since
I thought I knew you well
The last time I saw you
We talked about the weather
Movies we had seen
And things we'll never do
It's been a long time since
I thought I knew you well
You looked like a prince
It's been a long time since
Inside the lights were dim
The windows were steamed
Polite conversation
Lost in celebration
It's been a long time since
I thought I knew you well
It's been a long time since
I thought I knew you well
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5. |
A Song for the Wind
04:31
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I've been trying to get used to
Your voice only in my mind
Your sweet face only in pictures
I still forget sometimes
There's so much I'd like to tell you
Things that would have made you laugh
There's so much I'd like to tell you
But you're just a photograph
I've been walking and I've been running
I've been dreaming that I'm flying
This is all that I have found
Take a picture, take a picture
Life all around
There's a garden on the rooftop
I can see the sea from here
Rows of weeds wave little flowers
My shadow changes every hour
There's so much I'd like to tell you
Things that would have made you laugh
There's so much I'd like to tell you
But you're just a photograph
I've been walking and I've been running
I've been dreaming that I'm flying
This is all that I have found
Take a picture, take a picture
Life all around
Ocean winds push clouds around
A flock of starlings circles down
As if they were just one
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6. |
Virgil's Request
04:48
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Ye sacred Muses! With whose beauty fired
My soul is ravished and my brain inspired
Whose priest I am, whose holy robes I wear,
Would you your poet’s first petition hear?
Give me the ways
Of wandering stars to know
Why flowing tides prevail upon the main?
And in what dark recess they shrink again?
What shakes the solid earth? What force delays,
The summer nights and shortens winter days?
But, if my heavy blood restrain the flight
Of my free soul aspiring to the height
Of nature and unclouded fields of light
My next desire is
Void of care and strife
To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life
A country cottage near a crystal flood
A winding valley, and a lofty wood
Some god conduct me to the sacred shades
Where bacchanals are sung by Spartan maids
Happy the ones who, studying nature’s laws
Through known effects can trace the sacred cause
Their mind possessing in a quiet state
Fearless of fortune and resigned to fate
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7. |
Green Mansions
03:44
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High on the branches
Of familiar trees
I lived in mansions
Of green, unseen
What touches me?
What can I do?
What will I give?
What will I leave?
Years went by
In the blink of an eye
I saw the giants
Come down, undone
What touches me?
What can I do?
What will I give?
What will I leave?
Images and headlines
Too sad to bear
People in the streets
Images and headlines
Too sad to bear
What touches you?
What can you do?
What will you give?
What will you leave?
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8. |
Wish
04:28
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When voices no longer stay quiet
And eyes can no longer stay closed
When love becomes the answer
And hope embraces us all
Wishes sail across the ocean
Under this wide open sky
Currents of freedom in motion
Rushing in from every side
Pick it up and think it over
Lift it up and move it over
Dare to build a new tomorrow
Wishes sail across the ocean
Under this indigo sky
Rivers of people in motion
Rising to stand by your side
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9. |
Smaller Dreams
03:49
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You trace the raindrops
On your window
Watch them falling from the sky
Beyond the glass
Your visions soaring
Over trees and through the channels
And another day is ending
With your dreams upon your sleeve
Open doors and
Chairs and tables
On the floor a nest of cables
While another day is ending
With your dreams upon your sleeve
Outside another day is ending
With your dreams upon your shoulders
Outside another day is ending
With your dreams upon your sleeve
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10. |
When it Comes to You
04:31
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These early rains
Turn everything green
These days I drift in wonder
Nothing's what it seems
When it comes to you
I am not myself
When I look at you
I hide behind my eyes
When I talk to you
I hope you can't hear
When I'm close to you
Thunder in my ears
These early rains
Leave me feeling blue
These days I dream in color
All because of you
When it comes to you
I am not myself
When I look at you
I hide behind my eyes
When I talk to you
I hope you can't hear
When I'm close to you
Thunder in my ears
When it comes to you
I am not myself
When I look within
You're under my skin
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