1. |
This is the Year
03:50
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This was the year, I learned my body was a boat
And the blood in the water is bubbling under inside my throat
Grief is a pickpocket, don't see it coming til it left you broke
Oh Grief is a stranger that steals everything that you knew about yourself, about yourself
This was the year, I kept a secret that felt just like a lie
Even when I was sleeping, I lay in a body that I could not recognize
Never's a long time, so I'll find a way to make peace with what we did
And I'll never sing a song to my daughter or a son, cause they're already dead, already dead
This was the year, I learned the names of my neighborhood birds
And I followed them quietly so as not to frighten their way into the world
Grief is a pickpocket, never see him coming til it left you there for dead
Oh Grief is a stranger that steals everything that you loved about yourself
This was the year that the sky burned around us
And this was the year of the loneliest winter
This was the year that i walked with a shadow
This was the year, this was the year that i learned
To let go.
this was the year
this was the year
this was the year
this was the year
this was the year
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2. |
Long Winter Shadows
04:12
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The long winter shadows, they walk before us
they're going to break and bore us
Hearts against the darkness
waking with our bodies tangled bare like branches
Hang the bitter sky, the wind is cold but kind
Blind to all the leaves it left behind
The coldest day has yet to come
but the longest night's already gone
You stretch your legs, your body bends to reach the water
the ice below your shadow grows and dances back and forth
back and forth
Hands in your pocket, listen to the morning
waiting for the sky it changes everything
it's everything
we're hanging on the light it's keeping everything alive
The long winter shadows, they're coming for you
they're gonna know your name
But the snow can't hide the sparrows
Can't stop their song from asking for tomorrow
Hang the bitter sky, the wind is cold but kind
it can't recall the leaves it left behind
The coldest day has yet to come
but the longest night's already gone
The coldest day has yet to come
but the longest night's already gone
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3. |
Ballad for the Barren
04:25
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I don't wear my face, like a woman should
And I don't hear the call, like a mother would
I've been working on a dream, and you waited patiently
Am I still enough for you, is it all enough for me
Don't count the days cause they'll never come again
Or all the ways that you'll never be a woman
I went up on a mountaintop, just to see what my brother saw
But the merciless moon it fell, left me there with empty arms
Will I ever see through the eyes of a mother, through the eyes of my love
Time won't wait for me, so I run for the cover, of the arms of my love
Don't count the days cause they'll never come again
Or all the ways that you'll never be a woman
Don't be afraid that your purpose is another
Not every maid was born to be a mother
Don't count the days cause they'll never come again
Or all the ways that you'll never be a woman
Don't be afraid that your purpose is another
Not every maid was born to be a mother
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4. |
Sunday Morning
03:26
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This is the seventh day, over the valley we'll shake a chime
This is the present day, a woman reclining
a fortress alive
Make room to live in a dying body
Make room to live in a dying body
You only loved her with the lights out, hide from your shame
Leave her alone, lean in she's gone
lean in she's gone
Make room to live in a dying body
Make room to live in a dying body
Make room to live in a dying body
Make room to live in a dying body
And what she hoped would be, but the promise of
nature betrayed her body
Her own true will, couldn't save her
the deal was already done
She wears her anger like a crown, a kingdom of pain
Her murder of crows, picked to the bones, things i might say
Make room to live in a dying body
Make room to live in a dying body
Make room to live in a dying body
Make room to live in a dying body
Make room to live in a dying body
Make room to live in a dying body
Make room to live in a dying body
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5. |
Counterfeit
03:47
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Love is a counterfeit, there's no one in the bedroom
The kind of companionship, you saw it in a movie
Tell me when we're face to face, and everybody's vanished
Lie down beside yourself, my body is a bandage, body is bandage
Hello I'm not here, these aren't my bones, nobody's home
When did I disappear, under what sky was lost and gone
It's not real
It's not real
It's not real
It's not real
Rise and release and yourself, from the body that you borrowed
Turn to the truth you tell, no more waiting for tomorrow
Empty heart the cavity, echoes when you call me
All alone the mortal soul, a shadow who is lost to all the world
Hello I'm not here, these aren't my bones, nobody's home
When did I disappear, under what sky was lost and gone
Hello I'm not here, these aren't my bones, nobody's home
When did I disappear, under what sky was lost and gone
It's not real
It's not real
It's not real
It's not real
It's not real
It's not real
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6. |
Fall to Pieces
04:21
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Let's stay up all night, and try each other's skin on
It's time, you know it's been so long, since I've been anyone
I can feel your tongue, behind my lips unbroken
Your scars begin to open where they started from
And say goodbye to every voice that comes before you
You don't have to tell the story of who you are
You don't have to fall to pieces, even if you've got your reasons
Loneliness is always there beneath us, but you'll survive
Still a garden grows, although it wants for watering
No matter what you wanted, still a weed she grows
Tho you steel yourself, a key and lock protected
Still comes the unexpected, and you're left exposed
Say goodbye to every voice that comes before you
You don't have to tell the story of who you are
You don't have to fall to pieces, even if you've got your reasons
Loneliness is always there beneath us, but you'll survive
You'll be singing eulogies to who you thought you'd be
letting go the best you can
Maybe when they bury me, I can finally see who I am
Every sun will rise, a practiced resurrection
A quiet insurrection gainst your dreaming brow
I can hear the voice inside my heart go silent
This latest act of violence, oh it cuts me down
Say Goodbye to every voice that comes before you
You don't have to tell the story of who you are
You don't have to fall to pieces, even if you've got your reasons
Loneliness is always there beneath us, but you'll survive
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7. |
Rosie Lee
04:18
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The purpose is the prayer
The making for the maker
And the velvet and the wool and the cotton and the silk
a gift to god
Her shadow in a name
A cover meant for comfort
And the yellow and the blue and the purple golden hues
a message meant for love
And if God sewed the skins of man
Then her body belongs in his hands
mmm
The bullrush and the veil
She's circling a sermon
And the lion and the lamb are singing in his hands
for love
A riot in a string
A song in color sounding
A scattering of time, an offering of light
are meant for love
And if God sewed the skins of man
Then her body belongs in his hands
The grief the pain, the joyful day
all in a tapestry you have made
Your mother's eyes, beneath beside
oh the memory, oh the light
mmm
Her free and broken square
The patchwork is a mirror
If you follow bending strings to the heart of everything
there's love
The purpose is a prayer
A cover meant for comfort
And the yellow and the blue, and the purple golden hues
are meant for love
The grief the pain, the joyful day
all in a tapestry you have made
your mother's eyes, beneath beside
oh the memory, oh the light
mmm
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8. |
I Know How it Ends
03:52
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I know where it ends
But where it began
It's still a mystery
The obvious man
With blood on his hands
Claims the victory
I know how it ends
Your head in your hands
A prayer to whom you hoped would hear you
The obvious lie
But a comfort beside
the voice inside you
(A LIE)
O noble heart, how blessed be
the truth belongs to me, don't let it go
(Don't let it go Don't let it go)
Behind the eyes, your secrets keep
devotion to the dream, don't let it go
(Don't let it go Don't let it go)
I know how it ends
In a murmuring of birds the word will choose you
The everlasting why
With blood justified
The end will find you
(A LIE)
O noble heart, how blessed be
the truth belongs to me, don't let it go
(Don't let it go Don't let it go)
Behind the eyes, your secrets keep
devotion to the dream, don't let it go
(Don't let it go Don't let it go)
I know where it ends
The sky turns to red
Rain down the enemy
(Don't let it go Don't let it go)
The obvious signs
And truth testified
Our chosen misery
(Don't let it go Don't let it go)
I know how it ends
It's us against them
Lay down beside me
(Don't let it go Don't let it go)
The anger inside
The cup filled with pride
Our righteous victory
(Don't let it go Don't let it go)
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9. |
In My Room
04:24
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In my room, where I sit, I can hear all the neighbors
When they cry, they can shake down the walls
Then their hearts overflow, joyful noise all around us
And we rise, like the blue in the sky
Here in my room, I hear the sound,
Of time getting slower, like the lines around my mouth
It's alright, it's alright
From the start, ever heart, looks for wide open spaces
Where no man ever planted his flag
Righteous pride, satisfied, saw the sky for the taking
Said, This is mine. It's all mine.
Here in my room, I hear the sound
Of it all starting over, the circle turning round
It's alright, it's alright.
Everything is strange, but somebody loves you
Nothing ever changes, the echo in the mine breaks the body every time
There's refuge in the outrage, the dark couldn't break you
Stolen breath, bluest death, surely God blessed the bloodshed
And this man doesn't matter at all
In the end, we pretend, that our kindness is courage
And we're alright, we're alright
Here in my room, I hear the sound
Of it all starting over, the circle turning round
It's alright, it's alright
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10. |
Every Little Girl
02:39
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Say Goodbye if you want to
I've got better things to do
And you may say, Then who will want you?
Not every little girl's just waiting on the world
Play your games with a new heart
Don't waste your breath on my name
The moon won't mind the night when you don't kiss me
No I am not a bird, who's looking for a song
oooo
So paint the town if you have to
I've grown tired of your ways
And you won't lose me cause you never had me
No I am not a bird, who's looking for a song
I won't be lost without your love
I'm found.
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Eliza Hardy Jones Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
singer of songs. maker of quilts.
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