1. |
Deeper Into Black
04:13
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The look in your eyes says it all
You think you’re immune to a fall
You’re diving deeper into black
I tried to see you through
The sunshine fading to blue
I missed you like a wound
Misses the knife that tore it in two
When I awoke from my dream
I dragged myself into the stream
Thinking over the things you lack
Running memories back to back
I dove yet deeper into black
I tried to see you through
The sunshine fading to blue
I missed you like a wound
Misses the knife that tore it in two
Your empty-hearted stare has drawn
My heavy nights into the dawn
The stars kiss the endless tears
That seemed to fall for years
I dove yet deeper into black
I tried to see you through
The sunshine fading to blue
I missed you like a wound
Misses the knife that tore it in two
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2. |
Laugh It Off
02:15
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Wherever it hurts me I
Find you there inside
Sticking like a burr
When I reach deep and find
The sorry will to cry
It goes unheard
I alone can eat your words
Let the past go fast
Let them go unheard
Wherever it hurts me I
Find you there inside
Sticking like a burr
The night Is falling
The night Is failing
But if I laugh it off
It just drips away
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3. |
Walking On
03:57
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Could this be the end of all I’ve planned?
A new heart to read, a new love in my hand
And could it be you that I'll cling to?
I’ll walk on; I’ll breathe in
The many things we’ll do
My head is filled with ugly things
All of the pain and the hurt you may bring
And could it be you that I'll cling to?
I’ll walk on; I’ll breathe in
The many things we’ll do
Would you draw me near, love, and keep my fear
From stopping me unwillingly, now that you’re here?
For it could be you that I'll cling to
I’ll walk on; I’ll breathe in
The many things we’ll do
My love, can I sing away the long night?
Far beyond the darkness, I know there’s light
And could it be you that I'll cling to
I’ll walk on; I’ll breathe in
The many things we’ll do
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4. |
My Name is Mine
03:38
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My world is small
Now that I have strength in spades
I’ve seen and done it all
Locked my heart within a cage
Sleep, wake up, do it all again
Haven’t I seen this before?
Convinced myself it’s a sin
To believe romantic lore
So easy to fall in love when you have everything to lose
The saddest thing about it all is that you can’t even choose
My world is small
Now I live in an empty room
Here it feels quite safe to fall
Into the arms of another day
The dusty mirror hangs
Upon the whitewashed wall
Projecting my growing pains
Ignoring every single call
So easy to fall in love when you have everything to lose
The saddest thing about it all is that you can’t even choose
You can’t erase me or deface me
You can’t take away my name
You’re as empty as a man can be
So easy to fall in love when you have everything to lose
The saddest thing about it all is that you can’t even choose
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5. |
Memories Fade
03:26
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As the mist settles
On these empty years
Your voice just melts
Into waves of blue
As the cuckoo cries
Another spring is born
Your face just melts
Into waves of blue
As my memories fade
All my thoughts of you
That haunted me erode
Impart a crimson hue
As the longing leaves
The mazes of my mind
Your words of love dissolve
Impart a crimson hue
As the echos carom
About my aching heart
They etch into the walls
A name for you, you, you
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6. |
The Whippoorwill
03:04
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From the ivory windowsill
Over the tops of the pines
We hear the whippoorwill
And we lock eyes
Four glowing bombs
In a cascade of the dark night
I rest my cheek in my palm
You drift out of sight
The moon is glowing
Just to console me
Just as we collide
Our wedding bands are
Twigs and violets, our bed
The plain that stretches far
My eyelids turn to lead
Your spell is charming me
With the swipe of the clock hand
My senses whet in glee
Then shatter into sand
The moon is glowing
Just to console me
Just as we collide
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7. |
By the Sea
04:19
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So hard to say goodbye
Leaving you today
I've said goodbye before
Leaving you alone
By the sea
We were thrown together
A world unlike our own
Believing in each other
We drifted far away
By the sea
By the sea
Some may say
Love comes easy
Unlike love
Ours was empty
Insincere and ever-fading
Your words of love left me lonely
One-sided love is lost before it's found
A chance that my love will never become, never become
Someone else will love me
Though I may think of you
It doesn't really matter
'Cause all my love was lost
By the sea
In time, I may forgive you
Or tell myself a lie
And leave what never was
Another chance to be
By the sea
By the sea
By the sea
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8. |
Reinette
04:04
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The wind breathes, tenderly
Blowing the leaves (blowing the leaves)
Raining down on me
Silken earth ripens me
As sun rays sing (as sun rays sing)
With the buzzing
Of the bees
My life is so small
Next to a tree
Next to the sea
Where does my God hide?
Among the tide? (among the tide?)
Or somewhere high?
When I look on the world
My fingers furl (my fingers furl)
To capture
Something unseen (something unseen)
My life is so small
Next to a tree
Next to the sea
Everything reminds me, everything reminds me
Everything reminds
The wind breathes, tenderly
Blowing the leaves (blowing the leaves)
Raining down on me
Silken earth ripens me
As sun rays sing (as sun rays sing)
With the buzzing
Of the bees
My life is so small
Next to a tree
Next to the sea
Where does my God hide?
Among the tide? (among the tide?)
Or somewhere high?
When I look on the world
My fingers furl (my fingers furl)
To capture
Something unseen (something not seen)
My life is so small
Next to a tree
Next to the sea
Everything reminds me, everything reminds me
Everything reminds
(I know there's something out there, something beyond
I know there's something, something beyond
I know there's something
I know there's something beyond
Beyond...)
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9. |
Miss Magdalene
03:07
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I followed you all around
Heard the sound
Of thunder as you wept
Knock knock, have you moved
From your lonely tomb?
It is Miss Magdalene
(I’ve come again)
Knock knock, have you moved
From your lonely tomb?
It is Miss Magdalene
(I’ve come again)
There are truths that men can’t know
Truths a woman must show
As she leads to the end
Where a new life can grow
This she knows
Like the palm of her hand
Knock knock, have you moved
From your lonely tomb?
It is Miss Magdalene
(I’ve come again)
Knock knock, have you moved
From your lonely tomb?
It is Miss Magdalene
(I’ve come again)
Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie Eleison
Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie
(The Savior said, All nature, all formations, all creatures exist in and with one another, and they will be resolved again into their own roots
For the nature of matter is resolved into the roots of its own nature alone
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.)
Passions unmatched are met
With man’s empty threats
From their faulty thrones
Curses born in the day
Will at night fly away
And then turn into stone
Knock knock, have you moved
From your lonely tomb?
It is Miss Magdalene
(I’ve come again)
Knock knock, have you moved
From your lonely tomb?
It is Miss Magdalene
(I’ve come again)
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Sydney Sue South Bend, Indiana
Musician and producer based in South Bend, IN.
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