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Halfway Poem
03:44
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a sun
a sun
sunlight is on the ground
a cool light in my hands
blindly
blindly
blindly i walk
into the tall grass
now there is no one you belong to
now there is no one you belong to
now there is no one you belong to how i belonged to you
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2. |
Lie to Me
04:48
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like a wheel turned on its side
all its weight thrown down a wide hill
i will follow
or at least with my voice
i will
lie to me i know how it looks
lie to me like this was the first time
call me
call me
only
like a stone falling from your hand
carried on by its weight to the ground
i will quit you
or at least with my voice
i will
lie to me i know how it looks
lie to me i know how it looks
lie to me like this was the first time
call me
call me
only
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3. |
Jula
04:36
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i have found
there's more than one way out
am i here
i spent my whole life on you
only you know
only you know me
i hold in my arms
a body made of leaves
that only i see
leaves
they float above me now
like birds in the sky
racing
jula
jula
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4. |
Silent Bell
05:59
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i will stand as you are moving all around me now
i will stand with a stillness that through you i have found
we prayed for a silent bell
we pray for nothing now
for what i cannot have
oh my father
have i found
her
in your room like a theater take a final steady bow
though there are words all around you
there's no one to hear them now
we prayed for a silent bell
we pray for nothing now
for what i cannot have
oh my father
have i found
her
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5. |
Heavy Hands
04:23
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a stray dog running through an old train yard
his body as black as smoke
that fills my heart
i am cold by the fire
i'm cold now wherever we are
i have become my father's son
the land a bridge divides
is a hollow place or is not there
hold my hands steady on the wheel
i'm through i am through
count the hours by passing lights
the night is yours my heavy hands
i count the hours by the passing lights
i won't be home tonight
to a scene in shades of white
i combed your hair along the lines
as far as i can see
you are softer now
no one to follow you around
and will always be
holding my hands steady on the wheel
i'm through i am through
counting hours by passing light
the night is yours my heavy hands
i counted hours by the passing light
i won't be home tonight
to a scene in shades of white
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6. |
Mine
03:48
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i said that i would write you
in the mornings of the days
in the mornings of the days
we said many things
there was a hole in my hand
all my love fell through it
all my love fell through it
at your feet on the ground
it's easy like sunsets
and lonely like moments
and lonesome like captains
but how could you have been mine
breaking you down
to heavy blue flowers
to heavy blue flowers
after all this time
it's easy like sunsets
and lonely like moments
and lonesome like captains
but how could you have been mine
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7. |
Coat of Arms
04:30
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oh if i could write to find you
a thousand lines
that lay down like a road
that leads back to my joan of arc
her skin she wore so tight
to keep inside
her god and coat of arms
i will stay here as long as you need
both of us counting on what i appear to be
as an actor
we are complete
each of these lines that i will memorize
to reach
and find
you
wake
i have fallen through
now i sing like some bird
i could not hold on to
so i'll move myself around
until we meet
until i sleep again
i will stay here as long as you need
both of us counting on what i appear to be
as an actor
we are complete
each of these lines that i will memorize
to reach
and find
you
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8. |
Lead Us
03:58
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just listen
can you hear how far out that goes
i can hear it now
i can hear it now wherever i go
but i'm a long way gone
i'm a long way gone
and i'm going down
so won't you come into the night with me
lead us lead us and we will follow you over
you lead us lead us and we will follow you over
oh my a night that would call my name
saying i know you
you are older than that name
and goodbye
oh and goodbye
i'm going down
so won't you come into the night with me
lead us lead us and we will follow you over
you lead us lead us and we will follow you over
you lead us and we will follow you
blind walker
i know who you hold on to
there's no long night here
there's no long night here
and i believe
so won't you come into the night with me
lead us lead us and we will follow you over
you lead us lead us and we will follow you over
my light my light
my light in the tomb light in the tomb
my light my light
my light in the tomb light in the tomb
you lead us
lead us and we will follow you
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9. |
On and On
04:32
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leave me here
by your side
oh i don't mind if she runs around
if you only leave me here now
let me stand tall
like the weight of your arms
or the moon in the dark night sky
oh i don't mind if she runs around
if you only leave me here now
please i'm going on
please i'm going on and on and on and on
will you sing with your voice
and stumble on my name
if i pray low and long
leave me here
by the woods outside
like a child who saw he was carrying a weight
where my love will not change
where my love will stand and say
may you stumble around the words with my name
leave me here
and go on and on
and on and on and on
will you leave me here
and go on and on
and on and on and on
leave me here
oh i don't mind if she runs around
oh i don't mind if she runs around
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Spirits of the Red City Minneapolis, Minnesota
We've been touring the country since spring of '09, sharing our music with folks in practically every state. Along the way
we've been honored to perform with incredible musicians everywhere from theaters and art galleries to backyards, basements and ocean piers. We feel blessed to have met so many good friends.
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