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Headwaters
04:09
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Time slides by
at the speed of a cloudy sky
that's still not the reason I shake through the night
without you
Long before
my heart stitched itself to yours
my feet were unsure, but I stood on the floor
nonetheless
you just helped me do the rest
If you are a waterfall
I am the river below
Even though you make me roar
I made the current alone
I miss you now
like a ship would miss its prow
I say "I can't wait to see you" but I have to know how
so I do
the waiting only makes it true
If you are a waterfall
I am the river below
Even though you make me roar
I made the current alone
If you are a waterfall
I am the river below
Even though you make me roar
I made the current alone
The river always brings me you
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2. |
The Hangman's Lament
03:44
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I stand in the darkness behind my work and swallow
My mind's lost a spark and I'm destined to lurk and wallow
til I'm hollow
All I'll ever want is to be known
Seen as more than marrow in my bones
I'd even stay alone
I don't ask for glory, I don't pray for sinner's remission
I've only one plea, I've only a single ambition
I want recognition
All I'll ever want is to be known
Seen as more than marrow in my bones
I'd even stay alone
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Inside my mind
I’m bending time
and waiting out the war
outside the blinds,
the sidewalk winds
and leads me towards your door
but i knock twice
close my eyes
and wait for you
and I knock twice,
fantasize...
following a shadow,
trying to find you
following a shadow
steps behind you
stuck inside
a frozen life
a snow globe for my home
you watched me stand
within your hands
so beautifully alone
you shook twice
watched the ice
fly around me
you shook twice
...and put me down
following a shadow,
trying to find you
following a shadow
steps behind you
broken memories
shine a light upon you
blinded by fallacies
wishing it wasn’t so wrong
to be
following a shadow,
trying to find you
following a shadow
steps behind you
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4. |
I Have Enough
02:42
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I've been working through the weekends trying to keep our lantern lit
Though I don't wake up in the mornings with a spring from where I sit,
and I don't grind my teeth to stubs solely from chomping at the bit,
I have enough
Like complaining when it's raining, I'm disdaining every day
Doing work without expression for some uninspired pay
Like the sky after the rainclouds, I feel tempted just to say
"I've had enough"
Was I born to work in coffeeshops
while my passion fades and slowly flies away
and is it wrong to get no sleep,
working eighty hours a week,
just to let myself follow a dream?
It sometimes seems
Still I've found no higher calling than the one which calls me home,
makes me push my aching legs until they tremble to the bone
just to reach the door in time to put our dinner on the stove -
we have enough
Like a bird that takes his glory finding pieces for his nest,
I will piece together objects for the life which suits us best
If the world I build around us keeps the rain out while we rest,
I'll have enough
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Joe Holt New York, New York
Joe is a folk singer/songwriter originally from England, whose music was praised by Obscure Sound as "stirring, eloquent songwriting," and by Ear to the Ground as "the real deal when it comes to folk songwriting." His music has been featured twice on NPR. He lives in New York City. ... more
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