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Lovely, Lovely, Lovely
03:37
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You fall more than anyone else I know
Hard ground brings you down to sticks and stones
You’re out of alignment
The sign’s meant for you to stay inside and
I would never want to take your place
So I will ask for a little more grace for you are
Lovely, lovely, lovely
standing
Moped, snow sled sped up your life
Slow it down some before you start to slide down
The scars healed, the skin peeled
I don’t want to wheel you out of here
I would never want to take your place
So I will ask for a little more grace for you are
Lovely, lovely, lovely
standing
The hazards of your situation
Strap in your thoughts and turn the brake on
I would never want to take your place
So I will ask for a little more grace for you are
Lovely, lovely, lovely
standing
I would never want to take your place
So I will ask for a little more grace for you are
Lovely, lovely, lovely
standing
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The Cycles The Circles
04:30
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THE CYCLES THE CIRCLES by Sarah Donner
Born from the ashes and torn from the branches you are
Here under pressure and out of adventures I am
And I can’t wait for something different
You could take flight, take me up on the back of your wings
This crippling distance has blistered the soles of my feet
And I can’t wait for something different
Burdens poured on me
Like all the water from all the sea
The cycles, the circles they suck all the instinct from me
I roll up my sleeves to fight back, but I’d rather stay clean
And I can’t wait for something different
Burdens poured on me
Like all the water from all the sea
When I fall from the sky
I am just metal and wire
But the air in your bones lifts you higher and higher and higher
Now I am not saying that I am the dangerous type
Typing is dangerous when you only see black and white
Burdens poured on me
Like all the water from all the sea
Burdens poured on me
Like all the water from all the sea
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Someday
03:44
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SOMEDAY
Can you look close at nothing
until you find something in there, in there, in there
If stars could talk what would they say
They’re just expired fire and so far away
from me, from me, from me
And I know you’re waking up to the light
when everything’s broken no fights left to fight
Someday you’ll leave me yeah
Someday you’ll fly
but somday is not tonight
Deserts of paper crossed by these men
I’ll search for truth again and again
and again and again and again
Oh I’ll go with you to these parts
To your highest high and your hardest hard
and your lightest white and your darkest dark
To your highest high and your hardest hard
and your lightest white and your darkest dark
To your highest high and your hardest hard
and your lightest white and your darkest dark
And I know you’re waking up to the light
when everything’s broken no fights left to fight
Someday you’ll leave me yeah
Someday you’ll fly
but somday is not tonight
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Going Under (In a Way)
03:46
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GOING UNDER
In a way you’re going under
In a way it’s all been done before
In a way you lost your thunder
In a way it’s a closing of a door
In a way you’re breaking even
In a way it’s barely making up
For the time you wasted drinking
From a cup it’s never full enough
And I don’t know what frames the pictures in your mind
or the walls that you hang behind
I hope that you will find
a way to paint outside the lines
You could say it’s what you live for
You could say it’s breathing at it’s best
In a way I can’t believe that
You would trade in all your thoughts for his
And I don’t know what frames the pictures in your mind
or the walls that you hang behind
I hope that you will find
a way to paint outside the lines
You already set yourself out to sea
You see who told all your secrets to me
And I don’t know what frames the pictures in your mind
or the walls that you hang behind
I hope that you will find
a way to paint outside the lines
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Black Boxes
04:01
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Black boxes and curtains line buildings and hallways
A kind of institution to the higher mind
I live richly make a mess of the earth
Pour my colours into water underground
You bring me mornings so precious
but I sleep right through it
I don’t grieve enough for the fallen, the trees, and the children of the world
Back to black boxes they stir me into a craze
I need a window I need a piece of day
You don’t see all of the blessings standing before you
The red and green lights do not make up
for stars that orbit the sky
Give me patience
Make me bold
Give me more more of
what I can’t hold
You bring me mornings so precious
but I sleep right through it
Red and green lights do not make up
for stars that orbit the sky
Back to black boxes
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Jonathan
02:15
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Jonathan I saw you soften on the day that your mother died
A callus and shell fell right off you
We sang carols. It was Christmas time
and I, I
I held your hand in my hand, we lit candles and silently said goodnight.
I could not be half the man that you are
for one thing I don’t have the parts
But I have your tendencies, I have your calluses
I am a piece of your heart
and far, far
Far as I wander I’m still your daughter, we’re under the same bright star
Daddy I don’t see you often enough because we’re both working so hard
You said that I have gone further than you, but it doesn’t feel that far
Some, some
Someday we’ll both sing on top of a mountain and then we will call it our start
Someday we’ll both sing on top of a mountain and then we will call it our start
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March
02:44
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So you won the battle
You ain’t won the war
A remarkable exploit
with your typical sword
And you’re moves are hostile
‘cause you’re losing ground
Unhospitable frontline
Untransmittable sound
We would march in line with if you’d turn back
In our arms we’d carry you
Raise your white flag
And you’ve got an angle to manipulate
Your spectacular weapon is
A great debate
And there is no triumph
No victory declared
when you’re shooting the night sky
with nobody there
We would march in line with if you’d turn back
In our arms we’d carry you
Raise your white flag
Too old is not too late
It’s not too much to ask
Too much isn’t too hard
You know the past is past
Too old is not too late
It’s not too much to ask
Too much isn’t too hard
You know the past is past
We would march in line with if you’d turn back
In our arms we’d carry you
Raise your white flag
We would march in line with if you’d turn back
In our arms we’d carry you
Raise your white flag
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8. |
You Are
03:33
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Oh Sugar I have dreams on things that will never be
but I’m glad you’re here with me in the real world in the real world
It’s like I always say or not cause I don’t communicate
mmm mmm mmm means I love you, I love you
You are the sweetest song I’ve sung
You are the one
You are the one
And I don’t understand why you get teased for driving a purple minivan
As long as it brings you home to my hands, my heart
You are the sweetest song I’ve sung
You are the one
You are the one
And I owe you so much
You are the sweetest song I’ve sung
You are the one
You are the one
You are the sweetest song I’ve sung
You are the one
You are the one
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Heartbreaker
03:05
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You came sniffing ‘round the office looking for a friend
I was happy to oblige and offer benefits
No one’s counting but it’s been three months, two weeks, one day
You lay it on thick I like it
I sure hope you stay
You are a heart, heartbreaker
It’s hard to see you take, take, take her away
away from me
I don’t know you, but I want to if it’s all the same
I know all about your mojo nothing of your name
You are a heart, heartbreaker
It’s hard to see you take, take, take her away
away from me
doo doo doot doo
Corporate lawyers, corporate lovers, corporate anarchists
I have kissed you everywhere, and still some parts I’ve missed
You are a heart, heartbreaker
It’s hard to see you take, take, take her away
away from me
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Symptoms and Sympathy
03:00
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Sometimes I feel there’s nothing I can do for you and me and what’s around us
I wait I brake I get the gas, I drive I pass the signs that say I’m ok, I’m ok
Repeatedly I beat myself, I cheat myself from all the good around
Constantly I compete I need a piece of someone else’s life
There’s no cure for me I need
Symptoms and sympathy
Pills for my pride
Oh I’m flying
Damn the man that made machines that cling to dreams and corner my subconcious
Will I get there, how I get there, I swear I swear I swear I swear
There’s no cure for me I need
Symptoms and sympathy
Pills for my pride
Oh I’m flying
I don’t go, go down easy
You must think I’m crazy
I don’t go, go down easy
You must think I’m crazy
I don’t go, go down easy
You must thing I’m crazy
There’s no cure for me I need
Symptoms and sympathy
Pills for my pride
Oh I’m flying
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To Be Brave
03:07
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Your mother is not strong
Like when you were a child
And you think you’re the only one
Holding on is harder than being held
Time keeps secrets she will never tell
So pack your bags and change
Well laid plans
Pressing on because
You can’t go back
We all agree it shouldn’t be this hard
No one so close should have to go so far
So soon
You go be a hero to someone else and
I will wait for that moment to be brave myself
The earth it turns, it burns
It shifts and shakes
You reach through windows
To save what you can save
So travel back to me and
Leave your heart behind
It’ll find it’s way to you
In perfect time
You go be a hero to someone else and
I will wait for that moment to be brave myself
And if I’ve wasted time
I hope that you will find me
Happy and healthy and mindful and strong
You go be a hero to someone else and
I will wait for that moment to be brave myself
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Christmas coloured morning
red bags and silver tags and we’re all glad to be
Gathered in the same house
Sleeping when it’s cold outside
Here we are together
glass of red and breaking bread, overfed and feeding
The simple conversation
Relating with relations awhile
an overrated New Year, our promises put on trial
Oh come ye faithful, hopeful children
No one here is blameless, no one else can take this
guilt and burden turn it into
Kindness that compels us, someone else could us
how to trust
Searching for the switches
to ignite electrics; it wavers, it flickers
and with a flick you unstick the stubborn night
The darkness that still lingers
You fingers finger for the light
Oh come ye faithful, hopeful children
No one here is blameless, no one else can take this
guilt and burden turn it into
Kindness that compels us, someone else could us
how to trust
Stillness with the sunrise
All alone and still unknown your phone won’t be
Shattering the silence
It’s pricessless this perfect peace
And butter on your breakfast can’t replace the things you need
Oh come ye faithful, hopeful children
No one here is blameless, no one else can take this
guilt and burden turn it into
Kindness that compels us, someone else could us
how to trust
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Sarah Donner Massachusetts
Sarah Donner is an indie folkpop star who has embraced her inner catlady. "The Motherf**cking Pterodactyl Song" which was co- written with The Oatmeal catapulted Sarah into weblebrity status with over two million views on YouTube. After stretching her legs with musical theatre, she picked up a guitar, abandoned her classical roots, and started rocking out (with fantastic breath support). ... more
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