1. |
Time
04:15
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Time
Time… runs away
Time… plays a game
Rules all broken
Time… runs away
Time… stumbles along
While wading through sand
No logical length or mathematical moment
Flexible units of random and pause
Slowly the shuffling cards are releasing
Tumble down
Time… runs away
Time… plays a game
Rules all broken
Time… runs away
Time… stumbles along
While wading through sand
In cold calculation or gentle caress
Each hand will be partly concealed
Pause for predictions then life becomes less
Less of its picture revealed
Time… runs away
Time… plays a game
Rules all broken
Time… changes play
Time… weaving its way along
An infinite road
Follow the wings of a sparrow
Blurring through rain on the glass
Each second is slowing serenely
And slow
Watching the clouds ever-changing
Chasing across the blue
The game carries on
With no answers at all
Strategies often have cries of regret
The groundhog has only one day
Is this the hour to never forget
Time… runs away
Time… runs away
Time... Time…
Time… runs away
Time… runs away
Time... Time…
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2. |
Pylon
07:56
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Pylon
Silver spider strands
Reaching out
Silver spider strands
Reaching over
As the fields flash by
I see you
As the fields flash by
I see
On and on and on
On and on and on
On and on
Through metal veins
High above unseeing eyes
On and on the river flows
This power that you carry
On and on and on
On and on and on
Each perfect metal branch
Pure symmetry
Each limb in harmony
With the last
As the hills roll by
I see you
As the mountains soar
I see
Now at last reveal
Man’s creation
This beauty
Isn’t grown
As your power flows
I can feel you
As your power grows
I feel
On and on and on
On and on and on
A single waiting hand
Reaching out
A hundred million hands
Reaching over
Understanding grows
And as it breathes
The truth will be
Revealed
Silver spider strands
Reaching out
Silver spider strands
Reaching over
As the fields flash by
I see you
As the fields flash by
I see
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3. |
When You Were Young
03:08
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When you were young
Oh, so small
I’d come running
If I saw you fall
I’d come running
To carry you
Through the years
As you grew tall
I’d come running
If I heard you call
I’d come running
To be with you
Oh…oh…oh…
To be with you
Through the years
As you grew tall
I’d come running
If I heard you call
I’d come running
To be with you
Oh…oh…oh…
To be with you
The years have flown
I can’t explain
I know today
It’s still the same
I’d come running
To be with you
I’d stop the tides
Keep night at bay
I’d spin the world
The other way
Spin the world
The other way
Oh…oh…oh…
The other way
When you were young
Oh, so small
I’d come running
If I saw you fall
I’d come running
To carry you
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4. |
Sun
04:05
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Sun
The sun blazed out of nowhere
Sweet silver bursting through
Laughing as it dazzles
Smiling at the new…
At the new
The sun blazed out of nowhere
When the day was low
No warning came before you
They said too soon to know…
To know
At first you try to close your eyes
Shield them from the glare
But, oh… the sweet surprise
Soon shimmers in the air….
In the air
We’ll whisper in the moonlight
We’ll swim amongst the stars
We’re living and loving
Laughing at where we are…
Here we are
The sun blazed out of nowhere
Light crackled in the air
We’re roller-coaster riding
Fire burning in our hair….
In our hair
At first you try to close your eyes
Shield them from the glare
But, oh… the sweet surprise
Soon shimmers in the air….
In the air
The sun blazed out of nowhere
Sweet silver bursting through
Laughing as it dazzled
Smiling at the new… at the new
We’ll whisper in the moonlight
We’ll swim amongst the stars
We’re living and loving
We’re laughing at where we are…
Here we are
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5. |
Fall
03:49
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Fall
When you fall
Such a long way
Such a long way
There’s nowhere lower down
To land…
When you search
For a long time
Such a long time
There’s nothing hidden left
To find...
You fixed my broken bones
And held a tired soul
Alone, together, and alone
To wrap around the maze
Belonging once unknown
Alone, together, and alone
When you sleep
Such a long night
Such a long night
The sun feels so much warmer
When you wake...
When you fall
Such a long way
Such a long way
The world holds much more beauty
When you climb…
You fixed my broken bones
And held a tired soul
Alone, together, and alone
To wrap around the maze
Belonging once unknown
Alone, together, and alone
When you fall
Such a long way
Such a long way...
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6. |
Crystals
04:14
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Crystals
Used to see a reflection
Whole but never me
Used to see a reflection
Whole, but never free
Once a single reflection
Now a shimmering wall
So many crystals
To fall
Used to see all the reasons
Why I couldn’t be
Used to see all the reasons
Too many to be free
Once a single reflection
Now a shimmering wall
So many crystals
To fall
I can, I will, I am
Slowly day by day
I can, I will, I am
….Find a way
Every crystal has a moment
Every moment has its place
Every place has its reason
Every reason wears a face
Once a single reflection
Now a shimmering wall
So many crystals
To fall
I can, I will, I am
Slowly day by day
I can, I will, I am
….Find a way
I can, I will, I am
Slowly day by day
I can, I will, I am
….Find a way
Used to see a reflection
Whole, but never me
Used to see a reflection
Whole, but never free
Once a single reflection
Now a shimmering wall
So many crystals
To fall
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7. |
Gold
07:06
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Gold
Such a very lonely road
In a silent town
Humanity’s kaleidoscope revealed
With the sun in the sky
But a storm in the air
And the doors are always closed
Crossing over the road
With an awkward smile
Apology, averted eyes
With the sun in the sky
But a storm in the air
And the doors are always closed
Ever racing
Always chasing
Search until
You’re all sold
Ever making
Always taking
Searching for
Elusive gold
Divided and uncertain
We’ll pull together while we’re apart
The windows... of our children
Bring colour to the bleakest of grey
The humblest... of all our heroes
Keep trying, trying to carry us all
When all the storms are over
There must be another way
Another way
Such a very lonely road
In a silent town
Humanity’s kaleidoscope revealed
With the sun in the sky
And a storm in the air
And the doors are always closed
While the humblest... of all our heroes
Keep trying
Trying to carry us all
Another busy road
In the same old town
Humanity at rainbow’s end
Sun in the sky
Is it time to become
The gold we were searching for
While the humblest... of all our heroes
Keep trying
Trying to carry us all
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8. |
Angels
04:09
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Angels
Tried to tell me what to do
They beat me black and blue
So many years
They don’t know me
Tried to tell me who to be
Closed their eyes
They couldn’t see
So many years
They don’t know me
They told me
I should believe in angels
Angels would show the way
They told me
I should believe in angels
As they all walked away
You don’t tell me what to do
Cried along when I was blue
All you knew
Was to hold me
You don’t tell me who to be
Listen and you let me breathe
All you knew
Was to hold me
They told me
I should believe in angels
Angels would show the way
They told me
I should believe in angels
As they all walked away
Holding, holding on
You never said a word
Holding, holding on
The only one that heard
No more what to do
You only live once...
Only one of you
All I know
Is keep breathing
No more who to be
Oh feel the breeze
...And keep breathing
They told me
I should believe in angels
Angels would show the way
They told me
I should believe in angels
As they all walked away
They told me
I should believe in angels
Angels would show
The way
They told me
I should believe
In angels
As they all walked away
Holding, holding on
You never said a word
Holding, holding on
The only one that heard
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9. |
The Wonder of You
03:46
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The Wonder of You
They said you don’t remember
Said you don’t know me
That your memories keep fading
Like the lights on a Christmas tree
But I know they don’t remember
They never even knew
The life, the loves
The wonder of you
Who do you see before you?
A lady looking at the floor
She hums to herself some nonsense
As you walk by her open door
Nothing much to notice
She had so much to say
So much forgotten
Fades away
They said you don’t remember
Said you don’t know me
That your memories keep fading
Like the lights on a Christmas tree
But I know they don’t remember
They never even knew
The life, the loves
The wonder of you
Who do you see before you?
A man on the bench by the lake
He hums to himself some nonsense
Feeds the birds with crumbs of cake
Nothing much to notice
He had so much to say
So much forgotten
Fades away
They say I can’t remember
Say it isn’t me
My memories have faded
Like the lights on a Christmas tree
You know they don’t remember
Now there’s only you
The life, the loves
The wonder, I knew
Nothing much to notice
I had so much to say
So much forgotten
Fades away
Fades away
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10. |
Here We Are Again
04:12
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Here We Are Again
Here we are again
Time to close the door
Good to see you here
It’s been so long
Pull a chair up close
Sit you down
Here we are
Here we are again
Come on in my friend
Time to talk a while
Pour a drink and tell me
All you know
Pull a chair up close
Sit you down
Here we are
Here we are again
It may be a while
Before we meet again
Moments like this moment
Won’t undo
Forget about tomorrow
I’ll remember
This photograph in time
With you
Here we are again
Time to close the door
Good to see you here
It’s been so long
Pull a chair up close
Sit you down
Here we are
Here we are again
Here we are again
Time to close the door
Good to see you here
It’s been so long
Pull a chair up close
Sit you down
Here we are
Here we are again
It may be a while
Before we meet again
Moments like this moment
Won’t undo
Forget about tomorrow
I’ll remember
This photograph in time
With you
Here we are again
Here we are my friend
It’s late
And the fire is burning low
Pull a chair up close
Sit you down
I wish this day with you
Would never end
I wish this day with you
Would never end
I wish this day with you
Would never end
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Helen Flunder England, UK
Lincolnshire based songwriter and musician. Songs about Love, life and anything that inspires ...even pylons...
Also writes and performs with The Keyhouse, with Brendan Perkins.
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