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Renegade Leather
03:30
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I lay at your feet
Green magic memory beats into night
My heart inside a dearly departed dress
I come to you low in renegade leather
Rebel, oh my rebel
City streets disappear
Aren't we some magic
We float above the earth
Come home to pastures
To dreams that open doors
In the satin light of morning
We are the same
Empty eyes that hold shallow stars
Clawing, caressing
Nothing more than pain
Escaping in every breath
I'm as free to exist
As I am scared to live
Aren't we some magic
We float above the earth
Come home to pastures
To dreams that open doors
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Oh God look at all that we've done and
We sleep right to the very ending
Inaction from distraction is our death bed
We're tucked in our deepest fears
But I get mine, you yours
Listen to those here before
We started to stare into greed
Into barren wastelands and patterns
Oh God look at all that we've done while
They drown, wrapped in anxiety
Well, if we could just get some more of it then
My life won't be a numbing waste
And I get mine, you yours
Listen to those here before
We started to stare into greed
Into barren wastelands and patterns
Oh God look at all that we've done and
We sleep right to the very ending
Inaction from distraction is our death bed
We're tucked in our deepest fears
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3. |
Forgiveness
02:37
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You're just fine
Divine under your skin
The world is the painter of original sin
When its eyes are restless and numb
You begin to peel yourself clean
I don't want anyone to burn in hell
No one should ever go to jail
I don't wanna feel the wrath
Can we let it all go
Pain is not a cure
For pain that came before
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Now
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4. |
Sentimental Hearts
02:15
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From this world
Of sweetness and of cruelty
I must go
Sit beside me
Take the ride
And see
Why are we so frightened by
Waking from this dream
Look around us
Illusions are the only things we see
There's no coming back
From this heart attack
The mountain can't be moved
If you close your eyes
Then you realize
It's not about you
There's no coming back
From this heart attack
The mountain can't be moved
If you close your eyes
Then you realize
It's not about you
Pick up your feet
It's not your fault
Sentimental
Sentimental heart
Sentimental
Sentimental heart
Pick up your feet
It's not your fault
Sentimental
Sentimental heart
Sentimental
Sentimental hearts
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5. |
Two Mountain Streams
02:24
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Someday I shall rise
We have known shame
I won't take chances
My only friend
The universe turns
Up the hill alone
I am still a cloud
Of three and four
My hand is your hand
An old oak tree
There's nothing left of you in there
Two mountain streams
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6. |
Ghosts
02:58
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All your anger
All your tears
All your worriedness
All your fear
All your sadness
All your guilt
All the tolerance that you built
There's no other one
Put it there
No one exceptional
Who would care
Just a mirror
Of the world
And the pain they know
Unfurled
Love is all you need
But to get to it you gotta bleed
So kiss them softly
'Cause when they're gone
It's just a dream
So love all things
And those without
Kiss them softly on the mouth
Tell them how much is within
And how much is without
Love is all you need
But to get to it you gotta bleed
So kiss them softly
'Cause when they're gone
It's just a dream
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7. |
I Was Footsteps
03:36
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I was footsteps in the dark
Before you were born
Push me out into the water
Till I lose the shore
Lay me down in tall grass
Where we can lose our minds
I won't tell a soul about our world
Or our kind
Leave the door wide open
As you run into the night
Freedom is much different
From the red, the blue, and white
When you're out from under it
Your breath is burning wild
Remember your mother
She was an only child
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8. |
Six Golden Hands
04:04
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I've seen that shade of blue
Moving through your avenues
My head bent back to the sky
Pushing through and back in time
And I can feel the magic
In birds that soar and twist and bend
And I can feel the magic
In children's minds when they pretend
Oh our lives are gold
Oh our lives are gold
You have the face of God
Behind bones and fair facade
Your voice leads me through the streets
Through doorways, incomplete
And I can hear the magic
In music played in parks for free
And I can feel the magic
Just before the city sleeps
Oh our lives are gold
Oh our lives are gold
So many years
Away from your embers
That lit up my soul
So many years
Away from your embers
That lit up my soul
So many years
Away from your embers
That lit up my soul
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Ancestors
03:43
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Please
Remember who you are
When you were young
You loved wearing red
I saw you standing on the beach
You ran into the sea
To be free
Did
You die there on the shore
To be born once more
Into waves of pain
I watch in my mind
I think of you
Was it just a dream or two
To be free
Please
Remember who you are
When you were young
You loved wearing red
I saw you standing on the beach
You ran into the sea
To be free
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10. |
Los Angeles
03:54
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Warm night under dusky blue skies
Walking below the power lines
Your old car sputters and hums
Come to life inside this pale machine
The dirty air bathes you clean
City lights come into view
I don't know if it's best that we close each other's eyes
You know that in this dream we go to sleep at night
Driving through Los Angeles I'm comfort in my skin
There's the life we choose to live and then the one we're in
You led me out into the trees
All of your hair in emerald green
Laid down on the earth
Indistinguishable
Watching out for planes and satellites
Steel objects taken flight
So far away from this paradise
I don't know if it's best that we close each other's eyes
You know that in this dream we go to sleep at night
Driving through Los Angeles I'm comfort in my skin
There's the life we choose to live and then the one we're in
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11. |
Through the Tears
03:33
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Take my body
Hang it from a tree
Like a swarm of bees
Through the tears
I can hardly see
My girl, just thirteen
Takes an awful time
To leave
My mind at ease
My feet swaying
Dancing in the breeze
As I try to breathe
I float upwards
Rising from the scene
Thoughts of Mama
Thoughts of Irene
I remember friends
Tenderness
As I go
They're gonna cry about it
I know their love will sing a song
The stillness in the swaying
Lets them know
That I'm already gone
They're gonna wake from dreams
I'll be there to calm, unseen
And when they think about me
I hope they know
I loved them so
And when they think about me
I hope they know
I'd never go
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Mark Darling Denver, Colorado
"Like a delirious, forbidden encounter between Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley in the afterlife, (Mark) Darling's music soothes, caresses and titillates one minute, then stings, teases and torments the next."
Eryc Eyl - Westword
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