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owls
03:35
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broke out of alabama
fled through night
i've seen the numbers all my life
one road leads to misery and one road leads to crime
took the train with owls that fly at night
jumped out by the river
of shimmering light
i've heard the water all my life
they say the good life is in the city
with a crown
i don't think i'll ever come back to town
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2. |
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i am the fool
who came to ride
the bitter side
father my bed is deep in my head
covered in red just as they said
i took the time to face the lion
outside the town
trees in the woods
the deeper i went
told me to drown
father my bed is deep in my head
covered in red just as they said
father my bed is deep in my head
covered in red just as they said
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3. |
seagulls
03:56
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when i close my eyes
i hear seagulls' cries
above the water
when i first came here one hundred years ago
there was snow that would fall
on roads
and on bones
you never knew all that you done shut out the sun
i've never seen people so worthless and mean
can you hold all of my cards
and stars inside your mind
one time
kind heart
then you go and let 'em out like city lights
that shine on the darkest souls
you never knew all that you done shut out the sun
i've never seen people so worthless and mean
hey now i'm an eagle
hey now i'm an eagle
hey now i'm an eagle
you never knew all that you done shut out the sun
i've never seen people so worthless and mean
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4. |
cinnamon thieves
01:55
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i laid out i stretched my fingers and my toes
under clouds under souls
painted the sky like dirty water
waiting for your boat to arrive
these that i saw these cinnamon thieves
trading spices for knives
flowers for eyelids young and old
told stories rare and myths that unwound
like the sound of a silver bell
it was then that you came
when we said goodnight to the river
goodnight to the river
the river of delight
these that i saw these cinnamon thieves
trading spices for knives
flowers for eyelids young and old
told stories rare and myths that unwound
like the sound of a silver bell
of a silver bell
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5. |
i am fossils
02:30
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i am fossils
i am the caged wild child of this maniac town
i am jet planes flying high above
the presumed innocence of doves
fluttering desperately
in a red dress i can see your movements
calling them to dance
i am angels and pathways
sleeping
breathing in peace
telling your children stories
disable minds
before i'm gone
and it's over
but it's higher and higher
it tastes bad
i feel pain
but it's one thing that i can contain
and it's over
so bad
best thing that you ever had
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6. |
trail of dead
04:10
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we waited in line to see your faith inside the moon
in rays of light that hang silver and high above
we built our safety from a lake of blood
i know fire when i see it burn
i think i'll go on out
to the end of the road
think i'll lay myself down
think i'll rest my head on the bones
whatcha gonna do about it now
whatcha gonna do
when we're all out on the ground
lost in horse latitudes
i came as a sign to show your families in pain
in rain they dressed in black
as they walked the trail of dead
you must've been out of your head
when you said you won't go back for seven years
i think i'll go on out
to the end of the road
think i'll lay myself down
think i'll rest my head on the bones
whatcha gonna do about it now
whatcha gonna do
when we're all out on the ground
lost in horse latitudes
no one listens when you're down
they just crawl beside the stale light of myth and man
and cross into hands
we'll hide inside a barn and make it through the night
of a thousand eyes
i think i'll go on out
to the end of the road
think i'll lay myself down
think i'll rest my head on the bones
whatcha gonna do about it now
whatcha gonna do
when we're all out on the ground
lost in horse latitudes
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7. |
sun chanting
02:13
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8. |
stoning the earth
04:22
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lost in the dark
watching the bugs crawl around me
trying to hold on to the world spinning round
they breathe it in they spit it out
under the lamplight
trying to remember the lies they live through
wolves run the hills as you take your pills
to erase distraction
we lost it all when we came so far
with no interaction
you know that you can see but you don't wanna
you don't wanna
trying to get up
lifting my head from the shadows
trying to hold on to the world spinning round
i breathe it in i spit it out
under the sunlight
trying to remember the lives i live through
wolves run the hills as i take my pills
to erase distraction
we lost it all when we came so far
with no interaction
i know that i can see but i don't wanna
i don't wanna
wolves run the hills as you take your pills
to erase distraction
we lost it all when we came so far
with no interaction
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hold on to it
no this can't be real
i've heard it's the one thing that you can feel
you know to breathe and you feel it's all wrong
i know it's a long long
'til the day when we run to the heart of the sun
all your fears will be gone
turn to glass
or the night when you shone
you were wise as you ceded your throne
to the beasts of the earth we belong
hold on to it
no this can't be real
i've heard it's the one thing that you can feel
you know to breathe and you feel it's all wrong
i know it's a long long
'til the day when we run to the heart of the sun
all your fears will be gone
turn to glass
or the night when you shone
you were wise as you ceded your throne
to the beasts of the earth we belong
supple ground burned in fires as old as need
need we feed once we forget who we are
we are gods and we'll decide when we go
helps to see the answer is in the falling trees
hold on to it
no this can't be real
i've heard it's the one thing that you can feel
you know to breathe and you feel it's all wrong
you know it's a long long
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10. |
lost at sea
03:29
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when the machines set me free
they turned to me after a half century
but i was buried in my suit and tie
so i took my life and my strife
and hid them where no one could see
and boarded up my heart
my heart
i remember what mama said
when she twisted her head everything went red
"if you're ever lost at sea, my son set yourself free
make your tragedy
and open up your heart."
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patterns of stars
03:01
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i sat out on the longest pier
questioning midnight waves
i watched the festival of lights
and the goddess took my hand
we drank from golden bowls, holes
with tiny fingerprints bathed and dancing
under patterns of stars
that resembled bears
and we waited for our red horses to come
from the endless water
and we sang the song
we sang the song to bind us all
we sang the song of a child's dream in the night
and the goddess took my hand
we drank from golden bowls, holes
with tiny fingerprints bathed and dancing
under patterns of stars
the wind melted and gave birth to the wings of light
that carried us through the haze to our migraines
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12. |
the golden bees
04:06
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i tried to find the greatest one
i tried to sing through all the suns
no one here even understands
the sober hand and the cold mountain
all the drunks out in the scattered night
seem to all have stardust in their eyes
feel like you're drowning in everything you do
you know it's one for me and two and two and two for you
i felt my hairs they all stood up
as i watched them sipping from the cup
no one here even understands
the sober hand and the cold mountain
all the ladies stumble to their knees
much too late to save the golden bees
feel like you're drowning in everything you do
you know it's one for me and two and two and two for you
what did you do when your eyes were new?
no one here even understands
the sober hand and the cold mountain
watch the buildings go from day to night
while the people lose their inner light
feel like you're drowning in everything you do
you know it's one for me and two and two and two for you
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13. |
vanity
02:54
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i will go to the bottom
bathe my soul in its sorrow
i pass through red skinned children
who linger near walls of stolen places
and there's a man with a rifle pointed at me
and he's talking to a figure i cannot see
sending his bullet floating over to me
so the people that i don't understand
disappear as i'm struggling to stand
while the blood at the tip of my hand
empties me from the grasp of this rotten land
the past has brought the last traces of ladies thin and pale
to the earth and to those who can see them
dancing childlike and free
still i love her endlessly
as the others give their lives to the sea
while the blood at the tip of my hand
empties me from the grasp of this rotten land
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world alone
05:01
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my heart is dead
your fever it spreads
you and me dance tree to tree
cheek to cheek
i built your world alone
i see reds and blues
i wait for the noose
how's it going to feel when you say goodbye
everyone is dead
everything inside
my heart is dead
your fever it spreads
you and me dance tree to tree
cheek to cheek
i built your world alone
alone
i see reds and blues
i wait for the noose
how's it going to feel when you say goodbye
everyone is dead
everything inside you and me
dance tree to tree
cheek to cheek
i built your world alone
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15. |
no title
02:54
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oh night flying home
when we crossed paths in the sky
just three hours of magic
and we couldn't even say goodbye
so i took you to the moon
took you to the movies
you pulled me under the sea
we were wrapped up in our laughter
like a blanket warm meant to be
we'll be free and see so clear
even through the darkest sea
we'll ride horses into the sun
like the stars you and me
you once thought you lost me
and cried out desperately
but i could never leave you
you're the one i was meant to see
summer's almost over
we can start again and fall like leaves
we'll take turns growing older
and dance on sidewalks in between
we'll be free and see so clear
even through the darkest sea
we'll ride horses into the sun
like the stars you and me
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16. |
my death
03:02
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my death is on the rise
yours too is in the skies
a body from disappointment grows
like time in the wing
a masterpiece to sing
and you could have known
if you'd only listen
to its dying tone
woman gathering
sighing
singing blue looking through you
i am going to track you down
release your fear through your toes
sleep with both eyes closed
and you should have known
if you'd only listen
to its dying tone
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oh the endless sky
02:21
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everything will end up right
everyone will climb so high
and the flowers in the street
and the girl who needs to eat
everything will shine so bright
everyone will laugh and sing tonight
and the breaking heart that falls
and the ones that build their walls
everything will end in laughter
gently rising ever after
and the waiting for your soul to fly
is just a simple lullaby
oh the endless sky!
oh the endless sky!
oh the endless sky!
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18. |
seagulls (live Acoustic)
03:05
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when i close my eyes
i hear seagulls' cries
above the water
when i first came here one hundred years ago
there was snow that would fall
on roads
and on bones
you never knew all that you done shut out the sun
i've never seen people so worthless and mean
can you hold all of my cards
and stars inside your mind
one time
kind heart
then you go and let 'em out like city lights
that shine on the darkest souls
you never knew all that you done shut out the sun
i've never seen people so worthless and mean
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i walked alone for days
until my life went away
i held my brother's hand until the end
counting my dry bones
buried in sand
and with the sun
i spoke the words to raise the dead
i was the knife that tore the eye before i was the sky
near the end of delight
you can bathe your dirty spirit in white
i will trespass over borders
over lines
to the land made from white wood
the place to say goodbye
i was the knife that tore the eye before i was the sky
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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."
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