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I was on the back of a nightingale, living like a king;
Listening to the songs that you’d sing.
Home fires were burning and the smoke stung our eyes;
We were blind from birth, until that night.
Love grows old and we die younger each time.
Heaven loves a martyr
And how am I supposed to run with my legs sunk in the mud?
I wish I had grown up a little longer
And if we’d flown south, we’d have a home at least for now;
Love grows old
And I lived like a king
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The Roots Run Deep
04:10
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Back out on the road when we were young,
We thought buildings would be named after us.
I burrowed under ground as deep as I could,
I didn’t belong up top and the sun was too bright anyway.
I took you with me, held on for as long as I could;
Until you broke free and fed yourself into he night.
I’m alone in here now, I’m alone in here now and I’m mixed up
I’m alone in here now, I’m alone in here now and I’m mixed up
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"It's Called, 'Daisy'"
01:52
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Ragman Roll
05:01
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I'll be the pauper
if you be the slave
we're so damn entitled
and so very brave
The sudden drops of insulin
when your shadow fills the door
we only want what's ours
we only want what's ours
The last of an enclave
a republic of doe
I just got my papers through
a draft in the row
It's not like I loved you
it's not like I cared
we're just playing parts
we're just playing parts
it was you who rushed the stage
it was you who rushed the stage
it was you who rushed the stage
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Meridian Arc
04:49
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You parted the waves, you parted the waves;
You let me escape
Ashes and skin, ashes and skin;
I’m not supposed to be here
Meridian arc; you know how it ends
But I’m not there yet
How can I take from this master plan?
Let the waves carry us
Meridian arc, you know how it ends
But I’m not there yet
Bound together by what I thought was hope,
I’m a wreck! I’m a wreck!
Tell me what it is you want from me,
I’m a wreck! I’m a wreck!
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Navigator
08:30
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In the belly of a bird, I travelled across the sea;
Nothing sounded more peaceful,
Than the white noise of saltwater.
To every bird his song,
To every man his wrong
I made you a promise, I would come back;
A hypocrite holds her words.
As wrong as I was, and as good as you were,
It’s still not enough
To every bird his song,
To every man his wrong
Choke on words.
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Burial
05:40
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No one has to know, because no one will care.
You trusted this with me,
I let it slip away.
I took both your dogs out back,
And buried them with pieces of you.
I don’t have choices only anger.
And this will be my final mistake.
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A Second Life
01:22
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A lasting sound from memory,
A heart that’s full of history,
A second life that falls apart,
Where were you when mine broke into two?
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It Was Flood
07:07
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It was flood, it had come;
I broke habits to end up in your bed.
Television told us something, I wasn’t listening;
I was falling asleep across your breast,
Couldn’t tell if you were breathing.
The film was on loop through the night.
Like a bloodied rose between your lips,
We were holding each other tight until our spines cracked.
And it was over before it began.
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Whale Fall: A Journal
02:47
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Dreamlands
11:47
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Where the two fault lines meet
Hung from a tree upside down
Blood rushing to my head
Trying to feed myself
Can I worship your body?
Live inside your skin?
With one hand tight round your heart
Sleeping inside your womb
Claw marks all over my back
Blood rushing to my head
A grave, grave of your own
Sing me a homecoming tale
When do you show your face? Is it in the trees looking down?
Roots wrap around our songs and plant seeds. I'll write this down in the morning
I did what you asked me. Now I'm not sure that you ever spoke to me at all,
Scenes of deep red, green fields and I'm home again
But I'm still confused.
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Perfect Prime
03:56
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I swallowed the roots of the trees,
And they grew deep down inside like they wanted me.
In the north of the field where I grow,
Find the hand reaching out of the ground towards the sun and up into the sky.
Lose me inside your heart and we’ll love just like we did,
Into the last life and the ones before.
Time broke us down into dust,
And we became one another.
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Her Name is Calla Leeds, UK
Described by NME as 'massive, pastorally apocalyptic music" and by The Sun as 'rare and beautiful'.
Yes. We were in The Sun.
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