1. |
A Little Piece
02:49
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My mind fooled me for
Three years and a day
I worried late at night
My eyes felt so
Wide
While I wiped away
Two tears from my face
A little piece had died
A little piece of mind
A little peace inside
My mind fooled me for
Twelve hours in a day
I stayed awake at night
My eyes felt so blind
While i blinked away
Four tears from my face
A little piece had died
A little piece of mind
A little peace inside.
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2. |
Part Two
04:14
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What starts in chaos
Ends the same
Brush yourself right off
We can share the blame
You came and had a taste then
Always found your way back
I'd push you off the edge then
Give you another chance
Enough is enough
Our game has passed overtime
Enough is enough
We're falling down from the high
The more we punished
The less things changed
Broken hearts and bones
Don't heal the same
This thing with you and me
We played a lonely hand
You resent me everyday then
At night demand another chance
Enough is enough
Our game has passed overtime
Enough is enough
We're falling down from the high
I don't think we understand how deep these roots have wounds
We pick the pieces up again until our heart's removed
You came and had a taste then
Always found your way back
I'd push you off the edge then
Give you another chance
Enough is enough
Our game has passed overtime
Enough is enough
We're falling down from the high
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3. |
End Of It All
03:31
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From the end of it all I look back to the start
And watched as we pulled til it all fell apart
We tried, and we tried, and we tried
But the end of it all came anyway
Halfway
Is where I met you that day
Held your hand so you'd stay
And never tell me I can't hold you
From the end of it all I look back to the start
And watched as we pulled til it all fell apart
We tried, and we tried, and we tried
But the end of it all came anyway
We stayed
In it together most days
My heart was yours til we strayed
And circled back to I can't hold you
From the end of it all I look back to the start
And watched as we pulled til it all fell apart
We tried, and we tried, and we tried
But the end of it all came anyway
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4. |
Caught In The Waves
04:25
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Who's this ghost
I don't recognize your face
Anymore
How did we get here
How do we get back again
Like before
I ride the waves of a false start
Soak in the rays of another time
Once in a while when I'm faced down
Dancing with the tide
My heart escapes to the night sky
Leaving behind all consequences
They're left behind
I put my heart away
The moment I feel things start to fade
My darling
I recognize this warning
We'll be ok
I ride the waves of a false start
Soak in the rays of another time
Once in a while when I'm faced down
Dancing with the tide
My heart escapes to the night sky
Leaving behind all consequences
They're left behind
Ride
Ride away
Ride away with me
Ride away with me
I've been holding on to moments
Praying that my eyes won't forget
The curve of your face
I'm caught in the waves
Ride
Ride away
Ride away with me
Ride away with me
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5. |
Blown Away
04:23
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It's a warm summer night
I hold tightly as we ride from the day
Down the sandy path we walk
Hand in hand to the water, we find our place
The salty air
Feels tight against my skin with the breeze
The sky lit with stars
Illuminates how your eyes drift away
Leave me breathless
Softly as our fears escape
We've been restless
Questioning this test of fate
I'm blown away
You tell me softly of your past
The waves crashed on a shore just the same
your chest under my face
Run my fingers through your soft tangled hair
The night moves on
Slowly all our anger starts to fade
You whisper in my ear
This hurricane will pass, we'll be ok
Leave me breathless
Softly as our fears escape
We've been restless
Questioning this test of fate
I'm blown away
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6. |
The Other Side
01:40
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Once upon a dream
In my own little world
I saw the ways through unguided eyes
Danced with the spirit
That flamed deep in me
And spoke from a place I couldn't disguise
So here, take my hand
And stray from your safety
Just trust I know nothing of what's still to come
I've waited for you
To touch me so gently
Followed footsteps and fingers til I tasted your tongue
I'll see you on the other side
Twice upon a dream
I knew you would come
Twisting me right from my mind to my thighs
Leaving me breathless
Before I wake up
Softly listening to my muted sighs
So here, take my hand
Stray from your safety
Just trust I know nothing of what's still to come
I've waited for you
To touch me so gently
Followed footsteps and fingers til I tasted your tongue
I'll see you on the other side
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7. |
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Turn the volume down all the way
I keep hearing stories, I can't concentrate
From all these people I just slip away
And let the clouds unwind me at the end of the day
I get high, so high
You can take a stand or you can grab a seat
I'll be floating by when all the stars meet
You want me cauterized so that I don't succeed
But let that go now and just soar with me
Let's get high
I don't need another trying to chip away who I've become and pulling on my wings like I'm not good enough to be someone, you're pushing all the weight like you're the only one to carry tons and knocking other people down to take a seat not built for one, causing lots of
waves but now it seems the cat has got your tongue, the only other battle left for us is one to overcome, I'm sitting here thinking how instead I should be rolling one
So let's get high, so high
Your fear has got you falling on your faith
And I've been feeling something that I can't erase
All the things you call the problems of the day
Make it oh so simple to be on my way
And get high, so high
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8. |
Sure To Come
03:48
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Too many things to be afraid of
So many ways to become obsolete
All of the times I drew it in my mind
The worries consuming me
The days fall out of focus
My heart begins to fail
The quiet seeps around me
All it takes is one betrayal
The night grips even tighter
My walls begin to shake
The air within me disappears
All it takes is one mistake
Someday I'll be forgotten
That day is sure to come
Might even be tomorrow
May have already began
That day is sure to come
That day is sure to come
Always thought I was a dreamer
I loved from someplace far
Now I see my arms were never reaching high
High enough to show my scars
The days fall out of focus
My heart begins to fail
The quiet seeps around me
All it takes is one betrayal
The night grips even tighter
My walls begin to shake
The air within me disappears
All it takes is one mistake
Someday I'll be forgotten
That day is sure to come
Might even be tomorrow
May have already began
My eyes saw all the colour
My ears heard only song
My mind was left to wander
All at once and all alone
It aches deep in my stomach
It pulses from within
It rages like a thunderstorm
My sorrow and adrenaline
Someday I'll be forgotten
That day is sure to come
Might even be tomorrow
May have already began
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9. |
Waiting For The Laughter
05:35
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You sit there like a statement
Looking pretty, looking vacant
I can see it in your face that
You want to get away
Got you propped up by your hairpin
Got you smiling, though you’re hurtin’
I can see it in your face that
You want to get away
Ooooh, I’m waiting for the laughter
Each time the mirror faces
Brand new lines, deeper creases
The ending never changes
I want to get away
Feeling held up by the ages
A dancer on parade
Oooooh, I’m waiting for the laughter
Each time the mirror the comes around
The image never slows down
It goes round and round it never slows down
The glare shows something on my face
I feel like a dancer on parade
It goes round and round it never slows down
Oooooh, I’m waiting for the laughter
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10. |
Exhale
05:17
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For every war
Every brand new place
Misunderstood
All your mistakes
It's time for you to breathe (out)
Blue sky woman
You don't have to fight
Pick your battles
Doesn't matter if you're right
Close to your heart
Lost to the sea
I believe
It's time for you to breathe (out)
It's time to receive
Maybe you're not like the rest
And other people have needs
I know that things get complex
But you're meant to be free
It's time for you to breath (out)
You are meant to be free
It's time for you to breath out
It's time for you to breath
Not a soul in this world
Could ever hide
Light of a trillion stars
From your lovestruck eyes
Lift up your heels
And release the past
The seeds you've planted
Bloom unannounced
It's time for you to breath out
Oh, lifted skyward
You're not of the earth
Your roots climb higher
When you ground your heart
Your roots climb higher
If you just grou-nd your heart
Blue sky woman
You don't have to fight
It's time for you to breath out
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iskwē
iskwē is a Juno Award winning artist – a creator and communicator of music and of movement, of pictures, poetry and prose. And through it all, she’s a teller of stories that have impacted our past and will inform our future.
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