1. |
Here Comes the Monster
03:04
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HERE COMES THE MONSTER
Here comes the monster so ready yourself
A cupful of ashes, a knife in your belt
Here comes an answer that I harpooned
Dragged it to deck now, so we should know soon
No not another lie from me or you
Oh no it's coming round just like you said
Can't keep my promises, can't keep my head
I'll bring the gunpowder you bring the lead
Crossed up my fingers and let the cord rip
With barely a whisper we set you adrift
You might not come back love, but what if you do?
Hammers and torches just waiting for you
No not another lie from me or you
Oh no it's coming round just like you said
Can't keep my promises, can't keep my head
I'll bring the gunpowder you bring the lead
How can you lie when you're about to die
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2. |
In-Betweener
03:10
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IN-BETWEENER
I came back from the well without a trace of water
But I won't ever tell cos I'm my father's daughter
Give a little take a little that's how it go
Waiting to remember that you know what you know
You follow the leader and I'm an in-betweener so it goes
I need a believer but you gotta see it so you won't
Oh no you don't
Evening creeps in slow - we dig in double silence
Can't say as we go if it's mindful or it's mindless
Usually you're crawlin through the back of my head
Reading to my quiet from the Book of the Dead
You follow the leader and I'm an in-betweener so it goes
I need a believer but you gotta see it so you won't
Oh no you don't
I hate the space you leave behind
It's missing and it's mine
I get lost then I get found
When you come back around
You follow the leader and I'm an in-betweener so it goes
I need a believer but you gotta see it so you won't
Oh no you don't
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3. |
I Can't Resist
02:27
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I CAN'T RESIST
Time has told me there's not enough of it
for me to make a comprehensive list
of the things you do that make me lose my grip
Whether you are wearing shirts and pants
or performing your naked sexy dance
we both know that I don't stand a chance
If you were the army I'd be the first one to enlist
I can't resist
I try hard to remain in control
but I cannot be held accountable
for those things you do that cut me to my soul
Like when I catch you reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I can't resist
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4. |
Sandstars
02:47
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SANDSTARS
Lonely can't be all that you see
Used to be something
Now it's all nothing
Alle alle oo
Sea sand stars
Made a paper constellation
Laid out the embers
Sewed the mistakes into my skin
But I can't remember
Where I am meant now to begin
Alle alle oo
Sea sand stars
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5. |
North Star
03:51
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NORTH STAR
I need it
I need it more than I can say I need it
The spaces
The space grows larger every day
The pull comes
So I abide and shove away
You're my north star and I'll follow you home
Hydrogen + oxygen
I want it
In my blood and in my bones I want it
A compound
An element to call my own
And I thought
If I was gone you'd be alone
You're my north star and I'll follow you home
Hydrogen + oxygen
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6. |
War Horse
02:24
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WAR HORSE
The spirit it moved me
It led me to do these
Things that I don't know how to explain
A feather a chalice
An imperfect balance
Waiting to be set against the grain
And I'll never have to go back home again
Take me away
I don't care where I land
Better on a war horse
Than in someone else's hands
Thought it was my place
To watch the country bleed
Don't know how I became
The girl who they believed
The saints knew they told me
What to do I only
Listened well and did the things they asked
And time moved as time does
A flame and what once was
Present quickly moved into the past
And I'm certain I was never meant to last
Take me away
I don't care where I land
Better on a war horse
Than in someone else's hands
Thought it was my place
To watch the country bleed
Don't know how I became
The girl who they believed
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7. |
Firefight
02:41
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FIREFIGHT
You don't call
You don't write
Not since the fall
Not since the firefight
Well you believed it was the end of the world
The last I saw of you, you cried...
Strapped in tight, and waved goodbye
And so far
You don't call
You don't write
Not since the fall
Not since the firefight
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8. |
Keep Me Away
03:05
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I know what you're thinking
I thought it myself
No you can't fix me
And I don't want your help
Go on, ask your father
And his father before
That piece you been missing
I think they call that the door
I need what I need
You can't keep me away
How could I hurt you
Well I'll tell you how
First you come near me
Then I take you down
My love is deadly
A slow wrecking ball
You'll know that I'm done love
When there's nothing at all
I need what I need
You can't keep me away
You can't hurt me
No you can't stop me
You can't keep me away
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9. |
Landslider
03:11
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LANDSLIDER
Don't have the answers - no, not one
I was a landslide but now I'm done
Ripping myself apart
Looking for ways to start
I know better now
Water rising fast
Carry me carry me
Water rising
Carry me away
Mighty Ursa Major
Follow me follow me
Mighty Ursa Major
Follow me
I don't need you anymore
I'll leave you buried along the shore
Telling a tale to who?
Anyone passing through
I know better now
Water rising fast
Carry me carry me
Water rising
Carry me away
Mighty Ursa Major
Follow me follow me
Mighty Ursa Major
Follow me
Don't have the answers - no, not one
I was a landslide but now I'm done
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10. |
First Matthew
03:06
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FIRST MATTHEW
Matthew my love, I know how this ends
First you lean over, then you fall in
Run yourself raw for any blue eye
But reflections are just made of water and light
Matthew my dear, they're coming for you
So keep your sweet head down whatever you do
Your gut says to flee, your heart says to fight
But I say remember the water and light
Matthew my love, I know what comes last
The stall and the stutter and then the collapse
Your body's a goner but your soul it glows white
You always were made up of water and light
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11. |
Jenny Owen Youngs Maine
Avalanche, Youngs’ exceptional debut for Yep Roc records, offers up an achingly beautiful exploration of loss, resilience, and growth from an artist who’s experienced more than her fair share of each in recent years. The songs are deceptively serene, layering Youngs’ infectious pop sensibilities atop lush, dreamy arrangements that often belie the swift emotional currents lurking underneath. ... more
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