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Homesick
02:54
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I'm homesick for the great unfinished emptiness
all those imaginary adventures that I can't forget
and I love you, but I want to be free, too
and I can't close my heart for love just yet
//
you said it was too dark to be a wanderer
so I tried to squeeze my soul into your net
and I hung on hard, because I want to be safe, with you
but I can't close my mind for love just yet
//
so if morning ever comes perhaps I'll be a troubadour once more
and I'll busk my way back to where the sun no longer sets
and there among the frozen seas I'll be alone with all my tears
because I can't close my eyes for love just yet
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2. |
King-Sized Bed
03:35
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well the moon is rising yellow over there
and the sunlight is still catching in your hair
and the stars are coming out in crowds
and waves are breaking long and loud
and I want to come and sit down beside you now
yeah I want to come and sit down beside you now
//
your words are cutting pathways in my mind
yeah you're leaving all the others far behind
and our fire's burning strong and bright
clearing spaces in my night
and I want to lean my frame against you now
yeah I want to lean my frame against you now
//
your body would make the perfect king-sized bed
and your shoulder would make a pillow for my head
and the stars are coming out in crowds
making holes in all the clouds
and I want to sleep out here with you tonight
yeah I want to sleep out here with you tonight
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3. |
Lost
04:24
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I'm scared of dying
and I'm scared of living too
and I heard love was never lost
but I've lost so many of you
and I'm scared of standing still
and I'm scared of pushing on through
and the frigate birds fly high and happy
and I want to fly high and happy too
//
but I'm lost like a song I never learned to sing
stranded like a bird with a broken wing
//
I'm scared of holding on
and I'm scared of letting go
and I don't want to know too much
but I'm scared of things that I don't know
and I'm scared of parties
and I'm scared of being lonely
and I'm hungry for adventures
but I want to be safe as well as free
//
I'm lost like a song I never learned to sing
stranded like a bird with a broken wing
//
I don't like attention
but I don't want to be forgotten
and I learned the art of living
but I often wake up crying
and my dreams are full of ghosts
and I need to unbreak my heart
but this record is scratched and skipping
and I don't know where to start
//
I'm lost like a song I never learned to sing
stranded like a bird with a broken wing
//
so I'm going to try and do some yoga
only the summer's nearly over
and my bones are cold and tired
and I really need a lover
I'll try and get one when I'm stronger
I just want a little longer
but my life is getting smaller every day
//
and I'm scared of dying
and I'm scared of living too
and I heard love was never lost
but I've lost so many of you
and I'm scared of standing still
and I'm scared of pushing on through
and the frigate birds fly high and happy
and I want to fly high and happy too
//
but I'm lost like a song I never learned to sing
stranded like a bird with a broken wing
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4. |
Cabbages and Kings
03:45
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you ask me where I'm going
you want to know where I've been
you ask me how I got here
well I've forgotten most of what I've seen
//
I could tell you of cabbages and kings
love and the treasure love brings
and I could tell you of utter loneliness
and how that's when the blackbird sings
//
you want to hear all of my stories
how can a life go this way?
well I'll tell you, I lost my balance
one ordinary day
//
but the trees they keep on growing
and the stars don't know that they died
and there's a hundred billion light years
still flickering in my eyes
//
you ask me where I'm going
you want to know where I've been
you ask me how I got here
well I've forgotten most of what I've seen
//
I could tell you of cabbages and kings
love and the treasure love brings
and I could tell you of utter loneliness
and how that's when the blackbird sings
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5. |
Sparrows
03:03
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we'll take the high road, the mountain road
and it's a road that's going to break our hearts
we'll cry for love and we'll cry for loss
bear witness to the falling apart
//
we'll take the slow road, the ocean road
and we'll be looking for a place to spend the night
we'll leave our cars and we'll save our guitars
and we'll sing for the dying of the light
//
then we'll walk through our land, and we'll cry with regret
we'll walk through our land, and we'll cry to forget
we'll wander aimlessly, and we'll sleep
and when we wake, we'll weep
//
we'll cry for all the sparrows
and we'll cry for the common crow
we'll cry for the trees and the rivers,
and we'll say hey, where did all the flowers go?
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6. |
I Remember
05:17
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I remember the sound of the sea
and the songs that I learned of being free
and your laughter, and your tears
and your dreams, and your fears
//
I remember the salt on your skin
and the lines on your face when you were thin
and your temper, and your smile
and how I cried for you, like an abandoned child
//
and you're there like the swallows in springtime
you're there like the rain in the trees
you come flying in like the snowflakes in winter
and you're climbing these mountains with me
//
I remember the colour of our nights
and the glow from the festival lights
and your smoked-out voice and your nail-bitten hands
and the ragged pitch of your one-man band
//
I remember all your chances at love
how you thought you could never be enough
and your hunger, and your need to be first
and your courage, and your thirst
//
and you're there like the swallows in springtime
you're there like the rain in the trees
you come flying in like the snowflakes in winter
and you're climbing these mountains with me
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Catrina Davies UK
I write books and songs. I play songs and records.
The Ribbons are for Fearlessness / Ribbons EP \ Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed / BELAN
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