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Anomie
06:12
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all unbound
you find it embarrassing
when the winds have blown you
cinders and tumbleweed
from the lost and found
of places that love denied
pound for pound
unsound
town to town
you move without memory
when the birds have flown
there are things you won't throw away
so you gather round
these pirates and castaways
a paradise
unfound
Que seras-tu, perle éphémère ?
À l'aurore, vierge chimère,
Je serai nuage d'azur.
and the sun goes down
Que seras-tu, larme tremblante ?
À la première aube troublante,
Je m'envolerai rêve d'or.
and the sun goes down
and you cried in the marshes
and you cried in the fields
and you cried for your roses
and you know how it feels
to be tied to a promise
that you can't hope to keep
and it burns out your daylight
and it darkens your sleep
and the sun goes down
so you've gone to ground
with your jasmine and cedarwood
but the wind still calls you
on a bus ride to anomie
and i'm still here
extract from 'Perles de Rêve' by Jean Courdil
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2. |
Row the boat
07:07
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wings of solid gold
made skin and bone
you know it's all in the mind
so, so now you know
the way it goes
it's not a zero sum
row the boat row the boat
row the boat ashore
bring your boughs of birch
and thresh them clean
with money, salt and ash
carve your vessel wide
embrace the tide
and let the trade winds blow
row the boat row the boat
row the boat ashore
you, you touch my home
i'll beat you down
and let your blood run cold
prophets false and kings
of mystic things
i've left their bones for the wolves
row the boat row the boat
row the boat ashore
and what of the glory
what of the rapturous light
was it worth all the heartbreak
did you fight the good fight
did the good go without you
did you wake up alone
with no one to hold you
and no one to phone
and you put all your trust in
a charlatan's web
and he left you to the fires
till your faith starts to ebb
cause you bet all my money
on a talisman's kiss
now you're left in the end-days
with the dregs and the piss
row the boat row the boat
row the boat ashore
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Bruise of anemones
06:25
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you're home on a saturday
not quite where you want to be
the bruise of anemones
the souvenirs of spring
something on the radio
tells you you don't want to go
you hold it like the residue
of a summer you lost
something makes you want to stay
it's nagging at the perfect day
afraid time will run away
before it's begun
home on a saturday
not sure where you want to be
and all that you bring to me
i once brought to you
and it's hard when you don't want to go
but the bird is already loose
you feel that you'll never know
the rules no one teaches you
so you try, you experiment
wondering where the magic went
decanting years of sediment
that turned joy to clay
in another time and another town
you'll find ways to break the ground
and all that you bring to me
i once brought to you
and it's hard when you don't want to go
but the ribbon is already loose
you feel that you'll never know
the rules no one teaches you
so you pack up your troubles
leave home for the wolves
young soldiers of fortune
forged in mill green
through playgrounds and corridors
they'll lash at your wings
they'll tar you and beat you
till you feel their sin
till promises given
in halcyon and hearth
now banished from heaven
fall deep in the earth
till all your green meadow
is sallow and cold
they'll rend it with buckshot
and sell you for gold
still you shamble at midnight
in green verdure
bright star of the ancients
whose light is still pure
with ballad and bugle
and weary of word
you'll fight on the coal face
till your voice is heard
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Seven swans
01:43
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spring, an open well
of waters past
build your broken things
a wooden raft
of willow and aster
freed under the stars
the song of seven swans
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Nobody's fool
04:37
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sing on, sing my bonny bird
life is so long
sing on, sing my bonny bird
and right all our wrongs
sing on, sing my bonny bird
life can be cruel
but sing on till your truth is heard
you're nobody's fool
you're nobody's fool
you're so young
you're so young
you don't know how life works
it's so petty
so damaging
bet you wish you were here
ring out, ring the bonny bell
in single file
learn how to do as you're told
you'll be here a while
feathers torn from your wings
sullied and sold
sing on, sing to be strong
you'll right all our wrongs
cause we can't all be wrong
you're so young
you're so young
you don't know how life works
it's so petty
so damaging
this is the way we live
we're grown up
we're grown up
she'll pull our whole house down
it's so selfish
so damaging
bet you wish you were here
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Stars
07:41
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back then the dream was simpler
around the block we go
jaded and dislocated
sold on a faulty promise
of caramel and flowers
the rug pulled from underneath me
the swearing of legal chagrin
the gathering of storms
the lawyers and judges take their piece
the malice of others shocks me
the need to snuff our all your stars
but i believe in stars
how many times will we try
before we turn to stone
it seems to last forever
the public displays of rancour
the spilling of poison blood
that takes us so far from heaven
the serving of legal heartbreak
so perfectly organised
the lawyers and judges take their piece
a perfect manipulation
designed to snuff out all your stars
but I believe in stars
the beach, the flowers
the passing of hours
the nights alone
the tin box of stones
the promise, the keys
the dust on the breeze
the lanterns at sunset
the moths and the flames
I believe in stars
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Crossing
00:54
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bring a bonny boatman
across the spanish main
far away from sorrow's tears
through muir and moss
love will come to us
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Tainted
04:33
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here's our promised haven
frost in spring
some uneasy laughter
the wives they cast
the doors wide open
with wheaten loaves
fire and sleet
tainted
fallen harder
leaves fall all among
her twisted hair
and breed deceit
the lash of hale
tainted
fallen harder
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Where the willows grow
07:49
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a shadow of a former soul
green grow the rushes o
he moves among the empty rooms
and wild blows the wind
he wrestles with impermanence
green grow the rushes o
and broken days that don't make sense
and wild blows the wind
雨ニモマケズ
風ニモマケズ
雪ニモ夏ノ暑サニモマケヌ
丈夫ナカラダヲモチ
慾ハナク
決シテ瞋ラズ
イツモシヅカニワラッテイル
his eyes are damp with memories
green grow the rushes o
a pocket full of autumn leaves
and wild blows the wind
she used to catch them as they fell
green grow the rushes o
and make a wish, a magic spell
and wild blows the wind
アラユルコトヲ
ジブンヲカンジョウニ入レズニ
ヨクミキキシワカリ
ソシテワスレズ
野原ノ松ノ林ノ蔭ノ
ミンナニデクノボウトヨバレ
ホメラレモセズ
ソウイウモノニ
ワタシハナリタイ
there's a place I know
where the willows grow
you know it too
you know it too
you want to go
where the river flows
of course you do
of course you do
I hope you know
that when you go
you'll always be
a part of me
through every leaf
on every tree
and every root
inside the earth
you want to go
where the cypress grow
of course you do
they forced you to
the southern sun
will burn your skin
you mustn't cry
you mustn't cry
just spread your wings
into the sky
and learn to fly
and learn to fly
through every leaf
on every tree
you'll always be
a part of me
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Ghost of gold
05:21
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sleep tight, silver sister
the moon is bright
the wind's a whisper
your mother's at the altar cold
whistling for the ghost of gold
the ivy creeps
along the parquet
all the while baby sleeps
nothing seems to matter
all the while baby sleeps
nothing seems to matter
stand firm, silver sister
the flesh is weak
the skin will blister
women, children
young and old
cry for anguish
weep for cold
cloaked in prayer and
catechism
all the while baby sleeps
nothing seems to matter
all the while baby sleeps
nothing seems to matter
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