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Forage Miser
05:19
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FORAGE MISER
Mercy - This cruelty masked as your love
Breaketh the whole, vanished the soul
Shameless - Shameless insatiable joy
Deceived by the gain, from others’ great pain
Forage miser comes to kill the lamb
Black heart - black hearted rise from the ferns
carved and incised, a senseless demise
Give not - give not but only to take
The sun from their hands, scalded parched lands
Forage miser comes to kill the lamb
Close the book of prayer, hold your head in shame, we will meet again
Hurried and confused by all the pain and hate and greed that feeds your life
The scars that you have left behind they haunt our minds and souls awaken cries
On and on, again again, you see the ones reveal the truth and lies
When you wake up from your slumber and you see the world is still the same
Still the same
Forage miser comes to kill the lamb
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GLOW THROUGH DARKENED SKIES
Cherish, soft, sublime
Glisten in your eyes
Numb and twisted fate
Breaks your silent rage
A promise you can’t keep
Falls from your own reach
Saved and dignified
Fooled and riled again
Throwback time, don’t you realise
You can’t be this time
Fantasy divine
Glow through darkened skies
Caught in breathless gaze
Beauty that could be
Distance as nearby
Shadows your embrace
Don’t you run away
Can’t escape the pain
We can never be
Living different lives
Throwback time, don’t you realise
You won’t be this time
Fantasy divine
Glow through darkened skies
Hate you, love me, love you, hate me
Fantasy divine
Glow through darkened skies
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LIVING THE PAST AND FUTURE TENSE
Why do you have to be so cold?
A smile or a touch won’t break your mould
Pride is the curse by which you live your life
But someday there’ll be only one of us
If it’s a dream
Hold on to love
‘Cause the things you take for granted slip away
No one is doubting you’re sincere
Caught between clémence and austere
Flagrant disdain dressed up as love
Living the past and future tense
Hold your head high
Just like the rest
You’ll be happy knowing, nothing’s showing here
Nothing showing, nothing here, nothing there
And the habit of a lifetime passes by while you decide
If it’s a dream
Hold on to love
‘Cause the things you take for granted slip away
And the habit of a lifetime passes by while you decide
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LAUDED AS THE VOICE OF ONE MAN’S CRY
Open country, and I’m waiting for God
Might take time, but I’ve got all the time in the world
Flying, soaring, are the wings of the lies we all see
Worthless lives, as they reap from the joy of their pain
Moved by heaven, calls me onward
Sending back the, ones who follow
Nurtured faith in, one citation
Lauded as the voice of one man’s cry
Searching endless, for the light that we seek is so high
Hollow shame, that is met with the smile of belief
Now’s the time, to consume all the earth has to bear
Fated insight, it’s no wonder they’re writing it down
Moved by heaven, calls me onward
Sending back the, ones who follow
Nurtured faith in, one citation
Lauded as the voice of one man’s cry
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SHED YOUR COAT IN WINTERTIME
As I move forward, I keep looking back
At all the inroads that I made, seem so hopeless now
What could have been and what I could have seen
I’ve got to let it go, ain’t no turning back
Try as I might, to understand
It’s nothing but a burden, in my hand
When we were young everything seemed close
But it’s distance now in my old age
Shed your coat in wintertime
Amid the spirit of a youthful mind
Captivated by the hope of what could be mine
Had no idea I was biding time
While the rivers kept on flowing leaving me behind
It was fate, guess I know that now
And I just can’t get passed it, no how
Spend all my days trying to rationalise
As a way to keep at bay all those painful truths
Shed your coat in wintertime
It’s all or nothing as time passes by
Who was it told you to be anything you want?
You can’t keep up with the fiction in your mind
The false perception of other people’s lives
Shed your coat in wintertime
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Yvonne
02:51
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Wildfire Islands
05:50
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WILDFIRE ISLANDS
Carried forward, by a cool September
August children, try not to remember
Cold bestowed upon you, like a giant
Prophesising for you, like no other might do
Forward onward, to the Eastern seaboard
Up and over, ‘till the righteous quiver
That it came from below
That it came from below and it came just for you
That they might just be foe
But then again, it could be, who can tell, that’s up to you
Shells from the ocean that got this far
Laid out on the sand lit by the Northern star
Promise of a fortune they don’t understand
Prised by the knives from their cold wet hands
Wildfire islands
From the great depths, upright salamanders
Break the surface, upon Devil’s Bay
Grasping oysters, with no knowledge of them
Helpless hands move, through the dim light sky
Perched on cold stone, as the captain ahoy
Handed weapons, for a simple ploy
That it came from above
That it came from above and it came just for you
That it might not be love
But then again, it could be, who can tell, that’s up to you
Shells from the ocean that got this far
Laid out on the sand lit by the Northern star
Promise of a fortune they don’t understand
Prised by the knives from their cold wet hands
Wildfire islands
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Ride The Mast
03:44
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RIDE THE MAST
Seafaring lovers, cast from the day they came
Ply empty vessels, they’re running from the ghost
You surmise, their demise, reprise
To see where there’s darkness
To hear where there’s no sound
You can’t fathom isolation, ride the mast to where salvation lies
We seek horizons, we push the clouds away
Storm rumbles onward, freed by the nightingales
You surmise, their demise, reprise
To see where there’s darkness
To hear where there’s no sound
You can’t fathom isolation, ride the mast to where salvation lies
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Love Of The Gods
03:44
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LOVE OF THE GODS
Power of words, they fell upon deaf ears
Silent despair, the failure to understand
Before it’s too late, all in good time
Warming to us, a notional decline
The love of the Gods descended upon you and I
Hold up my hands, waiting for rain to come
The hills are alive, to more than just sound
Solitude brings, thought after thought
On my way home, I stumbled on goodness
The love of the Gods descended upon you and I
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Dark Robe
05:36
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DARK ROBE
Harrowed, haunted, by the winds that wear the valley
Valleys of green, like felt, are shrouded by the night
Fate falls upon the dew
Take your wings and fly up over high ground
Far from mercenaries
Heathens lay, down their crosses on the ground
Chime the ravens church bells
Withered, brittle, lips poised deathly silence
Hastened as you take your leave
As hurried as the falling leaves
You can see the ravages of time
Lost inside your dream and mine
Dark robe, drags the stones through dust and glory
The heathen’s flock of dead
There will be no stars tonight
Heed distance tides, cold night confides, whispering winds, turn into
Howls of ghosts and screams from the past
If now and then are both the same, then when you are is where you’ll be
And night and day must interblend, you won’t know where one starts or ends
And life and death are both the same, you’re always here and always there
Where no such thing as time exists and life is not spawned by alchemists
The universe that’s in your eyes it burns a hole right through your cries
The vortex is expanding and contracting and for evermore
Tomorrow is but yesterday and last week is a month away
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Chanan Hanspal UK
Critically acclaimed jazz rock guitarist and composer Chanan Hanspal has recorded with Miles Davis musicians Bill Evans and Mike Stern, John Medeski and Jeff Lorber. He has performed with Roots Manuva, Kylie Minogue, Jay Kay, Jazz Jamaica and The Roots. Hanspal has also recorded for Virgin, Sony, Dorado and Instinct Records, and has independently released nine solo albums. ... more
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