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embrace
04:13
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let's tip toe on the edge of the day
dance in the sun to warm our feet
let's speak in tongues we do not know
drink the rain from leaves of trees
let's hear the birds who sing in color
weave their nests into rosaries
let's wander with the drifting stars
and sink beneath the deepest seas
if you please
what if this is just a dream
in the mind of a sleeping butterfly
what if when the dream is done
unfolded wings embrace the sky
consider if the clouds will trace
a map of where the drops may fall
allow the wind to steal the sound
when all the shadows come to call
drape the sunlight over shoulders
wrapped in luminescent shawl
as you recall
what if this is just a dream
in the mind of a sleeping butterfly
what if when the dream is done
unfolded wings embrace the sky
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ocean
04:47
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turn the shadows into friends
hold them by the hand
past the raindrops in my eyes
where the heart expands
somewhere there's an ocean made of love
and my little borrowed boat seems to know the way
starlight stitched across the skies above
becomes the chart to guide me if i stray
learn the way of secret things
how the flowers sleep
drift beyond the shifting tide
where all is bright and deep
somewhere there's an ocean made of love
and my little borrowed boat seems to know the way
starlight stitched across the skies above
becomes the chart to guide me if i stray
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floating on the tears
04:34
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flowers bloom in places
they don't know
they're not supposed to grow
for all the broken hearts
love is just the same
captured in a sad refrain
and every sunny day
that turns to blackest night
is bathed in starry light
the morning birds that sing
love songs to the sun
till darkness is undone
floating on the tears
slowly drift away
and live to love
live to love
another day
the grey above my head
may turn to cloudy skies
the rain will soon baptize
my footsteps are a dance
unintentional ballet
as i stumble on my way
floating on the tears
slowly drift away
and live to love
live to love
another day
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4. |
wall
05:10
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liquid sorrow
04:11
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they came to love so young
before they knew too much
the sun was shining then
on skin that longed to touch
and then the moments fade
time is the sharpest blade
and it cuts so deep
as deep as the sea
and the wound is wide
as wide as the sky
too fragile is the bond
for tenderness to mend
so weary from the wars
the heart cannot defend
reaching out again
fingers laced through hands
and then forgiveness fades
love has the hardest blade
and it cuts so deep
as deep as the sea
and the wound is wide
as wide as the sky
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the blackest of blue
03:44
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evening gown
03:42
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breathing in the darkness
belonging to the night
the whispering of sound
swimming toward the light
flowers turn to greet us
invoking fragrant rite
blossoms seem to sway
in colorful display
an intimate ballet
the sky will swallow us
and cover us in cloud
the rain will hide our tears
in shadows evening gown
drinking up the moon drops
while all the stars remain
descending into dreams
the sacred and profane
birds begin to play
and tumble into day
an intricate ballet
the sky will swallow us
and cover us in cloud
the rain will hide our tears
in shadows evening gown
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circuitry of longing
05:36
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when the distance turns to hollow in my chest
and the longing weaves the ache into a nest
i wander through in cloudy shoes
flowers fall into my gloom
she's not here
she's not here
she's not here
she's not here
the hours empty for a heart removed
the sky above my head is dark and bruised
i stain the chamber blue and grey
though i coax the sun it will not stay
she's not here
she's not here
she's not here
she's not here
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mend
05:09
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he loves her with his broken heart
she brings the sun with shattered hands
he sings of ghosts until she sleeps
and only darkness understands
we mend our dreams with shadow strands
moon will call upon the tides
tears will wash it all away
cede the mountains to the sea
fold the light into the day
he longs for words that are not stones
she murmurs color with no name
he tethers sorrow to a sound
that only silence can reclaim
we tend the fire's dying flame
moon will call upon the tides
tears will wash it all away
cede the mountains to the sea
fold the light into the day
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tone drop Los Angeles, California
tone drop is textural electronics, electro-acoustic composition, and song forms by g.e. stinson.
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