1. |
Intro
01:42
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[Inst.]
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2. |
Poor Woman
06:21
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the darker night
swallows up the morning light
and my mama’s screaming outside
i don’t know what
she’s screaming about
but i feel the wind blowing through
a hollow room
can anybody hear her?
won’t somebody
won’t somebody help that poor woman?
the other side
the other side
my father lies
my mother cries
she’ll teach you how to love
he’ll teach you how to sleep
I dreamt last night
he came in my head
so beautiful the thought
he’d stay awhile
it always wakes me up
all shaken in my sleep
and it follows me on
through the day
can anybody hear me?
won’t somebody
won’t somebody help this poor child?
the other side
the other side
my father lies
my mother cries
she’ll teach you how to cry
he’ll teach you to say goodbye
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3. |
Below
06:34
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oh my love, oh my sweet
do you know
how much you mean?
oh do you care about me?
is this just a memory
passing on a winter breeze?
the prodigal son escapes to his lover
and spends his time
counting his fingers
and tracing their bodies, mouth against skin
prayin on a hair strand
to hold him till the end
oh rock, when you washed on the sand
struggling for air
I saw the moon collapse
oh deep, the ocean drops below
we sink slow
below, below
oh my love, it’s christmas in the air
december flows beneath the snow
and makes its home down there
oh do you feel it seeping inside?
you opened up the windows
let the candles fade and die
and this prodigal son sings beneath the sheets
watching his penlight
watching his feet
and by 8 o’clock that morning, he’s nowhere to be found
gone for some other man
to put him in his wedding gown
oh earth, when you washed on the sand
sputtering the water
I could have died
oh deep, the ocean drops below
we sink slow
below, below
oh stars, when you washed on the sand
bloody nose
my heart froze
beached, a while sings to sleep
constellations
in its eyes
oh fire, you light up in the night
warm my skin
tuck me in
and burn me bloody while i sleep
bury deep
below, below
oh sun, I float around your pull
orbiting the sky
but suns, they burn and die
and I love you, but I can’t wait along
I need to hold on
I need to belong
below, below
below
below below
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4. |
Afraid of Myself
03:33
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i have never been so
afraid of myself
something is changing inside of me
can you feel it? you’re nothing to me now
i couldn’t care less about you
oh and it worries me
to see you afraid makes me
warm right up inside
to see you break down
builds me higher than I’ve ever been
im rotting in
i have never been this terrified
terrified of what I might do
rolling around like an animal
hunting for the head on your neck
don’t lay a hand on me
oh darling why do you cry?
everything is falling down
inside this mess you made
a diamond laying down the rubble
scratching up its mane
you built yourself a hole and then
you buried us inside
screaming as I dig myself out
while you’re too weak to climb
I’m doing fine
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5. |
Caillou
05:35
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6. |
Goodnight, Goodnight
01:21
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[Inst.]
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Ryland S. Dinneen Toronto, Ontario
singer songwriter of the moody piano playing variety
based in Toronto, ON
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