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U.O.I.
04:42
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Turn to face
I'd forgotten what it takes
I'm not violent anymore
I'm not silent either
It's too late
No decisions left to make
You've not bothered anyone
You've stopped crying, cheater!
So we wait
And we gather up the page
I gave you my father
I gave you my soldiers
Save the date
It's not too much longer, hey?
It's not no-one looking
It's not nothing to come in
Dissolve away
Throw out all our un-used takes
I'm not silent anymore
But my violence awaits
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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...
Long night trailing in your shadow
Now when time begins to narrow
You were all I wanted
You the one who cared
When I needed courage
Power to be held
Held in our willing hands
Long night trailing in your shadow
Now when time no longer matters
You blew in from somewhere
Wisdom on your tongue
Contradictions, make-believe
Magic to be born
Born in our willing hearts
Born in our willing hearts
Born in our willing hearts
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...
Long night trailing in your shadow
Now when time begins to narrow
You were all I wanted
You the one who cared
When I needed courage
Power to be held
Held in our willing hearts
Held in our willing hearts
Held in our willing hearts
Well I'm old enough to know better
I know enough to see
The years go by so quietly
Yet another Sunday comes and goes
Another Monday waits for me
And I'm old enough to know better
I know enough to see
The years go by so silently
Yet another Sunday flashes by
Another Monday turns to the sky
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...
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The pieces on their own
You came out swinging, I waited
Are stronger than the whole
You came for blood, I was patient
We'll take them on alone
You were my anger, my anchor
We're big enough, I know
You took my fears, and made them all
But if we back down
Our eyes are open, we're golden
That's all she wrote
Our eyes are open now, they are open now
Closing in on you
Watching every move
Say it if it's true
Waiting for the proof
I know this once I'm right
Hey come on
Tick tock it's time
The people left alone
I took advantage, we managed
Will do just as they're told
You came for help, we held on
Please don't back down
You were my mirror, my motive, devoted
Word won't get round
But what you came for was stolen
If we fall out
Our eyes are open, we're golden
That's all she wrote
Our eyes are open now, they are open now
Closing in on you
Watching every move
Say it if it's true
Waiting for the proof
I know this once I'm right
Hey come on
Tick tock it's time
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4. |
He Follows Me
05:49
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He follows me
Through the trees
On his knees amongst the reeds
So discreet
And just at once
He takes in all of me
It's what we seek
Head or tails
One moment of release
And there's one true love who waits for us
Out of the way and hidden up
Until he comes you'll find the rest
But I won't love you again
No I won't love you again, no
Didn't anyone say it's fair
Didn't anyone help prepare
For the loneliness you'd find just waiting there
I've got a wallet full of 'I don't knows' and 'No-one Dares'
We could disappear and nobody would care
Yeah I followed you downtown
Hoping maybe you would stop and turn around
Turn around
Fortunate for my place
Didn't break despite this weight
Until you face what we made
I won't love you again
No I won't love you again, no
I'm fading out
Fading out
Within a life without
You followed me
But it's not like I knew where to lead
I'm not the kind of guy to leave anyone behind
That doesn't help explain just why I'd leave
Maybe I'm so sorry it was wrong
When you woke alone and I was gone
But I felt it better to move on
And you got away
Yeah, you got away, hey?
Didn't need you
Couldn't see through
Wouldn't be true
Sorry that I failed
Sorry that we failed
Our fault in that is shared
Finally
Finality
You gave up on me
All I have found
All we have blown
All falling down
All that I've shown
You should have seen
You should have known
That by the end
You'd be alone
Once at the end you'd be alone
All alone
He follows me
Through the trees
On a path no-one leaves
So complete
And all at once
Lost himself to me
You and me
Could not believe
It wasn't meant to be
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Young love
An old love left behind
New love
An old love not on my mind
We made what we could out of what we had
We leaned on each other to see if we held
Tread softly when you go, telling everyone you know I'm the one, you were right
Ooh through heartache and sorrow
Ooh through darkness and shadow
Don't worry about the sunset, this house we built will hold us
Ooh the heartstopping endings
Ooh the ones least suspecting
You wrote the book while I wrote the song
Young love
Our old pride left to mend
New tide
To turn our thoughts to instead
We were left to ourselves and we left in a rush
The life that we lead is in spite of it all
Tread softly when you go, telling everyone you know
I'm the one, we were right
Ooh through heartache and sorrow
Ooh through darkness and shadow
Don't worry about the sunset, this house we built will hold us
Ooh the heartstopping endings
Ooh the ones least suspecting
You wrote the book while I wrote the song
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6. |
Shorter Days
03:40
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Clouds gathering rain
In the moonlight glow
Shorter days and icy mornings
Bracing for the cold
Snowflakes fall, snowflakes melt
It's a windy day
On the western shore
The lines are down, the power's out
And our evening's on hold
Snowflakes fall, snowflakes melt
Wild storms
Break the silence of the night
Come close
Trees are shaking in the sky
In the morning frost
In the quiet dawn
All is calm the worst is over
All is bright in turn
Snowflakes fall, snowflakes melt
Wild storms
Break the silence of the night
Come close
Trees are shaking in the sky
Snowflakes fall, snowflakes melt
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7. |
This City is Mine
02:38
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Polished with lyme
Turn on a dime
Together in time
But only just
This city is mine
The bottom line
A matter of time
But only just
Call and reply
Try to deny
We'll keep you as mine
But only just
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I've bought love
I've bought faith
Never alone
Never in wait
Solid heart
Cinched in waist
(No-one needs to muddle through)
Busted tart
But what a name
(Do what you do, I won't let you)
Don't fret
Every little detail is set
You'll get just what you deserve I'll bet
By now our lives are spent
By Jove! What have we done?
What a mess!
I won't be held responsible
I won't be held responsible
No I won't be held responsible
Didn't care
Couldn't bear
To look under the bed at night
Wouldn't share
Couldn't tell
All the lies I've had inside
Did you fare alright despite the water's turning tide?
I'm not there
I'm sorry love
But I'm not the type to care
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Insight
02:51
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Still your words come back to me
Walking some phantom fine line
The lines that we draw
We know them so well
And still we're missing everything
Brave your simplest enemy
Fear is the last one standing
It kicks to the curb
And keeps out the good
And leaves us lost and loathing
See the dark and clouded eyes
The distance rolling in across the prairie skies
The harsh hand of judgement leaves
No space to breathe
Illusion leaves its watermark
Looking into our fine lives
One for good measure
One for the road
Until it's overflowing
Swim fast and for our lives
The racing hearts and bellowed lungs that keep us dry
A small start, a new idea
The space we need
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FRONTPERSON Montreal, Québec
Frontperson are:
Kathryn Calder
Mark Andrew Hamilton
-=- with -=-
Melissa McWilliams
Jen Sévertson
'Parade' is released April 29, 2022 on Oscar St. Records / Where It's At Is Where You Are Records.
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