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Seafront
04:11
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There was a man
Across the sea
He wove a song
With all the colours of the sun
There was a woman
On the shore
Painted silence
With the whisper of her lungs
There was a call
That once was heard
With every breath
Every gap between the words
There was a weight
That was known
Lifted gently
From the marrow in her bones
For there's no point holding to silence when it can't take you home
And there's no point looking for something that's leaving you lost
For the same sun shines on the water, shines on the shore
And the same son shines on you daughter, making you whole
For there's no point holding to silence when it can't take you home
And there's no point looking for something that's leaving you lost
For the same sun shines on the water, shines on the shore
And the same son shines on you daughter, making you whole
For the same sun shines on the water, shines on the shore
And the same son shines on you daughter, making you whole
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Chokehold
03:38
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How did you find me here
When I thought I'd buried you deep
Where were you hiding before
Cos now you've forced me out of my own front door
Oh it's catching in my throat
I think I'm gonna choke on
the space you left inside
oh the space you left behind
It's catching in my throat
I think I'm gonna choke
How did you carry so far
Hope that things would work out in the long run
Who knew silence could be so loud
Your indent slowly fades from your mattress now
Oh it's catching in my throat
I think I'm gonna choke on
the space you left inside
Oh it's catching in my throat
I think I'm gonna choke on
the space you left inside
Oh it's catching in my throat
I think I'm gonna choke on
the space you left inside
It's catching in my throat
Hope's got to break this chokehold
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3. |
Before the dawn
05:00
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In the winter before the dawn
I slept, you were knocking, I woke, you were gone
I searched through those empty corridors
In the winter before the dawn
So I will look to the west for you
For out of the wilderness you drew me
Leaning on your love I knew you
My saviour, my friend
My beginning, my end
My saviour, my friend
My beginning, my end
For all that you've been, and all that you'll be
Wrapped in a moment of startling clarity
You are my garden, and you are my wall
You are my purpose, my vision, my all
So I will look to the west for you
For out of the wilderness you drew me
Leaning on your love I knew you
My saviour, my friend
My beginning, my end
My saviour, my friend
My beginning, my end
Your love is like a raging fire
And many waters cannot sweep this love away
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I, Hope
04:14
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I was found by the river of the damned
The waters rising, one more minute till I drowned
The hands that laid me, wrapped me tenderly in white
Fingers found me, reaching desperately for life
Where, where shall I go?
Father, where, where shall I go?
I was raised in a foreign family
The things unknown were my soliloquy
To look beyond and see the things unseen
But when they heard, oh how they despised me
Where, where shall I go?
Father, where, where shall I go?
And I sung, oh I sung into your soul
Into things you didn't know weren't whole
When disappointment took your eyes
You left me on a rugged tree to die
Where, where shall I go?
Father, where, where shall I go?
I came back, I came running back
I came to take you home
I came back, I came running back
I came to take you home
I came back, I came running back
I came to take you home
I came back, I came running back
I came to take you home
Where, where shall I go?
Father, where, where shall I go?
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5. |
In the Garden
04:37
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Deep down in the garden
That you planted long before I came
Long before I saw
You shaped the wild
You never cut a root or thorn
But made a picture of your love
From complex mysteries in bloom
You knew I'd come
You knew I'd come
You grew a forest
Every tree, a seed of truth
Planted deep within the depths of my uncertain soul you grew
And from those branches
You drew a harvest
And dwelt within, and sang a song
Singing peace now be with you
You taught me love
You taught me love
So how can I thank you more?
How can I love you Lord?
How can I give you all?
Take every part of me
Take every part of me
I found your trail
Tried to follow through the woods
But found myself upon another path
And lost within I stood
And heard you calling
Your voice the sweetest sound I'd heard
You called me up beyond the canopy
Up beyond the birds
You set me free
You set me free
So how can I thank you more?
How can I love you Lord?
How can I give you all?
Take every part of me
Take every part of me
And as I gave you all
You made me beautiful
And as I gave you all
You made me everything that I was made to be
And as I gave you all
You made me beautiful
And as I gave you all
You made me everything that I was made to be
So how can I thank you more?
How can I love you Lord?
How can I give you all?
Take every part of me
Take every part of me
Take every part of me
Take every part of me
Take every part of me
Take every part of me
Take every part of me
Take every part of me
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There was a man
Across the sea
He wove a song
With all the colours of the sun
There was a woman
On the shore
Painted silence
With the whisper of her lungs
There was a call
That once was heard
With every breath
Every gap between the words
There was a weight
That was known
Lifted gently
From the marrow in her bones
For there's no point holding
There's no point holding
There's no point holding
To silence when it can't take you home
And there's no point looking
There's no point looking
There's no point looking
For something that's leaving you lost
For the same sun shines on the water
The same sun shines on the water
The same sun shines on the water
Shines on the shore
And the same son shines on you daughter
The same son shines on you daughter
The same son shines on you daughter
Making you whole
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Philip Jonathan Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Songs from the North | One foot by the sea, the other in the hills.
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