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Leaves Return
04:36
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From a pale companion to a pale companion
when the breeze blows across the water
that’s when you’ll find me telling new weather
or if you’d find me in the heather
Ghosts ache the most
In the backseat I asked a question
when did the city become the country
and how deep’s the water, I couldn’t fathom
and what’s all this calling into the canyon
and as a breeze blows across the water
that’s when you’ll find me telling new weather
or if you’d find me in the heather
if you’d find me in the heather
Ghosts ache the most
I was not sleeping I was dreaming
of sunlight on bodies at swim at the lido
and it was then I started thinking
that’s the night I climbed in through your window
when we went out to find the lake
I went to the water to be with my sister
and all at once I saw your face
which I thought to look on would be almost like death and sun
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An Uneven Lie
04:14
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I woke all night upon the roof
and every thought was a memory trap
now every street seems full of you
and every figure is an echo of you
You’ll find me in some London pub
with an echoing heart and a familiar face
you’ll find me in some London pub
with an echoing heart and a familiar face
I wanted to know you and that’s no lie
which isn’t even uneven an even lie
I woke all night upon the roof
and every thought was a memory trap
and when I dreamed it was a dream of the sea
with only the birds for company
And I think I dreamt of another place
with a darkened stage and a familiar face
where there are no false promises
or empty talk and excuses
I wanted to know you and that’s no lie
which isn’t even uneven an even lie
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Well I called on my neighbours
and I called on my friends
and I asked is this even
or is it even fair
So I went to this evening
and I took it to him
and I said is this even
he said Stephen you’re my friend
So I went to the groundsman
and I wanted to land just where I am
So I called on my neighbours
and I called on my friends
and they called me a stranger
but what’s stranger than home
So I went to the groundsman
and I wanted to land just where I am
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The Lights
04:15
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While walking home from work
I passed a field of bones
and I thought a room belonged to me
though it’s in a city that bleeds me
But the lights are coming on now…
I see from time to time
this place which has no time
with all its hidden purposes
and all the parks with no entrances
But the lights are coming on now… (an ampersand)
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M. Laurelle
04:36
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The Clever Clown
01:52
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I was never afraid of the cold moon
the cold wind, the cold light
I was never afraid of your customs
your ritual, your manners
But I couldn’t abide the winter, your winter
I was back in the world of the cold moon
the cold wind, the cold light
and I thought it was you on the cold wind
in the meadow, in the courtyard
But I couldn’t abide the winter, your winter
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Deceptions
04:54
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Face in the rain, under rusting leaves
the grassless squares and memorials
racked with deceptions and intentions
sickened by lust, a mind wide open
I can see the last word
My animal me, its strange behaviours
to be rendered infantile by remote beauty
which is to say
it’s like a tattoo on your heart
I can see the last word
The foetal horse gallops in the womb
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Not Much Longer
01:58
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Mountain
07:52
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I went up there to brood
where the mountain seemed to know me
with a lantern in a cave
it’s where I found the hidden life
Cloud, castle, lake
cloud, castle, lake
all the words I sent up questioning
are the same as the words that answer me
Every path has a hidden life
existing once in the corner of my eye
and every bird has no meaning to me
and all I see is as far as I see
Some people here
are on an endless lunch break
as if the smell of grass
reminded them of sports day
Every path has a hidden life
existing once in the corner of my eye
and every word has no meaning to me
and all I see is as far as I see
I saw the rooky wood from the window of a train
and went under its boughs when I heard them call my name,
they sang unfolding songs as a breeze moved through the leaves
and all of this was new but the ground remembered me
And I stayed like that for days
’til my bonds had worn away
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