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The Touch Of Us
03:37
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Don’t look to me for fairness
The feckless get ahead
And the one who comes in third
Will run off with the cup
You don’t require protection
From teeming avarice or
Hands held down by your side
I know it’s not enough
To love
If you’re still lonely
It’s the touch
Of us
That draws you homeward
I know why you came here
And I know how you hurt, it’s
Like looking in a mirror 40 years ago
You know that you’re just like me
You know that I survived
My years have taught me that
It’s time to straighten up
And breathe
It’s not too late for everything to change if you believe it
When you go, please, take these things with you:
You are strong and wise, it won’t defeat you.
But it’s harder, harder than ever before
Hush, hush
Fears can’t hurt you
It’s enough
My love
Will not desert you
Days, months
Years or longer
When I sleep
I’ll know
I left you stronger
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2. |
Moment Of Clarity
04:27
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Disturb my peace
Shake me awake
Fetch me every second
Of love and life I've lost
A myriad
Of memory
It's more painful to perceive this ghostly reality in a moment of clarity
So I exist perfectly preserved in moments now reduced to just an instant thick
The endless nights and time-smeared days where no-one else can see
These moments of clarity
That waste themselves on me
All that I've seen
All I've achieved
Unrecognised
Like those who love me
I behold the prison that I am in
Until once again my soul's set drifting
Cling to vision 'til fog returns
And drags me back into my ghastly reality
A jet black wave breaks over me
I tumble underneath my moment of clarity
Why couldn't you let me be?
Cruel moment of clarity.
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Noisy party
Lonely table
I watch you approaching me
Then you say
“Would you permit me the last dance this evening?
Please, ma’am, may I have the last dance this evening?”
Cheeks will colour
Coy and modest
I extend you a downturned hand
When you say
“Would you permit me the last dance this evening?
Please, ma’am, may I have the last dance this evening?”
The night is young
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Beautifully Possessed
04:06
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You’re looking at me, eyes softer than before
Bird and sky exist to breathe the air that you will leave
I could stare until my eyes grow sore.
We touch lock as one within the light and sound
Afraid I will never be a lover you will need
Now my feet will never touch the ground
And even if forever takes my best
I can’t be more than beautifully possessed
You know I’m dreaming what a life is like with you
Final times to test my soul
Guessing at my goal
My heart leaps and it all falls through
I wouldn’t hurt you or try to change a thing
Can’t you appreciate the things I dedicate
It’s for you I write the songs I sing
And even if forever takes my best
I was never more than beautifully possessed
I know that my heart will never rest
Until you see me beautifully possessed
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5. |
Legacy Of Love
04:25
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This is peace
Generations melting into one
It’s just me
But division never seemed much fun
So come close
Let me whisper secrets of good days
Legacies of a life lived well
There’s always different points of view
And deeply held beliefs
Seek out what makes us all the same
Not what pulls us in two
What’s a man to do?
Welcome peace
Generations melting into one
It’s just me
But division never seemed much fun
So come close
Let me whisper secrets of good days
Legacies of a life lived well
How you’d like to organise the world
Is less important than your heart
It doesn’t matter what you thought
It only matters what you did
Beckon peace
Generations melting into one
Throw wide the shades, let in the sun
The legacy of love is love
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6. |
The Ones Who Heal
04:45
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Is that a look? Would you like to preach? Well, go ahead
I’ll be in the next room
Do you have a phone?
I can call someone who gives a fuck
I really couldn’t care.
All the things you take away
But won’t admit them
All that you imagine we should give
And never say a fucking word
All the things you take away
But won’t admit them
All that you’re expecting us to give
And never say a fucking word
Submerged beneath such good intent, *such* high ideals
To give a little back
A nagging tug to those who would rather forget
About the ones who heal
We are the ones who heal
Order, order gets frightening
When values twist and people change
The greedy cobra ferried on the meek
Shoulder, shoulder what’s frightening
Haul the banker’s abandoned load
Don’t you dare reveal your feelings
Starve the funds that make things easy
Send me home at night to cry alone
While I’m praying for a life to call my own
All the things you take away
But won’t admit them
All that you imagine we should give
And never say a fucking word
All the things you take away
But won’t admit them
All that you’re expecting us to give
And never say a fucking word
We are the ones who heal
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Faithless is the mirror
Do you see what I see?
Reflected coals of fire
Staring back at me
Did I sleep at all?
Was this episode a dream?
Did I spend the night rescinding tragedy?
I was unoriginally scared
But I did and I dared
To take the only revenge worth taking
Soon they’ll come to take me away
But I know what I’ll say
It was the only revenge worth taking
It was the only revenge worth taking
They can’t take me away from you
Can’t keep me from seeing you
In my mind I’ll be with you every waking minute
Every hour of every day
In my mind I’ll fly away
In my mind I’ll be the dawn across the ocean.
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8. |
Unbowed
05:44
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You didn’t stop me
Greed
Grief
Sickness
Hate
Avarice
Lust
Rage
Heartache
Fear
Pride
War
Pain
Hunger
Evil
Loss
Faith
Hope
Belief
You couldn’t break me
You’ll never stop me
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9. |
Meet You There
04:21
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Can you hear me?
Are you in there?
Are you holding on?
Will the last thing that you hear be me?
Is the warmth from
My fingers
Seeping through
Your paper fleshed hands?
Go ahead
I will meet you there
Pioneering, trailblazing keeper of the flame
You ignore the waves you’re wading through
’Til the water closes over your eccentric brow
And steals you from my view
Go ahead. Go ahead.
And I will meet you there
You’ve done all that you have to do. Let go.
You’ve done all that you came to do. Let go.
You’ve done all that you have to do. Let go.
It’s all ok. Please just let go. It’s all that’s left to do
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The Sad Song Co. Oxford, UK
Solo albums from multi-instrumentalist Nigel Powell, previously of Unbelievable Truth, Dive Dive, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls.
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