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Cover Up the Moon
02:29
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Are you afraid
Afraid of the dark
Are you familiar with the unknown
Are you here
Here with me
Or will you leave me on my own
It won't be breezy always
Sometimes that winds really gonna blow
When the night falls and I can't see
Will you call out so I can hear you
I'm trying to feel my way back
I keep tripping over these roots
The stars don't come out every night
Sometimes the clouds cover up the moon
The moon
The moon
The stars don't come out every night
Sometimes the clouds cover up the moon
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2. |
Hold My Hand
02:48
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You need a lot and ask for less
Your careless words, my mind's a mess
There are things i need to hear
Hearing you are filled with fear
I hear that i fill you with fear
Am i far too sensitive
Weighing what i get and give
I'm afraid to make demands
I'm shaking still i need to stand
My legs are shaking still i stand
Where do we stand
Won't you hold my hand
It's not a trap i'm laying down
These roots are grasping for the ground
You're free to go, welcome to stay
Walk over them and walk away
Walk over them and walk away
We are one ocean apart
Still you daily break my heart
Relieved you are to separate
Between us only space
And still you push me away
Where do we stand
Won't you hold my hand
I'm not here to limit you
Please do what you want to do
Don't blame me cause you hate this town
Because you know that you're not bound
I'll miss you but i don't need you around
I don't want you to promise time
Just to be honest, to be kind
Just to love me while you can
Relax your fist and hold my hand
Relax your fist and hold my hand
Where do we stand
Won't you hold my hand
Where do we stand
Won't you hold my hand
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3. |
The Rest of His Days
03:40
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Oh my friend
It's such a shame
When he was young
He was hurt by someone
And he'll pay with the rest of his days
Nine years later
And a secret kept
The pain like a poison
Through him crept
He wore armor
Made of fear
Couldn't show weakness
Couldn't shed a tear
One day he could not carry the weight
Thought he could pass on his pain as hate
He thought he could give it to someone
Pass it on through the barrel of a gun
Oh my friend
It's such a shame
When he was young
He hurt someone
And he'll pay with the rest of his days
Nine years later
Laying on his bunk
Nine years sitting
with the truth of what he'd done
He wasn't waiting
But a letter came
On the envelope
He read her name
He read it over and over
In his cell
Her words quenched him
Like water from a well
She said god forgives you
And so do I
I think it's time
We reconcile
Oh my friend
It's such a shame
When he was young
He hurt someone
And he'll pay with the rest of his days
Oh oh oh oh the rest of his days
Oh oh oh oh the rest of his days
Oh oh oh oh the rest of his days
He'll pay with the rest of his days
She took off her anger
He took off his shame
They met unguarded
Face to face
He saw her sorrow
She saw his pain
They put love
Where there once was hate
But he'd still be punished by the state
Oh my friend
It's such a shame
When he was young
He hurt someone
And he'll pay with the rest of his days
Oh oh oh oh the rest of his days
Oh oh oh oh the rest of his days
Oh oh oh oh the rest of his days
He'll pay with the rest of his days
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4. |
Mycelium
02:19
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Where did you go
Does anyone know
What we call the end of life
May be more like turning inside
How do i find out
Give me a sign now
Is there time where you are
Is there an end
Is there a start
If i cut it down
It will surely hit the ground
And it will surely become
A humble host for mycelium
And it will feed
The other trees
Is your spirit feeding me
They say you cannot destroy energy
Where did you go
Does anyone know
Does anyone ever really die
Will i see you like you said
On the other side
You had something to say
Before you went away
I got a message saying that you love me
I get the feeling that you're here right above me
You did what you had to
I hope you know i'm proud of you
You don't have to hold all of our pain
Our grief is a measure of the good you gave
Where did you go
Does anyone know
Does anyone ever really die
Send me a message like you said
From the other side
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5. |
Scared to Mess It Up
03:40
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For years my heart's been pumping blood, my blood
But it was reborn in the flood
Oh our love is so young, so young
And I don't believe there's just one
Although our love is so young, so young
And I don't believe there's just one
Oh I've never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
Over time I have formed callouses
You say soften your sharp edges
You should know I would not melt for you right now
Even if I remembered how
And I know that I don't need you here
Still I cannot shake this fear
Although I know that I don't need you here
Still I cannot shake this fear
Oh I have never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
Oh I have never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
It does not matter which of us is right or wrong
Before I met you I felt strong
My fear is not a sign of weakness
It's telling me that this is dangerous
It's clear to me that this will break before it bends
I'm learning to be wary when
I have never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
Oh I have never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
Oh I have never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
Oh I have never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
Oh I have never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
Oh I have never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
Oh I have never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
Oh I have never wanted someone so much
Or been so scared to mess it up
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6. |
Garden
03:09
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It is a garden
It is a garden
It is a garden
It is a garden
It is a garden
That you grow
Its seeds you sow
It will never demand
You let down your guard
Forget all your scars
It is a garden
It is a garden
It is a garden
It is a garden
It is something that you do
Not something you find
It's never unkind
It does not happen to you
It's something you choose
And you can choose who
It is a garden
It is a garden
It is a garden
It is a garden
It is a garden
That you grow
Its seeds you sow
Seeds you sow
Its seeds you sow
Its seeds you sow
It is a garden that you grow
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7. |
More Like a Home
02:34
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She is around me
Her clothes and her jewelry
I wear them every day
So I can feel her holding me
Now she's in my dreams
Talking to me in my sleep
She walks into the room
And lays down next to me
I tell her that it's strange to feel her body
You cannot see
I have lost a part of me
You wanted me to cry
Over you the week that she died
You couldn't hear me
When I told you
I lost a person who was more like a home
Sorrows entwined
All tangled in my mind
I lost you both at the same time
Realizing you had never been mine
All tangled in my mind
You cannot see
I have lost a part of me
You couldn't hear me
When I told you
I lost a person who was more like a home
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8. |
I Tried to Be Good
03:15
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On that first morning
With your hands around my neck
Was that some kinda joke
Or what I could expect
I tried to be good
To do what I thought I should
Never enough
I gave til I was broke
Trapped in my own home
You had me by the throat
I tried to be good
To do what I thought I should
Sipping spirits on the bathroom floor
Whispers through the bedroom door
Seemed like you always wanted more
So much I wish I'd known before
I tried to be good
To do what I thought I should
I tried to be good
To do what I thought I should
You wore me down
You never let me say no
You used my mistakes
And as you stepped on me you rose
Still I tried to be good
To do what I thought I should
Oh I tried to be good
To do what I thought I should
Oh I tried to be good
To do what I thought I should
I tried to be good
To do what I thought I should
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9. |
Supernatural
02:25
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Last night you were dead in my dreams, last night
And I kissed your ghost
We talked in the hallway, we talked
Did we stand or float
I think you are heavenly
You're the supernatural for me
When we touched I was surprised we touched
And how you felt alive
I could see right through your body, I could see
I touched you and survived
I think you are heavenly
You're the supernatural for me
You didn't much look like yourself, yourself
Or like anyone else
I'm not sure I know you at all, I'm not sure
Only how your spirit felt
I think you are heavenly
You're the supernatural for me
I think you are heavenly
You're the supernatural for me
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We built a house underwater on the ground
My sister, my sister and i
I didn't notice within those walls
We were crumbling all the while
Why can't it ever be easy
Why can't it ever be fine
Is there a storm that's following me
I wreck a good thing every time
I wreck a good thing every time
When i'm on my own
It's one long, cloudy day
Always calm when i'm alone
No sunshine, no hurricane
No sunshine, no hurricane
No sunshine, no hurricane
We laughed until our bellies ached
We dreamed up schemes and laid out plans
There was nothing we couldn't do
With spit and wood scraps and our four hands
Whether i am to blame or not
Seems love always ends in loss
Is there a storm that i can't see
I wreck a good thing and it wrecks me
I wreck a good thing and it wrecks me
When i'm on my own
It's one long, cloudy day
Always calm when i'm alone
No sunshine, no hurricane
No sunshine, no hurricane
No sunshine, no hurricane
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11. |
Where Time Is Free
03:29
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Ribbons of gravel, winding round those hills
Wrapped in wheat and willow trees
Forest of oak so fine
Pastures and ponds and Pine
Black-eyed Susans sipped by honeybees
It is a gift you see
Just the chance to be
In a place where time ain't money
In a place where time is free
Perhaps my favorite part was the quiet Mountain song
Cicadas and crickets in the choir
Hawks hung on the high notes
The hens were scratching, keeping Time
The rooster solod at the twilight hour
It is a gift you see
Just the chance to be
In a place where time ain't money
In a place where time is free
And in the winter an ice white blanket
Wrapped us in a quiet peace
Wood crackled in the fireplace
Oak in the air that you could taste
Even if we could, we would not leave
It is a gift you see
Just the chance to be
In a place where time ain't money
In a place where time is free
Far from the city lights, the stars clear in the sky at night
Won't miss the scramble or the strife
Won't miss the city streets
The endless cars and concrete
I wanna live where time is free
It is a gift you see
Just the chance to be
In a place where time ain't money
In a place where time is free
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12. |
You Won't Let Me Go
03:15
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I show you my cards
Yours are in your hand
You keep up your guard
I give all I can
You don't want to lose me
And you think if I know
That you don't want to lose me
I'll let you go
You won't let me let you go
You need me wanting
So you withhold
You are taunting me
You need control
You want to be free
And not be alone
You want to be with me
You want to roll like a stone
You won't let me go
You won't let me go
As long as you're in control
You cannot be alone
You won't let me go
Love is your game
You hate to lose
You'll only win
If i think that I need you
The seeds that you sow
You make me believe
If i let you go
I'll always be lonely
So I won't let you go
You won't let me go
As long as you're in control
You cannot be alone
You won't let me go
You won't let me go
As long as you're in control
You cannot be alone
You won't let me go
You won't let me go
As long as you're in control
You cannot be alone
You won't let me go
You won't let me go
As long as you're in control
You cannot be alone
You won't let me go
You won't let me go
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13. |
Oh Sophia
03:23
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When the life force left your body
Did it enter the atmosphere
All the lessons and the memories
That you gathered all your years
Did you leave them in the Meadows
In the mountains far or near
Oh Sophia, how I miss ya
You put yourself to rest and I pray your pain is gone
Are you laughing, are you singing
Are you dressed up in color and light
Do you feel, do you remember
Are you contented or do you miss your life
Oh Sophia, how I miss ya
You put yourself to rest and I pray your pain is gone
Is it peaceful where you landed
Are you joyful on the other side
Can I join you when I leave here
Will I see you when I die
Oh Sophia, how I miss ya
You put yourself to rest and I pray your pain is gone
You put yourself to rest and I pray your pain is gone
You put yourself to rest and I pray your pain is gone
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Zoe Boekbinder New Orleans, Louisiana
Nomadic at heart and a creator at their core, Zoe Boekbinder (they/them) was born on a farm into a family of four children. While music wasn't very present in their upbringing, Boekbinder recalls some of their first memories as making up songs. For them, music is as natural and as necessary as breath. Songwriting has become their resistance language. ... more
Zoe Boekbinder recommends:
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Dreamy.
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Creepy beautiful.
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Sister.
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Split the Light
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THANK YOU FOR THE POST CARD. Love your work, Kim. Glad to be able to support you.
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