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Take me to the Country
03:41
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v1. Take me to the country give me what i need
put my mind at ease
heaven help my body it pulls me down so low
is there some place i could go
v2. take me to the river take me to the beach
put your love within my reach
society is cruel is there no place for me
am i not something you need
Chorus:
Are you giving up? if i knew where to begin,
I gave you my love, it couldn't sink through your skin
And is it strange? To let the darkness decide
Why does the day take so long
v3. Take me to the places that I cannot go
show me where the truth blows
give value to my words they're all we have to show
how precious little we know
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Goodbye
03:17
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Maybe now its time to sell all my guitars
see whats left of me under the mass to tangled wires
i try, to see, what you might see in me
all gone, away, i knew there'd come a day
now i don't want to say goodbye
i'm not afraid of dying now I am afraid to be alive
I don't want to say goodbye
for what could i miss, more than this?
Maybe now its time to spin for life again
see if i can stand to make an honest end
this place, i love, i have not been dreaming of
i'm wide away, i'll watch as my heart breaks
(chorus)
but here i made my bed and from the ground the sky is bluer
than i can forget
but here, no place to rest a heavy head, but i'm not tired
i am not sleepy, i'm not broken yet
maybe now its time to sell all my guitars
see what's left of me under the sea of tangled wires
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3. |
Everything (Nothing)
03:44
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Sunlight say grace to the cold stone I’m waiting
for that firelight god to lift his darkened eyes
and don’t fear the skies they know no need for reason
the stars can’t keep that shiny dancing charade
Chor:
But oh, to feel your eyes on me
to want nothing .. and everything.
Don’t you see how the water has shown you the fire
and the standing statue stones are the current’s greatest desire
and to grace the lonely moon the sun does rise
but like the moon go i
for the grace of you..
for the grace of you.
The clouds can’t hold the weight of rain much longer
nothings as sure as it would have you believe
and the ground can’t turn its face from what it longs for
can’t close its eyes in pain or ecstasy
but oh to feel your eyes on me
to want nothing and everything.
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4. |
Restoration
04:07
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Sing to me my trepidation
in silent surround
dug up from the cold ground
a life unfound
chorus:
Time is growing older
and it has told
that no we are not gold
and our hearts will not be sold
to fill spaces in the cold
tell me please your expectations of me
for i cannot be
all of your imaginary
and leave with me
no sensation
my skin is sand
and i will form the land
as was always planned
(Chorus repeat)
Will you be my restoration and let me be
for i cannot breathe
if you leave
your love
with me
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in the gap left by my baby tooth
theres a chance between the dog and the wolf
but its a lonely road to wander down
to tell the truth
in the space between the summer pine
between the courage and the glass of wine
i'll be a mother just like you
sometime
in the cold i left the window open
in the draft i guess the door is broken
in the silence of what we left unspoken
there's a moment when i wake
when i don't remember that it's November
can you tell me where the summer's gone?
and it hurts my childish head
to think time passes so relentlessly
passing you
passing me
but it soothes my old man soul
to walk home in its dark and cold
and kick the leaves
and know your waiting for me.
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6. |
Lady Make Believe
04:25
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I woke heavy in the sunshine
lucid daydream, turned to you honey
asked baby where on earth have I been
I saw warm hearts turn cold in the light of day
there was love on the baking concrete
but it dried away
i don't know what to say to you anymore
i see waves that break before they hit the shore
so don't you leave me for lady make believe
i know its not easy
but don't fade baby don't burn quietly
and sometimes its hard to breathe
and the thick city air weighs heavily
but baby oh mercy me don't leave me for my lady
don't cry sweetheart
there's no worse than your own mind
mind out for the shadows they move in
make their homes before you know
i cant watch as they dance for you anymore
its as much as i can do to stand here in the door
so don't you leave me for lady make believe
i know its not easy
but don't fade baby don't burn quietly
and sometimes its hard to breathe
and the thick summer air weighs heavily
but baby oh mercy me don't leave me for my lady
but i am on my way
and i am on my way
so don't you leave me for lady make believe
i know its not easy
but don't turn to her when you could turn to me
and sometimes its hard to breathe
and the thick city air weighs heavily
but baby oh mercy me don't leave me for my lady
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7. |
Human Heart
03:04
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Im only trying to tell you how i feel
Im only human I will keep it short and sad and sweet surreal
Ive only words and they can be meant in cruelty kindness, self-defence
take a turn here for the worst you self destructive mess
Chorus: Hey hey, baby you know this world of the sum of its beating heart and maybe you could love me
V2:Im only trying to get to know your worst I don’t care for all of the rest
your in the back of my car, smoking all my best cigarettes
so i lean back my head and i take a look at the best of the bunch yeah you’re a good looking fuck
but you’re only human only rubber soul and air tex flesh
Double Chorus:
hey hey baby you know this world is the sum of its beating hearts and maybe you could love me
hey hey do you think you could see me for more than the sum of my parts
then maybe you could love me
Bridge: but you said that you had your life decided for you at seventeen
but are you going to stand their dying deciding, what it is they mean
V3:
comeon dance with me baby at the top of the hill
nobody’s watching the whole world can’t stand still
hey baby will you dance with me
because then im going to speed and drive far to fast
you throw back your head and you cry and you laugh
you know the best words for life is written in its own epitaph
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8. |
England
03:50
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England,
Did you follow them down
Did you cut off your hair
Despite your greys
Your still the place for me
I heard you shouting
What am I about?
And why are my trainers
Covered in mud again
And again
But no darling its not as easy as that
You can sing your songs but they don’t carry me back anymore
What is it that we’re running for?
I’ve seen these empty streets before
Don’t you hear the busker moan?
Hey England, I can see your bones.
But you run and danced
With thistles in your hair
Tarmac on your toenails
Exhaust fumes on your bare skin
Now how can I begin?
When for all of the lines that you have drawn
There’s a pile of papers all crumpled and torn apart
Hey you’re breaking my heart
But no darling it’s not as easy as that
You can share my love if you’ll share my doubts
And you don’t
And you wont
No sweetheart its not as easy as that
You can sing your songs but they don’t carry me back
Anymore
What is it that you’re running from
I thought your phantom fears had gone
Now I see you shake and moan
Hey England, I can see your bones.
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Grace Gillespie London, UK
"Like Bon Iver? Grace Gillespie's delicate folk-pop ballads are just as devastating." -NME. Grace Gillespie's sophomore EP 'After the Harvest Moon' is out now!
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