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Reindeer
02:01
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Our neighbours made us
This wooden reindeer
I don't just mean they cut the wood
I mean they grew the tree
You counted up the rings
Eleven years
It's the same amount that you've known me
It's a long time
And it's not such a long time
I talk to Robert and I count it
Nearly one year gone
I talked Sarah she says
'Is it weird I'm so proud of you both'
I talk to you
You say 'life is long'
I talk to Laura she says
'Well yeah, we hope so'
It's a long time
And it's not such a long time
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2. |
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hey , it’s me
Knock knock knockin’ on my knees
I had a bad dream
And it made me want to scream
One little piece
Knock knock knockin’ on my knees
I’ve got an office job
I don’t think it’s noble to starve
It’s just that there’s one little piece
Of my soul that no one else can have
One little piece
Knock knock knockin’ on my knees
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3. |
About You
01:57
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We build a den today
We watched that video you sent
We always talk about you
I tell him all about you
We wrote again today
Well I wrote every answer that he gave
I get on with what I have to but
Of course I think about you
You are my business
You are mine
I can't solve this sadness
Please know your sadnesses are mine
Please know
You are my business
I do mind
I can't solve this sadness
But know your sadnesses are mine
Just like you
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4. |
35
02:19
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I am not what I thought
What a thing to realise
At the age of 35
It is good to criticise
Things that you like
Some of the time
I am walking with you
On my shoulders past the lake
Feel you slowly fall asleep
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5. |
Sunzilla
00:56
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6. |
Haircut100, Baby
01:40
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Blackberries stain your fingers
I'm dreaming I play you that
'Suddenly smile, you took me by surprise' one
It is 2am and I am waking up thinking
You're waiting, you're waiting
Ask me what it was like then
All I'm thinking
Is how words became something far away
'It was like deep sea diving' I say
'Yes, it's like deep sea diving' you say
My family send their best
And I send a baby photo and a saffron crocus
Can you believe they grow like this?
Let me know what you make of it today
And the next, and the next day
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7. |
14
01:23
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When i was 14
The night felt like another place
Endless forest
Campfire light
Ideas and feelings
Completely self contained
The only way to leave
Is to fall asleep
Then one night
I saw the other side of it
Like crossing the Atlantic
For the first time
And realising
That the world continues
Rolling on, on itself
Follows day, follows night, follows…
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8. |
Terribly
01:22
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Meet you at the river
You get in quickly
You always get in quicker than me
As our fingers start to freeze
You say you just can't seem to feel it
And I wonder what it is that means
I seem to feel it all terribly
I said I'll grow my hair long
Til it feels like things are better
I ran home, begged him to cut it off please
I said I'll keep on swimming
Through the river, through the winter
I just said it, didn't know how it would feel
But now it seems to settle me
Joked that I was tough
Oh god I'm so soft
And I feel it terribly
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9. |
Since 2020
03:06
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It’s not easy.
Sometimes the feelings get delayed
or sometimes they seem far away
when every moment’s
death defying.
We make the best
and try to know
where we are for real
and not just in ideas.
Can’t stop laughing,
can’t stop crying.
I can’t complain,
I could not ask for more.
Realised a lot of things
I had stubbornly held onto
Had disappeared.
Since 2020,
everything changed.
Lost at night without a phone,
listening to the radio,
looking out at the moon.
Service station in the dark,
holding you in the carpark.
We are in transit
and this is where it all makes sense.
Maybe it’s better to be honest
with yourself.
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10. |
Sink
01:24
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Sink straight down
I thought I knew
I know better now
Treating the river like solid ground
Let myself fall like I thought I'd bounce
I sink straight down
I know better now
Hold myself
Apparently breakable object
You wrote to tell me
Sweetheart just pace yourself
You know that it took quite a while
To get this far down
So please
Take your time getting better now
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11. |
Never Doubt it Now
02:16
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You never saw me so unsure
I never thought that I'd never doubt it now
But I never doubt it now
I never doubt it
Slowly and surely coming for me
How could I be, love, without you now
How could I be without you now
Use me up
Come wear me out
How could I be, love, without you now
Where would I be without you now
We use it up
Or wear it out
Or make it do
Or do without it now
How could I be without you now
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12. |
Steve Jumped in
01:56
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13. |
A Version of Things
03:13
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Yes it’s me
Just one more thing
So much is lost
But we never stop
Kicking and screaming
But not really
Walking around in our dreams
Every day
The lesson’s erased
So i never learn
I never build
It was survival
I don’t feel grateful
What will i tell him
The baby is dancing
The unfinished knitting
A song bird is diving
Lungs smoke in the dawn light
The roads are dissolving
What are you afraid of?
The green river water
The rain on the windshield
I can’t fit it all in
A version of things
But slightly more bitter
The baby is dancing
My belly is laughing
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14. |
Laserbeam
01:44
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He doesn't normally do that
You cut through like a laser beam
I never know how you do that
Did I tell you what it means
To see you hold him, my heart aching
The pieces of our lives reintegrating
I told you didn't I
I missed you I missed you I missed you
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15. |
Yellow Field Revisited
01:23
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Driving south,
Watching the light change
Violet hills
Life on the landscape
Bodies of water
Names of the rivers
Driving home and making dinner
Feeding you
I’m in the roof
On the tran
We’re in between
It never ends
Is never still
It can’t slow down
It never will
But never mind
We are alive
For the shortest time/there’ so much left
We want to try
I’ll give you points
For getting up
I’ll give you points
For lying down
I’m only kidding
The points are worthless
I will be your friend regardless
O’ how I promise you
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16. |
Been Dreaming
02:04
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I've been dreaming
Trying to summon up the feeling
Of being in your house
Being in your car
Being on your bike
With your key around my neck
On the bike bought by your friends
Cos they saw you loved it so
Take photo by the door
Tape it to my kitchen wall
Did I tell you that miss you
I've been dreaming
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17. |
The River is Alive
03:11
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Condensation
On the window in the morning
And i cannot seem to rise
From my bed where i lay terrified
And recounting all the ways i’ve failed
To do what i thought was right
To do anything but disappoint myself
I’ll stay in bed for the rest of my life
Today i can swim
The river is alive
You’re just one pair of the world’s eyes
Wondering what it is you’re for
Not expecting an answer
Build a massive beautiful thing
Far away and hard to see
Take a step there every day
Also give yourself a break
Today i can swim
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