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Torn Vine
04:34
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Sometimes I wonder if I’m too far uprooted
Am I cut too deep to lay claim to this land?
Perhaps I’m estranged, I’m too far pulled out
Left on the side with the weeds and the sand
What happens when severed But I still grow up strong?
Where do my veins reach? Do I even belong?
Where do I pull from When I stand in a crowd?
Where is my common face, Is it masked in a shroud?
Are these peaks my mountains? Is this water my stream?
Can I claim this rock, A stretch though it seems?
My bare feet to the earth Who hears me call?
Who feels my heartbeat When I’m alone and small?
Which family’s ghosts Will haunt me and play?
Which ancestor’s spirits Protect me and stay?
What is blood? What are lines?
Are cuts healed through time?
Am I accepted, am I enough?
Are vines sutured with love?
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2. |
Empty Arms
03:18
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You’ve always been a part of me, the worst part I feared
my arms have been empty all of these years
I may have regrets but this isn’t one
I gave you the best chance under the sun
I love you child, I love you so
I love you child, so I let you go
I love you child, I love you so
I love you child, so I let you go
The air we breathe and the rain too
Is my only way of being with you
So I love the drizzle and I love the wind
perhaps then in time I’ll see you again
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3. |
Stone Walls
04:46
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I’m building my wall so I can hide
I don’t want to show you what is inside
Admire the carvings, fine inlaid bone
Don’t peek within, I’m chiseling stone
Stone walls are going up,
I want to deceive you
Stone walls, are they enough
I want to believe it’s true
My structure is heavy, it’s hard to leave
It burdens me plenty, a struggle to breathe
I made the effort, I spent the time
to craft this facade, disguise what you’ll find
Don’t look for cracks or catapult in
Whatever you throw will be met with a grin
Stones are quiet, leave them as they lie
My wall is up and everything’s fine
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4. |
Smoke
03:16
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Shifting with the breath of wind
curls unfold invisibly
Running tendrils through my hair
Infiltrating where I sleep
In my dreams I see flames
kept me warm for so long
Sleep must end and I must wake
Smoke remains, the rest is gone
All I have is smoke to wear
All I have is smoke to see
All I have is smoke to bear
Smoke to hold my memories
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5. |
15,000 Days
03:35
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In fifteen-thousand days will you still want me
In fifteen-thousand days will you know my face
In fifteen-thousand days what will we have in common
In fifteen-thousand days will your heart have space
Is there a right or wrong way, uncertainty is an uneasy place
What do we do, what do we say, after fifteen-thousand days
Fifteen-thousand, fifteen-thousand, fifteen-thousand days
What do we do, what do we say, After fifteen-thousand days
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6. |
Never Been A Ghost
04:40
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Never been a ghost before, Risen from the dead
thought that I’d accepted death Put thoughts of life to bed
Woke up unexpectedly Haunting those I meet
I wish to be a bit opaque I don’t mean to be a freak
Suddenly so suddenly I became a ghost
summoned unexpectedly popped up fresh as toast
Wonderfully so wonderfully I can see again
See the world through your eyes, a chance to live again
Funny people don’t believe I am who they think
looking at me closely now Their doubts begin to sink
They can’t deny my likeness Or what their gut may feel
I was hidden well away now there’s no dispute I’m real
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7. |
Into the Chill
05:04
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Tree trunks are my skeleton, Ivy, veins that climb
The leaves will hug me soon, once the sun returns to shine
No yellow or ruby red, to show upon my limbs
still I’ll sway in cloudy gray, moved by the northern wind
Even through the bitterness, the world can be so beautiful
So beautiful, so beautiful, the world can be so beautiful
Into the chill, winter’s thrill, the wind will pierce you through
Wrap your sides, storm subsides, warmth again renews
On shortest days darkness hangs, all seems heavy on your brow
Know the cold won’t be so bold, change is coming now
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Lightning
03:54
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Always felt a little scattered
Unsure of the blue skies
Unsure of the sunny days
Shifting like tornado’s eye
Always felt more comfortable
Dancing in the pelting rain
Dancing to the thunder
made me a little more sane
When my arms reached as wide
As wide as they could go
Saw a spark flash ‘cross the sky
saw my life unfold
I finally reached the ground,
Reached the ground and touched the sky
I finally came together,
Came together for the very first time
Always felt the weight of static
Searching in the air
Searching for the perfect path
An answer to a prayer
Always felt content enough
Living with my storm
Living with the hope to find out
How I’ve been transformed
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Wake Up
03:37
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I can hear the birds, in the gray dawn
I can hear them murmuring, about what’s to come
Louder and louder, their voices raise,
Until just outside, my window pane
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
The cold air lingers, frigid from the night,
Soon to be broken, with morning’s light
The sun reaches, the tops of trees,
Spreads to the forest, surrounding me
I’m waiting for the sun’s rays, Waiting for the light to dispel the haze
It’s a new day, it’s a new day, Time to rise
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10. |
Biggest Wave
04:35
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I never knew that love
Could wrestle me to the ground
I never knew that love
Could stretch my heart, further expound
I never knew that love
could pierce me through and back again
I never knew love so profound
could sprout in days and bloom within
I stood beneath the biggest wave
The biggest wave I’ve ever found
I found the biggest wave of love
The kind of love that knocks you down
The kind of love that knocks you down
It stripped me of my flesh and blood
Hollowed out my bones
Disintegrated all of me like
Sand the dust of crushing stones
Yet beyond the undertow
the aftermath of the storm
With love from the biggest wave
I am now reborn
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11. |
Thirst for Rain
05:11
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Do you know my thirst for rain?
Do you know, oh do you know?
The happy sound going down the drain?
Do you know, oh do you know?
Do you know the sound it makes?
Do you know, oh do you know?
Dancing on the rooftop shakes
Do you know, oh do you know?
I await the breath of fog, held until the clouds do nod
Release and let the heavens drain, yes it’s time for rain
Do you know the old oak grove?
Do you know, oh do you know?
Gnarled arms no longer grow
Do you know, oh do you know?
Do you know the brittle grass
Do you know, oh do you know?
Do you know how long my thirst can last?
Do you know, oh do you know?
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12. |
Ignite the Sky
05:57
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I asked the moon and stars to play one evening in the spring
radiant and glowing adore the light they bring
But clouds begin to gather the night no longer clear
Celestial friends move on, I’m wishing they were near
Lovely silver moon stars shining at your side
Smoothly sailing overhead in the darkness ride
How do you rise and fall, look so near to me
I wish you’d stay, I wish you’d stay
But we go on separately
Climb up starlight’s ladder grab a moon beam’s hand
Meet them where they rise, follow where they set on land
Keep on building stairs until toppling to the sea
Moon is locked in heaven’s box the sun the only key
Ignite the sky, ignite the sky, the moon and I, the moon and I
Together run and meet the sun then we’ll know the stars align
We’ll know the stars align
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13. |
I Found My Stars
04:44
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I found my stars, I found my stars, I can see them shine
So far away, so far away, At least I know they’re mine
They don’t know, they don’t know, I’m here shining too
Will they find out, will they find out, Perhaps someday they’ll know the truth
For too long, for too long, I only knew the sun
Now I know, now I know where, in the sky I belong
My shooting star, my shooting star, Came to guide my gaze
So I looked, so I looked, above through heaven’s maze
Perhaps in time, perhaps in time, My stars will know me too
Closer, ever closer, I hope to meet them soon
I hope to meet them soon
I found my stars, I found my stars, I can see them shine
So far away, so far away, now I know they’re mine
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The A.M.s Seattle, Washington
The A.M.s are an eclectic indie duo separated by 1000 miles. Though their songs spread across diverse genres their sound is rooted in piano, guitar and upright bass. Lyrically driven, the music is woven from folk, soul, Americana, and world music, topped with Adrian’s expressive phrasing, and rounded out by Mariko’s inventive piano and harmonies. ... more
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