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A short sign on a lancet
A grey bird on a line
Four wishes unanswered
One ribbon of time
Who knows what to squander?
Who knows what to save?
Who knows how to answer?
When you’re lying in your grave
A pearl left on a meadow
A post left on a mile
White tear on a widow
Slight turn of a smile
Who knows what to squander?
Who knows what to save?
Who knows how to answer?
When you’re lying in your grave
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I Once Was Gold
03:29
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I once was gold
And I retained all the words I was told
I once was free
But I sang glorious in my chains like the sea
I once was fire
In the shape of my wisdom and fear and lies
I once was gone
And bold in the face of the sun that I shone
I once was lost
Broad were the rivers that I crossed to arrive
I once once was saved
Though I lay many years in my grave
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Magus
03:02
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Sewn to the season
A cloth for the autumn
And worn in your wisdom and rage
Held for a moment
It falls on her figure
A turn for the reverent page
Over and over she wades to the water
And into the ocean she fades
Time is a ribbon that twists in her fingers
And binds to the plans that you made
She is the river
And she is the magus
And I am afraid of the sign
She has demanded
A love so contagious
That all I can do is decline
Over and over I wade to the water
And into the ocean I fade
Time is a ribbon that curls round her body
And curls round my body the same
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4. |
All I Had
02:03
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5. |
Suite For SW
03:14
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(There are times I must confess)
(I miss the loves I love the best)
(Even though I make a mess)
(Even though I do my best)
(I have taken too much time)
(I have moved to spite the line)
(I have known the welcome arms)
(I have known the little charms)
I saw the night come down
He was the blanket hard
We looked around for light
There was none to be found
My friend is lost to me
I could not help in time
I think of him quite well
There will be time to speak
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Waxwing
03:35
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Time
03:58
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Oh, got a few years on you
What you want me to do?
Hey, never saw you today
What you want me to say?
What you want me to say?
Time, why are you taking so long?
Love, why are you proving me so wrong?
There, you were there on my mind
What you think you would find?
Fair, you were young in my head
Was it worse what I said?
Was it worth what I said?
Time, why are you taking so long?
Love, why are you proving me so wrong?
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8. |
Graduation Day
01:49
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We fall and we wrestle and pray
We save our excuses for a rainy day
We stack them secure against approaching decay
We say there’s something better than this
I watched you moving like wine
You were so far ahead, I was so far behind
But I burned like an ember at the edge of your mind
I said there’s nothing better than this
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Waltz
03:24
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I would bring you wine
And amber for your time
I would sell this peace for your noise
As if your mouth was mine
And you would fall for me
I would raise my arm and part the sea
There are few things I would rather be
Than openly free
I refuse to dwell
I’m weary as hell
You have played your game and you have played it well
I have nothing left to sell
So I would bring you wine
And amber for your time
I would sell this peace for your noise
As if your mouth was mine
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