1. |
Like I Thought
04:11
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Try to fix the bedspread get the wrinkles out
Push and pull and tuck the sheets tight
Pillows stand like soldiers at attention
But they don’t stack as straight as I’d like
Scrub the dirty dishes til they’re clean
Stack them on a shelf til tomorrow night
The way they wait for me, so patient
I can’t seem to get it off my mind
I’m not in control like I thought
The sky goes gray whether I like it or not
A leaf in the wind don’t get to choose her landing spot
I’m not in control like I thought
Fill the empty space in the conversation
Say the things that I don’t mean to say
Send out all the wrong information
Pours down around me like the falling rain
Can’t talk down a burning wildfire
A drain don’t help a flooded riverbed
Think you’ve got a grip on everything
That’s when it all slips away
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2. |
Here in the Mountains
03:46
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Here in the mountains is where I let go
The trees lose leaves in the cold
And the sky shifts blue to gray to gold
Here in the mountains is where I let go
Walk a hundred miles, breathe out and breathe in
Each thought tethered and woven then unraveled by the wind
I carry the countless stories of my kin
Walk a hundred miles, breathe out and breathe in
Here in the mountains is where I let go
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3. |
This Too Shall Pass
03:42
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Crest the tallest of the peaks, survey the legacies of old
Tread the valley's deepest deep, the boulders fallen far below
Pebbles shifting underfoot, mountains shifting high above
Canyons ever opening, growing wider with each storm and flood
This too shall pass
Tend your sore and blistered feet, find a place where you can rest
Watch the waning colors flee, the sun is rising as it sets
Ever-present waxing moon, how many phases has she run
Stars deliver ancient light, the messages of dying suns
Nations in your arrogance, appraise the dynasties of stone
Crumbling like the shifting sands, the things that you have called your own
The smallest patterns will repeat on scales as large and wide as time
Heed the message you receive, ever humble to the earth divine
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4. |
Manatee
05:41
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Like folds of silk, the smoothest water
The stars collect upon the river
And you alone with your pain
In my mind I see you clear
Keeping vigil on the pier
And then a breath breaks the silence
The shadows move, like angels fallen
Deep scars from some great machine
Haven’t kept her from her peace
Come up for air
So close that you could reach and touch it
You watch it vanish into nothing
You would never ask for this
But for you she surfaced
Come up for air
The screen door closes and you’re breathless
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5. |
Taking Up All Of You
04:09
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You’re sitting on a bus
Songs running through your mind
Staring out the glass, familiar feelings rise
Cause the sounds you listen to
They’re like everything you ever felt
Moving through you
But your body’s still and held
You’re walking on a path
Feels like no end in sight
Every step you take you’re leaving more behind
Because you listened hard to the tones
Keeping you in time to the beat
Moving through your blood and bones and vessels in between
It’s taking up all of you
You’re singing on a stage
While the world fades away
The heat from the lights barely warm the space
But the room can feel the energy hanging on every note
That you’re breathing in and out
Just to feel your pulse
It’s taking up all of you
You’re a cup to be filled
You’re a home to be lived in
You’re a river running out to the ocean
You listen to the leaves
As they rustle in the wind
You hear the sound of the breeze
As her breath draws you in
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6. |
Alive and Well
05:16
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Make this something I can hold onto
Like a stone in my hand
Just a moment to take in the view
Hear the rain meet the sand
Like blowing gentle breaths onto an ember
So I can gaze upon its fleeting glow
I drink the misty air so I can remember
The freshness of this place after I go
Well this is just the most amazing feeling
That I have ever felt inside my chest
Like a flock of birds taking flight and diving and weaving
Well I don’t know where they’re going, but they’re headed west
I’m alive
I am well
West Kilbride
Ring your bells
I left the door unlocked while they were still sleeping
I barely found the path down to the stream
A choir of cascades in a chapel of beeches
Showed the winding way out to the sea
Well I wish I were not leaving tomorrow
The sweetness of the rain, I’d never have guessed
The dull ache of my pain, the sharp blades of sorrow
Were carving out a space for this in my chest
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7. |
How Can I
03:13
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How can I live
with myself
In a room
with no doors
Mark the walls
Pace the floor
How can I live with myself
How can I fall
asleep at night
With these ghosts
in my head
Burning coals
for a bed
How can I fall asleep at night
Some deeds can’t be undone
Some battles cannot be won
And lest I forget
Some words can’t be unsaid
Captive I’m held
by my shame
cause there’s no one
else to blame
I have no choice
but to stay
Until I choose
to walk away
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8. |
So Near and Yet So Far
02:41
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The creak of the gate as it swings
The sigh of the boards across the porch
The turn of your key at the lock on my door
I won’t hear these sweet sounds anymore
I would swim across a raging ocean
To calm the pining of my heart
I would brave the tempest and its motion
But you are so near and yet so far
The wood that you split stacked outside
The songs you would play on your guitar
In these rooms all so cold and so quiet
I know now it was you who kept it warm
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9. |
Gray Sky
04:02
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My question lingered in the air til you forgot it was asked
With you just shifting in your chair moving on to the next task
The slightest furrow in your brow, the averting of your eye
The turn of the corner of your mouth was the measure of my life
What do I have left to prove
Always thought I needed you
To witness every single deed I do
I can’t count how many days
I waited for a word of praise
Like the thirsty desert waits for rain
You are a gray sky
You don’t let the rain fall
You don’t let the sun shine
You are a gray sky
With timid moves my tiny leaves grew only towards your light
With contortions so unnatural, there was only so much to find
Now I’ve outgrown that darkened room and I cannot be tamed
My branches bursting into bloom like embers into flame
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10. |
Leaf
02:40
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I am but a tender leaf
On an ancient, mighty tree
Every blessing I receive
May serve to meet a greater need
Invite the rain
Drink deep the sun
I give my thanks
And pass them on
I do not worry where to go
My only task is just to grow
My deepest yearning for the light
The clearest view of open sky
And though my branch
Will someday die
I’ve served the purpose of my life
I am but a tender leaf
On an ancient mighty tree
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11. |
Holy Hymn
05:38
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When you walk in the wilderness
Through the valley of tears, up the hills of unrest
Hear a bird sing her song with ease
I hope that holy hymn sets you free
Winds will pass through the walls of time
Storms come and go with no rhythm or rhyme
May your ghosts be unbound to roam
And your river of grace guide you safely home
When a light whispers to the mind
Through the wild night and darkened sky
Let it shine
Clear a path to the highest peak
Like a stone sits still where the waters run deep
In the fields where fear may grow
May you find a peace in what you don’t know
When a light whispers to the mind
Through the wild night and darkened sky
Let it shine
When you walk in the wilderness
Through the valley of tears, up the hills of unrest
Hear a bird sing her song with ease
I hope that holy hymn sets you free
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Golden Aster Baltimore, Maryland
Like wild streams through mountain forests, Golden Aster’s harmonies wind their way through lush, indie-folk soundscapes. Vocals take the spotlight, supported by unapologetically mellow grooves and spacious electric guitar.
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