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Cill Dara's Light
01:05
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hey
all you lost girls
you're covered in mud not afraid of your own blood yet
hey
head for the woodlands
run the shadows of pine needles between your hands
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Pipelines
04:28
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i saw someone climbing up to the ground
they heard something above this well
a thousand hungry birds flyin all around
a thousand hungry birds in a flurry of sound
it's time to bring the past out into the light
to the other side
let the voices rise
like they're still alive
it's time
we don't pretend to know how to make things right
but we've got to try
let the voices rise
like they're still alive
i'm part of a people that are marchin on
a thousand pyramids, the elders on the bottom
someone tapped my foot that was on their shoulder
i looked down and saw a human tower
someone tapped my foot that was on their shoulder
i looked down and saw a human tower
it's time to bring the past out into the light
to the other side
let the voices rise
like they're still alive
it's time
we don't pretend to know how to make things right
but we've got to try
let the voices rise
'cause they're still alive
so they marked out their graves
to tell them what is sacred
and they used it like a map
to dig up what is sacred
and they fired water cannons
at protectors of what is sacred
there's a mirror, and barbed wire
tellin us what is sacred
water is sacred
what is sacred?
it's time
we don't pretend to know how to make things right
but we've got to try
let the voices rise
'cause they're still alive
it's time that we predict a difference in our lives
i saw forgiveness rise
the most powerful pipeline
in our countryside
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3. |
Allen Ginsberg's Song
02:59
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no rest
without love
no sleep
without
dreams of love
be obsessed with angels
be obsessed with machines
be mad or be chill,
the final wish is love
no rest
without love
no sleep
without
dreams of love
dreams of love
that glass is full
that dam is breakin loose
entire cities underground
the water towers have no use
that glass is full
God’s dam is breakin loose
entire cities underground
the water towers have no use
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4. |
Oriole
03:18
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the hunter shot down every second bird,
said, “it’s just a job, there’s no need to be hurt,
or romanticize life from a storybook
it’s just a job,
and i’ve done worse things when the pay is good..”
oriole, she’s got a sea to sky highway to the pyramids
oriole, strung up in sap like a crucifix
so you lick their legs
oh the sweet release
when you got their feet
right between your teeth
all the songbirds are out laws now
every song they sing is a protest,
and the language of starlings is dangerous
oriole, she’s got a sea to sky highway to the pyramids
mountain bluebird went missing along with the finches
so you lick their legs
oh the sweet release
when you got their feet
right between your teeth
oriole,
are you a river of gold?
i saw you up on the wall
sitting right on the shoulder of The Singer
oriole,
are you a river of gold?
you mean something to me
but somewhere someone’s using you to get off
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5. |
Murmuration
00:50
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chirp
chirp
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6. |
Ava
00:16
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Howl
03:46
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hey, all you lost girls
you’re covered in mud,
not ashamed of your own blood yet
hey, head for the woodlands
run the shadows of pine needles between your hands
how do you know when to go?
when your breath gets too shallow
how do you know you know?
there’s things we don’t have words for
how do you know where to go?
by the beat of an echo
hey all you wild ones
courageous and careless catchin sunsets in your eyelashes
hey, moss was your compass once
read the braille behind resurrection ferns when you forget what you want
how do you know when to go?
when your breath gets too shallow
how do you know you know?
there’s things we don’t have words for
how do you know where to go?
by the beat of an echo
howl…
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8. |
Pacific Chorus
00:29
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ribbit
ribbit
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9. |
Electric Fence
05:23
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i know there’s a time that it’s best to stay put behind doors
i know there’s a time to wrap yourself up safe and warm
but i found a map that’s rollin open from the spine of my back
and i heard a sound that’s pullin like roots twisted underground
take me down to the edge of the woods
show me the borders of where we could go
take me to the electric fence,
to see if it’s off
take a look at the air
there’s parts of you you’ll only find out there
whether it’s pitched black
or the light has chewed up the shadow cracks
how will you know unless you go
unless you see for yourself
run right up to the ledge
give yourself permission to rise from the dead
take me down to the edge of the woods
show me the borders of where we could go
take me to the electric fence,
to see if it’s off
there’s a big black wolf moving that's been shadowing my dreams so long
sniffin out my scent but
i’m gonna go ahead and let her keep coming
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10. |
Twin Falls Bridge
00:52
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11. |
Sanctuaries
04:39
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this is where you turn aside
leave labour and heavy load
old growth knows a different time
this is where the dappled light
powders your sunken cheeks,
calls you worthy of ancient rites
this is where the pool’s stirred deep blue,
you finally fall apart
sometimes it’s the best thing to do
this is where the chaga grows
oracles of age old sitkas
talkin low in their secret grove
this is where the fireflies drift
shadows of wild geese
fall on ivy and hyacinth
this is where the knot comes loose
sanctuary, she keeps on giving
she's still got enough room for you
sanctuary
sanctuary
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12. |
For Olga
01:05
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I heard a story, it wasn’t long ago
Here in my city, there were lawn chairs in the snow
No one expected much from them, those lazy welfare women
If you need a change
You’re gonna have to stand
In the middle of the tracks sometimes
You gotta make demands
1971, a year of protests and petitions
They didn’t seem to read the letters
Their children could die, it didn’t matter
Here comes the Pacific Railway
Built on the backs of the Chinese poor
If you need a change
You’re gonna have to stand
In the middle of the tracks sometimes
You gotta lend your hands
If you need a change
You’re gonna have to stand
In the middle of the tracks sometimes
You gotta make demands
you may have to ask forgiveness instead of permission
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14. |
Beau Geste Effect
00:41
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