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Good Graces
03:34
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GOOD GRACES
Why wait for Sundays, go walk out in the woods
When I hear my breath, of this I can be sure
If I count my blessings, give my steady thanks
Will that unwind the snake around my neck
But today, I dare to think, it gets better and better
From here
And I wait, I wait to someday soon return
To your good graces, head humble to heart
If I say, I say the right words and no more
Will that prevent the greedy grasping fingers clasping, oh
But soon we see, it gets better and better
And if we dare to believe then suddenly we see, we see
Pull my heart of hearts right off that hook
Bring me something sweet and good
Throw out the map, melt the key
We all get there still
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No One Can Say
03:52
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NO ONE CAN SAY
If I step into your world
Will I ever cling to the edge
Will I stay, stay, stay, stay, stay
Ever strange
Pull me in and push me away
I know you don’t mean any harm
It was you, you, you, you, you
You told the truth
I like to lose and find you again
And dive the mystery so deep
So go, go, go, go, go
Who can say what makes them open their hearts
Who can say what makes them open up their hearts
No one can say
The game is rigged we both know
At every front, armies on patrol
Do they chase, chase, chase, chase, chase
My love away
For now we leave it right where it should be
Put your hand in my hand and sometimes let me be
We are oh, oh, oh, so brave
To try again
How we barter our freedoms
Do we hoard our chances until they pass
Until they slip, slip, slip away
Who can say what makes them open up their hearts
Who can say what makes them open up their hearts
Their hearts, their hearts
No one can say
It’s not right or wrong
We brace ourselves, so we fall
We could ride the wave
Or throw it all away
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Folding the new wings in
Once in a while a few prepare to land
Some will get older and some will forget all they know
And learn to swim
Holding your own against every flight
Every twist, every turn
Spirit in matter and ever a stranger
Each to the next
Finding the old way home
Ages reverse erase fates in your hand
Bring all your treasures
We’ll keep it safe here we do, we sure can
This is how we start a war
This is how we start a war
The war is yours
This is what you wanted
This is what you wanted
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Paradise or Prey
04:02
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PARADISE OR PREY
Take your time, take your time, just let it unfold
No path of perfection, you’re already home
Two halves, two souls, girlboys and boygirls
There was once I was you, and you were me
We turn it over and over
And the saviors shaming, make them wait
Past the myths they’re telling, someday
We shall see
Wait in vain, wait in vain, gold under your feet
Stake your claim while the men of fortune
Kick up their heels
Be still, be still, you’re never alone
You hold close, hold tight but this is the brilliant let go
And the saviors shaming, let them see
Despite the myths they’re selling, we’ll be free
We’ll be free, we’ll be free
Who sees you, who hears you
Who’s got just the thing to save you from yourself
They’re waiting, those saviors just in reach
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Take This Armor
04:15
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TAKE THIS ARMOR
Guess my age, ask my name
The bar is dark and few remain
But we soon learned that it was best
Not at lovers, but as friends
You guessed my age, asked my name
Oh I wish we met when you were ten
Before storm clouds they did descend
I’d take my magic sword and gun
And we would not fear anyone
I give to you this charm
Recover what you lost
And you were always wise
It comes through every time
And should the world collapse
It’s you who takes it back
Just take it, take this armor
Not as lovers but as friends
All good things begin again
I want you in my rock band
Only your roommates benefit
You keep your treasures good and stocked
And we don’t see each other much
Just take it, take this charm
Recover what you lost
And you were always kind
It comes through every time
When you start to lose your mind
Go alone into your fire
Go alone into your fire
Cuz we’ve got something no one knows
Make the language as we go
And when your demons come to feast
They’re not getting anything
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Come, Start the Fire
04:18
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COME, START THE FIRE
Come, start the fire gather all you can find and carry
And manage to forget yourself, let yourself softly be
Once, you were young you are still, in your chest there’s no stain
So let yourself get yourself out of the way
And it won’t be long, shadows find the sun
Yeah it won’t be long, old things sending up
True, you can’t tell, we all say, there are no guarantees
But pretend just for once you have all that you need
And could it be there is light without struggle and strain
Oh bring it all here, let it be let it change, don’t you see
Yeah it won’t be long, shadows find the sun
Yeah it won’t be long, old things sending up
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Searching and Sewing
03:39
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SEARCHING AND SEWING
Grey, grey taker
Go on and chase me
Try and rip the floor
Right out under my feet
Once you fooled me
Never twice
I’ve been wearing
Last year’s eyes
Catch me up, sit me down
Helping hands
Untie those knots
Make it more
Till I’m inside out
Lay my cheek
Right there beside
I know where
The deep end dries
Wring me out, turn me off
Take a guess, search and sew me
Back in time
Oh I know the road goes back in time
Yes I know the road goes back in time
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Kela Parker Los Angeles, California
"A prepossessing voice" (A&R Factory).
No one sounds quite like Kela Parker. The Los Angeles-
based, Portland, Oregon-bred singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist pushes the edges of pop forms with her singular mystic prairie rock, “like folk music, but from a country you’ve never heard of before.” (Destination: Universe!).
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