1. |
Be A Child
04:27
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Be a child
Be a child
A master
Back in time
You forget yourself
Hoo, you forget yourself
The past retreats, your path release
Begin again
Here again
Back in time
A master who forgot yourself
Hoo you forget yourself
Let go your fears
The path laid clear
Begin again
(And round and round and round and round we go...)
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2. |
Seasons Out of Synch
04:21
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When I am tightly coiled
My mind lurching forth
Here I unfold, here I unfold
Was it my imagination
Saw it from a funny angle
If you don't dream, then you don't fly
If you don't dream, dream, then you don't fly
Here we make our great escape
Hold the hand of mystery
We're gone too soon, our seasons out of synch
If we are fading fast, then hey, it's okay
We're gone too soon, our seasons out of synch
And there's no time
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3. |
Song To My City
03:20
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This city can't hide
And everywhere you turn
Seeking shelter not any old place
Come more like you
This city capsized
From its head to its shoes
Change is change, and everything
Becoming something new
Will you be racing?
Will you be safe?
This city's not mine
Not within, or without
Who will leave and who will stay
Longer than you?
Are you erasing?
Will you be safe?
Yeah either way, any day
You're gonna be a stranger too
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4. |
Present Tense
05:03
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I'm gonna stay by the light burning through
Gonna give something, gonna feel brand new
I've been searching stars at night
I've been making time
I'm gonna hold clear and true
Was it here, was it there, that I wanted
Something new?
I've been searching stars at night
I've been making time
What if we were free of history
Take the lessons, leave behind the rest
Hoo....
I've been searching stars at night
Sinking, sailing, but still alright
What if we were free of history
Leave the lessons behind and just be?
We could, we could, we could...
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5. |
Shadow Dance
04:54
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I can hear you still, from the edge
Where you go
You know the power of your words
And what you think, you feel
Yeah you know
Someone builds an empire here
To your ways they're drawing near
To your ways they're drawing near
An empire for the taking
To everyone a taste of freedom
A ticket out, take it, take it
But we know how the story goes
I can see you from afar
And all you dared not dream
But you did, yeah you did
Somewhere I can hear you say
"Never a master or a slave"
Somewhere I can hear you say
"Never a master or a slave"
If it's not for sale, it's free
Come on now, the curse has lifted
To everyone a happy ending
Everything would be so sweet
To everyone a taste of freedom
A ticket out, take it, take it, Oh --
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6. |
Water is Near
02:22
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Say why the storm outside is coming now
You're wise, don't let them tell you who you are
Go far, and still you wonder which way
But I can tell when the water is near
Yeah I can tell when the water is near
Don't hide the storm outside is breaking through
This time we change, and change becomes truth
Oh I can tell when the water is near
Yeah I can tell when the water is near
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7. |
In Wild, In You
05:47
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Step outside that achy dance
The Hanged Man turns around again
Oh redeem, and oh reveal
Could it be something real
Your fears place their bets
But they won't no they won't hold you up
If first you forgive yourself
No they won't
In wild, in you the fiction gone
Let nature be the teacher now
When all our debts been paid at last
And all the jacks been played
Then they won't no they won't hold you up
Once you forgive yourself
No they won't no they won't hold you up
Now the light is on the inside
Now the light is on, on, on...
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What say the lines on my hands?
Here I've worked all these years
Where do we let our burdens rest
We traveled in reverse
We sought a life of purpose
See here, your fate begins to change
With our thoughts we tip the scales
Not for too long, watch and wait
We traveled in reverse
We sought a life of purpose
But oh, you never find it
A pathless land supplies
And oh it's all around you
A pathless land we find, we find, we find
And oh, you never find it
A pathless land supplies
And oh it's all around you
A pathless land we find, we find, we find, we find
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9. |
So Free
04:01
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The old ways gone who am I now
No tribe to claim me, no moon to guide
Show me the way, the gilded dream
So free, what shall I be
Erase my name, make a new claim
A step along the endless road
The language lost, the roots recoil
History bleached from spotless soil
So free, what shall I be
Erase my name, make a new claim
So free, the gilded dream
Go tell the the tale your orphans believe
Am I faking, am I a ghost
Life on display, screen of smoke
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10. |
Can't Cheat Fate
04:13
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Take me back in time
Train of history
Was it myth or memory
Those miles of opportunity
Fiction or faith
Well I don’t know
You have to trust the road you’re on
Mm hmm, you have to leave good enough alone
But beware, they say, the past repeats
Try, try, try, go on try and cheat fate
Oh, oh/Oh
It’s no crime to dare the dream
Can't you hear the ancestors plead
To all who come to set their roots, saying,
“This is my America too”
But try all you like, they say, the past repeats
Go on try, try, try and cheat fate
(Bridge)
Everything a circle, oh
Everything to ash, oh
This I am today
But soon I won’t be the same
No I won’t, oh, no I won’t
Then this I am today but oh no the past can’t have me
Woh oh oh, oh…
Soon I won’t be the same
Well say all you like, the past repeats
Well try, try, try it can't have me
Try, try, try I'm gonna
Try, I'm gonna show the past it can't have me
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11. |
Wealth of Heart
04:58
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I'll be on your side
With the wolves that had me far behind
I'll be true of words
Hands are open, feet are on the earth
And in this kinship of a new kind
I'll be on your side
You know I will, I speak free
We'll have wealth of heart and eyes to see
How do we know what's real and what is right
Your fears are not shaped like mine
It's only this that we can do
Step forward and back in sharing truth
You know we will, we speak free
We'll have wealth of heart and eyes...
And in the cold we find our breath
All that was lost is better left
Round the dark corner
We'll be sure, we'll be sure
You know we will
We speak free
Cause we've had lives before
Full in love and struggle
And where the demons gather
We'll have wealth of heart
And eyes to see
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12. |
Simple Species
04:34
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Oh it's always the same
One step forward and back again
We can see the waves as they rise
A simple species but we try
We can hear a cold prophecy
They test our fears, they test our everything
Let our love light light the way
Ba bum ba bum
Only trust can make you safe
We were made for times like this
Oh we are stronger still
This could be just a chapter of night
We could turn chaos to light, chaos to light
Let our love light light the way
Ba bum ba bum
Only trust can make you safe
We were made for times like this
Oh we are stronger still
Let our love light light the way
Ba bum ba bum
Only trust can make you safe
We were made for times like this
Oh we are stronger still
Four corners, earth and sky
Reclaim all that you hide
Hold it light the loss and gain
Oh take this offering
Let our love light the way....
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13. |
Finally Found
04:25
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Can you hear the wind shaking? Reality taking turns
Do you fear the danger of staying in a world of your own making?
So it goes...
Upside down you look around your feet in air you're gaining ground
You're finally found, you're finally found
Do you see stranger's faces and know not what they're saying?
Upside down you look around your feet in air you're gaining ground
You're finally found, you're finally found
Do you feel the power of saying the world is what you make it?
And you know you're finally found
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14. |
The Art of Memory
06:02
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Give back my breath, I've not known it
Always the same but ever strange
I tamed my tongue
Now I need one
Deep freeze ever thawing
And flat under glass
I hear you calling
And who's got their teeth in me
In these archeology
Who here's the prey and who's the innocent
Yeah who's got the sweet relief
The bottle in the bloodlines
What cost the fiction, well I'm not buying, not buying, not buying
And so, time inside out
And I'm not running, running after all
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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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