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all people
05:13
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stars hang crooked in the sky
to remind us that all people lie
on their backs or on their sides
or face down swimming against the tide
she came to me in a dream
with nothing on nothing inbetween
and we loved we loved we loved
until we tore apart at the seams
stars hang crooked in the sky
to remind us that all people die
on their backs or on their sides
or face down swimming against the tide
I held her in my heart my hands
for as long as I could I can
still feel her slip away like hourglass sand
we fall without knowing where we will land
she stripped the flesh right off of my bones
exposed me to worlds I never had known
and on a trail of kisses led me home
where I could lie with a smile and die alone
stars hang crooked in the sky
to remind us that all people lie
on their backs or on their sides
or face down swimming against the tide
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2. |
joyful suffering
04:40
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rain falls on this winter gray
come into focus before you fade away
the sweet perfume of your wild bouquet
lingers long to infuse this day with
joyful suffering
joyful suffering
I lay awake asleep on the floor
awaiting your emergence through the front door
as you have a thousand times or more
and as you will as you never have before in
joyful suffering
joyful suffering
there is no retreat no road back
no one to defeat in a frontal attack
I am all that I am and I am all that I lack
light pours in and out through the cracks in this
joyful suffering
joyful suffering
rain falls freezes to the ground
careless I slip and on my way down
you catch me in laughter and love unbound
and we roll and roll and roll around in this
joyful suffering
joyful suffering
joyful suffering
joyful suffering
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3. |
lost at sea
02:01
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in the tangled light
of this cold dawn
the clothes you took off last night
I watch you put back on
and I watch you leave
like a fading dream
as I return
return to sleep
like a sailor returns to the sea
like a sailor returns to the sea
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4. |
my angel of death
04:03
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standing on the edge looking over and out
oh it's beautiful at the end
the stars in the sky twinkle farewell my friend
all the things that I've done they are behind me now
there's just one more thing for me to do
to take that last step and finally fall into you
and she walks like an angel
my face pressed up against the glass
yeah she walks just like an angel
all the planets align as she moves past
standing on the edge holding onto my breath
that moment where all things collide
my eyes open wide for the first and last time in my life
how to let it all go I never did know
but now it all becomes perfectly clear
forgive everyone and all that we've done in the name of fear
oh she walks like an angel
my face pressed up against the glass
yeah she walks just like an angel
all the planets align as she moves past
standing on the edge seeing everything at once
all that was and is and could be
time slips away into that crack between sky and sea
this is the end where it all begins
where the old unfolds into the new
where I take that last step and finally fall into you
oh she walks just like an angel
my face pressed up against the glass
yeah she walks just like an angel
all the planets align as she moves past
yeah all the planets align as she moves past
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she spends her days sleeping
way up in the clouds
I wouldn't try to wake her
even if I were allowed
she looks so peaceful
like a book upon a shelf
dreaming her life away
as somebody else
I'm tired of this feeling
this weight upon my chest
I lay myself beside her
and try to get some rest
but I always become distracted
there are so many things to do
but how I wish that I could spend my days
sleeping in the clouds with you
yes how I wish that I could spend my days
sleeping in the clouds with you
oh the days come 'round in circles
and the nights come 'round the same
there's a wilderness within my heart
that I would never try to tame
but I have to find some order
some rhythm that I can dance to
but how I wish that I could spend my days
sleeping in the clouds with you
yes how I wish that I could spend my days
sleeping in the clouds with you
sleeping in the clouds with you
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Bertie Koller Whitefield, Maine
Bertie Koller draws his original songs forth from a place of observation, experience, & imagination. Influenced by the raw, straightforward approach of early American blues & folk music, as well as the gamut of past & contemporary songwriters & musicians, Bertie's songs are lyrical & rhythmic episodes of love, heartache, prophecy, reflection, the sun, moon, rivers, rain & so on. ... more
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