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Cardboard House
03:31
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CARDBOARD HOUSE
Give it to me straight
Give it to me straight
Look me in the eye and tell me now
Will you stay away?
Will I see the day
When stable is a word I understand?
You watch me from the sidelines
You watch my every move,
Waiting for the calm.
You like to see me squirm
You wanna watch me bleed
Cos there's something else you want me to see
My cardboard house seems dangerously close to the flame,
Or the flood,
The waters recede,
I can taste the relief
I can almost believe,
Til there's smoke on the breeze
And the hope of release withers.
My cardboard house is all I've got
My cardboard house is all I know
I'll build my house away from harm
Cos I don't want to let it go.
I built my house from bits of broken dreams,
From a name,
Overthrown.
The pattern repeats
I can taste the defeat
As it rises beneath
All those years of belief
In the strength of a dream, now bitter
My cardboard house is all I've got
My cardboard house is all i know
I'll move my house away from harm
But I won't ever let it go
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Anchor
03:55
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ANCHOR
How can we
Help you now
We feel so helpless here watching you
Cry here beside us, now
What can we do?
We are here
For you now
Here for you when you feel you won’t get through
Our hearts are breaking
Please what can we do...
Hold me
Give me a life line
Something to cling to when everything's tumbling
Down here
I need an anchor to stop me from drifting away, away…
You believe
That you’re alone
Wrapped up in silence, with no way out
With no one to help you, to hear your shout
You can call
Always on us
We will remind you how loved you are
No matter what, we will never be far
Hold me
Give me a life line
Something to cling to when everything's tumbling
Down here
I need an anchor to stop me from drifting away, away…
Worrying, wondering what will tomorrow bring?
Will I cope with it all, or will I drop everything?
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3. |
Both Sides Now
04:33
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4. |
Hallelujah
07:31
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5. |
Sol Invictus
02:39
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6. |
Tears For Lot's Wife
04:12
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7. |
Bring On The Wonder
02:29
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9. |
For Millie
03:43
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FOR MILLIE
Breathe in breathe out
What can you hear?
How different it is
without the curtain of the womb
Breathe in breathe out
Open your eyes how bright it is
outside the shade of the womb
Growing in growing out
Fascinated by everything
Breathe in breathe out
What can you feel
How cold it is
without the comfort of the womb
Cry cry cry
How precious that sound
That makes them laugh 'cause your ok
Making fun happen everywhere
There are sunbeams in your eyes
Loving hard and happy
Pain comes like an unwelcome stranger
It becomes a mystery
And the answer comes too late
You are held and rocked
Day and night without ceasing
Baptized with my tears
Never far from my womb
Everywhere I am you are in and around me
You are the wind, the sun, the rain on my face
Never far, never forgotten
Waiting in the Joy and the Light...
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10. |
Baking Bread
03:30
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11. |
Blood I Bled
03:46
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12. |
Overflowing
02:23
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OVERFLOWING
Baby new
Baby dreamed
Baby loved
Baby loved
Mummy & Daddy will fill you up
‘Til the stars come spilling out
And the twinkle in their eyes
Is now the twinkle in yours
Mummy & Daddy’s love
Baby given
Baby held
Baby blessed
Baby blessed
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Iris Perth, Australia
Immerse yourself in the exquisite and warm-hearted music of Iris, 6 women who produce jaw-dropping beautifully blended harmonies in their a’cappella music with a twist. Iris perform with touches of guitar, piano, ukulele, oboe, recorder & percussion. However, their passion for intricate harmonies ensures the creative emphasis is firmly on voice! Based in Western Australia. facebook.com/IrisPerth ... more
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