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The echo to your yell, the ripple to your dive
The currents under your waves
Electricity is part of me
I give it up to you
We were charged with the pounding pulse
Of a million years
And millions before us have trembled with their fears
I never saw you, never heard you
But I knew that you were there
Everywhere, I could feel you all around me
Well I know that I am just a grain of sand
Meeting water at the land
We could make our castles here
And sweep them all away
Well I know that I am just a drop of water
Frozen into ice
On the stormy earth, that gave us birth
Over and over, in cycles, lovely cycles
I never saw you, never heard you
But I knew that you were there
Everywhere, I could feel you all around me
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Hands In Dirty Ground
03:37
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I will be a tree climber
Will not know gravity, will not know brevity
Sprout leaves like instruments, dig down
Digging long enough to find peace
Strip down, peel, and husk
Use my claws and teeth
Be alive like fire
Be a fuel eater
Scrape down, dig down, put hands in dirty ground
Scrape down, dig down, put hands in dirty ground
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I saw you in the wild, I saw you in the wild
I saw you in the wild, I knew you in the wild
You were nervous, you were furious, you were very sure-footed
With dreams and intentions, full of wonder and amazement
With a fire in your eyes, your were in your disguise
You were haunted, you were hollow, you could not see tomorrow
In the wild, I saw you in the wild
I saw you in the wild, I knew you in the wild
In the books and the trees, you were spreading your unease
And the hats all went off to you, they were trying to show respect to you
It was riddled with worry, we were all in a hurry
It was crystalized in lesser things, there was a fear in it and all it brings
In the wild, I saw you in the wild
I saw you in the wild, I knew you in the wild
And holding on to high ideals, and living incongruously
You were there among the leaves, and your needs were directing you
And the wilderness, it spoke to you, though it threatened to choke you
You were always aware, you could sense that I was there
In the wild, I saw you in the wild
I saw you in the wild, I knew you in the wild
I could tell by your look that you came from the book
And I read many times all your glorious lines
In the branches, with the sages, I turned all your pages
We were two sets of eyes, with two fires burning behind
In the wild, I saw you in the wild
I saw you in the wild, I knew you in the wild
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When we were green and young as shoots
The world took off beneath our boots
Oh we were picked when we were young
With gentle words and modesty
When we turned towards the light
Choirs screamed in their delight
Oh I am ripe, and ready now
My heart is heavy, it’s going to fall
Out of my body
Unto love, unto love
Oh my heart is heavy, it’s going to fall
Out of my body
Would have died without your gardens of eternal life
That you kept so well, kept so well
Could have lived without the fall into the tragedy
But I’m not Adam, and you’re not Eve
They were brave enough to leave
When they were told
To leave it behind
Leave it behind, it behind
They were brave enough to leave
When they were told
To leave it behind
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Innocent W.Y.D. (Live)
04:45
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In from the oceans they came, a vision, a shirt, and a name
But these lands, they are wild, and these hands, they are tame
Don’t forget your own, a wilderness wish that gets buried in snow
Call it home, it’s lumber and stone, trapped, stranded and free
This is not like home, this is not like home
When you feel alone in a world that’s not your own
Not at all, not at all
Not at all, not at all
Not at all, not at all
Awake at the break of the day
It’s work and it brings in the pay
There’s a lonely dirt road leading back through the trees
There’s a wagon that takes them away
Don’t forget your own, the wilderness wish that gets buried in snow
Call it home, it’s lumber and stone, trapped, stranded and free
This is not like home, this is not like home
This is not like home, this is not like home
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Great Lake Swimmers Toronto, Ontario
Tony Dekker’s music spans two decades as the lead singer and songwriter of Great Lake Swimmers. Over eight albums, multiple EPs, live shows and reissues, the Toronto-based group with a revolving cast of players has established itself as a beloved indie folk act in their native Canada and beyond. Great Lake Swimmers was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize and nominated twice for the Juno Awards. ... more
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