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Palmistry
02:34
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You see by the lines on my hands
I’ve been carrying a heavy load
You follow them across my palms
Where they run like roads
Won’t you come, and read the future, turn it on
Won’t you tell me how I will not feel so lonely
And read the patterns on my skin
Let the fire somehow get in
And see my heart line is intact
So this is what I've lacked
Won’t you come, and read the future, turn it on
Won’t you tell me how I will not feel so lonely
Under the weight of this balmy night
Tell me something so divine
If there’s a future in these lines
Bring it into the light
Won’t you come, and read the future, turn it on
Won’t you tell me how I will not feel so lonely
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What sort of pressure, and what kind of force
Must there have been to drive you here
Was it uplifting, or was it deformed
Faulting and rifting, you folded
What does it feel like to fall
In slow motion despite it all
There’s no time to think it through
When we’re connected over the blue
Everything is moving so fast, and I am unlimited
Everything is moving so fast, I am unlimited
What sort of wisdom, and what kind of thought
Must there have been to scatter you
So far and random, your heavenly bodies
Still see the faint light in your eyes
What does it feel like to fall
In slow motion despite it all
There’s no time to think it through
When we’re connected over the blue
Everything is moving so fast, and I am unlimited
Everything is moving so fast, I am unlimited
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Pulling On A Line
03:19
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The line runs through like a train in a book
Or metres underwater, ending with a hook
It sways in the air when there’s wind enough to lift
Fine ones are boundaries when there is a rift
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line
Oh I’m just pulling on a line
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line
And sometimes it pulls on me
The line, it inks across the freshly fallen snow
Where only those embracing coldness would go
It whistles and it whispers, and sometimes it howls
It sings to me sweetly from trees and in vowels
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line
Oh I’m just pulling on a line
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line
And sometimes it pulls on me
The line, it writes itself across the dark sky
In the electric flashes, ending with a sigh
It weaves itself into a fabric so true
And flows just like the river, graceful and blue
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line
Oh I’m just pulling on a line
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line
And sometimes it pulls on me
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Concrete Heart
03:31
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This was the centre of the world for me once
Where I saw “I love you” all over the place
And that was where the Stones played once
And these are the bricks that shattered my heart
And this is the place where I felt
Like the world’s tallest self-supporting tower
At least for a little while anyway
Hiding out in the subway system
Hanging out in the library system
You made me feel like a harbour
And you made me feel like a fortress
And this is the place where I felt
Like the world’s tallest self-supporting tower
Or maybe number two
At least for a little while anyway
Concrete heart
Concrete heart
Concrete heart
Concrete heart
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I am in an uproar
Are you coming to me
Just want to run with you
What state are you in now
Guess you are asleep now
Goodnight for real now
Guess you are asleep now
She comes to me in dreams
She comes to me in dreams
She comes to me in dreams
In love with your vision
Show me where to sign on
When I saw you wholly
Light exploded in me
This is a convergence
This is a convergence
This is a convergence
She comes to me in dreams
She comes to me in dreams
She comes to me in dreams
Guess you are asleep now
Goodnight for real now
Guess you are asleep now
She comes to me in dreams
She comes to me in dreams
She comes to me in dreams
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I went downstairs to hear the sound
Broken, lean, and singing “Song and I”
The chorus in the underground
I went downstairs all dark and cold
Where they could make the music mean
I went downstairs where they are free
The chorus sang so heavenly
There were others on the strings
Working on their angel wings
Where they call the hammer home
One night only in the underground
Before we all go to pieces
I went downstairs to find relief
The chorus had not left the stage
The chorus in the underground
I stayed down there ‘til the final strain
I stayed down there where we remain
The chorus in the underground
The chorus in the underground
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Singer Castle Bells
00:48
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Stealing Tomorrow
03:47
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Is this place shaking, or is it me
Why can’t I feel mean without you
And everything become more true
The more that I believe in you
Stealing tomorrow
I don’t care what you think
I’m gonna take it away
While I am stealing tomorrow from today
Stealing tomorrow from today
Stealing tomorrow from today
Take it away
And I built this wall around me
And I refuse to let anyone through
Oh no, not even you
Oh no, no, not even you
Oh no, no, no, not even you
And it’s like someone else is driving
Like this body isn’t mine
I changed myself without even telling you
Or even asking, and I need relief
Cause I can’t be sober and win you over
And relate my temperature
I have to get out of here
And you don’t even know half of it
I cannot turn it off, I don’t have a switch for that
And haven’t crash landed yet
And haven’t crash landed yet
Stealing tomorrow from today
Stealing tomorrow from today
Stealing tomorrow from today
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Still
02:51
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I’m still tuning myself to the great key
I’m still, I’m still
I’m still mining for light in the dark wells
I’m still, I’m still
I’m still a frequency swaying, a leaf in the wind
I’m still, I’m still
I’m still searching for whispers in between yells
I’m still, I’m still
I’m still swimming in harmony
I’m still dreaming of flight
I’m still lost in the waves night after night
I’m still an arrow un-shot, fixed in a bow
I’m still, I’m still
I’m still a fire un-lit, ready to go
I’m still, I’m still
I’m still loaded and waiting
With anticipation to fly
I’m still studying the patterns in the night sky
I’m still a note that’s un-played, ink on a page
I’m still, I’m still
I’m still a cry in the night, lonesome and high
I’m still, I’m still
I’m still tuned to an instrument
Of greater and unknown design
I’m still looking for direction, some kind of sign
I’m still tuning myself to the great key
I’m still, I’m still
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New Light
03:20
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The sound of your breathing, the silence intense
The hearts are pounding endlessly here
The wind tumbling steadily, traded between us
It becomes a wild and powerful strength
Ha, ha, ha
New light
You took my wind, and gave me your wind
It passes between us, invisible, pure
The patterns in motion, the birds in their forms
The horizon is only a point on the map
Ha, ha, ha
New light
The holy head dressed with feathers and howling
The mother protects the young and the worn
The clouded dusk drops, the burning sun cracks
The natural world reinvents itself
And turning the wheel, the iron fears crying
The walls moan and sing as they shift in the wind
The night is a prayer that beckons the dawn
Hopeful and patient for new light to come
Ha, ha, ha
New light
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River's Edge
04:21
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River’s edge, so quiet and full of potential
With weeping trees and just enough nightfall
To cover up the strays
I can hear boats in the distance
Making saviours out of ordinary people
Now they sing in a symphony of keepers
And they hail in the harmony of saviours
Got to live, live, live
And love, love, love
Whether you like it or not I will love you
Now the wind picks up swiftly and suddenly
And it’s breathing as if from a mouth
And the edges are lungs that are heaving
And it’s breathing now without my help
And we turn against the darkness with intention
River’s edge, you’re all that I have
And a night full of promises
And just enough nightfall to cover up the strays
Now the river’s like horses unbroken
And it really is time for a change
And it moves and connects with the uniform
And the bodies return to their makers
And it’s good, and it’s true, let it wash over you
Untethered and without a reason
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Is gravity the same for you
Or have you fallen deeply too
Into the light of a dream
Like unison falling into harmony
The only thing between us is a breath of air
A river of fear, a ship we can’t steer
A curtain of rain, a layer of skin
A determined stare, a dare
Sweep across the floor like the wind through the islands
Step once, and turn twice, and move like the current
I will try to know you, though you defy my grasp
Your beauty is static, but steady, and fast
Spin once, and turn twice, and fall in with abandon
Unison falling into harmony
I love the way that your lights come on
When you’ve been lit with some happy thought
So save up your tears for the next time it rains
And flow across the floor like the unstoppable river
I will try to know you, though you defy my grasp
Your beauty is gentle, and forceful, and fast
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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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