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Certain Things
05:47
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Here's another sad song about feeling all alone,
my seed unsown, or should I celebrate my unsold heart?
Here's another torn-off note next to the telling-bone
A vote unknown, no tiny death unlocks her silent throat.
But I really kinda like her style
And I really could adopt that smile,
But there's certain things in life
That make me so unsure.
And I don't think that I'm in denial,
Well, maybe I should touch that dial,
It's just certain things in life
That make me so unsure.
Here's another normal day with no distractions now,
Tell me how the time may heal this most wholly fractured vow.
Here's another whole blank page, filled with words I hope amuse,
If I were to choose I think I'd rig the whole election.
Coz I'm really feeling most beguiled
By the fairest face of heaven's child,
But there's certain things in life
That make me so unsure.
And I don't think it would be a trial,
And I'd just like you to stay awhile,
It's just certain things in life
That make me so unsure.
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She who makes the world go round
She pushes her old trolley into town
She shakes her head as she tries to find her purse
She can't remember things ever being worse
She thinks no-one hears but I listened to every word
She who gave birth to everything
She stirs another lump into her tea as she sings
She simply watches as they steal from her purse
She can't remember things ever being worse
She thinks no-one hears but I remember every word
She will go on till her bones they lay
She will rest peaceful in the knowledge that today
She will be reborn as an ageless little girl
She will tell the story that made the world
She thinks no-one hears but I lived out every word
She who makes the world go round
She pushes her little basket into town
She keps secret treasure in her purse
She made me write this universe
She thinks no-one hears but I learned up every word
and I wrote this for you
who make the world go round
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No Trouble
05:46
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Sit me down in the corner of your room,
Feed me with a wooden spoon
and I'll be no trouble
Show me which direction to go,
Tell me once and then I'll know
and I'll be no trouble
I won't be here by the time it's late
I'll probably leave and gently close the gate
I'll wash up my cup and the pattern off my plate
leave them on the side
Let me out in your back yard
Make me softer when I'm hard
and I'll be no trouble
Don't you worry about me
if I'm not there
I'll be no trouble
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Nothing Serious
04:00
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I'm not in love with you, it's just that you're the most beautiful thing I've seen all week,
I'm not in love with you, I just can't stop thinking about you, that's all
And who said anything at all about anything serious?
This is just a pastime to distract myself from whatever it was I was supposed to be dealing with.
And who said anything at all about anything serious, no
This is just a pastime to distract myself from wanting you.
I do apologise if I looked too intensely in your eyes
I was dazzled by your aura, but I'm sure I'll soon recover
I've got no expectations, can't remember any lies
But I sometimes get the feeling that I'm looking through your eyes from the inside
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Lowlands
04:48
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Samsara
05:14
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Caught up in the mud
Just sludging around
I'm achieving terminal velocity
Going to break new ground
There's a drunk boy, coat slung overhead
To keep the raining raining down
The bottle's nearly empty
But there's nearly enough to drown all my sorrows
You'll never drown
I thought I tried and I waited
But I should have known, I should have known
all along
We'll never make any more than this
We could never fake it now
If this is heaven
Right here, right now
We'd better give it all we've got
Cos forever is a long, long time to be waiting
You'll never drown
So just let go
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I've been fighting, fighting so long
Trying so hard not to become who I am
Oh maybe man.
I've been tossing off into the dark
Pumping seed down the drain while I'm whistling Bach, it's a shame
No never again.
And there is no right and there is no wrong,
there just is
and the truth is:
If it ain't free it ain't love
and my truth is that I love you all and I can't make up my mind ...
I've been searching for someone like you
To hold me tight and make my dreams come true in the end
Let's still be friends.
Everyone's a mirror into which we see
A tiny part of what we'd like to be, but all at one time?
Fast come time to realign with all of you.
Ooh - could it be completely true?
Aah - could our love really stretch that far?
Aye - you look so good tonight ...
Will we ever get it right?
If it ain't free it ain't love
and my truth is I'm in love with you and I'm hoping you don't mind
If it ain't free it ain't love
And the truth is it just is
And the truth does it justice
and my truth is that I love you all and I'm hoping you don't mind
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This emotion is too confused,
I've got to get it sorted, check it out, shit what am I saying, fix my head the right way up now,
How can I explain, if you've never felt it like this?
Take my hand, this could be our last chance.
For I am the Hunter, gaze on my form
Deep in the forest is the fire that will keep us warm
Between the fireside and the candle flame
There is a land that has no name
For this is not madness, this is a beautiful wildness
Allow us a space for the beautiful forest to grow
For this kind of happiness can never be explained
And I don't believe that I understand anything else
Fire of seed, hope of flame
The home of the simple and the end of the game
The ending of strife, the stockings of caridwen
The memory of reason and its communication
Freedom if you want it ?
NOW!
You know I'd refuse to understand anything else
I don't believe I ever understood a word
So I'm singing this song for everyone who doesn't understand
And I don't believe that I understand anything.
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Tim Hawthorn Glastonbury, UK
Singer - songwriter
Elder Bard of Ynys Witrin
Silver on the Tree
Avalonian Free State Choir
Invisible Opera
The Silver Twiglets
The Archetypes
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