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Time alone
Seething, ungenerous
So frustrated
Can you get back to the
Place where you felt so unrestrained
Or are you too removed
To even have fun
Are your summer days done
And all of the time you spent alone
It never comes back around again
But could you be better off my lonely friend
If you get back to the place where you begin
Time alone
Going back over it
Profligated
All you held holy it
Feels so bad, cause what would daddy think about this
Wastrel kid
The prodigal son
The fortunate one
And all of the time you spent alone
It never comes back around again
But could you be better off my lonely friend
If you get back to the place where you begin
Reaching out, offering a way to get along
Tie one on get on with it
Lord knows that you’ve had your share
Feeling worse for ware for too long
So what’s wrong
Come about, down and out
You’re always welcome here
Never fear you’re near enough to know
It’s only in your mind
They were strange strange times
But they’re done
At least you had fun
And all of the time you spent alone
It never comes back around again
But could you be better off my lonely friend
If you get back to the place where you begin
(Get back to the place where you begin)
Get back to the place where you begin
If you get back to the place where you begin
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2. |
These Things Too
03:31
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Seeking sights under the lights of summertime
Not on my own
We’ll start a brave new story now
Your shining eyes behind your hair all bedded down
You’re not my own
But if you’re game let’s play
Even if it’s only off and on again I’ll let it ride
I just can’t get you out of my headlights
Even if it’s not to stay the same way till the end of time
I don’t care about that
I just want to hang around you
We’ll paint this town blue
The things we’ll do
You’ll want these things too
Hidden helpless on the dark side of the globe
You’re not alone
We’ll brave this haze together now
Heading home to see you darkening my door
Our love has grown
We’re in that same old play
And when it’s few and far between the better things in life
I meant all that I said at the start-light
And when the ghosts are coming close
I’ll hold you safe and tight
With a love strong as that
They won’t want to hang around you
You’ll keep this world blue
The things you’ll do
I’ll want these things too
Glad I found you
Good things abound and
Are bound for you
You’ll want these things too
So glad I found you
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3. |
Waxwing
03:20
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Waxwing darling
Champagne in the snow
Always know just where to go
Dig their hearts out of the snow
And you’re gone, far away from our home
Far away from all of them that wanted you around
Waxwing darling
Gradient and flare
Always know there’s something there
Pull it right out of thin air
And your song, carried from the arbor
Reedy thin and fluttering so radiant and fair
In the moment you’re not in any other
In a moment you won’t have to suffer me
Flying free constantly
Waxwing Starling
Ghost of the green field
Like the seasons’ spinning wheel
You are something perennial
And you’re gone, far away from our hope
So far that it kills me how I half-forget your sound
In the moment you’re not in any other
In a moment you won’t have to suffer me
Flying free constantly
Waxwing waxwing waxwing
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4. |
Stella's Sleeping
03:05
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I lay upstairs, something stirring
Crept down to it, held back curtains
Moonlight on the concrete in the
South facing third room
You there, your shape, lying, running
Slow Soft Sleep On
Sleep soft dream on
Don’t wake Lie still
Don’t fear Lie there
Sleep in Deep in
Softly Slowly
Wonderful thing, peaceful lying
Chasing their tails, snapping howling
Sunlight on the green grass at the
Siberian gatheriang
You there, blank shade, smiling, running
Slow Soft Sleep On
Sleep soft dream on
Don’t wake Lie still
Don’t fear Lie there
Sleep in Deep in
Softly Slowly x2
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I'm In Love
04:37
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I’m in love, feels so different today
I’m in love, for the first time I can say
It’s not hard to just be living
To get back what I’ve been giving
Figure out what I’ve been missing being lonely
I’m in love, feel like something floated down
From above, I believe I’ve truly found it
Even love comes to a wastrel
Down and out and off his face still
In his hour of need it really comes around
All the love that I can give,
I give to you my only one my darling
Don’t even think of bargaining
Oh the sound of love will sing
The song in time and harmony
Oh can you hear it baby
I’m in love, now everything is great
I’m in love, I don’t care what people say
Like we barely see you these days
And you’ve changed in all of these ways
As if I should just go back to being lonely
All the love that I can give
I give to you my only one my darling
The fates they must be pardoning me
Oh the sound of love will sing
The song reminds you of the time
That’s ticking away baby
After all the time I’m still reminded
After all the wine I’m still reminded
Love comes love easily goes
But all the love that I can give
I give to you my only one my lovely
Because you’re a part of me now
Oh the sound of love will sing
The song off time and discordant
Eventually baby
Oh Love Oh Love Oh Love Oh No Oh No
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6. |
Boho Grove
03:21
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Ye Olde Bohemian Grove
Its a secret party
Down south by the old Split Crow
North of impossible
There’s still time to dress
We’re not ready yet
Slipping on a long silk glove
You’re like a gliding siren
Step into a banquet of
The irresponsible
There’s no time to fret
Take your one last breath
And down we go
To Boho Grove
It’s sacred and obscene
And things aren’t what they seem
Taken down the garden path
To an ancient circle
Ring around the midnight mass
They’re all in rococo
There’s still sights to set
We’re not finished yet
Did you get a glimpse of Him
Is He man or creature
Tell me what the difference is
And who’s responsible
Don’t try to redact
There’s no turning back
Owl eyes and carnival lights glow
Now Hierarchical lines show
And down we go
To Boho Grove
It’s sacred and obscene
And things aren’t what they seem
And down we go
It’s boho grove
It’s sacred and obscene
And no one hears the scream
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You're a Dream
02:57
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The warmth of your smile’s like the tender warmth of the sun
That cuts through the fog around my mind where it’s hovered so long
You say keep time, keep up, next song
Don’t fear, regret, swing low, straight on
But just like all the other ones
You won’t hang round for long
You’re a dream, you’re beautiful, and you’re gone
You raise me up upon a cloud and send me overtop the swing
You find me sunken in the desert, frozen in the spring
You’re tightrope walking into space
You scare them with your one true face
That looks just like the other ones you suffered far too young
You’re a dream , you’re beautiful, and you’re gone
Always turning on a dime you can’t get tied up in the purpose
And you come up from behind before you slip beneath the surface for so long
So long, so long
I once felt the calling and I fought away all the blues
I held up all my ends and yet you still faded from my view
You smiled, I sighed, last call, last song
I say goodbye, good save. So long
Cause you’re just like all the other ones, when all is said and done
You’re a dream, you’re beautiful, and you’re gone
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8. |
Cassandra
03:45
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Darkening the day’s at an end
Lay your innocent head down long
Far from the dawn
Taken by the hand and then led
To the place where he said turn on
Lay with your god
Stall me its your call but know that all will be foreseen
And no one will listen to the song you sing
To your warning
Cassandra
No one wants to hear their own bells ring
Before morning
Cassandra
Awaken to the smell of incense
To the papers and plans all wrong
To the knife drawn
Harken to the visions again
To your sisters and friends all gone
To your love gone
All those things ring hollow things Apollo made you see
And no one listens to the song you sing
To your warning
Cassandra
No one lives to hear their own bells ring
In the morning
Cassandra
Cassandra
Just as when it happened back then
You knew that our love was wrong
Knew all along
I said that you’re more than a friend
And I didn’t believe your song
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9. |
Maybe One More
05:45
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We’ll have to see
Cause I don’t know
If I am ever gonna wanna go
The doublespeak
In double time
It hits so different in this frame of mind
Wallowing all alone
Can be such a drag
Swallowing myself whole
I don’t mean to brag but
Every single love I’ve had is as gone as this drink
So maybe one more x2
Over my head
Dim lights are hung
Penumbras deepen with the setting sun
I close my eyes
The darkness comes
I wouldn’t wish this fate on anyone but
If I flee if go
If I run all night
Will I bleed will my bones
Atrophy they might
Everything I have could soon be as gone as this drink
So maybe one more x2
I can’t keep on keep on taking
My own bad advice
Wonder when my body’s gonna
Fade to black and white
To really fail one has to try
Throw off the blanket of a steady high
East of the sun, West of the moon
North of the border gotta face the tune
Somehow I never even got to say goodbye
I wonder if the choice was ever mine
Could I have seen one for wrong and one for not
Or maybe one more maybe one more
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10. |
Raindog
04:10
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Raindog you’re gonna have time
You’re gonna be brought up by 2 good friends of mine
You’re gonna win and lose, laugh and cry
Oh Raindog you’re gonna have a time
Raindog your daddy’s quite the guy
He’s one of the ones that you’d hope to happen by
You’re gonna keep him up and wide-eyed on many a night
Oh Raindog your daddy’s quite the guy
Don’t forget
No expectations
Set were ever met
No regrets
Sing songs in wrong keys
Just give what you get
Raindog your mother’s something else
She‘ll be the one to steel you when you doubt yourself
She’s seen all kinds of hell but she might still be scared to tell you if the hand you hold is one the devil dealt
Raindog it’s still too soon to know
Just how you’ll navigate this dog and pony show
This mess you’re in should never have been yours to go alone
But anyway yeah it’s too soon to know
Don’t forget
No expectations
Set were truly met
No regrets
Sing songs in wrong keys
Just give what you get
Time
Winding in the sunshine
Pining for the young Pied
Piping them as one mind
Vying for the punchline
x2
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Chris Blades Toronto, Ontario
Chris Blades is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Halifax and based in Toronto. He has released numerous albums and toured North America as a member of his band Birds of Bellwoods and also performs with a full band under his own name as a solo act. His sound has been described as a mix of folk, baroque-pop, and psychedelia. ... more
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