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Dolorous
02:56
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I hear the words come out of your mouth
But I'm sinking in the bathtub
On a Thursday after work
I suppose I need some looking after
Some Birds fly out of the north
Searching for a happy ever after
When they return for whatever it's worth
They'll be dragging the winter after
I've never seen the break of day
Come without a night as it would in Norway
But I know I have felt the pain
That comes with standing in your doorway
And I pray for whatever it's worth
For a time that I can remember
Sixty years from now
Without an echo of your laughter
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I'm Only Here
05:25
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I'm only here to say goodbye
I'm only here because it's time
To send this ship below the tide
I'm only here to say goodbye
I always feared that nothing would come after
But now all I held dear fades away as the days move faster
I used to think that you were the one and only
I used to dream of letters you never sent me
I'm only here to say goodbye
I'm only here because it's time
I knew you once but that was another life
I'm only here to say goodbye
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Newish
04:01
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Maybe a happy tune can make a happy heart
Maybe a snappy tune can make a snappy start
Maybe a dancing tune can make a dancing start
Maybe a rolling tune can make a rolling start
And if I whistle while I walk
And if I sometimes stop to talk
And learn to work and learn to wait
And if I'm early and not late
Will there be a time when I'm at peace
When I feel that great release
When there's not weight upon my heart
And there's more light than there is dark
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Night Bird
03:52
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She sings in the daytime
She sings in the night
All along she is waiting
Like a bird for flight
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Hungry
04:05
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I wouldn't ask so much as to change your point of view
I wouldn't think so much if the story weren't so skew
The times they never change, even when they seem so knew
Still stuck inside this head searching for the perfect view
I'm hungry for the day when love becomes a feeling
Since I sent you away I've been stuck below the ceiling
A shelter from the storm, people line up two by two
But still my telephone call call anyone except for you
When the days are days at all, the nights I hobble through
The pictures on my wall, the only table set for two
I'm hungry for the day when love becomes a feeling
Since I sent you away there's been nothing but a ceiling
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Seasons
03:42
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The people we lose fade away
The distance we stretch, it draws out every day
Seasons change the same way
I'd remember your name but I don't remember your face
There's never the time to make a change
The harder we push, the harder it is to remain
What was earned is spent in a day
Sometimes the moment we met was the moment we drifted away
The dream when your letter arrives in the one that's always the same
The need to have your arms wrapped in mine is the one thats hardest to tame
Do feelings change or get locked away
Is it the past or just a path down which w never stay
Seasons change day by day
A star has your face and your name is in the words on a page
Sometimes I feel it's alright to remember
Last time I saw was here in September
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Fatherland
04:51
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When I look into your eyes
When I feel you in my arms
I know that something must be wrong
To take me far away from home
So I am here just to tell you
And I am here just to say
This takes me away for the last time and when I come back
It'll be just like the first day
They say that takings never easy
I know that giving's just the same
When you've lost count of those you've lied to
But they're the only ones that know your name
So I am here just to tell you
And I am here just to say
I'm going away away for the last time and when I come back
It'll be just like the first day
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On My Own
03:33
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No matter where I go
I'm on my own
No matter where I go
I turn to stone
Nowhere will I find a way
Nowhere will it be today
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White
03:31
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Come into my world, where no-one stands next to me
The scriptures of my heart are nothing but chemistry
Come into my world where all understandings cease
The light upon my path, an image I cannot see
The last thing that you said about dealing with honesty
A noose around my neck is a life without boundaries
Terrors of the night are those of an empty page
The words upon my lips are stories I tell to erase
Seems like the loves I cannot claim are like the voices I cannot change
And all the currents that move my heart just keep me circling in the dark
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Pass The Ball
03:05
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And if I'm losing it's 'cos you don't pass me the ball
And if I'm losing it's 'cos you don't know which way to score
And all my friends say, you should be passing to me too
And all my friends say, if you don't I should just find somebody new
Sometimes I dream that you're alone with me
Sometimes I feel I'm only half the man I could be
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Far Away
05:38
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Far away
On your windowsill
Yesterday
Over river still
It's cold today
Wonder if it's gonna stay
The time it takes
For you to photograph
A lonesome honey bee
Splits the world in half
A mind awakes
To what appears at last
From across the sea
On an electric raft
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Gil Hockman Berlin, Germany
Gil Hockman is a DIY folk/indie musician.
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