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Wild Roses
03:59
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wild roses growing in the ditch
where your mother and your father used to live
wild sparrow sits upon the wire
lightning strikes the forest down on fire
prairie grasses swaying in the breeze
in the backyard where you used to fall asleep
empty bottles scattered all around
shaken like a leaf you hit the ground
nestled in the grass
there's a cross that we drive past
every morning on our way back into town
marking off the place there's a shrine, a sacred space
where you crashed your car into the slough & drowned
winter spring and summer come and gone
before my eyes a subtle setting sun
dark of night sneaks up on us so soon
you've become the silver on the moon
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Sun
03:40
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one hundred million miles away
i hang here rejected in desolate space
gave you my warmth, my light, my grace
each day you swing past me ungrateful
I've been the sun in somebody's sky
for most of my life
I gave you seasons, sunsets, shade
my power made life where it couldn't be made
in dark I shone for you, bright anyway
eclipse you kiss the moon so spiteful
I've been the sun in somebody's sky
for most of my life
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Snowstorm
03:31
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I'm so tired of my friends dying
and I keep trying to tell you
it's so hard and the worst part is
you don't know how I love you
It's been so many years
reinforced all my fears
every time that we say "goodbye"
could this be the last time
that your glazy eyes
drown in mine
I had a picture of my life
a dream of you & me
and what we looked like
you keep driving through this snowstorm
find your ghost inside a luke warm
drink while I sit by your side
and watch you slowly die
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Ritual
05:38
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your pale skin is crawling
bloodshot blue eyes
conspiring voices
night after night
days without rest
the truth is suppressed
addiction infests the woman posessed
the welcomer of the unwelcome guest
you've given yourself to
the demon within
a hand outstretched his claws pull you in
your safe in his jaws
he tempers the sting
of all the pain brought by your life's suffering
days without rest
the truth is suppressed
addiction infests the woman possessed
the welcomer of the unwelcome guest
paranoid ritual together you dance
amidst chemical smoke & shattering glass
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Sentimental Poison
04:44
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I've got nicotine stains
and bruises with no origin
a secret in my pocket
a mystery i can't solve yet
I've got the words upon my lips
a sentimental poison
I've got your mouth upon my mind
all the time
I've got the blues & I can't make these colours change
I've had the whole world at my feet
and I still ran away
I've got no reason to believe
I killed my love and then I set her free
I live amidst all of this shrapnel
and this debris
I've got the words upon my lips
a sentimental poison
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Downpours
04:02
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anticipation it builds
greying sky falls calm and still
cumulonimbus rage and swill
concrete is dry before the spill
i'm caught inside and unfulfilled
always indoors for downpours
down where the river bends and falls
find freedom where your name is called
statuesque like the trees stand tall
my gaze is upward neverending
serene we stand til river rises
where life & death make compromises
here we will meet our own demises
finally free we feed the soil
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7. |
Witch
03:18
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older than the mountains
seldom is she seen
lurks among the forest
the black widow queen
blacker than the night
she waits beneath the trees
soulless and alone
in agony she screams
I am the witch on the mountain
creatures crawl in horror
ravens call and crow
souls to feed the soil
and help the moss to grow
sisters burned and butchered
left alone to die
none to soothe her misery
none to hear her cries
I am the witch on the mountain
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8. |
Drown
04:21
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hey man
you're not from here but I am
watch you walk in and the room spins
sounds & lights obstruct my vision
do you see me drowning?
can't swim
we stand
still, unmoving in this quicksand
made of moving bodies
right hand on my shoulder wall of
sound blasts
knocks me over
waves crash
my life's flashed before my eyes
i don't wanna die
lower anchor down to you
if I drown, you too
I don't wanna be alone here
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9. |
Ships Wrecked
04:57
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when darkness falls I close my eyes
I fall into my quiet mind
suspended in a blackened sea
with no light but a single beam
particles they float in reach in vision
light extends with narrow precision
down toward the floor beneath
deeper than my eyes can see
my bones lie
lifeless amidst ships wrecked
a watery grave inside my head
it's too late vanished light
i've gone too far and lost my sight
water fills my mouth my lungs
surrender to the serpent's tongue
my bones lie
lifeless amidst ships wrecked
a watery grave inside my head
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10. |
Lamb to Slaughter
02:40
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do I not shroud myself well enough
to hold within from without
to hold sentiments in my mouth
until you ask what it's about
do these expressions reveal
truths which i can't feel?
swimming in my blood
secrets like silver fish pulled by a full moon
closer to the surface storm chaser
over hell & high water
follow me the lamb to slaughter
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taylor jade Edmonton, Alberta
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Based in Edmonton, AB.
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