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Mirah – The River Lyrics 15 years ago
** Double asterisk where corrections were made.

Skies went dark, got hard to see my body all stretched out
Territory to touch and make a path to lead you down
If I could hold the wildest winds from blasting through my house
Then I could shine a beacon whether it floats fine, yes, or drowns

But there was no heat it alll had been extinguished, snuffed right out
That was not the way I meant to disappoint the crowd
If you want my center, please, don't slice so much around
And if you won't be having me, watch the sorrow shape my mouth

And you don't want to hurt me
But you don't want to need me
So how can you receive me?

Take a seat don't grieving be we'll settle this all out
Then one by one, I'll take these from the caverns of my mouth
The teeth who mash and teeth who make my tender muscles shout
A last goodbye to lose what once I'd never known without

And in my mind the river runs a straight line through the town
Never bending only sending stuff from north to south
Under bridges, fishes wear the currents like a gown
And I will swallow crookedness, not let it drag me down

Afraid that if I cut you loose** you'd never again want me to
Embrace you in your solitude

Though in our eyes we both still find the perfect place to rest
We'll unfold wings and fly awhile** before the next caress
The atmosphere will hold us dear and teach us how it's best
To both feel free and satisfied, our two souls will be blessed

Before my eyes the fireflies they make the night sky low
Captured by the sounds** of all the horns that bullfrogs blow
From tears so thick like glue they drip and build a castle slow
I can see you saved for me a sweetness that still glows

And though you're still my Hercules, Neptune's the one who's taking** me
Come on lay that strength upon my sea

Steady the string and snap it down the dust gets in my face
A borderline to not cross, mind or manners keep in** place
Still I recall you once extended me with handsome haste
A rope to climb, to call all mine**, to ascend you with grace

Now we will burn the fog away our hearts are like the sun
We moved it now, not so laid down, and though the change was rough
We'll* find our lives are kinder without complications of
The fear and need that had taken seed and crowded out the love

I want you and I'll let you go,
Though we** can't stay, walk on the same rope**
If we don't try it, we'll never know

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Blue Roses – I am Leaving Lyrics 16 years ago
All through the station
I wonder whether constellations
Can change a leaden sky, a heart unmoving

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