Basia Bulat

I Was A Daughter

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If you call tomorrow I will dream I was a daughter
Weavin through these brand-new silver streams
Turned into dusty roads that we both wandered on
We prayed to perfect Avalon
We wished for anyone to take us home

If you want to build this house with me
Oh what a story
This is how they'll all remember me
We were the lucky ones that would survive the flood
With potted flowers in our blood
Pretendin that we don't know where we bleed
All the pretty fall

We fell asleep but we couldn't hear their little words
We swam in the rivers, sang with the birds
Gave away our hearts before we knew what they were
What a pretty fall
(don't sing too loud, they are asleep)
Didn't even know
(don't sing too loud, they are still dreaming)
We sang out with the birds
(don't sing too loud, they are asleep)
Gave away our hearts before we knew what they were
(don't sing too loud, they are asleep)
What they were
Oh what they were

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2007-09-05 03:38:10

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by wrat

18y ago

the innocence before the fall

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by quirky_but_kewl

18y ago

absolutely amazing song. the drumming and violin are spectacular. a harmony of heaven.

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by booker_pee

18y ago

don't forget the handclaps! such a gorgeous tune.

The uncertainty of young love can be crushing.

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by sailorsuntan

17y ago

The uncertainty of any love can be crushing.

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by radioreinvent

16y ago

"We gave our hearts away before we knew what they were" Perfect recap of falling hard into a new love. "What a pretty fall Didn't even know" It's a little melancholy, but it's beautiful.

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by NoCodeMosquito

15y ago

It is, "With budding flowers in our blood."

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