1. |
Congruence (2013)
03:38
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If you know what you want
and you know who you are
then there's no stopping you
to get it
If you say what you mean
and you do what you say
you'll live life so you won't
regret it
Oh but if you hide from what's right
lie to yourself in the night
then you'll never catch sight
of the light
and you'll wonder what went wrong
chasing shadows all along
thirty years of thirty songs
to deny
Try and heal someone's pain,
everyone can give advice
but that we are someone too,
we forget it
'cause if I mean what I say
and I say what I do
then my word should help me too,
if I let it
Oh but when I cross a sacred line
disconnect my heart from mind
then I leave myself behind
over time
and the fog comes pouring in
and the blood drains from my skin
creeping numbness where passion
has been
Do i know who i am?
Do I find a mockingbird?
Do I listen to my soul,
or ignore it?
For if I know for what i dream
like the nightingale I'll sing
this vision through the night,
I'll live for it
Oh but if you listen to the voice
there's no inevitable choice
'cause we each have a decoy
we deploy
But when the moon gives way to sun
in your hands the smoking gun
then you'll be the only one
on the run
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2. |
Pitch (2012)
02:45
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PITCH
Politician serenade;
throw out words like no-one's business,
but its ours.
Don't realise the gravity of what you say,
you're playing with our lives my dears,
when you made that first decision
wasn't it to change the world for better?
And its so sad,
such a shame,
too damn easy
to pass the blame.
We can go so far, but we're so far gone.
Why don't we all just try and right one wrong,
yeah try to right one wrong
"Rosy glasses" is what they'll say.
So sweet but she really doesn't have a clue;
the magnitude of where we're at can't be undone by
just a conscious few.
Why not?
Why shouldn't the seeds of change be ours to sow?
A little green in which our kids can grow...
One fat check to the collective human superstore,
more potential than we give ourselves credit for,
more heart, more soul beyond what you can debit for,
fancy buying something priceless?
Save up for a little peace of mind.
Still I don't know what to do,
seems we never run out of a cheek to turn;
a bandaid on a slit neck, just you sit back,
let the ground soak up your blood...
tough luck!
So my nicer living my side of the fence,
but no wonder we've got enemies,
if this is how we treat our friends...
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3. |
Weather the Storm (2014)
02:59
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You never know just what he'll say,
You never know just what he'll do today
If I were you I'd keep out of his way,
Just incase, just incase
Find a quiet place inside,
and like a mouse you'll go in there to hide
No sense in crying -
that I've tried,
just incase, just incase
Unpredictability
Amygdala triggers in me
A fear overwhelms and impedes
my sense and sensibility
Do it right you'll get a smile,
live it up while you are friday's child
And you can basque in warmth of glorious pride,
Just you wait, just you wait
Do it wrong you know you will,
His reputation on the line to kill,
Stakes so high that it will make you ill,
just you wait, just you wait
Clouds roll in and the sky darkens,
I am blind and I'm at sea,
Treading water while the white horses
gather to stampede,
the eye is glinting, and the wind hurls a ferocious energy
Weather the storm,
nerves frayed and torn,
see whether the storm,
will drown me...
Then he turns and the clouds lift
And the atmosphere suddenly shifts
Start to wonder if you're loosing it,
toe the line, toe the line
To the outside you're lucky,
To the outside money means 'happy',
Honour and obey your family,
Toe the line, toe the line...
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4. |
The Reason (2015)
02:47
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Cold November days
But not so cold
To chase the thoughts of you away
So out I go alone
I wrap up warm
Find fun in the storm
And there it is,
There it’s always been:
The reason to go on
Beams hurl through the clouds,
Light up the Thames
Dazzle the corners of my mind
As tourists wave from boats,
Jaw set the row man cuts through their wake
And here it is,
Here it’s been all this time:
The reason to go on
Oh look at me,
Look at where I’m coming from
Oh listen up,
Don’t know where I’m going to
Oh hoped that we,
We would find our way together
But now I’m left with nothing else to do but
Find meaning,
Mean something,
Sometimes it’s
Good to wonder through these crazy streets alone,
Good to know I find reasons to go on, all on my own
Seems like movie scenes,
To watch us folk
From where the seagulls duck ‘n dive
We all create so much,
Market stalls bursting with all that love
And this right here,
This is how it is:
The reason to go on
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5. |
Lost Songs (2014)
03:58
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Once we heard someone else's song of sorrow
And it made us cry
Now you've broken my heart
And I can barely breath,
And I can barely smile,
And it's my turn to write my song of sorrow
And I wonder if you'll even bat an eye,
Yes I wonder if you'll stop a while to cry
Once I learned someone else's piece of triumph
And you seemed so proud
But now your eyes tell me nothing
And now I scream with pain
And now I curse all that I am
'Cause there's no one to write a song of triumph
As I dared to take for granted what I had
And when I tried to help you grow I made you sad
These melodies come rushing back from time to time
These memories come flooding in,
Raise the hairs up on my skin,
Release the tears that seem to be there waiting,
Once again I grieve for all our lost songs
Once you sang someone else's song of freedom
And it made me fall
Now you choose to be silent
And so I never dance,
And so I've fallen to the floor
And it's your turn to write your song of freedom
And I'll watch with admiration as always
And I'll love you while I can,
I'll count the days
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6. |
Wanderlust (2012)
02:46
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WANDERLUST
One foot in front of the other
Take one step then another
Hold your head high
So you can see where you’re going
Feel your problems melt away
Save your stress for a later day
By the time you get there
It won’t be so bad anyway
Big skies give a clear mind
With the horizon stretched out before you
there’s no end to what you’ll find
Deep breaths full of clean air
And you’ll know wherever you’re going
You can get there
Heart rate increasing
Pupils dilate, feasting on all of this
Landscape you’re in
Up to your eyeballs now
Arms sway to the natural rhythm
you create, body’s driven to
find what’s unknown
And to conquer it as your own
Big skies give a clear mind
With the horizon stretched out before you
there’s no end to what you’ll find
Deep breaths full of clean air
And you’ll know wherever you’re going
You can get there
Let go of the routine,
Let instinct guide what you want and you need,
You may find
It knows better than you do
Feed your heart and your soul
With silence centuries old,
Time to think now, reveal:
What in this life is real?
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7. |
You Never Know (2012)
04:28
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8. |
Indebted (2012)
04:01
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9. |
A billion neurons (2014)
04:45
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Does anyone feel this way?
i don't know how not to feel so alone,
even though I'm loved and I love,
does anyone else feel this way?
Can anyone help me out?
I forget from time to time
what this life is all about,
even though I’ve health and I’ve wealth,
can anyone else help me out?
Stay with you a while
see the tears behind the smile
Hear me when I hold you
Feel me when I say to you
Love flows out with music darling
we reach out with music, so when
you’ve got nothing else left,
there’s always a line form a song inside your head
Lost in broken dreams
can’t see the woods for all the trees,
follow me there at dusk or dawn
when the magic kingdom’s creatures sing their song
Can anyone help me out?
Does anyone feel this way?
Tear down your defences,
unearth the mysteries of the senses,
and so a billion neurone fire, and somehow we have
hope, joy, knowledge, fear and desire
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10. |
Free (2012)
04:48
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11. |
So Many Miles (2012)
03:41
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So Many Miles
So many miles away,
I just find it hard to be
so many miles away
I'm sorry that I can't be with you now,
hold your hand and tell you all the things I want to,
breaks my heart to know you're leaving now,
and if it turned out that you can - please come back soon
Thanks for all the love you've given to me,
all the joy I found in this life looking through your eyes,
I hope you know that you are next to me,
and every last breath that you take I take with you
They say when one soul dies, another soul is born,
and so I know when your soul goes, a thousand will appear,
like shooting stars across the skies you'll look down on,
a thousand knowing smiles will share in shedded tear
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Alise Kirtley UK
A songwriting Diary.
Some of these become songs for The Bearing
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