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The Hidden World
04:01
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The fabric of life
The threads and the folds
The rips we stitch
To keep from the cold
How it becomes
A veil before the eyes
A barrier between here
And the limitless skies
The hidden world
Is on the other side
Beyond the fold
Life is wide
I catch a glimpse of an opening
In the twilight
And watch it dissolving
Into the night
The hidden world
Is on the other side
Beyond the fold
Life is wide
There is an opening portal
Now is the time for I am only mortal
Out of the comfort zone
And into the unknown
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Labyrinth
03:29
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A crack of light shines through the blind
In the window of my mind
I see a door in the dark room
Opening into something new
I’m on my toes trying to see through
Death stands in his black coat
Awaiting by his boat
He’ll take my hand one final day
Even though I will want to stay
We’ll step on board and we’ll sail away
There is still time on the clock
Before I head down to that dock
I will keep walking this old wynd
For myself I am trying to find
In the labyrinth of my mind
The mind controls
But what does the body want?
A crack of light shines through the blind
In the window of my mind
I see a door in the dark room
Opening into something new
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I'm Not An Alien
02:49
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I’m outside your door but you won’t let me in
Look through your window I see your fire burning
I’m so cold and lonely and I feel that I might die
But you won’t let me in and I don’t know why
I’m not an alien
I lost my way and got off at the wrong station
But I’m not an alien
I might look ok but I think you misunderstand
I don’t know how to ask for a helping hand
Silently I’m screaming behind my face
I feel like an outsider from another race
I’m not an alien
I lost my way and got off at the wrong station
But I’m not an alien
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The Whole Town
02:47
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I climb to the top of the mountain
From this view I can see the whole town
From this view problems seem so small now
I can see the whole town all around
The narrow streets twist and turn like veins
And I will be lost in the stream once again
From this view problems seem so small now
I can see the whole town all around
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White Horse
03:50
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Fast as the train
Through the window
Her angel mane
Is white as a cloud
In the tunnel we hide
I can’t see her
She’s on the other side
And then we’re home
In the quiet of a dream
I find her down by a stream
Waiting for me
In the garden we play
I’m horse riding
She doesn’t go away
When I go in
In the quiet of a dream
I find her down by a stream
Waiting for me
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A Forest
03:03
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I can’t reach you
The lines are down
And you’re so far away
And I am in a forest
I still don’t understand
The lay of the land
These maps are like a foreign language
And I’m a tourist
I can’t hear you
The noise in my head
Is drowning out your words
Like a million birds
I rip my skin on the rambling briar
I am held within the deep mire
Wading
So low
I can’t see you
The branches
Are keeping me behind
In this state of mind
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Butterfly
02:37
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I awoke in a dream
Saw a butterfly land close to me
Oh the colour of the wings
The beauty and grace of living
I wanted to capture
I reached for my image collector
As the creature flew into the ether
Oh the colour of the wings
The beauty and grace of living
I wanted to capture
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Medusa
04:24
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Medusa turned me to stone
I became an effigy in my own home
Even when I tried to speak
I found my tongue was tied in my cheek
But now
The feeling is returning
Like an awakening in the mourning
My heavy heart is stirring
Like a flutter of birds conferring
The tangle is uncoiling
From the centre I am unspoiling
Perseus cut off her head
Now she is dead she is dead she is dead
From the mess new life is born
Pegasus and Chrysaor!
The feeling is returning
Like an awakening in the mourning
My heavy heart is stirring
Like a flutter of birds conferring
The tangle is uncoiling
From the centre I am unspoiling
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The Dark Room
03:27
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I told you a secret
In the dark room
You held the connection
And I felt in tune
You listened and you heard me
You took me as I am
You don’t need to say anything at all
I know that you heard me
And you can’t fix it all
You cannot soften the fall
Your face was hidden
From my sight
Like a reflection
In a window at night
You listened and you heard me
You took me as I am
You don’t need to say anything at all
I know that you heard me
And you can’t fix it all
Without you my words would mean nothing at all
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Make It Good
03:15
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The critic in my mind
Has kept me far behind
But I find that I don’t have to listen
I can switch it off again
I can switch it off again
This is a choice to make
Make it good or watch it break
Even though I feel like I’m falling
And I want to get off my head
I want to get off my head
The future is a mystery
Past is the history
It did all this to me
But I’m here now
And I have to switch it off again
This is a choice to make
Make it good or watch it break
Even though I feel like I’m falling
And I want to get off my head
I want to get off my head
Make it good
Make it fit
This is it
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Amy Duncan Glasgow, UK
"The Scottish multi-instrumentalist's eighth album sits between Cocteau Twins and the Blue Nile, its broad cinematic sweep, folktronic textures, crystalline vocals and lyrics imbued with introspection and memory-lane inventory-taking yielding moments of breathtaking beauty." Dan Cairns, The Sunday Times ... more
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