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Minds
03:52
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You're slipping backwards tonight
Finding your feet as you leave
The sunset falling between your minds
And as I see you tonight walking the shore at low tide
What's left is dangling behind your minds
Oh little dreamer the sea is on your side
Those who have been there are whispering your song
Out in the distance the ships are coming home
Tonight, between, your
Minds
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2. |
In-Between Years
03:34
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were you comfortable in your own skin?
did you do what you wanted or what others told you to do?
did they worm their way into your convictions with their insecurities and self-doubt
until your knowing broke off in chunks on the floor and when you picked them up they didn't fit together anymore?
your mind felt old and your body tired
you cast your pearls before s wine
and drank a little too much in the afternoons
in the after life of your decisions
made not by you but others' fear
and you lived those
years out burnt out fall out shout out
to you for holding on
for I saw you
smashed out without and within
your skin
got itchy
bitchy thoughts poked through
sprawls of heaviness
and ignited
sparks flying
catching hold again
in defiance of those who were only trying to help
but didn't know how
I hear you make a living by your art now
your terms now
and then
some success
the newly scultptured you
out of the dregs
of the in-between years
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3. |
They
04:36
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They speak a language I don't understand
They walk a walk I don't get, and
I try their dance moves but I'm all left feet
Did I miss the signs or did I miss the beat?
They know something I don't know
They get it right wherever they go
There doesn't seem to be a map
They just know where to go
They speak a language.
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4. |
Don't Speak of Tears
05:53
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Hush don't tell the truth tell me lies
Hust silence don't speak of pain
Look at the view, listen to the birds, speak of journeys but
Don't speak of tears
Hush look ahead not behind
Don't speak the words on your mind
Head up and smile, if just for a while but
Don't get too close and
Don't speak of tears
Tears, why must we hide them, deride them, decry them
They make us softer and wiser and stronger
Than before
We're not alone, everyone has tears
Tears will not kill you.
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Voiceless
05:46
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How can I be me?
How can I say what I want to say?
How do I say it, what's the point anyway?
Hasn't everything been said, been said?
What if I never found out what I wanted to say?
Worse still what if I have nothing to say?
What would I be, would I be voiceless?
What would I be, would I be voiceless?
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6. |
Outside, Looking In
04:44
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In a bar where members smile
Warm bright lights togetherness
Noone sees the man alone outside
Since a child he's been outside
Never been invited in, no one can remember him
Though he tried a thousand times to make them take a bit of notice
In the street it's dark and cold doesn't seem to have a home
And he slowly walks away.
Outside looking in, that's where he always is he's outside looking in
Always far from where it's all happening
And he just can't step inside.
Finds a quiet place to be makes his art and takes his time
slowly as he stops to stare, breathing in the new air
Thinks he'll maybe get along, not try to impress anyone
Doesn't know what he will find
Only knows the road behind where in the street it's dark and cold
Doesn't seem to have a home and he slowy walks away
Outside looking in, that's where he always is he's outside looking in
Always far from where it's all happening
And he just can't step inside.
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Smug ignorant people in their bubble of bliss
Keep their own happiness close to their chest
Mind closed to different, eyes shut to despair
All around their little world created by fear
Call out for the nice people opening their doors
To others less fortunate, others with less recourse
Call out for
Call out for the nice people
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Illuminate
05:20
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Feel the sun illuminate the face of things to come
Feel the sun illuminate a place where you can run
Now it's time to tell the truth, time to take a stand
Take responsibility, remember our humanity
And not let evil have its way, we know what this can do
Leaders come and leaders go like seasons through the year
Leave their mark and consequences visible for years
Now it's time to take a stand, now it's time to take a stand
To take a stand
Remember who we are, humans one and all
Give a little love today it's all we've really got
Close your eyes and feel the sun illuminate.
Mmmmm
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New Sandwich
05:46
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10. |
Stars In Your Pocket
03:04
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you are the colour in snow
you are the sweet air of new spring
you make my heart grow
you are you
you've got rainbows under your feet
you can run with the wind
you push me further than the stars
you are you
you've got stars in your pocket
you've got beauty in your tears
you make my heart encircle
you are you
you are you
you've got stars in your pocket
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Claire McAllister Music London, UK
Singer songwriter and spoken word artist, Claire's style blends elements from art song, ambient music and jazz. Counsellor
and mother with a background in teaching Claire’s life experience provides rich resource for writing about our shared human experiences, often seeking answers and exploring ways to find meaning and joy.
London Guildhall Music School graduate.
www.clairemcallistermusic.com
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