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Objects in Space
04:03
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There's a hum that sings inside the black
I can hear it when the air rushes in, beneath the burnt ozone draft
It ain't coming from a wave or from the back of my head
Because at times it has a voice and I've heard what it said
I am a leaf on the wind
I am a boat on the waves
I am the wild, wandering river
I am an object in space
Shadows pass in front of darkened skies
Nothing can escape their embrace, not even light
I was a bright supernova their coldness destroyed
They were souls once, who looked into the void
I am a leaf on the wind
I am a boat on the waves
I am the wild, wandering river
I am an object in space
I don't need weather
All I need is air
I have seen better days
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2. |
Silver Thaw
03:34
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Go ahead and loose your winter storm's fury
Go ahead and hit me with all you've got
You'll find that I have crystallized
Into a silver thaw
Some days can get right in your head
Sunk deep and shaded in with doubt
A friend that shines just like a gem
Can reach down a hand and pull you out
And I'll bear down all that surrounds me
With a beauty made of light
'Til I've broken all that bound me
And I've made a path for springtime sun
To reach new life
Go ahead and loose your winter storm's fury
Go ahead and hit me with all you've got
You'll find that I have crystallized
Into a silver thaw
My way is winding myself tight
I cry and label myself failure
My friend, the steady guiding light
Reminds me that I'm a force of nature
And I'll bear down all that surrounds me
With a beauty made of light
'Til I've broken all that bound me
And I've made a path for springtime sun
To reach new life
Go ahead and loose your winter storm's fury
Go ahead and hit me with all you've got
You'll find that I have crystallized
Into a silver thaw
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3. |
Truro
04:23
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This town is too big
Train cars rumbling screech
Sirens screaming
Dreaming out of reach
This town is too small
Horse-girls, farms and crows
Cowboy country
Anti-rock-and-roll
I want to go home
Fumble with keys
In unfamiliar doors
Ceiling staring
Sink right through the floor
I want to go home
Half of a heart is a question mark
And I left half of mine behind
Time moves on even when I'm gone
Get me back in time
Oh, let me get back in time
Deer and dearest
Mornings bright and fair
Perfect branches
Reaching through the air
I want to be there
So why am I here?
Half of a heart is a question mark
And I left half of mine behind
Time moves on even when I'm gone
Get me back in time
Oh, let me get back in time
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4. |
A Gentle Man
05:37
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Nervous and giddy and drunk on maple wine
They made good on a dream she'd been saving for seven years time
They laughed at the rain on that hot summer afternoon
As their best friends sang them in to the living room
When you love someone so much
And you find out that they're worthy
When you ask the mountain to move, and it complies
She won't forget what she felt that first time that his arm went around her
Because she feels it again every time he looks in her eyes
The love of a gentle man
Strong as a tidal wave, it hits her
Wild as the autumn wind
Quiet as a whisper
She finds herself driving away from him again
As the year winds down and the cold begins
There's lights on the harbour, but half as many stars
Good company, but the bed is lonely and hard
That's the price that you pay
For a love better than the movies
Learning to live with the ache every hour away
Though she cries, she'll survive
She'll stay strong 'til her trial is ended
Because she knows what's waiting when she gets back again
The love of a gentle man
Strong as a tidal wave, it hits her
Wild as the autumn wind
Quiet as a whisper
Surrounded by water, the evening sun on her face
She floats weightless, watching her husband and baby girl play
Sometimes she can't sleep, because it fills her heart too much
Awake between dreamers, alight between two loves
When you love someone so much
And it turns out they deserve it
When the truth exceeds both your hopes and your desires
As years go by, she still tries to live up to the love that found her
But sometimes it still takes her by surprise
The love of a gentle man
Strong as a tidal wave, it hits her
Wild as the autumn wind
Quiet as a whisper
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The woodsmoke floats out and mingles with the fog
(There's a storm coming)
In the spring, we'll be deafened by a chorus of unseen frogs
(There's a storm coming)
The chickadees weave at light-speed through the trees
(There's a storm coming)
The whir of their wings is the only stir of breeze
(There's a storm coming)
(There's a storm coming)
It'll be alright
(It'll blow in the door, it'll turn out the lights
There's a storm coming)
And you'll be just fine
(When the sun goes down, it'll be a long dark night)
The shadows on the spruce make a thousand different greens
(There's a storm coming)
The sun stoops low to wish them pleasant dreams
(There's a storm coming)
The stars arise and swing wide to make room
(There's a storm coming)
For the sly, half-lidded hound's eye of the moon
(There's a storm coming)
(There's a storm coming)
It'll be alright
(It'll blow in the door, it'll turn out the lights
There's a storm coming)
And you'll be just fine
(I hope the wild ones have somewhere to hide)
(There's a storm)
It's the winds of change
It'll blow itself away
(And if the roof caves in?)
It'll be okay
Just hold on 'til daylight breaks
There's a chill in the air that gets into your very bones
The empty woods echo and make you feel alone
There's an ominous look to the swaying of the trees
I think I can smell a storm coming on the breeze
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6. |
The House Next Door
04:35
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They're tearing down the house next door
They began while I was sleeping
And I dreamed of giant insects clawing at my door
I awoke to find a similar thing
I can feel a hollow space inside of me
Solid ground is shifting where I stand
The backdrop of my childhood memories
Now exists complete in naught but photographs
They could have picked a better time
Than December 15th
To expose my house on the northern side
To the winter wind
But that's the way time falls
Change is a thing you cannot tame
When alarming crashes sound from just beyond your walls
You can choose to run away or to remain
This year I saw in mid-November
A pair of tiny, flying things
And it broke my heart to see them
And I hoped not to see them again
One day my house will fall down
And it will leave no lasting trace
No signpost to stand where I spent all this time
No one left to speak my name
I saw moths in mid-November
What a strange and sorry thing
Do they know their lives are over
When the frost begins?
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7. |
Inverness
03:07
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I want to kiss you again
With the salt still on our lips
And lay in your arms as our breath
Comes rolling in waves like the ones in Inverness
These, these are my walls
Painted blue and holding me tightly between them
This, this is my love
It is my own
And it turns my blood cold how much I've grown
The sand, it stretches out
And the waves continue to pound
No matter how scared I get
The sun will always beat down
Sarah sings summer songs
And the sun on the harbour shines
I'm speeding around every turn
And I finally feel like I'll be alright
I'll be just fine
I want to kiss you again
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8. |
Blue Heart
02:42
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Bruce said "Do what you like" but I know that he didn't mean it
He thinks there's only one right way to live a life
He thinks "easy way out", he thinks "a life without ambition"
He doesn't realize that my heart's desires
Can't even fit inside his mind
Maybe I'll put my house in order
My bright blue heart with a chipped white border
Baby, kiss me goodnight, I won't be back for a while
Find out where the sun shines, out where it kisses the Atlantic
And if you trace it back down its golden path
You'll find where I stay
With my hands in the dirt and my feet on the earth
And my body in the water
I've made myself such a life down on Graveyard Lane
Maybe I'll put my house in order
My bright blue heart with a chipped white border
Baby, kiss me goodnight, I won't be back for a while
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Unrequited
02:58
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I was born a dazzling ball of electric love
I was formed of frantic, hectic wanting
All I want is everything I freely give
It's not much, just everything
And who decided
This life unrequited should be given me to live
Ooh, it's the cruelest joke
Always to be the one who loves the most
I was born Wednesday's child and full of woe
Too well I know what harrows me and haunts me
I was warned only love can break my heart
I am undone because my heart's only love
Who decided
This life unrequited should be given me to live
Ooh, it's the cruelest joke
Always to be the one who loves the most
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10. |
Resilient
05:00
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My kid is supposed to grow up
Knowing her cousins, her uncles and aunts
Making memories and keeping traditions alive
At the family reunions, just like her dad
My kid is supposed to grow up
Learning to share toys and how to build forts
Roughhousing and roaming around with her friends
Not these infrequent playdates with stressed out adults
She is beautiful, oh she's perfect
She's so funny and so energetic
And I know they say kids are resilient
But I don't want to test the limits
The world is scary enough as it is
My kid is supposed to grow up
Free to spend time with the people she loves
Without second guessing to calculate risks
Of them causing her harm, or her making them sick
She is beautiful, oh she's perfect
She's so funny and so energetic
And I know they say kids are resilient
But I don't want to test the limits
It's not supposed to be like this
Enough, it's enough, we are humbled, we suck
We get it, we wrecked it, we caused these effects
Love of money unchecked is what did this
We roadblocked our route to perceiving the truth
The loudest prevail even if they are fools
Maybe I'm overreacting
Maybe this is catastrophic thinking
I know it's cliché to say that I'd be okay
If it was only my burden, but it is what it is
She's magnificent, oh she's perfect
She's so smart, and strong, and sweet, and she loves learning
And I know they say kids are resilient
But it's not fair that she has to test it
My job is to keep her protected
My kid is supposed to grow up
Safe and surrounded by people she loves
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11. |
Such Love
05:32
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A warm yellow house, filled with noise and laughter
All the lights on
The smell of fresh bread baking, hear the music playing
Door's always open
It looks like any old house, nothing special from outside or above
What your heart can feel if your senses aren't enough
Such love
A young man jumps into a tractor trailer
Westward, looking for adventure
There he meets a fine young woman
And her mother thinks that he should have her number
In the Honeymoon City, love grew sweet as the peaches at the market
And they say the rest is history
But it's the future that they built with such love
Look at those little girls playing, you know they'll realize one day
Just how lucky they've been to have been born within
These open hearts and open arms and such love
Givers not takers, handmade toys for the babies all along
Keep in touch, you know they worry
And if you're travelin' don't you hurry, better call
There is one prized possession
Not a gadget or collection, not the car
It's a blown up family picture hung in a place of honour
Where everyone's together with such love
Once we were little girls playing, each of us realized one day
Just how lucky we've been to have been born within
These open hearts and open arms and such love
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12. |
Ready For You
03:57
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When I'm with you it's just like light
The walls become windows and
The sun wraps around us, warm and bright
The place where the air and water meet
It's a powerful softness, and the ocean grows warm and sweet
Your love is where the elements combine
You look at me softly
And I'm strong, I'm true, I'm wild
You are the "You" of my life
All my songs were preludes
All of my childish wants were so
I'd be ready for you
I love the quiet of the world at night
The streetlight reveals what is real and leaves every line defined
And I know you're content with the life we've got
I can feel your arms around me even when we're apart
Better than how I imagined it would be
Knowing you're out there somewhere, loving me
You are the "You" of my life
All my songs were preludes
All of my childish wants were so
I'd be ready for you
Now I'm ready for you
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Alicia Penney Nova Scotia
After years of focusing on other musical projects, returning to school, and starting a family, Cape Breton indie-scene veteran, Alicia Penney, is ready to share the songs from her journey into adulthood. “Fox Sparrow” features themes of love and family, showcasing Alicia’s characteristically powerful vocals, rich harmonies and heartfelt lyrics. ... more
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