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Tenderness
02:01
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Red Rose
05:15
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*Based on Rilke’s Duino Elegies
“Sing to me!” the mountains sing
It’s the summoning of light flickering through the Aspen tree leaves
I believe and you believe in the conjuring of angels
with their terrifying faces and ancient hierarchies
Peace will come and love will come
And up and up and up the wings will fly
Shoulder blades pulled back to raise the spine
Then folding forward they strike the sky
Come with me, belong to me
In uncertainty and anxiety
as the nights are getting long now
We will grieve
The earth was sweet
Yes, we will grieve
The still heartbeat
And crush the stone and gold and bone to soft ground
The blood will run and the waters flood
And up and up and up the smoke will rise
Peace will come and love will come
And run and run and run the tears from eyes
O red rose, I’ll never bruise you again
I’ll never leave you but I’m going away
I’m losing my way
I’m losing my way
Oh, I’m losing my way to you
O red rose, I’ll never leave you again
I’ll never lose you
Now I’m wide awake
I’ve found my way
I’ve found my way
Now I’ve found my way back to you
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Cricket's Waltz
03:11
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I play the violin
When the ballroom’s clearing out
And the lights are going dim
On the suits and evening gowns
Do you hear my violin
When it’s quiet in the town?
Down, up, up, down, up, up, down
The strings begin to sing
When the jester has a frown
His ankle bells don’t ring
On the day the king is crowned
And they mock his offering
Of heart and soul and sound
Down, up, up, down, up, up, down
The plague has reached our shores
Rumors of another war
Nero played as the city blazed and burned
There’s rosin on the bow
Getting ready for the show
Perhaps we’ll muster up a tear in turn
Do you hear the violin
When you’re up against a crowd?
When the air is getting thin
And you can’t get off the ground
Yes, I’ll play the violin
As the ship is going down
Down, up, up, down, up, up down
The plague has reached our shores
Rumors of another war
Albert Einstein played as the atom split in two
There’s rosin on the bow
Getting ready for the show
Perhaps we’ll muster up a tear or two
Oh, I’ll play my violin
‘Til it cannot make a sound
Down, up, up, down, up, up..
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Blue Note
04:14
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Hear the blue note
Over the radio
It’s a sound that’s familiar
Trane is playing ‘Love Supreme’ on the saxophone
Feel the Western wind
Blowing through your hair again
A little spider spins
Yeah, she is zeroing in on what has been exposed
I had to get out of this town and its cruel illusions
I had to take care of myself and these crude conclusions
First, we drink then we sing, then we dance, then we fight, then we cry
They say it’s a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye
What was it in that room that I fell into?
The ruby silhouette, or the Persian patterned dress or the paper moon?
Five Sketches of Spain
Five movements through pain
There’s a fragile delay when the bell ring far away in the altitude
I had to get out of this town with its cruel illusions
I had to take care of myself and these crude conclusions
Left with the bitter taste and the razor of surprise
First, we drank then we sang, then we danced, then we laughed, then we cried
Feel the blue note
I hear it coming from the radio
That’s Trane that’s playing on the saxophone
It’s cuttin’ through me right to the bone
Oh, I feel the Western wind
I see it blowing through your hair again
Curls in the corners like a spider web
This kind of love is never meant to end
I’ll watch the sunflowers bloom in your eyes
I’ll watch the sunflowers bloom in your smile
I’ll watch the sunflowers bloomin’ in the blue lit sky
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Sicilienne
03:43
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You came to me in a violet dream
It’s the way you stand and the way you speak
You whisper the word “fragility”
You blush beneath the starlit sky
The sliver of moon shone in your eyes
As we drove to the coast far away from our lives
Tannins in the wine and loose-leaf tea
There are no filters, no mysteries
Wasn’t looking for you, didn’t know what I missed
Kept my eyes on the road until I found it
A sweet little bird singing out in the mist
“Mercy for the gentle kind”
A sliver of light shone in your eyes
Broke away from a pain in the corners of your mind
Tannins in the wine and loose-leaf tea
There are no secrets when you’re free to be free
The sun descends behind the rim of the world
A decrescendo
There’s never been a feeling that hasn’t been felt before
A sliver of hope shone in your eyes
I saw it for a second and that second froze time
Tannins in the wine and loose-leaf tea
Oh, this place is erased when you’re looking at me
The sun descends behind the rim of the world
A decrescendo
There’s never been a feeling that hasn’t been felt before
The sun will rise behind the rim of the world
A great crescendo
There’s never been a feeling that hasn’t been felt before
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