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Hours
Composed by Allison Crowe
All this shifting of the hours
Moves towards the light
And the presence of the emptiness
Gives up without a fight
And the movement of the river
Goes towards the sea
And my absence of fulfillment
Presents itself to me
These pockets of the sky
Are turbulent at best
We laugh when we are frightened
Not at our own behest
The chattering of spirits
Keeps me wide awake
It isn’t something stolen
But it’s something I can’t take
The sound of screaming beauties
Cry themselves to sleep
Whatever I hold on to
Is nothing I can keep
I run my hands across the stone now
And slowing down my breath
I haven’t gone but I am fading
I scare myself to death
Don’t be scared
It’s just the wind
And the minutes
Don’t know where to begin
We are getting older
But it’s not amounting to anything – *(and it all adds up but who is counting)*
to anything so just let go.
*last time through
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outro to Hours
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Julianna
Composed by Allison Crowe
It is far too much
Too much she cannot hold
She expects the worst
She receives the cold
It wasn't what she hoped, or believed
It is what she got to get her through
And another day just goes by for you
Julianna
Julianna
She tried too hard to breathe under the water
But it kept her down
Julianna
If you watch her walk away
Don’t you dare complain
She tried to give you fire
But you drowned her in the rain
It isn’t what you hoped, or expected
You feel yourself as slighted, and rejected
But still another day just goes by for you
Julianna
Julianna
She tried too hard to breathe under the water
But he kept her down
Julianna
It will not be that much
Not much for you to hold
But the little she can give
Is worth its weight in gold
It isn’t what she needs, or deserves
But you have depleted her reserves
And another day will go by, go by
Julianna
Julianna
She tried too hard to breathe under the water
But you let her down
Julianna
Julianna
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(Through These) Heavy Graces
Composed by Allison Crowe
I’m not better than anyone
and you’re no better than me
So here we stand at the artifice
face-to-face in symmetry
I laugh when I’m afraid
and I cry when taken by peace
I shake through new beginnings
and I scream when I release
I want to breathe
but I can’t catch breath
I want to live
but I can’t shake death
And bathe in light
in the darkest of places
Tread lightly
through these heavy graces
Guilt crawls through my skin
and exits every pore
I exist a floating creature
of heart and bones, so sore
But you stand firm in faith
for your emptiness of soul
And I’m left here with the shaking
when laughter takes its toll
I want to breathe
But I can’t catch breath
I want to live
but I can’t shake death
Bathe in light
in the darkest of places
Tread lightly
through these heavy graces
And shadow takes his cover
It’s piercing with his eyes
No moral lesson learned here
No clever compromise
Just feign of retribution
and tears swallowed ill at ease
To wash the scars from inside
this doubt will not appease
I want to breathe
but I can’t catch breath
I want to live
but I can’t shake death
And bathe in light
in the darkest of places
Tread lightly
through these heavy graces
I want to breathe
but I can’t catch breath
I want to live
but I can’t shake death
And bathe in light
in the darkest of places
Tread lightly
through these heavy graces
Tread lightly
through these heavy graces
Tread lightly
through these, these heavy graces
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intro to Hopeless
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Hopeless
Composed by Allison Crowe
Am I supposed... to breathe... the air
I take pride... and I try
And I hold… on to my hair
It’s always too broken
To know..., lying awake
I am cold –
And I need you now… as you are
and I will breathe when I can
I am hopeless
I am hopeless
I am hopeless
I am hopeless
I try too hard, I hold too close,
I leap when I should walk
I should stay… but I move.
Where are you… I need... somewhere
I have cried... and I’ve tried
And I’ve told… but it goes nowhere
It’s always too quiet
To hear… I am insane…
I am frozen –
And I need you now, as you are
and I will bleed where I stand
I am hopeless
I am hopeless
I am hopeless
I am hopeless
I try too hard, I hold too close,
And I leap when I should walk
I should stay… but I move
But I move
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intro to Silence
01:04
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Silence
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
Silence
In the darkness of your soul
Following your call
Grey skies
Belong to me
Open my eyes
Rain falls
On you
On me
You cannot control
Where you are
supposed to be
Bring the winds
That carry you
Bring them to me
I will hold
This rebel light
This renegade sea
Rain falls
On you
On me
I cannot control
Where I am
Supposed to be
I wait in the dark
I carry these chains
I roam through this night
No I’ll not open the door
For you to be free
For you to take flight
Rain falls
On you
On me
We cannot control
where we
are supposed to be
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outro to Silence
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Verses
Composed by Allison Crowe
All the verses I know
Are song without a chorus
All the air I breathe
Is slow
All these pages I’ve seen
They got nowhere to turn
The lake has run dry, try
and there you are
Ah, ah...
All these lies you’ve told
They come without a price
You’re not forgiven, it doesn’t matter
I didn’t have to think twice
All the darkness I’ve seen
I send over to yours
I’ll never understand
I’ve tried to hold you til you speak
And the waves go by, and eyes are sore
And I want it all, don’t ask for more
And the world is broken, out of
all I’ve seen
You’re the only one who’ll ask for me
And I know
And I know
I know
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Morrison's Jig - Traditional
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intro to Tarry Trousers
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Tarry Trousers
Traditional - Arrranged by Allison Crowe
As I roved out one fine Summer's ev'ning
to view those flow'rs and to take the air
't'was there I spied a tender mother
talking to her daughter dear
Singing, "Daughter, o daughter, I'll have you to marry"
"No longer to live a sweet single, life"
"O mother, o mother, I 'd rather to tarry"
"To be some brave young sailor's wife"
"A sailor shy sits all for to wander"
"To some foreign count'r'y he'd go"
"They will cause you to sigh and to murmur"
"They will prove your overthrow"
"Or, if you could get me to wed with a farmer"
"To be your joy and heart's delight"
"But give me the boy with the tarry, tarry trousers"
"To shine in my eyes like a diamond bright"
She hung her head on the top of her shoulders
Tears from her eyes like a fountain flowed
"I'll stay at home and be true-hearted"
"whilst my love to the sea doth go"
"Hark, o hark, how the great guns are rattling"
"Big and small, they all make noise"
"My true love's in the field of battle"
"Now fight on, my gallant boy"
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Wedding Song
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
At the turning of another moon
comes time to end this day
and only so many have to pass
as I am gone away
So I sing you now this lullaby
though it's bittersweet
for we have to part when we close our eyes
but every morning meet
These words fall down upon this page
I never do get to sleep
but to be so far away from you
I lay my head and weep
I know this night will be over soon
there's another day in sight
though darkness falls on empty sheets
only you bring in the light
No, I will never be the perfect wife
I don't even know what that is
but I will be here and he'll always know
that my heart is his
Count down the days
and draw the curtains back
pour the wine and say
that we'll love as much as we both can do
until our dying day
that we'll love as much as we both can do
until our dying day
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Gerald Thomas’ Burnt Potato (Les Patates Brûlées à Gerald Thomas)
Composed by Émile Joseph Benoît
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GT's Burnt Potato outro
01:08
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Catharsis
Composed by Amy Cann
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