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I Might
Composed by Oliver Koletzki & Franziska Lauter
I might go out tonight
and look for someone tonight
I might meet a man and agree to just one kiss
or maybe three
I might just give in to see
how love used to feel
and learn to forget it´s not you
I might go for a walk tonight
and look for someone who’s right
to match this broken heart of mine
I might need some company
when I walk the streets of Berlin
and I hope I won’t accidentally meet you
Or maybe I do
The river where we used to kiss is lonely
The places where you used to hold my hand are gloomy
And every time I pass this Winter night
when you made me cry with three little words
so simple and shy
Still makes me cry
Still makes me cry
Still makes me cry
It still makes me cry
So I might go out tonight
and look for someone tonight
To match this broken heart of mine
Might need some company
when I walk the streets of Berlin
When I walk the streets of Berlin
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Back to Black
Composed by Amy Winehouse & Mark Ronson
We only said goodbye
In words I died a hundred times
You go back to her
and I go back
You only said goodbye
In words I died a hundred times
You go back to her
and I go back to
black
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Shifts of Light
Composed by Allison Crowe
We are in water – we are in shadow – we are in trouble right now
We have to be sorted – we have to be careful – we have to be brave, still, somehow
I will open the path, we will speak tenderly
We will walk, we will save ourselves – render me
in shifts of light so I feel the day as it breaks,
it is breaking me, it is breaking us all
Over the surface – run sinews of cold dust – it’s too cold to feel my hands
It will not be easy – there will not be revelry – but we will see where it all stands
You will open the light, I will ask quietly
We will run, we will help each other – now severe me from the
absence of shelter to the defiance of the day
It will put us together – it will keep us all together
Under the water – we breathe in the water – we choke or we learn how to live
We’ve already sorted – we’ve done what we wanted – but we are never quite done somehow
We will open our arms, we will speak graciously
We will fall, we will brace ourselves – deliver me to the
patience of our laughter in a quiet loving hand
We will be on our own, we will hold our own, we will meet again,
We will meet again
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I Am the Air
Composed by Allison Crowe
I am the air I breathe I am the fire. I am the door you left open, I am desire. And I hope, and I hope this gets through to you. And I know, and I know, that it won’t.
I am the time that passes without a sound, I am the wind that knocks all your motion down. And I know and I see, this got through to you.
And I pray, though I say I don’t pray that you hear me now. And I say though I can’t say that you will believe me. So I scream, and I scream until I’m worn. And I tear up, and I tear until I’m torn.
I sleep and I sleep so I can dream this up. I keep and I keep the shadows in my head. And I fight and I fight away this dread. I will light I will light this fire until I’m dead.
You are the air I breathe, you are the fire. You are the door I left open, you are desire. And you hope, and you hope that this gets through to me. You don’t know, you don’t know it never will.
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Lisa's Song
Words and Music by Allison Crowe
I want to be the one
To say that I found you safe
and held you in my arms
I want anyone else in the world
To tell me
that they did too
And took you home
Across the field and to your door
And said, hey baby it’s cool,
There’s no reason to be scared anymore.
Took you home
And held you in, held you in, held you in.
Just stay at home
Don’t come outside to play
Circumstance beyond control
I feel so helpless
Mind is racing and breaking
Me into a million pieces
Because I can’t
Take you home
Across the river and to your door
Take you home and
Cut through the darkness
You don’t have to cry anymore
Take you home
And hold you in, hold you in, hold you in
You can call
me
You can call
me
You can call
me
You can call
Take you home
Across the sea and to your door
Take you home
But I’m so scared
Home isn’t here anymore
Take you home
hold you in
Through the nightshade and under the stars
hold you in
Hold you in, hold you in, hold...
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post-suite banter
01:25
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Canadian intro to WAY
00:46
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What About You
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
So you're weary now
from the company you keep
lay down your head
and go back to sleep
back to sleep
Just wait till the end
it will be worth it I swear
so hold on, my friend
we're almost there
Chorus:
Step back for a moment
and watch what's going on around you
you're so concerned with pleasing everyone
what about you?
I woke up at half past twelve
half in and out of dreaming
I could barely hear
but I think that I was screaming
I tried to call out to you
be careful, they're right behind you
but you turned to me and said, I'm dying
and it's too late for anyone to save me
Chorus:
Step back for a moment
and watch what's going on around you
you're so concerned with pleasing everyone
what about you?
repeat
So you're weary now
from the company you keep
lay down your head
and go back to sleep...
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Skeletons and Spirits
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
Take your sympathy and shove it
as for the pain,
well, I love it
I'll eat your words
I'll devour your soul
I will laugh like a lemur
as you crawl back into your hole
I won't deny you,
but I'll pay you no heed
And, if you keep stabbing me,
I will probably bleed
But, I'll pretend I'm a cloud
and my rain will surround you
And if you keep hurting me
I'll eventually drown you
And, yes I know
I'm a little bit off
But, you, you can't leave, you can't open the door
you think you're unique but I've seen you before
so run, run away from the fires that burn
you will do this again and again
but you will never learn
So keep looking down
as you crush me keep smiling
'cause I will get up
and there's no denying
that I am one of your punching clowns
you can keep on striking
but you can't keep me down
You always think that you
are fearless and right
but I think that you
are afraid in the night
of the ghosts, of the spirits
that crawl into your head
of the skeletons that'll haunt you
until you're dead
but, now, you can't leave, you can't open the door
you think you're unique but I've seen you before
so run, run away from the fires that burn
you will do this again and again and again and again
but, now, you can't leave, you can't open the door
you think you're unique but I've seen it all before
so run, run away from the fires that burn
but you will never learn
you will never learn
you will never learn
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Arthur
Words & Music by Allison Crowe
And the weight of this war
We are fighting
Is a door that is opening
And sighing
You say come back inside
It is warm here
You have seen it out there
And you ran
away
If you lift without strength
Can you move it
Or the sword in this stone
Would you lose it
Are you Arthur
Or only pretending
And this hope you have burned
Are you sending
away
Away, away…
Would you hold me
If I disappeared now
And if I didn’t know
Who I was
Would you stay with me
While I was losing
Or lay down your sword
And run
away
Would you still love me
If I forgot you
If my heart held to
Only a thread
In the flicker of eyes
I would see you
Would you carry me back
from my dread
away
Away, 'way, away
away, away
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intro to Hallelujah
00:57
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Hallelujah
Words & Music by Leonard Cohen
As performed by Allison Crowe
I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, baby, I've been here before.
I've seen this room, and I've walked this floor.
I used to live alone before I knew you.
But I've seen your flag on the marble arch,
And love is not a victory march,
It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, there was a time when you'd let me know
What's really going on below,
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you,
And the Holy Ghost was moving too,
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, maybe there is a God above,
But all that I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.
It's not a cry that you hear at night,
And it is not somebody who has seen the light
It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
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Rare Birds
Composed by Allison Crowe
Like an open window on a cold spring day
Like a rare bird standing on the shore
I am all but ready now to sail away
On the cool winds to fly forever more
We will call to conscience all we could believe
We will breathe the air while we can
It is not to what we owe the pleasure of
It is how, when the ground is weak, we stand
Take off now, and be free
You don’t owe yourself to me
You don’t owe a single thing to anyone
When you land it will be
What you’ve willed yourself to see
And the paths that you have taken will be one
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intro to Now I'm 64
00:46
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Now I'm 64
Traditional
As performed by Allison Crowe and Band
I pondered on those days gone by as I sat beside the mill
and gazed upon the setting Sun as it sank beneath the hill
I gazed on it once more, me boys, ’t’was the very Sun I've seen
Well, it's just the same now as it was when we were sweet 16
Oh, how I long for those bright days to come again once more
But come again they never will for now I'm 64
The little fish swim in the brook and wander down below
They swim until, and ever will, as they did long ago
The little meadow by the brook is just as fresh and green
It’s just the same now as it was when we were sweet 16
Oh, how I long for those bright days to come again once more
But come again they never will for now I'm 64
Oh, the past is past and she is gone, on Earth we'll meet no more
But we will meet in Heaven above on that eternal shore
And when we meet we'll part no more, we both will reign supreme
No more to sing of days gone by when we were sweet 16
Oh, how I long for those bright days to come again once more
But come again they never will for now I'm 64
Oh, how I long for those bright days to come again once more
But come again they never will for now I'm 64
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intro to Bird Set Free
01:11
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Bird Set Free
Composed by Sia Furler, Gregory Kurstin
Clipped wings, I was a broken thing
Had a voice, had a voice but I could not sing
You would wind me down
I struggled on the ground, oh
So lost, the line had been crossed
Had a voice, had a voice but I could not talk
You held me down
I struggle to fly now, oh
But there's a scream inside that we all try to hide
We hold on so tight, we cannot deny
Eats us alive, oh it eats us alive, oh
Yes, there's a scream inside we all try to hide
We hold on so tight, but I don't wanna die, no
I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die, yeah
I don’t care if I sing off key
I find myself in my melodies
I sing for love, I sing for me
I shout it out like a bird set free
No, I don't care if I sing off key
I find myself in my melodies
I sing for love, I sing for me
I shout it out like a bird set free
Oh, oh, oh, oh…
I shout it out like a bird set free
Oh, oh, oh, oh…
I shout it out like a bird set free
Now I fly, hit the high notes
I have a voice, have a voice, hear me roar tonight
You held me down
But I fought back loud
Oh, there's a scream inside we all try to hide
We hold on so tight, we cannot deny
Eats us alive, oh it eats us alive
Yes, there's a scream inside that we all try to hide
We hold on so tight, but I don't wanna die, no
I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die
And I don't care if I sing off key
I find myself in my melodies
I sing for love, I sing for me
I shout it out like a bird set free
No I don't care if I sing off key
I find myself in my melodies
I sing for love, I sing for me
I'll shout it out like a bird set free
Oh, oh, oh, oh…
I'll shout it out like a bird set free
Oh, oh, oh, oh…
I'll shout it out like a bird set free
Oh, oh, oh, oh…
I'll shout it out like a bird set free
Oh, oh, oh, oh…
I'll shout it out like a bird set free
Oh, oh, oh, oh…
I'll shout it out like a bird set free
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