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Intro
01:09
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2. |
Juno
03:51
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I don't know what you know,
but I will be your Juno
and we will find a better place than here
to settle down, to call our own
we've come this far and we've only grown
enough to feel the sun and our eyes are clear
to watch the pictures of our face
removed in silence to be replaced
with nothing more than the cover of the glass
So you go out and you call home
when you get back we'll be alone
with nothing but the stars to draw us near
But I will look forward now no more
until we've made it to the shore
And we'll strip down and we'll jump in
and swim back to the places we've been
Cause we don't need air anymore
So we won't come up until there's no war
The world ends and a new one takes its place
Then we'll come up and be the ones of grace
You roll down your window
and we look out at the street's glow
the dead of night's never been so bright from here
Diana's waiting in the sky
for us to turn back home and cry
forgiveness to all that have done us wrong so many times
But I will look back there now no more
until we've made it to the shore
And we'll strip down and we'll jump in
and swim back to the places we've been
Cause we don't need air anymore
So we won't come up until there's no war
The world ends and a new one takes its place
Then we'll come up and be the ones of grace
Cause we don't need air anymore
So we won't come up until there's no war
The world ends and a new one takes its place
Then we'll come up and be the ones of grace
Before we enter our home below
we glance once more to the seeds we've sown
all that we've done never turned out quite the way we planned
It's time to go and I turn to see
that waiting there in vibrant greens
the open ocean, and the future waiting for us to choose.
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3. |
Separate Clothes
03:46
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We still wear separate clothes
For reasons everybody only kind of knows
There's right and there's left, that's that don't you hear?
If you look any farther you'll regret it I swear.
But we're all headed for that same old spot
Running 'round headless towards the boiling pot
For when we no longer know what's what
And that's the day we'll finally be free.
There' dresses and there's messes to clean up alone
waiting for the phone to ring
Mascara running, no self-esteem
How do you address me when I don't want to be seen?
But we're all headed for that same old spot
Running 'round headless towards the boiling pot
For when we no longer know what's what
And that's the day we'll finally be free.
Free
We all seem to know what happens to those
Frightened to death by the strength they oppose
We keep moving forward but nothing seems to get done
So hide back indoors or get burned by the sun
But we all talk differently when we cry
We're in between the times
There are ties and being tongue-tied,
running around and trying from the other side
but there ain't no one being satisfied
You're tripping up stairs,
trying to come up for air,
but even when you get there, you're underwater
But we're all headed for that same old spot
Running 'round headless towards the boiling pot
For when we no longer know what's what
And that's the day we'll finally be free.
Free
Free
Free.
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4. |
Orion
04:39
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There's a sale on fruit, but everyone's buying candy
There's a sale on batteries, but everyone's buying gas
Three lights, up in the middle of the night sky
We'll stay outside and watch for three nights
While the world waits
Three lights, up in a row it's just a small sight
in the middle of the rewrites
to make the world great
You're hungry when there's food on your plate
You're early when you thought you were late
You're funny, even though they're not laughing
You're finished even though they're not clapping
So you go to a place far away so you don't have to face
The people who scare you
The people who know you and the people who love you
have nothing to do with the dreams that you've gone through
Three lights, up in the middle of the night sky
We'll stay outside and watch for three nights
While the world waits
Three lights, up in a row it's just a small sight
in the middle of the rewrites
to make the world great
Just because I'm alone doesn't mean that I'm lonely
'Cause even when I'm alone I'm still dancing to slowly
Just because I'm alone doesn't mean that I want you to stay
It's scary waking up from the dream
It's harder when you know you can't scream
But it's worth it, when you know it has ended
You can show it, and then hope they're offended
Three lights, up in the middle of the night sky
We'll stay outside and watch for three nights
While the world waits
Three lights, up in a row it's just a small sight
in the middle of the rewrites
to make the world great
Three lights, up in the middle of the night sky
We'll stay outside and watch for three nights
While the world waits
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5. |
Song I Wrote For Jen
03:31
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When I look up at the clouds
Or I see your smiling face
It makes me long for nothing more
than your warm embrace
When I listen to the leaves
on a summer afternoon
Or I'm sailing away into the night-time
and hear the calling of a loon
I smile
It makes me smile
I smile
I smile for you
When I look up at the night sky
it makes me want to fly so high and catch the stars
and bring them back for you
And then I realize you're standing next to me
And in your hand are all these fireflies
And then I realize that they're not fireflies
And then you take my hand
And we fly so high we catch the stars
We fly
So high
We fly
And we catch the stars
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6. |
One Heart
02:03
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Why do we cry when we're safe
in the middle of a space where
the quiet embrace of the night-time holds us up?
Why do our tears fall when we're sitting on the asphalt
awaiting the warmth that we've missed from the middle of this one heart?
But it won't stop now, no it won't stop now
No it won't stop till we've filled our mind with the safety of this one heart
Why do we laugh when we're broken,
running in circles again until we've reached the drain?
Why are we so damn hard on what we do
when we clearly see we've made a dream come true?
Why do we laugh when we're so far gone
that we don't remind us of ourselves?
Maybe the bags under our eyes are telling them sweet little lies
About where we're from, what we've done,
and maybe a little 'bout why we're on the run
But maybe the thing we need to know was really inside us all along
But it won't stop now, no it won't stop now
No it won't stop till we've filled our mind with the safety of this one heart
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7. |
Give
01:11
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Instrumental
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8. |
Looking Down
02:57
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Some days when I'm looking down I see myself all over the place
Some days when I'm looking down and missing my friend's embraces
When will I learn to walk with my head up?
When will I learn, that I'm not the only one fed up
With looking down in order to stay firmly on the ground?
'Cause after a while we'll have to say goodbye
And after a while of fighting we'll know why
'Cause there is a doorway that I won't fit through
But I'll be there to lift you and make sure you see your way through
I'll look where I'm going when I'm finished knowing why
Clearly hear lies the late, great heart of the earth
Drugging our hearts and filling our minds
With stories we told ourselves back when we were children
the world revolves and people evolve
And everything else stays where it is
But after a while we'll have to say goodbye
And after a while of fighting we'll know why
'Cause there is a doorway that I won't fit through
But I'll be there to lift you and make sure you see your way through
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9. |
Hanging Under
03:45
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Instrumental
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10. |
Wooden Legs
02:36
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We all need to run away sometimes
But we've all grown oak and fir instead of thighs
So you try to run on your wooden legs
Learn to walk again only to find that you've become a nest egg
Try to walk to walk again
Try to walk on your wooden legs
and never look back
Try to walk to walk again
Try to walk on your wooden legs
and hope they don't crack
hope they don't crack
I hope one day you look out through the window
And you'll find that nothing's really changed
Things have moved, seasons passed
But none of those things ever last
The only sure thing that you will find
is that you've learned to walk around if only in your mind
Try to walk to walk again
Try to walk on your wooden legs
and never look back
Try to walk to walk again
Try to walk on your wooden legs
and hope they don't crack
Try to walk to walk again
Try to walk on your wooden legs
and never look back
Try to walk to walk again
Try to walk on your wooden legs
and hope they don't crack
Hope they don't crack
Hope they don't crack.
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11. |
Ponderosa
02:36
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Instrumental
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12. |
Itching
02:45
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I'm itching for a feeling
I'm itching for what's right
I'm itching for whatever could happen tonight
I'm waiting for the whistle
I'm waiting for the go
I'm waiting for somebody to tell me no
'Cause I won't be satisfied
Until I get my reason
Until I start my time
You won't hear much from me 'til I hear what's on the line
And everyone can see me
And everyone can know
that I'm making my way up 'cause it's the only way to go
And I won't be satisfied
Until I find my way around this town
Of people who turn the other cheek
When they find something they don't wanna find
It doesn't matter now.
I'm working for your freedom
I'm working for your place
I'm working for whatever you consider your space
And if I cannot take it or if you do not show
I'll ride around the block until all your neighbours know
That I won't be satisfied
Until I find my way around this house
Of people who've worked their way into beds that someone else has made
It doesn't matter now,
It only mattered then
and then only for a moment.
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13. |
Yesterday Song
03:29
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Instrumental
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14. |
Somewhere to Run
03:38
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I've been looking at the sun for way to long
Made me blind to everything's been going on
And every time I try to look away
These spots just start making everything look grey
But I've been looking to the sun
For direction on where to run
Just trying to find out where I belong
I'm just looking for somewhere to run
And I've just been waiting on someone
To catch up and tell me to slow down
But I've been running for so long
I'm not sure there's anyone like that around
But I've been looking to the sun
For direction on where to run
Just trying to find out where I belong
I'm just looking for somewhere to run
And in the time it takes for you to say
A prayer for me I'm sure I'll be OK
I'll find my way back home,
Just trust you'll have to give me some time on my own
Time on my own
Life doesn't stop for you
To figure out where you want to go
So you're screwed, unless you already know
And if you spend your time looking too far ahead
The time you've been given is already dead
But I've been looking to the sun
For direction on where to run
Just trying to find out where I belong
I'm just looking for somewhere to run
I'm just looking for somewhere to run
I'm just looking for somewhere to run.
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Scalawag Vancouver, British Columbia
Scalawag is a Solo multi-instrumentalist music artist that is sure to both make you nostalgic for things you've never experienced, and keep your head bopping and your torso grooving. With an eclectic mix of genre, and distinct vocals, Scalawag takes you on a journey of imagination. ... more
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