1. |
Over My Head
03:12
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Sometime ago I used to see you
I'd creep down the stairs in my morning rush
I'd sit in the rocking chair to talk with you
You'd be waiting in your white robe just for me
Ooh don't you know don't you know don't you know don't you know
I wake up every morning feeling lost
Oh you don't know you don't know you don't know you don't know
I wake in the morning and you're gone
You're gone
You're gone
You're gone
I need you to see what you're doing to me
If you can't see I can't be my only friend
No!
I'm tired of calling!
I'm tired of waiting!
I'm tired I'm tired I'm tired I'm tired I'm tired...
Just tell me now what you gonna do with me
Won't you pick me up when
I am drowning
What's that you said I'm in over my head
I drown
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2. |
Palaces on the Sand
03:13
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My conscience dances around the room like
Bats embracing their final doom
They seek to demystify you
Til your eyes turn a shade of blue
But your hands are in tune with my fear
They play melodies no one else can hear
They shake new rhythms into my soul
Move me to offer you all control
I know I need the solid ground
But I can't resist the sound of a distant life that is unplanned
I'll find the will to find the way but while I delay
I'll be building palaces on the sand
Palaces on the sand
Palaces with these hands
Time moves quickly
It pays no heed to my plea
I want to build forests but can't plant trees
When I'm struck by lightning branches I'll still stand
And no one will thwart my unwritten plans
I know I need the solid ground
But I can't resist the sound of a distant life that is unplanned
I'll find the will to find the way but while I delay
I'll be building palaces on the sand
Palaces on the sand
Palaces with these hands
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3. |
Box
04:14
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I’m trapped here in this box
I can’t seem to get out
I’ve been listening to words
Over and over again
And over again
Why do they want me to agree?
They never give their love away for free
They demand my undying devotion
Don't understand I’m devoid of emotion
For the ones who try to define
If I’m really a branch on the vine
I’m cutting corners in a box I’m creating
I’m closing covers before I start debating
This world can be so cold and calculating
But in the end it’s my heart I start hating
I start hating oh
Why should I cry here desperately?
Each day my walls pray to comfort me
They take a stand on one pre-conceived notion
They won’t expand like the creatures of the ocean
Except to sing another line
Even if the song isn’t mine
I’m cutting corners in a box I’m creating
I’m closing covers before I start debating
This world can be so cold and calculating
But in the end it’s my heart I start hating
I’m cutting corners in a box I’m creating
I’m closing covers before I start debating
This world can be so cold and calculating
But in the end it’s my heart I start hating
I start hating oh
My brain is breaking
Breaking is my brain....
Tsst Oww.
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4. |
Planet Alone
04:25
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Mama's gonna take you home
Mama's gonna throw you a bone
Mama's gonna be your friend
She's gonna love you til the end of time
You never told me that you loved me when you said goodbye
You never told me that you'd hold me when you said goodbye
You never told me that you'd miss me when you said goodbye
You never told me that you'd hurt me when you said goodbye
Daddy's gonna take me home
Daddy won't leave me alone
Daddy's gonna be my friend
He's gonna be proud of me
I never told you that I loved you when I said goodbye
I never told you that I'd hold you when I said goodbye
I never told you that I'd miss you when I said goodbye
I never told you that I'd hurt you when I said goodbye
Don't you know that you're not getting off this planet alone?
Not without me...
Plan it alone...
Not without me...
Don't you know that you're not getting off this planet alone?
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5. |
I've Got You
03:56
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Match of this spirit’s longing
Shackles unravel like string
Shaking the depths of the darkness
Surrendering everything
Faint voice catches the distance
Jaded untainted presence
Noises are stale in the darkness
Will I will it to commence?
Will I will it to commence?
Stimuli unjudging alibi
De-dampening the time that wasn’t mine
"Shhhs" can be heard inside the design
I've got you
DNA strands waiting to be strung
Melting the words waiting on your tongue
Breathing me in with a broken lung
I've got you
Patient and deliberate wait
Diabolical debate
Sweet memory to remind me
That choice determined my fate
Stimuli unjudging alibi
De-dampening the time that wasn’t mine
"Shhhs" can be heard inside the design
I've got you
DNA strands waiting to be strung
Melting the words waiting on your tongue
Breathing me in with a broken lung
I've got you...
Hiding inside of me
(De-dampen these eyes
They still cry for you
No time has passed by
The time that was never mine)
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6. |
Solo
02:40
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Wait
I didn’t mean to stop the pain from calling out to the one who could
Take
It all away in just one day...in just one day
Wait
I didn’t mean to stop the rain from falling down on a wall that would
Break
Under the weight of your heartache...of your heartache
Now we’re solo
Now we’re so low
You and me are solo
You and me are so low
Wait
I didn’t mean to stop the train from hauling loads on the tracks that would
Shake
All the foundations you had laid that would decay
Now we’re solo
Now we’re so low
You and me are solo
You and me are so low
You and me are so...
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7. |
I Am a Chalk Rock
02:33
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I am a chalk rock. I don't walk or talk
I am a chalk rock. I don't walk or talk
I don’t bark or walk to the park
I don’t do much of anything
(Bark bark bark bark bark
Walk talk walk talk walk talk)
A little girl picked me up one sunny day
She placed me in her warm pocket. She’d never throw me away
I’m a chalk rock and I doodle on the ground
I’m a chalk rock that a little girl found
When one side doesn’t work
She turns me over
She turns me over
I feel so used and I feel so loved
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CHALK St. John'S, Newfoundland and Labrador
Chalk is born out of the revived childhood writings and poetry of singer/songwriter Selina Boland. With an organic approach to a vintage electronic sound, Selina performs as Chalk with a loop station and synthesizer. Her writings emerge with a new sound from an unconventional structure to produce haunting harmonies and colorful melodies. ... more
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