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Like Water, Like Earth
02:21
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Mother. Creature, in need of comfort
Her heart beating though buried in concrete
Hold them closer, hold them close
Like water, like earth, like soil and sky
Like firmament I am like water like birth
Like blood and like sky, like firmament
I am like water, like earth
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Are you a writer?
Keeping your distance on paper
The medium is much safer
And maybe they’ll understand later
I can’t believe that anyone would ever cause you harm
But here you are in danger
I wish we were the far, far, far light of the stars
Chances are you won’t make it
Even if you fake it
But who are we to take it?
No matter the shape they will break it
I can’t believe that anyone would ever cause you harm
But here they are, and they hate it
I wish we were the far, far, far light of the stars
Don’t tell me that things will get better
There’s no sign of a change in the weather
And don’t tell me to calm down, settler
I see that you’re making no effort
I can’t believe that anyone would ever cause us harm
But here we are in armour
I wish we were
I wish we were
I wish we were
the far, far, far light of stars
shining at a safe distance
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Tiptoe
02:17
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We’ve got a secret you and I
Like we tiptoe through the morning
Careful not to disturb
And we’re gonna keep it you and I
In an envelope marked “sorry”
(But sorry isn’t the word)
Until it grows into a bird
Transient and blue
Until it flies away and fades from view
We’ve got a secret you and I
Like we translate into meaning
A language that isn’t our own
And we’re gonna keep it you and I
As the language of our feelings
Feelings we shouldn’t know
For they are transient and blue
Long overdue
To fly away and fade from view
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Rebuild
03:39
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Know we’ll make it back, we’ll rebuild like always
And though under attack, we’ll rebuild always
Careful you’re in shock -- like I’m on to talk
A lustrum of this loss and still in its grasp
Once it catches, all is ashes
This is quite important:
However it takes, let yourself be broken
Travel the ache
When you’re ready, tell your story
We know you’ll make it back, we’ll rebuild like always
Though under attack, we’ll rebuild always
I dream, I dream, I dream
If there is a buoy, a key to employ
Find a target for tend and adore
There is weight to those who claim you
We know you’ll make it back, we’ll rebuild like always
Though under attack, we’ll rebuild always
I dream, I dream, I dream
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There’s a point that I get to
There’s a line that I cross
There’s a moment that I notice – I notice I’m lost
When I reach the horizon
When I reach for the flame
When I reach the conclusion there is no one to blame
Oh safe harbour, I see your light
I’m headed for you, ya I need you tonight
I’ve been weeping, You probably can tell
But only weeping gives me water to sail
I don’t know what to do here
I don’t know where to go
I don’t know what I’m saying
So I stutter – I stutter and choke
If you’re a canyon, I’m a plain
I’m a desert and I’m ready for rain
Oh safe harbour, I see your light
I’m headed for you, ya I need you tonight
I’ve been weeping, you probably can tell
But only weeping gives me water to sail
Call out my name I don’t want to be strange
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6. |
Waitlist Lullaby
02:28
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I wake from dreaming
And call your name into the night
If I keep believing
Will it be true I’ve your heart?
I’ve your heart
Sternotomy, thoracotomy
They cut to that part of me
When I wake from dreaming
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Christa Couture Toronto, Ontario
“A remarkable chanteuse, singing superb material,” deems Roots Music of Christa Couture, an award-winning indie artist who has built a reputation for transforming tragedy into musical triumph, with sharp-shooting wit, effortless grace, and heart-on-sleeve intensity. ... more
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