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Wind Wolves Wild
03:49
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leave it and don’t turn back
lest the mountains return to sand
you can hold in the palm of your hand
nothing will bring those days back
you spent in one long sigh
all the fortune that burned in your eyes
you can run, you did run, but you can’t hide
from the sorrow that keeps you alive
so sit with me
in this quiet invitation
wrestle your sorrows aside
stay with me, and leave your explanation
to the wind / to the wolves / to the wild
all of you shines with a great light
as we hold on to (h)ours tight
they are shorter than short, blinding bright
one stays back while the other takes flight
i’ll leave a trail for you to someday find
in these city blocks that pull from me like tides
what is yours now, it once was mine
and nothing can bring me home to that time
so sit with me…
i’ll return in due time
to find we’ve all gone on with our lives
even ten thousand lakes cannot hide—
we all caught that fast train to ride
so call us mostly satisfied
and sit with me
in this quiet invitation
wrestle your sorrows aside
stay with me, and leave your explanation
to the wind, to the wolves, to the wild
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2. |
Red
03:55
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i am not afraid
no i am not afraid
but i'm bleeding
my veins run red with your name
i will not refrain
i won't be restrained
i still need you
so breathe deep
and tell me now that you'll stay
i am not ashamed
i won't be ashamed
but i mean it when I say that i can't change
but i'll take the blame
i won't be kept down
i won't wait around
you have me right where you want me
you might find me looking now
but i'm not stepping out for the night
you can keep your life classified
'cause you've got something that might keep me quiet
so i won't make a sound
no i won't say aloud
but will you feel it? guilt like mud
packed on her skin and in your mouth
i am not afraid
i am not afraid
i'm still breathing
my lips stained red with your name
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3. |
Jacob's Ladder
04:32
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i stayed up all night wrestling with an angel
i stayed up all night…
in the morning, i said to he- i won't let you leave
'till you bless me with your
black black coffee
and burn a new name into
my lips sewn with the promise
i could let you leave this time
i went for a walk down by the Mississippi
tried to clear my mind…
in the water what did i see-- my own damn reflection
staring at me, looking so
whole & steady
a mirror
calm & glassy
i thought i'd have a limb missing
without you at my hip, by my side
tried to build a house on the river delta
filled the banks with stone…
now the bed is wild & unmade, and i'm the one to blame--
for this wounding
this faith shaking
like Jacob, i
stole your blessing
so let me go, you say
dawn's the only thing worth breaking
will you bless me, with your black black coffee?
your black black coffee
your black black coffee…
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4. |
A Simple Thought
03:55
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when i'm up and away
i can't keep them at bay, i start crawling
like i'm sprouting a vine and
i'm patching that time
is it falling?
it's not falling in line
at the heart of a mess full of hurt and unrest
it's beating
it's pounding and fierce and it rings in my ears and
it's fleeting
but it's leading the rest
a simple thought can tear you up
don't drop out, i won't drop out
we'll say when we've had enough
i'm a scratch on your lens
so i'll buff and pretend
i'm not aching
a sacrifice makes compromise
no mistakes
but it's breaking
and i'm not taking what's mine
a simple thought...
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5. |
Closer Now
03:29
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you say you'll take me this time around, and i should know better now
but i'm tinged with fever, a subtle heat-- no-- i'm bursting at the seams
when you let me close
take a firm hand with a tender grasp, now i'm begging for collapse
you held me in
i want you to know me
and i'll sink into you
i could fight it, but i don't wanna try
one touch and my mouth runs dry
i've got this fever, a raptured core
now i don't sleep anymore
do you want me to know you
will you sink into me
i want you closer now
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6. |
Sun Arranging Light
03:36
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the sun arranging light...
don’t call my distance cruel
the floodgates hold back
your floodgates hold back
but the river takes its own path
you pulled a storm/of songs from my lips
drenched from the downpour & soaking through your skin
talk to me/like a whale under seas
a swarm of honeybees, you left with a sting
nothing about this is clean...
a brightness in winter, a false promise of heat
June/is a dream
when ice is all I see
water/turns to steam
to fill all the space you need
the sun estranged from light...
don’t call my distance cruel
the floodgates have cracked
your floodgates have cracked
from your rules & your silence, your lines & your past
you pulled a sword/of songs from my lips
bent from the pressure & piercing through your skin
talk to me/like a land under siege
a swarm of honeybees, you left with sting
a swell, a reason to breathe- unreasonably
the sun arranging light...
don’t call my distance cruel
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7. |
Surrender
04:09
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tell me no-
you don't wanna see me here anymore
you already know-
i'm the wishy-washy type,
the kind who keeps you up at night
the kind who writes you all these songs
about nothing
tell me no-
you don't wanna hear the songs i wrote
you already know-
what they're all about, what they're all about
and you don't wanna fell those strikes and blows
you don't wanna get your heart broke
over nothing
i surrender...
i gave you it all--
all my blues and my brick walls
you can have it all-
take the reins and make the call
break and news, (em)brace the fall
take my everything and all
of my nothing
i won’t rush--
water and blood are fast enough
wait for the wind to die back down
but I'm the fiery impatient type
the kind who keeps you up at night
the kind who wants to treat you right
if you'll let me
i surrender...
tell me no--
you don't wanna see me here any more
you already know--
i'm your messy murky one
the one who makes your plans undone
the one who writes you all these songs
about nothing
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8. |
I Don't Mind
03:08
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if i could find a way to say it right
if i could find some peace of mind
this ache runs deep
i can't begin to try to cool my yearning
but in due time
i know that i won't mind the way it feels to lay alone
i won't mind
my hands aren't broken down with no one to hold
but it's no stretch to say
that i could stand to learn some self control
i breathe in cool, i'll bite my frozen tongue
the things i want to say ain't right
so i'm a fool, i know
i've just begun to lick my wounds out in the light
i won't fight
i'll let this run its course
i won't breathe easy, and i won't lie
my thoughts are racing, screaming, and growing hoarse
just tell me something
i can't hide
and soon i won't mind the way it feels to lay alone
i won't mind, no
my hands aren't broken down with no one to hold
with shaking knees i'd say
that i could stand to learn some self control
i could use some self control
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9. |
Star
03:02
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i let a wolf into the house
i gave him a key / he sat on the couch
where the ghosts and the dust surround
a creak in the wood/ a crack in the door
the air flows down
so pull the string tight across
and measure the loss/ in the loosening knots
that once cradled us
run through my fingertips like water
flow through my lips like wine
i’ve got blood on my fingertips like water
and i could never stay the same, it’s a lie—
no we never stay the same, it’s a lie
i’ll paint you as you are—
a distance/ a cold flame /a flashing light—
a star
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Sister Species Minneapolis, Minnesota
mpls-based chamber pop septet
Fronted by accordionist/songwriter Emily Kastrul, chamber-
pop septet Sister Species is known for their thoughtful, dynamic arrangements and opulent three-part trumpet harmonies.
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