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Dark Times
03:36
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The moon is rising in flames tonight
swelled with the end of summer
Rise into the cold dark sky
Affixed for the slumber
As we gather the last fruits on the trees
before they lose their luster
The roots travel down like hair grows long
or like skin grows older…
The fish are swimming in search of the sun
before the river ices over
Farmers herded all their stock
into a place of shelter
Time is not quite moving the same
or at least, feels like it’s slowing
The birds fly south while the worms dig deep
for riches pure and glowing…
The vines have lost their will to climb
The flowers wilted over
Shorter days and longer nights
until the bloom of clover
It’s the time of year, darkness takes hold
looks like the world is dying
The light is still there, it’s just moving down
Doing its work in hiding…
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2. |
Allegheny
03:46
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Turn off all the lights so I can see
who you are underneath
And I’ll show you every part of me
And we’ll agree to love until our hearts bleed
We had time, we had time
We drove all night underneath the moonlight
And it felt right, it felt right
Headed to the mountain where
we could finally breathe
We could be ourselves and forget everything
Hold my hand, be next to me
Drivin’ down the highway in the midnight morning
We had time, we had time
We drove all night underneath the moonlight
And it felt right, yeah, it felt right
I went down to the Allegheny
It felt like I was home in that Appalachian valley
and for a while, I was right where I needed to be
You were somewhere so far out of reach
So far out of reach
But we had time, we had time
We drove all night underneath the bright moonlight
And it felt right, it felt right
It felt right, it felt right
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3. |
No Hard Days
03:08
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Gold digger wears their rings
Angel in heaven gets their wings
See them all aspire to,
aspire to have no hard days
You’ll have no hard days
Cook and serve all day
You’ll put something on their plate
Go home cut and drained
You’ll have nothing left to make
You’ll have nothing left
You’ll have nothing left
Electric cars and trains
What will be the next big thing?
Battery or gasoline,
energy is never free—
ee-ee Never free
ee-ee Never free
Coal miner digs their grave
Silicon valley seals the trade
Corporations are man-made
But we’ll have nothing left to save
We’ll have nothing left
We’ll have nothing left
But we’ll have sweet embraces
We’ll find a way to make it
Sweat and tears will dry
Sing ourselves a lullaby
Rain can save a thousand lives
Find the diamond in the mine
Oo-ooh In the mine
Oo-ooh in the mine
You’ll have no hard days
You’ll have no hard days
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4. |
Soul Searcher
05:19
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You said you’ve lived past lives
but I’ve never died
You looked at me as if I were a baby
and you were old and grey
I looked off into space and struggled to find the words
Took a sip of my wine and counted the years
You don’t need to look anymore
You soul searcher
You’re a soul searcher…
It’s only a speck in time
we’ve been here before
It will come back again and again and again
All cluttered up on the table and into your head
“Try to enjoy it” you said, then I went straight to bed
You don’t need to look anymore
You soul searcher
You’re a soul searcher…
I have me a new friend who’s lived many lives
I look at him as if he were a baby
but he is old and grey
He swallows his pride and sings me a song
And laughs about how little he really knows
You don’t need to look anymore
You soul searcher
You’re a soul searcher…
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5. |
It's So Easy
04:41
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When the sun goes down and everyone’s asleep but me
When the sun goes down and everyone’s asleep but me
When the sun comes up and everyone wakes up but me, but me
It’s so easy
Well who will stand by my side and show me the way
Who will stand by my side and show me the way
You might try and understand
Brother but you can’t
But it’s so easy
It’s so easy
You were comfort, you were pain
but time changed you just the same
You were comfort, you were pain
but time changed you just the same
The wind uprooted you by calling out your name
By calling out your name
But it’s so easy
It’s so easy
I have no savior, man, or god to which I pray
I have no savior, man, or god to which I pray
All of my anger, and all of my pain,
I have no one else to blame
But it’s so easy
It’s so easy
When the sun goes down and everyone’s asleep but me
When the sun goes down and everyone’s asleep but me
When the sun comes up and everyone wakes up but me
But me
When my time has gone up, I will go down
When my time has gone up, I will go down
But the sun comes up, every day
Everyday, everyday
But it’s so easy
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6. |
Eliot and Loren
03:33
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Eliot and Loren were two wandering souls
One would appear as the other would go
Either by fate or by some mistake
the two would emerge, in the depths of space
When they had their time here, they thought
Let’s linger
Cause it’s a cold world out there
And we’re all alone, why not share the darkness together
Until we part?
How can I be your water and you my stone
When the tides have parted, and we’re all alone?
Eliot and Loren were two wandering souls
One would appear as the other would go
Little they knew, they formed a world of their own
Where there’s no stars above and no grass below…
They knew nothing of time, nothing of space,
They were brought into being without a trace,
And just as they realized their love had a name,
They both disappeared, just as they came
How can I be your water and you my stone
When the tides have parted, and we’re all alone?
Eliot and Loren were two wandering souls
One would appear as the other would go
No one can say how they came to exist.
Either by fate or by some mistake
the two would emerge, in the depths of space
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Lover gone down the road
I find myself all alone
With arms so heavy now
Waiting for that train to turn around
Everything reminds me of
The sounds the sounds the moaning sounds
my bed is still while yours abounds
Fill the rooms and hollowed ways
fill this empty and quiet space
Everything reminds me of
Everything reminds me of
I dream of water flowing down
over my body, I never drown
Take me over, take me now
Take me like there’s no tomorrow
Everything reminds me of
Everything reminds me of
The last night you were here with me
I tried to let all just be
But I know what the morning brings
So I let you go as I pulled you close to me
Everything reminds me of
Everything reminds me of
Everything reminds me of your love
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8. |
Rubble Hill
02:58
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These walls are tired and soft with time
The floors are dark they do not shine
There’s no one left to foot the bill
So they’ll tear it down into a rubble, tear it down into a rubble hill
Send them down, send them down
Down, down across the hill
Well tear them down, tear them down
Down into a rubble, down into a rubble hill
You’ll take their money, they’ll take your will
They’ll send you down across the rubble hill
And all that’s left to sing the blues
Is an old suitcase and worn out, old suitcase,
worn out shoes
Send them down, send them down
Down, down across the hill
Well tear them down, tear them down
Down into a rubble, down into a rubble hill
Well the man with the money is here to stay
He’s the man with desire for real estate
He’s gonna build these walls with pillars of salt
He’s gonna build his glory from a rubble, build his glory from a rubble hill
Send them down, send them down
Down, down across the hill
Well tear them down, tear them down
Down into a rubble, down into a rubble hill
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9. |
Here We Go
04:19
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A riddle for my friends
How do you measure time
when there’s no start or end
We’re prey to change
We’re never the same
We’re prey to change
We’re never the same
Let’s talk about the future
Imagine something greater
Dream of all the places I will ever
Go
Why do we cry about the times
we were somebody else
Face each day so that we can keep them safe and locked away
We’re bound to change
We’re never the same
We’re bound to change
We’re never the same
Let’s talk about the future
Imagine something greater
Dream of all the places I will ever
Go
A seed was planted many years ago
I can’t remember why it didn’t grow
So I’ll take my seeds and
throw them to the wind
They’ll float down
down to where they can begin…
Let’s talk about the future
Imagine something greater
Dream of all the places I will ever
Go
We all deserve a chance to love
We all deserve a chance to fail
We grow we grow we grow we grow, we die again, die again
We grow again, here we go.
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10. |
Protectors
02:58
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We’ll protect the water
We’ll protect, we’ll protect
We’ll protect the water
until you let it be
We’ll obey the rights of humanity
We’ll obey we’ll obey
We’ll obey the rights of humanity
until we’re free
We’ll never stop defying the
fascist house you’re building
We’ll never stop defying the fascist house
until you leave
I am not anybody
I’m just a part of this fucked up place
I can try to sing about it
until this song belongs to us
until this song belongs to us
We will not be silent
when we are faced with fear and hate
We will not be silent when we’re faced with fear
until we ain’t
We’ll protect the water
We’ll protect, we’ll protect
We’ll protect the water
until you let it be
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Emma Dilemma Nashville, Tennessee
Emma Dilemma brings us enchanting folk songs that are darkly cheerful and cheerfully dark. They are based out of Nashville, TN.
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