1. |
I'm Not Listening
05:33
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All the things that you say to me
sink like water thrown stones
stupid words that I must swallow
smile and nod and leave alone
but I'm not listening
I'm not listening
I'm not listening
I'm not listening anymore
your mouth moves
a fish that's hunting
for a smaller fish to kill
eat your dinner
drink your coffee
go to bed and take a pill
but I'm not listening
I'm not listening
I'm not listening anymore
I'm not listening
I'm not listening
I'm not listening anymore
Dark clouds always seem to follow you
I guess they have a job that they must do
You never seem to see the moon, her glory or her light
You never notice fireflies or dragonflies in flight
and all the flowers in the spring, they wilt from your disdain
but I belong to all of them so this is my refrain.
I'm not listening anymore.
I'm tired of your sad song
I'm cannot sing along
and I'm tired of your selfish ways
that make me feel wrong
you shadow makes it hard to see
I think your darkness is afraid of me
It keeps begging for my sympathy
but I'm not listening
I am not listening
I am not listening anymore.
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2. |
Wild Appaloosa
04:51
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My heart is a wild appaloosa and all it really wants to do it run
away from the ones who would harm her
neath the soft golden haze of the sun.
She craves for the one who would tame her.
His gentle voice calming her down
but she doesn't know if she can trust him
like she trusts the spring of the ground.
She's away. She's away.
She's away. She's away.
With the river the space.
All the freedom of grace.
She's away.
It's lonely out there in her night time,
a sliver of moon in her sky though
Pegasus gallops above her
and stars take the run of the sky.
Their away. Their away.
Their away. Their away
with the river of space.
All the freedom of grace
their away.
She dreams of the gallant white stallion
who rides just as fast as the wind
who will run with a wild appaloosa
as far as the eye meets the land.
Their away.Their away.
Their away. Their away
with the river of space.
All the freedom of grace.
Their away.
Part 2.
Did you see me? I was running as fast the wind in the mountains.
Thoughts were gathering like sparks off of hooves down a wild path.
Never knowing what you want can be hard with a cliff at your heels.
Either way the jump could be such a risk.
Watch your heart in a free fall.
Could love ever give you wings? Lift you up,
fly you over that crevice.
Lift you up and set you down on the other side
where everything's good now. Everything's safe now
and it's alright.
It's alright now. It's alright.
It's alright now. It's alright.
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3. |
Crash and Burn
03:53
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I can't believe that it's come to this
saying goodbye with a Judas kiss
I thought I cared much more than this
to let you go this way
We never really were good friends
even when I thought you loved me then
seems like we were just taking turns
watching our bridges crash and burn.
watching out bridges crash and burn
watching out bridges crash and burn,.
Yes, I guess I stabbed you in the back
when I thought you were never coming back
no intervention that I know
could have saved you
bottle of bourbon in your bag
higher than I had ever seen
guess you thought you had nothing left to learn
watching your bridges crash and burn
watching your bridges crash and burn
watching them burn
and in my eyes are fires
branded in my mind like funeral pyres
spiked through my heart like cinders in the air pierced as they implode
Will I ever live? Will I ever live? Will I ever live and learn
watching our bridges crash and burn
watching our bridges crash and burn
watching our bridges crash and burn
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4. |
The Cuckoo
03:58
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5. |
Dead End Blues
03:56
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6. |
Wind and Light
03:21
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I could go just as soon as I could stay
You wouldn't miss me anyway
I am as much to you as the bird in that tree
just a tremor in your scenery
but at least I still am free
reeling through your gravity
and you'll never catch me
and when I'm gone I'm gone
and you will never catch me
I never stay for long.
and wings come in handy
when you have to leave in a hurry
wings come in handy when you have to leave.
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I've been watching birds all summer
the way they come, the way they go.
and to keep them at my water's edge
I stay absolutely still.
and it's all a dance of wind and light
now land and perch, now out of sight
and you will never catch them
when their gone their gone
you will never catch them
they never stay for long.
and wings come in handy when you want to leave in a hurry
and nothing will ever catch you, not from the ground
no one will ever notice these rustles in the background.
let me be this dance of wind and light
now land and perch, now out of sight
and I can stay or i can go
you'll never know until I go.
you'll never know until I go.
you'll never know until I go.
I never know until I go.
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7. |
Ariadne's Lullabye
03:02
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You are lost
You are wandering
but its only temporary
you will find your way
You are sad
you are lonely
don't despair
you will find your way
don't despair
you will find your way
golden threads are gleaming
minotaurs all slain
or fast asleep and dreaming
their lives away
its a long way
in a eye blink
its a strange way
don't you think?
find the answer, solve the riddle
whatever you thought one day
is not the same today
whatever you thought one day
is not the same today
not that it really matters
the storm clouds never stay
rain drops tend to splatter
and clear the mist away.
rain drops tend to shatter and clear the mist away.
So rest your head here on my shoulder
in the damp and dark
weep the night away
I'm still here
in the twilight gloaming.
golden threads are gleaming
they always know the way.
golden threads are gleaming
they always know the way.
golden threads are gleaming
minotaurs all slain
or fast asleep and dreaming
their lives away
our lives away.
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8. |
Mother Moon
02:28
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Can you sing to Mother Moon
let the seas calm let the storm break
for the winds to die down soon
let the clouds part, keep our homes safe
we are huddled in our rooms
and we hear the windows rattle
with our children in our arms
and we pray
let us see a gentle day
Can you hear us Mother Moon
in the wild wind
and the sea spray?
Can you hear us Mother Moon
in the cold skies
and the dark gray
we are chidren, one and all
from the cradle to the grave
held in your rise and in your fall
one great wave
take our song to Mother Moon.
Song for Mother Moon
Calm this night
Ease this day
Song for Mother Moon
part the clouds and light the way
with the radiance of love
all we are made of
all we are made of
hearts below and stars above.
Take our prayer to
Mother Moon.
Can you hear us
Mother Moon?
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9. |
Broken Angel
03:26
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Your my broken angel
because you fell too far
your the one I can't fix
and change the way you are
Saw you for the last time
dancing on a wire
dodging all the moments
like you were caught in a crossfire.
Your my broken angel
that I will never really know
scraping the horizon and
flying much to low.
Wishing I could mend you
feathers drying on a line.
Wishing I could forget you had
something once was mine.
If you look at the sky and it seems much to high and your longing to scuttle up there
and the drugs that you take and the plans that you make leave you stranded and dying for air
broken angel broken angel, whose gonna care?
Your just another lost boy
just another fallen star
and the ground still hits with a hard punch.
and the fall is much to far.
All you broken angels
strung out on a line
flapping in the west wind
with something once was mine.
Broken angel.
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10. |
Tattooed Man
02:44
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Long drink of water. Tattooed Man.
She's got your running as fast as she can.
Sorry things did not turn out like you planned.
Your a tall drink of water. Tattooed Man.
She's got you crazy. She's got your sussed.
Cry if you have to. Rage if you must.
Lassoed to someone you cant even trust.
Cry if you have to. Rage if you must.
Well my heart is open. My mind is free.
Thought you had a mind to tarry with me.
I wonder how long that will come to be.
Thought you had a mind to tarry with me.
Oh, the night sky filled with stars.
Oh, that comet shoots so far.
Oh, I wonder what you are. What your are?
Your a tall drink of water. Tattooed Man.
Tall drink of water. Tattooed Man.
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11. |
Again
03:14
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Take it on the chin
take it like a man
every time I see you I am whining
Let it rock and roll
pretend it doesn't show
every time I see you I am crying.
here I go again
here I go again
crying
Here I go again
words exploding in the air
don't make sense I swear
but I'm trying
I try to make you laugh
or even break a smile
but every time I see you
I'm just dying.
But one day its all gonna change
one day its all gonna turn around
I will fly so high up
I will forget about the ground
cuz I'm tired of crying, I'm tired of crying, I'm tired.
so I take on the chin
I take it like a chump
and when it hurts too bad
can't help crying
but I'll envision it to end
please still be my friend
even if every time you see me I'm still whinning.
here I go again
here I go again
here I go again crying.
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12. |
Too Far Gone
04:30
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Are you too far gone?
Are you too far gone?
Are you too far gone?
Has that cliff already come and gone?
Is it way too late
Is it way too late
Is it way to late
Is that train too far off the track
that its never coming back?
My precarious friend
with the wavering light
those sad sad eyes
and your shimmering mind
do you ever stop to wonder
how you came to be this blind?
All the phantoms that persue you
and the people who once knew you
and all the curtains you hide behind
don't you know we all still see you?
But has it been too long?
has it been too long?
has it been too long?
are you a ghost inside your head?
are you just living this life dead?
and all the beauty
in your eyes
the changing weather
and the rising tides
are you drowning in an ocean
only you can get inside?
the great romantic
and the gentle beast
all the surging longing
seeking its release
is it just too hard to be you?
don't you know we all still see you?
But its so far gone
its so far gone
and now that wish has come and gone.
its too far gone
with our souls dancing
and our spirits knowing
and our hands apart?
my heart still racing
is it too far gone?
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13. |
Right Back
03:42
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Another year older
Another year bolder
But I'm just right back where I came from.
Worlds ended twice this year
but I'm still breathing here. I'm just right back where I came from.
Where I where I came from.
Where I came from.
Now I'm ready to go, pack my bags, don't you know, I've been waiting.
It felt like dream, nothing was what it seemed and now it's fading.
It's fading. It's fading. It's fading.
Another year older
Another year colder
Yeah, I'm just right back where I came from?
I thought there would be changes
big life rearranges
but I'm still right back where I came from.
Now how do I know if I'm riding a wave
or drowning beneath the blue sea?
blowing bubbles in air, now their there, now their here,
then they disappear and their gone.
Their just blowing right back where they came from.
Their just flowing right back where they came from.
Going right back where they came from.
Still I'm ready to go. Pack my bags, don't you know I've been waiting.
It felt like a dream. Nothing was what it seems. Now it's fading.
It's just flowing right back where it came from.
Blowing right back where it came from.
Going right back where it came from.
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14. |
Sun Is On Fire
02:43
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Day is done, lay your burden down
gets in way, and I know you must be tired.
sun is on fire, burning down the day.
don't need to say but
I know you must be all worn out
I'll be your respite, I'll be your wine
I'll be your soft place
for your mind to unwind.
I love you for now
I guess that means always
I love you surely as the moon will rise. Rise. Rise. Rise. Rise.
Day is done, put your cares away,
they get in the way and I know you must be tired.
sun is on fire, pouring ashes on the day
dont need to say but
I know you must be all cried out.
I'll be your reverie, I 'll be your song,
I'll be your secret place
when the day is too long.
And I love you for now
I guess that means always
I love you surely as the moon will rise. Rise. Rise. Rise. Rise.
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Melissa Sklar Ann Arbor, Michigan
I have been writing songs for most of my life. This CD was created in 2013 and I am currently working on compiling songs for another one.
Hope you enjoy!
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