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Anchor
I was made to be your anchor
i was made to be your navigator
You were made from darker waters
I was made from calmer seas
But i can read the constellations
You were made to read the drifting sands
We were made for this
We were made for this
So sea bird circle close
Sea bird circle close
Sea bird circle close
We've lost the horizon again
We've lost the horizon again
You pushed off before the sunrise
White flags flying
Cut the ropes at high tide
Drift to where you know
Just i will find you
And wait for the wind
Wait for the wind
To take you past the point of
No returning
Take you to the point where nightmares win
Navigate your current icy waters
Plead for me to find you
Beg the wind
I was made for this
You know i was made for this
But sea bird circle close
Sea bird circle close
Sea bird circle close
Make this place in the waves home tonight
With two sheets for the wind
Your icy waters dream us under
Open mouthed they breathe us in
Your troubled waters plead with hunger
Calmer now we're finally in
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Falling
Your brave lion's heart
And wild cat eyes
Mountains on all sides
My quiet lamb's heart
And house cat eyes
All whispers and sighs
You're calm on this ledge
I'm holding my breath
I'm counting my steps
Love walk me slowly thought this
You know the speed of falling
You know the fate that lies below
You know my fear of falling
Swallowed by fears i don't follow
I let you go i let you go
How long can we float on
The memories of faces
Shifting like the clouds
You burn your book pages
I am counting my paces
Your secret's ashes now
My fears are measured out
I'm closing my eyes
You're trusting your life
Love tell me how we survive
You know the speed of falling
You know the fate that lies below
You know my fear of falling
Swallowed by fears i don't follow
I let you go i let you go
You let go bravely
You call from safety
I'll learn to trust you
Just you can save me now
Talk me down this mountain talk me down this mountain
Talk me down this mountain talk me down this mountain
I fall into you
Your mountains they knew
For centuries now
How this would turn out.
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Carried Away
Ask me again again again
i don't know why i say no
i'll ask you again please know please know
i mean it this time
throw all caution to the wind to the wind
it flies like a kite
and gets carried away
get carried away
don't wait for it don't let it let it
just come to you
don't wait for me you know you know
i'm better over seas
tell me once more why you're still living so far from me
after all these years i guess i just thought i
might see you more
don't hold your breath
i hold my breath
and wish you'd
take your sailboat
and put it in the water
take your sailboat out on the water
take your sail boat and come and find me
but you don't need my sinking ships
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Dr Lowrey
I feel you're closer tonight
you're the moth i'm the light
you're the bow
i'm the arrow
lick your wounds
rest your eyes
oh lay here tonight
you're the deer
i'm the meadow
dark rivers and streams you're lure and i'll bite
you're the line, i'm your minnow
You're hunter you're knife
you're too wild to hold
you're eyes are wide
you're too weak to go
watch me close tonight
watch me close
you have seen me in dreams
i see that you're scares
you're the bed, i'm your nightmare
we're in line with the stars, its lined on our palms
we burn bright, but it wont last long
you have followed my trail
you're tired and i'm lost
circle close love, while i stay watch..
your hunter, you're prey
the distance is closed you ask me quiet,
your voice soft as smoke
hold me close tonight
hold me close
your eyes flash the road signs
i calmly pull your arrows out
you're still, but you still look alive
my hands on holes where blood runs out
you're the one tonight
you fight for your life though its mine that you hold
you're the edge of the knife
while my blood runs cold
watch me close tonight
i want you close tonight
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Taps
Turn all the taps on
pull the books down from the shelves
keep the curtains closed
light all the burners on the stove
watch them glow glow glow glow glow
pull the doors wide open
let them in let them in let them in
we'll keep our voices low
we'll keep our voices low
we'll watch the shapes of our shadows
w'ell watch the shapes our shadows make
i dream of lightning you of ghosts
so we keep the windows closed
the trees push their roots up through the floorboards
while we sleep they grow grow grow
so we keep our bodies close
so we keep our bodies close
i feel your shadow grow
i feel your shadow take you whole
and go
i hear your voice through the cracks in the ceiling
i feel your eyes throughout the paintings as they fly
off the walls off the walls off the walls off the walls
so we keep our bodies close
so we keep our bodies close
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Threads
i can feel the branches on your window tonight
i don't know why
i can feel you sleeping in a cold house
four blocks east and five blocks south
i can hear the voices in your head
in the match strike
in the sharp knife
though i don't know you yet
i know your secrets too
your hanging by a thread i see it
wrapped around my finger so delicate
i will hold on to you
i am familiar to the pictures on your wall
their eyes follow me
down down down down
i know the faces in your mirrors are not mine
they shine empty tonight
i can hear you breathing in the heating
its got cold unseasonably
i hear your heart beating in the sea shells
in the church bells
in the footsteps on the stairs
down down down down
we're hanging by a thread i feel it
twist around my wrist so delicate
i wont let you go
until you let me go
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All The Birds In The World
Sea Turn at night
you're moving on
set ships' sails alight
you're moving on
calm as the rain
you're moving on
quiet as the wings you came in on
oh oh oh oh
The sky is blazing red lines
your face is trued south
your mouth is forming silent words
as all the birds in the world return
how long did we live without their voices
how long did we live here in silence
how long did we live without their voices
how long will they live here beside us
oh oh oh oh…
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One for Sorrow
two crows on your side today
its two for joy one for sorrow so you know
we're a thousand miles closer today
so its two for joy tomorrow
oh you move gracefully
and oh you move me easily
though i know you don't believe me
two for joy will follow you
these black eyes know your every move
these wing will beat your name
your secrets seed along the roadside
hear blooms your tears and pain
these wings could carry it all away
black eyes could see a way for you and me
black nights to hide how you let me stay a while
love let me take your pain away
oh love let me take your pain away
i'm one crow out your window today
i'm here to take your sorrow
one last look before you move away
the'll be two here for you tomorrow
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Optigan
by Erin Lang
half a world away and i would give anything
to wander through your empty house
no i wont touch a thing
our winter roses died
never knowing our springtime
the thorns are in our last goodbye
how it echoes and rings out
in this empty house
along the wall where roses grew
faces soft but thorns knew
along the lake the willows grow
weeping so we know..
i'll drift by your window moonlight
shadows cast long
where branches wore their icy coats
now white lilacs float strong
choking sweet
it never occurred to me
anything could survive the wintertime
along the wall where roses grew
faces soft but thorns knew
along the lake the willows grow
weeping so we'll know..
we'll know,,
we'll know..
i envy the ivy creeping in
i envy the moonlight on your skin
i envy the ivy creeping in
i envy the moonlight on your skin
on your skin
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Quiet Soul
I counted every breath while you slept
quiet soul quiet soul
so i'd know exactly how many are left
quiet soul quiet soul
i spent long hours ears pressed to your chest
quiet soul quiet soul
do you have any memory of me left
did i slip painlessly from your mind
i just want to know
if your alright
so give me a sign dear
i'll wait by your bedside
i wont sleep tonight
i'll wait my whole life
just blink your eyes twice
just blink your eyes twice
you used to hold my hand while we slept
so i'd know so i'd know
you still lay beside me that you hadn't left
so i'd know so i'd know
you'd sleep eyes wide open and i'd hold my breath
so we'd know so we'd know
to remember our bodies close just like this
now we know now we know
i have every moment with you, with me
you're haunting my daytimes
i dream you at night
but no i don't mind dear
i just want to hear
your whisper your sigh
to know you're alive
so just let the phone ring twice
your ghost let the phone ring just twice
you counted every breath while i slept
quiet soul quiet soul
so you know exactly how long i have left
quiet soul quiet soul
you spent long hours ears pressed to my chest
quiet soul quiet soul
so you'd hear the echo long after i left
quiet soul quiet soul
but i'd never leave you
so now try to rest
i've know my whole life
we share our last breath
so just squeeze my hand when its time
just squeeze my hand twice
just squeeze my hand twice
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Safe & Sound
Tell me you're safe and sound
you're healed you're whole
i'll hold you till we make it so
don't tell me to be brave
count your fears
while i count the days
we met too soon still
putting the coins on the eyes of our old lives
sides of beds still warm
lockets still worn under our clothes
pictures past still held close
we drift between the fine lines
of foetal souls, wolves teeth
sharp eyes know
the distance over stormy seas
i dream of you, you dream of me too
but tell me you're safe and sound
you're healed you're whole
i'll hold you till we make it so
don't tell me to be brave
count your fears
while i count the days
our baby’s got old woman's eyes
a hunters knife
her blonde hair shines
as we drift through the hangman’s noose
he knows our future ghosts that move
in hotel beds your restless nights
steal your light from me while
i dream of you
you dream of me too..
just tell me you're safe and sound
you're healed you're whole
i'll hold you till we make it so
don't tell me to be brave
count your fears
while i count the days
out of step
the eclipse is soon
from different sides
we love the moon
from different sides
i fear the choice
But most of all i miss your voice
I miss your voice
I miss your voice
I miss your voice
So tell me you're safe and sound
you're healed you're whole
i'll hold you till we make it so
Tell me to be brave
you still count your fears
And I still count the days
since you went away
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released January 11, 2013
