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Awaken
04:36
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The ocean looks troubled today
Swelling and brewing
The wind spits up at me
Like I shouldn’t be
Shouldn’t be here
Something’s coming
Waiting in the wings
Something is coming
Naked and exposed
High on this mountaintop
I’d throw myself off
Just to be part of what’s stirring
What is stirring?
Something’s coming
Brewing in the sea
Something is coming
Something’s coming
I hope it catches up with me
Something is coming
To awaken me again...
Awaken
Storm clouds came over
Coming to pick me up...
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Contract, expand
Contract, expand
Lost love of land
Contract, expand
Oh to the edge of all to be seen
If you wish you could devour me
Golden sister turn to pure white
And watch over me in the haunting of the night
Contract, expand
Contract, expand
The armies advance and retreat
The armies advance and retreat
And alien lights pierce thickening darkness
And all around, the madness of where I left my mark
Of where I left, where I left, where I left my mark
I am alone, here alone, here alone, alone here
The armies advance and retreat
The armies advance and retreat
Sirens grab at my feet
The armies advance and retreat
Somewhere in black
Distant lights shine back
Somewhere in black
Distant lights shine back
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3. |
This is Not the Sea
03:42
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Amidst the sand, a solitary shell
But sky is the only blue on horizon
They say this land was a body of water
So big, so vast, a million years before
Poor fools searched for your mother O little shell
But they vanished like the water now underground
This is not the sea...
I will always go where you will never know...
One thousand miles or a million years from home
This is not the sea...
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The saddest man is sitting on the roof
He’s 6 foot 4 and dressed in black
Watch him fall sideways, watch him tumble
Down to the bushes on his back
The saddest man is blowing in the wind
The saddest man hangs from a tree
He holds the branch until his arms give out
And he falls like fruit into the creek
He rode his bicycle into a canal
With arms outstretched he holds the stones
He builds a boat now, it’s 13 feet long
He’ll cross the Atlantic on his own
His mother wakes
She has seen his death
Ten months pass and the boat is seen
It’s floating vertically now
The saddest man is nowhere to be found
No one could save him where he drowned
No one could save him where he drowned...
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5. |
Words For a Drowning Man
03:17
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What do you say to a man who is drowning
Out beyond the reach of your arms?
If you jump in too he will drag you down with him
You can save yourself but not keep him from harm
Oh what do you say to a man who is drowning?
A sinister thought plaguing your mind
Your blood running cold as the words leave your body
They seem to cruel to ever be so kind
You hear your voice say:
Open your mouth
Open your throat
Open your lungs
Let it flood in, let it flood in
Open your head
Open your chest
Open your skin
Let it flood in, let it flood in
Do we fear death more
Than the pain that comes before?
His time is up, let him go,
Let him just
Open his mouth
Open his throat
Open his lungs
Let it flood in, let it flood in,
Let it flood
What do you say to a man who is drowning
When to his death he is resolved?
Say what you can, try to help ease his passing
And hope someday you can be absolved
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6. |
Stagnant
06:20
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Walking sidewards
Down empty hallways
The eggshell white overcomes
It comes and it stays
The tide will stagnate
And an algae will grow
When these waters cease
Their ebb and flow
I’ve been screaming at the walls
For the love of god
Show me something beautiful
Walking sideways down the hall
For the love of god
Show me something beautiful
Ink-stained people
Speak where I can’t
Humming silent melodies
Messages in part
The tide will stagnate
But what will grow
When these waters cease
Their ebb and flow?
I’ve been screaming at the walls
For the love of god
Show me something beautiful
Walking sideways down the hall
For the love of god
Show me something beautiful
I’ve been screaming at the walls
For the love of god
Show me something beautiful
Walking sideways down the hall
For the love of god
Show me something beautiful
Show me anything at all
Show me anything
So long as it is beautiful
I cannot stand the common drawl
For the love of god
Show me something beautiful
Do not make me crawl
I am on the ground
Show me something beautiful
I’ve been screaming at the walls
For the love of god
Show me something beautiful
Show me something beautiful...
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7. |
Little Paper Boat
01:11
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Little paper boat
Throwing yourself
Out on the waves
You were never meant to float
Out on the waves
Don’t let those fuckers drag you down
They’ll hold you under til you drown
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8. |
Spark
01:39
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When you were caught
Between young and old
Your boots would like sparks
As you walked down the road
Your eyes lit so bright
Til one day they went dark
As they ocean that hung above your head fell
And drowned your spark
And ocean drowned your spark...
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9. |
In Green and Blue
04:11
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I have a heart of rooted green wood
It’s your water that flows through my veins
Even when you start to turn cold
I need you, only you, all the same
You have a heart so big and full of life
The ocean would be left so many miles behind
I’ll be the continents that line your sore
And keep you from spilling off the edges of the earth
Please know while I hope I won’t have to
I would sing till I was dumb
For our love in green and blue
Please know while I hope I won’t have to
I would walk till I was lame
For our love in green and blue
Please know while I hope I won’t have to
I would hold you till I fell apart
Because I love you as the land loves the sea
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Greyhands Adelaide, Australia
Greyhands is the acoustic project of Adelaide artist JC Finlay. Taking influence from Death Cab For Cutie, Radiohead, Animal Collective, and Leonard Cohen, Greyhands seeks to create unique acoustic music that is both raw and emotionally honest.
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