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As the Land Loves the Sea

by Greyhands

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1.
Awaken 04:36
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...
2.
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
3.
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...
4.
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...
5.
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
6.
Stagnant 06:20
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...
7.
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
8.
Spark 01:39
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...
9.
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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released May 29, 2020

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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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