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intro
00:26
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The trees don’t know it isn’t spring
And no one knows you love me like you do
The birds went off their winter wing
They’ll never leave a sky when it’s so blue
I’ve been holding my joy in a hand behind my back
And I’m not sorry for the freeze or frost this winter lacked
The changing of the clocks, the gaining of the time
The breaking of the box, the drawing of the line
The swallows only sing the summer long
And leaves will turn to ochre in the fall
They let themselves be drawn toward the ground
For there’s nothing sad in changing after all
I’ve been holding my hope in a hand behind my back
And I’m not sorry for going out the door and never coming back
The changing of the locks, the gaining of the time
The breaking of the box, the drawing of the line
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The trees don’t know it isn’t spring
And no one knows you love me like you do
The birds went off their winter wing
They’ll never leave a sky when it’s so blue
I’ve been holding my joy in a hand behind my back
And I’m not sorry for the freeze or frost this winter lacked
The changing of the clocks, the gaining of the time
The breaking of the box, the drawing of the line
The swallows only sing the summer long
And leaves will turn to ochre in the fall
They let themselves be drawn toward the ground
For there’s nothing sad in changing after all
I’ve been holding my hope in a hand behind my back
And I’m not sorry for going out the door and never coming back
The changing of the locks, the gaining of the time
The breaking of the box, the drawing of the line
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I worry at the walls
The ones that I have built
And how it haunts the hallways
And makes the flowers wilt
To love you from afar
To want for you to know
To try to make you love me
And then to let you go
To always leave the shadows long
Till the daylight’s almost gone
To be with you
And not with you, all along
We worry at the words
The ones we haven’t said
Because you felt so strongly
You chose some weaker ones instead
I worry at the time
And how it has to go
I worry that I loved you
but never let you know
To always seek the saddest song
Cos I can sing no other one
To be with you
And not with you, all along
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Seconds turn to minutes all the time
And nothing I say will make you change your mind
Your heart is a fire but there’s nothing in it
And nothing I say will make you change your mind
I can try
Or I can learn
I could plead, I could burn
But seconds turn to minutes all the time
And nothing I say has made you change your mind
So wearing your heart on your sleeve begins to thin it
And nothing I say has made you change your mind
I could try
Or I can learn
I could plead, I could burn
But seconds turn to minutes all the time
And nothing I say will make you change your mind.
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Seconds turn to minutes all the time
And nothing I say will make you change your mind
Your heart is a fire but there’s nothing in it
And nothing I say will make you change your mind
I can try
Or I can learn
I can plead, I can burn
But seconds turn to minutes all the time
And nothing I say has made you change your mind
So wearing your heart on your sleeve begins to thin it
And nothing I say has made you change your mind
I could try
Or I can learn
I could plead, I could burn
But seconds turn to minutes all the time
And nothing I say will make you change your mind.
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dark cloud (studio demo)
04:06
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Dark Cloud, threatening to rain, to drain the sky to grey
If I dare to be happier
Dark Cloud, why you tie yourself to me
In your gloomy little need
If I never made you happier?
Don’t the sunshine brighter
When I’m smiling at you?
Don’t you feel less lonely
Out in my blue sky?
Dark Cloud, now you’re out at sea
So far away from me
And has it made you happier?
Cos oh the sun shines brighter
When I save it all for me
And oh I feel less lonely
Out of your shadowy
Dark Cloud, threatening to rain, to drain the sky to grey
Somewhere else, I’m happier
[ Blue sky smiling at me, nothing but blue sky, do I see
Blue days, all of them gone, nothing but blue sky, from now on]
-from ‘Blue Skies by Irving Berlin
Blue sky, somewhere else I’m happier
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Do I ever wonder? You don't know.
You'll never follow, and I'll never show.
D'you see the water and watch it flow
And float an empty shell,
And you think that I'm hiding from the island.
You've a fault in your senses. Can you feel it now?
Time? What is that? I've no time to care.
I've lived for a long while nearly everywhere.
You will be taken, everyone, you ladies and you gentlemen.
Fall and listen with your ears upon the paving stone.
Is that what you hear? The coming of the sea?
Sea flows under your doors in London town.
And all your defences are all broken down.
You laugh at me on funny days, but mine's the slight of hand.
Don't you know I am a joker, a deceiver?
And I'm waiting for the land.
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sea (original demo)
02:58
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You need something to cling to
We all need something to cling to
We're at sea
Don't just leave us be
I wake, i rise, i wonder
We're at sea
And what will come of me
you wake, you rise, you wonder
We're at sea
Your smile use it wisely
Your smile use it widely
Use it wildly
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A cold wind blows through a house without a door
And it calls across the water a withering roar
This love is like an apple without any core
And I'm not fixing a stranger anymore
There's a beginning of no end to the ringing of my hands
And I long for open ears some kind of understanding
This voice it isn't singing why it doesn't even cry
And I'm not joining a stranger in a lie
You hope your heart a palace wherein your love will be
But he didn't have the courage and he didn't keep the key
You may think you've found a cherry that doesn't have a stone
But he skimmed it across the water and just let the flesh alone
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Dark Cloud, threatening to rain, to drain the sky to grey
If I dare to be happier
Dark Cloud, why you tie yourself to me
In your gloomy little need
If I never made you happier?
Don’t the sunshine brighter
When I’m smiling at you?
Don’t you feel less lonely
Out in my blue sky?
Dark Cloud, now you’re out at sea
So far away from me
And has it made you happier?
Cos oh the sun shines brighter
When I save it all for me
And oh I feel less lonely
Out of your shadowy
Dark Cloud, threatening to rain, to drain the sky to grey
Somewhere else, I’m happier
[ Blue sky smiling at me, nothing but blue sky, do I see
Blue days, all of them gone, nothing but blue sky, from now on]
-from ‘Blue Skies by Irving Berlin
Blue sky, somewhere else I’m happier
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host (original demo)
01:37
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I’ve been stringing lines of simplicity
I’ve been simply saying things as I see them
Slender, sad and sentimental
I want poise, poetry and pride
A deep complexity in which to hide
I’ve been living it all on the outside
Slender, sad and sentimental
I’ve been wearing my woes to widely
I’ve had pursed lips pinned and peaky
I’m grinning through gritted teeth
I’ve been gurning at you, yearning to yield
Poise, poetry and pride
A deep complexity in which to hide
I’ve been living it all on the outside
Slender, sad and sentimental
I dream of deep dark depths
The ocean blue and vast
But I’m just bobbing on the surface
A-waving from the mast
I want poise, poetry and pride
A deep complexity in which to hide
I’ve been living it all on the outside
Slender, sad and sentimental
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onliness (original demo)
01:52
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I could decide
To wish ten years away
Disappear into regret
And let it eat me away
Close my eyes and ears
Until I can forget
A decade of these tears
So leave me alone with my thoughts
For just another minute
I’m trying to drown out the noise
And let it alone
The loneliness of Onliness
Is only how you feel about it
And I’m ok
And I’ll live to see another day
And someday I won’t even think about it
Anymore, anymore
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I remember well
All the days
And nothing can wash them away
They're safe in the past to stay
And maybe you could stop you here
There's enough of my love or all
You can't own brother
No you can't
There's no friend or lover who can
And the more you covet, the less you have
Take your chains off me
You don't love me
Empty hands they hold too tightly
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I'm running out
Of patience now
If fixing were possible
I'd fixed it somehow
It's not for want of trying
It's not
For all my crying
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The trees don’t know it isn’t spring
And no one knows you love me like you do
The birds went off their winter wing
They’ll never leave a sky when it’s so blue
I’ve been holding my joy in a hand behind my back
And I’m not sorry for the freeze or frost this winter lacked
The changing of the clocks, the gaining of the time
The breaking of the box, the drawing of the line
The swallows only sing the summer long
And leaves will turn to ochre in the fall
They let themselves be drawn toward the ground
For there’s nothing sad in changing after all
I’ve been holding my hope in a hand behind my back
And I’m not sorry for going out the door and never coming back
The changing of the locks, the gaining of the time
The breaking of the box, the drawing of the line
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Singing is just words to a tune
It’s trying to convey something, desperately
To communicate
With the added use of futile music
I’m pretty sure you never understood a word I said
Still I’m pinning all my sentences on melodies instead
This one (has) struggles with structure
It wanders in its rhyme and its reason
They never got me nowhere in my season and time
Love me like you ought to
Or leave me if you don’t
Cos I’m tired of talking
And I’m running out of notes
Blue sky in the morning
And birds fly along the shoreline
Beautiful pictures captured in a rhyme
So, love me like you ought to
Or leave me on the line
Where I’ll sing beautiful pictures
Of my season and time
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Cruel and random love
Life is cruel
Second guesses us we are fools
And any time we try to find the answers
They’ve eluded us
Ever the hope, the rope that hangs us
Never to know what becomes us
And any time we thought we’d find the answers
They just deluded us
Make the most of your moments
Content in your clouds and your dark skies
Learning to sail in all weather
On sea and sand, river and land
Cruel and random love
Life is cruel
Set to puzzle us leave only clues
And any time we truly find the answers
They’ll have concluded us
Make the most of your moments
Content in your clouds and your dark skies
Learning to sail in all weather
On sea and sand, river and land
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Seconds turn to minutes all the time
And nothing I say will make you change your mind
Your heart is a fire but there’s nothing in it
And nothing I say will make you change your mind
I can try
Or I can learn
I could plead, I could burn
But seconds turn to minutes all the time
And nothing I say has made you change your mind
So wearing your heart on your sleeve begins to thin it
And nothing I say has made you change your mind
I could try
Or I can learn
I could plead, I could burn
But seconds turn to minutes all the time
And nothing I say will make you change your mind.
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I worry at the walls
The ones that I have built
And how it haunts the hallways
And makes the flowers wilt
To love you from afar
To want for you to know
To try to make you love me
And then to let you go
To always leave the shadows long
Till the daylight’s almost gone
To be with you
And not with you, all along
We worry at the words
The ones we haven’t said
Because you felt so strongly
You chose some weaker ones instead
I worry at the time
And how it has to go
I worry that I loved you
but I never let you know
To always seek the saddest song
Cos I can sing no other one
To be with you
And not with you, all along
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I remember well
All the days
And nothing can take them away
They're safe in the past to stay
So maybe you could stop demanding
You had it all, all along
You can't own me brother
No you can't
There's no friend or lover who can
And the more covet, the less you have
Take your chains off me
You don't love me
Empty hands they hold too tightly
An empty heart knows nothing of love
Your empty hands
Have offered me nothing
Enough
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Josienne Clarke Scotland, UK
Songwriter/Singer 'Onliness (songs of solitude & singularity)'
Out 14.4.23 on Corduroy Punk Records
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