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Juniper Belle
02:22
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sweetest juniper, low-lying juniper
tell me all the stories that you know
i'll hear you soon, I'm sure, sweetest juniper
whispering secrets through the yarrow
sweetest juniper, berries and wood
soon you will be swallowed by the snow
oh then juniper i'd stay with you if i could
sleeping still until the morrow
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2. |
Turn the Dark
04:34
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here is the day, oh perfect day
just underneath the good night
take me to the wonder, day
with sorrows and light,
with sorrows and light
here is a heart, oh beating heart
underneath these old clothes
take me to the mountain, heart
in ribbons and bows,
in ribbons and bows
watch me turn this darkness inside out
well the stars do burn
and the suns do shout
lift up the sky and shake it all out
and we'll begin
here is a word, oh little words
underneath this tongue tied
take me to the question, word
in letters and signs
here is my heart oh beating heart
pinned to my sleeve where it shows
take me to the mountains heart
in ribbons and bows,
in ribbons and bows,
in ribbons and bows.
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3. |
Spring Drum
02:55
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I know your heart so well
with a green-eyed welcome
sound the spring drum
ring the sweet blue bells
we're lit and then some
gonna make the world hum
ha-ooh
so come on, spin me round
til we're lost, til we're found
til our feet don't touch the ground
i know your face so well
with a green-eyed welcome
sound the spring drum
let's go, let's cast our spell
we're lit and then some
gonna make the world hum
ha-ooh
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4. |
Snow in Shangri-La
03:36
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your fists closed full around our stars
this universe of ours
the love we made
nothing left but the breath I draw
in the snow in Shangri La
the fits and starts of what we feel
turned you to steel
to a switch blade
won’t turn coats with the hearts I draw
in the snow in Shangri La
what a mistake I didn’t make
what a chance you didn’t take
look with eyes of winter, see
everything once sweet
gets buried underneath
i’m unborn and ready for the thaw
in the snow in Shangri La
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5. |
Sugar Ship
00:45
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sweet like sugar she went sinking sinking
into his salty water without thinking thinking
captain, oh captain where is she?
lighthouse keeper, can you find her for me?
there's nothing out here but the sea
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6. |
Do Me Wrong
03:08
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you do me wrong, lover man
you do me wrong
a turn of phrase, a change of tune
this is not our song
i can't sing along, i can't sing along
you called for rain, weather man
you called for rain
watch me cry, hang me to dry
don't explain
there's nothing you could gain, nothing you could gain
la la la la la
i know you're in there, i know
i know you're in there, i know
i know you're in there but i let go.
can't make it right, lover man
can't make it right
you're taking off into the dark
like a red-eye flight
i'm the keeper of the light, the keeper of the light
la la la la la
you do me wrong, lover man
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7. |
Truth Is
04:20
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feathers grow from where you kissed my back last night
in more than one way i've been contemplating flight
right now if you don't mind i need to close my eyes
so i can't see how far i'm falling
don't give me a single hour if all your clocks are wrong
don't give me a single line if all you've got's a song
again i find i press rewind and go back to last night
so i can see how far you're falling
i'm going up past the weather to the sky this time
the truth is, when you say my name
like you did, windows open wide
the truth is, i want you to come by
so i can really fly and i don't have to fly away
if i could have one thing of yours i'd take a smile
put it on a string and wear it 'round my neck a while
hanging there we could declare something is going on
maybe the world will see we've fallen
i'm going up past the weather to the sky this time
the truth is, when you say my name
like you did, windows open wide
the truth is, i want you to come by
so i can really fly and i don't have to fly away
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There, There Feather and Bone
At our feet, you were air-born
You, you called in the dawn
Never knowing you were going, gone gone
We stand still as the oaks
And wonder, and wonder
Words pile up in our throats
What have you left us for?
There, There Feather and Bone
Come closer, crouch low
Here, here is the song
Of so long, so long
We stand still as the oaks
And wonder, and wonder
Words pile up in our throats
What did you take us for?
Where, where did our love go?
We’re broken, just so
Once, once we have begun
We’re on our way to done, done done.
We stand still as the oaks
And wonder, and wonder
Words pile up in our throats
What have you left us for?
What did you take us for?
There, there...
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9. |
The Only Way Out
04:27
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nowhere to go
with a broken crown
and starlight chandeliers
lay me low
lay me down
let me disappear
the only way out of here is in
the only way out of here is in
if tongues could taste
the fleeting sweet
we'd be spoken for
tangled limbs
ripening
on the forest floor
in my hands the company i keep
in my hands the company i keep
the currents rush
the crescents pull
on our earthen pier
without us
the hours go
nothing else is clear
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10. |
Prospector's Lament
03:42
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11. |
Hold On To Your Heart
02:26
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hold on to your heart
ruin has run aground
the world that spun your dreams
is a world all broken down
hold on to your heart
you're under stars unabandoning
bear the empty night
though you can barely breath
everything has done gone
everything goes, you go on, you go on
hold on to your heart
hold on to your heart
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12. |
Love:Madness
03:11
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heavy breathes the hyacinth around me
in the blues of heaven's night she found me
what are we the sum of?
what are we the sum of?
love is the only madness
draw three letters on my skin
the possibilities will let these lights in
what is life a record of?
what is life a record of?
love is the only madness
weighted beauty, can't get enough of you
you're dazzling the sun above you
whatever will become of
whatever will become of
love the only madness
love the only madness
love is the only madness
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shelleyobrien Toronto, Ontario
Since the release of her debut album in 2009 and her sophomore record Vivarium (2011), Shelley O’Brien has taken her
electric ukulele and her haiku lyrics to festivals in Helsinki, Melbourne, Tokyo and Rome, and has toured in Iceland, Holland, Japan and Germany.
O'Brien's elemental and lush third album, Turn The Dark, delves into the inner workings of the human heart.
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