1. |
We're Beyond That
04:06
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We're Beyond That
123 old Mississippi
And a lightning thunderstorm is gonna hit me
But I, I think I’m going to stay
Turn the lights down, don’t make a sound
Your head down, nobody likes a clown
Until they walk away
They put it down, put it down, down
They suck it up, suck it from the broken ground
And then they make you pay
And though the flower’s strange
These are stranger thorns
To hurt you
And all the power gone
And all the power made
Was not to hurt you
And I think it’s ok to agree that
We’re beyond that now
A bright light lights up the mirror
And a, a cold night sends a shiver, and I
I know I’m gonna stay
What you know, What you know, What you know
Oh it’s what you know
I know I’m gonna stay
They put it down, put it down, down
They suck it up, suck it from the broken ground
And then they make you pay
And then they make you pay
And though the flower’s strange
these are stranger thorns
To hurt you
And all the power gone
and all the power made
Was not to hurt you
And I think it’s ok to agree that
We’re beyond that now
And I think it’s ok to agree that
We’re beyond that now
We’re beyond that now
We’re beyond that now
123 old Mississippi
And a lightning thunderstorm is gonna hit me
but I I think I’m going to stay
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2. |
Go Gently
04:35
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Go Gently
I sent myself a letter, gave myself a talking to
To remind me this could be the final time
Ramblin’ down that road again, the twisting country road
The gate, the last approach, the final climb
I’m travelling towards those family calls
Where you’re layin’ on the bed with a fight burning in your eyes
And I’m not that innocent, maybe I could have tried more
Picked up the book you wrote years ago
And read your story back to you, you took my hand, for
I suppose you’ve got to if you wanna let go
To go gently into the good night
Go gently into the good night
Go gently into the good night
And it’s strange to see those blazing eyes,
the sprit flowing through your hand
While the light is draining slowly from the sky
And outside we heard the cries
of night across the land
Will they give you peace on earth and peace in time?
As you’re travelling’ towards those family calls
As you lay on the bed with a fight burning in your eyes
And there is no miracle, maybe you just gently slide forth
And you said “I feel like I want to cry”
I said “you know you don’t have to”, you waved your hand, for
I suppose you’ve got to if you’re saying goodbye
To go gently into the good night
Go gently into the good night
Go gently into the good night
To go gently into the good night
Go gently into the good night
Go gently into the good night
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3. |
Leaving In The Morning
05:03
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Leaving In The Morning
Looking for a journey and a point of view
And you're lyin’ down beside me in the morning dew
Hey Captain are you going on a journey too?
Maybe I can climb on board with you?
Six days floating till we reach that shore
Then she left for the city with an open door
And luck never ran in a straight old line
So when you saw me crawl in did you think that's fine?
So maybe I’ll be leaving in the morning too?
Maybe I’ll be running away with you?
We go to bed dreaming of stories we choose
Maybe I’ll be leaving in the morning too
Well did I read it in the cards mysteriously?
Or did I take my task too seriously?
Did you hear it in the wind or did you see me there?
And when they saw us fall in did you really care?
So maybe I’ll be leaving in the morning too?
Maybe I’ll be running away with you?
We go to bed dreaming of stories we choose
So maybe I’ll be leaving in the morning too
And I could be forsaken but I'm not the one that's walking alone
We could be forbidden maybe now that we're all alone
She could be forgiven for thinking it was gonna be right
We could be forgotten in our journey in the valley tonight
Stop to get water and fill that tank
Sit upon the border of a rolling bank
She says she needs time apart
And she sends us walking with a heavy heart
There's a dead snake lying in the middle of the road
And we stopped at the corner where the river bowed
Just you and me walking in the silent day
I've got a bad, bad feeling that you're going away
So maybe I’ll be leaving in the morning too?
Maybe I’ll be dreaming in the light of the moon?
I've been waiting for you here all afternoon
So maybe I’ll be leaving in the morning too
And I could be forsaken but I'm not the one that's walking alone
We could be forbidden maybe now that we're all alone
She could be forgiven for thinking it was gonna be right
We could be forgotten in our journey in the valley tonight
In our journey (forsaken) In our journey
in the valley in the valley
In our journey (forbidden) In our journey
in the valley in the valley
In our journey (forgiven) In our journey
in the valley in the valley
In our journey (forgotten) In our journey
In our journey in the valley tonight
Forsaken, forbidden, forgiven, forgotten
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I am An Island Forming In The Ocean
Staring at the sun all day long
The beat’s still there but the feeling’s gone in you
I turned and talked to the night
And you stayed lost in stars all bright in gold
And I was born brave enough to love
But the rising song that we wasted just echoes all alone
Staring at your face, I was braced and I reached my arms out wide
Maybe I will rise and fall into the waves
She said “land upon your feet”
I turned, I turned, I turned, I turned
But I place one foot and I open my eyes
I place one foot and I open my eyes
And I am an island forming in the ocean
I am an island forming in the sea
But are you going to the ocean? Are you gonna fall?
And if you’re staying then I’m an island on my own
If you’re going to the ocean are you gonna fall?
And if you’re staying then I’m an island on my own
But are you going to the ocean? Are you gonna fall?
And if you’re staying then I’m an island on my own
I am an island forming in the ocean
I am an island forming in the sea
And I place one foot in front of the other
And I place one foot in front of me
And I am an island forming in the ocean
I am an island forming in the sea
And I place one foot in front of the other
And I place one foot in front of me
And I am an island forming in the ocean
I am an island forming in the sea
And I place one foot in front of the other
And I place one foot in front of me
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5. |
Tell Me Where To Go
04:07
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Tell Me Where To Go
Cinnamon gold and bright light
Shimmering in the late night, maybe
We’ll follow the satellite
Oh follow the trace of light, oh save me
Dancing all the way
We’re leaving on a Saturday
My course, my direction in this night
So magnetic to the path of your flight
Oh pull me away
And we lay on our tongues
As we swallow our dreams tonight
And race round each other
As we follow our dreams tonight
Hold on tight
Just tell me where to go
Taking a ride to go West
Making a night of all these hours
Looking for traces of us
Looking at faces, fallen flowers
Someone asked me “are we there?”
Someone answered “I don’t care”
Can you tell me what I need to hear?
That I can I follow to a place that’s near
Oh pull me away
‘Cause it’s a stone’s throw to get there
So I’ll just follow and hold on tight
‘Cause it’s the place that we run to
In the hollow of this cradled night
So please point me towards you
And where you’re going so that I choose right
With my line and direction
So magnetic to your flight
And as we lay on our tongues
As we swallow our dreams tonight
And race round each other
As we follow our dreams tonight
Hold on tight...
Just tell me where to go
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6. |
The Space Between
03:56
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The Space Between
Was strange on that breaker
Tourist to that swell
Wild as my maker
The white caps I saw fell
There was nothing so great as the space between
We may as well be islands
Rocks sticking out of the sea
Watching the waves between us
Breaking at our feet
Oh there’s nothing so wild as the space between
No there is nothing so great as the space between
Sent a message to you
Written on the sea
But by the time it reached you
There were no words to read
Of course the sea moves round stirring up a mystery
Like when the mist falls down and covers over you and me
And when the weather rolls in you will disappear from view
And I’ll know you’re somewhere out there when I’m calling out to you
It’s like we’re never gonna change the space between us
You take a step but you can’t get near
There’s a look in your eye that you’re trying so hard
And I’m trying too but I’m stuck right here
No there is nothing so great as the space between
And we might as well be islands
Rocks sticking out of the sea
And we might as well be islands
Rocks sticking out of the sea
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7. |
Her
03:54
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Her
She has gold hair and she knows that it gets me
Right in the place that she hopes that it gets me the most
I'm powerless nothing at all
And I'll only fall
She has blue eyes and she uses them on me
And I think she's trying to look deep inside me each time
I cover my eyes every day
But I'll only fall deeper and deeper and deeper into her
She slips me magic every day
She grips me with something that I cannot see
It courses electric in every way
And I know this is a place that I cannot leave
She leads me further and further and further
From somewhere that I was but now I don't know where I am Forgotten the way to get home
Forgotten the place that I’ve known
So don't leave me alone
If you leave me here then I don't know if I'll make it back
She slips me magic every day
She grips me with something that I cannot see
It courses electric in every way
And I know this is a place that I cannot leave Oh and I know this is a place that I cannot leave And I know this is a place that I cannot leave
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8. |
There Used To Be Trees
04:10
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There Used To Be Trees
Oh can you tell me where I?
Can you tell where I can find some place to hide out?
I’m standing under an eye
I’m staring in and I don’t know why or what to say, or where to go now
And the wind has died and gone away
And an empty sky is here to stay
And the sunlight climbs over the day
Turning shadows
There used to be trees
Now there's only stones
Lying in the quiet
Lying all alone
So like a motherless one
So like a motherless new born
And we won’t know where to go or what to do
And the changing colour of the day
Sandstone valley gently sway
Undulation of a wave
Vermillion
There used to be trees
Now there's only stones
Lying in the quiet
Lying all alone
There used to be trees
Now there's only stones
Lying in the quiet
Lying all alone
There used to be trees
Now there's only stones
Lying in the quiet
Lying all alone
There used to be trees (oh and lo!)
Now there's only stones (do you know where to hide out?)
Lying in the quiet (a flash of the sun)
Lying all alone (and then we will find out)
There used to be trees (oh and lo!)
Now there's only stones (do you know where to hide out?)
Lying in the quiet (a flash of the sun)
Lying all alone (and then we will find out)
There used to be trees (oh and lo!)
Now there's only stones (do you know where to hide out?)
Lying in the quiet (a flash of the sun)
Lying all alone
And she will lead you round the sun
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9. |
Blood Moon
03:54
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Blood Moon
I'm stood beneath a trembling light while darkness sets you free
And your words are specks in black of night that seem so far from me
But when it's darkness no one sees
Your shadow fit so perfectly on me
And I feel shoots in my body start to slowly grow again
And light filaments wrapped around my heart lead me back to a stem
But I'm not rooted where I am
It can be hard to understand
And I'm talking to you about you - you said “it’s all gonna change”
And I can see the light of the moon’s a different colour as it's rolling away
And oh are you coming back soon?
And oh can you tell me how soon?
And oh will it be a blood moon?
Oh I think I see a blood moon in the sky tonight
And I’ve found a seed on the sole of my foot that's growing inside of me And I feel its tendrils in my veins, I feel its sap in me
And though we tripped up every time
We somehow find we are all kind of strange
And I'm talking to you about you - you said “it’s all gonna change”
And I can see the light of the moon’s a different colour as it's rolling away
And oh are you coming back soon?
Oh can you tell me how soon?
And oh will it be a blood moon?
Oh I think I see a blood moon in the sky tonight
So are you coming back soon?
Oh will it be a blood moon?
Are you coming back soon?
Will it be a blood moon?
Are you coming back soon?
Will it be a blood moon?
Are you coming back soon?
I think I see a blood moon in the sky tonight
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10. |
Nets
05:29
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Nets
You ran away to here
You said that time wouldn’t listen
Thought you could slip into the dark
And not a soul see you go missing
With just a bag, a needle and thread
I guess you could say the tools of a trade
Tying in knots down by the water
Nobody’ sister nobody’s daughter
Welcome to another town you’ll run from
As you keep on running
He had her marked right from day one
He pushed her down with a stumble and some
But into his side she pushed her pin
And out rushed the blood as red as a sin
Welcome to another town you’ll run from
As you keep on running
You did your best dear
But they will make you run
And every drop of breath here
That is left in your lungs
You keep on running
It’s not my fault you see
They’ll keep on chasing me
Until I walk into the sea
I’ll take my own from me
And I’ll swim with the fish in the sea
And never will you catch me
‘Cause I tied the knots you see
And I’ll take my own from me
Welcome to another town you’ll run from
As you keep on running
You did your best dear
But they will make you run
And every drop of breath here
That is left in your lungs
You keep on running on
You keep on running on
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11. |
Hope
03:28
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Hope
Do you look around, see the holes in the ground
And the fools as they stare at their tracks?
As they scratch in the dirt and the mud and the stones
Do you stop and ever step back?
Do you see all the gold, not the things that you throw
To the ocean and into the earth?
If you stood out in space and you looked at this place
Would you wonder “how much is it worth?”
And I suppose that it’s hope
That you have to hold on to
And I suppose that it’s love
That is all I can give you
You should try to be kind
You should try to be thoughtful
So I hope you don’t mind
If I try to be hopeful
And we all find a way to get through every day
And the mark that we leave can be great
But if only the few were the humans that knew
That you don’t really need all you take
And you know that we all make mistakes on the way
And you know that I can’t claim to be
It’s a hell of a truth, it’s a terrible shame
And a horrible hypocrisy
But I suppose that it’s hope
That you have to hold on to
And I suppose that it’s love
That is all I can give you
You should try to be kind
You should try to be thoughtful
So I hope you don’t mind
If I try to be hopeful
If I try to be hopeful
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12. |
Half-life
04:51
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Half-life
I can't get back out of the water
I can't swim my way back upstream
And so I slide out from the shallows
And so I slip into the dream
And if you feel like you don’t know me
When you saw me unravelling
Now you have killed me you have saved me
And I'm not the person that I seem
And I, I almost fell down
You caught me like a train, you were lightening all the way
And I, I couldn't hold on
Sliding from the shallows, my hand just slipped away
I wanna say my heart wasn't in it but
I think I put it in
Feels like it's got your blood running through it
It's underneath my skin
Half this life away
And in this half-light where I’m dreaming
I see you standing in my door
And maybe you don’t see what I’m giving
But maybe I don’t see you at all
And I, I almost fell down
You caught me like a train, you were lightening all the way
And I, I couldn't hold on
Sliding from the shallows, my hand just slipped away
I wanna say my heart wasn't in it but
I think I put it in
And now it's got your blood running through it It's underneath my skin
I wanna say my heart wasn't in it but
I think I put it in
Half this life inside my mind
Half this life away
Half this life inside my mind
Half this life away
Half this life away
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Peter Beatty London, UK
UK independent artist and musician, releasing debut solo album 'Different Flowers' on 21 June 2024. Creating a visual world of illustration and animation around the album. With influences from 60s and 70s singer songwriters to contemporary alternative artists ‘Different Flowers’ is a soulful alt-folk album about adventure, loss, self-discovery and chasing the things you love. ... more
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