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Sparrow
05:08
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Spent my life
Looking for a missing piece
Desperate for some release
I heard a call
From deep inside
I was lonely I was tired
I was empty uninspired
I hit a wall
Something held me
Showed me to myself
Spent last night
Lookin’ for you in my bed
But you left before I said that you could go
Scream and shout
“til I’m pity partied out
Looking more like I’m about to be alone
Something changed me
Saved me from myself
It’s the arrow in the bow
The sparrow and the song
The marrow in the bone
Nothing’s unforgivable
When you let go
Sparrow
Spent my money on a guitar and a pen
And a book to write it in
So I could find
All along I was just missing a song
I had everything I needed all this time
Somehow I am
Finally myself
It’s the arrow in the bow
The sparrow and the song
The marrow in the bone
Nothing’s unforgivable
When you let go
Sparrow
Sparrow
When the bow breaks
Way up high
You can fall or you can fly
Trust the wind
Trust the wind and open sky
It’s the arrow in the bow….
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Lay Here in the Dark
05:15
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Turn the light out
Close the door
Looking at the ceiling from the floor
Sooner or later
It was gonna catch up with me
It’s only failure
If I don’t feel everything
And when the ground falls beneath me
I’m gonna fight
I’m gonna hold on to the edge
For dear life
I’m gonna lay here in the dark
Lay here in the dark
Lay here in the dark until it gets light
Love I hear you call
You don’t look like I thought you would would at all
Love you’re all I have left
In this unfillable night of emptiness
And when the ground falls beneath me
I’m gonna fight
I’m gonna hold on to the edge
For dear life
I’m gonna lay here in the dark
Lay here in the dark
Lay here in the dark until it gets light
Love, This is gonna sting
I can feel the wounds are opening
Cause love, you are everything
Teach me how to bow when I am breaking
And when the ground….
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It seems so far to go
It took so long to get here
Now I'm saying things I swore I'd never say
And I'm afraid again
I thought I had it in me
I used to be so sure
There I was stronger than ever
And here I am blaming the hurt
And if I fall
I will find a way back to my hands
I'm the only one who can help me find my feet again
Sweet little fighter
Sweet little scar
Sweet little fire
In my heart
It seems so easy now
Everything I dreamed about when I was a child
It looks like a good thing's here
And I think I'll stay for a while
And if I fall, I will find a way back to my hands
I'm the only one who can help me find my feet again
You came in screaming
And never stopped to listen to your one and only prayer
A place for you somewhere
Sweet little fighter
Sweet little scar
Sweet little fire
In my heart
And if I fall
I will find a way back to my hands
I'm the only one who can help me find my feet again
And if I fall…
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Caught in a mirror
Looking through sympathetic eyes
I'll come to the conclusion
That believers are sinners in disguise
And I was blind
And if you ask me
I'll keep saying that I am fine
So just don't ask
And when you see me I'll keep
Flashing that winning smile
Cause that's my mask
Now I don't know what to believe
This girl made of steel with
Her heart on her sleeve
Looking for someone
To love and leave me
That's me
Caught on the floor now
This bottle in my hand
In the confusion
It seemed the safest place to land
Now I can't stand
Everytime I'd think of you
I'd start to cry well not this time
And if you see me
You will know that the years went by
And they weren't kind
Walking the line on this highway of shame
Tied to the tracks expecting a train
So much to lose and no one to blame but me
That's me
That's me
That's me
So if you see I'll keep flashing that winning smile
Cause that's my mask
And if you ask
I'll keep saying that I am fine
So just don't ask
But now I don't know what to believe
This girl made of steel with
Her heart on her sleeve
Looking for someone
To love and leave
That's me
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Captured in a photograph
In black & white
Her hair brushes her shoulders
As she leans to turn out the light
She's warm and you can feel her
But she can't feel you
No she's just too numb to move
Captured in a photograph
Without a frame
I see you standing tall
But I see no face to blame
And did she say she loved you
Well you know that's really nice
Because they say that when she cries
Her tear drops turn they turn to ice
Let her feel the rain
Won't you let her feel again
Feeling through the pain
Won't you let her feel the rain
Upon her face
Let her feel the rain
Won't you let her feel the rain
Upon her face
Captured in a photograph
Inside her eyes
She'll wrap you in her blanket
And then she'll tell you some lies
And you will kneel before her
At her altar in the trees
Because they say no matter who you are
She'll bring you to your knees
Let her feel the rain…
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There are things outstanding
Weighing on me hard
Places right beside me
That seem to be too far
There are voices I remember
And words in me resound
Music washes over me
Though I can’t hear a sound
There are tables set
Beds are made
It seems I let
Them slowly fade
Here I am at winter’s birth
Called to from beneath the Earth
These frozen songs
Beneath the street
Biting shoes
Trip at my feet
Once my face
Scrapes on the dirt
No one asks
If I am hurt
There are things outstanding
weighing on my heart
Places right inside me
that seem to be too far
There are ghosts that I remember
and they brush against my skin
They keep moving closer to me
trying to get in
The tables set
the beds are made
seems I let them slowly fade
here I am at winter’s birth
called to from beneath the Earth
These frozen songs beneath the street
Biting shoes trip at my feet
once my face
scrapes the dirt
no one asks if I am hurt
There are things outstanding
I must put away
There’s a life behind me
begging me to stay
all the choices I have made
take a toll that I have paid
I have paid
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7. |
Last Kiss
04:41
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I don’t know where you have gone
I don’t know how to go on
Without you I’m not strong
I was wondering if you’d mind
Telling me one more time
How I shine
In your eyes
Your last kiss
Was it all you hoped it would be
Your last kiss
How I wish it could have been me
To kiss you last
I was wondering if you thought
It was worth the price or not
You paid your way
You always fought back
I know everything you’d say
Every time I feel afraid
Or lose my way
I feel your faith
In your last kiss
Was it all you hoped it would be
Your last kiss
How I wish it could have been me
To kiss you last
So fast, so fast
Before we grasp the pages tear
So fast, so fast
We disappear into the air
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Frightened of the shadow on the wall
I think it looks a bit too much like me
Search my life for evidence of truth
Can you hear me
Can you hear me now?
Terrified my tongue will now betray
All the lies that I'd been taught to say
Searched your eyes for evidence of love
Can you hear me
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear the child tears
Whose paradise was taken from his hands
Can you hold him in your arms
And tell him that you'll try to understand
When there's no way in hell you can
Can you hear me
Can you hear me now?
Afraid to break the silence in the room
Disbelieving faces stare me down
Searched the world for evidence of faith
Can you hear me
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear the child tears
Whose paradise was taken from his hands
Can you hold him in your arms
And tell him that you'll try to understand
When there's no way in hell you can
Can you hear me
Can you hear me now?
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Check your weapons at the door
You don't live here anymore
But a heart cannot repent
When it doesn't know it's spent it's lifetime
Beating itself to death
And there you are, still as stone
Stretching skin over bone
Well, they say I've lost my will
But I'm just standing still
In a world that swallows cowards
For the crime of killing time
I'll be checking out the scenery
From as high as I can be, oh, oh
Come, let faith be your garden
Always changing, always still
Still breathing, oh
And there you are in my mind
Pale from living underground
Divided and divided until
No one can be found
Nothing left to break down
And I'll be checking out the scenery
From as high as I can be, oh, oh
Come, let faith be your garden
Always changing, always still
Still breathing, oh
I'll be checking out the scenery
From as high as I can be, oh, oh
Come, let faith be your garden
Always changing, always still
Still breathing, oh
Check your weapons at the door
You don't live here anymore
Well, they say I've lost my will
But I'm just standing still
In a world that swallows cowards
For the crime of killing time
Ooh, still breathing
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Say the words break my heart
Touch my lips with your fingers
And push them apart
Put your hands in my hair
And pull me down
Well you're nothing but a stranger
To me now
'Cause I'm long past feeling
And I'm too far gone
Staring at my ceiling
I know silence better
Than anyone
Say my name
And look away
Take a breath take a bow
And take the train
Say your piece
And say goodbye
You will regret that alibi
Cause I'm long past feeling
And I'm loading my gun
Staring at my ceiling
I know silence better than anyone
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Tara MacLean Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Canadian singer/songwriter Tara MacLean has been an internationally renowned and award winning recording and touring artist for over 25 years.
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