1. |
Melancholy World
03:04
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Can you feel it?
Can you touch it?
Can you hide from it?
Can you ease it?
Can you erase it?
Can you stop it?
Can you be saved by it?
(chorus)
Melancholy world
Melancholy life
Melancholy soul
Melancholy heart
(repeat chorus)
Can you leave it?
Can you abandon it?
Do you hide from it?
Does your skin crawl from it?
(repeat chorus x2)
Can't escape it, now
Can't escape it, now
Can't escape it, now
Can't escape it, now
Can't escape it, now
(repeat chorus x2)
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2. |
Open Season On Love
03:15
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It’s a world full
Of suffering
And nobody
Gives a damn
Children starving
Dictators get rich
Was that
God’s plan?
(chorus)
It’s open season
It’s open season
It’s open season
On love
(repeat chorus)
I went down to the mission
Last night
A sign said
“No food”
Saw an old guy
Huddled under a blanket
For warmth
He was kicked
By some hood
(repeat chorus x2)
Needles litter
The sidewalk
In this part of town
Women solicited for
Sexual favours
By suit and tie
Johns
(repeat chorus x2)
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3. |
I Can't Reach You
03:37
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I can’t reach you
It’s never enough
I can’t move you
Your exterior’s so tough
I can’t find you
Beneath the surface
I can’t guide you
It makes you nervous
(chorus)
I can’t reach you
I can’t heal you
I can’t change you
I can’t help you
I can’t tell you
You don’t want to hear
I can’t shake you
It will cause you fear
I can’t wake you
You sleep through pain
I can’t hug you
There’s nothing to gain
(repeat chorus x2)
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4. |
Saturday
02:47
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It’s Saturday
She awakens to birdsong
The sun streaming in
Cat by curtain lace
The sun’s rays dance
And dapple her pillows
The bedroom lit up
Like the smile on her face
(chorus)
Saturday wrapped in a kiss
This is one day she can’t miss
The weekend is over too fast
Life’s pleasures never do last
The newspaper arrives
Coffee brewing in the kitchen
She plays Miles Davis
As she applies her gloss
It’s Saturday
That’s the day that she realizes
There’s still sweetness to life
Just like candy floss
(repeat chorus)
Saturday wrapped in a kiss (x4)
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5. |
Clouds
03:13
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Thinking of clouds
Billowy pillows
Strato, nimbo
And cirro
Dreaming of clouds
Suspended liquid
Of water
Or crystals of ice
(chorus)
Thinking of clouds
Dreaming of clouds
Flying through clouds
Dazzled by clouds
(repeat chorus)
Imagining clouds
Luke Howard’s system
Of naming them
One by one
Transfixed by clouds
Suspended
But floating
Cumulous and alto
So high up there
(repeat chorus x2)
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6. |
Radiance
02:23
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Like honey gold
Glistening dew
Shimmering jewels
Stars from a far
(chorus)
Your radiance sparkles
Wherever you are
Like fireflies at night
A meteor shower
The crest of a wave
The strum of a guitar
Your radiance sparkles
Wherever you are
Your radiance sparkles
Wherever you are
Your radiance sparkles
Your radiance sparkles
Your radiance sparkles
Your radiance sparkles
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7. |
I'm Right Here
03:23
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I’ll dry your tears
Don’t worry about a thing
Disconnect the phone
Stop that incessant ring
I’ll tie up all your ribbons
Into bows
Circle my arms around you
Your brightness glows
(chorus)
I’m right here
I’m right here
I’m right here
I’m right here
I’ll paint a picture
With a shadow off the trees
I’ll bend the light
Deep green upon the leaves
I’ll scan the stars
Until this aching goes
I’ll measure time
From the petals on a rose
(repeat chorus x2)
I’ll settle scores
On another day
I’ll count my blessings
Until there’s nothing left to say
I’m right here
I’m right here
I’m right here
I’m right here (x2)
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8. |
It Doesn't Matter
02:31
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It doesn’t matter
It doesn’t care
The vultures circling
In the square
It doesn’t think
It doesn’t feel
The anguish
It’s unreal
It doesn’t hold us
In an embrace
It doesn’t keep us
Or save us face
(chorus)
It doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter
It doesn’t sing
It doesn’t pray
It doesn’t wish
For a better day
It doesn’t ache
It doesn’t sigh
It doesn’t long
To end the lie
It doesn’t smell
The flower’s scent
It doesn’t touch
The firmament
It doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter (x 2)
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9. |
Pain
04:32
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Pain oozing out
Of every pore
Sharp edge of a knife
Can’t take anymore
On the deck of this ship
Hammered by crashing waves
It rocks and it shakes
Will we ever be saved
(chorus)
Pain ceaseless fight
Endless torment
Take me home
Pain ceaseless fight
Endless torment
Take me home
Pain…………..
Pain………….
Pain………….
There must be relief
Help me please
I no longer
Have strength for this
Take me where
There’s hope and calm
Take me where
There’s sweet release
(repeat chorus)
Pain ceaseless fight
Endless torment
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We are born in innocence
A blank canvas
We arrive in this world
With such promise
But the wheels of destiny
Keep turning
Toward
That final ending
(chorus)
If I could turn back time
Would it all be different?
It I could turn back time
Would it all be the same?
Luck is measured
In a thimble
Fate will destroy
Hard won gains
(repeat chorus x2)
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11. |
Life in Miniature
03:33
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Her china cabinet’s filled
With painted pictures
Miniature depictions
Of scenes in her yard
Birds and flowers
The Buddha’s statue
In her garden
The skyline at
Sunrise and sunset
(chorus)
If a picture tells
A thousand words
Can you see it in
An artist’s eye?
The colours blend
So beautifully
It’s life in miniature
As the world goes by
Her life was
Much easier
Back in the day
When she
Was young
But those days
Are only, hazy memories
Like a flower’s blossom
Soon is done
(repeat chorus)
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12. |
That's Not the Reason
03:07
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That’s not the reason
The wound scarred
That’s not the reason
She left
That’s not the reason
The milk soured
That’s not the reason
He’s bereft
(chorus)
There are no reasons
For this
There are no reasons
Anymore
The sunlight’s obscured
By a broiling hell-storm
Off in the distance
Coming up soon
That’s not the reason
The soldier died
That’s not the reason
He served
That’s not the reason
The blade is drawn
That’s not the reason
It’s all blurred
(repeat chorus)
That’s not the reason
The land is dead
That’s not the reason
The shit flies
That’s not the reason
The heart is barren
That’s not the reason
It’s all lies
(repeat chorus x2)
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13. |
Light
03:17
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Light from
The window
Light from a
Candle wick
Light from
A river
Light off a bright
Red brick
Light through
A prism
Light through a grain
Of sand
Light through
A forest
Light from
A divine
Hand
(chorus)
If you could only see the light
You would not be yearning
If you could only feel the love
The tide would be turning
Light from a field
Of hay
Light from a
Summer day
Light through
Broken glass
Light it’s
Within grasp
(repeat chorus x 3)
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14. |
These Ghosts
03:10
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Was that whistling
In the hall-way?
Like wind through
Ancient caves
We remove pictures
From the rooms
Things placed in boxes
Like their graves
This house is where
I grew I up
This home is where
I was raised
The furniture
Goes out the door
Through the livingroom
Where laughter
Was heard, for days
(chorus)
These ghosts
are haunting me
These ghosts
are haunting you, too
(repeat chorus)
I dread to even glimpse
Inside the bedroom
That was mine
With painted clowns
On the walls
Sports stickers on the door
And “Jess, that room is your’s
Remember the doll’s house
That Dad built that year
One white Christmas..”
It’s in the corner
It still, misses us
(repeat chorus x 2)
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15. |
No Way In, No Way Out
04:45
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No way in
No way out
A whisper’s as loud
As a shout
Past transgressions
Or regressions
We blunder on
Through indiscretions
No solutions
Or redemption
A carnival ride
Of miscreants
Seek attention
(chorus)
This life is bitter sweet
It offers little relief
But still we carry on
Swallow each bitter pill
In Silence
In Silence
Brought into view
A startling
Awful scene
A car crash
Up ahead
Flames engulf the road
Twisted steel
An ambulance
Pulls away
Oil slicked lane
Is that blood
Pooling with the rain?
We cannot bear to look
We cannot bear to feel
We cannot bear to touch
The tragedy of it all
We cannot bear to stand
Beside our fellow man
We cannot bear
To offer
Even one outstretched hand
(repeat chorus x2)
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Sills & Smith Ottawa, Ontario
Sills & Smith is a band from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with 6 studio albums. The first 3 were recorded and produced by Jonathan Edwards at Corvidae Music in Ottawa. For the albums Uncertain Vista (2011); No Way In, No Way Out (2012); The Glorious Ache (2013). the band members are Jeremy Sills, Frank Smith, Jonathan Edwards. More albums by Sills & Smith: sillsandsmith.bandcamp.com/music ... more
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