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Softening
02:12
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SOFTENING
all of the edges now are softening
see the light almost standing still
for you, for you
here we are at the cusp of meeting
a holy, golden hour
after all this waiting
finally ready to find out
who you are
who you are
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2. |
Growing
03:18
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GROWING
I am the vessel lifeblood pressing in and out and in
you are the wrestling kind
will you be tender watching the world with wide-open eyes
will you be like the winter quiet and bright
pushing up from the ground
I’ll know you then like I know you now
it’s all a mystery still to me
we’re growing
fingers entangled like flower vines growing up a wall
you have an angle on me
no one else can see me no one else can feel it when I fall
you are the only the only one
pushing up from the ground
I’ll know you then like I know you now
it’s all a mystery still to me
we’re growing
who you are meant to be
is who I cannot wait to meet
you’re who you are made to be
and I am here
pushing up from the ground
I’ll love you then like I love you now
it’s all a mystery still to me
we’re growing
growing
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3. |
Honey, Honey
03:44
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HONEY, HONEY
tracing my finger on the soft of your ear
your breath relaxing into mine
you arrived, now I sing, a broken harmony
how slow, how fast do these days go by
oh honey, honey this is how I love you
this is how I love, this is how you’ll know
my barefoot songbird, running through the orchard
looking for the berries to bring inside
there you are out in the sun, spinning like a teardrop
smiling up at nothing but a big blue sky
oh honey, honey this is how I love you
this is how I love, this is how you’ll know
quiet waters, soothe and sway
sunlight and kindness, the cradle of a day
brave as an iris, a bright display
a trumpeter swan lifting up and away
oh honey, honey this is how I love you
this is how I love, this is how you’ll know
oh honey, honey this is how I love you
this is how I love, this is how you’ll know
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4. |
With You
03:05
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WITH YOU
ten thousand words can hardly begin to describe
the lifts and the turns of feeling wholly alive with you
breathing alongside you
walking in rhythm with you
brilliant fallen leaves, october moon
a part of me disappeared when I entered the room with you
breathing alongside you
talking in rhythm with you
slow down, don’t trip on the sidewalk
go easy now, learning to move again
see how the burden shifts
breathing alongside you
moving in rhythm with you
what I wanted most was what I feared
now woven together, a covering as I lay here with you
breathing alongside you
waking in rhythm with you
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5. |
Bright Eye
02:52
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BRIGHT EYE
golden apple
warm as a kiss, a summer evening
creekside walkin’
splash on the face, can’t stop smiling
bright eye, babe of mine
you make the highs feel higher
you make the days go lighter
merry go round
sun on the leaves dancing crazy
treetops swaying
canopy sings, lean back listening
bright eye, babe of mine
you make the highs feel higher
you make the days go lighter
you make the highs feel higher
you make the days go lighter
all the world is a wonder now
every word coming from your mouth
bright eye, babe of mine
you make the highs feel higher
you make the days go lighter
you make the highs feel higher
you make the days go lighter
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6. |
Companion
03:49
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COMPANION
didn’t you say this is how it may begin
didn’t I know I had everything I needed
didn’t you ask what are you fearful of
didn’t I nod in silence
didn’t you lift my head above the water
didn’t I cry, oh God, to be saved
didn’t you give the soothing of a mother
how did you know just what to say
didn’t you slide the window wide open
didn’t I hide my face in your arm
didn’t we hear the sound of her crying
how it split right through my heart
now I see the door swung open
and I have stepped to the other side
turn around, you turn around
let go of my hand and say
it will be alright
it’ll be alright
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7. |
Everything At Once
03:39
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EVERYTHING AT ONCE
sometimes what I want
is everything at once
sometimes all I want
is everything at once
I want to be held
I want to run
I want to be holding someone
sometimes what I want
is everything at once
sometimes all I want
is everything at once
I want to be seen
I want to hide
I want to be completed inside
shouting for communion
whispering to be free
sometimes what I want
is everything at once
sometimes all I want
is everything at once
I want to be strong
I want to fall
I want to find the time to be it all
shouting for the gathering
whispering to go
I wanna feel like I know what I’m doing
I wanna know like I’ve carried it all along
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8. |
Like A Woman
03:55
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LIKE A WOMAN
like a hummingbird holding steady for the nectar
like a rainstorm waiting to fall
like a wave that has come, swept up under you
like the weight that a womb can hold
no one needs mothering
like a woman in the summer days of mothering
like the wind invisible pressing against you
like a maple giving up her glory
like a circling sun in the heart grows stronger
like a story mending a wound
no one needs covering
like a woman on the journey, discovering
like a grapevine heavy, waiting on the harvest
like a nest, ready for its young
like the dark when it comes, lying there awake
like a mountain sheltering a home
no one needs mothering
like a woman in the summer days of mothering
no one needs covering
like a woman on the journey, discovering
I know we know it’s true
I know we know it’s true
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9. |
Inside Outside
03:40
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
rest upon my shoulder
tell me what you dreamed
was it all in color
what was happening
I wanna know it all
I wanna know it all
feel your body flickering
lifted by the wind
your mind is like the open sea
won’t you guide me in
I wanna know it all
just so you know, anything you wanna show me
I love the inside and outside of you
I wanna know it all
tell me why you tremble
tell me anything
pain is a storm that passes on
and fear has her own wings
fear has her own wings
I wanna know it all
just so you know, anything you wanna show me
I love the inside and outside of you
I wanna know it all
tell me of the lifting sky
sometimes I forget
tell me of the spirit side
of love in every breath
I’ll tell you of the lifting sky
so you don’t forget
I’ll tell you of the spirit side
of love in every breath
of love in every breath
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10. |
Can You See
04:26
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CAN YOU SEE
I love you honey right where you are
you’re a morning star, I’ll be here to hold you when you fall
toward me
this is how I know to show it
this is how I know to show it
this is how I know to show it
can you see?
I know I’m impatient with your heart
but I’m softening, learning how to let my eyes speak for me
more quietly
this is how I know to show it
this is how I know to show it
this is how I know to show it
can you see?
now the room is almost dark
I hold you here, warm in the arc of my arm
as you slip into your silence
this is how I know to show it
this is how I know to show it
this is how I know to show it
can you see?
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11. |
Hindsight
04:37
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HINDSIGHT
move steadily, steadily
over the path unbroken
my love and me, my love and me
we’ve never been here before
hold it light
it does no good to strain and fight it
stumbling blind for while
the days will be brighter, the days will be brighter
the days will be brighter in hindsight
it’s hard to see, so hard to see
here in the fog together
hold on to me, hold on to me
we’ve never been here before
hold it light
it does no good to strain and fight it
stumbling blind for while
the days will be brighter, the days will be brighter
the days will be brighter in hindsight
so lay beside, lay beside
breathe here with me a while now
I’ll let your eyes be my guide
we’ve never been here before
hold it light
it does no good to strain and fight it
stumbling blind for while
the days will be brighter, the days will be brighter
the days will be brighter in hindsight
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12. |
To Carry You
03:33
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TO CARRY YOU
after I have given up on comfort
after I wake with time on my hands
after the labor and the mending
after I love more than I have before
will I know
will I know
what it means to bring you life
what it means to rise like a mother
what it means to circle the wide unknown
what it means to carry you
after I have heard you crying
after the sun brings us relief
after you fill me up with laughing
after we find our way back to sleep, alone
will I know
will I know
what it means to bring you life
what it means to rise like a mother
what it means to circle the wide unknown
what it means to carry you
how could I know, I’ve never been here before
how could I know, how could i know
what it means to bring you life
what it means to rise like a mother
what it means to circle the wide unknown
what it means to carry you
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13. |
Softening Again
03:08
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SOFTENING AGAIN
all my blood is radiating
skin is easy on the touch
curtains drawn to shade you
if the dawn when it’s new is too much
for you, for you
breathing in your comfort
breathing out my fear
let the path now before us
be gentle as it brings us nearer
who you are
who you are
a bright and a brand new star
all of the edges now are softening…
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