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Achilles
10:48
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My dearest friend
Of noble birth
Shall we now lie
Upon the earth?
My heart, my love
Rest with me here
Come share your dreams
Your hopes and fears
My name is formed
From sorrow and grief
A story of choice
A tale of belief
A sharpening point
Across battle lines
Character forged
Praised as divine
Born of desire
The gods will be heard
Born from the Styx
To challenge the world
The brightest stars will die
A future I cannot deny
Crossing an endless sea
Toward my destiny
A doomed prophecy
Waiting for me
Or live in peace
No hero’s release
Fame to be won
I must decide
My purpose is clear
Take glory or hide
I speak to the ghosts
The dead lie in wait
I’ll join them soon
That is my fate
The brightest stars will die
A future I cannot deny
Crossing an endless sea
Toward my destiny
Remembering
Our golden years
Cloak red with blood
Achilles’ tears
My friend and love
Of noble birth
Now we both lie
Deep in the earth
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2. |
Ringing the Changes
03:43
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On Wednesday night at seven o’clock
We climb the stairs up to our loft
A happy band of ringers eight
But everyone scowls if you are late
Now we ring, let us ring
With open ears and steady feet
We ring the rounds, don’t miss a beat
Treble’s going, treble’s gone
The clappers strike, oh hear them toll
Quite a thing, when we ring
Henry’s due a replacement knee
And Polly has bats in her belfry
Godfrey wears flamboyant hats
Dear Marjorie has twenty cats
What a thing, let us ring
Norman’s a conquest of the Dean
Anne is stage four and yet so keen
I’m on the two and that’s just fine
The Captain keeps us all in line
And we ring, we must ring
Pull off the sally, learn the ropes
Ringing the changes note by note
A stranger band you could not find
But when we pull, we’re of one mind
Quite a thing, when we ring
Our bells ring out across the miles
Calling the weary to rest a while
For broken hearts to contemplate
So young and old can celebrate
Our hearts sing, when we ring
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3. |
Kintsugi
07:04
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Surrounded by
The fragments of
Everything I used to be
I’m not the same
Anymore
And don’t want you to see
Fractured heart
Shattered dreams
Nothing ever as it seems
Fighting dragons
In my mind
But I hide the scars inside
Who I was
Torn apart
When does hurting stop?
When does healing start?
How can I make
The pieces fit?
Will I ever be whole?
Need to mend
Need to heal
Need a love as good as gold
Comfort comes
From my past
All those friends I pushed away
They were there all along
I just had to find my way
Be repaired
Be restored
In acceptance there’s
Love as good as gold
Fragile still
But stronger now
Flaws are real, this is true
A part of me
And witness of
My broken life made new…
With gold…Pure gold
I found a love as good as gold
And love can always make you whole
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4. |
Flying Train
05:33
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5. |
Xenos
05:43
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Live like they live
Talk like they talk
Eat what they eat
Wear what they wear
Think what they think
See what they see
Hear what they hear
Feel what they feel
What will you take?
Why do you hate?
We are not safe
Standing firm against the endless tide
Fight to survive
Risking it all
No other choices
Life in two worlds
Dangerous times
Flee for our lives
No good reason
Where is the rhyme
What have we done?
Why do you blame?
Remember once
You were the same
Dreams not allowed
No freedom to move
Borders are up
All the morals just keep falling down
Fight to survive
Risking it all
No other choices
Life in two worlds
People trapped and desperate
Humanity arrested
Fleeing persecution
But don’t worry this is not your child < hold note on child
Sombre incantations with no explanation
Bureaucracy and questions
Abandon hope you can’t enter here < hold note on here
Looking at the white cliffs killing all the false myths
Children on the beaches
Eden is a long way from these shores
Why won’t you help us
Please don’t turn your eyes away
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6. |
Against the Tide
05:27
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Standin’ on the High Line
Watchin’ rain on the river
Too many nights now
Guess nothin’s forever
Ships pass in the night
Words go unspoken
And what we have
Is it too broken?
Whatever happened to the love we used to share?
Is it still there?
And in the end do we really care?
Remember the times when
Everythin’ was alright
Our hearts were on fire
We stayed up all night
Life was so easy
Our love was meant to be
Something changed, now
Agree to disagree
Whatever happened to the dreams we used to share?
Are they still there?
And in the end do we really care?
You can’t swim against the tide
And all the things you’ve tried
But the doubt is there inside
You can run but you can’t hide
Need a different viewpoint
Take our time
Go California dreamin’
Try another coastline
Hopin’ we can find
What we’re looking for
Through stormy weather
To a peaceful shore
Whatever happened to the love we used to share?
Is it still there?
And in the end do we really care?
Walking on the High Line
Can we swim against the tide?
Make it work this time
And all the things we’ve tried
Lookin’ for a lifeline
But the doubt is there inside
We’re gonna be just fine
We can run but we can’t hide
…all the feelings from yourself
The future is ours, if
We believe in our love
We can make a brand-new start
In our life and our hearts
Not apart
But together
The future is ours, if
We believe in our love
We can make a brand-new start
In our life and our hearts
Not apart
Always together
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7. |
Peggy's Cove
04:21
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The waves come crashing in the deepest seas the loudest sound
A bitter, salty wind blows down from sweet Charlottetown
At the craggy southern point still a lighthouse watches out
Humble prayers in Halifax are offered up by the devout
Seabright Way
Prospect Bay
Peggy’s Cove
Once a ship was stranded here abandon hope they soon proclaimed
None survived except for one a child too young to know her name
Adopted by the local folk she won their hearts and they rejoiced
They called the lassie Margaret now she was “Peggy of the Point”
Boats and whales
Folklore tales
Peggy’s Cove
Love comes calling
Seabirds soaring
Peggy wed and left the isle that is how her story ends
Don’t look hard for evidence nor how far the truth extends
Enquiring minds, observant eyes will see right through the merchandise
Mugs and books and figurines nothing ever as it seems
Lobster rolls
Legends told
Peggy’s Cove
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8. |
Building Heaven
11:34
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In the shadow of destruction
From the ashes and the flames
They brought beauty and transformation
Crown of thorns and
Cross of nails
Gazing at such glory
A new creation of heart and hands
Reflected light that tells a story
Of renewal
And rebirth
And rebirth
How can we start - to build a heaven?
With hands and heart – we build our heaven
To mend not break – is building heaven
To love not hate - is building heaven
As we forgive – were building heaven
And how we live- will build our heaven
Building heaven
Building heaven
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