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Ocean
04:51
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Who says there's a heaven
And who needs a hell when
We have the one we're in
And we know it so well
Who says there's a heaven
And who needs a hell when
We have the one we're in
And we know all too well
It's the weight of existence
It's the air we must share
With those blinded by greed
All their fear and despair
I don't wanna look
But I'm not gonna look away
Takes an ocean to love
Takes a mountain to rise above
Takes an ocean to love
Takes a mountain to rise above
Who says it's a sin
To have a body that bleeds
Or a soul that don't match
With the body you're born in
Who says it's a crime
To seek a place to belong
A future worth saving
And a land to call home
I'm not gonna turn
I'm not gonna turn
I'm not gonna turn away
Takes an ocean to love
Takes a mountain to rise above
Takes an ocean to love
Taken a mountain to rise above
So stay tender and human and kind
Always there by your side to remind you
So stay tender and human and kind
Always there by your side to remind you
Takes an ocean to love
Takes a mountain to rise above
Takes an ocean to love
Takes a mountain to rise above
To rise above
To rise above
I'm not gonna run
I'm not gonna run
I'm not gonna run
Away
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Gavotte
03:16
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Don't go, don't go near the edge
Don't go, don't go near the edge
They don't, they don't doubt my goodwill
They don't, they don't doubt my goodwill
It's very easy to meet English tourists in Spain
We have not been able to find out his name
This house, this house looks very much like ours
This house, this house looks very much like ours
It's very easy to meet English tourists in Spain
We have not been able to find out his name
His name
You know you can count on me
You know you can count on me
You know you can count on me
You know you can, you can count me
I was dreaming of all of the places I have visited
I was dreaming of all of the places I have visited
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Plovers
03:38
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Like a child fast asleep
Like a song I couldn't keep
Every moment's like a diamond in the deep
Grove of trees, patch of land
Tiny fingers in the sand
I'm still dying to understand where I am
In an ever changing view
Amniotic blue
Honey all I ever see is you
Wading in the water
Running fast, roaming free
Stretching far as you could see
May your heart beat like the Great Pacific Sea
We'll be birds, you and me
Snowy plovers on the beach
Dizzy dancing with the seafoam in the breeze
In an ever changing view
Amniotic blue
Honey all I'll ever need is you
Wading in the water
Wading in the water
Wading in the water
Wading in the water
Wading in the water
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Let It End
04:06
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Somewhere down the line
Feeling close to fine
I'm learning all the time to swim ahead
On seas of present tense
Waves of recompense
Shores that never ask you to pretend
I'll never be the same
Never be the same again
I'll learn to mourn it all
And let it end
Time that does no harm
Time to make amends
Time to comprehend the days gone by
I know I've looked the part
In someone else's arc
But now I've got to start to live for me
I'll never be the same
Never be the same again
I've learned to let it go
And let it in
Show kindness to yourself
Patience you would send
The grace you would extend to an old friend
Love that never smarts
Love that never ends
Love that never seeks to apprehend
I'll never be the same
Never be the same again
Learn to mourn it all
And let it end
I'll never be the same
Never be the same again
Learn to let it go and let it in
Learn to let it go and let it end
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Falling in love with the rain
On uncertain land
Facing a fading refrain
All that I had planned
Walking for miles through a maze
Under no command
We're gonna need some time
We're gonna need some time
We're gonna need some time until
We're singing with the radio on
It reminds me that I'm never alone
Even when we're living in our own
time zones
Whenever a light disappears
Out into the sea
Wherever my life reappears
Whatever we'll be
Deep in my heart I still believe
Everyone's got to be free
We're gonna make it right
We're gonna make it right
We're gonna make it out alive
Together with the radio on
It reminds me that I'm never alone
Even when we're living in our own
time zones
With the radio on
It reminds me that I'm never alone
Even when we're living in our own
time zones
Picking it up from the very first line and I'm
Speaking their names out from every location
Crossing the bridge for the rest of my days and
Singing with the radio
Pushing the weight to the top of that hill and I'm
Lifting their names up from every location
Keeping the fire for the rest of my life and
Singing with the radio
Singing with the radio on
Radio on
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Blue
04:15
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Untie the weight and float away
Drift from the space between the landing and the bay
Cerulean, remember what our life was all about?
Nice to see you, so glad to meet you, and
Blue was the color of our days
Blue, don't know how we got this way
Blue, wonder where I'd be without you
Beneath the stars she sings with me
Buried deep within my heart in the debris
Azure waves, remembering every friend along the way
Nice to know you, so glad we knew you, and
Blue was the color of my world
Blue, every time I'd start to fall
Blue, see you standing there beside me
Picking up the pieces of the way we were before
Is it ever coming back, are we ever coming back?
Blue
And blue is the color of our dreams
Blue, so much closer than it seems
Blue, and I'm so grateful you were with me
Blue
Blue
Blue
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Hidakamura
03:21
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Meet me in the country house
Where the mountains open up
And the sun will hang so high above
In the town I love
Nestled in the morning fog
In translucent paper walls
In the hills where persimmons grow in fall
When I come to call
Hidakamura
When I’m tired of trying
To hold my place in line
When I lose my self between two worlds I find
That I think of you
And I know it’s true
Here’s where I belong
Only in the quiet hours
Of the land where I was born
All my memories always linger on
In my mother’s arms
In my mother’s arms
Hidakamura
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Hidden Fortress
03:41
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Hidden fortress, a castle in the sky
While everyone in between dies
Give me one reason, just send us a sign
Oh something to tell us we'll be alright
Cities and empires could last for a while
But nothing gold stays in the half light
Beautiful dreamer, how we used to smile
Will anything good of our hearts survive?
Passing the pain on from father to son
While everyone views it in real time
Mother for mother, a child for a child
How many more ‘til we are satisfied?
What are we gonna do?
What are we coming to?
Brother for brother, an eye for an eye
How many more ‘til you are satisfied?
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Adamantine
05:14
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Homicide, suicide, Riverside
In the house I called my home
Circling wedding ring made of gold
Engraved, but with no stone
Praise to the jewel in the lotus
Om Mani Padme Hum
An absence still serves to remind us
Om Mani Padme Hum
Lose a few, save a few, lose once more
Never same as was before
The algae blooms in swimming pools, life unfurls
What I was, I am no more
Praise to the jewel in the lotus
Om Mani Padme Hum
Ten thousand words to restore us
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om Mani Padme Hum
Inside the stone of my heart
Inside, a stone, when the world's blown apart
Inside the stone of my heart
Laws may collapse
The body may wither and die
But I'll survive
Rise before the shrine
Breathe, and sleep, and rinse the rice
And write
And write
And write, recite
Om Mani Padme Hum
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Wild Caught
03:25
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It's not what you had thought
I know it's not what you were taught
I know that it's all very fraught with meaning
But I liked it quite a lot
When my mother mixed mayo with shallot
And a can of starkist tuna's always wild caught
You must think I've lost the plot
'Cause it's all I have, it's all I’ve got
It's all that I have brought to your picnic
We could eat it for Shabbat
I'll show you the store where it was bought
This can of starkist tuna's always wild caught
Always, always
Always is a strong claim
We got different families, different names
Different towns from where we came
But I think you'd like it if you gave a shot
To starkist tuna's always wild caught
Starkist tuna's always wild caught
Starkist tuna's always wild caught
Starkist tuna's always wild caught
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Tomo Nakayama Seattle, Washington
"When music journalists say things like 'this artist is a fixture in Seattle music,' there’s probably no one right now who
fits that title better than Nakayama." - KEXP
Born in Japan and raised in Seattle, Washington, Tomo Nakayama is an artist whose melodic, complex and emotionally compelling music has been praised by NPR, New York Times, and KEXP.
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