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Stone
04:01
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What’s done is done,
They say to me.
Don’t look back,
They say I’m free
But there’s a stone, there’s a stone around me,
Yes you’re a stone, you’re a stone around me.
You did your best,
They say to me.
We think nothing less,
They say they see
But there’s a stone, there’s a stone around me,
Yes you’re a stone, you’re a stone around me, and my memory.
Some days I wish
I could forget,
But then I know
It’s the most precious thing yet
Yeah there’s a stone, you’re a stone around me
Don’t leave me alone, you’re my only stone.
Life is a mess
Honestly
Expect nothing less
Than chaos and beauty
There’s a stone, a gorgeous stone around me,
Colorful and bright and not too heavy
There’s a stone, you’re a stone I carry with me
My heart is your home, you’re my lucky stone
Welcome home.
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Take the Most
04:02
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Take the most beautiful thing that you can find
Take the most beautiful thing and then confine
Then let her go, let her fade,
Let her go, let her waste away
Let her go, all I know is like that.
And when the night falls, you have no place to go,
And when the night calls, you have nothing to show,
And when the daylight is cold, you have no place to go, Oh.
Take the most confident thing that you can find
Then slowly break down her peace of mind
For each promise made, let it fade
A promise it was not, you say you simply forgot
But we were there and it was not like that
And when the night falls, you have no place to go
And when the night calls, you have nothing to show
And when the daylight is cold, you have no place to go
Oh, love.
Take the most talented thing that you can find
Take the most talented thing and minimize,
All the pictures you paint, aren’t you a saint,
And to your left, a real villainess,
For each cast-off need, write an eloquent creed,
Look at what you’ve claimed, look at what you’ve gamed,
It takes courage to stay, so you run away,
While promises wither on the vine.
And when the night calls, you have no place to go,
And when the night falls, you have nothing to show,
And when the daylight is cold, you have no place to go,
Oh.
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3. |
Not Today
03:24
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Sometimes something feels so important,
In your bones you feel it’s number one,
So you give it all you have plus even more.
You want to change what fate has spun
You want to stop what has begun
Sometimes something feels so absorbing
Thought its hard you know you’re four years in,
So you keep the struggle up and make it five
Do you hear your heart over the din?
Where does your happiness fit in?
Not today anyway, Not today anyway.
Not today anyway, Not today anyway.
Sometimes something feels terrifying
To let go would surely be a death
So you fight upstream for an outcome that can’t be had
When will you allow yourself a rest?
Today you don’t have to be your best.
Not today anyway, Not today anyway
Not today anyway, Not today anyway
It’s okay to lay in the sun, to share a smile with someone,
Today you are a pleasure seeker, a boundless dreamer,
On your way to whole.
Sometimes there’s a pause in the madness
Momentary peace deep inside
So you breathe in and out and let it all be
You can return to life in time
Today you don’t have to go outside
And if tiredness overtakes you
And worldly troubles you can’t relate to
Not today anyway, not today anyway
Not today anyway, not today anyway
Not today anyway, not today anyway
And it is okay for today.
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4. |
Morning Song
04:23
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I don’t want to beg you to squeeze me in,
I’ve never been that kind of woman.
I don’t want to beg you to care about our life.
I don’t want to call or hunt you down, or to surround
I am a person, I have a life of my own that’s worth all my time
But even as I say it, I know it’s not complete
I don’t want you to miss this, it could be so sweet
So I wake up in the morning and I try
Wake up in the morning and I try
Try to find the path to bring you back to me
Wake up in the morning and I try, Oh, I try.
I don’t want to hear your contempt tone
I don’t condone that kind of loving
I don’t want to plead anymore to receive respect
I don’t want to cry as you sprint by, leaving me to resolve the hurting
I don’t want to feel alone when tragedy comes
And even as I say it, it isn’t up to me,
Perhaps you’ll offer mercy, perhaps you’ll set me free.
My humanness is so apparent, my humanness is so apparent
My humanness is so apparent, my humanness is so apparent
But maybe you’ll see something here you can love.
I don’t want to beg you to wear your ring,
It was our wedding, yes it happened.
I don’t want to feel so betrayed when I see your hands,
I don’t want to be kept locked outside your heart and mind in self-protection
I won’t be exiled to live a lonely life.
And even as I say it, I know I gave my word,
How many years will tick by until this seems absurd
Yet I wake up in the morning and I try,
Wake up in the morning and I try,
Try to find the path to bring you back to me,
Wake up in the morning and I try,
Oh I try, to love.
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5. |
Move Forward
02:34
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To move forward requires a step,
And a step requires a glance
Ahead to place your body into space,
Mind is needed for every advance.
But she calls from behind,
Aloft from an unwinding,
Falling to an unkind demise,
Fear locked in awkward intimate cries.
To move forward requires a choice,
And a choice requires a direction,
Ahead to place your body into space,
Heart is needed for every selection.
But he calls from behind,
Aloft from an unwinding,
Falling to an unkind demise,
Silent in an unspoken goodbye.
To move forward requires a heart,
And a heart requires inspiration
Above to place your destiny in space,
Every dream requires activation.
So she calls from ahead,
Enlivened by a bedded image,
Flying to invisible highs,
Wisely now she navigates the skies.
And I follow her voice,
So clearly it rings out over the choices,
Sweet release opens the way,
I can follow, I will start today.
I must become someone you won’t recognize.
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6. |
Hold You Heavy
03:12
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Oh my child,
Maybe there is room here for the three of us.
Oh my stars,
Maybe you were brought here for the good of us.
I cross the town on a broken bike,
Weigh you heavy, I weigh you mine,
A rugged knowledge from inside
I hold you heavy, I hold you mine.
Oh her pain,
I feel the burning as if she’s invaded me
Oh her dreams,
Short from insurrection she’s crusaded me
I draw the dark for the seventh time
I weigh you heavy, I weigh you mine
A rugged knowledge from inside
I hold you heavy, I hold you mine.
Oh your ache
Oh your face
I hold myself up toward the light,
Lift you heavy I say goodbye,
My wishes fall on deaf ears tonight,
I hold you heavy, I hold you mine.
I hold you heavy,
I hold you heavy,
I hold you heavy,
I hold you heavy.
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7. |
Dreams are Dead
02:40
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Which sinking feeling starts the countdown of our days?
One moment you say jump back in, the next you say no way.
The up the down, the in and outlines, the beating of your heart,
Irregular and flighty like a toy that falls apart.
Dreams are dead,
Oh yes this dream is dead,
It’s been a weight of lead
And so the dream is dead.
Which day will be the last one that I am your wife?
When will I be set free to build a real life?
You have not been ready I can see it in your eyes,
You offered me a safe salvation, but it was a lie.
Sometimes there is no way to solve it,
Even walking quick away won’t resolve it.
Take the ring, take the dishes,
I’ve had enough of empty wishes,
I lit the fire, we’ll burn the whole thing down down down down
Which set of paperwork will undo this crime,
The one in which you disengage but still take up my time?
I’m nauseous when I think about the future plans we made,
To think how I risked everything, damn it I’ve been played,
Why did you make solemn vows you aren’t prepared to keep?
Of course I am disappointed, and no I won’t sleep with you tonight, no.
Dreams are dead,
Oh yes this dream is dead,
It’s been a weight of lead,
Well now the dream is dead.
Dreams they end,
Sometimes a dream must end,
If it’s a weight of lead,
Well then the dream is dead.
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8. |
The Thread
03:49
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Push away the urge to close yourself up,
Lay the anger and rest,
Shallow faces mouths will never turn up,
Take their teen-aged best.
For the aching,
Is all they’ve ever known,
And their sadness,
Has left them all alone.
Gratitude is free, Openness is opening
Tiredness and hurt are ours.
Never mind it’s me, losing heart is loosening
The ties that are your purpose.
Wrap my arms around the sweet authentic,
Lift the legs and run,
Into those whose smiles reveal they meant it,
Take their flawed son,
For the aching,
Won’t be borne alone,
And the sadness shared
Will mean they have a home.
Gratitude is free, openness is opening
Tiredness and hurt are ours.
Never mind it’s me, losing heart is loosening
The ties that are,
The ties that give us,
The ties that grant respect.
Gratitude is free, openness is opening
Tiredness and hurt are ours.
Never mind it’s me, losing heart is loosening
The ties that are,
The ties that give us,
The ties that are your purpose.
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Little Shrine San Francisco, California
Little Shrine is the project of songwriter, vocalist, and bassist Jade Shipman, in collaboration with guitarist Tony
Schoenberg, violinist Ryan Avery, drummer Andrew Griffin, and keyboard player Garrett Warshaw.
The 5-piece San Francisco band's indie pop folk is rooted in energetic strumming, revealing lyrics, and lush string arrangements that create a warm, driven, and sometimes feisty sound.
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