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Mara
07:16
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I can never see
Anything you see
I hear other voices
Calling
Whispering
Crawling under skin
Fragments of faces
Forgotten
Trying to tame the mind
Flighty and unkind
Rushing wherever
It may
Like a fish onto the sand
Trembling in the face of death
Can I flee the hands
Of Mara?
Oh, that I may know wrong from right
Oh, may I wiseup once and for all
Oh, may I stick to my own choices
Oh, may I speak of what I know
May this song be about you
May it be what you need it to
May your heart be open wide
May I learn from you the truth
And may I never run from you
Om ah hung swaha
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Emaho / Colour
04:18
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You gave me colour
When I needed colour
Made my blacks and whites turn grey
Made my blacks and whites turn blue
Turn yellow turn red
You made me humble
When I needed humbling
Laughed my silly opinions away
Laughed my silly ego, my pride,
My guilt, regrets
Away
These lands crawl back to me
In my eyes is all I see
I know now I do believe
That you gave me colour
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I thought all I had was music
And the promises it held
Of a beauty unknown
Of a life not lived yet
But there was nothing to hold on to
And Jim, I know you lied
You will not be there
When I die
All those nights spinning records
Holed up warm inside
They will not be there
When I die
Saw your face again this morning
A glimpse of an unlived life
Songs I’ll never sing
Words I’ll never write
Can’t collect what consumes me
Can’t grasp what goes inside
It will all us just somehow be there
When I die
"My poor heart dribbles at the stern
My heart covered with caporal
They squirt upon it jets of soup
My poor heart dribbles at the stern
Under the gibes of the whole crew
Which burst out in a single laugh,
My poor heart dribbles at the stern
My heart covered with caporal"
- Arthur Rimbaud, The Cheated Heart
"There will be bigotry and
There will be open minds
There will be days of peace
You'll never have the time
As long as you keep a straight face
I will be there when you die"
- My Morning Jacket, I Will Be There When You Die
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4. |
My Cauliflower Ears
06:04
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I’m a southpaw
Punch-drunk palooka
With cauliflower ears
On the ropes
Look for my cornerman
Throwing the towel in
Split decision
Faking the weigh in
I am the journeyman
When I gasp for air
When I cry
When I punch you back
It’s just you and I
And I wanna settle this now
All regret
All desolation
I’ve been a sorry sight
Pull my punches
Feeling you out
It’s time for the flash knockdown
Teach me the footwork
Throw me the sucker punch
I’ll take it blow by blow
When I gasp for air
When I cry
When I punch you back
It’s just you and I
And I wanna settle this now
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5. |
Ciao Mare!
03:05
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In the light of day
You let it go
In the line of fire
It's all you know
You've decided
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6. |
Under
03:47
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When the shutdown of the brain
Is a triumph of the heart
And I hurry way too much
And I worry way too much
And the emptying of bowls
And the cleansing of the guts
When to say it like it is
Is not to say it like it was
Always love would pull me under
And I give I give I give
And I give my happiness
And I take on I take on
I take on their suffering
Always love would pull me under
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7. |
Must I Be Bound?
05:05
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(Traditional)
The first thing they gave me
Was a cap well lined with lead
The longer I wore it
It grew heavier on my head
Then they gave me a mantle to wear
Lined with grief and stitched with care
The drink they gave me was bitter gall
The food they gave me was worse than all
The last thing they gave me, gave me
Was a belt with colours three
First was shame, next was guilt
Last of all was sad misery
But I will climb up that high, high tree
And I will rob that wild bird's nest
And I will fall
Without fear
Must I be bound
While you go free?
Must I love one
Who never loved me?
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Microwolf Tilburg, Netherlands
Microwolf is the nom de plume of Benjamin van Vliet, a Dutch DIY singer/producer currently residing in Tilburg. After spending 7 years as the lead singer and songwriter for anti-folk band Moi, le voisin, he created Microwolf in 2012 as an outlet for his more intimately radical ideas. ... more
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