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Fluid Suits
04:25
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I slip into
A fluid suit
Thinking it lets me dance
To one and the same tune
Dancing along
But in my head I dance alone
Never
Never as one
Covering skin
Layers and layers making heads spin
Fluid suits making me numb
I dance alone never as one
My fluid suit is gaining weight
As I pass the night
Moving here and there
Not being anywhere
Covering skin
Layers and layers making heads spin
Fluid suits making me numb
I dance alone never as one
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Natural Worrier
04:27
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A tape rewound replaying what I said
I play the scenes all over in my head
Again, again, again
Was it something that I did
Or how did I fuck it up again
Again, again, again
I’m a natural, a natural worrier
A natural, a natural worrier
Thinking about mistakes I might have made
About the stupid things that I say
Again, again, again
I feel a lump in my belly and my heart
That’s why I take everything apart
Again, again, again
I’m a natural, a natural worrier
A natural, a natural worrier
A tape that’s been spinning out of control
Repeats back to me that it’s all been my fault
I’m a natural worrier
My mind is playing tricks on me
How come again I couldn’t see
Again, again, again
I always think it must’ve been me
Why can’t I just let it be
Again, again, again
I’m a natural, a natural worrier
A natural, a natural worrier
A tape that’s been spinning out of control
Repeats back to me that it’s all been my fault
I’m a natural worrier
A natural, a natural worrier
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3. |
Once In A While
03:35
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Get out of your head
That’s what the little voice said
I know, I know, I know, I know
I’ve got to let go
Off the wheel
Once in a While
On this ride
In the vehicle of life
Fingers clenched and holding on
To control I gain nothing from
One by one, by one, by one
Release and on I ride
In the vehicle of life
I the vehicle of life
In the vehicle of life
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4. |
Bubbles
06:04
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If you’re living in a bubble, don’t throw daggers at me
It might just burst on you causing you to slip on the illusions you’ve built
Losing your grip, losing your grip
Oooh
Don’t hide away from the world as it is
Cold and dirty as it may be
Reality’s a bitch, we all kinda know
But we’re all in the same boat
In the same boat, we’re in the same boat
Oooh
Bubbles will burst, reality stays
There are no words that'll make them remain
Around you
The world just moves in mysterious ways
And one of those days it will surely catch
Up with you
Oooh
Oooh
Try to see the world without your soapy veil
It’s not too bad
And even when it feels that you might fail
just get back up
Just get back up, you’ll just get back up
Oooh
Bubbles will burst, reality stays
There are no words that'll make them remain
Around you
The world just moves in mysterious ways
And one of those days it will surely catch
Up with you
Bubbles will burst, reality stays
There are no words that'll make them remain
Around you
The world just moves in mysterious ways
And one of those days it will surely catch
Up with you
Oooh
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Coffins Shut
03:41
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Sinking back in the grass
The world is not as it was
We watch and learn and live and fail
Back to back as we nail
Our coffins shut
For all I know we’ve sunken low
Beneath what once was and now is not
We laugh, we cry, we eat, we die
Back to back as we tie
Our hands behind our backs
We hit the nail upon its head
We made our bed and now we lie
In it
Mmmh..
We watch and learn and live and fail
Back to back as we nail
Our coffins shut
We hit the nail upon its head
We made our bed and now we lie
In it
I know that ignorance is bliss
What you don’t see does not exist so
Fuck it
Sinking back in the grass
The world is not as it was
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6. |
We Will Pass
05:04
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If you turn up your eyes
Towards the sky
Then you gaze into the stars
And look into the past
Oooh
Regardless where you stand
On mountain high or land
We’re just a grain of sand
Trick’ling from universe’s hand
Oooh
The changing of times
Along with our lives
When you gaze into the stars
And look into the past
Then you might start to see
Whatever shall will be
Oooh
Incomprehensible minds
Infinitely entwined
You gaze into the stars and know that we will pass
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7. |
Into Light
04:29
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Butterflies
Into light
Reach out your hand and they slip away
Gone like a breeze as they weigh
Precisely
Nothing
Mmmh
Like snow
Icy cold
Reach out your hand and they melt away
Giving your warmth will not make them stay
Water drips
From fingertips
Mmmh
Giving up the chase
Trying to embrace
Our empty space
Uuuh
Butterflies
Into light
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8. |
Outgrowing Nymph
00:35
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I feel the cracks in my organic shell
A blinding light as I try to tell
What's up and what is down
Little flecks start falling away
Creating holes to stretch and splay
There is one arm and then the next
Two legs to stand on
And I feel
Like paper it whispers to me
A transparent wing ready to fly
Carry me towards the sky
The second joins
And once they're dry
I take off
I am whole
Leaving dark behind
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Dancing Trees
03:25
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I’m close to the earth
I breathe in the world
Lying down on the ground
That’s how I came to see
In the breeze, the dancing trees
Everything I see
Is dancing trees
And behind my eyes
Worlds endlessly wide
I’m feeling so small
But also so tall
Hands touching leaves
Feel the earth with my feet
In the breeze, the dancing trees
Everything I see
Is dancing trees
And behind my eyes
Worlds endlessly wide
I laugh and I cry
Cannot tell you why
Can’t tell it apart
Tears drop on my heart
See in the breeze the dancing trees
Everything I see
Is dancing trees
And behind my eyes
Worlds endlessly wide
Everything I see
Is dancing trees
And behind my eyes
Worlds endlessly wide
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10. |
Tales
03:45
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Written with the soles of feet
With every little crumb you eat
With palms of hands we leave our prints
Our tales until it ends
Our skins are paper thin
We hold our souls within
The tales we never tell
Are those on which we dwell
Tales until it ends
Shadows follow in our paths
Like ghosts they hold on to our past
Fleeting trails of light and dark
Tales are never far
Our skins are paper thin
We hold our souls within
The tales we never tell
Are those on which we dwell
Tales until it ends
Tales that tell our lives
Invisibly inscribed
On earth and stone and sky
And deep down in our minds
Tales until it ends
Our skins are paper thin
We hold our souls within
The tales we never tell
Are those on which we dwell
Tales until it
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Lisa Akuah Berlin, Germany
An introvert by the book, Lisa Akuah's songs open a door to her innermost feelings and perceptions with her more recent repertoire showing a high level of awareness of one's own irrationalities and a keen eye for human quirks. All the pains, joys and worries she experienced and still experiences are reflected in her songs through rich metaphors and subtle musicianship. ... more
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