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Abstractions
03:08
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Now I see it, now I see it
Fingertips could never hold this,
They are so fragile.
Now I feel it, now I feel it
You were holding me
And pushing yourself away
And I can’t promise you anything
I used to trust my constancy
Now all these abstractions
Move me so deeply, so delicately
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Back to Bed
04:59
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Darling go back to bed
If you're not tired then tell yourself a story in your head
Mummy's got her friends around
It's so hard to explain
That drinking and flirtation are just not your domain
When you awake you'll come down
And watch us through the stair-rails
Daddy impressing Jodi again who wears diamonds
and hides behind her wealth
Like most of our friends,
They don't really care past your height and your health
But you are the moon that kisses as it bends the water
Which pours out of me in joy and in laughter
And in sorrow when you're sad
Darling what have they done
They seized our world and replaced it with another one
So serious so fast
There's no room for us
The best we can do is to let them hurry past
And play make believe
But now you explain that Barbie
Can't come to the party
Even though she's got her best dress on
And I kneel down and say
"I'd take her if I could"
'Cause you are the moon that kisses as it bends the water
Which pours out of me in joy and in laughter
And in sorrow when you're sad
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Arrow
02:48
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I was born through your bravery and your desire
A companion to your journey
Now these are the things that guide me, that drive me
That we abstract upon and search for
And here we are again
This kitchen holds our universe sometimes
I am not your child they say
I am the thoughts of your tomorrow
You are the bend in the archer's hand
I am your arrow
Now I travel and I abstract alone
But we are sacred we are still strong
They can hurt you as I've watched them do so long
But they can't penetrate us
You are a conduit of life
I am the thoughts of your tomorrow
You are the bend in the archer's hand
I am your arrow
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Into Sleep
02:08
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For Grace
03:26
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An unfairness
No silver lining found
Something's got to give
This voice is making no sound
An unsuspecting child
How are you supposed
To prepare yourself
To prepare yourself for this
And he will be safe
In the new home he's found
He will look at you
Down upon the ground
And he'll feel proud
An unsuspecting child
How are you supposed
To prepare yourself
To prepare yourself for this
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Leaving Song
03:43
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I've got something to tell you
That outfit doesn't suit you
But I'll treasure it anyway
Some people save lives
I've made some indulgent choices
The guilt it gets me down
From time to time
But you see greater purpose
And I want to thank you for that
You say you're moving away
Now I don't know how to tell you
Thank you for the music
And for your poetry
I'll carry it with me
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Anymore
02:49
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Darling in me something's changed
And I don't know how to explain
You keep your eyes on me
And I keep my eyes on things
That are slightly out of reach
I could still get lost in that smile
And all the birds they'd fly off course
And your hands know my body
Like the sea knows the shore
There are so many things
That I still love you for
But I can't be your woman anymore
I have a mountain
And it's cloaked in silk
You can't climb it in those shoes
I have a lake
And it's filled with ivory keys
You can't swim in it
I could still get lost in that smile
And all the birds they'd fly off course
And your hands know my body
Like the sea knows the shore
There are so many things
That I still love you for
But I can't be your woman anymore
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Thames II
02:20
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Our Friends
04:12
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When the car behind you pulls away
And the windscreen is our only lens
Four senses down
The world is somehow
A clearer place
"We are not so simple" she cried
"As our friends would have us
To meet their needs"
And I am not so old
As you would have me if you could
If you could
If the truth is just a painful quest
Then I am not so tired
Because I change under the gaze
Of my friends
So I am not so tired just yet
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Heyday
06:06
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And as you speak
Your eyes are elsewhere
Back to a time you want to share with me
Your words frame your memories
So perfectly
And I get such a visceral image of you
In your heyday
Although I'd hate to say it out loud
There's something of you in my portrait
What comfort did you find
In the love that you dared to leave behind
I am so nostalgic
Open territories and airport lounges
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Lila Tristram London, UK
Lila Tristram is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Wiltshire.
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