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Gentle Face
04:12
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Gentle face
How I need you when I make mistakes
You put things in their rightful place
So we can go to sleep
And i’ll put the mountains back together at your feet
Piece by piece up until to the snowy peaks
While all the world sweats concrete
Tender one
I had a dream where all I did was run
And they knew what I had done
Please help me go to sleep
I pulled the plug and let the oceans drain away
We can cross them again some rainy day
When all our fears our hearts betray
We might as well
We might as well
Start over again
Silver tongue
Whisper words from all the songs we’ve sung
You know what we could become
So sing me back to sleep
And we've swapped the sky for a glowing tiny screen
Head down walking, trapped in the machine babe
So say farewell to the Holocene
We might as well
We might as well
Start over again
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If a heart breaks all alone,
Does it make a sound?
And would anybody listen,
If it was booming all around?
Like the last tree crashing down,
From a forest once renowned,
We can see, but can’t hear ourselves falling,
We can see, but can’t hear ourselves falling babe.
We circle ’round each other,
Like atoms spin through space.
We’re solitary creatures,
Who crave a warm embrace.
And we all need to be looked after,
And to feel the balm of laughter.
But in crowds I feel lonelier than ever,
But in crowds I feel lonelier than ever babe.
Please stay a while and hold me,
Forget what’s been and gone. It’s from the death of innocence,
That true love can be born.
And if not now then someday soon,
Beneath a harvest moon,
We’ll lie and love again like old lovers do,
We’ll lie and love again like old lovers do.
We’ll lie and love again
We’ll lie and love again
We’ll lie and we’ll love again.
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From My Window
05:21
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From my window
I see you
But you don't see me
A hundred stories
With no-one in them
But me, and the enemy and you
Your guardian angel's sleeping
While you're up here and weeping
You're cold and shaking
You lonely creature
You clear the ledge deep with snow
The pulse quickens
The tears are dried now
A crowd has gathered below
And mothers baby's falling
Through arms outstretched and calling
That it's not the ending
There are just more stories
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Family Affair
03:42
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What came easy
Oh the frustration
What a cruel hand
You’ve been dealt
To see the wave coming
With nowhere to run to
And just our hands to hold
It’s a family affair
To make peace with despair
And singing songs
To stave away the tears
A wreck in slow-motion
So slow it seems normal
That each fresh loss, stings less
But joy finds a way through
Through each new hole in our hearts
To even laugh at how lucky we are
It’s a family affair
To make peace with despair
And singing songs
To stave away the tears
How many goodbyes
Do we have in us?
But give me strength
For the last
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Winter (Bill's Song)
04:46
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Winter’s cold is coming,
Lonely people stay indoors,
Huddled ’round their heaters,
Huddled ’round their heaters,
Like sailors missing shore.
We’re confronted every morning,
Of still waiting to grow up,
All your questions will be answered,
Your questions will be answered in time.
So put on all your jumpers,
And scream around the house.
And let it out...
The day’s the same as always,
But now it’s growing dark,
And nobody comes calling,
Nobody comes calling anymore.
If you’ve got no one to hold,
You can hold onto me,
You can hold onto me,
We’ll warm ourselves.
Where’s my lover?
And when’s my time?
In heaven we’ll find old friends,
We might laugh and make amends,
We might laugh and make amends,
Enjoy ourselves.
Where’s my lover?
And when’s my time?
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Gentle face
How I need you when I make mistakes
You put things in their rightful place
So we can go to sleep
And i’ll put the mountains back together at your feet
Piece by piece up until to the snowy peaks
While all the world sweats concrete
Tender one
I had a dream where all I did was run
And they knew what I had done
Please help me go to sleep
I pulled the plug and let the oceans drain away
We can cross them again some rainy day
When all our fears our hearts betray
We might as well
We might as well
Start over again
Silver tongue
Whisper words from all the songs we’ve sung
You know what we could become
So sing me back to sleep
And we've swapped the sky for a glowing tiny screen
Head down walking, trapped in the machine babe
So say farewell to the Holocene
We might as well
We might as well
Start over again
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What came easy
Oh the frustration
What a cruel hand
You’ve been dealt
To see the wave coming
With nowhere to run to
And just our hands to hold
It’s a family affair
To make peace with despair
And singing songs
To stave away the tears
A wreck in slow-motion
So slow it seems normal
That each fresh loss, stings less
But joy finds a way through
Through each new hole in our hearts
To even laugh at how lucky we are
It’s a family affair
To make peace with despair
And singing songs
To stave away the tears
How many goodbyes
Do we have in us?
But give me strength
For the last
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The Magic Lantern London, UK
The Magic Lantern is the musical moniker of singer-songwriter Jamie Doe
His fourth album
'A Reckoning Bell' written and recorded while helping to care for his father with Alzheimers disease, see's The Magic Lantern exploring what loss can teach us about love and how love's small acts give a life meaning.
His new single 'No One's Fault' is out now.
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