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Shake
02:51
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The whisper of this sea
Draws sleep away opens the eyes
That see the ocean deep
And oh how I shake
Wind says shake shake
Sleep stays soft
Earth says move move
Steps still smooth
Only one wakes all
The ocean deep
Built on mountains not on sand
When the storm comes this house stands
But what can stand the ocean’s call
Gives hands strength sways the heart
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The Sea
02:14
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Mother, mother, motherland
Crying daughter, come home please
Mother, mother, motherland
Would her children all agree?
But the sea raises me
The sea has always carried me
I will be tied to the coast
And rocked by her waves
How long who knows
White man, white man, white man stands
Asking where I’ve travelled from
Brother, brother, brother stands
On the ground that bore this one
But the sea loves the lost
And the lost die at sea
Don’t let me live my life out at sea
Oh the sea, oh the sea
Oh river, oh river, flow from me
Joining lands and waters deep
Oh river, oh river, flow into me
Fresh and mine, truly mine
Water, water, water hands
Giving to my heart two lands
Mother, mother, mother hands
They won’t hold me, they just can’t
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Slowly
03:47
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I've been walking this path
As if it would change
But there hasn't been a turn
That's made me completely new
I've been looking for a key
As if it was
That would open up the door
To make me completely true to you
But there is no key
Just my hands and just my feet
And your grace that turns me oh so slowly
My spirit says yes
But to walk this choice
My flesh will never be good enough
It's me who won't do
It's you who walks me through
the mountains high and valleys low
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4. |
Open Up
03:35
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Spirit, I know you are in me
But I can’t seem to reach
Down my throat to touch your hands
Glory, I know you are there
But the light and the wind
Are gone from my still and dark
Oh love, I know you surround
But I’m too numbed by the pain
To feel how it matters
You walk in every place
But I only see your robe
And the edge is not enough
So open up my eyes
Open up my eyes
I know that I’ve been blind
Open up my eyes
Son of David, on me have mercy
It’s you I want to see
More than your hands
More than your light
More than the edge of your robe
It’s you I want to see
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Yiann California
Soulful singing over guitar, for reflective night drives and rainy days in bed.
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