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Bus Stop
04:10
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I enjoyed that part of the morning
Just waiting there at the bus stop
Sipping at my coffee and skimming the news
As familiar faces appeared
The bus had only the one destination
We were strangers united by purpose
Silently stood waiting outside the station
And then, one day, a new face in the crowd
You were there
Smiling like you already knew me
Your confidence worn like armour
Breaching my forcefield of personal space
Made useless by antipodean charm
Refined in your movement, appearance and scent
Clothes chosen with elegant purpose
Intelligent thoughts with intriguing accent
Never waited alone for that bus again
You were there
[Instrumental verse]
Looking back all these years later
I remember that time at the bus stop
Who would have thought that a commute to work
Would still be so clear in my mind?
Sharing our travels, our bodies, our strife
Came tumbling out from that first moment
Passengers on each others journey through life
And among all the stops we hop on and hop off
You were there
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The moon without ozone looks different
But it’s always the same moon
Sometimes you see it in the morning
Sometimes in the afternoon
I’m staring at it, it’s staring at you
It’s staring at you
The moon is a mirror
The reflection of you
A pool in the starlight
A glimmer of proof
I’m sending a postcard, addressed in your name
It’s message will tell you what I can’t explain
The moon disappeared, my day has begun
I don’t need that moon anymore, I have the sun
Its warm light brings promise
I just live for today
In the warmth of the sunlight, icy tears melt away
The moon is a mirror,
(The moon is a mirror)
A reflection of you
(A reflection of you)
But I’m guided by sunlight
(I’m guided by starlight)
It shines with the truth
(They shine with the truth)
I’ll think of the moon
(I’ll think of the moon)
when the night comes again
(when the night comes again)
But I’ll see it as sunlight
(I see it as starlight)
I’ll see it as sunlight
(But I see it as starlight)
I’ll see it as sunlight
(I see it as starlight)
I’ll see it as sunlight
(I see it as starlight)
I’ll see it as sunlight
(I see it as starlight)
I’ll see it as sunlight
(I see it as starlight)
Sunlight
(Starlight)
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3. |
Sham Castle
04:56
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A lovely evening, let's go for a walk
We'll enjoy the sun and a luxurious talk
We'll meet at the fountain outside your place
I'll bring wine and glasses, just in case
Minutes later and we're into the fields
People, traffic, the noise of the city yields
To nature, birdsong and paths through the trees
Onwards uphill, we go where we please
Wandering the fields looking over the city
As we talk for hours
Feeling I'm making lifelong memories
Putting the world to rights
We're one with the sunshine
Adventure and friendship align
Onwards we go, onto the golf course
Full of old men, stereotype reinforced
Barren expanse of weedkiller and grass
Doesn't take long for us to get past
Top of the hill Sham Castle looms ahead
Built for Ralph Allen to see it from his bed
You lay the blanket I'll open the wine
In the shadow of this folly we will dine
Wandering the fields looking over the city
As we talk for hours
Feeling I'm making lifelong memories
Putting the world to rights
We're one with the sunshine
Adventure and friendship align
Wandering the fields looking over the city
As we talk for hours
Feeling I'm making lifelong memories
Putting the world to rights
We're one with the sunshine
Adventure and friendship align
Then we pack up head back down into town
Past uni buildings and students in their gowns
It must be their graduation day
Reminisce as we continue on our way
Back in the city and our walk is at an end
Just a few hours exploring with a friend
Simple pleasure, only cost our time
Meet again soon, I'll drop you a line
Wandering the fields looking over the city
As we talk for hours
Feeling I'm making lifelong memories
Putting the world to rights
We're one with the sunshine
Adventure and friendship align
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4. |
Continuance
03:44
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You pick my soul off the floor
And brush off the dust and dirt
Been so long since it's been touched
It can't tell comfort or hurt
You seem to like what you see
I can't quite believe you're here
Been on that floor for so long
Human touch a new frontier
And I'm aching for something
More real than just dreaming
A visceral feeling
Fully consciously living
Living more for myself
than for the moment
'Cos the moment is fleeting
And I want it to stay
You build back my spirit
Sanity back from the brink
Replant my feet on the Earth
Retrain my mind how to think
Showed me I needed saving
Couldn't see that I was lost
Your presence essential
Solitude my only cost
And I'm aching for something
More real than just dreaming
A visceral feeling
Fully consciously living
Living more for myself
than for the moment
'Cos the moment is fleeting
And I want it to stay
A life should be more to live
To enjoy more than endure
Hope we'll face it together
Doesn't seem too premature
But we'll start with this moment
And see where we go from here
I want you to come with me
Help my doubts to disappear
And I'm aching for something
More real than just dreaming
A visceral feeling
Fully consciously living
Living more for myself
than for the moment
'Cos the moment is fleeting
And I want it to stay
I'm an offering at the
Temple of absolution
Sacrifice on the alter
Of loving compassion
My tears a libation for
A moment in time
This moment with you and
Its continuance
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5. |
The Witch
04:35
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New morning's sun lights up the dew
Out of the mist a figure comes through
Foraging for leaves and wild flowers
Is how she likes to spend these hours
With gentle smile she deeply inhales
The fresh day's scent tells of new tales
Of what has passed and season's end
And of which herbs she needs to tend
But what is different's often feared
Ways others live considered weird
Peaceful actions frequently smeared
Love for all life rarely revered
Her humble home has all she needs
Shelves full of herbs and jars of seeds
Books written in her grandmothers hand
Her ancestors have long known this land
Over the fire a cauldron boils
She sniffs and adds essential oils
A new remedy to alleve
People who come and don't believe
That what is different should be feared
Ways others live are just too weird
Their peaceful actions must be smeared
Their love for all life disappeared
The witch is loved by no-one
And yet she still loves them all
But men with holy books have planned
Her life of service cannot stand
Her healing must face reprimand
Peaceful beliefs must not expand
Verse 3:
All though the years the people came
To ask her for help when ill or lame
For nothing in return she healed them all
Helping all of nature is her call
As the years pass her beauty fades
Sun toughens skin more every decade
Dressed for outdoors in hat and gown
Doesn't look the same as the people in town
But what is different's often feared
Ways others live considered weird
Peaceful actions frequently smeared
Love for all life rarely revered
Kindness is like a delicate flower
It needs protection from those in power
They seek to undermine what they can't control
Distrust of the other is their goal
And so the important men spread lies
They say she is the devil in disguise
Despite her help through all their years
People's minds are poisoned when they hear
That what is different should be feared
Ways others live are just too weird
And peaceful actions must be smeared
A love for all life disappeared
The witch is loved by no-one
And yet she still loves them all
The men with holy books demand
Her way of love must now be banned
Her herbs and plants ripped off the land
Her humble house crushed into sand
The witch is loved by no-one
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6. |
Love Is What You Want
03:53
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She glances at herself as she passes the mirror
As beautiful now as the day when they first met
She walks right past him, he doesn't even see her
Absorbed in his screen, and will be for many hours yet
Love is what you want
Learn to see what you truly need
Don't chain yourself to a life that isn't lived
Allow your mind and heart and soul to be freed
She throws herself into caring for her children
Her loneliness outweighed by a busy family life
But everyone needs passionate connection
Something more than just playing the dutiful wife
Love is what you want
Learn to see what you truly need
Don't chain yourself to a life that isn't lived
Allow your mind and heart and soul to be freed
[Double bass solo]
[Sax solo]
Love is what you want
Learn to see what you truly need
Don't chain yourself to a life that isn't lived
Allow your mind and heart and soul to be freed
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7. |
Transcendence
04:44
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Suddenly revealed
A vision in strobe light
Beauty in freeze frame
Burned into my soul
Eyes alive with the music
Your movement's electric
You're lost in the moment
Grace under control
You're the only thing
In the room
Can't take my eyes
Away from you
Watch your body bring
The music to
Transcendence
Lost in the feeling
Not caring who's watching
Just expressing the rhythm
A euphonious heartbeat
Flowing through your veins
My heart has been captured
Your delicate elegance
Guided by passion
Draws me like a siren
I have to know your name
You're the only thing
In the room
Can't take my eyes
Away from you
Watch your body bring
The music to
Transcendence
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8. |
Racing To The Sun
04:06
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Gaining speed, racing into the sun
Engines screaming
Pushing us faster than we've ever
Dared to go before
Racing ahead, we're trying to outrun
Memories from our lives
Courting disaster, keeping going
The pedal pushed to the floor
We're abandoning your race
We're leaving our past behind
We've always felt out of place
Our souls to the future assigned
Racing to the sun
The future's just begun
We're facing it as one
We're racing to the sun
Ever onwards, getting away from here
We've broken out
Don't know where we're going, just as long
As it is to somewhere new
It may be hard but there's nothing to fear
A clean beginning
Opportunity growing, a chance to find
The happiness we are due
We're abandoning your race
We're leaving our past behind
We've always felt out of place
Our souls to the future assigned
Racing to the sun
The future's just begun
We're facing it as one
We're racing to the sun
Finished reconstruction of our minds
We're winning the fight
Liberation! Our metamorphosis
Almost attained
Spinning away from everything that
Binds us to the past
Elation! Onto the future
Our humanity retained
We're abandoning your race
We're leaving our past behind
We've always felt out of place
Our souls to the future assigned
Racing to the sun
The future's just begun
We're facing it as one
We're racing to the sun
I can't see the future but I can feel it
And what I feel is how I feel with you
So strap on in and join me for the journey
The past is done it's time to start anew
We're abandoning your race
We're leaving our past behind
We've always felt out of place
Our souls to the future assigned
Racing to the sun
The future's just begun
We're facing it as one
We're racing to the sun
Racing to the sun
The future's just begun
We're facing it as one
We're racing to the sun
Racing to the sun
The future's just begun
We're facing it as one
We're racing to the sun
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9. |
I Am The One
04:13
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I'd heard a lot about you
but I wasn't ready
For the first time that we ever met
Speechless from your beauty I
looked pretty stupid
A moment I will always regret
Saw I'd blown that shot of
Getting to know you
But realised it's a matter of time
The day will come again
When we meet once more
And that is when you will be mine
I am the one that is going to possess you
[I am the one]
Live in your heart and never release you
[I am the one]
I am the one that is destined to have you
It's only a matter of time
I am the one that will always protect you
[I am the one]
Keep you safe and never abandon you
[I am the one]
I am the one that will always love you
It's only a matter of time
I asked my friends about you
And they said to forget it
Because you're with somebody else
But these feelings so right
You don't just abandon
Despite what common sense tells
I wasn't obsessive
I just bided my time
Planning what I would say
When I met you again
And I had a new chance
To get you thinking my way
I am the one that is going to possess you
[I am the one]
Live in your heart and never release you
[I am the one]
I am the one that is destined to have you
It's only a matter of time
I am the one that will always protect you
[I am the one]
Keep you safe and never abandon you
[I am the one]
I am the one that will always love you
It's only a matter of time
[Guitar solo]
Several months pass before
I saw you again
You smiled and came over to me
We got to know each other
We really hit it off
You moved your hand onto my knee
You were getting so close
I felt the warmth of your breath
Dance across my face as we talked
This was the moment
I'd waited for so long
And into my future you walked
I am the one that is going to possess you
[I am the one]
Live in your heart and never release you
[I am the one]
I am the one that is destined to have you
It's only a matter of time
I am the one that will always protect you
[I am the one]
Keep you safe and never abandon you
[I am the one]
I am the one that will always love you
It's only a matter of time
I am the one that is going to possess you
[I am the one]
Live in your heart and never release you
[I am the one]
I am the one that is destined to have you
It's only a matter of time
I am the one that will always protect you
[I am the one]
Keep you safe and never abandon you
[I am the one]
I am the one that will always love you
It's only a matter of time
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10. |
The Angel By The Sea
04:04
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Sleepy Welsh town on the coast's
Windy headland her lonely outpost
For miles around she can be seen
Standing guard over aquamarine
Majestic figure on column of stone
Watching the sea but not alone
Holding aloft her laurel ring
Below her bronze humanity clings
Let me take you there
To the angel by the sea
Winged victory over us
Salt blowing in our hair
Up her steps we climb
Names of the dead around us
Sacrifices of the past
Gifting us this time
Norman castle's ruined walls
Landmark from our college halls
Generations choosing to meet
On the plinth under her feet
Looking out over the bay
To distant shipping on its way
Pods of dolphins pass her by
Here for a century, dignified
Let me take you there
To the angel by the sea
Winged victory overhead
Salt blowing in our hair
Up her steps we climb
Names of the dead around us
Sacrifices of the past
Gifting us this time
The weather up here can be tough
But we'll never get enough
Of her sculpted beauty on bleak days
A memory that will always stay
So thanks to you, Mario R
Your art lives on by the sandbar
Forever part of this small town
A place to go when feeling down
Let me take you there
To the angel by the sea
Winged victory overhead
Salt blowing in our hair
Up her steps we climb
Names of the dead around us
Sacrifices of the past
Gifting us this time
[Instrumental]
Let me take you there
To the angel by the sea
Winged victory overhead
Salt blowing in our hair
Up her steps we climb
Names of the dead around us
Sacrifices of the past
Gifting us this time
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The tide is timeless
Ebbing like our fate
Returning for love
Retreating from hate
Flowing like water
Into a vast grey sea
All that we've done
And all that we will be
The water moves quickly
It's drawing us along
Away from our pasts
Towards what lies beyond
Nothing can stop it
We're pulled relentlessly
From all that we've done
To all that we will be
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The Goodness Guild England, UK
The Goodness Guild is a musical project by UK-based singer-songwriter Dom Tristram featuring vocalist Yan Sidelski and other
occasional collaborators.
With a blend of folk, rock, and electronica, at the heart of The Goodness Guild's sound lies an emphasis on the power of words, painting vivid landscapes of emotion, introspection, and social commentary.
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