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Kill the Lights
04:33
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it’s bright white
won’t you kill the lights
retrace steps
moving right then left
blown the leaves
see the swingset swings
everyday pulled down like paper shades
damn the day
how it hurts to leave a trace
miles conspire to erase
but i still see your face
majesty, threadbare beauty
no where town
clotheslines blown down
oh!
backways by the trains
the sky spills the last grim light
shadows roll from my feet
like bolts of fine black silk
pale birds
there where the heart was
come close and they fly
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Made Up My Mind
04:57
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Made Up My Mind
i watch it turn darker
and green grassbent over in prayer
another’s kiss feels heavy handed
another’s kiss is wasted on me
i’ve made up my mind
made up my mind
darlin’, there’s no one can save us
the lord hasn’t made us, after all
the wind’s violence
labors against its will and weight
and though it can blowit can’t change
i’ve made up my mind
made up my mind
darlin’, there’s no one can save us
the lord hasn’t made us, after all
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Harm
05:41
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i just wanted the curve of your shoulder
pressed between the pages of a book, just once
i just wanted to sleep beneath the surface of the water,
just once
{and that’s all i swear that’s all
i didn’t mean you any harm
i just wanted to drink a cupful of your tears, just once
just wanted the drape of your body pulled between me and the world
{and that’s all i swear that’s all
i didn’t mean you any harm
i didn’t mean you any harm
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The Weight of Love
04:20
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all night running
caught between stations
i’ve found, sometimes, a shimmer of love
like a locketwith us inside it
will we ever leave this town?
you are my north star
my shimmer of love
found between the pulled triggers and the sirens
the film of light on your shoulder
the weight of your body in the bed
simple as stone
you are my north star
my shimmer of love
found between the pulled triggers and the sirens
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Small Birds
05:53
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sleep, oh
sleep, don’t make another sound
winter flashes on the fields like home movies
sleep, oh
sleep, bright in the sky you are
small birds thrown towards the naked moon like stones
there in the cold
there in the fields
there is a bright light shining
can you see it?
there in the cold
there in the fields
there is a black bell ringing
can you hear it?
can you hear it?
bom, bom, bom!
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on this night
parting like oyster shells, the clouds
on this night
i see us riding through the cornfields
cradled in your arms
on this night
i lay my burdens down
to sink or to sail
wishing boats farewell
on this night
memories like bits of paper
blown around the streets at night
ghosts casting netsuntil the morning light
so, so close
so close, we rocked like boats, anchored
to go, to sail with abandon
on this night
on this night
i’ve played my last good song
so turn the record player on...
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Ave Maria
05:33
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ghost light
and the street lights turn on
and the moon
reads this days last rights
and it’s you that i think of
when the girls sing...
hallelujah, maria, maria
hallelujah, maria, maria
all the blame
drives the doves away
and i saw it coming
maria, maria
and the clouds turn dark
outside your kitchen window
and the clouds sail by in the shapes of ships
to carry you away
hallelujah, maria, maria
hallelujah, maria, maria
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The 4th of July
04:17
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let’s not be caught up inwards
let’s not be anything but free
ocean city on the 4th of july
to call your name with sky raining down
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odessa chen San Francisco, California
Cinematic and spectral, Odessa Chen’s music is a journey, intimate as a long held secret. Each song, like a tiny rowboat maneuvering in the dark, transports us to the deepest part of the lake where the stars shine brightest. Through despair towards transcendence each snapshot in time speaks of the romance of heightened experience, pivotal moments, and the rush of love. ... more
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