1. |
Thorns
05:04
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I live in a body surrounded by thorns
They wrap around limbs and they sound a dull horn
wherever I stand and wherever I fall
they cut from under my skin and I crawl
I watch as a deer, looking into the light
Gets struck by an arrow, it must have struck right
her knees they have buckled and her heart it is racing
the herd it has left and the lions are pacing
I look in her eyes and I see all the signs
I see where her courage resides and resigns
Oh how helplessly she waits to die
her breathing it slows as she watches me walk on by
Bye
I ask you
Thorn in my side
The poison tip spreads but what does it hide?
is it too late or should I still try?
But something about about how I obey the moon
Is instructing my feet to turn back to her doom
And when I return I lay down by her side
It isn’t too late, finally I have realized
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2. |
Temporary Me
04:52
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I don't want to start making a big deal
About what is sitting in my mind
But i want to pay my dues in heaven
With slips of hell that i find
I don't want to be what's standing
Between you and what is true
I don't want to increase your affection
For that feeling of being used
So I'll try to sit tight
I will try to just be
A useful fixture in your life now
A temporary me
I don't wanna be too much now
To fit inside your nook you made
Since my heart started to wither
It feels like i take up so much space
So I’ll hang on to the walls now
‘Cause I don’t know what else to do
It feels like we’re gonna slip now
From a temporary you
So I will try to sit tight
Let the spoon come up to feed
I'll try not to remember
You are everything that i need
You are everything that i need
You are everything that i need
You are everything that i need
I’m not everything that you need
I’m not everything that you need
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3. |
Believe Her
04:20
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Woman you come to me
Hoping for answers
Crying for help
From something that’s like cancer
But I look inside you
I search for invaders
Probably your own heart
Is the real traitor
You say that you feel touched
Affected all over
But all that i see
Is a scratch on your shoulder
You swear that he crossed you
Your boundaries are broken
Why not say no then
To games of red rover
Based on the actions
From what I can see
You're overreacting
The world's looking perfect to me
He was a good man
From a good family
That he would do bad things
Is so hard to believe
Believe
Look round the corner
There's nobody coming
Now open your mouth wide
And take this for numbing
Listen to silence
There's nobody screaming
If your ears are pounding
Girl you must be dreaming
He said “All that I'm seeing
Is just not that bad
You should be thankful
For all that you have
You are a good girl
With a good family
You're overreacting
And you're hard to believe
Believe
Hard to believe
When I don't see”
You never give up
Well turns out it happened
You took down a man on his throne
With your passion
For truth and redemption
How can we repay you?
Just keep an eye on kings
So they don’t play you
And believe me
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4. |
Customers Only
03:19
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All I’m askin for
All I’m lookin for
All I’m searchin for
Is a place to rest my head
It’s in the walls and floors
Even behind closed doors
It’s in my lungs before
I was my mother’s child
It’s in the sprouting seed
Be careful what you breathe
What secrets wind carries
And mutes you when you’re wild
All I’m askin for
All I’m cryin for
All I’m singin for
Is a place to rest my head
All I’m askin for
All I’m cryin for
All I’m singin for
Is a place to rest my head
Is safety in my bed
Is love not hate instead
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5. |
Forgot to Mention
04:19
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In the morning
A light will be shining
Finally with timing
They’ll have time for you
No more wastin
Your heart will glisten
Finally they’ll listen
To your point of view
We’ll grab their attention
The things that they forgot to mention
The things we already know
Look girl now, you made em
Reconnect with things they were estranged from
The sun and earth - we told them so
In the morning
With patience we’ll be free now
This is a patient’s dream now
They’re coming through
It may be years
Before our cries reach the right ears
But when they do, I will cry for you
The day we
Get recognition
And don’t need any man’s permission
We’ll know just what to do
Can you feel it? No more drownin
I’m shouting high above the mountains
I feel it, I’m healin too
In the morning
A light will be shining
Finally with timing
They’ll have time for you
It may be years
Before our cries reach the right ears
But when they do, I will cry for you
The day we
Get recognition
And don’t need any man’s permission
We’ll know just what to do
Can you feel it? No more drownin
I’m shouting high above the mountains
I feel it, I’m healin too
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6. |
The Undertow
03:43
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I know that it's been nice to see
A tiny glimpse of what I'd be
If we had made it to that beach
But I can feel it pulling me
A tug of something at my feet
I knew we weren't out of the weeds
So soak it in before I leave
I'm going down, stay in the trees
No you can't go don't follow me
So here I go
Here I go
I hope you know
I'll be back from the undertow
Have hope
Before I go now let me breathe
A gulp of love and keep it clean
hold on dear lungs and heart please beat deep
It may be easy to lose sight
The horizon looks just like a line
But I will surface back in time
So here I go
Here I go
I hope you know
I'll be back from the undertow
Have hope
I will be back in victory
Over this disease
I have to believe
So here I go
Here I go
I hope you know
I'll be back from the undertow
Have hope
Before I go now, now, now...leave
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KPH & The Canary Collective Seattle, Washington
KPH (Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm) is a singer who writes songs in hopes of helping heal the harms of the humans on this planet with harmony.
Fund my medical treatment monthly: patreon.com/kph
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