1. |
Phantom Limb
03:06
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I was a casual stranger
Flipping coins in the wind
I did what I could to be silent
As the winter chill moved in
My shoulder's not there to be cried on
It's there to be holding my arm
Even with all the lights flashing
I cannot hear the alarm
With a phantom limb
Silently combing my hair with a phantom limb
Only pretending to care
With a phantom limb
It left me
Now I'm trying to
Bring it back now
Bring it back – anyone
Someone
Disconnect - from the heavens
Where in the world could I run
Hastily drawing the angles
From which all the blessings would come
Fallen behind, out of phase now
Now I've forgotten my name
Silence distorts, disengages
And chaos is sounding the same
With a phantom limb
It left me
Now I'm crying
Bring it back now
Bring it back
Soul is hiding
Now I'm trying
Bring it back now
Bring it back
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2. |
Seeing Stars
03:14
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I miss you like a target
Moving by too fast
I am in the present
And you are shooting past me
Like a star into the tapestry of night
To join the other points of light
To be a beacon among beacons for the rest of us to see
But I am lonely seeing stars
I still do my best to try and see
Any messages in blinking lights to me
Messages that might be meant for me
Well, I was never ready to go
Now I'm putting on my boots and I'm putting on my coat
And now I go out in the snow
With the music in the background telling me that I've found
Nothing I can hold to, nothing I can hold to, no
And I'm walking from the train wreck, walking away, here I go
I think that I am lonely
But it's getting hard to tell
Now you're in the present
And I am speeding past you
On a bicycle that I learned how to ride
From the instructions in my mind
That made it beautiful to feel more
I can't afford to hate
But I'm still lonely seeing stars
Nothing I can find will help me see
Any messages that might be meant for me
Splintered into shards that I can't read
(That I can't read)
Well, I was never ready to go
Now I'm putting on my boots and I'm putting on my coat
And now I go out in the snow
With the music in the background telling me that I've found
Nothing I can hold to, nothing I can hold to, no
And I'm walking from the train wreck, walking away, here I go
Well I was never ready to go
(Now I'm putting on my boots and I'm putting on my coat)
I was never ready to go
(Now I'm putting on my boots and I'm putting on my coat)
I was never ready to go
(Now I'm putting on my boots and I'm putting on my coat)
I was never ready to go
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3. |
Cold As A River Stone
02:48
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All the worms in the ground
Dance together to the sound
Of your heart, still it beats
As we wrap you in your sheets
There's a crack in the wall
Summer crumbles to the fall
Little roots pull apart
All the fractures in your heart
Little workers in the flowerbed
As you keep the seasons fed
As you keep the seasons fed
As you keep the seasons fed
There's light on pale bone
Moon shining all alone
The veil in the air was light as a feather
And carved out of pale bone
And cold as a river stone
There's a man on the hill
He is standing very still
Blackened eyes, far away
He's been standing there all day
And that man took you away
Through the silent sideways light
Golden path towards the night
Follow footsteps shining bright
Eyes are melting from your head
Bony hands in the watershed
Flower crowns and things you said
Fill your lonely unmade bed
I will miss you when I run
In the hum of the autumn sun
I'll remember who you are
When I'm flying in my car
'Cause I've sealed up the rust
And I'll leave behind the dust
I'll be living life for us
I am living life for us
Like the rain that tumbles downward, we all cease to fly
Let us fight to let the light in, soon we all must die
Too soon we all must die
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4. |
Follow The Flame
03:11
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Today was the day the river did take you
You gave it your body, let it boil and break you
There was no more fire in your belly
Nothing was left but to go
But I couldn't leave the sick room
Paper falling off the walls into the
The slow decay of the cold night
Burning away with a hollow flame
I let you in to my house
I was not built strong enough to lock someone out
I did right - I told you you could stay on the couch
But you made your bed deep in my bones and now I can't kick you out
And did you live the life you wanted to
Using everyone around you
Had me frozen like a prey animal
And I'm still running like a prey animal
Trying to outrun a burned out candle
Gathering dust into another day
And there is nothing left to say now
Unless it tumbles down another way
Spinning fire across a dead sky
So I'll follow the flame
'Til it burns up the shame
I'll follow the flame
'Til it burns up the shame
I'll follow the flame
'Til it burns up the shame
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It's been years since I've been home
I've been taking my time
Sorting out what is best to keep
And what to leave behind
And I don't wanna talk about it
I gotta figure it out cause I'm
Sinking from the pressure of the soot on my brain
So I set out on the road
On the loneliest drive of my
Life and I can't see what's ahead but
At least I'm alive
I'm alive
And I don't wanna talk about it
Tried to live without it
But I've got to follow patterns of the past on my brain
So I lay in my childhood bed
As the sunset paints it red
Where I used to lay my head
And dream about the dead
I hear the whispers through the leaves
Of the family tree
All that joy and agony
Handed down to me
And I lie there looking up
At the leaves moving above
Sun illuminates the veins
As if only blood remains
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6. |
I Gave You The Knife
02:25
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I wanted to be what you wanted to find
I wanted to be part of your real life
I am imperfect and I want to live
So I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I would not blind you to make myself see
'Cause I cannot find you if you can't find me
Now you have chased me up into a tree
Now you have chased me up into a tree
Now you have chased me up into a tree
'Cause I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
And I took your word, like a truth you told
And I opened my door to let you in from the cold
And as I took your coat, and I took my time
I took it to mean that you would realize, that
I tried to give you what I thought was best
'Cause I thought that you were not like all the rest
Now there's a sinking inside of my chest
Now there's a sinking inside of my chest
Now there's a sinking inside of my chest
Now there's a sinking inside of my chest
Now there's a sinking inside of my chest
'Cause I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
I gave you the knife
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7. |
Getting Out Of Dreamland
03:07
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Silver light comes through the trees at night
Ripples turn to liquid glass in moonlight
This is where the good go when they die
Good and evil, and the sky is neither bright or dark now, what am I?
Up above the canopy's a room
The ceiling of it's open to the moon
You're headed there without me very soon
The sky is fading black to blue
The day is dawning, tell me, where are you
Now I'm getting out of dreamland
Two feet on the ground
I'm getting out of dreamland
Do you still want me around?
Do you still want me around?
Do you still want me around?
Do you still want me to hide out in this broken head
And use your mouth to speak instead
Dance until my feet are broken
And my mind is cracking open
I cannot stay
For reasons I can't share today
I'd rather be rooted in the ground
And feel the sound of thunder
And all the reasons are rolling into one
One single silent episode to run
I've never been more certain that I'm done
Gonna take the pictures out the frames
Close the books and put them all away
Now I'm getting out of dreamland
Two feet on the ground
I'm getting out of dreamland
Do you still want me around?
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8. |
You Are Not To Blame
02:43
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I used to love your world
You played a dangerous game
You pulled me right into it
But I loved you just the same
I loved you just the same
I loved you just the same
I used to trace your outline
Connecting dots at night
I'd hold my place beside you
Until the morning light
You know how hard I tried
You know how hard I try
I used to need you badly
I used to call your name
If only I could blame you
But you are not to blame
Oh, you are not to blame
Oh, you are not to blame
Oh, you are not to blame
Oh, you are not to blame
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9. |
Tarot
03:04
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I got over you with tarot
And I got over you with palmistry
Before I learned to let go
Before I got over the fantasy
I was thinking 'bout your laugh lines
And I was thinking 'bout our life lines too
Thought that you were a magician
Felt like I was a magician with you
How long does it really take
I got over you with whiskey
And I got over you with LSD
And I got over you with judgment
And I got over you with heresy
I was feeling like a hanged man
Someone hanging me by my feet
Could have been a high priestess
But there was nothing in the cards for me
How long does it really take
How long does it really take to really change your mind
Well I got over the drinking
And I got over you with therapy
And I got over you with temperance
And I got over you with clarity
I got over you with good books
And I got over you with cups of tea
And I got over you with laugh lines
And I got over you belligerently
How long does it really take
How long does it really take
How long does it really take
To change your mind
Change your mind
Change your mind
To change your mind
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10. |
Dance With Me
02:20
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Hold me close, my love
And I pray that you will dance with me
I'm opening my world
With its mountains, dreams and gravity
You're looking at my hands
Tracing all the lines that molded me
I am pleased to find
Myself quietly in your company
We're already all that we need to be
We're already all that we need to be
Hold me close, my love
And I pray that you know I can see you
Shining like a pearl
At the bottom of a wild sea
I'm giving you my world
With its forest fires and tragedy
Look at all we've learned
It pales to all we've yet to see, we've yet to see
Do you believe in ancient memory
Do you believe in ancient memory
Do you believe in ancient memory
Do you believe in ancient memory
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Silver Reeds Toronto, Ontario
Silver Reeds is the current iteration of singer-songwriter Sandra Zelazny's lifelong passion for crafting songs. Emotive, melodically concise, and poetic, the songs easily capture the attention and the heart of the listener, with a refreshingly honest edge of rawness, wit and strangeness. ... more
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