1. |
Bring The Storm
04:56
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Something in the air tonight
The room just has an edge
You walked in, I saw you there
As I smoked a cigarette
Bring the storm down
Lift our faces to the night
I watch you circling closer
Dance into my light
That our paths should cross again
Wild tendrils find their ground
Wet season always calls us in
Slick orange earth, dark velvet clouds
Bring the storm down
Lift our faces to the night
I watch you circle closer
Dance into my light
Na-djorra!
A soft flash on the horizon
catches the edge of our minds
and we find we're stumbling blind
into the dark
Rumbling across the velvet sky
a cracking snare calls us
calls us out to the open air
Everyone is quiet waiting for the change
Faces to the sky we're crazy for the rain
Holding
for the shift a hint of breeze
the lift of air a kiss of sweet release
Holding
our breath we close our eyes and
open our hearts to the leaden skies
Then she draws upon herself and
pours a heavy heart upon us all
Big, round, fat, bold, hot
a mirror world in every drop
The smell of new rain on dirt
fills our giddy heads
and we're all circling drinking in the rain
and we're all sparkling dancing in the rain
I sense your cedar breath
I taste your salty neck
We're turning in the rain
Hold me as we circle and
leaning back we're turning
bodies bending acquiescing
lean and wet and sweet caressing
In the rain we move together in the rain
It's our season
We can dance
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2. |
Everything Fades
04:19
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Everything fades
But never your bright beauty
I would climb to touch the sky
Gather ochres, ash and bone
Trace your every line onto ancient stone
Over and over
I’d swim deep into the sea
Gather shell, driftwood and string
I’d call your every line, until the waves could sing
Over and over and over
I would camp out on the land
Gather salt and blood and dew
I’d chorus with the birds, until your songlines are renewed
Over and over and over
Shake out the sky!
Let it settle round my steely bones
Everything fades
But never your bright beauty
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3. |
When We Fall
03:22
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When you fall
I can’t reach the ends of you
When you fall
My old heart just breaks for you
When you fall
You go so deep there’s nothing left I know of you
when you fall
When you fly
I can’t reach the ends of you
You run a mile
I’m careful to be clear of you
When you fly
You spend it all and you feel so alive
when you fly
I remember when we grew
Together one on one
I remember how we loved
Together one on one
I recall your brightness
Our ventures, your kind heart
Then one day we fell apart
Day by day we fell apart
And then I knew
We fell apart, and I fell from you
When I fall
I can’t reach the ends of you
When you fall
My old heart just breaks for you
when you fall
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4. |
Pretty Words
04:21
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I could just surrender
Like I never have before
Maybe I’ll surrender
Let love through the door
I’ve cleared the steps, I’ve swept the path
I’ve played it in my mind
I won’t waste my pretty words
On a stony heart this time
Wasted all my pretty words
All so finely tuned
They seem to flow so easily
When they’re about you
Falling to the thrall of you
How tempting to let go
Glide into your slipstream
Outside the ebb and flow
We could fall so easily
Blinded by romance
Under the swelling tide of love
We’re swept into the dance
Wasted all my pretty words
All so finely tuned
They seem to flow so easily
When I’m around you
Everything I know and love
And all that I have learned
The give and take, the push and pull
Never enough returned
I could choose the harder path
Drag my heart up to the shore
And soak it in the shallows
So I could love some more
Wasted all my pretty words
Gave them away for free
They all flow so easily
When they’re not about me
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5. |
Trouble
04:11
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On the brink of one white line
On the edge of one dark soul
Not gonna choose the right side
I know I’m gonna fall
And all the consequences wind
Down the dark stone steps
To a well of velvet nights
Down to the urging depths
I found trouble, trouble found me
But shame has no claim on my name
The angels don’t hear, Hail Marys don’t last
So I kiss life and dance with the past
Before your time I’d wake in fright
Convinced I’d betrayed
Become the woman waiting for me
There, there in the shade
Shout your loving words out loud
For prayer is a silent plea
The past is always taunting
Come dance, come dance with me
I found trouble, trouble found me
But shame has no claim on my name
The angels don’t hear, Hail Marys don’t last
So I kiss life and dance with the past
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6. |
Sister Hurricane
04:22
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Four days on a bender
Three hits till the end
Fuel gauge on empty
Late night bars again
I got nothin' but ambition
And a way to make it pay
I'll pick a couple pockets
They'll never spot the play
Set 'em up, I'll smash 'em down
Build 'em up again
Push it to the limit
Spin it Hurricane
Faster mama, faster
The sound of a next win
One more hit for luck
And then one more magic spin
Lose the psycho boyfriend
Bring my son here to stay
Turn the music way up high
Get out of the way
Set 'em up, I'll smash 'em down
Build 'em up again
Push it to the limit
Spin it Hurricane
Well I hate your crazy spinnin' wheel
Hate your stupid cards
Pull all the cherries in a row
My luck just needs a charge
I'm a reckless usin' mama
A beat up no good wife
But winnin' on this last hand
Could kick start a life
Set 'em up, I'll smash 'em down
I'll build 'em up again
Push it to the limit
I'm a spinnin' Hurricane
Take away the pain
Let me start again
I'm just your little sister
And your spinnin' Hurricane
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7. |
Nothing Survives
03:38
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I’ll just slip away,
you know I’ve fallen through
I won’t feel remorse for this,
and I won’t come back for you
Tried to hold onto a dream,
pretend there were no cracks
You couldn’t give me what I need,
I’ll never make it back to you
Burst the blister with a pin, leave my heart tonight
Dip the end in sweet perfume, and set our love alight
We made this mess so walk away,
don’t paint it with your lies
Lost in a sea of compliments,
or drowned in a lover’s disguise
I banged my head, I stubbed my toe,
your love weighs down on me
Black dog snapping at my clothes,
dark water gonna drown me
Burst the blister with a pin, leave my heart tonight
Dip the end in sweet perfume, and set our love alight
Gleaming on the surface,
or diving to the deep
I watch the bubbles rising,
I just wanna breathe
Burst the blister with a pin, leave my heart tonight
Dip the end in sweet perfume, nothing survives tonight
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8. |
Brave Old World
03:39
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Let the world fly by
Cut your curses to the curve
Fling your anger wildly
Screaming to be heard
A sigh
goes further than a shout
A sigh
goes further
Falling into melancholy
A feather bed
Counting backwards quietly
You lose the thread
A sigh
goes further than a shout
A sigh
goes further
You can’t help the birds of sadness flying overhead
You can only try to stop them nesting in your hair
Come wind!
Blow away these dried up tears
Come calm!
Show a new day, a sail unfurled
Come dreams!
Turn the trouble into new ideas
Come sun!
Burn your rose and gold
Onto a brave old world
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9. |
Love You More
05:04
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All the birds sit in a row,
We watch them land, we watch them go
It’s fly or fall, I know
And I keep falling back to you
Falling from the pedestal, you made so lovingly
Up here the air is thinner, I can hardly breathe
I cannot jump, I cannot fly
You know I’m gonna leave
You have claimed the darkness as a shadow battle zone
I’m caught up in the crossfire, the night’s not mine to own
I’m gonna run, I’m gonna climb
You know I’m gonna leave
You can’t claim my body, you can’t claim our love
I’m frightened I’ll fall back again, that freedom’s not enough
I couldn’t love you more
I couldn’t love you more
So I leave before the sunrise, I count my blessings twice
I hear the evening birds, I’ll be counting stars tonight
I couldn’t love you more
I couldn’t love you more
And through the rain beaded pane she saw her future here forever after, waiting for her touch, a golden dream and all it gathers over and under and over and on and on
Women of the ages!
Stoic, waiting, withering women
Under and over and on and on a procession of hands and mouths waiting
for care and food and time and patience and her warm dark velvet deep,
again and over and under and on, sweet, sweet release
Ancient aching woman!
Un-lonely for another
Tethered to house and well and sink and yard pushing a swing again and again on a windy barren hill littered with needles and condoms twisted and discarded
She said
She said
I’ve never been abandoned
I’ve never been alone
I’ve never been abandoned
I’ve never been alone
I couldn’t love you more
I couldn’t love you more
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10. |
Water Fall
03:38
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Early when the light is soft, still calm from faded stars
She plucks the silence quietly, a chorus of guitars
And note by note the morning, scares off the scattered grey
Birds invoke a streak of blue, to weave her through the day
Fall upon her water
Wash away her pain
Dance around her steely heart
Spiral down the drain
Anger bleeds through sadness, bright stranger in her breast
A nod to sorrow passing - dull, unwelcome guest
Spit your ragged curses, breathe out your heavy fear
This day, more than any, you’ll feel calm and clear
Fall upon her water
Wash away her pain
Dance around her steely heart
Spiral down the drain
No angel wings in this old house, no floating feather falls
Let your anger be your mantle, until the next stage calls
Fall upon her water
Wash away her pain
Dance round her steely heart
Spiral down the drain
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11. |
Last Balloon
03:07
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This is the last balloon
I keep it in a drawer
It is my favourite plaything
They don’t make these anymore
This is the last balloon
Banned in twenty-two
I keep it wrapped in silk
It’s precious, taboo
This is the last balloon
Hidden from the amnesty
I’ll never give her freedom
Lethal weapon in the sea
This is the last balloon
She’s never taken flight
A half life of a billion days
She is locked up out of sight
And then just once a year
On the day my father died
I fill her from the air in me
And finger seal her lips so tight
I kiss the floating gossamer
A feather light embrace
Gently, just a touch of love
Just a moment free in space
This is the last balloon
The last we ever saw
I quietly fold her velvet form
in silk and I lock the drawer
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12. |
Last Train
05:00
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On a long train ride, a slow train ride
All the peace and quiet, of a long train ride
I love the view, a long slow view
I love the view, and being with you
Smile with your eyes at me
Laugh with your lines
Turn your whole face to me
Show me the signs
Walking the straight line, or wasting the chance
Tasting the sweet spot, and knowing the dance
When all is forgiven
The facts are well worn
The memories are folding
The curtains are drawn
For the world needs an ending, the last wave is here
A moment of love, then we all disappear
We did not look for
All that we see
I did not listen for
Your breath in me
Yet here we are
On a long train ride, all the peace and quiet
I love the view, and being with you
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13. |
Crooked Tree
05:20
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Give me a crooked tree any day
Pulling life from dirt and broken bone
Songlines scribbled under bark
Drawn in sand and carved on stone
Give me the bone nasal tones of barely moving lips
Vowels so flat there’s hardly room to breathe
A thread of desert song
Winding high and falling, floating on the breeze
Give me the secrets of the land any day
Dirt and sweat and woodsmoke
A flash of colour in the dark
Opal fire locked in ancient stone
Give me a crooked tree any day
Taut and twisted, strong and lean
There’s beauty in every line
Like man of the land, a crooked tree
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14. |
Walk On
05:17
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Entwined in attire of barely visible means
She leaves for the station, one glove in her hand
Throwing warmth to the wind and waving
Watch, as she twists it away just as planned
There it goes, the gauntlet - she walks on
And there in the jangled rain, she sees
Velvet clouds gather a mourning word
Caught in a nest of jewel red debris
A dried up rat and a barely feathered bird
She walks on
Rippling as the tunnel trembled
Twisting quietly, caught in a storm
Tasting the flight and sensing a fight
She walks on alone, the hour before dawn
She walks on
Her skirt sways dizzily in the breeze
At her age, she needs no disguise
She gives you her smile, her eyes and her shine
Maybe she laughs or maybe she cries
No mind - she walks on
A woman alone in her power, in her prime
She’s walking on proudly, reclaiming the night
It’s shine or shade she cries, and he fades before her eyes
She's been waiting for this for a long, long time
She walks on
Walking alone, having it all
Sensing her power and letting it roar
Her respect, the only thing worth fighting for
Just be proud not to want to hate her anymore
She walks on
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Bronwyn Eather Sydney, Australia
Born in Tasmania, Bronwyn Eather came to Sydney to study acting, following almost a decade of pioneering work as a field linguist in Arnhem Land, in the remote north of Australia. 'Brave Old World' is her third release, following 'Against The Tide' 2017 and 'On The Bones of Love' 2015. ... more
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