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Pool of Leaves
And so at last,
I have reached the centre,
Brought to this strange wode of green...
Brought here by a long red road
Here can I purvey the beauty of this place
In it's entirety...
So I'll bathe in this pool of leaves,
Regressing to that moment,
When the waters filled my lungs
And blood poured out
From my mouth and nose...
Blood and water
My breath was water and blood...
For I went to an Other place
And time
There was no time
Only sleep.
what brought me back?
The force of life itself?
The fight?
The will?
The fear?
Have I really been sleeping there
Ever since?
Caught between the moment of my leaving
And the moment of my return?
Growing inside
While I slept?
Breathe
Just Breathe
Listen
Just Listen
I am
Here and now
In this pool of leaves
Torn Pages
All
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She Cries
So you’ve gone and done it all
Did you think you never would?
You stand upon the mountain top
And She Cries
Yes She cries
And do you wish do you wish
You’d never seen
All of the blankets and all of the dreams
And do you wish you’d never took hold of the page
And torn it all away
And She Cries
Yes She cries
For she touched you and you kissed her
Did you think you never could
You lie upon the distant stream
And She Cries
Yes She cries
And do you wish do you wish
You’d never took hold of all her wishes and all of her dreams
And do you wish do you wish
For the pages to be torn,
And the Rain to fall from the Sky?
And She Cries
Yes She cries
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2. |
Faradawn (The Leaving)
06:36
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FaraDawn
In an unfree world we can still be free
In the act of life comes a dream
So break the glass and kiss me
Bend the heart that will not break
Catch the dream when it falls
Catch the leaf when it falls
Falls....
When it falls...
The boy stands alone
The boy stands alone
The boy stands alone
The boy who said NO!
Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed
To see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon
the dish ran away with the spoon
the dish ran away with the spoon
the dish ran away with the spoon
the dish ran away with the spoon
the dish ran away with the spoon
There is no spoon
Run away, run away ....
The boy stands alone
The boy stands alone
The boy stands alone
The boy who said NO!
The boy stands alone
The boy stands alone
The boy stands alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
You can still be free...
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3. |
Listen
05:51
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Listen
It’s in the air,
It’s in the air,
It’s in the air,
That we breathe…
It’s in the round,
It’s in the sound,
It’s in the ground,
Beneath our feet…
It’s in the air,
It’s in the air,
It’s in the air,
That we breathe…
It’s in the clouds,
It’s in the rain,
It’s in the pain,
That I feel…
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4. |
So Full Of This
06:08
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So Full of This
What have I done?
Why did I let it all go?
Smashed up my things
Tore up the picture you had of me
I don't know why
I don't know why
I feel so full of this
I just feel so full of this
I could have been strong
I could have been the man I thought I was
And never have tried to feel
I could never
Have tried to feel
Feel so full of this
I just feel so full of this
Lost in smoke stains
And ice cold foil
Staring through the bottom
Of the shattered glass
Drowning in the droplets
Blood on my finger nails
Can you ever make it stop?
Will it never be made
TO STOP
Just feel
So full of this
I just feel
So full of this
I'll cut myself In two
I'll cut
Myself in two
I'll cut myself
In two
In two
In to
Into
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5. |
Hold Me
10:44
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Hold Me
I'm just thinking of the time,
I used to be so young,
I remember that the days were so long,
And the night it shone,
Like the star.
And you could not let me go,
You would never let me go....
And I wanted you to stay
Please stay and hold me again tonight.
And I know,
How I know
That to dream is to steal
To steal a Life that could have been,
Is to dream,
And the blood just flows and flows and carries me to the sea
It carries me to the Sea
Let me dream the dream again with you
Just hold me
Just hold me
Again tonight
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Where the river meets the Sea
(Poem read over intro)
Rise up, arise ye mighty and behold
The archangel is riding on the wind
Singing with the angels and saints upon the moor
Of ancients, of ancestors that rest below the marsh.
Where the river meets the sea
There stand I.
From o’er Stert flats the sea breeze rides
Across Huntspill levels along the ancient Brue
And as it blows it catches ten thousand voices
Of ancients, of ancestors lost upon the marsh.
Where the river meets the sea
There stand I.
For so comes the flowing air to lick the foot of the tor
To bless this earth with the salt of the sea
Carrying the voices ten thousand strong
Of ancients, of ancestors who sleep within the marsh.
Where the river meets the sea
There stand I.
Betwixt Mendip and Polden it flows upon the waters
Still as the Moon, deep as the blood in our veins
Gently caressing the apples of the vale
It shall become our prayer; for
Where the river meets the sea
The knife shall sear the cord
Of flesh and blood and bone.
(Refrain Sung)
Where the river meets the sea,
Where the river meets the sea,
Where the river meets the sea,
There I stand.
There's a child in your arms,
Hey You! There's a Child in your arms
For the moon is in the sky
Yes the moon is in the sky
And the stars begin to shine,
Yes the stars begin to shine.
And the candles burn tonight
Where the river meets the sea, where the river meets the sea, Where the river meets the sea,
There I stand.
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7. |
I Do
08:04
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I DO
Hush now, Don’t you cry,
Let me put my arms around you, and wipe your tears dry.
Come now; Let me ease your pain,
I’ll give you eternity; No-one will hurt you again.
Sweet beauty, You are so pure,
Oh so precious, Our love will endure.
His voice was so soothing; His words were so warm,
She felt deep within her, A new life would be born.
She walks to her savour, Returns his embrace,
Resting her head on his shoulder, She looks up at his face.
I promise a life time, A Kindred you’ll be,
Roaming the world, Forever with me.
She closes her eyes, And takes a deep breath,
Holds in the air, As his fangs pierce her flesh.
His voice was so soothing, His words were so warm,
She felt deep within her, A new life would be born.
The sensation is ecstasy, She knows this is right,
The sun her enemy, A creature of night.
Standing together, Still in their embrace,
Evilness, darkness, Reflects in their face.
I’m hungry she whispers, Of course my new bride,
Come lets go hunting; I’ll be by your side.
His voice was soothing, His words were so warm,
She felt deep within her, A new life would be born.
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8. |
Be Back One Day
04:42
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Be Back One Day
Did I hear you say
You'll
Be Back One Day...
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9. |
Who I Am
05:28
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Who I Am
Do you ever understand, What it means to hold your hand?
Do you ever understand, What it means to hold your hand?
Just to reach out and say hello, Just to reach out and to say hello
Do you ever understand, What it means to hold your hand?
Just to reach out and say hello Just to reach out and say hello
Just to reach out and touch
Just to hold your hand Just to hold your hand
Just to reach out and touch
Just to hold your hand Just to hold your hand
Will you walk will you run
Will you fly will you ever say goodbye
Will you walk will you run
Will you fly will you ever say goodbye
I guess Im scared
You’ll say goodbye
I guess Im afraid of the dark
Of the time the door opens wide
And he stands before me
And whispers my name
And tells me to sleep
To sleep
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever
I don’t want to
I don’t have to
I can turn away
I can turn to you
I can turn to you
And say hello
And say goodbye to the dark
And the cut in the page
It bleeds at last
Running to the Sea Like the stream
Flowing as free as the dream I dream
Just to reach out and say hello
This is me this who I am
What it means to hold your hand
What it means to hold your hand
Do you ever understand
What it means to hold your hand
Do you ever understand
What it means to hold your hand
Just to reach out and say hello
Just to reach out and say hello,
hello,
hello
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Underneath The Juniper Tree
Sometimes I feel so Sad
Sometimes I just feel so Sad
So Sad inside I’m drowning
Drowning in the big blue sea
Drowning in the promises I made
Drowning in my shame
Don’t let me go
Don’t leave me here
Don’t leave me here to drown
Sometimes I just feel Sad
Sometimes I feel I’m to blame
Sometimes I’m drowning inside
Drowning in the waves
So please don’t go
Don’t leave me here to drown
Drowning in the promises I made
Drowning in my shame
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11. |
With Rain
05:43
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You looked into his eyes
Into sheer cascade of pain
Dark shadows of disguise
Pour down bloody bloody rain
Pour down bloody bloody rain
Throw down the sky with shattered rain!
Tear down the sky with shattered rain!
Tear down the shattered sky with rain!
His glance casts you aside
You ran but you fell deep inside
And you fall
Yes you fall
So small
Tear down the shattered sky with rain!
Throw down the sky with shattered rain!
So the tear it gently falls
Beneath so cold
Why did he take it all?
Why did he take it all?
So the tear it gently falls
So the tear it gently falls
With rain
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12. |
The Look
04:24
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The Look
I looked into your eyes
Into sheer cascade of pain
Dark shadows of disguise
Pour down bloody bloody rain
Pour down bloody bloody rain
Throw down the sky with shattered rain!
Tear down the sky with shattered rain!
Your glance casts me aside
I ran but I fell deep down inside
And I fell
I fell so small so small
So small so small so small
Until innocence gave up its cry
So the tear it gently falls
Into the well beneath (me) so cold
Why did you take it all
When none of it was yourssssssss AAAAAgggghhh!?
You kiss so close
I almost felt (its touch)
How I scream inside
Until innocence gave up its cry
And the sky it bleeds
With shattered rain
I almost felt (its touch)
How I scream inside
Until innocence gives up its cry
Until innocence gives up its cry
Until innocence gives up its cry
So the tear it gently falls
Into the well beneath (me) so cold
Why did you take it all
When none of it was yourssssssss AAAAAgggghhh!?
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She Wrote To Me
"For years, my life
was a dreadful song
and I danced
the dance
of destruction..."
From the Book of Torn Pages
"Now I realize"
She wrote to me
"I deserve serenity"
She said she'll never
"And the music"
Let go of me...
"The sweet music"
In my darkest cloud
Her light was near
"Replenishes my soul"
In her darkest hour
"O the dance"
She knew I cared...
"How I dance"
10,000 miles
"O the dance
How I dance"
10,000 miles
10,000 lives
"The Sacred Dance of My Return"
10,000 miles
10,000 lives
10,000 dreams
From the book of Torn Pages
She wrote to me
She said she never
Let go of me
In my darkest cloud
Her light shone near
In her darkest hour
She knew I cared...
10,000 miles
10,000 lives
10,000 dreams......
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The ThinMan UK
The ThinMan has been writing and performing since first using the stage name in 1988.
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