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Hurricane
04:00
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Time goes by so slowly in the dark.
While I rush by like hurricane, tearing apart.
The walls are closing in.
I am not sure where I should begin.
I can feel a little breath of wind on my face.
And I fall down.
While your hands are trying to pin me to the ground.
I can hear the rain
As I start to slowly go insane.
Things will never be same again in my head.
All the houses and the trees
Are tumbling in my little breeze.
I wish I could bring you to your knees but I won’t.
And I fall down
While your hands are trying to pin me to the ground.
Hurricane,
Hurricane,
Hurricane.
Fourteen miles high,
Stretching back across the sky.
I’m so angry I could cry for a year.
Oh the room is spinning round,
It’s banging with my stormy sound.
I wish I could smash it to the ground but I won’t.
And I fall down
While your hands are trying to pin me to the ground.
Hurricane,
Hurricane,
Hurricane.
I’m a Hurricane,
I’m a Hurricane,
I’m a Hurricane.
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2. |
Boy Without Time
04:24
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The lies, the pain, the endless rain
The fear my dear and all those queer little moments
That make up your day.
The drink, the gin, the state you’re in,
The highs, the lows, you would bite your nose in a moment
To save you from grace...
Stormy light, from all your restless fantasies
Blows through my eyes and steals my mind
I’m a boy without time.
I am reminded of the intricacies
That brought me to my knees.
I’m boy without time… especially mine.
The dark of night, the endless flight,
The fear I cheered and all those solitary moments
That made up my day.
The glass, the scars, the time at the bar
The pride I hide, when I just wish I’d died in a moment
To save my own face.
Stormy light, from all your restless fantasies
Blows through my eyes and steals my mind
I’m a boy without time.
I am reminded of the intricacies
That brought me to my knees.
I’m boy without time… especially mine.
We’re stuck in groove with nothing prove and nobody’s getting too far
Drawn to the flames that are causing the pain in our hearts.
But out of the fire our power grows higher and if we remember our name
All of the falls that we caused become just a game.
Stormy light, from all your restless fantasies
Blows through my eyes and steals my mind
I’m a boy without time.
I am reminded of the intricacies
That brought me to my knees.
I’m boy without time… especially mine.
All that it takes is for us to just let it go.
Lift up our eyes to the sun and we can glow.
Open our hearts to the love and start to flow.
All that it takes is for us to just let it go.
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Winter
03:42
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I am the cold in December.
Since the day I was born I’ve always run.
I am the wind that cuts through you.
Since the day I was born I’ve always run.
We’re heading for the fire.
The more we fall beneath the whole sky.
We’re feeding our desires,
From the moment we’re born till the moment we die.
I am the frost on the windows.
Since the day I was born I’ve always run.
I am the snow on the mountains.
Since the day I was born I’ve always run.
We’re heading for the fire.
The more we fall beneath the whole sky.
We’re feeding our desires,
From the moment we’re born till the moment we die.
When you’re facing the sun and all you see for miles is nothing but clouds.
Just look at how far you’ve come before the maddening crowd.
And I won’t let you forget that all of your words are bound deep in my heart
The darkness is where we planted the seeds, there’s nowhere left to start.
I am forever before you.
Since the day I was born I’ve always run.
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Silver
04:12
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Silver light and fireflies
Brought you here.
Fall in deep - abandon sleep.
Eyes so bright, set my sights on higher ground.
I have been alone from time to time.
Changing plans to suit my state of mind.
I’ll find my paradise in spite of what they say.
I’ve gotten thin on ground and skin
I’m echoing.
Divide the line, what’s yours was mine.
Devote some time, try to climb into the sun.
I have been alone from time to time.
Changing plans to suit my state of mind.
I’ve found my paradise in spite of what you say.
I have been alone from time to time.
Changing plans to suit my state of mind.
I’ve found my paradise in spite of what they say.
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5. |
My Only Wish
03:38
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Dreams of fallen places drifting through your mind
Holding back the river, stand on solid time
My only wish to you is that you’ll find your smile
Superstitious natural, it’s in your eyes.
Feels like friends are only there until they’ve all gone home
Maybe you can’t imagine you’re not on your own
My only wish to you is that you’ll find your smile
Superstitious natural, it’s in your eyes.
Hold it down, thinking that you can’t go round
Another time, don’t give up your life.
Seeing with my perfect eyes I realise not fantasise at all
Seeing with my perfect eyes I realise not fantasise at all
There’s always time to catch your fall.
Just because its sunset doesn’t mean the end
An overflow of motion sets the world on spin.
My only wish to you is that you’ll find your smile.
Superstitious natural, it’s in your eyes.
Hold it down, thinking that you can’t go round
Another time, don’t give up your life.
Seeing with my perfect eyes I realise not fantasise at all
You play the game, it’s not the same, I’ve listened to your tears.
Don’t deny what you and I created all these years.
Seeing with my perfect eyes I realise not fantasise at all
Seeing with my perfect eyes I realise not fantasise at all.
There’s always time to catch your fall.
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6. |
Patchwork Heart
03:08
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If I was small enough to fit in your pocket,
I’d move in tomorrow and buy myself a chair and I’d live there.
You and me could talk for hours as the sunshine
Pours through the walls of your pocket that I have crawled, I’m starting to fall.
Days spent with you feel just like a dream.
You got me just where you to be
With you in the patchwork of your heart.
The tapestry is made of mystery,
The faded threads from all of history
Brought me to your pocket patchwork heart.
If I was small enough to fit in your pocket
I’d move in tomorrow and buy myself a chair and I’d live there.
All the rag tag pieces of our previous releases
Have frayed us at the edges but I feel like I’ve come home, you’re not alone.
Days spent with you feel just like a dream.
You got me just where you to be
With you in the patchwork of your heart.
The tapestry is made of mystery,
The faded threads from all of history
Brought me to your pocket patchwork heart.
We’re patching our hearts, O-way-O-way-Oh.
We’re patching our hearts, O-way-O-way-Oh.
Oh, we’re patching our pocket patchwork hearts.
If I was small enough to fit in your pocket,
I’d move in tomorrow and buy myself a chair and I’d live there.
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7. |
Under My Skin
04:17
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Hold fire tonight, something don’t feel right
We’re going for a flight, you better hold on tight
I can feel it under my skin
Lost in the trees, crawling on my knees
The ground starts to freeze, as you reach for me.
I can feel it under my skin
Flames burn wrapped around like twins
I don’t know where you stop and I begin
When the whole world turns to fire
We’ll face it with our hands high, eyes bright, arms spread wide.
In the darkness of the night,
We’ll let our souls flow entwined, inside, as our hearts collide.
Travelling through time, we have outlived the shine
Of the stars in the sky, in the dawn we’ll fly
I can feel it under my skin
Flames burn wrapped around like twins
I don’t know where you stop and I begin
When the whole world turns to fire
We’ll face it with our hands high, eyes bright, arms spread wide.
In the darkness of the night,
We’ll let our souls flow entwined, inside, as our hearts collide.
When we stop the blaming, naming little games
That shame the natural power that is flowing in our veins
We’ll see each other eyes ignited by the light
And move beyond the limits of other people’s minds
And time is just a joke cos we never get it done
So stop living in the shadows of someone else’s sun
Then finally the madness will get a chance to rest because
The power is in you, it is beating in your chest.
The power is in you.
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8. |
Love, Love
03:42
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This is the story of a girl,
The story of a boy,
The story of a child,
A story of a toy,
Dancing to a rhyme that was made a long time ago
There was a little bit of this,
A little bit of that,
A little bit of love,
That’s really all that matters,
When somebody comes along and writes another song for you.
But when it all goes wrong
And it’s starting to show
Stand up and be strong
Even though it seems like you don’t know which way to go… I said
Love, love, give it everything you
Know, know, got a little seed to
Sow, so look them in the eyes and grow.
A million pretty songs
A million pretty beats
A million pretty girls
Two million pretty feet
Dancing to a rhyme that was made a long time ago.
Maybe it’s the water
Maybe it’s the wine
Maybe it’s the weather
Maybe it’s the time
Everybody sing along to a song that we all know.
But when it all goes wrong
And it’s starting to show
Stand up and be strong
Even though it seems like you don’t know which way to go… I said
Love, love, give it everything you
Know, know, got a little seed to
Sow, so look them in the eyes and grow.
Look them in the eyes, look them in the eyes
Look them in the eyes, look them in the eyes,
Look them in the eyes and grow.
Look them in the eyes, look them in the eyes
Look them in the eyes, look them in the eyes,
Look them in the eyes and grow.
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9. |
Volcano
04:05
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I’m burning up, I’m gonna blow my top
If I just don’t stop, I might fall in the volcano.
I need a sign, before I lose my mind,
In case I fall into the volcano.
My head says no but my heart says go
And I just don’t know if I should jump into the volcano.
It’s getting higher, I’m full of fire,
Feels like I’m inside my own volcano.
When all I wanted is an idea to guide me through the fires in my heart.
I need to start again, reset my frame and then I can reclaim my name,
Reclaim my name, reclaim my name.
It’s getting clear, gotta lose my fear
Because the time is near for me to run toward the volcano
I’m standing tall, breaking down the walls
I’m going to leap into the volcano!
When all I wanted is an idea to guide me through the fires in my heart.
I need to start again, reset my frame and then I can reclaim my name,
Reclaim my name, reclaim my name.
The pounding, grounding, bounding, growling, howling, yowling,
Leaping, seeping, creeping, storms that burn into my eyes.
I’ve fallen countless times, I’m crawling past the lines
I’ve drawn inside my mind, it’s time for me to rise! For me to rise!
For me to rise! For me to rise!
When all I wanted is an idea to guide me through the fires in my heart.
I need to start again, reset my frame and then I can proclaim my name,
Proclaim my name, Proclaim my name.
Proclaim your name, proclaim your name,
Proclaim your name, proclaim your name!
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10. |
Step Into The Fire
04:24
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Did you walk out this time because you found…
Another light in his heart that didn’t sound,
Like a song that you have heard before?
Tell me, do you think that he has closed the door?
I don’t think you seem to mind the conversations lost in time
You’re facing backwards, stumbling in the dark.
It’s nothing but a primal fear that’s taken over your ideas
If only you could see inside your heart!
Did you walk out this time because you’d seen
What you would be if you stopped and set him free
From the storms that crash and thunder in your bright blue eyes?
Tell me, do you think that you can see the truth and realise?
I don’t think you seem to mind the conversations lost in time
You’re facing backwards stumbling in the dark.
It’s nothing but a primal fear that’s taken over your ideas
Just turn around and look inside your heart.
Maya, Maya
Step into the fire, caught in the flames
Burn the illusion away from your face.
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Matt Rivers Tarifa, Spain
Uplifting folk songs pulse to rhythmic guitar and melodic vocals. Earthy beats, spacey guitar lines and distant harmonies weave into modern-feeling folk songs. Matt Rivers is a British indie-folk artist based in Spain. His songs are sourced from his life experiences. They are about overcoming adversity. They are about the human condition. They are about healing and love, consciousness and spirit. ... more
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