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Corridor
04:06
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When I was old enough I saw
the curve of my skull so typical
holding a vision still unseen
rooted deciduous and green
it was settling on a distant wing
murmuration of what was still to come
These are the mountains I have known
minerals heavy, overgrown
while there are emeralds blooming under the ridge
we watched it rolling motionless
like the settling of a tightened string
vibration of what was still to come
Salt right from the earth
I can taste it on the tailwind
blowing all of its worth
from the length that we are going
and the color of it
all I can see from here is golden
We were surrounded by the land
watching a wilderness within
both of our feet in the river pushing towards
rounding out slow motion corridors
Salt right from the earth
I can taste it on the tailwind
blowing all of its worth
from the length that we are going
and the color of it
All I can see from here is golden
Following a river
is another mirror
looking to see clearer
following a river
is another mirror
following a river
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2. |
Winter Fruit
03:56
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Something blooming out of place
flowers open anyways
looking for the closest thing
with a pink moon rising
what we know of hanging ghosts
scattered on the summer coast
is the vapor on the sea
settling down or exploding
I don't know how its gonna be
everything is just practicing
oh the next time that we meet
will I see and you see me
Morning pages on the vine
oysters soaking in their brine
remnant ashes on a wing
carrion crows are gathering
I became a winter fruit
sun got locked up in the juice
bright the citrus of my skin
the radiator rattling
I don't know how its gonna be
everything is just practicing
for the next time that we meet
when I see you and you see me
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3. |
Bed of a River
03:59
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The way I see it
I was the bed of a river in the spring
beneath the surface
stones rolling with every heavy rain
grinding it out
tumbling water and gravity
the way I see it
these are two things that I can believe
The slow drift
the reveal
I was walking on the inside of surreal
you've got a predatory drift
you've got a galaxy of tender moons
I've got a heart in orbit
all of the things that I love are imperfect
The slow drift
the reveal
I was walking on the inside of surreal
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4. |
Open
04:45
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5. |
Her's
03:59
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Well it must have been amazing
when you first heard it come to rise
how thrilling and simple
the sound of your life
spent a couple nights listening
Laura Palmer was a missing thing
but the moment when you found each other
you both knew that it was meant to be
and I never got to see it
the way it once was
but I'll listen from the future
to the sound of your love
so sweet
her invitation
so sweet
the whole world at your feet
to mile mark 68
When I saw you both drop in the rhythm
into the arms of the crowd
well you move it such a sweetness truly
friendship out loud
so sweet
her invitation
so sweet the whole world at your feet
And I never got to see it
the way it once was
but I'll listen from the future
to the sound of your love
The way it once was
the way it once was
what once was
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6. |
Skeletons
03:36
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The fog was lifting
under open
and a web was reaching
from the house to the redwood tree
last night came spinning
teeth were tender
from the many meetings
sisters and skeletons
The first thing that I always notice
the way your hands show
nails laying in their beds
Tell me about all the love you found
show me around
tell me about all the love you found
give it a sound
And now I see you every morning
when the webs are reaching across my face again
You could not hold me
like a moment
I was just reaching
for the house under redwood trees
Tell me about all the love you found
show me around
tell me about all the love you found
give it a sound
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7. |
Time Traveller
03:37
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Time Traveller I recognize the feeling
the silver in your hair you try concealing
We've been to different edges of a circle
I sit across and lean upon your table
I know what grows in your yard
I hope that it won't be long
October is a ringing bell
I hear it
the shoulder of a shadow long and tilted
Time Traveller there's so much I am missing
the century has turned each time we visit
I know what grows in your yard
my old friend, we share the stars
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8. |
Lineage
02:59
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Even if there is a veil over our eyes
there's a green I can't describe
on a quilted ridgeline
Even with all that is filling up our minds
standing on the watered edge
riding liquid lineage
Oh all that is new
what we need to
color the view
Oh all that is old
taking us home
only to roam
We were listening while the moon came out in movements
as the water peels below
and its surface mirrors fold
light alive having been so for so long
as behind becomes ahead there's a question of which led
Oh all that is new
what we need to
color the view
Oh all that is old
taking us home
only to roam
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9. |
West
04:03
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You came into my mind the other day
you walked in after someone else's name
and as you wandered out I realized
that I only ever occupied your mind
I followed you to mountains further west
where you grew up and knew everyone else
and I tried to make a home of your design
but you only let me occupy your mind
I found you in the fibers of my heart
when I shook it out after we fell apart
and once you filled the lungs between my sides
but I only ever occupied your mind
I know that I have let it go for good
and sometimes things come up just like they should
although I let you in so deep that time
I only every occupied your mind
You came into my mind the other day
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10. |
Arcs
04:41
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From the valley
new lines appeared
and you said the coast is clear
Letters forming out on the sea
spelling spaces to walk between
so much on the inside whenever the tide's low
it comes to the surface
because it is hollow
spaces to walk between
Don't forget the way it feels
pulling back and what's revealed
so much on the inside whenever the doors closed
but on a blue morning
we opened a window
And we came out here for the water
we came to watch it shatter
spaces to walk between
I'm already gone I'm already gone
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Kelly McFarling California
Kelly McFarling is an Atlanta born, Bay Area based singer, songwriter. Her songs capture a palette forged of Georgia clay and California gold.
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