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For You
03:37
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Bleak shadows creep from the meadow
Fairies dancing gently on the lake below
Purple sky and silent trees
The wind decides when the land must freeze
A vision, or a ghost with the brightest eyes
She will be - to live for and to die
And when I find her I will cease to breathe
And from that moment I may choose to live
For you, who walks upon this earth
And so, each blessing would return
For you I would lay down my life
So at last, I’d no longer live in strife
For you, I would wait a thousand years
For you, I would shed my sweetest tears
And when I’ve waited till this life has passed
You will see what longings last
For you, I would write the saddest songs
Just to prove where this broken heart belongs
For you, yes for you my dear
Love will quench all fear
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Tiger Island
03:52
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There's a cloud over Tiger Island
and the big cats have gone to bed
The ground is soft where I stand
there's violence in my head
And in my blindness
I lost hold of the hem
Oh oh my Tigress
won't you go to Jerusalem
There’s a red moon over Tiger Island
My cats move ’long the shore
their roaring I find it harder to stand
I clearly shouldn’t dwell here anymore
The forest sings them lullabies
my precious demands my peace
The cats sleep under northern lights
my mind is still not at ease
And in my madness
I lost hold of the hem
Oh oh the sadness
A sigh for Jerusalem
Now tiger island is sinking in the sea
and the cats will be twined in the weeds
for in my care no swimmers they’d be
I fall short in judging their deeds
Yes on tiger island there was nothing to gain
where I’d sink in my own despair
But the memories of death will surely remain
as a warning to the one who’ll dare
And in my hopelessness
I lost hold of the hem
Oh oh my tigress
won’t you go to Jerusalem
oh oh my tigress
won’t you go to Jerusalem
won’t you flow to J
won’t you go to J
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3. |
Mountain Song
03:24
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City in the Clouds
02:43
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On my way to the city in the clouds
I saw the ghost of my past exile
following the path I was walking as a child
with a feeling that can only lead
to a city in the clouds
What past can bring itself upon
a traveler in a tangled state
And my malady in the city in the clouds
will remain in the clouds
in the clouds
When I leave I shall not take you along
I’ll only bring this cold in my body
Yes when I descend I will find some place else
and seek the romance of these hills
I'll seek the romance of these hills
Now that I left my city in the clouds
no regrets and no remorse
And November she waits upon my doorstep
she knows well what I didn’t find
in the city in the clouds
in the city in the clouds
in the city in the clouds
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Lay Your Head
03:29
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Come lay your head on my shoulder
Don’t sail away across the sea
You were searching for a long lost friend
With tears in your eyes you fell
Come lay your head on my shoulder
Leave all your worries in my care
Making your way when the tide is low
You wander outside - whither can you go?
Let me lay my head on your shoulder
Let me forget where I’ve been
I am just like you, can’t you see
I wish that the bird of my heart be free
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Columbia Road
04:54
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7. |
The Captain and the Key
04:10
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E A
Dear captain
E
you lost the key
A E
and when you found it you give it to me
C# A E
as you abandon this ship of stone
C# B A E
I stand a -lone
E A
With just one key
E
Am I to set us free?
C# A E
or would I lock the door
C# B A E
and lay my head on this floor?
C# A E
Beaten by despair
C# B A E
in the room that you laid bare?
E
But I say no
A E
to the darkness within
E A E
I will go to where we all begin
C# A E
To unlo—ock the doors
C# B A E
to sweep clean these floors
Dear Captain
you lost the key
and when you found it and gave it to me
I hope you set yourself free
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The Spirit
03:58
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9. |
Somewhere
04:00
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Lord give me Light
05:22
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Sometimes I feel so small
not knowing which way to go
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
high or low I’m bound to fall
So Lord give me light x 4
Sometimes we are o so helpless
sometimes we stumble in the dark
and we feel so defenseless
standing lowly, knocking at the door
So Lord give us light x4 full power
There are those who feel they can’t afford you (and I've been one)
Wandering distracted in their search (fallen from grace)
Yes, there are those who feel they can’t afford to (let go of it all)
let go of things that have no worth
Lord give them light x4
And now that my voice is fading
what words can I speak?
Now that the sun has sunk
where should I seek?
Lord give me light x4
Lord give me light
Lord give us light
Lord give them light
Lord give us the light
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Rasmus Blomqvist Sweden
Scandinavian folky/spiritual
Based in Dalarna, Sweden.
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