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Michael
04:16
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MICHAEL
I used to hear my angel come,
When I was just a little one,
and I was told to ask his name.
Michael came with me to school and
minded me through the day,
but as I grew, I never knew,
if he went away.
Michael, are you with me?
as I grow old,
will you promise to stay?
Now I have my own babies,
so do I tell them it is so?
when I really don't know,
Anything at all.
Michael are you with me?
as I grow old,
will you promise to stay?
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2. |
Now I know
04:45
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NOW I KNOW
Cold was the water,
dark was the night,
that I left you,
left you behind.
I turned my back,
on all you gave,
wish I could turn back time,
and the way I behaved.
Now I know I was wrong.
I should have stayed,
All along.
Will you take,
Take me back,
And can you forgive all of that?
Pain it was written,
on your face,
on that morning,
in that beautiful place.
The waves were breaking,
as if they didn't know,
that you were staying,
and I was about to go.
Now I know,
it was a mistake,
a sad twist of fate,
will you take,
take me back,
and can you forget,
all of that?
Now I know,
I was wrong,
I should have stayed,
all along.
will you take,
take me back,
and can you forgive,
all of that?
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3. |
Run around
04:24
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Run around
I run around with my head stuck in the clouds,
as the world walks straight on by
I'm lost in the crowd,
I keep tripping up
on all that is set before me.
so I keep running around,
I try to stand my ground,
as I grow up through,
these thorns that twist me in and out,
and every time I think I'm heading for you,
they come and
pull me back down.
So I keep running around
We fill the skies, fill the skies with dirty lies,
I fill my head up with information,
and I don't know what to get rid of anymore,
and I don’t know what to keep in.
I can't believe this is really how it goes,
I can't believe this is all I have to show.
I feel so small,
I feel so unreal,
I am so torn
I am just placing one foot in front of the other.
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Blue Rose
04:32
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Blue Rose
There's a rose in my garden and it reminds me of you,
it struggles too.
and all the other roses are pink and gold and red,
but it is blue.
And how it stands out from its pretty little crowd,
with its head bent down so low.
while all the other roses stare straight into the sun,
that little blue rose is meditating on the earth below.
but it doesn’t know how beautiful it is,
it doesn't know how we love it so,
and just as with you I only wish there was some way,
that I could let it know.
That little blue rose thinks that its just failed to be red,
it has no idea how perfect it is.
And that poor little rose thinks that it might as well be dead,
and nourishing the others soil below.
It thinks that it doesn't belong in this place,
it's not sure it belongs anywhere,
but that's exactly where the gardener had it placed,
just so he could admire it there.
But it doesn't know how beautiful it is,
it doesn't understand why it lives.
And Just as with you I only wish there was some way,
that I could tell it just how much it gives.
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5. |
These walls
04:51
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MICHAEL
I used to hear my angel come,
When I was just a little one,
and I was told to ask his name.
Michael came with me to school and
minded me through the day,
but as I grew, I never knew,
if he went away.
Michael, are you with me?
as I grow old,
will you promise to stay?
Now I have my own babies,
so do I tell them it is so?
when I really don't know,
Anything at all.
Michael are you with me?
as I grow old,
will you promise to stay?
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I'LL WAIT AROUND FOR YOU, JUST AS LONG AS YOU WANT ME TO,
AND ALL THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD, LIKE THE WAKING DEAD,
I KNOW THEY SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU.
SO JUST KNOW, WHEREVER YOU GO, I'M HAPPY TO WAIT HERE,
I'LL WAIT HERE
I'LL WAIT HERE
I'LL WAIT HERE
IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF LOVE YOU RUN,
YOU NEVER STOP FOR ANYONE,
AND IT'S NOT, THAT YOU WANT TO LEAVE ME HERE,
IT'S JUST YOUR GOD FORSAKEN FEARS,
I CAN SEE THE ACHING OF YOUR HEART,
I SAW IT FROM THE START,
IT'S WHAT CAPTIVATED ME,
THE WAY YOU WORE IT ON YOUR SLEEVE,
YOU'RE STILL RUNNING FROM YOUR PAST,
IT CATCHES UP WITH YOU FAST,
WHEN YOU STOP AND STAND STILL,
DOESN'T IT?
SO YOU KEEP RUNNING AROUND,
YOU'RE NEITHER LOST NOR FOUND,
THIS THING IS DRIVING YOU, YOU'VE GOTTA MOVE WITH IT,
OR YOU'RE CONSUMED BY IT,
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?
I'LL WAIT HERE
I'LL WAIT HERE
I'LL WAIT HERE
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Anna Cordell Melbourne, Australia
Anna Cordell has always been a ‘maker’. From her youngest years spent singing and writing folk songs, to the first stitches
of her design work, and all the way into motherhood, Cordell has a natural flair for creation.
‘Nobody Knows Us’ is an album that wears its heart on its sleeve.
Anna has created a collection of songs that stay true to her belief in the value and power of art.
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