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In your eyes I see
Something light appear
In this sight I find
a pride
From a want to need
In a silence it speaks
In its wonted tongue
To me
When the night is all I see
I let the colors covet me
In your eyes I see
Something light appear
In this sight I find
delight
From this moment on
I can carry these fears
And to know them is
their end
When the night is all I see
I let the colors covet me
When the young are old inside
I imbue their dreams with fire
And when it’s suddenly here
The heft i know is there
And when it’s suddenly here
You keep me on my toes
And when it’s suddenly here
I see the gold for gold
And when it’s suddenly here
I see the dust for dust
And when it’s suddenly here
Exactly what it is
And when it’s suddenly here
And that’s what ties us in
And when it’s suddenly here
Dawn rises before us
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Because It's There
03:12
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There’s still so much that I can learn
That I won’t understand
But even so, all I know will be forgotten soon
I’ll rise and fall again
Aimless and undulant
With blood that’s thicker than a bond
And my bones resolved to dust
There’s still a mountain to conquer
Because it’s there
And when I climb it I’ll know just how steep it was
I’ll rise and fall again
Aimless and undulant
With blood that’s thicker than a bond
And my bones resolved to dust
There’s still a lot I’ll become
On a road somewhere
Until the curtain call before the final act
I’ll rise and fall again
Aimless and undulant
With blood that’s thicker than a bond
And my bones resolved to dust
So, let the wind disperse
The traces of my steps
I’ll rise and fall again
There’s still a lot that I won’t understand
I’ll rise and fall again
There’s still a mountain because it’s there
I’ll rise and fall again
There’s still a lot I’ll become somewhere
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The Grain
03:29
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Homewards, the auburn sky
Golden this summer light
Honed by the night bird’s cry
To the earth
When you’re walking alone
On the side of a road
And the waves in the grain
Make you feel unbound
Homewards, the auburn sky
Golden this summer light
Honed by the night bird’s cry
To the earth
When you wake up alone
The expanse of the sky
Makes the impossible
Seem a great deal less
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4. |
Gallop
03:25
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I held the line
You left me there
It wasn’t a crime
To start of a beginner
What was the plan when you called it off ?
Was it the grind, fighting all the time ?
ooooh oooh
Some day we will know how it went
Some day we’ll tell of a new beginning
It was a crying shame when you did
Catch me off guard
Before I realized what I had done
I know how no one can be free
But, by now all these hours of dreaming
Are worn out
Time removes the tolls that I’ve paid
As I go on, a rock in the stream
Of the gallop of time
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Howled into the wind
An unfurling of words stowed away
Time lapses into the dusk
As I sit, alone
Now I know how you must've felt
I'll make my bed underground where I can smell the dirt
And I'll dream of leaves and the writhing of worms in the earth
Now I know how to roam the dark
Without senses
Though I'm none the wiser
I feel so much lighter
Alive and well
Knowing I am who I am
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Equinox
04:02
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What have we done here ?
Is it all a lie ?
Are you still wondering how the yarn is spun ?
Caught in a mire of words
We can never unfold
How will we wake up to the horizon’s fire ?
Now that we both know that the line can be crossed
Are you still wondering how the yarn is spun ?
With the devil in the foreground across from me
Stealing pennies from the fountain before they sink
So, I will cross this sea
With my doubts and uncertainties
So now that we both know that the line can be crossed
Are you still wondering how the yarn is spun ?
Would you follow me into the billowing sea on a ship of fools ?
Drifting ever so slowly across the equinox
And I can’t be there
When you follow me in
So I’ll cross this sea
With my doubts and uncertainties
With the devil in the foreground across from me
Stealing pennies from the fountain before they sink
Could I leave it entirely up to these eyes in front of me ?
Is it all in my mind, or all in the signs in front of me?
So I’ll cross this sea
With my doubts and uncertainties
With the devil in the foreground across from me
Stealing pennies from the fountain before they sink
Would you follow me into the billowing sea on a ship of fools ?
Drifting ever so slowly towards an equinox
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Melee
03:44
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I can now see how it grows
Somewhere out there, out of a fear
I can now see how it’s sown
Sung by men down and in need
How the worn are won
Blinded by their desperation
To find a way out
Of a bitter life’s vocation
When the summer ends
Will we have spent our innocence ?
Some say in the hour that men are born, the child is lost
Could we try to agree that it’s not in our nature to be unloved ?
Even when in the end that we harden in sadness for those we’ve lost
All the sorrow will not stand to last or stay our feet
Oh no, we cannot be
With this clamor all around here
Oh no we cannot leave
When this ends in a melee
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8. |
Thaw
03:56
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The day that you disappeared
I knew you would reappear
There was nothing much but rustling leaves
But come spring, I could hear you call: "Here I am"
The way that you reappeared
As the sun fell upon the fields
I knew the place in which I had lived
Had meant no wandering around
Here I am
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Rove
03:40
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Home is behind the world ahead I can't seem to settle in
In the dawn I wait for the sun with stars and bread
With my eyes closed I float like a swan
The light it is gold
In this early hour I could carry on
So, I will stroll through the snow
As I'm heading to the dawn
I wait for the sun with stars and bread
Not all those who wander are lost
My feet are strong
Among the pines I feel alive
And the woodland so quiet speaks to me
In frost covered lines drifting by
As I'm heading to the dawn
While I'm up high with mist tendrils caressing my eyes
I grow taller with each cold breath drawn
The tragedies below seem to fade before the dawn
Before the dawn I wait for the sun with stars and bread
Not all those who wander are lost
My feet are strong
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Whirl
02:45
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I followed the shapes on the sea with my eyes
The sea and the air started reaching around
It was almost as if they were planning to merge
It comes close to me now
It’s a sight to behold
Feet sliding down
From the hill to the edge of the shore
The wind has a wave twisting up to the sky
And it’s inching its way to the mouth of the bay
Then it finally rides up the edge of the shore
It comes close to me now
It’s a sight to behold
Its force throws me down
From the hill to the edge of the shore
It all whirls, front to back
Debris flies left and right
On the waterspouts it trails
It has me running ‘round
Right back up the mound
But as I turn I see everything’s pristine
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11. |
Hunker
03:40
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I’ve wandered in and out of time,
a ghost.
And, I’ve come to realize:
all goes
How does love remain, when you
are gone ?
Would it be sustained, if I
carried the pain ?
Though, I know now
I can’t see how
You are by me
And, I know now
I can see how
We are bodies
(On the cusp of life and death)
I’ve wandered in and out of sight
of the gold.
And, I’ve come to realize
nothing at all
What in life remains the task
at hand ?
If we glimmer but return
to sand ?
Though, I know now
I can’t see how
You are by me
And, I know now.
I can see how
We are bodies
On the cusp of life and death
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Black Oak Netherlands
Black Oak is a band from the Netherlands formed by Geert van der Velde (The Black Atlantic) and Thijs Kuijken (I am Oak).
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