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can you imagine waiting
ten thousand years for summer?
that would put even this winter to shame
how the seed knows
when it's safe to emerge
doesn't matter how long it's been frozen
and it's the same for me
that glacier here pokin
rubbin me raw
waitin me out
and there's nowhere to run
you just get ground down deeper
givin up hope
that your life is about to start
all the books I never read
all the ones I never kissed
we don't mind death
we just mind the suspense
but I haven't died yet
I'm just waitin
is it the same for you?
that glacier here pokin
rubbin you raw
waitin you out
and there's nowhere to run
you just get ground down deeper
givin up hope
that your life is about
anything at all
even mighty rivers
it's the same to me
I smile at the first flower after the ice age
knowin it's just a matter of time
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sadder in the summer
02:40
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I get sadder in the summer without my veil on
like a lonely bride hummin a wedding song
this must be what it's like in heaven when the thrill is gone
I get sadder in the summer but it won't last long
in the winter there are branches to hang your blues upon
in the winter there are chances that it won't be long
in the summer there are lovers, am I the only one
who gets sadder in the summer? come on let's have some fun
in the winter there's no option, you gotta stay strong
but all that bracing lingers long after the cold is gone
takes some time to learn to play after it's been so long
let's go dancing in the summer to the saddest song
I'm the type that's always reveled in the saddest song
first time I heard 'something so right' I could sing along
think the summer's just the current version going on
so I'm sadder in the summer but there's nothing wrong
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samvega
04:17
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I just wanna be free
I just wanna be happy forever
I just wanna be loved
I don't wanna be somebody better
I just wanna be me
without having that be a problem
I just wanna have friends
without having to ever call them
is that too much?
tell me honey
to ask for
I just wanna know peace
I just wanna feel safety inside me
I just wanna know why
it's so hard to put my demons behind me
I just wanna be wise
understand the reasons people suffer
I just wanna be kind
take the world as my gentle lover
is that too much?
tell me honey
to ask for
I think there's an upside to all this darkness
I'm not interested in expensive watches
I have to be free, there's no option
either that or completely lose my noggin
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the wasteland
03:58
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as you travel this lonesome road
you will come to the wasteland
and when you do you will know
why they call it the wasteland
when you're lonely, feelin blue
you will come to the wasteland
and when you do just hold on
don't be scared of the wasteland
I'm a stranger with no friends
I have come from the wasteland
bringing gifts to you
all I have is the wasteland
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translation
04:17
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I need you in translation
the sun in the trees
the light on the table
the whispering breeze
not my imagination
no, this is really here for me
the cool of forgiveness
the warmth of harmony
all I have is translation
the sun peekin through the trees
and an insufficient poem
just a moment, then it leaves
falling, burning like a riot
I think I never knew my life before
and still don't know it now
and probly never will
just these translations anyhow
I want you in translation
you are my family
I never felt so close to
the blood inside of me
churning, yearning for survival
never felt so fuckin tribal
you're my nation
in this translation
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Witness Minneapolis, Minnesota
Witness is a garage-country/jazz-fusion/rock-n-roll power trio from Minneapolis, MN. Our new travelogue album just passing through is a mix of full-band and solo arrangements of songs Gabe wrote while on a six-week solo road trip last year. Loud guitars and heavy drums intersperse with minimalist piano and banjo for a rollicking journey through heartbreak and back. ... more
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