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Lingereth
02:52
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I didn’t mind waiting for you
I didn’t mind waiting for you
I didn’t mind waiting for a heart so true
some days were dark, some nights were cold
some days were dark, some nights were cold
some others tried to take my soul
when all our days have come and gone
when all our days have come and gone
our love will linger in this song
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2. |
Wait For Spring
03:13
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hearts that wait for spring
aren’t wise, are they?
they pull petals to tell them all of love
a sure settle, soft for the patient heart
I’m one of these
if words catch in my mouth, kiss it
if you want me close, listen
love comes easy, goes hard
I am a creature of pleasing, nothing too far
give me all your looks, tend me gentle and kind
I am a creature, so please me, keep me from harm
if you love me like that
if you love me like that
if you love me like that
if you love me like that
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3. |
Cuseo Hands
03:18
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I could keep house, window view
while you’re still and breathe quite freely
tuck the waves under your eyelids
the salt the same as I was
I’ve a bird who waits for you
with the words that run right through
he is ever patient, he is not like me
he is wide awake while I am dreaming
all alone at the edge of earth
a second birth
I’d shed, I’d shed everything
give my body to the sea
the shell of it, still tidal shift
this crescent kiss, this ooo
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4. |
Turn Salt
03:14
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what love is calm? this is
a ghost rings at the bell
don’t answer, don’t answer
when darkness falls and red
haunts all of my dreams
I wonder, I wonder
have you found your tongue in all of this?
what languages did you miss?
I went to find out where heart had gone
I sang the night out her weary song
I won’t turn salt, ghost, I’ll marry yet
my dreams of rose and red
back to myself, ghost, I’ll mirror yet
the grace that I would wed
turn salt, I don’t think I’ll
turn salt, I don’t think I’ll
turn salt, I don’t think I’ll
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5. |
Rabbit Warrens
02:29
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may the light be called on
you and I, I went down
told a river everything
a rose so red it hurts
sweetheart, won’t you learn
it’s over now
all the rabbit warrens
vacant like a dream of horror’s gone
beckon big heart
beckon big heart
send a message of love
to all creatures
blessed this bout is won
and the sun comes out
and the sun comes out
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6. |
Holy Omen
02:32
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gentle man
hawk is overhead
for our love
generous friend
makes our bed
and lays me down
where is wonder?
all around the awe I’m in
for a lover
sweet as strong
as heaven’s grin
I never knew I could feel calm and loved
I never knew I could feel calm and loved
I never knew I could feel calm and loved
calm and loved
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7. |
Blue Edge Of Light
02:18
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blue edge of light holding my amber thoughts
am I that creature caught?
I twist in sheets I shift in stillness
all of my language lost and bodied
for my ghost I beg to thread it all out now
to nudge every cop-out like I’m tied to skin
and my love
tell my honest love
how he breaks and builds me
and my heart that she’s free
and my heart that she’s free
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8. |
Thrush Song
04:00
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right at the edge of the roof there’s a nest
day breaks and little voices awake to beg
I wanted to mother, I wanted to help
you wanted another, or maybe yourself
I wanted a mother, I wanted help
you wanted another, or maybe yourself
I only know that the dawn brings back sight
and there’s so many creatures in the daylight
to say I’ve been sad is the saddest word
like my heart is some little waiting bird
when I wanted a lover, you wanted yourself
you wanted a mother, I couldn’t help
I only know that the dawn brings back sight
but sometimes the night really takes her time
right at the edge of the roof there’s a nest
little wings that grow strong as they can
I only know that the dawn brings back sight
in the wonder of two weeks taking flight
they’ll be alright
they’ll be alright
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Hush
03:42
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fable’s end
you were my only friend
in the mist and bloom
wild then
we as our only sense
of what we knew
have you forgot?
set hush in our eyes
and mouths
your heart, your ire
go dark
for all the times I faded myself for you judge
you’re a river in me, carving out the rough, the rough
do you reckon me, too, love?
do you reckon me, too?
hey, I’m still here
hey, I’m still here
hey, I’m still here
fall in the bed of how you’ve been
holding your head high
I’m not afraid not anymore
I’m just a fire
I’m just a fire
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10. |
Thick Of Night
02:06
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only as dull as it cuts
when you write I’ll tell you
true love comes only once
terrors that hide behind eyes
in the darkest hours
I’ve seen them more than twice
bird song goes like
bird song goes for life
and it starts with two hearts
in the thick of the night
stayed by the wonder
by starlight
bird song goes like
bird song goes like
bird song goes for life
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Greta Ruth Minneapolis, Minnesota
poem & tone. guitar & voice. language & harmony.
song as a way to sit with, move
through, & heal from experience.
softness & dissonance. reflection & dynamic stillness.
the tension of opposites & the alchemy of internal work.
thank you for listening.
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