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Snowflake
03:26
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Tell me the weight of a snowflake
The coal mouse asked the dove
A perfect little snowflake
Floating from above
I’ll tell you the weight of a snowflake
It is nothing and nothing more
That perfect little snowflake
It is nothing and nothing more
So we sat on the branch of an ancient fir
While the snow fell and nothing stirred
And watched as the branch began...
... to break
Let it snow, let it snow
I’ll tell you the weight of a snowflake
It is nothing and nothing more
Until the ten millionth snowflake
When it might surprise us all
Let it snow, let it snow
Let it snow, let it snow
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In the night, creatures choose different pathways
To those we take in daylight
In the dark, old shapes have new meanings
Fox watches him step out of sight
Brambles will grow where bad people go
To do unspeakable things
Behind the laybys, the plants tell no lies
As we search on our hands and knees
In minutes, the flies are arriving
Somehow they know where to go
In months, the roots are accepting
The new ground in which they will grow
Brambles will grow where bad people go
To do unspeakable things
Behind the lay-bys, the plants tell no lies
As we search on our hands and knees
When we walk, we all leave our footprints
When we dig, we turn layers in the ground
When we rot, we all smell of jasmine
Our secrets are there to be found
Brambles will grow where bad people go
To do unspeakable things
Behind the lay-bys, the plants tell no lies
As we search on our hands and knees
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The Oak
02:54
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When I was younger, I bent with the wind
A tender, green sapling, unsure
Of the air, of my roots, of the soil I was in
Too shallow to be secure
Now I am older, my branches spread broad
My trunk holds two hundred rings
My bark bears the scars of arrows and hearts
My leaves hide the birds as they sing
CHORUS
I’ve lasted two hundred cold winters
As others they grow and they fall
No-one has lasted to listen
To the stories that I have to tell
Now I stand lonely, my friends are the stones
The rivers, the mountains, the sea
The chalk, the clay, the flint and the bones
Those who are still here with me
CHORUS
My roots running deeper, I’ll weather the storms
The sun will return by and by
I’ll splinter with lightning when it is my time
A hundred years more till I die
CHORUS
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Falling
03:12
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Falling, I dream I’m falling
But falling’s fine... until you stop
Dreaming, I’m always dreaming
I wake up screaming
How happy I would be, an apple in a tree
Until I drop, and then I’ll rot
I won’t see who’s underneath,
inventing gravity
Or maybe not
Falling, I dream I’m falling
But falling’s fine... until you stop
Dreaming, I’m always dreaming
I wake up screaming
Heading for the moon
In a helium balloon
Until it pops, I start to drop
Will this be my destiny
Terminal velocity?
If I get bored, I’ll pull the cord
The Earth seems so benign
From the bridge of Soyuz 9
Who would have thought?
A Cosmonaut
Narrowing my eyes
What can I recognise
Where to begin, I’m zooming in
Falling, I dream I’m falling
But falling’s fine... until you stop
Dreaming, I’m always dreaming
I wake up screaming
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A Little Space
03:24
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All I ask is for a little space
All I need is just a little space
Won’t you give me that little space
In your heart
I’m asking for a little space
I’m needing just a little space
Won’t you give us a little space
To grow
When I breathe in
You don’t need to breathe out for me
There are some things I don’t need to be told
I may be on my own, but I’m not lonely
When I shiver, it’s not that I’m cold
I’m asking for a little space
I’m needing just a little space
Won’t you give us a little space
To grow
And for you, the weekends are the lonely times
On Friday night, Monday’s a life away
And I’m happy to see and be seen with you
But I’m used to my own space
And in space, the stars sing if we listen
Nothing need drag us back to Earth
I’m asking for a little space
I’m needing just a little space
Won’t you give us a little space
To grow
All I ask is for a little space
All I need is just a little space
Won’t you give me that little space
In your heart
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Superficial
03:15
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She said I’m looking for a boyfriend
It might as well be you
But I’m going to need security
We both know that is true
I won’t spend what’s left of my poor soul
On a pretty boy who’s on the dole
It may be superficial
But it might as well be you
It might as well be you
It might as well be you
It may be superficial
But it might as well be you
You don’t have to be too handsome
I don’t even mind a little fat
But you have to have your own teeth
And the keys to a Mayfair flat
It might as well be you
It might as well be you
It may be superficial
But it might as well be you
In the years since I’ve been dating
Nothing’s really changed
I’m still tracing patterns in my beer
Staring at the carpet stains
She said if we were being honest
The same is true of you
You want a thing of beauty
Who is more than five foot two
You’d rather spend your life alone
Than with a clever girl of sixteen stone
It may be superficial
But it’s what you’re going to do
It might as well be you
It might as well be you
It may be superficial
But it might as well be you
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I Grow Old
03:17
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I shall climb and watch dawn break
Go swimming in a mountain lake
Back in time for tea and cake
Do I dare to eat a peach?
Dance upon a moonlit beach?
Aim for love out of reach?
I grow old
I shall wear my ballet shoes
I shall fall upon a bruise
I’ll ignore what I could lose
I shall jump from the thirteenth stair
Grind my teeth and grow my hair
Greet you in my underwear
I grow old
I shall still know right from wrong
I shan’t stop until we’re done
I shall sing a protest song
And grow old
I shan’t do as I am told
I shall wear my trousers rolled
And grow old
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Long Slow Distance
03:58
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Long, slow distance
Between you and me
Something is growing between us
As far as I can see
But there’s no way of knowing
If we’re coming or we’re going
In the distance
No earthquakes or drama
No rifts in our karma from afar
There will be no explosions
No waves of emotion in the distance
And in the distance is where you are
We’ve assumed a safe distance
Gently day by day
Long, slow distance
We’re better off this way
There’s no way of knowing
If we’re coming or we’re going
In the distance
No sideways glances
No second chances, we’ll be free
Like a tree in the forest
You won’t hear when I am falling
In the distance
And in the distance is where I’ll be
Long distance, long distance
There’s no way of knowing
If we’re coming or we’re going
In the distance
And in the distance is where I’ll be
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Off The Grid
03:56
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What did we do before the Net?
When Facebook Friends hadn’t liked us yet
Before the fear of missing out
Overcame my natural doubts
I’m going to slip away
Going to slip away
Heading off the grid
And late at night, my guard drops
I’m researching all my former loves
They see the things that no-one should
What I did, and what I could
I’m going to slip away
Going to slip away
Heading off the grid
An algorith is as an algorith does
What started as a game
Manipulates our thoughts
I’m going to slip away
Going to slip away
Heading off the grid
An algorith is as an algorith does
What started out as fun
Is blotting out the sun
If you could see what they see
You’d realise nothing’s free
They hold a power no-one should
You’re not the buyer, you’re the goods
I’m going to slip away
Going to slip away
Heading off the grid
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Bonsai
03:09
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A perfect life in miniature
A pot carved from jade
Planted by your grandfather
He never saw my shade
Bonsai
My care’s a careful ritual
I grow into your ways
Afternoons and coffee spoons
A passing of the days
Hours become weeks
Become years, become lives
We are, we are, the sum of our scars
Every bend of every branch
Bonsai
Emperors and astronauts
Will rise and surely fall
With the care of your descendants
I’ll outlive them all
Bonsai
Hours become weeks
Become years, become lives
We are, we are, the sum of our scars
Every bend of every branch
Bonsai
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When I was younger, I bent with the wind
A tender, green sapling, unsure
Of the air, of my roots, of the soil I was in
Too shallow to be secure
Now I am older, my branches spread broad
My trunk holds two hundred rings
My bark bears the scars of arrows and hearts
My leaves hide the birds as they sing
I’ve lasted two hundred cold winters
As others they grow and they fall
No-one has lasted to listen
To the stories that I have to tell
Now I stand lonely, my friends are the stones
The rivers, the mountains, the sea
The chalk, the clay, the flint and the bones
Those who are still here with me
I’ve lasted two hundred cold winters
As others they grow and they fall
No-one has lasted to listen
To the stories that I have to tell
My roots running deeper, I’ll weather the storms
The sun will return by and by
I’ll splinter with lightning when it is my time
A hundred years more till I die
I’ve lasted two hundred cold winters
As others they grow and they fall
No-one has lasted to listen
To the stories that I have to tell
No-one has lasted to listen to me
To the stories that I have to tell
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Serious Child England, UK
Roots songwriter from the West Sussex woods
⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ Spiral Earth
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