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Back to the Sea
04:09
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It's all behind, and you've come so far
But you're running around doing nothing
You've seen a girl that you want to kiss
And it all seems so exciting
Could she be the girl,
To go into to a different world
Where past only dies, and nothing rising inside…maybe!
But do I recognise the girl inside these eyes?
For all I try - I can’t get her off my mind… god help me!
But how to let go?
When each second is what you know
In truth, inside, in the way that thoughts arrive so quickly
I know what i'm like, and i'm trying to put it right
Still my mind, so the past…
Gets left behind, left behind
Where it exists for someone who wants to lose themselves in life
It's all behind, and you've come so far
But you're running around doing nothing
She looks at you and you want to run
But her eyes seem so inviting
Will she be the one
Her name trips off my tongue
Going Back to the Sea
It's where I wanna be, darling
What do i recognise,
When I look into these different eyes??
So what do you see, am I just staring at me…a mirror?
When I look to the sky
the stars have fallen into line
And i want her to know
that her beauty is precious so, to me
I know what i'm like, and i'm trying to put it right
Still my mind, so the past…
Gets left behind, left behind
Where it exists for someone who wants to lose themselves in life
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Mae
02:55
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Mae, I jumped into your way
I found myself there, wanting to express
What words cannot express
But I know what I feel
For a girl, who ain't scared to be real
And doesn't
Play those games that girls want to play
All those games that make me run away from love
How did you add to this smile with a single kiss?
When I believed that life was right, and I was as happy as can be
Mae, it’s clear to me as day
That you’ve got so much to give unto the world
And I just want to see you as you are
And from what I’ve seen so far
It will be - All the things that make me want to play
All the things that will make me want to stay with you
How did you add to this life with a single kiss?
When I believed that life was right, and I was as happy as can be
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3. |
German Joan
02:45
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German Joan, just let yourself go
German Joan, i want just to know
What in the world could make such a girl
Who lights up the room and brings me home
I know as autumn days reveal themselves again
I do not need the words to know I have a friend
To know she speaks to me by being.
I hope without desire that love begins to grow
Between the girl and me and I hope for her to know
To know I see her beauty shining.
I am not lonely, only a man who comes out to play to brighten your day girl
If i can know you, then i will love you - all i have seen is part of a dream
But wow! You are real.
You finish every need to write more words, because they seem absurd
And do you know you have a lovely smile
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Shepherd Moon
03:12
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You are the one who brightens up the sun in the morning
I was undone, but now i'm just an angel crying
Shepherd Moon, don't go to soon
Everyone is waiting for the end to come too soon
But it ain't true, for me and you
We won't die in each other's hearts
If we start something new
You were the one who taught me
How to walk slowly so to smell all the world around me
And how i love you for this gentle gift
It's clear that you're my...
Shepherd Moon, don't go to soon
Everyone is waiting for the end to come too soon
But it ain't true, for me and you
We won't die in each other's hearts
If we start living, breathing what we know is true
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5. |
The Truth Upon The Tide
03:28
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What is this now??
My heart fills with doubt
But why can I be so out to sea when you’re around?
A familiar sound!
A change has come to me
A painful past may rise up from within
Now I’m feeling fear and so it begins
The strip search inside
To bring out all the things I’d rather hide
Bring to shore the truth upon the tide
And it makes me feel so scared,
Why do I feel so scared to love?
Dear girl, your mandible is commendable
And your love dependably end-able
But what's inside? Open wide.
Cross your heart and hope to die
But i'm a fool to think that our locking lips
Will amount to nothing more than passing ships in the night
Hold on tight, 'til the end, end is nigh
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You don’t have to be sorry for being yourself with me
Please never worry about what we might not be
You don’t have to be sorry for anything you are
I have seen in your eyes, more than I’ve ever seen before
Just keep on doing whatever it is you are
I find myself saying your name over and over again
And the sound fills my heart with fire
You don't have to be sorry for anything you say
I will always hear beyond the sound of words to where they point instead
You don't have to be sorry for taking me to task
When i'm not being myself and shadows from the past have taken me away
Just keep on doing whatever it is you are
I find myself saying your name over and over again
And the sound fills my heart with fire and love
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7. |
Oh My Love
03:13
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Oh my love what have i done?
I surrendered to the one
For you to die and be reborn tonight
Now everything is in focus
Without knowing why
Oh my love where have you been?
I didn't see you go
But now i notice, the new day and the night
I found my way back slowly
But it was a fight
All this time
You could have moved away
From all sorrow
That built up in your way
Yet you couldn't see the exit signs
Oh my love, I get i now
I let you run around
Far too long in the way
When it all went down
So many things are different in next day's light
Oh look up, my darling one
i need you as a need
For in this moment that i can be reborn tonight
I want to know no difference between you and I
And i want to feel so certain without knowing why
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8. |
Orange Days
04:12
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On your own
Not far away from here
I hope that you will hear
What i just couldn't say
Don't give in to this feeling now
Life will show you how
If you just hear it say
Love will find a way
Straight to your heart
And fill it with wonder
Now, just be real
You can do what feels right
And know that it will be okay
Nothing can hurt you
If you're in a state of grace
Take all your worry and throw it forever away
Hold out your hand and just understand that it's love
Despite all your longing
Love doesn't slow its pace
It keeps on running while you're wanting to see its face
Showing no mercy, showing no signs of regret
So why not decide to run alongside until death
If i hear and i know
I am always aware
What a joy to decide
That the past is not there
And i will be okay
And i know that i'm alive
Orange days in the past
But the feeling remains
There's no end, there's no start
And it flows through my veins
But i was there with your tears
And i've held it all these years
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Amazing Grace
02:43
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Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
Of you breathing deeply in your sleep
Just one embrace and I have found
A joy that my heart will always keep
And I know, the stars up in the sky
Aren’t there, just for you and me
But right now, they seem, to shine a light
On what, together we might be
Amazing Grace, how sweet you are
As you let yourself be you with me
So rare a thing, to hear one sing
A song of themselves when others flee
And for now your name, is on, my mind all day
And it echoes in the sky
For the month of Mae, has come my way
And i've a smile upon my eyes
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I know you know that i think
Too much about...
What i think i am
And what I feel
And what I'm without
I know it isn't wrong, dear boy
To step inside this guess
I know before too long it turns into greater love
And happiness will look at me again
And know my name
I know you know that i seek to understand
What is my place in time again?
What is the plan?
I hope the sense in me to see the test is now
I know beauty is complete
When the word just disappears
Like when the sun goes down behind the sea
It doesn't take another
To lead you to the river
Forgive us
Forgive us
It's hard to love and not want to possess
You think that you know that person best
But to look in your eyes and say
"Now i understand"
Hold you by the hand
You'll see - like when the sun goes down behind the sea
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11. |
Time To Go To Sleep
02:34
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Time to go to sleep and rest your head near mine
The secrets that you keep, have no business with mine
And i want to see you journey for a while
'Cos every thought falls silent when you smile
Time it goes so fast, when each second is lived within the past
But you take me out of time, and there i see a love divine
It's true that i hold you dear
And my heart just wants you to be near
But i want to see you swim into life
So more can know the orange light surrounding you
That shone to me as summer slipped away
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Dear Light Bristol, UK
Here lies the first four albums by Dear Light; 'Dear Light' (2010), 'Sternenfall' (2011), 'The Observer' (2011) and
'Shepherd Moon' (2013).
I'm hope to finish four newer albums in 2021 - 'And We Do Not Fear' (2015), 'But Still And All' (2016), 'Galilean Ships' (2018) and 'The Warning Signs' (2020)
Newer songs here dear-light.bandcamp.com/releases
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