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please don’t forget Me in a foreign land
please don’t forget Me in a foreign land
the well has run dry
the well has run dry
the well has run dry
listen, listen, seek the coast,
all your crosswinds are blowing,
your old ship is slowing, and
cast behind you, to the sea
all your gilded libations
your rogue supplications and
lay a blanket on my bed
when i’m afraid of dying
t’will comfort my poor eyes to see
listen, listen, distant tongues
of a new world have spoken,
with symbols half-broken, and
think of Me when to their shores
you’ll bring new words, soft-spoken,
t’will lighten their hard loads to hear
the well has run dry
the well has run dry
the spirit is nigh
listen, listen, living signs of Your
coming and going
please don't forget Me
leave us a remnant
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2. |
Ayin
04:00
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Not by fire, not by light, not by sound
Not in vision, nor in language, not by thought
Oh, my G-d
Not by living, nor by dying, not in time
Not in speaking, nor in listening, not by rhyme
Not by power, not by might, not by cause
Not by thought
Oh, my G-d
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3. |
Fatherly Ways
05:38
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lie leave me by the banks of clay and brine
I have seen my one true love follow behind
lie relieve me of the need for pantomime
lie that’s seen me through the tremblings of these times
when the vagaries of rhyme
leave a space for yours and mine
lover, I think about your cities in the dust
and the temple that I’ve built around my lust
you can raze it to the ground now babe if you must
lie prepare for me a bed of cardamine
lie believe me that this world prepares a sign
when a glimmer in the wine
lets us know that we’ll be fine
and a curling of the vine
leaves a trace of Your design
oh and I got my fatherly ways
oh and I got my fatherly ways
oh and I got my fatherly ways
oh and You blessed the work of my hands
oh and I scattered seeds in Your sands
oh and I couldn’t parse out my days
oh and I got my fatherly ways
lie that grabbed me by the scruff upon my chin
lie that taught me what a sorry state I’m in
must’ve been a lie that traced for me the contours of the truth
lie that chased me through the corridors of my youth
because lover, I still listen for you
by the water side
when the hint of morning
blushes in the sky
till the gentle evening
rolls in with the tide
when a clouding of the mind
leaves a candle lit in kind
and a curse upon the vine
makes its case for yours and mine
oh and I got my fatherly ways
oh and I got my fatherly ways
oh and I got my fatherly ways
oh and the water laps at our feet
oh and the ways our bodies will meet
oh and the ocean numbers our days
oh and I got my fatherly ways
In the night, by the light of the moon
Pray on, pray on, pray on, pray on
In the night, by the light of the moon
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4. |
Lost in the Night
07:17
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when the autumn moon glistens in the sky
and another light glitters in your eye
I've got something to show you
when you're close to the ghost inside your brain
as you're standing beneath the autumn rain
I've got something to show you
when you go out my way, don't be afraid
look at all the new tracks that you have made
I've got something to show you
Living Light, is it up to me?
when you're lost in the night don't be afraid
look at all the mistakes our fathers made
I've got something to show you
say a prayer for me beside the grave
of the ancestral debts we haven't paid
I've got something to show you
Living Light, is it up to me?
but then when the crops don't grow
and the night grows cold
and the songs you sing
cannot water bring
when the sea don't spit
and the earth don't split
and the crickets laugh
at the joy of it
but then when the crops don't grow
and the Lord does show
that the morning time
brings a fiery sign
illuminate the sky
telling you and I
that if the crops don't grow
then it's time to go
and I have tended Your fire
and I have stood by Your fire
and I have slept by Your fire
and I have lived by Your fire
and I have kindled Your fire
and I have prayed by Your fire
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For Jerusalem
06:30
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I don’t need no secret sign
or hidden form just let me know that
all my trials aren’t for nothing
I’ve come this far, show me something!
I’m not asking for no vision,
charm, nor cure, nor body risen
from no crypt, just where my feet should
fall upon this earth I’m living!
I was born in a gentle way
and all I wanted was the time of day
and I been here since the month of May
and all I’m wanting is to hear you say
you cannot know Me for yourself
you cannot know Me for yourself
I traveled miles from my home
I wandered far from my home
I had to find it on my own
I had to find it on my own
take my breath, my tattered words and
shake my bones, just let me know that
round this corner’s more than nothing
I can’t hear You, show me something!
sorry if I seem impatient
I was told this was Your place and
sure I guess I’ve grasped at traces
now let’s end the occupation!
Ring out in my head
Ring out in my head
I know why I write
I know why I write
Hiding in plain sight
Hiding in plain sight
I know what I got
I know what I got
Even when I’m not
Holding to the thought
Living in my head
Living in my head
Even when I’m dead
Even in my end
I’ll ring out ring out right
Even when I’m dead
Even in my end
I’ll ring out ring out right
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6. |
Close
05:06
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Groaning sky, yawning wide across the night as
Rainy leaves, chased like thieves in windy flight but
We’ll be fine, never mind a little lightning
Come inside, come inside, the dogs are biting
Leave it to the mountains to set you free, it is not reachable
Plummet to the depths of the holy sea, it is not reachable
Close the blinds, close the blinds to let the light in
Reason pines, vision climbs, we need a sight that
Stills the eyes, yours and mine, it’s kinda frightening
Break your shrines, take these lines, a ball of twine for
Greedy hands, make yr plans, we got no time for
Fool’s designs, yours or mine, we need a light that
Shines and blinds, glows and hides our fingers tightening
Golden mind, close the blinds to let the light in
Look upon the mountaintop, what d’you see? it is not reachable
Lonely little ghost in a deep blue sea, it is not reachable
Leap across the mountaintops, one, two, three, it is not reachable
Peel away the coast from the rolling sea, it is not reachable
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For Justice
04:48
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and in whose name?
and at whose call?
and by whose hand?
and on whose land?
and on which day?
and by what laws?
and with what trial?
and in whose home?
and by whose blood?
and at what cost?
and in whose gaze?
and by whose loss?
and in whose eyes?
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8. |
Open
03:44
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how much longer now till i can see You again
i've been up all night longing just to see You again
we can make the world a whole or we can leave it broken
but why'd You close the front door i think You should leave it open
hide under my palm tonight so i can feel You again
i could wait a long long life just to feel You again
i found a poem on my tongue when i had first awoken
Yours were the last few words that i had left unspoken
so climb into my poem tonight so i can read You again
set my little tongue alight so i can speak You again
we can make the world a whole or we can leave it broken
but why'd You close the front door i think You should leave it open
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