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Little Bird
04:09
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Little Bird, little bird don’t fly
take your wing on another night
how the clouds tell tales about you
and the stars pair off in twos
take your wing in the morning light
gather all but your twigs and twine
and the moment you fly true
will be on the morning dew
And go, go with all of your heart
to the places of starting anew,
start anew
Go, take on all other worlds,
the invention of heaven and hell
can’t hold you
Little bird, little bird don’t fly
take your wing, but don’t say goodbye
How we’ll miss your beautiful tunes
as you sang the morning blues
And the whisper on the wind,
will awake your soul again
it will take your soul to the end
little bird, little bird don’t fly
little bird, little bird, don’t.
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Writer's Block
02:55
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I wake up, struggle out of bed,
the ghosts fade away as I wander lonely hallways push the curtains back, shower after a week
and I say, tomorrow will be the day
But tomorrow never comes, tomorrow waves from the other side of my heart but I keep hoping that I can start tomorrow
I wake up, today is a new day
but I’m finding it harder to keep my mind awake pacing back and forth, no thoughts will come to me so I’ll wait until the next sleep
I’m a prisoner of my mind, a labyrinth of time
and the fire deep inside, has almost gone dry,
but I hope
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Opinions
03:11
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I was stuck in between two souls suffocating to get out
placating my existence
traveling further to stay out of my head, the distance
was never far enough, he said remember the Alamo? No.
A forward spelled out lightly, in the dark and on the ground the anger is surprised me welling with the fiercest tongue but I am not a loud babe hiding behind someone else
I wish I could be one.
How can I be one?
Not to be confused form your own opinions I am not a muse
nor am I a villain not to be confused form your own opinions, your own opinions
Now days they are so gloomy
exit strategies are for the universal movie that I wish I could have starred in
I’ve grown quite weary holding on to memories, am I the only one?
I couldn’t be the one.
Let out the beast let her grow
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Cogwork
03:02
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The sound you make is biting my heart to pieces, writhing awake, away the window to fly open, the long way down.
And I know how to go through the motions, but something in the cog work won’t let me progress
The burning pierce of freedom with pokes and prods, no reason the cage, a staged emotion to want to go back to that down
forward, to the edge of my life to the edge of my time
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The Fool
04:21
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I could manage more
if this is how you keep the score and after all is said,
you’d rather be left in your head
Remembering silence, it’s not the game you’d like to play,
but your so good
Champion of silence, and after all the metal glints your smile
pick a card, the fools beguiling you
I could find the start, if you would pay attention while obsessing over truths that hide themselves in clear plain view
Deciding the triumph, it’s not a loss you’d like to claim but you will take
Champion of silence, and after all, the medal glints your eyes
pick a star, the fool’s beguiling you
Deciding what’s the biggest step towards the infinite
The infinite is calling all the shots and we’re pretending that we’re in control but we all know, the fates have chosen you, the fool
I could manage more if this is how you keep the score and after all is said, you’d rather be left in your head
Remembering silence, it’s not the game you’d like to play,
but your so good
Champion of silence, and after all the metal glints your smile
you’ve picked a card, the fool’s beguiled you
now you’re the fool
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Every Little Morning
01:30
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You see me in the morning pulling at the seams
of the nightmares telling stories brushing them beneath
Crying hide, though winter’s find is visiting my bones tonight
aching soul and baited breath hoping to catch a quivered lip
I see you in the morning reaching for the stream
of redemption by the glory that other people see
Crying, no don’t look at me the relics pushing through the cracks
asking more the energy is hotter closer to the back
Of every little morning every little warning
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Leo Cusp Cancer
03:04
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I know I shouldn’t put much stock in my astrology birth chart but, I can’t wait to find out why I am the way I am
I am not okay I will be, okay?
As if the sun and moon could change my ways and outward appearance I could be so happy living free under star light of me
I am not okay I will be, okay?
Twenty years of messed up fears, you’d think I’d learn by now
to let it out, not push it down but then they’ll know my crowning achievements, in disaster, See?
So now I know my own, my Leo, Cancer, Capricorn thorns that stick into my eyes and heart and back track to where I was
I am not okay I will be, okay?
I am not okay I will be, okay?
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You wait for everything to start loading around you
as if the world were on your phone breaking as you expound
on current events a little too late, behind the get
You wait for everything to slow in hopes of catching up
the miles between the here and now are troubling to decide
if you should ever try like a fire, smothering life
you wait for everything to stop pulling you into screens
of cotton candy, popcorn popped and soda streams from your feet and the movie begins when will it end? it never ends.
You wait for everything to start.
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Go to Sleep
05:33
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Go to Sleep, in your dreams you are free In your dreams you are free
in your dreams you are who you should be
Go to sleep, in the night you will follow your wings and your wings will lift you to your dreams and your dreams, you will be, who will be?
All to late, summer night the simmering sides,
in a waking moment, you were gone But the happiest time
was the memories of your eyes, bright awoken dreaming light
After all, shooting star you’ve come so far,
the moment is around the bend But the earth plays it’s tricks on us stumbling further past, the point we’ll never find it here
Who will be the night sky? As the birds delight by singing your death
and the sun surprises passing by, with clouds, and clouds rain down the truth
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Mighty Bird
03:57
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I don’t know if you have heard stories of the giant bird that pulled the sun across the sky and buried fear in the mountains nigh.
But one day that fear arose hiking down the mountain pose
the town below didn’t hear it come and soon it held them hostage in their homes
And the mighty bird swooped down in threes to carry away fear and its deeds. In the morning light that bird did sing of hope
Morning comes again we see wings afloat with clouds and trees a hymn was softly spoke, and in that song we were awoke
And the mighty bird swooped down in threes to carry away fear and its deeds. In the morning light that bird did sing of hope
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Cemetery Stones
02:25
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I notice the cemetery stones at night
how they gleam in the moonlight, and call me by name
they ask will you stay, and dance on everyone’s grave
And I say, I will stay with you
I notice the mausoleum standing upright
It arched it’s cruel back, and began to ignite the trees
asking for beer, for anything alcohol
And I say, I won’t bring you anymore
I notice an angel all alone on the path
It cowers behind stones, and silently laughs
It asks will you go, and bring back an enemy
And I say, I’d rather stay here with you
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Nalani Proctor Keokuk, Iowa
Nalani Proctor is a solo songwriter based in Iowa. Growing up in the small towns of Keokuk, IA, and Kahului, HI shaped her love of music, and sharing stories, but also pulled her in opposing directions of belonging, never quite fitting in as Hapa Hawaiian. Now, she's carving her own way. ... more
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