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Enemy of My Enemy
04:18
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I rode in on a promise of a sunrise
A light on the faces of good men displaced by change
You knew there was a wave coming to bring on an end
I’m not your enemy, but I’m not your friend
You and I know it’s a dog-eat-dog world
And we’re down to the bone
Now strangers have come
To take all that we’ve worked for and then some
But you know that I’ll be there beside you
You’ll ride to the end
Because the enemy of my enemy is my friend
Hold your head up high
I came down from a tower of privilege
And I’ll be replaced when the winds and waves have changed
And everything you gave for me you’ll give up again
Because the enemy of your enemy is your friend
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Lioness
04:31
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Cover the skin.
Summon a smile.
It’s always the same.
Seeing only smoke
Lady, they’re blind to your flame.
Their skin is quite thin
The lust in their eyes
Is a burden to bear.
The things you’ll say
To keep these hyenas away…
The little white lies.
Lost is the day
We cower and turn our eyes away.
Seeing only smoke
Sadly, neglecting your flame.
The lions, the sons-
High we’ll rise to marshal the Pride
And drag the beast
Down from the mountainside.
No more lies.
Not this time.
So cry, but don’t you hide.
You’re not alone now, lioness.
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Gestures
03:33
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Agony...
Pinned to my earth
By the force of my own ambition.
Pouring my belly into rivers of pain
The happiest I've ever been.
Because as I twist my neck
To cast an eye to my clouds
The white flames of my heavens
So glorious and terrifying at once
Put an end to my hollow gestures.
The happiest I’ve ever been.
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The Partner
04:39
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Did you ever notice
(Like you’d even care)
Ambition and friendship
Are a dissonant pair?
We couldn’t find the language
As hard as we tried
A spell for your anguish
One money can’t buy
Saddest thing
And I can’t find a reason why
But I didn’t know I was losing my soul
Until I made my little girl cry
Power over compassion
Darkness over the light
I caught your scent down-wind
Not a man
But a devil in your own right
It’s all a bit much
Your laughter is a crutch
Your smile is a dagger
And you weaponize trust
It’s all a bit much
When lives that you touch
Are turning to smoke,
Ashes and such…
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Eye On The Time
03:22
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Let me catch my breath.
Then give it to me straight.
I’ve squandered my time here.
Am I too late?
Don’t lie to me.
I’m a fool, I know.
But I’ve got an eye on the time.
And it’s got an eye on me.
Take the indignities back.
Take irrelevance, too.
Turn indifference back into hope.
Dream the vulnerable dream
And begin again.
Hold our fingers out.
Feel the open air.
Remember the songs we sang.
Remember why we cared.
Do I deserve your love,
As I deserve your truth?
Could have been anything
Had I seen through youth.
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Through The Branches Portland, Maine
Through The Branches is a transatlantic project with Tom Gagne (Maine, USA), bassist Tjarko Busink and drummer Geert-Jan Westland (The Netherlands).
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