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Lavender
03:04
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I walked in the door
You smiled as if to say
You are a sinner
I believe there’s so much more
Beneath your face
I found the icing on the cake
In the way you are
It’s in your gaze
It’s in your eyes
How can so much trouble find its way
Into this garden?
Was there too much sunshine (too much sun)?
Or too much rain?
With all my heart
With tenderness i care
I never meant
To spoil the floral scent of lavender, lavender
You drink it in and thirst for more
Didn’t you have enough before?
And didn’t you know?
If you kill the golden goose
You will lose everything, everything
Despite all this grief
I can’t live a lie
Heaven knows i’ve tried
To do what’s right
How can so much trouble find its way
Into this garden?
Was there too much sunshine (too much sun)
Or too much rain?
With all my heart
With tenderness i care
I never meant
To spoil the floral scent
Of lavender, lavender, lavender, lavender
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Still the river
02:21
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Dust on the ground
In the darkest of shadows
I'm lying down
To the sound of my breath
There's a crack in the ceiling
Where daylight streams in
And as I rise I'm hearing
Resounding joy within
No sorrow lasts forever
For life is ripe in season
As a pale moon ascends
The heart of Earth beats on
Don't try to still the river
Don't break her cosmic flow
There's nothing you can give her
Just leave her drifting slow
These long summer evenings
I'm drowning in the haze
With just a memory for keeping
These wonderful days
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Glimpse
03:06
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You hardly listen to what I meant to say
it’s up to you, what do you hear?
Believing words never lie
Depicting shadows of the truth
I glimpse from the corner of your eye
You simplify my words until they lie
You choke them mysteriously into this stickiness
Blood, sweat, what are we fighting for?
And if these words never lie
What are these shadows you cast?
A glimpse from the corner of your eye
Behind each version of the truth
Stretched beyond the pale
Behind the tears and compromise
We hide our bitterness
Believing words never lie
Depicting shadows of the truth
I glimpse from the corner of your eye
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Idling moon
02:21
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I asked the moon, did she rise too soon?
Did she steal from the sun
One slanting afternoon?
As swirling clouds were twisting
Around her shining face of glory
Against a deepening night
What does she care above time up there?
Idling through the sky
No shame as she steals her light
Oh but I
Just couldn’t wait, so certain I’d get left behind
I was always racing through time
Chasing a lie
But it’s alright
In the here and now, what does it matter?
I can toss it away
Idling moon shed your silver light
I feel no shame
It’s alright
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Kathy Rhodes Bordeaux, France
English singer/songwriter. Armed with a guitar and a soft, trippy voice, Kathy presents a mixed bag of indie folk originals,
and some covers, filled with elegance, charm and uplifting, intimate, soothing moments of calm contrasting with dynamic bursts of emotion.
Kathy's work is « sublime » ! Her songs have been described as such by the prolific French author/historian Dominique Lormier.
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A treasured work of art that will pull at your heart strings. Amazing softly soothing, beautiful voice, captivating lyrics and blissful melodies
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