1. |
The Immensity
04:33
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What’s beautiful, that’s all they wanna know
And memorable when nature lets it go
I broke the shelf that held my only prize
Why do they teach us lies?
I’m wandering with mystery at my side
And love is another word to call my life
Yet the immensity is never far behind
Where do we go to cry?
They share your stories in the shelter
Of the visions and laughs you had with Jesus
They ride all day in a Sinclair Santa Fe
Singing I know, I know…
And I know you know that aching in my soul
And the dance between the teachings that we’re told
I know you know that well to tap for strength
Why do we then divide?
They share your stories in the shelter
Of the visions and laughs you had with Jesus
They ride all day in a Sinclair Santa Fe
Singing I know, I know…
And I know I won’t agree to fall upon my knees
Or worship something I can’t find within me
So where do I take the visions from my dreams?
Where do I take my heart when it is aching?
Where do we go to sing?
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2. |
My Rebellion
04:18
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I close my eyes and sing
Release my arms and swing
I refuse to hold it in
I won’t be silenced anymore
Now I won’t be silenced anymore
I close my eyes and sing
I was born into an illusion
Has me wrapped up and contained
Has me measured and explained
But I won’t accept this path
Has me rushing towards my death
I open up and let it ring…
And I close my eyes and sing
This act is my rebellion
To keep my soul alive
In the wavering of times
I close my eyes and sing
They say we fight for our survival
Well I fight to love the world
I fight to feel the mystery
Behind every living thing
I tell you it’s not easy
I fall back into their stories
That I do not measure up
Oh no no, free me from my mind
Open up and let it ring
Open up
I close my eyes and sing
This act is my rebellion
To keep my soul alive
In the wavering of times
I close my eyes and sing
Release my arms and swing
Refuse to hold it in
I close my eyes and sing
This act is my rebellion
To keep my soul alive
In the wavering of times
I close my eyes and sing
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3. |
You Dancing
05:00
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When a song gets in, when a song gets in in the body
When a song gets in, when a song gets in in the body
Is there anything as beautiful as you dancing?
As you abandon social structures that hold you down
As you smile, for the joy of becoming boundless is embodied
In your blushing cheeks
Is there anything as beautiful as you dancing?
With your body in trance, you look deeply into horizon
Doubtless in gaze
That you ever anything but complete
When a song gets in, when a song gets in in the body
When a song gets in, when a song gets in in the body
Is there anything I’d rather see than you dancing?
As you breaking all the rules in ruthless surrender
And you twirl, reclaiming the space they taught you was not yours
To take up and explore
Anything, anything I’d rather see than you dancing?
Than you glowing, as you’re returning
To your forgotten perfection
Than you glowing, in your limitless creation
When a song gets in, when a song gets in in the body
When a song gets in, when a song gets in in the body
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4. |
I Grow Wild
04:26
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There’s a patch of my soul that I let grow wild
Overgrown, untamed, and free
Littered with debris, fallen petals, shriveled leaves,
Grass grown to seed
I do not clean it up, I do not cut it down
It’s my womanhood
I do not try to train it, build a fence so to contain it
It’s my animal
No I let it rise
I let it grow - to feed my hungry soul
What is a weed or debris or a blemish or beauty?
I know they teach us what’s allowed
What is right and what is wrong, what’s an outcast, what belongs?
Why do they teach us we’re too loud?
So I visit to the wild, just like I was a child
So I remember how to scream
I’m taking off my shoes, in a dance that has no rules
So I can muddy up my feet
And I make a mess
Wild and nothing less - come take over my soul
There’s a patch of my soul that I let grow wild
I can visit with rebellion for the man
That once saw me as a weed, that must not grow so free
So he can manage how much of her we see
So I do not bring her down, I do not take her out
She’s our womanhood
There’s nothing to conceal or not to feel
There’s nothing truly free that cannot heal
No I grow wild, I let it rise
I grow wild, I let it rise
To throw her seeds upon the soil
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5. |
The Sunlight
03:28
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After the longest winter
The sun rises like an angel
Upon the Earth reveals
Heaven was always here
The sunlight will dry off my tears
If I let the ground just hold me
To welcome the grace of the wind
To wash me of my wanderin’
I know there is no sin
I know there is no failure
I know this is no test
No refusing me to enter
Oh the sunlight makes it clear
And the moment passes soon
Will I take the step outside
To watch Eden as it blooms?
The bounty of endless enchantment
Swimming in the scent of summer
The buzzing and barking of family
Here to share this dream together
Under incomprehensible stars
My eyes they get to open
With the current of Earth in my skin
In paradise I somehow wakened
And I know that this is it
The Glory Hallelujah
That holds me as I am
This ground by which I stand
Oh the sunlight makes it clear
And the moment passes soon
Will I take the step outside
To watch Eden as it blooms?
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6. |
Kindness
03:41
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Come on, wake up
Come on, my love
Wake up
Open, open your eyes
Come on
Take off, take off this disguise
Come on, my love
Come just as
You are
I see you, I see you, I hear you
I know you
Always
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7. |
I'm All In
04:30
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When the piano fell out of tune
Suddenly I’m questioning my muse
While the dust starts settling in a quiet house
It’s been ages since I played for you
Now I don’t care to write a story just to cry
Or perform as everlasting when the fire dies
Call it a fall from grace or looking stillness in the face
It doesn’t have to ache
So when I ask and there’s no answer
But to meet the infinite silence as I wait
In the dark - well I’m all in
Suspended now with no certainty to save
And it doesn’t have to ache
When the E-string broke in the middle of the night
My uncertainty begged me not to lie
And as I gave my voice to question, the gate’s been open ever since
Will the answer come back in time?
Now I float like a feather, with nothing to grab
No repel or attraction, no one calling “Come back”
I only feel the ether, but it’s a sign I know I’m free
There’s nothing now holding me
So when I ask and there’s no answer
But to meet the infinite silence as I wait
In the dark - well I’m all in
Suspended now with no certainty to save
I’m all in
And it doesn’t have to ache
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8. |
As One
03:47
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Under the hush of the mountain
We all got caught looking out
We all, we all had to stop
All but for our beating hearts
Under the hush of the mountain
With all our eyes set on the top
We all, we all empty of thought
With every soul together caught
Under the hush of the mountain
How fast did the rain fall that day?
When no one alone stood in its way
When we all as one, became
When we all as one, became
When we all as one
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9. |
This Grand Table
05:12
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I say yes
A million times
Down from the grave
Up to saving grace
I won’t back down
I won’t die young
My time on earth
Has just begun
Hear me now
I raise my state
To know no bounds
To know no fate
Sing it loud
And then repeat
At this grand table
I take my seat
To taste and feel
To dance in love
My time on earth
Has just begun
Oh countless ways
I go wandering back
Into the grave
By fearful ways
And though you call
I turn it off
Cuz time is strong
And love is soft
But death is counting
The choice is mine
Ring the alarm
Or keep on, keep on
Will I enter more
Or close the door
The rising sun
Has just begun
I say yes
A million times
To raise my eyes
And meet the sky
Sing it loud
And then repeat
At this grand table
I take my seat
To be with you
To taste this food
To hear the sound
Of gratitude
To be in body
This time on earth
To fall and fumble
And then return
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10. |
Day In, Day Out
05:36
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In the end, can I be a ghost
Following the sun, day in and day out
Perching on the treetops
Dancing across water
Floating with the fog
Day in and day out
In the end, can I stay a while
Gaze a little longer, my beloved sky
Into the coloring of sunrise
And at the painting of the sunset
And the miracle it casts
Day in and day out
In the end, can I ride the wind
Blowin’ ‘round just to observe - life on earth
Can I just explore
Roaming with the clouds
Circling this sphere
Day in and day out
I don’t think I’d ever get it
I don’t think I’d ever be done
I don’t think I’d ever be ready
To leave
I don’t think I’d ever get it
I don’t think I’d ever be done
I don’t think I’d ever be ready
To leave
So can I be a ghost
And wander
Aimless
Awestruck
Consumed
And forever curious
Day in
Day out
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eleanor murray Olympia, Washington
Songwriter, producer, and artist Eleanor Murray has spent the past twelve years creating and recording music out of the Pacific Northwest. Informed by folk tradition while adhering to no rules, Eleanor Murray’s music exists in a genre all its own. Her songs are often structurally complicated, while also sparse and open, full of warmth and light. Each album’s sonic landscape is completely its own. ... more
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