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Northpoint
02:37
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Wake up to a kingdom of moonlight cold
Falling down easy through a storm
Cloudy curtain lifts from the windowpane
Sea of lights shimmer far beneath
It's a lonely, lonely place
It's a lonely, lonely place
It’s the only place I need
It’s the only place for me
Close my arms around me as I walk alone
Streetlight blue shadows, watch them grow
Close me into darkness and my newfound home
In this deep winter that I roam
In the autumn came a breeze
Called me here in all my grief
Now the pain, it starts to leave
As I feel my body freeze
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2. |
Into My Home
04:15
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I don't want to waste away alone
Sitting all night by the telephone
I can hear the scratching underground
Bringing up madness into town
And into my home
Into my home
Into my home
Into my home
Early morning rise up from the floor
Dirty grey light dripping through the storm
Pools in my head and out my eyes
Now it feels right to steel my mind
And open that door
Open that door
See the day born
See what it’s for
I gave myself the time to look around
I found myself alone, at least for now
Every sound I hear is close behind
They follow me inside, all in good time
Into my home
Into my home
Into my home
Into my home
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Autumn Breaking
04:18
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Newly born and though I can barely stand
I make sure I can see through the open door
You make me feel almost unreal
Keep speaking, you might reveal some secrets I've never seen
Autumn breaking,
we're silent making our way down through the door
In the country, we're feeling lucky
Spinning red scarves in the moor
You gotta be brave to see what I've got behind these eyes
No one was willing to see me unless they broke down the doors, and you tried
Wispy midnight and chills that so tightly
grasp my body and try
To pull me into a place
where I will be sure not to let you survive
You gotta think on your own and be sure I won't make you walk home alone
Because sometimes people get hurt in these ancient woods
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4. |
The Inn
03:22
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Pushing me all around
Bringing me down in time
I feel the charging, marching sound inside
All of my life I've been
Waiting for it to end
It crowds me, drowns me, once again
He is a strange young man
He never shook their hands
He walked the streets at night alone, again
In the day, by the phone
Sits in the room alone
And waits for someone to call
Isn't it sad my friend?
I can remember when
We could talk all on our own
Didn't need the telephone
How did I choose this town?
I don't remember how
Please show me, help me understand again
Up until just today
Caught up in worlds of grey
If only you'd phone me, I'd be free
You're who I came to see
I don't want silence, please
I need you, you see through, right through me
All of our lives we've been
Waiting for this moment
So come through, won't you? You will see
And until then I won't
Make a single note
I'll sing no longer until she speaks
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5. |
See Me
04:07
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See me,
come on, see me
Come on, show me what you're not
I'm feeling two foot small
Can you show me?
Come on, can you know me?
Come on
Feel me,
Come on, steal me
Come on, I'm the one you want
And I can give it all
You don't know me, you can't throw me
Come on, push me 'round again
You never know what's where
You can't ignore me, not when I'm imploring
Come on
Take me,
Come on, break me
Come on, show me what you got
It sure won't be for long
Because you're only hoping to control me
Come on
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6. |
Don't Talk At All
05:05
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Take a little dose of this,
roll out in the snow and keep yourself hid
I don't need a telephone to call you in the day,
just think of me now
I don't need that laughing sound
I don't want words, don't talk at all
I wanted one good day,
But I could only wish; I'm feeling ashamed
I got a blacktop cat on the way,
I got a blue suede that never obeys
I got one more time to be late
I need no one
And in this silent place,
All the city hogs go slowly insane
You take away their mud-soaked skies,
Throw them in a place that's really alive
Oh Godiva, you're alright
You're feeling it now, I see it swim in your eyes
So come and walk with me,
Look up at the stars and say what you see
You've got a mainline into your mind
You gotta know now, you never will die
You need a friend who's the star in your eye
You need someone
As the evening sun melts down,
Streets are sitting still, there's no one in town
Take the time to walk around
And open up your eyes, there's more to be found
And we are here today
That is all I have, there's nothing to say
Now I begin to fall
There's nothing you can do, so don't talk at all
Break down the lines in your head,
All the old rhymes that only bring death
You will know me for what I am, then
You'll know it all
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7. |
Hey Petunia
02:58
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Hey Petunia, it's gonna be alright
'cause you're never gonna need no one
In the morning, you're gonna feel alright
And you're gonna face right to the sun
And baby, walking 'round like you're crazy
Everybody's so hazy
In your mind you're a daisy
You might think that you're a'fadin',
but you don't know who you are
Hey Petunia, the fire's in your eyes
I can feel it when you walk this way
And I'm sure that you've known it all along,
You just never had the nerve to say
There's no one you're fooling more than your own babe,
Don't tell yourself that you're lonely
The world was made for you only
You and me, we go our own ways
But end up where we belong
Back to the mud of where you come from,
Everybody asking "is it almost over?"
You were the one who grew for the sun,
Everybody else was only picking clover
Into the cold now, where you were born
Nothing in your way could ever really fold you
Sing it again, and don't hold your breath,
Everybody's waiting; they all wanna know you
Hey Petunia, the clouds are in the sky
and the morning is a'risin' grey
Hold yourself so firm into the ground,
the sun will not be here today
Now the wind, it cuts across your face
as you strain your crying eyes to see
All the places you ever could have roamed,
You never should have followed me
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8. |
How...
02:34
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How is it that I have gotten everything and still I feel no life?
How is it that you can still adore me even when I've tricked your mind, now?
Falling ever downward through the mornings, justice like a chilling haze
I've been told it's not unusual for these things to last for days and days and days...
When I hit this town I was feeling good for just a week or maybe two
Dodging every mirror and doing what I could to forget you
But just tonight I caught my eye inside a shop window right downtown
It all came rushing back and in a moment all that I could think was "how?"
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Eternal Life
03:44
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Could you pull yourself away from here?
Standing on the edge, your eyes are clear
Clouds are moving in, but have no fear
You stand inside it all, your time is near
The water and the wind inhale the storm,
Breathe eternal life into us all
You feel above your head the swirling sky
The wind will carry you far from this time
Close your tired eyes, you have no choice
Deep inside your lungs you find your voice
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10. |
Silence, Please
05:40
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A quiet house in the woods, far away
That's all I want, want with you here today
We'll have it all, nothing left up to chance
And in the deep, haunted night we will dance'
And anytime I feel the pain,
I feel the strain coming in,
I'll leave it all at your gate
And every day we'll begin again
Many a night I've walked alone in my head
Seeing faces I should have long left for dead
And in the moonlit mountain streams, I've seen your eyes
I've given up any faith in my disguise
And any time you call my name,
You find yourself laid to waste,
I'll take you far from this time
And we'll return to our sacred place
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11. |
Open Road
05:55
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Still waiting for you here, but I think it's time
To take the open road and make it mine
One soul is rolling on, and one's left behind
I know I'll never find a place to hide
Along a mountain road through the misty light
I've got the feeling something must arrive
The dream awakes you now and the mist rolls by
The valley moving on beyond the sky
Free, somehow
We begin now
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12. |
Mind's Eye [Bonus Track]
03:36
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In my own contented life,
felt her drain from my mind's eye
My only hope was moving on
Only time will tell what went wrong
And I feel love in my mind's eye and in-between, love
And I hope that you'll believe in what you are
And I'll be running through my moving, scented dreams
And we'll meet there
It's from there that I'll never leave
And I feel fine
Bringing colors I could not have seen
Tearing blank pages right out of me
Voices crowd at the start of the day
Eyes all clear to show me on my way
And I'm running down the valley under the stars
And I see you, see you walking not very far
And I feel love in my mind's eye and in-between
And I see you
It's from here that we'll never leave
And I feel fine
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Lukas Olson Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lukas Olson is a songwriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is where he keeps all of his aural lunacies, and you are welcome to listen.
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