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Every Time I Come Home
03:56
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Every time I come home
Pick me up for work
‘Fore the sleep leaves our heads
In the morning dark
And it’s hard to rely
On forces you can’t control
But you can still come by
Just for the conversation
We can try to improve
All the things we can control
I will knock all the sleep
From the guts of the youth in me
Don’t be afraid
It’s just a conversation
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Colour Of My Scarf
03:17
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I’m not from this earth
You never saw me come here from the stars
My body is always unconventionally healing its own scars
This is the colour of the scarf I’m wearin’ around my neck
You will see it on my shoulders when I am wearin’ my best, my best
A chorus across the landscape
Sings how the blue moon’s so far
And you can put this on the record
This is the quickest I’ve dug so low, so low
This is the colour of the scarf I’m wearin’ around my neck
You will see it on my shoulders when I’m adorned in my best, my best
My lungs are always unconditionally healin’ their own scars
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3. |
For You
03:04
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We met in a crowded room
Two actors in an early talking motion film
Never thought it would happen to me
But we both knew it right away
This one’s for you
I know I tell you all the time
But I can’t say enough
It’s what you do
You and I have been together
Longer than any other and we’ve changed more too
When I get on your nerves
I still love your nerve and your opinions too
This one’s for you
I know I tell you all the time
But I can’t say enough
It’s what you do
And I can, can not, I can not explain
And every night
No matter what the day brings
I’ll be there we’ll hold each other tight
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4. |
Smokey Air
02:50
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Mr. Ryan M. I need a place to stay
Got nothin’ in my heart and nothin’ in my bags
Just a song
You can tack me up
You can put me down
No matter how it goes
It always comes around
It’s just the way
And the fire we breathe is all we have
And the smokey air is everywhere
I should be on the road like my fathers of before
Instead I’m stuck at home worried about being poor
It’s just the shit
And where I wanna go I’m told’s not what I need
But I don’t believe them
Just feel the way I bleed
Oh the way I bleed
And the fire we breathe is all we have
And the smokey air is everywhere
And the fire we breathe is all we have
And the smokey air is everywhere
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Pine Needles
04:42
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Coffee in the morning doesn’t clear the frog in my throat
Doesn’t serve to wake me
I leave that to the sound of the crows
I don’t spend time swimming in my thoughts
It’s not thinking that
Created sky and rock
And I stopped thinking that anything revolves around me
Oh surround me
And when I stand there will be pine needles
On my knees
Rather than noontime I’ll go back into night
So you don’t know where I am
Just that I am alive
And now it’s evening at the base of this tree
And I am still here
No one’s comin’ for me
And I stopped thinking that anything revolves around me
Oh surround me
And when I stand there will be pine needles
On my knees
And when they fall off you will see indentations
On me
Indentations
On my knees
Oh surround me
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Well Maintained
03:31
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I’ve been workin’ for a year
Just to land a job
I’ve been rakin’ in the leaves
In my landlord’s yard
Just to pay the rent
I don’t save a cent
But I don’t have a wife
And I don’t have a child
I just have my life
It’s really quite simple
I wake up and make some eggs
I don’t have to go outside
To a coop to see if they’ve been laid
Oh it’s really quite simple
I’m sure I have it made
I don’t save a cent
I’m just well maintained
Well maybe it’s a lie
Or exaggeration
‘
Cause I’m really doin’ fine
in one of the wealthiest nations
Oh it’s really quite simple
I wake up and brush my teeth
Dirty plates on the bottom dishwasher rack to be cleaned
Oh it’s really quite simple
I’m sure I have it made
I don’t save a cent
I’m just well maintained
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Golden
04:10
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Take a photo of the inside of my body
Get me on the line for anxiety
All the nerve I used to have has failed me
Now I’m on the verge of burnout
And there’s nothin’
Nothin’ holdin’ me
Nothin’ holdin’ me from golden
Woke up from a dream I’m glad it’s not real
Crushed teeth and blood now I’m hung up
And now I have to work on being timeless
So I’m ready when the day comes
And there’s nothing
Nothin’ holdin’ me
Nothin’ holdin’ me from golden
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Last Saloon
05:03
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Stuck in an old hotel
With nothin’ but Californias
To fill in the blanks
The last hotel that
Allows smoking cigarettes
Another thing to fill your lines
Burning holes in sheets
The ones you write on
And the ones you sleep, oh no
Dig your heels in
What kind of skin
Covers your toes?
Cowboy boots
Don’t make quite the sound
On carpet
The last saloon
Under the moon
This night, oh no
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9. |
Derrida Says
04:14
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Lately I’ve been thinkin’ of you
Wonderin’ what we’re gonna do
Throwin’ out ideas
Like empty cans
I went to see that place in the woods
I think I could live out there
But isolation’s no good
For you I wonder if we could
Baby nothin’ is free
‘Cause we always run out of batteries
Maybe nothin’ is whole
If it were it would be dead
That’s what Derrida says
Whispers from the deep dark hollow
Callin’ out what you don’t know
Imagination is the basis of all we know
Lately I’ve been thinkin’ of you
Wonderin’ what we’re gonna do
Throwin’ out ideas like empty cans
Like empty cans
They don’t mean a thing
Baby nothin’ is free
‘Cause we always run out of batteries
Maybe nothin’ is whole
If it were it would be dead
That’s what Derrida says
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10. |
January Snow
03:00
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They skated down the river, cattails lit on fire
Speaking other languages he’d never heard before
Until he was older, tormented by desire
He learned the names and origins of the men who held the fire
He knew less about the country that his old soul was born in
Then the labourers who came here looking to survive
‘Til he moved to Toronto, found a girl who loved him
She told him about the spirits buried in January snow
And if your spirit is buried in January snow
Find a merchant at market to sell you
Sage, rosemary and thyme
We all want more time
Loggers, mills and dynamite, tanneries insult
The particles inside your nose will denigrate your art
And in the forest of your lovers, love is won and lost
Carried on the currents of the rivers you have crossed
And his body was buried in January snow
For his reasons they killed him for treason
And he didn’t get more time
We all want more time
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Hypothermia
04:52
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You’ve been pulling me under since the summer now I’m under
A blanket of snow, 20 degrees below
I need to warm up my frozen fingers
Get my pulse back before I slip under the ice
We took a turn
Frost bitten and freezer burned
Hypothermia
I want the tundra to thaw and grow new grasses
See the little animals run around born in springtime
Hypothermia
I used to burn the trees, screamin’ I hate nature!
Now I’m in love with you, it’s become my teacher
And I don’t want forest fires, learn to control desire
Dripping icicles melt to break the cycle
Hypothermia
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12. |
To Change Is To Fall
04:47
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As winter approaches the sun goes down
Earlier and earlier each night
Tickle my side, put your arms around
Maybe you can coax out a foreign smile
To squash her out or let her live
The fate of a spider in my living room
To change is to fall
But you didn’t see that staircase sliding down the wall
All along the sidewalk handprints are found
Brush away the leaves where you initialed your love
The date’s ancient history but you still recall
The silence between you told it all
To squash her out or leave her be
The spider in your mud room lives on like me
To change is to fall
But you didn’t see that staircase sliding down the wall
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Luke Michielsen Kitchener, Ontario
For Kitchener, Ontario-based folk musician Luke Michielsen, songwriting is a necessity. Since he was a teenager, it has been a way that he processes emotions, turning his personal experiences into heartfelt songs that have connected with audiences around the world. Luke is preparing to release his new record, Landlocked. ... more
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