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Death Is a Teacher
04:14
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A phantom drifting through my door, she took all the warmth away
I am only death my child, you don’t need to be afraid
She was covered in a long black cloak when I let her in
Standing there in the darkness I saw the light within
Death is a teacher every time i see her
I’m letting someone go
Still i receive her when she’s at my door
I greet her with my head hung low
And when i’m afraid she lights up the stage
Her whispers they lead me home
Death is a teacher, every time I see her
I wonder how long it will be til I go
Shadows on my face are gone, but I can’t stop calling out
And every time I lose a friend I get a new stripe on my belt
I’ve come to understand that forever is a long long time
And no matter what I learn I’m lost when she arrives
Death is a teacher every time i see her
I’m letting someone go
Still i receive her when she’s at my door
I greet her with my head hung low
And when i’m afraid she lights up the stage
Her whispers they lead me home
Death is a teacher, every time I see her
I wonder how long it will be til I go
I close my eyes, I cannot see
And darkness, she’s surrounding me
Death is a teacher every time i see her
I’m letting someone go
Still i receive her when she’s at my door
I greet her with my head hung low
And when i’m afraid she lights up the stage
Her whispers they lead me home
Death is a teacher, every time I see her
I wonder how long it will be til I go
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I’m older now
And I don’t mind the things
that used to cut my crown
at least that’s something time brings
You gave it to me better
than anybody else
But it’s now or never
And someone has to drown
Any way the rain goes, lets water inside
Any way the rain goes inside
I would stop if I could turn it off
I need you and your love when Im lost
Can’t stop, heart is falling
I’m in mourning
And i’ve gotta turn it off
can’t stop with your heart
I just can’t turn it off
I’m sober now
Still I can’t believe
That it’s over now
And everything you’ve done for me
Was wasted on a feeling
and i gave no meaning
to our love when I could not explain
Any way the rain goes, lets water inside
Any way the rain goes inside
But I’m always lost.. (you know that I’m always lost)
But I’m always lost
And I never want to turn it off
I’m older now and I don’t mind the things
that used to cut my crown
at least that’s something time brings
You gave it to me better
than anybody else
But it’s now or never
And someone has to drown
I would stop if I could turn it off
I need you and your love when Im lost
Can’t stop, heart is falling
I’m in mourning
And i’ve gotta turn it off
can’t stop with your heart
I just can’t turn it off
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3. |
Brittle & Blue
04:25
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Always brittle always blue
Tell me is your mind on fire
Were you thinking we were through
Locking eyes with no desire
I know to save this we might have to lose it all
But it would take this to the grave for you
If to prove at all, I see through the wall
You say baby are you done?
Cos this space is growing old
And I’m not the only one
Looking for the love I sold
I know to save this we might have to lose it all
But it would take this to the grave for you
If to prove at all, I see through the wall
I know to save this we might have to lose it all
But it would take this to the grave for you
If to prove at all
That know to save this we might have to lose it all
But it would take this to the grave for you
If to prove at all
I see through the wall
I see through the wall
I see through it all
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Blue Home
04:18
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There's a storm coming in, grab your coat
I've found my shelter and I won't let go
There's a girl in the sky
And she calls your name
You hear the thunder but you don't feel the rain and then
You hurt me in the room
You hurt me from a’far
The sky is moving
There'll be no more stars
All of the tales that we would always read
I never stopped listening so
They ‘came a part of me
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
A blue house is not a home
seasons of torment and heart-break alone
Everything's distorted
That's what you told me
Heart on the floor
Cos you would never hold me
You better not be cry
When you call out my name
I've been on a hard road
You don't know the pain
The way is twisted but I'm twisted too
So let’s celebrate insanity
Just me and you
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Dreams will leave the room
Dreams will leave the room
Dreams will leave the room
I know one day
Dreams will leave the room
Dreams will leave the room
Dreams will leave the room
Coming up to sunrise, waiting here outside
For the words to come
For my heart to hide
Waiting for the countdown
Waiting for the gun
Waiting for the shadows
I’m waiting for the sun
Waiting for the fire I’m waiting for the air
Wait for me darling I’m almost there
Waiting for my life I’m waiting for my death here
All this time I’ve been waiting so just
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
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6. |
Worse Things
04:00
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I take comfort in the cold hard truth of it
I take comfort in the getting over myself of it
When I let my pride drive I end up on the edge of the ledge
Take cover down below
When somebody else’s rising up feels like I fell
When somebody’s ocean overflowing dries up my well
I look to justice, she tells me to go to hell and try to see
Way worse things have happened
To way better people than me
It’s a big sky hanging there right over my head
Oh big sky keep letting me know
Instead of crying me a river, bringing in the violins
Take comfort in the panorama
When somebody else’s rising up feels like I fell
When somebody’s ocean overflowing dries up my well
I look to justice, she tells me to go to hell and so I can see
Way worse things have happened
To way better people than me
It’s a little sky, a little sky
Looking through small frames
Who am I, who am I?
Crying me a river, crying me a river when
Way worse things have happened
To way better people than me
(Way better people than me)
When somebody else’s rising up feels like I fell
When somebody’s ocean overflowing dries up my well
I look to justice, she tells me to go to hell where I can see
Way worse things have happened
To way better people
Way worse things have happened
To way better people
Way worse things have happened
To way better people than me
Than me
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You look sad in the morning
As the shadows start falling
My portrait of a lady on fire
All the paint has stopped drying
Its years been years now
I’m still hiding
This portrait of a lady on fire
I made my bed in the dark and I feel fine
I can see the dawn
I’ve been moving on in my foolish mind
I must have painted her a thousand times
The colors form and she is all I ever find
This portrait of a lady
This portrait of a lady on fire
Fire
Was that look worth the ending?
Are you here now or pretending?
We must live with these choices
I wish I’d met you long before this
This portrait of a lady on fire
I made my bed in the dark and I feel fine
I can see the dawn
I’ve been moving on in my foolish mind
I must have painted her a thousand times
The colors form and she is all I ever find
This portrait of a lady
I love this portrait of a lady
On fire, fire, fire, fire
I made my bed in the dark and I feel fine
I can see the dawn
I’ve been moving on in my foolish mind
I must have painted her a thousand times
The colors form and she is all I ever find
This portrait of a lady
I love this portrait of a lady on fire
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I hide these habits well
Friends are too high too see
The way that I’m walking out
They don’t know our history
I walk like a solider to my own defeat
Another year older, and I don’t want to be
Saying give me something good
Tell me what you want to see
I don’t feel what I should
Now you’re telling me on New Years Eve
Nothing lasts forever
And maybe I don’t want to see
that it isn’t getting better
I’m coming down on New Years eve
Saying give me something good
You hide your madness well
‘Cos everyone’s drunk and free
I know things aren’t working out
That’s why you keep telling me
Go out with your friends
So I’d stumble home at three
but in my defense you weren’t waiting for me
Give me something good
Tell me what you want to see
I don’t feel what I should
Now you’re telling me on New Years Eve
Nothing lasts forever
And maybe I don’t want to see
that it isn’t getting better
I’m coming down on New Years eve
Saying give me something good
(Give me something, give me something)
Give me something good
(Give me something, give me something)
Oh, give me something
Give me something good
Or tell me what you want to see
I was hoping that I could
‘Cos you’ve always been enough for me
But nothing lasts forever
And maybe I don’t want to see
that it isn’t getting better
Now I’m begging you on New Years Eve
Give me something good
(Give me something, give me something)
Give me something good
(Give me something, give me something)
Oh give me something good
(Give me something, give me something)
Give me something, just give me something
Give me something good
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9. |
Dark Sunday Dream
04:45
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Who you gonna spend your dark Sunday with
Or will you wait alone as your dark thoughts unfold
Will it feel like the end when no one understands
What will set free from your dark Sunday dream
Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground
It’s a new world to discover when Dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side
What colors will you see in your Dark Sunday Dream
Will they all be black and white when the sadness does arrive
Some days you feel like your on top of the world
You feel like nothing at all could ever drag your heart down
And then you’ll wake and feel so cold inside your bones
so far from being found
Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground
It’s a new world to discover when Dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side
Now what, what will set you free
From this dark Sunday dream
what will set you free
I know you’re not where you wanna be
And sometimes life can seem
like one long dark Sunday dream
Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground
It’s a new world to discover when dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side
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Floating through a bed of cloud
I sit with this grief
‘though I will never understand it
And every demon has it’s teeth
I can hear the guns singing
and it echos in my ears
Tell myself not to take cover
in this apathy and fear
Look up, be strong
the world is beautiful from here
but you can’t forget where you came from
Look down, you belong
to the love that still lives here
it’s time to face the fear and take your song
Ha ha, Ha ha Ha-a Ha, Ha, ha
Ha-a ha, Ha ha Ha-a Ha
There were many other colors
But we descended through the blue
And I saw my sister waving
But there was nothing I could do
Look up, be strong
the world is beautiful from here
but you can’t forget where you came from
Look down, you belong
to the love that still lives here
it’s time to face the fear and take your song
Ha ha, Ha ha Ha-a Ha, Ha, ha
Ha-a ha, Ha ha Ha-a Ha
Floating through a bed of cloud
I sit with this grief
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11. |
After the Storm
02:06
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Flowers falling at your feet
Free your mind and come to me
Flowers falling at your feet
Free your mind and come to me
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Eden Iris Los Angeles, California
Eden Iris is an indie-folk artist from Aotearoa, New Zealand. After living in Los Angeles, California for 8 years, she has recently moved back to Auckland, NZ where she writes and produces records out of her home studio. Her biggest influences include Kate Bush, Tori Amos, and Joni Mitchell. ... more
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