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Unafraid
04:33
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Thought I was dying hanging there only half awake
Tending to ghosts longer than it seemed
Never knew ease as a given thing
Thought I was losing when I wanted more
These are unloving times to live but
At the end of fear is a door
The scenery shifts the act is unchanged
But the scale does not feel the same
I want to touch the ground, learn again
How to move through unafraid
In the dark through the flames
Walk like I used to walk when
We knew less and we dared more
There’s no lie in the pulse of your skin
It’s been much and not enough
There’s no lie, this life is for living
Stand while you stand
Love when you love
Stand while you stand
Love when love
Tried places and got tried in return
Made space in my heart to unlearn
I want to touch the ground, see it clear
We came with senses so we can feel
These are raving times to be alive
There’s a breath we’re meant to find
In the dark
Through the flames
So close to the surface
There’s no lie in the pulse of your skin
It’s been much and not enough
There’s no lie, this life is for living
Stand while you stand
Love when you love
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Open Doors
03:58
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Wish I could tell you how it’s been
so bright, when you’re in front of me
I know it’s just part of the dreaming
I’ve tried to let it go from me
But the world seems to fall into place
Each time, each time that I see your face
It stays with me it’s true
You can’t rewind a feeling
We’re always trying to fix
the things that need to be carried
You can’t rehearse your heart
Can’t rewind a feeling
Playing back every part
You can’t rehearse your heart
In the half light your eyes seemed soft
I wanted to stay there, stay there but I kept my mouth shut
You know how beating hearts open doors
How long can you stand outside one that’s closed
I keep my mouth shut and I stand still
Everybody needs some peace of mind in the deal
You can’t rehearse your heart
Can’t rewind a feeling
Playing back every part
You can’t rehearse your heart
I want to reach you but it’s just too far
I take chances where I can start
Am I losing at my own game
Bringing to life what can’t be lived
It stays with me it’s true
You can’t rewind a feeling
Just part of the dreaming
The world seems to fall back into place
Each time I see your face
You know how beating hearts open doors
How long can you stand outside one that’s closed
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Precious Nothings
03:33
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What have I learned what do I know
Chasing time only to become
Beneath your head my arm goes numb
Beneath your head the pressure is warm
What have I learned what do I know
Still got to stretch and be someone
Beneath your head my arm goes numb
Beneath your head
Haunt here haunt now
Haunt now precious nothings
Haunt here haunt now
Haunt here precious nothings
City’s changing fast
Baby I feel slow
Hunger and pride monetised
Cant see the sky it used to hold
Baby I’m tired of packing, moving around
Keep my head up when peace is a fight
Around your waist my arm goes tight
Haunt here haunt now
Haunt now precious nothings
Haunt here haunt now
Haunt here precious nothings
City’s changing fast
Baby I feel slow
Can’t see the sky it used to hold
I came unbraced
Body aches in the race
Always someone to cash in on the process
Haunt here haunt now
Haunt now precious nothings
Haunt here haunt now
Haunt here precious nothings
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Cacti
04:19
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A photograph keeps haunting
You look wistful gazing at the lens
A photograph keeps haunting
You look wistful gazing at the lens
Some place resembling a familiar haven
The air is fleshy
The light ocher
Behind you cacti rise and lean
I close my eyes
The picture is still here
Your hair is white
You’re dressed in black
Longing has molded to your face
Time presses its fingertips in
the hollow of your neck
I have wished repeatedly
I have wished repeatedly
I have wished repeatedly
I have wished
I’ve grown skilled at storing water
I’ve adapted to the dry
In the heat of summer
My arms, my knees, my thighs
And I play longing as it lays
Foolish, helpless, sublime
All cacti have flowers and produce
Oxygen from carbon dioxide
I have wished repeatedly
I have wished repeatedly
I have wished repeatedly
I have wished
I have wished repeatedly
I have wished repeatedly
I have wished repeatedly
I have wished
A photograph keeps haunting
You look wistful gazing at the lens
A photograph keeps haunting
You look wistful gazing at the lens
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Stick with You
02:52
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I won’t do the work for you in the name of love
i won’t take that stride for you just cause I could
I won’t come after you cause this is how you’ve known
But I can stick with you as we go
I will stick with you just as we go
I will stick with you
I will stick with you just as we go
I will stick with you
I will save my words when you listen to respond
I won’t land them for you the feelings you are running from
What appears new to you has been here all along
From sunrise to sunset, from dusk to dawn
It’s not who shines but where the light comes from
I will stick with you just as we go
I will stick with you
I will stick with you just as we go
I will stick with you
I will stick with you just as we go
I will stick with you
I will stick with you just as we go
I will stick with you
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Driving
04:05
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Kοφτερἠ η γραμμή του σαγονιού σου
θα την αναγνώριζα σε χίλιες
αξεθώριαστη στις πτυχές τους
Όσο στρώνουν τα χρὀνια
μαγεμένη είμαι ακόμα
Tα μάτια σου καθηλωμένα στον προορισμό
τα δικά μου να κυλάνε στην ξηρότητα της θέας
και έτσι όπως τρέχουμε ταλαντεύομαι
από το παράθυρο στη δεξιά πλευρά του προσώπου σου
Μαγεμένη είμαι ακόμα
Μαγεμένη ίσως να ́μαι πάντα
Μαγεμένη, ακόμα
Όσο στρώνουν τα χρὀνια
Στην άσφαλτο που ατελείωτα ξετυλίγεται το φως τρεμοπαίζει
ζεστός ο αέρας, μπροστά μας ο δρόμος σαν να πλέει
και έτσι όπως τρέχουμε ταλαντεύομαι
από τον ορίζοντα στη δεξιά πλευρά του προσώπου σου
από καρδιάς τα ξέρω τα χαρακτηριστικά σου
από καρδιάς την ξέρω την τροχιά τους
ωστόσο κάθε φόρα που κάπου πάμε
ωστόσο όσο στρώνουν τα χρὀνια
Μαγεμένη είμαι ακόμα
Μαγεμένη ίσως να ́μαι πάντα
Μαγεμένη ακόμα
Όσο στρώνουν τα χρὀνια
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Your very own sharp jaw line I
would recognise among a thousand
unreceding in the folds of the layering years
Your eyes bustling on destination
- mine coated with the rolling dryness of the road
as we speed along I journey between the window and the right side of your face
bewitched I am still and perhaps always will be
The light glimmers upon the concrete endlessly unraveling
In the hot air ahead of us the road seems to float
as we speed along I journey between the horizon and the right side of your face
by heart I know these features, by heart their trajectory
but each time we drive somewhere in this old new car
bewitched I am still, and perhaps always will be
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7. |
Deep is the Night
05:22
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Someone will tell the story for you
Someone will want you to explain
One will take the life out of you
And someone will remind you it’s not a trade
Will break the circle and inspire you
Might reflect all your pain
When you’ll need them to be them
Someone will be stuck doing the man
Someone will lose their faith in you
Or work to let you in
Will see right through you
Or quit when it’s time to deal
One will have it harder than you
One will keep you awake at night
Will learn the breaking from you or
Show up to start a fight
Someone will turn back to forgive you
Will want to do the change
Someone will teach you sorry and thank you
Or care more than they’ll tell
One’ll connect when they need you
Will say they understand
And someone will take the time to
And it just won’t feel the same
It just won’t feel the same
The sky's between us not above
The beat is tender and sore
Deep is the night we’ve known
For change we’ve been here before
Someone will be looking out for you
Will make you believe
One will hide behind their body
Or hold onto your fear
Someone will do your memories for you
Or project somebody else
They’ll blame you for what they do
Mistake your patience with weakness
Someone will ignore you all the way through
Or cross the lines you’ve drawn
They’ll press harder on that bruise
On the messiness of it all
One will think they can to heal you
Or pass on to their strength
And someone will use you the way you’ve used
And point at the times you’ve failed
The sky's between us not above
The beat is tender and sore
Deep is the night we’ve known
For change we’ve been here before
We’ve been here before
Here before
We’ve been here before
Someone will share the past with you
Will like you for what you give
One will ask for what you won’t do
Or hold you just to feel
They’ll forget what they tell you
Speak to you through songs
One will call your name it’ll feel good
Put your trouble into words
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Scarlett O'Hanna City Of Brussels, Belgium
Scarlett O'Hanna is the pop moniker of Brussels-based vocalist, songwriter, musician and producer Anna Muchin. After years dedicated to other sound works, SOH returns with "Precious Nothings", her first new record in a long time: 26.04.24
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