1. |
The Guard
04:29
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Hold on you’re becoming a man now
That’s what they tell me before I run
Don’t blame me
A boat needs an anchor
And mines come undone
It was being young for so long
I’ll let my guard down
It won’t last long
Stay there
I’ll move you slowly
I remember the waves
You said I should stay
Before I ran
But don’t blame me
I can’t tread water
You felt like the ocean
The rain, the fire in me
I’ll meet you there
Where the water’s wine
Where life is long
So long that I won’t live a lie
In fear of the mind
The red in the sky
At dawn
I’ll let my guard down
It won’t last long
Breath
Dive in
With me
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2. |
Once I'm Gone
04:15
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Oh don't be scared the sky's not breaking
It's just the wind and rain
Oh I'm not scared mother
Can't you hear he calls my name
Oh boy, the sky's not speaking
And the wind will never learn your name
Oh no you're wrong mother
And the wind and I, I think we'll run away
Once I'm Gone dream of me
The wind in my hair and sun at my feet
I'll run with rain and fall with wild things
Sing to it all as it sings to me
But that'll be then
Oh don't be a fool my boy I tire of these tales
The wind is only wind and hails only hail
Oh I don't care mother
And please don't treat me like a child I'm not young
Oh boy, I'm sick of speaking
There's so much more to fear then just the wind and rain
Oh don't be scared mother
The wind and I, I think we'll run away
Once I'm Gone dream of me
The wind in my hair and sun at my feet
I'll run with rain and fall with wild things
Sing to it all as it sings to me
But that'll be then
Once I'm Gone dream of me
The wind in my hair and sun at my feet
I'll run with rain and fall with wild things
Sing to it all as it sings to me
But that'll be then
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3. |
Bones
03:32
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Oh If I were a Bird I'd whistle I'd sing
But I am a boy made of Bones and not wings
And yet someday I'm sure I'll fly
And then only then will I know the sky
She calls me home
One day I might go
She calls me home
One day I might go
And as the sky isn’t mine, you’d think I’d love the land
But I’ll never love what I own I’m a man
I’m as stuck in my ways as a link in a chain
Whilst my heart it is wild, my mind has grown tame
She calls me home
One day I might go
She calls me home
One day I might go
Now your mind it has grown and your no longer young
Whilst you dream of the sky you forget where your from
And why would you hopе for feathers or wings
When your mind it is sеt on the solice of kings
She calls me home
One day I might go
She calls me home
One day I might go
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4. |
Lean In
01:18
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Sometimes I stop to listen
Tune my ear to the humming between everything
The seed and the sun
A blade of rain and the black of the ocean
Life wants to live itself
So lean in
And if you’re gentle, a rhythm might emerge
Form in the formless
Silence, drumming, howling
Desire is asking us to dance
But it isn’t easy to let go
Our stories domesticate us
We suspect cruelty behind the eyes of the kind
And dissect the archaeology of our own imaginations
On these maps, there is no room for miracles
Yet still, somehow you know its possible
Harvest, tears, spring
In the embers of a fire, all of a sudden, there it is
I remember as I finally hear it
Society is just a clearing in the forest
The flames begin to whisper with the wind
And this time, I believe them
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5. |
More
02:55
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I know you're more than meets the eye
But more you are the body in which you'll die
Life's not yours
Nothing is yours
But you keep it safe
Your all too safe
I know your mind wants more from life
But more you're stuck on being right
But the truths not yours
Nothing is yours
But you keep it safe
You are all too safe
It would seem, the fruit is yours to eat
But be warned there is shame in a wise man’s speech
Life it's yours
Oh it's all yours
So keep it safe
Just not too safe
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6. |
She
03:38
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Oh he’s afraid of time
And she’s afraid of his mind
And he will never miss home
And she is right he’s better on his own
And so she goes
He knows what’s best for him
And yet
Regret is all he lets in
Hmmmm
Oh once she’s gone he’s left in song
I guess its where he belongs
And know he’ll let her go
As he does
As I’ve done before
Oh he and possibly I
Should do less and love morе sometimes
For song will outlive mе
She is right its all I’ll ever need
And so she goes
He knows
It’s what’s best for him
And yet
Regret is all he lets in
Oh once she’s gone
He’s left in song
I guess its where he belongs
And know he’ll let her go
As he does, as I’ve done before
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7. |
Spring
01:49
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It's been too long since we lay down
Since I stopped just to watch
The leaves turn green
The sun come out
And do you remember spring
Or are you still full of doubt?
It's been too long since we slowed down
And waited for nothing at all
The leaves turn gold
The sun goes down
Do you remember spring
Cuz soon she's coming round
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Finnegan Tui London, UK
Finnegan Tui is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer from New Zealand. Ever since his first gig at the age of
six he has been obsessed with creating music and has decided his life to sound. After moving to England, he received a scholarship to study Jazz and Electronic Music at the Guildhall School.
He is now 22 and has just released his debut EP Zephyr.
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Finnegan Tui recommends:
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