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Johnny Flew
05:33
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JOHNNY FLEW
Johnny flew, flew over our heads
and the feathers now I keep
you have gone to a place
you’ve dissolved in the sunset
I will join you one day
but that time is not yet
he buried you as the rain fell
he buried you as the rain fell
fell heavy from his heart
the question in my soul, it will never quiet down
if I could have it undone
if I could have it undone, the question screams, why
but one cannot decide, who gets to live and who gets to die
but one cannot decide, who gets to live and who gets to die
you spoke to me, you stroked my soul
like no one else has done or will
and memories they turn up almost ghostly
and I welcome them, and I welcome them
and I welcome them when they do
that’s how I remember you mostly
a spirit passing, and through me flew
you were in me and I were in you
”I will see you in our next lifetime
when we both are cats”
Johnny flew
Johnny flew
flew away with my heart
flew away with my heart
Johnny flew
Johnny flew
flew away with my heart
and I’m bringing the feathers, they’re ours too keep
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2. |
Cultures
04:31
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CULTURES
is this the end
that I’ve so long condemned
I counted the hours
before it began
were they seized
our youth and our griefs
forced to blank pages
thrown to the bottom off the sea
I held up my hands
he mocked me and danced
danced on a river
but the river ran dry
I see how people are running wild
coming out of the shadows
thought they were buried in the night
they’re coming out from the shadows
I heard the bells
ring out and then
the whispers of the convicted
concealed in a shell
they said; do not to confuse us
with insane people
for they all had their reasons
but nothing to gain
I see how people are running wild
thought they were buried in the night
they’re coming out from the shadows
there’s a call for them
a revolution
that will seize our lights
and give us the dark
but remember not to judge
remember reality
I praise our cultures and differences
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3. |
Sticks and branches
04:21
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STICKS AND BRANCHES
nude circles
bloodlines dancing
pines trees rattles
wolf is listening
gathering humans
collecting sticks and branches
collecting sticks and branches
impulsive identities
ground of solemnity
hawks watching
raising their hands
natives laughter
collecting sticks and branches
collecting sticks and branches
individual colors
painting lowlands
blurry horizons
leather bracelets
made by the legendary
made by the legendary
lynx lurk
keeping us company
luminous cat eyes
homeless lodgers
lives dies
collecting sticks and branches
collecting sticks and branches
collecting sticks and branches
collecting sticks and branches
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4. |
Vulture/Cannibal
04:28
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VULTURE/CANNIBAL
I never really wanted to leave that place
it was crawling of infected turbulence
insects eating up each other
coming down coming up
coming down coming up from their holes
vast poisonous threads of anger
binding everybody together
wounds of spectacular accusations
from the herds of red rooms
while with precise instruments
picking in some open flesh
not awaiting the judges' answers
a sweet illusion of a myriad of dancers
you’re a vulture, you’re a cannibal
you’re a vulture, you’re a cannibal
you’re a vulture, you’re a cannibal, you’re a vulture, you’re a cannibal
you’re a snake, you’re a hologram, you’re a peasant
you’re a vulture
oh how it fascinated me
I never really wanted to leave
a herd of vultures adventure’s
challenging everybody’s limits of feast
no one better than the other
no one better than the other
and no one worse than me, in the middle
on the outskirts, below and under
above it all, above it all, above it all
you’re a vulture, you’re a cannibal, you’re a vulture, you’re a cannibal
you’re a snake, you’re a hologram, you’re a peasant, you’re a vulture
you’re a snake, you’re a hologram, you’re a peasant, you’re a cannibal
you’re a snake, you’re a hologram, you’re a peasant, you’re a vulture
you’re a vulture
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5. |
Cover my ears
03:29
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COVER MY EARS
It’s not getting easier to sleep
It’s not getting easier
It’s not getting easier to sleep
It’s not getting easier
but when you lay next to me
I can let my eyes rest
It’s not getting easier to stay
It’s not getting easier
It’s not getting easier to listen
It’s not getting easier
but when the thunder cover our ears
I can hear what you’re saying to me
I can hear what you’re saying
here what you’re saying
cover my ears
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6. |
Human
05:35
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HUMAN
I am a hundred years old
I am all children
I have ages
a thousand hairs
yet so bald
I have lived a hundred lifes
yet I were never born
I have wisdom
yet I haven’t seen anything of this world
I have been in a hundred countries
none of them was home
home is full of strangers
and I’m a stranger to myself
I have a hundred names
none of them has been claimed
I am Isabel
I am no one at all
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7. |
Mirrors
03:52
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MIRRORS
you thrive in your reflections
inside them you hide
hiding for the faces
that will make you fall
they can see you fortune
they can see your flaws
they are all of your faces
and you know them all
who are looking back at you
it’s evil and it’s false
glowing eyes and they are glowing
the devil in disguise
someone stands behind me
someone hides inside
looking out from the mirror
and I know them all
I know them all
someone stands behind me
someone hides inside
looking out from the mirror
and I have known them all
I have known them all
and I have known them all
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8. |
Turn off the lights
04:24
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TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
I burned it down
I felt the warmth
I felt the warmth within
I buried it down
to keep it to myself
you came out of the woods
on a golden chair
tamed by the elders
me on a broken horse
riding deliriously through the nights
turn off the lights
turn off the lights
and ride with me tonight
a heartbeat
for each night we won
gave me a thousand drums to play
while the rhythms rose
I held on to your love
but with my naked back
facing away
ready to take the bullet
afraid to trust real love
I became afraid of losing
who came out of the woods
turn off the lights
turn off the lights
and ride with me tonight
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9. |
Eld
05:26
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ELD
du ska brinna tusen eldar innan du brinner ut
du ska stirra in i mörkret, stirra tills du ser ljus
och alla sorters kärlek ska rinna genom ditt blod
och alla vatten du badat i ska samlas i din flod
you shall burn a thousand fires before you turn to dust
you shall look into the dark, until you see it burst
and all the different kinds of love shall run through your blood
and all the waters you ever swam, in the end, shall become one
burn burn burn for me
live live live for me
you were born born born to become
life life life is one
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10. |
Flee
05:32
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FLEE
flee, flee them eyes
bound heart is glowing
flee, flee the ground
a hole is growing
run, run
in violet nights I’ve shuddered
him, him, his rivers are overflowing
voice, a voice that lingers
voice, one voice, so sweet so bitter
flee, flee, he’s captivating my rhythm
him, him, his rivers are overflowing
no, I will not love him
no, I will not
no, I will not love him
no, I will not
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11. |
Light
06:11
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LIGHT
light, there is light everywhere I turn
I see you, I see how you glow
light, I feel how you burn
life, there is life in all of their souls
you are in the wind
you are in the dark
you are in the light
you are in my blood
light, they're lighting their golden fires
surrounding us, with their light
darkness, their lightness is there
souls, in every color
speaks, communicates
the circle of light
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Isabel Sörling Paris, France
Singer, composer and improviser from Sweden, currently based in Paris.
New album: MARELD
Released 2020 on IKI Records
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