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The Dignity of Movement EP

by Slow Relics

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I, And I Alone 03:24
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My form beside your own The skin, the teeth, the bone A fire burning slow The fuel, the spark, the glow I'll take in the air All the breath I can bare I'll cast the final stone I, and I alone My feet have left the ground The rise, the leap, the bound My knees come crashing down The seize, the fall, the sound And I'll disappear At least once a year I'll brave sticks and stone I, and I alone When all is done and said The nerves, the shake, the dread I'll try to rest my head The ease, the warmth, the bed So I'll pull away From the death and decay I'll face the unknown I, and I alone My form beside your own Just skin, and teeth, and bone
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The Flood 03:34
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I feel the water getting deep It collects around my feet And it's never showing any signs of slowing If it calls for fight-or-flight I'm not sure if I'll survive One false-step could sweep me in its undertow-ing And if I thought I was fine before All this time i was just better without knowing Now the tide's up to my knees As the wind becomes a breeze At this rate it's safe to say there's no return While I say my last goodbyes I trace the outline of your eyes To save myself will be my very last concern And if I thought I was fine before Now I'll surely come to get what I deserve So, wait for me Until I drown in the sea And when I, don't make it back this time You'll find you're better off below than without me The stream is rushing at my waist I swear I've lost my sense of taste Minutes pass until I'm gone and swept away A look of calmness on my face As our fingers interlace I'm unconvinced that everything will be okay And if I thought I was fine before "How" and "why" are words I never thought I'd say Standing neck deep in the drink I have to stop myself and think Is this the way I want to leave the world behind Soon I'll be in over my head So many things we left unsaid But i guess that's just the way the stars align And if I thought I was fine before It took a flood for me to see that i was blind So, wait for me Until I drown in the sea And when I, don't make it back this time You'll find you're better off below than without me
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Under Honest Trees 03:49
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And it came, as no surprise Her lashes folding gently And the look of concern In her eyes you found Comfort and repose In the autumns ending And the hems of her clothes What a gasp, oh what a swell How lungs could grow so quickly Pulling air from your mouth Spelling foreign sound Constant and discreet While the leaves attending Have blanketed our feet The rise and fall The best laid plans You place your crown Beneath her hands Hearts collide To form one whole As seasons shift From pole to pole And a house, portrayed a home The sunset so intently Scattered light through her hair Revealing thoughts unknown Callous and remote While her fingers tensing Now gripping at your throat What a shame, oh what a mess To recount every memory In reverse, without end An onset of regress Unnerving and deprived But improved from mending And sharply you survived The lies befall The circumstance You climb back down Adjust your glance Charts defined Maps unfold As seasons drift From pole to pole
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Nostalgia Isn't What it Used to Be 03:48
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When we were young No one cared to tell us Things will never go our way And now that we're older It's all anyone says anymore So how could we forget The first time he saw her He caught his fall but only just And watched her with sharpening eyes The arrow fell and pierced his side As he reached across the great divide Clasping hands never felt so tight Mmm-mm Mmm-mm-mm She held an air of confidence Unshaken by a foreign glance She was cleverly spoken Her eagerness distressed the ties Sowing seeds for their demise I guess, it was all in the moment. Oh no Oh oh, no
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The Miner's Canary 03:47
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Oh you used to sing so loud Your voice would echo out Alarming and so proud How the words would flee your mouth And I recall That day in Montreal My back against the wall Oh the silence shook us all Now you're breathing So shallow And the light has left your eyes The air you breathe Is thinning over time So watch my back For every single sign The clarity Of danger is in sight I rush to your side You simply reply "I know that I tried But I think it’s too late" "You've got to save yourself There's poison in your cells My cunning sense of smell Has predicted my fate" Now I'm breathing So shallow And I'm planning my goodbyes The air you breathe Is thinning over time So watch my back For every single sign The clarity Of danger is in sight And all this time I thought I was guarded by your side But darling I, I waited too long And now I must let fate decide So, run away From the feeling that it's already over And run away The air you breathe Is thinning over time So watch my back For every single sign The clarity Of danger is in sight

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released June 26, 2014

Credits:
Music and Lyrics by Michael Lambert
Nic Shute: Trumpet - "The Flood"

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