1. |
Honey, Hear Me
04:37
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trying to make it more beautiful than it was
shifting it into shapes for other hands to cradle
that my palms fumble
the foreign words i can't hear myself say anymore
have i forgotten what i know
it'll come back to me
different than i left it
lighter than i learned it
lessons in ripples the drippin of rain
in circles of pain
i held my tongue in my jaw
so no one could hear what i saw
oh how can i say what i've seen
and how can i lay where i've been
and let you kiss my skin
learning to not be alone
to be known and sewn with a thread
other than my own
singing with the birds who know
of bravery
of madness in the honey
oh honey
hear me
honey,
honey,
hear me
honey, hear me
honey, hear me
honey, hear me
how do i say what i've seen
and how do i lay where i've been
and let you kiss the madness in the honey
honey, honey, oh honey,
honey, honey
oh honey, hear me
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2. |
Sea Bell
07:24
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the wild edge of sorrow is borrowing my chest
oh i knew you the best
i knew you the best
and i need you now
i need you now
darlin' keep holding my hand
darlin' keep holding my hand
the ghost seems to hear me the most
singing to the walls
dreaming of the falling water
and i see you now
i'm dreaming now
oh my heart is a sea bell
my heart is a sea bell
my heart is a sea bell
the wild edge of sorrow is borrowing my chest
the water knows me the best
the water knows me the best
wash me away
wash me awake
wash me away
wash me awake
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3. |
Blue in the Black
02:51
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the glass that my fingers touch
fragile sands
the breath that my body's held
cracking hands
the weight of the room
was holding me to
the bed in the corner of time
writhing and mute
the silence it took
the army of me
it took the army of me
the blue in the black of the mind
is the kind of rain
pouring the honey jar
on the bitter pain
the bitter pain
the weight of the room
was pressing me to
the bed in the corner of time
writhing and mute
the silence took root
the silence took root
the silence took root
don't take me
don't take me
i held my breath and didn't hear a sound
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4. |
Pilgrim
07:08
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i'm roaming, you know
looking for a home amongst the willows
to be alone
anywhere but here
anywhere but here
a pilgrim in the desert heat
wild is the rolling howl
the wolves in the back seat
drowning me out
drowning me out
temperance is a pure heart
erosion is time
beating on the water
the undoing is mine
undoing is mine
when i was a bird
everybody heard
my ruby throated words
oh i was a bird
now my pilgrim life persists
though i know the hummingbird sings
and the mourning dove
in the morning dew
is a coo that i can sing to
when i miss you
i miss you
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5. |
Upstream
04:32
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hold onto my hand
the days are getting longer
remember our pine trees
the plums and the honeybees
remember me
the hope of the leaves in the spring
fold into my chest
our breath comes back after rest
remember our dream
the dragonfly in the marsh green
remember me
my heart beats in the upstream
my heart beats in the upstream
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6. |
Warmer
05:10
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i see you carving wood in the dawn
and holding our daughter with your strong hands
and the hummingbird tapping at our window
to bless the morning sun
and oh my love, it gets
oh my love, it gets
oh my love, it gets
warmer
we bless the moon
devotion to
the body we share
the child we carry
and oh my love, we are
holding the sun we are,
holding the sun we are,
holding the sun,
we are
we are, holding the sun
we are, holding the sun
and oh my love, it gets
oh my love, it gets
oh my love, it gets
warmer
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7. |
The Wolves
03:40
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something in the way
that the wolves know my name
like the water runs
in the dawning of the day
in the woods i will lay
like the shadow sun
oh you brave one
no one to save you
holding the stone,
and learning the sound
something in the way
that i'm finding my place
like a pilgrim
in the blessing of the space
i'm reminded of my grace
in the timeless wave
oh you brave one
no one to save
braiding the sweetgrass
in the home of your own
body of water
you roam with the wolves
oh you run with the wolves
you run with the wolves
you run with the wolves
you run with the wolves
something in the way
that the wolves know my name
as a pilgrim
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8. |
House of Light
02:08
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house of light
shine on me
house of light
shine on me
holy, holy, holy one
holy, holy, holy one
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9. |
Bedrock
03:57
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the center cannot hold
when the war is in the fold
of the bedrock
and i was never told
that there's more to a war than the war within
oh the war is all i've known
everything i say is to the empty space
in the hollow tree
where the ghosts are free to roam
oh the hollow is all i know
oh the hollow is all i know
i lay my body alongside the shadow
and sing of the sorrow inside
and claim what is rightfully mine
the ghosts are mine
the hollow is mine
the story is mine
the war is mine
the war is mine
the war is mine
and the hollow tree
where the ghosts are free
the hollow tree
where the ghosts are free
the center cannot hold when the war is in the fold of the bedrock
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10. |
Oranges
05:09
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pulled to the waves
i wait for shore
i couldn't stay
i was waiting for more
opened my eyes
and where'd we go
feather in flight
i see below
look at the life we've made
look at the love we've made
i dreamt of my daughter painting,
her hands look like mine
we colored the canvas
hanging from branches
of evergreen twine
i could taste the oranges on my tongue
you watch in the dappled sun
dimpled and falling in love
look at the life we've made
look at the love we've made
listen to the center,
it's painted in crimson and gold
this is where we enter,
just as our story unfolds
we hold to our days
and those to come
we have faith in the ways
of the setting sun
look at the life we've made
this is our love,
this is our love,
this is our love
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11. |
Harvest
04:32
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where the heartache reaps the harvest,
i learn
how the wind whips my skin
and it burns
the way that time
tells the waking
light fell over
the light poured over me again
i remember the day when the night came
how the light faded but my heart stayed the
same how the blood flowed like water all over the
war how the love brought my knees to the floor
with my body the ghost
the hollow of hope
remained
in the dusty sight
i saw the sparrow take flight
the sparrows took flight
i said nest with me
nest with me
i know no other wing
i hold no other wing
i know no other bravery
i know no other bravery
and the story ends
and unfolds again
how i stand
in the landscape
where the harvest keeps the shape of the self
where the light leads and tells of
the glory
i hold the glory
i hold the holy one
the holy one
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Hannah Frances Chicago, Illinois
hannahfrancesmusic.com
Hannah Frances (b. 1997) is a vocalist, guitarist, composer, poet, and movement artist melding avant-folk, progressive rock, and jazz.
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