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Three

by Charlotte Church

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1.
Sparrow 03:16
SPARROW I awake Most days Below a robins nest With my wings So cold And a heart that overflows To redden snow. I've been an envelope, Are you the sparrow? With a letter-red Blood-fluttered In plumes For the bayonet Has carved away, And it carves away At the arrowhead Lodged within my breast. Sparrow, We all end up Buried in the snow So pick leaves and cover me; Pluck the arrow From my breast and let me rest So far below The robin's nest.
2.
Remains 01:42
REMAINS And when the bough has broken Red amber ash of fractal light Breaks up to form new gods Falling down, falling In glazed blue droplets of sound And pounding hearts Pumping water. (And when the bough has broken And when the cradle's fallen Take what remains And build new gods To pray we can exist in an ocean abyss What else is there? What else is there?)
3.
Like A Fool 05:33
LIKE A FOOL I got worked up like a fool, Now I need to wash myself with thoughts As pure as water. I got worked up like a fool for you, I don't need those flowers To make myself as pure as water. Mountain water Flash my veins Flush me out I think I'm losing touch; I'm diaphonous, a figure of smoke and mirrors. I think I'm losing touch with you. Is my smile bent, A rod seen through the clearest water? Mountain water Flood my lungs Won't you pull me out Pull me out Pull me out Pull me out Of the rising water.
4.
MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT You box me up So you can cut me in half. I'm a loop to you, You connect me up Or split me in two. I'll be the dove You can hide in your hand I'll be kissing the keys to you And go limp as a glove in your hands. Such magic hands. Oh, Hide me behind a mirror There I'll stay Until I hear Those words Such incantations Those words As if from another time and space Drifting through the darkness I'll step out And we'll bring down the house. Is there anything that we can't do As long as within we there's you? You and your loop. Those words Such incantations Those words As if from another time and space Drifting through the darkness. I'll step out And we'll bring down the house Is there anything that we can't do As long as within we there's you?
5.
HOUSE UPON THE SEA Here we are A house upon the sea A bad dream The woods on the hill are aware And there's a terrible voice that echoes around The wind has it's sting Puts the salt in your skin And morning light clears Oh won't you bring me to rest Says I should fake a death And failing that I should enter the house And face what I left Upon the water Here we are House upon the sea And I know it's but a bad dream The morning light The morning light Will clear But it's all so real The dark reflects the day Like a shadow on the waves.
6.
I Can Dream 03:49
I CAN DREAM I can dream I can dream I'd build a castle for a crystal cup I'd flood the ravine just to Raise you up I can dream I can dream Freezing the snowfall for your favourite view Whip up a firestorm just to Warm you Through Oh I will deliver when I sleep I deliver you and wake Oh with a shiver when I sleep I will shake myself To face the day Oh I will deliver when I sleep I make promises I can dream I can dream Fill up the glasses A toast to the sick-sweet The best and the better The best The ever-ripening best Oh I will deliver when I sleep I deliver you and wake Oh with a shiver when I sleep I will shake myself To face the day Oh I will deliver when I sleep I make promises I make promises
7.
Water Tower 03:19
WATER TOWER I am a water tower Heavy is my head And when the land around you is dying I will keep your fields fed I will keep your belly full I will keep your family whole I am indestructible. The things with tiny bones Scurry round my legs And they nag at me with their hopes; Little dreams for little heads. I wish I could clear them all, Sweep them up combustible, Burn them in a crucible. From their sacrifice a light To keep you company tonight Keep you company tonight. Snap them up like crocodile Retreat to river with a smile; Just to know They won't Be bugging you anymore, That's a fair reward.

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released January 27, 2014

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