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by Son and Elder

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1.
The Simple Life 03:28
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The Simple Life v1 We’ll never live the simple life Your endless wants erase delight a blue sky will never be blue enough a warm house will always disappoint c There’s not enough treasure in the world To put a smile on some certain girls Sadly, forever incomplete The warmest heart searching endlessly v2 Being home is like dying Traveling far, helps you survive Love is written in the rings Songs emerge from dying things Healing comes from letting go Sometimes too late, sometimes too slow c You know There’s not enough treasure in the world To put a smile on some certain girls Sadly, forever incomplete The lost heart, fast asleep b There’s hope in stars There's love in bars There’s kindness on busses and trains Harder hearts have tried Darker days have died Surely something can help us again v3 Maybe we’ll find a simpler life Kinder eyes, loving smile Sitting still won’t hurt so bad Simply loving the life we have
2.
On the sides 03:54
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v Always in the middle of nowhere Heart gone adrift Searching, finding, breaking and binding The Wrecking crew bringing the hits How long can this cycle keep spinning? The dizziness leaves me ill Suffer the children, suffer the loved ones The suffering’s all I feel c All the beauty and magic and laughter Is found on the sides of the narrow life you lead Drinking, drowning, disaster surrounding your perilous eyes and the burning skies you leave v Your tears, filled with cold nights together Surrounded yet all alone Green velveted waters, our unborn daughters Our tragedies seem to grow Birthed from loving, bred by trusting Tall fences won’t keep them back Prying eyes, unsafe, unwise We’re loosing things all too fast c All the beauty and magic and laughter Is found on the sides of the narrow life you lead Drinking, drowning, disaster surrounding your perilous eyes and the burning skies you leave b Maybe I’ll go Swim somewhere long and deep Go for a drive up the hills, tall and steep Maybe I’ll fly See how my wings work In mono I hear Dark voices that speak of worlds c All the beauty and magic and laughter Is found on the sides of the narrow life you lead Drinking, drowning, disaster surrounding your perilous eyes and the burning skies you leave
3.
Swingset 04:31
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v1 Celia shuttered twice Pain kissed behind her eyes Hard lump below her ear Tears flowed beneath blue skies c1 Please tell them To heal me I want to go home Where I’m meant to be Sit by the fire Warm my bones and hug my son Out of this room where My days will soon end v2 Machine’s whirred rhythms fast Filled Celia full of life Her heart still ran it’s race Soon it would resign c1 "Tell my family I love them These short days must soon end Please make the most To appease my old ghost Feel my love Long after I’m dead" b1 Beauty is on a swingset Love is riding a bike Laughter is all my heart needs The love has filled me with light v3 Celia can not speak Words no longer rise Looking to the room She closes her loving eyes c3 "Tell my family I love them My broken days must soon end Please make the most To appease my old ghost Feel my love Long after I’m dead" b1 Beauty is on a swingset Love is riding a bike Laughter is all my heart needs The love has filled me with light Beauty is on a swingset Love is riding a bike Laughter is all my heart needs The love has filled me with light
4.
Great telescopes 03:30
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V1 In the opening scene We find a bitter man Broken and bleeding With his heart in his hands Taste of defeat Never quite left Small and afraid Ever locked in his head Towers of doubt He chokes on the clues Spinning in circles Too tight to come loose Playing a role A broken island alone Singing a song To a phone C1 So uncertain So afraid So unworthy To even watch the parade Fragrant bloom of the flowers Steady beat of the drums Feel the time bleeding out Before your dreams become V2 Below the millions of stars A light inside him awoke The universe was calling He listened, it spoke One and the same In his heart All the names In the world In the telescope We see a place that we know We knew it from the moment that we started to grow Forgotten in time In the fears That we give to ourselves C2 No longer uncertain No longer afraid No longer unworthy To even watch the parade Fragrant bloom of the flowers Steady beat of the drums Feel the time all around you As the present becomes Bridge Connected to all lives around Reflected in all sights and sounds Inhaled with every sacred breathe Exhale the death C2 No longer uncertain No longer afraid No longer unworthy To even watch the parade Fragrant bloom of the flowers Steady beat of the drums Feel the time all around you As the present becomes Outro Love is not ours to command
5.
Love song 02:38
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V In a million ways I know what you are All the hours of the day You dance in my heart I love you I love you In the night, In the dark I dream in your world In the light, in the sun I drink in your air I love you I love you B section: Seas recede Waters find their way Hearts all seek Somewhere safe from display/decay/dismay Bridge/Solo Last verse: Someday I will fall And turn to dust In your arms I will sleep Forever more I love you
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Week 6 - Samples - Incomplete 03:14
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Everything Collides 03:11
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V1 The light was dim Could barely see The sound of waves A smell of seas A light divine The light in your eyes The night before Before the dawn The hours prior Life lingered on Endless ache Cloud filled skies Bridge Everything, everything, ever Everything collides Everything, everything, ever Everything collides V2 Bright August blooms Electric greens Seductive lives Romantic dreams Innocent loves come to life The Warmth forgives The mind forgets A summer fades Cold soon collects All debt is paid In good time Chorus Walking through the waves Holding hands Aimless sandy walking No plans Climbing up the cliffs To see what’s there A thousand other souls been here Glaring at the falls No fear At the end We get to see what’s left Bridge Everything, everything, ever Everything collides Everything, everything, ever Everything collides Chorus Walking through the waves Holding hands Aimless sandy walking No plans Climbing up the cliffs To see what’s there A thousand other souls been here Glaring at the falls No fear At the end We get to see what’s left
8.
Once upon a time 05:00
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Chorus Once upon a time It was a long time coming but You never find the time And then the time stops coming so Stop just a minute Stop, stop just a minute Find a way to be in it There's so much to find within it V1 A blur of days and weeks and months fly by our eyes and leave us broken and beat We claw and climb and desperately try to get what we’re convinced we need Disconnection, rejections, the loss of affection Has become the norm in our lives We’ve got more than any people before Yet we’re starving for love night after night V2 A thousand tilted necks gazing down at an infinite bottomless blue screen You’re not learning anything that you need Time ticks right past you, every second, every beat We don’t get to do this over again, We don’t get a second chance Close your eyes and feels the rhythm Allow yourself to feel life’s true dance Chorus Once upon a time It was a long time coming but You can never find the time And then the time stops coming so Stop just a minute Stop stop just a minute Find a way to be in it There's so much to find within it

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This will be a collection of submissions created for Reddit's r/songaweek SubReddit.

I find prompts help me get work done, so I'm going to use this process to help me write some new music. The process is the important part of the exercise and writing regardless of my mood or motivation.

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released January 13, 2016

Written, recorded and performed by Lee Howard @ Mystery Machine Studio, Portland, OR

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