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Close But Not Too Close

by NIIKA

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1.
For The Key 04:28
Pull at the thread Watch it unravel Pull at the thread again Watch it unravel You know I know this thing is fragile Just like we’re like the best kind of magic Foolish heart, foolish heart I feel backed into a corner I feel backed into a corner Look at the end of the string Thread the needle Can you remember how to Sew it up again Making the same stitch over and over We’re losing sight of how well it’s holding Foolish eye, foolish eye I feel tangled up, lover I feel tangled up, lover Let’s go hunting for the key Lover Let’s go hunting for the key my love
2.
Low hanging fruit Bears a tune That doesn’t sound, doesn’t sound Might I have two To satisfy Deeper hunger, deeper hunger That’s the only way Some know how That’s the only way Some know how Branch snaps Far too quickly Branch snaps Far too quickly For me to catch myself For me to catch myself Step on these coals So you can Walk through fire, walk through fire When I get old I will be like the Girl of an arc Girl of an arc Girl of an arc Watch it unfold As it has Time and again, time and again When we get old We will be like the Girl of an arc Girl of an arc Girl of an arc Heavy history repeats Heavy history repeats Heavy, heavy
3.
Witness 05:24
When you witness someone loving someone It awakens something inside yourself When you witness someone loving someone It awakens something inside yourself I see my own time Floating harshly Away, before my eyes Broken reprieve And I’m on my knees Begging Let me do it better, let me do it better, let me see that When you witness someone loving someone It awakens something inside yourself When you witness someone loving someone It awakens something inside yourself I feel a dream Crawl up my throat And I spill from my tongue Sweet liquor Liquor you up Glaze your whole cup Empty or full It’s the color of honey now Honey now We’re all honeys now We’ve seen it And we wanna be a part of it We wanna be a part of it, wanna see that When you witness someone loving someone It awakens something inside yourself Hold on for you Soon will Know it too Stay here For dust Turns gold Within the rust And I’m off the cuff And a touch to your wrist Tells me your heart is beating And your love is bleeding Yeah your love is bleeding Tell me what you see Tell me what you see When you witness someone loving someone
4.
Blue Smoke 04:37
My friend Has got A smoke and mirrors heart A room full of mirrors heart Reflects upon Herself always Reflects upon Herself always Blue smoke On every note Blue smoke On every note Blue, blue A grain Of gold In a husk Of thick perfume and cigarettes Of frankincense and cigarettes Reflects upon Herself always Reflects upon Herself always Blue smoke On every note Blue smoke On every note Blue, blue The ground Beneath your feet Is imagined It’s imagined
5.
Oh Delila 01:52
Oh Delila You know I like you But you don’t hear me You fill with fear of me Set your eyes on me I’ll be your prize today Win me over A little slower We become small things Resting in the other’s palm Each one feeling unseen As our eyes do fall Honey baby These things I’ve named you Hold no meaning Only surface I’m a real mess Refusing a witness You’re taking me over Over and over We become small things Resting in the other’s palm Each one feeling unseen As our eyes do fall
6.
The Cage 04:42
Up, up there on the dome While, while the silver light takes form You’re high, higher than you’ve ever been, no High, higher than you’ve ever gone A red desire Does pull your tired Legs further still Begs the question Do you know when you’ve had your fill? You came to this place To feel like your face Is part of the sky And melting away Leaving nothing but Your bones for the wind To rattle and shake Your brain in its cage, uh huh In its cage, uh huh Cage An echo Sonic mirror Serves as Affirmation that You indeed, do reside In your body In your body You came to this place To feel like your face Is part of the sky And melting away Leaving nothing but Your bones for the wind To rattle and shake Your brain in its cage, uh huh In its cage, uh huh Cage Cage
7.
She fell from a star Or rose from the sea I’m really not sure Weaving a saga From the light of the moon Then letting it burn She often touches the flame Seared skin and heart ablaze Braver yet she forever becomes Soaring closer to her brother the sun Her heart breaks A thousand times Each day The pieces turn To a thousand golden ravens Calling to their young, calling to their young And as she sings this gilded song Black feathers encased by her golden tongue The spirits awake to a clear melody As clear as the water she came from As clear as the water she came from She often touches the flame Seared skin and heart ablaze Braver yet she forever becomes Soaring closer to her brother the sun She gives her heart Wholly, unfettered To her garden Wholly, unfettered to her garden
8.
Bad Medicine 05:53
While my heart was breaking And I turned my head away Parts of me were aching So you gave me that Bad bad bad bad medicine Bad bad bad medicine Bad bad bad medicine Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad! I know it’s ever-changing It’s like quicksand But this taste still lingers on my tongue That bitter sting of Bad bad bad bad medicine Bad bad bad medicine Bad bad bad medicine Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad! Hold it back So that you can keep your head Foolish feelings for trusting it again But you know that, you gotta Gotta trust in that Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad Wouldn’t you say This love is like the turn of the seasons This love is like Winter comes, it’s buried deep in the ground And it thaws slow But the yellow bloom Is triumphant Watch it bloom Triumphant
9.
Dream Song 04:13
Fall into the cloud Fall into the cloud I fall, I fall into the shrouded night I’m falling, I’m falling towards The morning light Fall into the cloud Fall into the cloud And now he comes to me Adorned in a sage’s green His hair is blonde and blue And now I see that mine is too He offers me a bowl of fruit And tells me how he plays his flute Fall into the cloud Fall into the cloud I fall, I fall into the shrouded night I’m falling, I’m falling towards The morning light Fall into the cloud Fall into the cloud

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released May 15, 2020

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