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Frost at Midnight
06:17
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Dearest Babe
Who sleepeth by
My cradle tonight
My cradle tonight
How oft, how oft
I have dreamt
And my sleep
Prolongs
My dreams
I promise you this
Your light will shine
All through the day
And every night
How oft, how oft
I have dreamt
And my sleep
Prolongs
My dreams
Your spirit gaze
Will never be lost
As your thought escapes
Into the frost
How oft, how oft
I have dreamt
And my sleep
Prolongs
My dreams
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2. |
Charm
03:37
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Intending you to come around I ask you listen to the glow
Have a moment to yourself alone
And in the evening if you can’t reach calm
Please remember part of you is air
We slowly make the high ground
It takes a million blows
It’s rarely leveled in the way we want to imagine so
For every door
Another close
It's rarely leveled how we want to imagine so
Woo Sah
Coolay
No more dead and done
In every vision something’s missing while you want to make it whole
On the edge of what is able to explain
And in the middle there’s an invisible rope
Slight tugs tend to keep you safe
Slight tugs tend to keep you safe
Slight tugs tend to keep ya
We slowly make for high ground
It takes a million blows
And we’re reeling when we shake the rope
Every instant aligned
Infinite torn apart
Funny how a formula reveals a charm
Woo Sah
Coolay
No more dead and done
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Trace
04:06
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You are a part of me
Across time and space
The unspoken clause
The sign in a trace
You are a part of me
Both present and erased
Full of tiny instants
Stretching moments in the maze
This is my consciousness
All intertwined
Falling from the cliff
Landing in the tide
I’m feeling fine
A little tossed around
Although we share this distance
I can feel you in the clouds
You are here
But also gone
Stars stay lit
But some aren’t found
You are here
But also gone
I'll stay lit
Until you're found
You’re my connection to the other worlds
A tiny swirl in the corner of my eye
I tried to hide but the feeling won’t subside
It’s turning yearning loud
The fields are gone
The sky is light
My vision is receding
I’m awaiting your arrival now
You are here
But also gone
Stars stay lit
But some aren’t found
You are here
But also gone
I'll stay lit
Until you're found
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4. |
Shaker's Waltz
05:59
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(Instrumental)
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5. |
No Questions
02:45
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No No
Questions anymore
No need to interpret
I don’t need to even up a score
I’m beneath the surface
I have all my integers aligned
I am moving forward
Glistened, listen, I am on the prowl
Now revealing purpose
I am drifting through the wood
Seeking out that long understood
From the bottom of an ancient tree
All the hidden symbolism
It knows me
My story
Often flight can put me in a whirl
Then I set to digging
I’m not one I’m many of the world
I am going fishing
Fix the sign and show it to the world
Ships that bare the weather
Knowing not can flow it to the curve
Trusting wind to feather
I am leaving in the morn
Seeking out that long forlorn
And bleeding love to the feet of the earth
Watching every creature reveal its worth
It knows me
My story
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Common Center Covington, Kentucky
Common Center is a 7-piece ensemble of 12-string guitar, violin, saxophone, keyboards, bass, and drums. Their compositions
intermingle soft, mellifluous tones with punchy, driving rhythms—a balance between meditativeness and ferocity.
Their influences range from progressive rock and folk roots to classical music, gypsy grooves, and avant-garde groups from around the world.
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