1. |
The Snow Line
00:34
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2. |
Upside of Down
04:00
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If time will bless my hopelessness
in all I say and do,
the fear of adding one to us
will turn itself untrue.
So I'll feel different,
somehow less hesitant,
was always the kind to aspire to a steeple
too close to ground,
now I'll be learning
there's an upside
to down.
The only goal that shines today
is one that changes all,
my style of halves and turning paths
will change to rise and fall.
No scares at night, no hurts held tight,
let's say I let them go.
And if I make the great mistake
my nerves will never show.
So I'll feel different,
somehow less hesitant,
was always the kind to aspire to a steeple
too close to ground,
now I'll be learning
there's an upside
to down.
Down is the way that I'll go -
I'll be singing my deeds before me.
Down on the confidence road -
I'll be singing my deeds before me.
I'll be aiming,
aiming,
singing Amen
as I'm aiming
at the right side of down
before me,
oh...
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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3. |
Ladybird
04:31
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Where are you my lady?
Where've you gone dear friend?
I'll just wait for the hour
when all fires will end.
Your house has gone
and all your children
fly away, fly away.
We'll meet again,
we'll meet again.
One can think of an answer,
but two will soon return doubt,
counting all of your worries
that I can't figure out.
Your home was here,
though many children
fly away, fly away,
but stay the same,
but stay the same...
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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4. |
Days Lost to Snow
02:59
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Will I play with them in the snow?
Showing them games,
holding a hand
that I have made?
Not in this year.
Maybe next time we'll all be here.
Will I be watching you in the sea?
Shallows are warm,
you're laughing at me,
and in your arms
someone you made,
someone you'll always want to stay.
So we waited and we thought about
the way things don't work out
or sometimes do work out
and how I'll always be your girl.
Now that I'm chasing him after that star,
shooting across
night after night,
knowing my wish
has nothing to do,
nothing at all now it's all true.
Some of the people for some of the time
know about this,
know how it is.
But none of them know,
for how would they know,
all of the days we lost to snow.
So we waited and we talked about
the way things don't work out
or sometimes do work out
and how I'll always be your girl.
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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5. |
Feast of Sant'Antnin
04:30
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From the roof
I see the lights of
Sant'Antnin
go on at night.
Bells have brought me
back to somewhere
I can't find
in myself these days.
On the edge
there's a glow in town
and a sense that I
won't belong anymore.
So where to lie
when the fire is cold
and the house you know
not there anymore?
Stella Maris
guide the way for
those in search
of their childhood.
Golden is the
harvest and the
way of return
to those old enough.
On the edge
there's a glow in town
and a feast that calls
on Sant'Antnin.
So let down inside,
let the fireworks die
and the house you know
not there anymore...
Sant'Antnin, save us all...
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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6. |
Autumn Hymn
03:13
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Oh my friend,
what comfort can I lend?
My words will count for nothing
and foolish songs will end.
You can't believe in everything
or give your love to thieves,
oh....
One will fall,
and all that kept you ordered
will leave you to be shattered
and broken by the shore.
No salt to fill your eyes with,
no skin to hold you up,
oh...
Oh my friend,
my comforts feel so slender,
your age becomes my living,
and now you come to me.
I've heard you crying westward
while I can only sing,
oh...
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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7. |
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Old sun, new day
waiting for a sign to heal you.
Wait with hope, I'm
standing in the shade of kingdom come.
Tough but broken,
lying-in the whole of summer.
Sing for strong man
standing in the shade of kingdom come,
hoping for a glimpse of kingdom.
And if it pulls you through,
let it stay, let it stay.
My heart holds you,
my arms break.
So long this state,
will we get the grace to follow
all the routes planned,
standing in the shade of kingdom come,
hoping for that glimpse of kingdom?
And if it pulls you through,
let it stay, let it stay.
My heart holds you,
my arms break.
All these days will be forgotten.
All these days will see you
home again,
again.
All these days will be forgotten.
Never weaken, set your sights on
spring to come and take a turn with
you,
give it time,
give it time.
You're never leaving, put it out of your mind,
you're never leaving, put it out of your mind,
put it out of your mind,
put it out of your mind.
You're never leaving, put it out of your mind,
you're never leaving, put it out of your mind,
when you know the years are deceiving you,
and the faith you had in your body long gone,
you'll have to find a way,
you'll have to find a way.
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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8. |
The Story
02:28
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I'll finish off the story
then you can settle down,
then you can hide behind
your eyes again.
The moral of the story
is never let you down,
is never hold your hand
without a plan,
and I am just
a reader.
The normal life runs backwards,
coming all out of shape,
losing the time we make
in digging up the gold.
I hear you say it's O.K.,
but in the night I know
you run away
to force your breath to slow,
so I cannot
believe you.
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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9. |
Winter Hymn
02:51
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It feels that
I was the first to go,
the first changed
to someone you don't know.
A warning, a light that's
turning down,
a rose in November,
the garden kept
without the words to say
our names.
In losing or keeping
we have a certain heart,
no matter how old when
the moment comes to part.
So sing bright
and sing with all your might,
for evening will follow
to steal remembrance
of the days,
our place in line.
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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10. |
New Year Waltz
03:42
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Happy ending, not in the least,
every ill wind
is blowing the house down.
I can't keep you safely indoors,
winter ran through
the whole of the new year.
Count the days 'til
this one's over.
Ran out of luck,
we ran out of luck,
been running on love now
a long time.
No connections between the signs,
so this is life
they're telling the hero.
If I stop believing in years
fate disappears
and so might the problems.
Count the days 'til
this one's over.
Ran out of luck,
we ran out of luck,
been running on love now
a long time.
Ran out of luck,
we ran out of luck,
been running on love now
a long time.
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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11. |
Come On My Star
04:58
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Come on my star,
I should be home
with confident mornings
and open skies.
Day follow day,
and I should behave
with face to the future,
but I can't go.
Come on my star,
it's only a mile,
a corner for turning,
a moment of trial....
How do my friends
get through the night
without the trouble
of shaking heart?
Follow them now,
be who you aren't,
wake up forgetting
your trembling hand.
Come on my star,
it's only a mile,
a corner for turning,
a moment of trial.
So pull out the stops,
remember your song,
I never expected
to stay here for so long...
...come on my star....
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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12. |
The Snow Line (Reprise)
02:12
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You're all that I dreamed of,
everything I thought about,
all the words to know
you're all that now.
If we cross the snow line
is there somewhere else to go?
Out there in the cold white
one by one.
Walk a little faster,
got some catching up to do,
When we reach the snow line,
only in our own time,
I'll be there
to keep an eye
on you.
© 2023 Suzy Mangion
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Suzy Mangion Manchester, UK
Music-maker, artist and historian making records of ‘unbelievable emotional depth and grand simplicity’ (Pitchfork). Brings
grown men to tears with ‘songs that beautifully capture a sense of perpetual loss through the passing of time’ (The Wire).
3 acclaimed albums on Pickled Egg. Sang on Piano Magic's 4AD album &made 4 albums with Arbol. Sings for Ghostwriter,& is half of The Winter Journey.
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