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As the River Bends
02:34
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as the river bends
meanders up ahead
so are my days
i am but a leaf
drifting down the stream
a shadow on the river bend
i’ve tried to live alone
building my own throne
i’ll die by my crown
suppose that i was wrong
i yearn to hold someone
laugh in their company
grab me by the hand
we’ll help each other stand
wade through the tide
a lifetime swirls bye
may i be occupied
by loving those who cherish me
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Make Me New
03:36
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i’m so tired
of waking up
broken to the softness of my core
i’m so sick
of being loud
disrespecting all the saints that i’ve ignored
make me new
i wanna be new
i wanna be
a new creation, shatter me again
welcomed home
to empty rooms
the echoes of my anechoic mind
angry thoughts
bouncing off
the discontented soul that’s left to roam
finding hope
in simplicity
the yarrow and the dandelion patch
flowers bloom
my hearth is warm
the embers of contentment and of joy
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Newborn Day
02:55
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the night is long
haunting me with fear and melancholy aches
shaking me awake
my rattling breath
close my eyes and count a famished flock of sheep
urge myself sleep
my quivering heart
waits for morning to arrest this state of death
tension in my chest
the restless wind
malevolently tries to crack this fragile mind
screeching down my spine
paralyzed
ruminate the gifts the newborn day will give
learning how to live
in eagerness
watch the window as the dawn slips through the trees
whistling out of key
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Every Fabric
02:54
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every fabric, every seam
all the stitching in out bodies, unraveling
every outcome, every scheme
the tension at a party before it’s time to leave
every valley, every slope
from the forest to the canyons, our expansive globe
how our trembling bodies ache
the eerie thoughts of dying, the sorrow in it’s wake
forgive my arrogance
if the Lord above us cares
why do children lose their dads
why does everything collapse
i know that i am wrong
1000 different ways
but i’m choking on the bitter vial
run for shelter in the rain
every tombstone, every birth
the beauty that lays lurking - slowly unearthed
all the scrambling towards a cure
the groping in the darkness for something pure
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Joseph Tennant Calgary, Alberta
Joseph Tennant is a songwriter and musician based in Calgary, Alberta. His music covers a wide variety of emotional landscapes, from melancholy to tongue-in-cheek humour. A skilled storyteller and writer, Joseph is able to captivate his listeners with each lyrical and musical twist. ... more
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