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Te mōhiki tōtahi
07:22
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So now I sing alone
Where once I sung with you
and a tension grew between us
only one thing I could do
Oh and now I stand alone
when before I stood with you
that situation was poison
What else could I do?
And I will row alone
this boat built for one
pursue a new direction
and I'm off into the sun
And I will row alone
te mōhiki tōtahi
float of into the sun
in this boat built for one.
And now alone I'll sing
I'll put my heart and soul right in
Sing to the Lord a new song
of this good music my friend.
focused on my solitude
an obsessive lonely rower
is this a separation I've created... or...
He waka eke noa
(He waka eke noa)
Te mōhiki tōtahi
He waka eke noa
And I will row alone
this boat built for one
pursue a new direction
and I'm off into the sun
And I will row alone
te mōhiki tōtahi
float of into the sun
in this boat built for one.
Can I see beyond the prow?
is it fog that blocks my sight?
Will I travel to tomorrow?
Will I row through the night?
Is this loneliness a burden?
Or a self-imposed exile?
Dreaming of the day I'm looked for,
to lay it down and reconcile.
And I will row alone
this boat built for one
pursue a new direction
and I'm off into the sun
And I will row alone
te mōhiki tōtahi
float of into the sun
in this boat built for one.
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2. |
Te marama tīaho
02:46
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So afraid of the dark,
yet so afraid to be seen.
Desperate we light little lights of our own.
escape the shrouding darkness,
that threatens to engulf us..
And yet though we glow,
despite how bright our light,
nothing compares to,
pales in comparison to,
The wise white face of the moon.
The gentle glow ever-watchful,
te marama tīaho
a light in the darkness
is my flickering candle
beneath the basket
perhaps the city on the hill
jewell in the darkness
And yet though we glow,
despite how bright our light,
nothing compares to,
pales in comparison to,
The wise white face of the moon.
The gentle glow ever-watchful,
te marama tīaho
a light in the darkness
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3. |
Unproductive
04:47
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Don't call the land barren
'cause there's no money in what grows
Don't call the wild wasted
when it's filled with trees you don't know
Don't call the space empty
Because you're blind to what's there.
Don't call it unproductive,
When you live drink and breathe.
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4. |
Puahou
03:34
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5. |
You haven't heard me
04:39
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I've said it all once, why do I have to say again?
It's like you're running me round
like you're holding me down,
I've poured it all out
And I don't want to say again.
Repeating those words like you haven't even heard
I said it all once
Why do I have to say again?
Wrestled so long long now I'm ready to move on..
You haven't heard me.
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6. |
Spinach Dub
04:11
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7. |
Treading water
03:24
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Oh- I'm just treading water
Checking those notifications
Just taking another look
Just swimming at the surface of life
I think I might sink
I think I might drown out the noise
I feel like leaving the surface
I feel like going down deep
Oh how to escape
this shallow affliction
Oh how to drown out
this fickle addiction
Oh- I'm just treading water
Checking those notifications
Just taking another look
Just swimming at the surface of life
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8. |
Precipice friend
04:34
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Now you can see the haze for what it was
Now you know the fog for what it is
Now you see the hope that you needed
Hear anew the wisdom seldom heeded
Now you see the path that you have taken
Now you see the shade in which you stand
Was this life the one that you pursued?
Are you now the person you had planned?
Oh, not yet free, a moment's vantage for you to see..
Oh friend,
Standing on the edge of the precipice
not knowing what comes
an eye for only yesterday's problems
Oh friend,
Standing on the edge of the precipice
not knowing what comes
an eye for only yesterday's problems
And I will be there for you
When you step forth
When you carry on
And I will be there for you
When you step forth
Into your inevitable future
Now you see you're standing on the brink
You turn to me and wave it off assuming what I'll think
trying to make light your situation
Subconsciously you suffocate your supplication
Oh, not yet free, a moment's vantage for you to see..
Oh friend,
Standing on the edge of the precipice
not knowing what comes
an eye for only yesterday's problems
Oh friend,
Standing on the edge of the precipice
not knowing what comes
an eye for only yesterday's problems
And I will be there for you
When you step forth
When you carry on
And I will be there for you
When you step forth
Into your inevitable future
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9. |
Death is a seed
06:16
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Death is a coiled spring
So that the new sill come
from where the old has been
Death is a seed
So that the new will rise
from where the old has been
the natural way of things
Ko te mate, he puananī
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10. |
Kakanō
01:58
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Mourning the loss of spring
the memory of yesterday's season
So stuck looking backwards
clambering to hold on
fighting to let go
clinging to the known
and desperate to put it down
And so I will take this seed I hold
crouch low into the ground
humble myself to the inevitable
and let it all be buried
For the rain and snow come down from the heavens
for the seed must fall to the earth and die
The water will cause the grain to grow
seed for the farmer, bread for the hungry
Mourning the loss of spring
the memory of yesterday's season
So stuck looking backwards
clambering to hold on
fighting to let go
clinging to the known
and desperate to put it down
But I do
And I turn around
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11. |
Upon the rock
03:13
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Step back take a look at what I got
Strip it all back and build again upon the rock
Step back gotta get that all off
Strip it all back and build again upon the rock
Step back cause I don't wanna lose the plot
Strip it all back and build again upon the rock
Step back take a look at what I got
Strip it all back and build again upon the rock
Clean cut gotta let it drift away
Untie the tie that binds
Fresh start, remember who you are
cleanup those barbs and spines
Clean cut gotta let it drift away
Untie the tie that binds
look forward, only the new day,
there never was a chance to rewind
Step back take a look at what I got
Strip it all back and build again upon the rock
Step back gotta get that all off
Strip it all back and build again upon the rock
Step back cause I don't wanna lose the plot
Strip it all back and build again upon the rock
Step back take a look at what I got
Strip it all back and build again upon the rock
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Follower Christchurch, New Zealand
Hi all,
My name's greg and I'm a musician in Christchurch New Zealand. I work full time as a restoration
ecologist and am pretty keen on making music whenever I get the chance. I play a bunch of instruments and do some amateur recording. It's all for the love of self-expression and the sharing of thought. thanks for finding my band camp page and reading this far down. get in touch if you're keen.
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