1. |
I'm Not Letting Go
04:18
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Come and find me, I'm not so far away,
Waiting for you in a place that we can stay,
I didn't know that I was lost until you found me,
Whisper gently, and wrap your arms around me
Here in the darkness I hear you calling
I don't know where up is, but I feel like I'm falling,
When nothing is certain, it's so reassuring
That the unexpected can become a sure thing
It's not like anything I know, and I promise you that I'm not letting go,
They'll come and find us in this place, and so,
Until that day comes I'm not letting go,
I'm not letting go
Saying nothing somehow says it all
It's not the ground that will get you, it's the fall,
And I'm not reckless but living safe is done with,
Climb the mountain and dance upon the summit
Here in the darkness I heard you calling,
I don't know where we'll go, but it won't be boring,
When nothing is certain, it's so reassuring
That the unexpected can become a sure thing
It's not like anything I know,
And I promise you that I'm not letting go,
They'll come to find us in this place and so
Until that day comes I'm not letting go,
I had to look above and down below
To find you, and now I'm not letting go,
Promises, you know they come and go,
But I promise you that I'm not letting go,
I'm not letting go.
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2. |
Monsters In Mirrors
04:15
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The wind is blowing through the trees,
The branches shaking with the leaves,
As though they're begging, begging please,
Please don't count us here with these.
The breeze is blowing strong and hard
As I stare into the dark,
As time goes by, I'm losing heart,
Do I give in and play my
Parting is such sorrow
Will I be here tomorrow?
The monsters in the mirrors turn away, as if there's nothing left
To say to me this time,
No change in state, but nothing is the same, because I know this time
The blame is only mine
Scratches on my window pane
Kind of start to feel the same,
Was I the cause of all my pain
As I danced closer to the flame?
Voices out in the unknown
Call me further from my home,
As all the faces that I've shown
Have now left me here a
loneliness calls softly
This choice is so costly
The monsters in the mirrors turn away, as if there's nothing left
To say to me this time,
No change in state, but nothing is the same, because I know this time
The blame is only mine
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3. |
Applauding The Fall
04:00
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Bring the house lights down, the audience is here,
Another drop or two will take away the fear,
And it's been so long now you wonder if you knew
What you were running from, or rather running to
If you're not part of the chatter,
then you think that you don't matter,
But the world keeps getting madder
Up this never-ending ladder
The spectacle that you became was just a thing to entertain,
A show before their eyes,
A thousand hands around, and all applauding as they watched you fall
To something you despised,
But never filled the emptiness, or ever seemed to catch the tears you cried.
Are the empty seats a reflection of your soul?
Is the crowd's applause just meant to fill that hole?
And when the party's gone, and all have turned away,
The only thing they've given you, all that you have left to say is
Since you're not part of the chatter,
Then you never really mattered,
But the world keeps getting madder
Up this never-ending ladder
The spectacle that you became was just a thing to entertain,
A show before their eyes,
A thousand hands around, and all applauding as they watched you fall
To something you despised,
But never filled the emptiness, or ever seemed to catch the tears you cried.
Don't see me, I know,
Don't leave me, I'll go,
This all was for show,
Believe me, I know,
Come see me, it's true,
I'm not hiding from you,
It's no secret what God can do
The spectacle that you became was just a thing to entertain,
A show before their eyes,
A thousand hands around, and all applauding as they watched you fall
To something you despised,
But never filled the emptiness, or ever seemed to catch the tears you cried.
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4. |
Fly By Night
03:15
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It was a matter of time,
What was she looking to find,
Or was she falling behind just to be here
And was it really alright
That she was called to fight
But preferred the flight to be anywhere?
And at the end of the day
Was it all falling away?
She said that she couldn't say, just to be clear
Oh...
And if it's fly by night, then she'll sing by day
And I don't know if it's all a bluff,
Cos she doesn't care if it all falls away
As far as she's concerned, forever isn't long enough
She said that they wouldn't last
Cos they were stuck in the past,
And time was going by fast, making history.
And could she really be sure
That they weren't looking for more?
Because a hand at the door was a mystery,
And she had done her part,
Which was a matter of art,
So she hardened her heart to it, didn't she?
Oh...
And if it's fly by night, then she'll sing by day
And I don't know if it's all a bluff,
Cos she doesn't care if it all falls away,
As far as she's concerned, forever isn't long enough
Don't stand, don't move, and don't you breathe,
Don't ever try to bend your knee,
Don't take a step, and try to see
the ones who are the least of these
Don't stand, don't move, and don't you breathe,
Don't ever try to bend your knee,
Don't take a step, and try to free,
The ones who are the least of these.
Oh...
And if it's fly by night, then she'll sing by day
And I don't know if it's all a bluff,
Cos she doesn't care if it all falls away,
As far as she's concerned, forever isn't long enough
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5. |
Find My Way Back To You
02:49
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The miles rose between us, unheeded and unchecked,
We turned around to try to see the few that we had left,
The things I used to recognise started to seem strange,
Thought time had gone against us, thought that time had come for change.
It's funny how the story always seems to go,
Looking at the places that I used to know,
It was never my intention, but time just passed me by,
It's funny how the story always seems the same,
Standing at the places that I used to stray,
So one last chance, I'll give it one more try
To find my way back to you
The city called out to me, I tried to find my place,
Hours turned to days and weeks since I had seen your face,
I'm hoping for forgiveness, just another chance,
Hoping that the things we had were more than circumstance
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6. |
Meet You In Our Dreams
04:53
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Sleep, tomorrow it'll keep
And I'll still be here waiting for the next day's call
Here, the memories remain,
And I can't hold the river in my hands, I hope you understand
That we are waiting, hoping, praying,
Here to see the magic that is you.
And I fell off the world, fell to outer space,
Hoping for some answers but instead I found a place
Where we won't be apart, it's not far as it seems,
We've still got forever and I'll meet you in our dreams...
I've loved your heart's every beat,
The sound of every breath you took, and the patter of your feed,
I know the smell of every hair,
The flash of every smile and just knowing you were there
So come with me
We'll chase the sunset, like we just met,
Yeah we can make some memories that won't fade
And I fell off the world, fell to outer space,
Hoping for some answers but instead I found a place
Where we won't be apart, it's not far as it seems,
We've still got forever and I'll meet you in our dreams
And our resistance to this distance cannot take the time that we have here
And softly, slowly, letting go we are still here, we're right here with you
And I fell off the world, fell to outer space,
Hoping for some answers but instead I found a place
Where we won't be apart, it's not far as it seems,
We've still got forever and I'll meet you in our dreams
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7. |
Ode For The Uninspired
04:18
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My mind is drawing a blank right now
The coffee's cold and I'm out for the count,
The clock is ticking but I'm falling behind,
With every second I get closer to losing my mind.
I need to breathe, come set me free
I'm all dressed up but I'm going nowhere
They say to me that you'll know when you get there,
I'm always running just to stay in the same place,
I say I'm happy, you say "somebody should tell your face"!
It's par for the course, just flog a dead horse,
Doesn't matter what we say,
Go to bed, close your eyes, and be early to rise,
Just another tired cliche
And I'm out of my boat, and I'm trying to float,
Truth be told, I'm getting tired
Ode for the uninspired
They say to come here while they go their own way,
Don't ask my opinion and then tell me what to say,
If you go that way, then I swear that I'll follow,
Just need a minute, I'll get to it tomorrow
I need to breathe, come set me free
It's par for the course, just flog a dead horse,
Doesn't matter what we say,
Go to bed, close your eyes, and be early to rise,
Just another tired cliche
And I'm out of my boat, and I'm trying to float,
Truth be told, I'm getting tired
Ode for the uninspired
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8. |
Icarus
05:05
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Where did I think this all would end?
Distant pieces now will mend,
So breathe in deep now, the air it gets so thin
To find your home in all the places you’ve been
Chorus
Look at the horizon, I can see it so clear
But it’s such a long way down from here,
I won’t let joy be overtaken by fear,
But it’s just a long way down from here,
The miles are passing, one by one,
Hold it together, Lord what have I done?
I am Icarus, and you are the sun.
Should I have looked before I leapt?
The first adventure, a promise kept,
So climb up higher, it’s time we lived out loud
Finding peace with our heads up in the clouds
Chorus
Look at the horizon, I can see it so clear
But it’s such a long way down from here,
I won’t let joy be overtaken by fear,
But it’s just a long way down from here,
The miles are passing, one by one,
Hold it together, lord what have I done,
I am Icarus, and you are the sun.
Bridge
And even when we fall,
Then aren’t we glad we risked it all,
If pieces break away,
We knew the chance we couldn’t stay,
If this is the finish line,
We won’t be done before our time,
But this won’t end alone,
To find these wings brought us home
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9. |
High Diver
03:41
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Stand up high, point your toes,
You can see it all from here,
How you jump, no-one knows
As you wait for your head to clear
And I don't know how you do it,
But I just can't look away,
Breathe in deep, plan your landing
It never hurts to change the world today.
So I'll say it cos I mean it, but I swear that you can fly,
Take a breath, high diver, and then go and kiss the sky,
It's a stop into the open, and you're only halfway down,
The only thing you have to fear is fear itself before you hit the ground.
Let it in, feel the darkness, and then open up your eyes
They say that home is where the heart is, but that comes as a surprise,
And the wind is like an old friend who will whisper in your ear,
Feel the rush, brace for impact, for in this moment you know why you're here.
So I'll say it cos I mean it, but I swear that you can fly,
Take a breath, high diver, and then go and kiss the sky,
It's a stop into the open, and you're only halfway down,
The only thing you have to fear is fear itself before you hit the ground.
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10. |
Rise Again
03:33
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Oh no, again it's me, thought by now that I would be
Something I could recognise,
Hello, I see it's you, show me someone that I knew,
If I could see it in your eyes...
All we are and we remain, finding comfort in our pain,
Guess we'll fake it until then
Start again eventually, let the silence cover me,
Falling down to rise again
And so the story goes as you tell it I suppose,
At the centre of it all,
I know it's not that way, say the things you've come to say,
Is it just pride before a fall
All we are and we remain, finding comfort in our pain,
Guess we'll fake it until then
Start again eventually, let the silence cover me,
Falling down to rise again
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11. |
So Eighties
02:41
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Once upon a rhyme
I was dancing for hours
Lost track of time
When we lay it on the line,
Everything gets so crazy
But we’ll be so fine
Dancing along like we’re stuck in the eighties,
Tuning it out while the world’s going crazy
Letting ourselves get lost in the music
Like this is the time and the place that we’re choosing,
Finding yourself get lost in the feeling,
We can dance on the floor, we can dance on the ceiling,
Leave it all behind, and let it carry you home.
Stand up on your chair
The poets are dead,
Were they ever there?
They say it isn’t fair,
Stand at the goal posts
Put your fist in the air
Dancing along like we’re stuck in the eighties,
Tuning it out while the world’s going crazy
Letting ourselves get lost in the music
Like this is the time and the place that we’re choosing,
Finding yourself get lost in the feeling,
We can dance on the floor, we can dance on the ceiling,
Leave it all behind, and let it carry you home.
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12. |
The Other Side
03:53
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Let the sunlight in,
It’s never been too late to try
We can still begin,
I don’t believe in fate sometimes
The smile on my face,
It didn’t take that long to find,
And you I can’t replace,
Because I know you are my kind
Standing on the edge,
You can see this town,
We’re a long way up
But we ain’t coming down
Step over the line,
In you I can confide,
On the other side
On the other side
There’s more than we know,
I’m looking for a place I trust,
There’s miles down below,
And this is just the start for us
We don’t go alone,
Take my hand and walk with me,
Into the unknown,
Just one more step and we’ll be free
Standing on the edge,
You can see this town,
We’re a long way up
But we ain’t coming down
Step over the line,
In you I can confide,
On the other side
On the other side
HOO HOO HOO HOO HOOOOOOOO
HOO HOO HOO HOO HOOOOOOOO
<insert Tristan awesomeness here>
Come now we can’t be late,
We know that time won’t wait,
It’s getting light outside,
See you on the other side
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Redwoods Sydney, Australia
Redwoods is a Western-Sydney-based five-piece known for its melodic rock and insightful lyrics. Our songs include themes of
loss, hope, redemption, love, contentment, and (occasionally) fictitious cowboys.
We are:
Tristan Edwards- Vocals/Acoustic Guitar
Reuben Rose- Piano/Electric Guitar
Martin Dillich- Electric Guitar
Michael Roberts- Bass
... more
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