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Born To be Gentle
04:12
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I gave up the gun
I let the bloody waters run
I carved up the space
Wiped the smile off my -
I took down the sword
Killed myself to collect the reward
You like the cut of my jib?
Well, it’s all up for dibs now
Oh my stars! We love plain and simple
Oh my sun! We were born to be gentle
I won the toss
And sold it for the biggest loss
And oh, the weight of the prize
The bullets, the battle cries
I called out a name
And nobody, nobody came
And no, not even I knew
Who I was calling
Oh my stars! We love plain and simple
Oh my sun! We were born to be gentle
Oh my stars! We love plain and simple
Oh my sun! We were born to be gentle
I gave in to it
I let it all be torn to bits
For the fight was the fall
The letting go of it all
And I was amazed
As I lay in a broken daze
At the scope of the sky
The light, the light, the light
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If I Forgive
04:07
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We’ve unpacked this baggage before
Spread the pieces all across the floor
If I forgive you, will you forgive yourself?
If I forgive you, can you forgive yourself?
Living in a hurricane in the eye of the storm
When the roof gets blown away, where do you run?
If I forgive you, will you forgive yourself?
If I forgive you, can you forgive yourself?
The very act of living is one of thievery
See how we hold out our hearts as if we cannot bleed
If I forgive you
Will you?
Will you?
If I forgive you, will you forgive yourself?
If I forgive you, can you forgive yourself?
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O Jupiter
05:34
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O love, come, the light is done
The night’s uncovered its diamonds
Climb the spiral staircase higher
Call the old gods to come and hold us
O Jupiter, your moons and her
Half-faded out of sight, of sight and sound
O Jupiter, your room of worlds
We fold the light into the night
O love, see the filigree
As our eyes conceive of Ganymede
Cast our dice into the silence
Of Io’s lair and fall into the air
Of Jupiter, your moons and her
How fine a thread across the firmaments
O Jupiter, your loom of pearl
We lure the light into our line of sight
O Jupiter, your moons and her
A single line, a hand, a hand in mine
O Jupiter, so soon the spur
What comes from this?
The bliss, the bliss, the bliss?
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Nothing To Forgive
04:09
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I want you to know that I saw you
Sitting in the backseat, looking out across the fields
I recognise the fragments that were forming
Your face against her shoulder
Inhaling that red sweater
In the car on the way home from Inverloch
Getting in the door well after midnight
Laughter in the hallways, bodies falling into bed
You felt every sensation of that summer
The confidences kept
Feelings swept under the mat
For spring cleaning next year
And I apologise for taking so long
I'm sorry that I hid my eyes and held my tongue
My heart’s an endless ache of old mistakes I can’t unplay
But you shake your head
“There’s nothing to forgive,” you say
But I still want you to know that I saw you
Lifting like an eagle and then sinking like a stone
Stepping forward into the void alone
Unable to foresee if you will hold the same beliefs
When you finally touch down
And I apologise for taking so long
You know I was so unsure and so young
My heart it bends and breaks with old mistakes I can’t unplay
But you shake your head
“There’s nothing to forgive,” you said
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ALEX ST JOAN Berlin, Germany
ALEX ST JOAN is the multi-faceted creation of musician, producer and writer Alexia Peniguel. Born next to a flooded valley in drought-prone Australia and raised on Greek myths and disco, she has been based in Berlin since 2004.
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