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High Twilight

by Daniel Isaiah

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1.
Anita on the Banks 05:20
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The nights were an agony of heat That crawled in our rooms in our bodies in our sleep I jumped from my dreams I scrambled and screamed “Let me out of my skin!” And I started to spin I burned for the breeze I turned to receive But was never appeased Anita, she stepped on the banks Drew me under the water And laughed when I thanked her “Don’t be so polite” She kissed me and fled I followed her go with my eyes I turned back to the shoreline With the sun on the rise And I sank in the sand All washed in red And my soul was rudely stirred By the notes on the water that I heard A yawning melody Lifting itself from the sea That morning I caught the first one straight outta town I knew you were waiting for me but I needed to be on my own I just couldn’t keep it up Carrying your cup Through the pathways of blame Shackled and shamed I will feel my way Feel my way Out of your mind I studied the ruins in the sky I saw how they stood so incredibly high I couldn’t reach for that No, why would I try? So I spun a little song I don’t know where it went But it flew from my tongue And my voice shot above The black symphony Oh Anita, where are you now? Won’t you come back and show me how To sing your morning song Oh bring me back to the dawn On the banks where the moment was held And time itself stood still I’m packing up all of my books and my stereo You can have them if you want them now I’m cutting off all of my ties to the family line They only tied me down I’m leaving this country behind me Won’t hesitate I might be wrong but it’s not too late I’m stepping into the night With a killer's eye I’m going to make it mine
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High Twilight 04:33
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The Graces dance in circles You watch them from the stairs They are so into each other Weave patterns in the air They asked you to join But you couldn't get your legs going Well you never were a dancer Never had much flair I got a good start on the wrong course Skipping over the snakes and up the ladders Now I'm standing in the ruins of my ambition And my vision is deserting me Everything's gone black and white In the high twilight The Graces kissed your eyelids And wrapped you in their robes Before your skin was spotted And your mouth was filled with gold But you keep playing them down These memories of your home town That steal into your slumber Draw water from a stone I saw the diamond road and I took it I made a lot of friends but they were crooked A cold hand reached out and I shook it I made so many mistakes Now it's to late to put em right... In the high twilight
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Emma Grace 04:02
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Emma Grace just blew in From across the deep blue ocean The landlocked mamas can breathe easy now They were getting so impatient For Emma Grace you waited Longer than they would have it You won’t ever do what’s expected from you Unless it rhymes to your own reason The wild winds gust, whip the dust Cities fall into the sea But I promise you a thousand moons And the big blue sky between Who told you there’s nothing new under the sun? Show them what you found my little one! The child meets the morning Skippin’ on the lawn A distant voice calls her to The silver lake beyond Oh Emma you will outrun The limits they insist on You can’t please ‘em all if you did you’d only stall So follow your legs wherever they may lead you The wild winds gust, whip the dust Cities drown in the sea But I promise you a thousand moons And the big blue in between Who told you there’s nothing left to be done? Well that’s not how we live my little one! Walk on child, go on, go on alone Remember you can always turn turn turn back home
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The Naked Night 04:09
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I bang my little drum in the City of the Dead I gotta keep time, you know I'm keeping good time At the end of the line It's one-two-three-four Death comes knocking on your door And he's counting on you To keep count too It's higher than heaven and deeper than hell Why the worm flies where the rebel angel fell Feels right marching to the naked night Nothing to hide and nothing to prove Everybody keeping it going on these burning streets Silver voices and strings, oh here comes the king Checkmate eyes Aw come on now join the band We can always use another man To play this one last song forevermore It's higher than heaven and deeper than hell Why the worm flies where the rebel angel fell Feels right, shake into the naked night Nothing here to keep, nothing to lose I seek you in the tragic Turn you into a monument Now comedy's in season But your best lines were an accident Oh my temple! Oh my temple is just a wall! I seek you in the tragic Turn you into a monument Battered by the seasons But nothing's ever permanent History is a nightmare and I'm at the end of it At the end of my days, a million miles away From my enemy When the trumpets strike that chord That you've never heard before We'll be one chained to the drum We'll be one-two-three-forevermore
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Lady Moon So Far Away 03:43
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friday night in the city shut the windows tight they’re raising the dead on the boulevard but i lost my graveyard appetite smoke another cigarette. just one more before i quit. oh I've gone and strayed lady moon is so far away my heart turns idle thoughts round and round the gyre i feel so disconnected especially from my friends our small talk makes me weary of time, death and accident should we stay in montreal? they’re sending for the berlin wall. oh i’m gone and strayed lady moon is so far away my heart turns idle thoughts round & round the gyre friday night in the city now i’m dying to get out the girls drink me under the table and the handsome men don’t put out i stumble home but can’t get in. locked my ass right out again.
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J'habite un pays 02:44
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J’habite un pays Qui n’a pas de frontières Rien à défendre, aucune vérité Ni de récit de victoire à chanter Pas de drapeau qui tan/gue, que des draps de la peau Plusieurs langues pour embrasser mes maux Je traverse mes vents et marées Sans même quitter ma maison J’habite un pays Qui n’a pas de frontières Je quitte et reviens, rien à déclarer Valises sous mes yeux, je voyage léger Mon territoire est libre, mais j’en reste le roi Des millions de sujets, peu de lois Je me bats sans fusil sans épée À la tête de mon armée de rêves Et parfois quand vient la marée haute Des bateaux jettent l’ancre sur mes côtes Mon pays a d’accueillant rivages Où les proues viennent causer leurs dommages Il est l’hôte de multiples naufrages J’habite un pays Qui n’a pas de frontières
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Candlemaker Row 03:40
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Edinburgh, jewel in the wind Soaked in rain when we rolled in Hand in hand, but we were on our own On Candlemaker Row We fought the day and wrestled the light I’ll throw my name against the night It’s of no use to me, I’m a shadow On Candlemaker Row The streets took us crooked moving hungry Searching for the bottom of the flame. And Nirene Queen of the cooks, Hawk and Hook Drove me into the plain The wind howled behind the rock: “I’ll wind you down to dust” The gifts are faded now And beauty’s failed to Keep protected the awful signs Of your decline My mind just slipped on the rainy steps Where the children pass To our spirit home On Candlemaker Row The night followed footsteps, chased and tripped us Dragged me down, held me in the deep The drugs lifted us mad breathing fire Dropped us on the other side of speech The wind it grinned behind the rock: “The face is flesh that’s all”
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The Hours 05:16
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My heart’s in the East but the work is out West I’m sitting on the fence Trying to make sense of the hours Every move is numbered to prove You cannot claim ‘em Might as well blame it on the hours Help me along Send my little song To the great big ear Ringing in the sun I’m sounding my way From the shadows With a melody meant Like an arrow Everyone tricks and everyone cheats But nobody wins When they go to swindle the hours Hide under a rock, or throw it at the clock Still that ticking Who’s that fixing the hours? Help me along Lift my weary song To the great big ear Beating like a drum I’m sounding my way From the shadows With a melody meant Like an arrow Some will turn their woes to use They’re used to the struggle Got good at juggling the hours Me, I curse the empty sky You’ll still hear the traces Long after I slip through the spaces between the hours Help me along Drive my battle song Through the great big ear Bleeding in the sun I’m sounding my way From the shadows With a melody meant Like an arrow
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Mélissa 03:18
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Ogygia 03:44
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The sun lifts off the sea Cycladic walls flush pink A whistle in the street It’s day Oh my love is a lion When I feel to find you Lying here Calypso circles the square Sets vine leaves in your hair Then calls on you to stay Today Oh my love is a flower That I hold in a tower Waiting for you Candles light the lane Of cobblestone and clay The moon, my bride delights Tonight
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No Mean Dream 04:45
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The script is writ the stage is set What comes next? I wanted the truth but now I want Something else I want to see this made-up world Illumined But I’ve seen the show rehearsed and told Line by line Every night is different But still it’s the same They pay for their tickets And you play for your name But where you gonna run to? Where you gonna go? When the hall empties out And there is nobody home Truth is a trick I learned too quick It fooled you too “Lies!” you’ll cry and then you’ll turn to laugh at that Well God’s not a man and so are you So are you Wicked man is a wicked machine He’s no mean dream The actress has fallen The audience sighs The spotlight is so bright It’s blinding our eyes Where you gonna run to? What you gonna to do? When the lights go out And there’s nothing to hold on to Where you gonna run to? Who you gonna be? When the backdrop comes down And you’re forced to be free

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released June 7, 2011

2011, 2011 Secret City Records, Inc.

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Daniel Isaiah Montreal, Québec

With every album I try to give myself some new challenge. For Only One Left, I learned how to produce my own recordings at home. For my upcoming LP I learned to play piano, and wrote all of the songs on that instrument. I work hard on the lyrics. I try to boil my ideas down into plain and simple language. The simpler the better. ... more

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