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Birchwood

by Laureli Amadeus

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1.
Set Me Alight (feat. Caleb Rapanut) 03:50
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Set me alight, I’ll be Your flame From dusk to dawn at a flicker-less pace I’m an open book, a nobody I’d give it all to relay Your glory Your glory (Your glory) I’ll be a match to Your mighty blaze A candlelight brighter than daybreak I’m an open book, a homebody And You’re the home where my body aches to be To be To be (To be) And when You ask me to jump I’ll say “How high?” And when You don’t name a place I’ll touch the sky I’ll walk the Red Sea I don’t care how wide ‘Cause You got me And when You ask me to jump I’ll say “How high?” And when You don’t name a place I’ll touch the sky I’ll walk the Red Sea I don’t care how wide ‘Cause You got me Set me alight, I’ll shout Your name ‘til my (shout Your name) Voice gives out and my knees give way You’re an old soul in this body Come rain or snow Your heart is guaranteed Whoa For me (For me) I’ll be a bastion of Your Kingdom Come A voice in the chorus, building the thrum of a Heart-beat in the midst And when You ask me to jump I’ll say “How high?” And when You don’t name a place I’ll touch the sky I’ll walk the Red Sea I don’t care how wide ‘Cause You got me And when You ask me to jump I’ll say “How high?” (Say how high) And when You don’t name a place I’ll touch the sky (touch the sky) I’ll walk the Red Sea I don’t care how wide ‘Cause You got me (You got me) And when You ask me to jump I’ll say “How high?” And when You don’t name a place I’ll touch the sky I’ll walk the Red Sea I don’t care how wide ‘Cause You got me You set me alight (You set me alight) You set me alight (You set me alight) You set me alight (You set me alight) Ooh
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Waitin' on You 03:32
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Wake up, darling Your ears are in the sand I can’t feel my fingers In your hand Well gide yup, baby Your grip is bruising Tough luck, sweetheart Our side is losing I can’t defend this No band-aids or kisses I pity the voices in you Spinnin’ your heart out of tune Don’t wanna watch me leave? Well, I’ve loved before you Don’t wanna watch me bleed? Well nothing’s gonna cut my heart ‘Cause finally I won’t be wai-ai-tin’ on you I won’t be wai-ai-tin’ on you I won’t be wai-ai-tin’ on you Ooh The Prince of Peace is coming down Open your eyes, I know you're around Somewhere (Somewhere) In there In there, in there Doesn’t love mean anything? Just open your eyes, I know you can see You’ve locked your cuffs and swallowed the key Just cough it up, I swear you’ll beat Them wiling ways A world of gray Our brother brought us color With the blood he gave So I won’t be wai-ai-tin’ on you I won’t be wai-ai-tin’ on you I won’t be wai-ai-tin’ on you Ooh I won’t be waitin’, waitin’, waitin’ on you I won’t be waitin’, waitin’, waitin’ on you I won’t be waitin’, waitin’, waitin’ on you I won’t be waitin’ Wai-ai-tin’ on you Wai-ai-tin’ on you
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Captain Murphy 03:35
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Pariah, lead me to a road where we collide I wanna know why, oh why, oh why I wanna know why, oh why, oh why Messiah, lead me to a world where nothing dies I wanna survive, oh why, oh why? I wanna survive I wanna survive Wring me out of sin like anybody else Take my hand and lead me to a richer field Of milk and honey ‘Cause I’m ill Whoa, whoa, I’m ill Captain Murphy was right on his money Humankind’s got a grave and we’ll keep on digging Down, down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down, down Canary in the coal mine Sing us a song before you die Make it funny and make it rhyme Soon enough we’ll all be buried alive Alive Alive Ooh Pariah, I can’t seem to find my appetite I wanna know why, oh why, oh why I wanna know why, oh why, oh why Messiah, how can I relent my hurting pride? I wanna rewind, rewind, rewind I wanna be like You And sacrifice So wring me out of sin like anybody else Take my hand and lead me to a richer field Of milk and honey ‘Cause I’m ill Whoa, whoa, I’m ill, oh I’m ill, oh I’m ill
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Mend Me (feat. Huddy & Caleb Rapanut) 04:26
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I could sing it loud, I could whisper low You're my beating heart, You're my living soul My one true love, Lord, You'll never turn Your back on me Sinking like an anvil through the ocean depths When I have no peace, when I have no rest Please give me life, Lord Show me grace, Lord Your love has no flaws but I pray You keep me at Your hip like a child Love me like a bride And hold me close My heart's been destroyed Take Your strings and make me whole Mend me, Love, as my flesh and blood go cold My heart's been destroyed Take Your strings and make me whole Mend me, Love, as my flesh and blood go cold All busted up, my body rusts, pinioned in these wretched cuffs I pray Lord save me, I'm not worthy But all my life I've been so lonely Keep my vagabond feet on Your road I could be so bitter But that ain't the truth I'm walking toward Nah, that ain't the truth I'm walking toward How could You die for us? Your only child for us? Mercy, gentle Love, my heart can't take much more How could You live for us? Your endless love for us? My soul adores, adores, adores You so I'd die for, die for, die for You, Lord A thousand times again, again, and more Just to set a hand upon Your robes My heart's been destroyed Take Your strings and make me whole Mend me, Love, as my flesh and blood go cold My heart's been destroyed Take Your strings and make me whole Mend me, Love, as my flesh and blood go cold Mend me, mend me, mend me, Lord, oh mend me Mend me, mend me, mend me, Lord, oh mend me, mend me Mend me, mend me, mend me, Lord, oh mend me Mend me, mend me, mend me, Lord, oh mend me
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Therapist's Notes 01:36
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I’m sorry I can’t feel I’m sorry it ain’t real Won’t string you along, that’d be too cruel Ooh (Ooh) Ooh (Ooh) Ooh (Ooh) Ooh (Ooh) Mmm (ooh, ooh) Ooh, ooh I’m sorry I can’t feel (Ooh, ooh) I’m sorry it ain’t real (Ooh, ooh) Mmm (ooh, ooh) Ooh, ooh I’m sorry I can’t feel I’m sorry it ain’t real Won’t string you along, that’d be too cruel
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Flashbulb 03:42
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I found a little color in all that gray A flashbulb memory Was it red, white, or rosé? A home-brew remedy Why do we always remember the things that bring us pain? I suppose I should be happy, ‘cause we wouldn’t be the same without that Half-opened bottle of wine Swimming in money So many ways to die But we keep on goin’ Et tu, Laureli? Where is your lust for life? You may keep forgetting But you got the gist now, right? I found a little bully inside my brain Oh, our upbringing She seems to hate how we were raised But her motto’s got irony: C’est la vie, Lauren, don’t be weak Oh, whining ain’t pretty If you trip in the back Don’t expect us to come running Ooh Now I got all the puzzle pieces that I need It’s no surprise that that doesn’t stop the bleed Got a little dash of anger (Oh, come on!) Humiliation too Seems I still love my pride if the latter’s coming through Don’t be mean to me Don’t be, don’t be, don’t be mean to me Don’t be, don’t be, don’t be mean (Just don’t be mean) Half-opened bottle of wine Swimming in money So many ways to die But we keep on goin’ Et tu, Laureli? Where is your lust for life? You may keep forgetting But you got the gist now, right? Ooh (Oh my gosh)
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Comedy Relief – demo 01:22
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Don’t give me space to think Unless you want me to be weary Where’s the punchline, baby? Should I keep on waiting For applause My heart’s got a shiner I can’t showboat anymore It’s swelling up like a bruise And I can’t help feelin’ Like comedy relief For everybody else but me Where the wind blows I will chase it Until I find my end Threadbare, beaten In a ditch somewhere Oh, who will be laughin’ then?
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Shadows 02:42
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I wake up, and you’re all I see I’ve got a light and it’s blinding Are you awake? Are you awake? (I could paint your face) Three years, it’s no better than before You’d think I’d learn, oh hell no Are you awake? Are you awake? Are you awake? I could paint your face ‘Cause it still haunts my memory You and I are shadows dancing But fire can’t burn all night I could paint your face ‘Cause it still haunts my memory You and I are shadows dancing But fire can’t burn all night Ooh I wake up, and you’re all I see I’ve got a light and it’s blinding Are you awake? Are you awake? I could paint your face ‘Cause it still haunts my memory You and I are shadows dancing But fire can’t burn all night I could paint your face ‘Cause it still haunts my memory You and I are shadows dancing But fire can’t burn all night Ooh
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Lost At Sea (Interlude) 00:55
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Our Children Are Soldiers 03:18
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Go numb, go numb, go numb It’s the best shot you got at living on I had classic dreams of martyrdom But sometimes the best rebellion’s staying young A posse of polarization overriding a system Steeped in corruption, built on the backs of slaves While their drivers call themselves “self-made” And who are we now today? Offenders wearing “survivor” So-called Christians leading the slaughter (Whoa) A pack of wolves shedding their collars Gnawing the bones of the people they martyred They say “take it up with the world”; The bad apple in the grove They never did teach us why the hell it can grow Who’s waterin’ the seeds of corruption? Who’s waterin’ the seeds of corruption? Our tempers too short Our hearts on our sleeves I swear I’ll fight when the fight comes to me But we’ll stay kids till someone with a gun disagrees Our children are soldiers Garnished with flowers How much of our failure will we force them to shoulder? We’re signing their deaths before they can grow older By dawn’s early light, they’ll be youngins forever I’m too hopeful that I won’t get shot or forced to give birth Sounds ugly, right? Well, take it up with the church Every day feels more helpless with the way of the world But read a history book, y’all, it’s been worse There’s more than two sides, two sides of this coin And neither shine brighter than the light of the Lord There’s more than two sides, two sides of this coin Whoa, who’s waterin’ the seeds of corruption? Go numb, go numb, go numb It’s the best shot you got at living on A pack of wolves shedding their collars I had classic dreams of martyrdom But sometimes the best rebellion’s staying young They say “take it up with the world”; The bad apple in the grove They never did teach us why the hell it can grow Who’s waterin’ the seeds of corruption? By dawn’s early light, they’ll be youngins forever Who’s waterin’ the seeds of corruption? Our children are soldiers Go numb, go numb, go numb Our children are soldiers Go numb, go numb Go numb, go numb
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Step Outside 04:50
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Keep your focus You’re gonna shake out of your skin Don’t invoke it Just breathe it out, and breathe it in I can feel us going under Heaven knows we’re getting tougher We are guaranteed to suffer But not to suffer alone And I, I I, I I, I Step outside, step out Keep your heart It’s the only one you get A sober mind ‘Cause God, I swore I won’t forget Ooh Although I feel my mind corroding All that pent up shame I’m holding For every face that I’m forgetting You’ll be the one Thing I won’t forget You’ll be the one Thing I won’t forget You’ll be the one Thing I won’t forget Step outside, step out Step outside, step out Step outside, step out Step outside, step out And I, I, I-I, I-I don’t wanna go alone I, I, I-I, I-I don’t wanna go alone I, I-I, I-I don’t wanna go alone I, I-I, I-I don’t wanna go alone And I, I, I-I, I-I don’t wanna go alone I, I, I-I, I-I don’t wanna go alone I, I-I, I-I don’t wanna go alone I, I-I, I-I don’t wanna go alone Although I feel my mind corroding All that pent up shame I’m holding For every face that I’m forgetting You’ll be the one Thing I won’t forget You’ll be the one Thing I won’t forget You’ll be the one Thing I won’t forget You’ll be the One, You’ll be the One (Step outside, step out) You’ll be the one Thing I won’t forget (Step outside, step out) You’ll be the one Thing I won’t forget (Step outside, step out) You’ll be the one Thing I won’t forget (Step outside, step out) You’ll be the One, You’ll be the One Step outside, step out Step outside, step out Step outside, step out Step outside, step out

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released August 17, 2022

Set Me Alight: Caleb Rapanut – co-songwriter, bassist, vocals

Mend Me: Caleb Rapanut – bassist, saxophone; Hudson Adams (Huddy) – trumpet, vocals

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