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Wolves
03:57
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Your flesh is appealing but challenge is a need and
it's sated only by the best
The currency at play is of savageness on display
You provoke it at your own dismay
Oh come into my life
If you’re brave you’ll be safe tonight
The bull’s turning in its hide
It craves something good to fight
Graciously patient if time were a friend of mine
Quietly waiting is not for our kind
Fortified castle stand tall even in falling
tears will not pool in the sand left behind
Fierce in our guard as we’re soft in our fire
Bare in intentions that will away the Gods
Fierce in our guard as we’re soft in our fire
Bare in intentions that will away the Gods
Oh come into my life
(Fierce in our guard as we’re soft in our fire)
If you’re brave you’ll be safe tonight
(Bare in intentions that will away the Gods)
The bull’s turning in its hide
(Fierce in our guard as we’re soft in our fire)
It craves something good to fight
(Bare in intentions that will away the Gods)
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Wedding Gown
03:36
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Sitting in your homemade gown,
of rose petals, rose petals, sewn together
Betting on a brighter life with someone better,
someone better, than your mother, bet on
And all this time you waited without a passing statement
Oh Mother how can you not see
The hurt that he brought onto this
your delicate flower turned hard in the light of his needs
How can’t you see
How can’t you see
How can’t you see…
…the rose petals, rose petals thrown together
Not of the kind that you want to keep
Didn’t make up for the things you need
Couldn’t repair all the love you lost
And still, and still, you waited without a passing statement
Oh Mother how can you not see
The hurt that he brought onto this
your delicate power turned hard in the light of his needs
How can’t you see
How can’t you see the burden was his
You were just a child
Not of the kind that you want to keep
Didn’t make up for the things you need
Couldn’t repair all the love you lost
Oh Mother I cried
I cried for your silence in the face of the truth
You know you didn’t deserve the fool
I wish your Father was there for you
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Lily of The Valley
03:04
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Lily of the Valley on top of her world
Strong and scented in a mad unfurl
In a sugary curl of vanilla lace
She extends her faith to accentuate
Lily of the Valley like an ancient song
Play soft the keys of melodies long
Of sensories wrongly accused by friends
That sings out derision in a curtailed bend
Lily of the Valley white as sugar spun
Fair in her innocence of a deed undone
Of an oath unbound by the rules of men
Who questions her will, again and again, and again,
and again, and again
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Sundown (director's cut)
03:58
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Climb in to the garden of sleep
It’s time to get up off your knees
Won’t do good in the long run
When there’s too much to be, to become now
Better leave in the light of the Sundown
Than to live in the dark of the Sundown
You want it to be over, over
You want it to be over, over
I know you want it over, over
I know you want it over, over
When I see your body now
Time it didn’t care what it threw out
Daughters indebted, Mothers bound
Growing I found my way out
Better leave in the light of the Sundown
Than to live in the dark of the Sundown
You want it to be over, over
You want it to be over, over
I know you want it over, over
I know you want it over, over
You’re gonna see me walking with my head held high
Another generation traumatised
But with some hand-held healing we can make it right
When you see that my line isn’t coming out of violence
Instead of silence the boundaries that saves us
Will be as loud as the history that made us
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You're tongue tied
I let it slide just for awhile
If you don’t say what you want I’ll take command of the man
Cause my intonation gives you sweet sensations
You gotta love it, you gotta love it
You're tongue tied
I let it slide just for awhile
If you don’t say what you want I’ll take command of the man
Cause my intonation gives you sweet sensations
You gotta love it, you gotta love it
I’m just doing my best for me and you
Stop telling me what to do, telling me what to do
I’m just doing my best for me and you
You think you’re better than me, I’m inclined to disagree
Gotta love gotta find a way to rewind
Find a way to fix what’s yours and what’s mine
Disinclined to depend on your state of mind
I know it’s a thin line to define
Gotta breathe…. Into our intentions…
Gotta love gotta find a way to rewind
Find a way to fix what’s yours and what’s mine
Disinclined to depend on your state of mind
I know it’s a thin line to define
Gotta breathe…. Into our intentions…
Gotta love gotta find a way to rewind
Love gotta find a way to rewind
Telling you what to do cause I know best for you
Cause I know best for you
Love gotta find a way to rewind
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I’m coming down, I’m coming down, I’m coming down
To see you rocking in your crown
No question why, no need to lie
Nice girls can fly
All alone, dancing drone, rhythm queen to be seen, reign on
(no need to question why)
Indeterminate line, undefined, moves the spine,
Qu’est que C’est, play on
(no need to question why)
No lie, no need to question why
No lie, no need to question why
Nice girls can fly
Nice girls can fly
We roll tight she wore shoes like Dolomite hair sitting face giving stroll up 13th hips switching
Me bopping gear rocking tudes on rude these Afro beats move bodies half past nude
Had no clue that it’d be done all so soon we fast forward now we stuck on Calls on zoom
And we don’t get these games and these lames buffoons she like the sauce I cannabus they aint nice like us
Nor fiest like us can’t put a price on trust she bad, bad hash tag we was always enough
Don’t question my why I grind till the day that I die you feeling my fly hate but I’m feeling alive
My frequency higher souls shall never expire we need a messiah
back with the heat but I’m liver
Chakras on fiya spit tru- so they call me a liar
Spit lie then they flip and call me a sire
All alone, dancing drone, rhythm queen to be seen, reign on
(no need to question why)
Indeterminate line, undefined, moves the spine,
Qu’est que C’est, play on
(no need to question why)
Qu'est-se que c'est believe me the crown don’t play
Mess with me believe me we coming to slay
Queens on deck causing a wreck we prepped
Been ready got set we gone we next 2
We burn sets strike a pose –pretty- then flex
Moved different once I learned and believed
I was blessed 4
Move left if the feeling at right despite
Deals with devils eventually stunting ya
height 6
Real queen no question she Flight or she fight
She ten toes you exposed when she holding this mic 8
Qu'est-se que c'est believe me the crown don’t play
Mess with me believe me we coming to slay
Oooh ooohhs
Aye aye ayes
No lie, no need to question why
No lie, no need to question why
Nice girls can fly
Nice girls can fly
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Sour as Candy
02:54
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Sour as Candy, bitter as gold
Your silver tongue won’t reach the sweet I hold
Sour as candy, bitter as gold
Your silver tongue won’t reach the sweet I hold
See you lurking in my space
Throwing shade all over the place
Killing all of my inner taste
Smile oh you caught me today
But I won’t let you get away
Throwing caution is valid play
Sour as Candy, bitter as gold
Your silver tongue won’t reach the sweet I hold
Sour as candy, bitter as gold
Your silver tongue won’t reach the sweet I hold
What am I longing for now
Can’t see all but the fire
Can’t see all but the fire
What have you made of me now
Coursing through is a lion’s vein
Coursing through is a lion’s vein
Sour as Candy, bitter as gold
Your silver tongue won’t reach the sweet I hold
Sour as candy, bitter as gold
Your silver tongue won’t reach the sweet I hold
Oooohs
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Dragonheart
03:30
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in the rough
in the soft
in the light
in the dark
in the sun
in the rain
Did you tell them about us?
Did you tell them of how we love?
Did you tell them about us?
Did you tell them of how we love?
in the rough
in the soft
in the light
in the dark
in the sun
in the rain
Did you tell them about us?
Did you tell them of how we love?
Did you tell them about us?
Did you tell them of how we love?
Everytime you call, I follow
Everytime we stall, I borrow
from courage long before, I’m honoured
to share their name in love and power
When they ask you to walk
you just have to run
When the current is strong
you just stand your ground
When the fire burns out
you just turn it on
again, again ,again….
Everytime you call, I follow
Everytime we stall, I borrow
from courage long before, I’m honoured
to share their name in love and power
Everytime you call, I follow
Everytime we stall, I borrow
from courage long before, I’m honoured
to share their name in love and power
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Om sanningen kom fram, att jag stannade
Att jag stannar I din famn
(if the truth comes out that I stayed in your arms)
Kommer du få vara min, eller lämna ingenting
(will you ever be mine or leave nothing behind)
I din vaka sorgen blir instinkt
(in your wake grief becomes an instinct)
Jag kommer ner och ser dig
(I'm coming down to see you)
Jag kommer ner och ber
(I'm coming down to beg)
Sakta faller säkert
(surely falling slowly)
Sakta faller jag
(slowly I fall)
In the palm of your hands the story began
As many before, your sentences ran, I wanted it more
Ooooh
In the back of my mind, the emptiest line
Is how I define, a meaningless rhyme that dances in time
Ooooh
Aim for empty
Fill it, sell it.
Ground beneath me
Stutters, shudders, scatters.
Once Needy I was greedy for the love for the love,
I gave free for a buzz.
When it ended, I was leaning for the drug,
had to learn true meaning one love
I aint sure if It’s need or I want I ignored all signs reinvented myself
can’t heal because I miss you its official going numb
now I’m here resurrecting my wealth
Once Needy I was greedy for the love for the love,
I gave free for a buzz.
When it ended, I was leaning for the drug,
had to learn true meaning one love
I aint sure if It’s need or I want I ignored all signs reinvented myself
can’t heal because I miss you its official going numb
now I’m here resurrecting my wealth
In the palm of your hands the story began
As many before, your sentences ran, I wanted it more
Ooooh
In the back of my mind, the emptiest line
Is how I define, a meaningless rhyme that dances in time
Ooooh
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Sweetheart I swear I’ll guide you
with all I have to hold you
for what I have isn’t enough
it’s all I got…
Sweetheart, sweetheart
Something borrowed, something blue
Something borrowed, something new,
the light illuminates the path to something born…
We are what we bring forth
Something borrowed, something blue, green, gold, I
Something borrowed, something blue, something real for you.
Sweetheart, sweetheart
Something borrowed, something blue
Something borrowed, something new,
the light illuminates the path to something born…
We are what we bring forth
Something borrowed, something blue, green, gold, I
Something borrowed, something blue, something real for you.
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Ahmen
03:38
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Apa yg kau dengar, cerita lama itu?
(What is it that you’ve heard, that old story?)
Selama aku disini, bertumbuh, bertambah…
(While I’m here, growing, expanding…)
Kata pertama yg kau ucapkan, berbunyi nyaring di kepalaku:
(Those first words you said, rings loud in my mind)
Jangan mengalah!
(Don’t give in)
Jangan tertipu
(Don’t be fooled)
Jangan putus asa
(Don’t give up)
Percaya dirimu
(Believe in yourself)
Kita semua mencari, jalan sendiri di bumi ini
(We’re all searching, for our own paths in the world)
Kita semua memilih, cara hidup yg baik,
(We’ve all chosen, a good way of life)
Yg tulus, Yg damai, Yg penuh.
(in earnest, in peace, in full)
Aku mencoba bicara dalam Bahasa ibu
(I try to speak in the mother tongue)
Bahasa lama, yg terlupa di dalam diriku
(the old tongue, forgotten inside)
Salah satu hari ini, akan aku pulang
(One of these days I will return)
Kembali, Kembali, Kembali.
(return, return, return).
Oh it’s been so long, to belong, to believe
That no rules can sustain any wrath of regret
You should do what you want
You should do what you please
Be good. Be good.
AHMEN
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I learned from the best, I learned from you
The greatest of bets, are ones we follow through
While there’s no denying the likeness in us
We split our hairs at the vital inches
Where I express you remain in silence
A nexus where communication’s violence
I learned from the best, I learned from you….
When you want you can hear in the sound of my lives
When you want you can find what you want in your lies
Listen to me, I’m trying to make you see
Trying to make you see, won’t you listen to me… please…
Oh the sound, the cacophony of doubt
Oh the sound, the cacophony of doubt
I learned from the best, I learned from you
The greatest of bets, are ones we follow through
While there’s no denying the likeness in us
We split our hairs at the vital inches
Where I express you remain in silence
A nexus where communication’s violence
...no denying the likeness in us
We split our hairs at the vital inches
Where I express you remain in silence
A nexus where communication’s violence
I learned from the best, I learned from you….
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Nicole Cassandra Smit Edinburgh, UK
Nicole Cassandra Smit is an Edinburgh based artist who blends a smokey voice with country ballad lyrics & soulful
harmonies.
After many years as Queen of the Blues in the Scottish live scene, she is now bringing her own RnB hooks to the world.
A proud Indonesian/Swedish woman with erb’s palsy, representing the ‘other’ by energetic & emotive performances whether it be on stage or in the studio.
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