1. |
I've Never Met You
03:23
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When you gonna to come to me
In your full moon form?
And hold me close?
I could never be the one you missed
Before I came around the first time ever,
Saw you in the dew
Said “I do not remember,
‘Cause I have never met you”
‘Cause I have never met you
Who’s got me on this frozen lake?
Going to rub my back while I lick my plate?
Going to know right off
That the line’s not straight
And fall in love with my changing state?
When you gonna come to me
In your full moon?
All the way from Jupiter and tell me by balloon?
God of luck and planet of “come soon”
Telling me you love me late night
Calling like a loon
I’ve never met you
I’ve never met you
oooh
I’ve never met you
I’ve never met you
Here we are on this solid lake
Going to rub my back while I lick my skates?
Going to know right off
That the line’s not straight
And fall in love with my changing state?
Don't pretend its not you or be late
Don't pretend it's easy to wait
When you gonna to come to me
In your full moon form?
And hold me close?
I could never be the one you missed
Before I came around the first time ever,
Saw you in the dew
Said “I do not remember,
‘Cause I have never met you”
‘Cause I have never met you
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2. |
Years
04:35
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Now you have got years on you
Now when I look at you, I see
Years and years
Years and years
And years and years
And oh
Your bones match a bone that they found in the river
And they’re bones that I know and I have known forever
If an old girl forgets, then you gotta forgive her
‘Cause you know her and you know how she loves to remember
Remember
Remember
Remember that mountain landscape?
Remember that time that we waited
Years and years
Years and years
And years and years
And oh
Your bones match a bone that they found in the river
And they’re bones that I know and I have known forever
If an old girl forgets, then you gotta forgive her
‘Cause you know her and you know how she loves to remember
Remember
Remember
Remember
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3. |
Borderline
04:10
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we crossed the borderline
knew it was time and we did it
now on the other side
everything’s tourmaline-tinted
we thought the lunar landscape was distant
now we meet stars face to face in an instant
with grace
you had the bell and I had the loom
to lean on
you had the sun and I had the moon
to lean on
you had the irises in full bloom
to lean on
you had the hawk and I had the loon to lean on
cast a shadow, keeping you on the planet
leaves of the maple turned, but not fallen yet
your red and gold display surprised me
seeing you naked again, bare and wise
and the same
and changed
you had the bell and I had the loom
to lean on
you had the sun and I had the moon
to lean on
you had the irises in full bloom
to lean on
you had the hawk and I had the loon to lean on
now they’re gone
gone
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4. |
Believe What You Want
06:11
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Took off your jacket and left it
Lit a match, put her breathing at rest
With your hand, pulled in close to your chest
And let your breath turn off the light
Quiet night
You can believe what you want to
You can just believe what you want to
In subtle light
You can believe what you want to
You can just believe what you want to
The estate’s impossible hedges
You still can’t quite tell what that edge is
There’s an edge, put you up in two houses
Now you’re standing at that shoreline
Side by side
You can believe what you want to
You can just believe what you want to
So do I
You can believe what you want to
You can just believe what you want to
At night, at the lake
You took hours to fall asleep
With your hand over your heart
Your pulse stood watch like a sentinel
You felt it in your gut
And thought it was physical
What is physical and not?
Fate is visceral
And so am I
You can believe what you want to
You can just believe what you want to
Til you die
You can believe what you want to
You can just believe what you want to
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5. |
The Lake
04:30
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Why does the lake love me better than you do?
Cover me, cover me, I’m going in
Distance is not something I’m used to
When it’s my lover covering me skin on skin
I can see clear now what you were up to
Pushing me away, pushing into me so I can’t win
But winning or losing is not what lovers do
When they’re covering each other skin on skin
But I learned a thing or two
With you
With you
With you
This morning was white, the lake forming ice
And cover me, cover me, it’s snowing
Why do I fight myself and think twice?
When I have such immediate ways of knowing?
This beautiful place is in an unhealthy stasis
And it’s hard to determine when it started setting in
But there’s life in this lake
I am so sick of faking it
When I’m covering my lover skin on skin
And I do
With you
With you
With you
And it’s a shame, it’s a shame
It’s so easy to blame
When we are one and the same
In that we made this arrangement
So why does the lake love me better than you did?
Come with me, lover, and look with the light again
Your father, my mother, made it out of the church
And I still feel that strap coming down on my hand
I feel it in you, and I was also untrue to
The voice of my story coming from deep within
Do the lake and the land want me to forgive you
Yes they do
They do
They do
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6. |
Monarch
04:26
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Could it be a monarch
With nowhere to migrate to?
What else can this push within do for you?
What else can this push within do for you?
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Do for you
Here the hand that took the land that bred you
Weighs the worth of the earth that fed you
Beyond, beyond, beyond, beyond
Beyond, beyond, beyond, beyond
Beyond, beyond, beyond, beyond
Beyond , beyond, beyond
You were brave
Be braver
Be more brave
Now you know
You’re an island
It’s more than a lake
That divides this
The ocean connects us
If you see it the other way
You who were always a natural at
Moving from place to place
Inside your eyelids
In images on the hill
You’ll need the gifts of your heritage
If they are with you still
Could it be a monarch
With nowhere to migrate to?
What else can this push within do for you?
What else can this push within do for you?
Come on
You were brave
Be braver
Be more brave
Now you know
You’re an island
It’s more than a lake
That divides this
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7. |
Deep Memory
03:26
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If there was a camera on me when I sleep
If there was sonar, clicking in my sheets
Would it hear her voice? Would it see her face?
She is deep memory
That we dream to trace
‘Cause we are deep memory
We are deep memory
Filtering through her teeth
We are Deep Memory
And the sound of your voice
Lets me know that you are there, even with all the noise
And the sound of your voice
Lets me know where I am even in the noise
The signal faded
not me
I was far inland with my baby
Make a new soundwave
It’s the sea
I was far inland with my baby
If I was far inland
Nursing my baby
Would you find a way to communicate with me?
Sing to see my face
Here is my body
Moving itself through space
Only half-sleeping
And dreaming deep memory
Seeing deep memory
And I know “one is three”
Because I am deep memory
And the sound of your voice
Lets me know that you are there, even with all the noise
And the sound of your voice
Lets me know where I am even in the noise
The signal faded
not me
I was far inland with my baby
Make a new soundwave
It’s the sea
I was far inland with my baby
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8. |
Where Our Love Lives
04:09
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In that brief place we meet before dawn
On one level, we always stay
In that heat, of the light coming on
You know me, and you know what I say
Do you want me?
In this lifetime again?
‘Cause no mist in the memory can pretend
It’s not rebirth and reunion
We have found this kissing and
Love is listening
Heaven on my mind
Heaven on my side
Heaven is your height
Heaven on my mind
Heaven on my mind
Tell me what you like
Heaven, it’s alright
Heaven in my sightline
In that brief place we meet
In between the lines that are not really lines
I can see that this landscape’s changed you
I’ve seen you change so many times
Do you want me?
In this life that we’re in?
And how much are you into remembering?
Or just making it new again?
‘Cause I love each presence formed by your essence
Heaven on my mind
Heaven on my side
Heaven, what a sight
Heaven on my mind
Heaven on my mind
Every single life
Heaven, just in time
Heaven in my sightline
Be there, be there’s what we chose
And we wanted to
Be there
Freedom
Freedom’s where we meet
And will always
Meet again
You’re here, I’m here
I so love when we’re here
Creating this
Freedom
Freedom is where our love lives
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Caylie Staples Toronto, Ontario
Caylie Staples is a singer, songwriter, producer and performer with a passion for voice and the multiple layers of meaning that can be crafted into each song. She writes multi-dimensional electronica infused with vast, deep, dream-like imagery and emotional clarity. Her upcoming album is titled Future Memory ... more
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