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a cub and a den

by the light and the dark

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1.
wasps and bees the grass is oh so green there's song birds in the trees singing melodies all for love it's hard not to love that sound we're on the ground the blue sky is our crown and for a throne the sunflowers have grown so tall they'll catch our fall when we do you and me swimming in the sea in time there will be no need for us to kick our feet we'll just float no matter where we go we'll be just fine
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king of the sea (free) 02:59
i'm having dreams of you on a sunny afternoon and all the passersby can see it in my eyes you wear a crown when no one is around and i wear one too made of sticks and glue i'm having dreams again but only as a friend under the sheets of sunburned concrete you wear a frown but only when i'm around i thought from love. unconquered love. i'm having dreams of you swimming navy blue floating at my feet my king of the sea don't you need a queen?
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we will run (free) 03:14
oh i was born to run with feet worn into stone i don't care where we go as long as there's dust between my toes if we slow down my knees will shake dislocate themselves and break into a thousand barley seeds that scatter themselves like yellow leaves and never grow for fear they'll be prisoners to the ground i was born to run and never stay still with skin of early april cool to the touch but reminiscent of humid summer nights where we would run like sun burned children and never grow old
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psalm and dance (free) 02:11
its a run around you're lost but never found it's a game we play one where you win you will keep on running and you will never stop even if i chase you i can't catch up it's a game we play one where you always win
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aphonia (free) 02:53
there's an amphibian in my throat swimming in my spit when you are around me how i choke there's an amphibian in my throat and she's swimming in my spit i choke while she floats under my skin i don't know what i am to do when i get so close to you there's a humming in my ears an inhibiting ribbiting echoing in between my tongue and cheek i'm speechless when you are near i don't know too much but i know fear underwater in my thoughts i won't say a word underwater in my thoughts oh i won't even move i don't know what i am to do when i get so close to you i'm speechless when you are near i sure don't know too much but i know fear
6.
tag, you're it! (free) 02:59
no matter how hard no matter how long i push you pull me in like tug of war you always win i'm face in the mud over you red rover red rover send him over here break through these weak arms and whisper in my ear 'tag you're it, you are it for me' london bridges are falling down we packed up our old things and moved to a new town but i'm a stranger here you are stranger still to me for staying
7.
haircut (free) 02:05
broken glass tears at my toes but i don't mind the sand seeping through the spaces in between i feel small here and those shoes don't fit me anymore i don't mind the splinters or the red there after red always complimented you anyways in contrast to the gray blue sky you huddled underneath a hurdle for me to complete to compete with air my hair was shorter then and my arms were always reaching my hair was shorter then my arms
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nocturnal myoclonus (free) 02:44
oh there's a raccoon in the backyard but he don't look like he is scared at all but my knees quake until the earth does shake oh i stay in my little house all day oh there are things that i can hum away i spend my time singing away the days but in my skin there's no room for company just empty bones decay no vacancy i thought the quiet would calm my worried tongue but this small town i sure could do without not one familiar face to rest my weight upon just my next door neighbor whispering the saddest song all night long
9.
there is a tree that grows in the sea and its roots extend from my feet its branches are a brilliant blue but they only reach as far as you they will follow you i will buy wind from an old orkney widow if only this calm air would blow you and your sails towards me oh how miserable this ocean can be when i'm on my own when no wind has blown but in my longing the seals amuse me so they glimmer swiftly as on my pipes i blow i will play for them til the sun does set and reflect upon the water the shadows of loneliness they will follow me they're always beside me when i'm on my own when no wind has blown i can't find you no i never could
10.
worry wart (free) 02:45
worry wart don't worry i may run fast but i wont leave nervous one don't you weep i may frown but it's just my skin keeps tugging on my teeth but i wont let it pull me down at least not when you are around stick in the mud i'm stuck on you you swallow me whole and you dirty my shoes bump on a log oh what do i do you're the only way but i stumble over all my words with you but i wont let it silence me oh i'll just state it very plainly wide eyed boy when you look at me sad eyed boy when you look at me i get weak
11.
tick-tock (free) 03:06
there's a tree down by the river where i buried a box swore i'd never forget her i've been digging for hours and i got two big old feet that keep me in line when my head starts to float they keep me on the ground down here with you and my mother she was strong with hands of a mule but i never did learn how they do what they do i still got these big old feet that never learned to walk and i dreamed so many dreams but still i went nowhere just stood still in fear and my mother she's still strong a tall sturdy oak but she just builds walls around what she don't know like how to trust at all there's a tree down by the water where i buried a box swore i'd never forget but now it is lost
12.
at least a week (free) 02:20
why don't we go inside where we just might but only for tonight i know you'll be gone in the morning before i even open my eyes or yawn, or scratch my belly so why don't we have a drink so you wont have to think about how you won't call or anything at all just hope i get a beer so it wont cost you much so why don't we go outside you can see me without the lights i heard i'm prettier there i even have long hair like her if you don't touch me then it's there long hair like her so why don't we go upstairs i'll show you what's under there i've never shown it before but i think you're special you will remember me at least a week
13.
myocardial migration (free) 03:08
it's cold outside i don't know why birds always fly away when you don't want them to but even still you've got this pull like the moon has on the night and i don't know where you have gone and i don't know what you've become then my eyes start twitching the clock keeps ticking though i won't allow it to i've pulled its wires from that wall i smashed it's face upon that floor but i still hear it now and i don't know where you have gone and i don't know who you've become and i don't want to and then my skin starts itching my old heart needs stitching in the part you took with you and i don't know where you have gone and i don't know who you are anymore
14.
megalotron (free) 02:37
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i don't need another reason to leave this town i don't need another concrete tower to rest my head upon

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released July 23, 2009

erin cavellier - guitar, keyboards, ukulele, vocals, xylaphone, omnichord, beats.

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