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REFLECTIONS IN MY TEA - album

by Elizabeth Bryson

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UNTIL THE WHIRLPOOL STOPS WARRIOR YOU DO NOT WEAR IT WELL YOUR CALL IS COWARDLY AND THE COLORS OF ALL FLAGS DO RUN INTO THE CEMETARY HIDING IN YOUR ACTIONS AS YOU RUN AND LOOK TOWARDS ALL YOUR WORDS OF HATRED BUT THEY’LL FALL BACK UPON YOUR DOOR OH, ONCE MORE THE HEALING’S GONE ASTRAY SUCKED INTO THE WHIRLPOOL OF ANOTHER UNWELCOMING DAY AND UNTIL THE WHIRLPOOL STOPS HOW CAN IT STAY? THERE IS NO SURRENDER TO YOUR SICKNESS OUR SOULS ARE IMMUNE TO THE VICIOUSNESS YOU PERPETRATE YOU’LL SLIP UPON YOUR RUINS LOVING HEART’S, NEVER FADE AWAY EVEN IN THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD TODAY ANGER ONLY INSPIRES YOUR RAGE AS YOU DISSIPATE DEEP INTO THE MIRE HELL AWAITS WHY MUST SO MANY PAY?
2.
Lightning 03:29
LIGHTNING I SAW IT THERE AGAIN IN THE DISTANCE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE FOR ME; I CAN SEE AND BELIEVE IN WHAT COULD BE NOTHING TO CONCEAL IN THE MOMENTS THAT DO COME WHEN THERE’S NO SLEEP, JUST THE FIRE AND THE MEMORY OF A DREAM LIGHTNING STRIKES ONCE IF YOU’RE LUCKY HONEY I FELT IT TWICE MAN AND A WOMAN STORIES OLD STORIES NEW A LOVE WILL GROW WHEN THE SEED HAS BEEN PLANTED IN YOUR SOUL THEN YOU TRY TO REMEMBER LIKE YOU’LL EVER FORGET THEN YOU TRY TO ASSEMBLE IT BIT BY BIT INSIDE YOUR HEAD AND ONCE MORE YOU FIND YOU’RE LOST IN THERE AGAIN THIS WORLD’S NOT THE NEXT WORLD BY ANY STRETCH OF THE MIND BUT EVEN SO WE CAN STILL FEEL A SMALL PART OF IT HERE, I KNOW
3.
IN ITS OWN TIME IN ITS OWN TIME A PLANTED SEED TAKES ITS OWN FORM IN THE WORLD WHERE WE LIVE MIRACLES HAPPEN EACH DAY IN ITS OWN TIME A BABY CRIES OPENS ITS EYES TO ALL THAT IS NEW AND A NEW VIEW IS BORN BUT THE BATTLES WILL FIND US YOU NEED LOOK NO MORE FOR THE STORM WILL FIND ITS WAY WE MUST BE ABLE TO SAIL WITH THE TIDE DARKNESS CANNOT REMAIN IN ITS OWN TIME A PASSION FLIES TRANSFORMS INTO A LOVE THAT IS TRUE LIFE CAN BE SO BEAUTIFUL TAKE OUR PLACE ON THE OCEAN IT WON’T LAST FOREVER TAKE OUR PLACE ON THE MOUNTAIN SLIP AND SLIDE WITH THE CHANGES THEY COME, THEY GO, THEY GROW IN ITS OWN TIME A FLOWER BLOOMS THE SUN AND THE RAIN AND THE WIND SING THEIR TUNE AND A NEW SONG DOES RISE
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Brick Road 03:34
BRICK ROAD YOU USED TO TELL ME THUNDER WAS JUST PINS GOING DOWN OR SOMEONE UP THERE MOVIN’ FURNITURE AROUND NEVER TOLD ME THINGS COULD JUST COME TUMBLING DOWN THAT NOT EVERY LION HAS COURAGE TO BE FOUND AUNTY M, AUNTY M, I HAD A VERY BAD DREAM THERE WERE MONKEYS EVERYWHERE CONTROLLING EVERYTHING THERE WERE PEOPLE KILLING PEOPLE ‘CAUSE OF WHAT THEY BELIEVED ‘CAUSE OF WHO THEY LOVED AND WHERE THEY SLEEP THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD HAS BEEN FROZEN, FROZEN FOR YEARS SCARECROW CAN’T EVEN SCARE FOUR FLIES OUT OF HERE EVERYONE KNOWS WHEN THE WICKED WITCH IS NEAR THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN MARRIED HER OUT OF FEAR AUNTY M, AUNTY M, I HAD A VERY BAD DREAM THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN WAS BEHIND EVERYTHING THE TIN MAN HAD A HEART BUT HIS HEART WAS BLEEDING I DON’T LEFT FROM RIGHT AND I HATE SLEEPING
5.
ALL IN A MOMENT FLEETING ON A SIMPLE DAY NEW HOURS CALL AND WE TRAVEL UNKNOWING WHAT COULD BEFALL US OH, THE PROMISE OF A LOVELY DAY UNTIL A PASSING CLOUD GOT IN THE WAY DEEP IN THE FOREST OR ONLY A VIEW THAT DAY I WONDER IF I FELT IT TOO ALL IN A MOMENT FLEETING FEELING HEARTACHE SEEING ANOTHER SUFFER KNOWING WE CAN’T TAKE AWAY THEIR PAIN BUT WE HAVE THE GIFT OF LOVE TO OFFER AND THIS GIFT IS TRULY THERE ALWAYS WONDERFULLY THE LIGHT CAN SHINE BRILLIANT THROUGH THE DARKEST MAZE EVEN IN THE POURING RAIN WONDERING WHEN THE SUN WILL SHINE AGAIN
6.
THE SWEETEST SOUND THERE WERE WE ON UNFAMILIAR INSTRUMENTS AND THE SONG WENT ON MELODIES AND HARMONIES EXCHANGED THEN INTERCHANGED A FEW SEATS APART IN A CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, THAT’S HOW IT WAS SO SIMPLY, SO EASILY WE PLAYED NOW I’M AWAKE AND I REMEMBER NOW THE SWEETEST SOUND I DON’T REMEMBER WORDS IT WAS JUST A SCENE IN A BRIEF DREAM SO STRANGE TO ME I WONDERED WHAT IT COULD MEAN, IF ANYTHING MAYBE NOTHING, MAYBE NOTHING AT ALL JUST ANOTHER DREAM AND IN MY HEART A RHYTHM BEATS ON FOR ANOTHER LOVE THAT’S IN MY SOUL HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LET IT GO?
7.
FARTHER OR CLOSER CLEAR, IS IT CLEARER NOW? NEAR, IS IT NEARER NOW? PUSHING AND PULLING AWAY IS IT FARTHER OR CLOSER THAT YOU WANT TO STAY? HEAR WHAT YOU’RE FEELING DREAM WHAT YOU’RE NEEDING MAYBE THE COLORS ARE FADING NOW MAYBE THE COLORS ARE CHANGING NOW SO NATURALLY YOU WANT TO SEE ALL THAT YOU BELIEVE FROM WHAT YOU’VE SEEN CAN EASILY BE CALLED INTO QUESTION WHEN YOU STEP INSIDE A SMALL PICTURE FLY AS YOU’RE FALLING DRIFT IN YOUR LANDING
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QUESTION FOR TWO HEARTS ARE YOU EVER GONNA TELL ME, LET ME KNOW JUST WHAT YOU’RE FEELING? WELL YOU KNOW I’VE GOTTA WONDER THE ROOM OF DOUBT IS GETTING BIGGER SHOULD I TAKE YOUR NO REPLY FOR WHAT IT IS? YOU HAVE NOTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO ME SURELY THAT WOULD MAKE THINGS SO MUCH EASIER BUT THE QUESTION FOR TWO HEARTS STILL REMAINS SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENED BETWEEN US, DESIRE AND THE REST OF IT DID I REALLY GET IT ALL WRONG? SEEMS THE LEAP OF FAITH IS GETTING FARTHER YES, THERE IS A PART OF ME THAT WISHES I HAD NEVER MET YOU AND THERE IS A PART OF ME THAT WANTS TO LET THESES FEELINGS GO AND THERE IS A PART OF ME THAT LOVES THE RAIN
10.
MR. RADCLIFF AND MRS. EVERSLEY MR. RADCLIFF AND MRS. EVERSLEY SAILED AWAY IN THEIR BOAT UPON THE SEA AND I COULDN’T TELL YOU WHY WELL, MAYBE THOUGH I COULD IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE VOLUMES COULD BE FILLED ABOUT LOVING EYES, LOVING HEARTS AND LOVING MINDS NOT SURE I COULD TELL YOU WHY WELL, I THINK IF I DID IT WOULD JUST CAUSE MORE CONFUSION INSIDE OF MY HEAD I KNEW IT WAS A BLUE SKY FROM THE REFLECTION IN MY TEA NOTHING ABOUT THAT BOTHERED ME IN FACT IT THRILLED ME MR. RADCLIFF AND MRS. EVERSLEY SAILED AWAY IN THEIR BOAT UPON THE SEA AND IT WAS A LOVELY DAY AND IT WILL STAY THAT WAY INTO ETERNITY REMAINS THIS MYSTERY
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Stories 03:25
STORIES SO MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED SO MUCH IS EVERLASTING AND LOVE HAS FILLED THESE YEARS BUT MANY DAYS AND NIGHTS OF TEARS STILL THERE’VE BEEN MANY SMILES KNOWING ALL THE WHILE THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE’S PAIN WHAT’S GOOD AND TRUE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN PLEASE LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME I WANT SO MUCH TO SEE AND I WANT TO BELIEVE IN POSSIBILITIES AND ANOTHER DAY HAS COME THEN SLIPPED AWAY BUT A HEART STILL BEATS FOR THE GIFT SO SWEET AND WHAT LINGERS INCOMPLETE THROUGH OUR LIVES LESSONS LEARNED, PAGES TURNED, PAGES SAVED FAVORITE STORIES, FADED STORIES I’LL LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR YOU ALWAYS SO YOU CAN SEE I’LL LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR YOU PLEASE BELIEVE ME

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released September 12, 2012

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