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Runaway
04:11
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come on run away
you’ll never be safe
but you’ll never be saved here
no matter how long you stay
you know they’ll find a way
to keep you in this town
blood ain’t that strong
not when you’re losing ground
you can’t run if you don’t put your foot down
run away
how your heart is haunted
you got all you’ve ever wanted
and you run,
run, run, run away
following your muses
lighting all the fuses behind you
climbing all the way out
don’t look back now
you’re pulling up your roots
and you’re pulling on your boots
you gotta slam the door, burn the bridge, wreck the car
tell them off, tell them all you won’t take it anymore
leave nothing you could go back to
one foot before the other
the fuses reached the dynamite and blew
our love is buried in the rubble
ashes raining down on you
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Hit The Ground
03:56
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I saved a picture from our house while it burned
From when I was with you, before the wind turned
I know better than holding tighter than ever
onto that picture of me and you
it’s here in my coat, I hold it close
won’t let it go
we hit the ground running
but we ran our separate ways
I find myself wondering
how it’d be if I had stayed
do you think about me baby
or did it all burn that day
is there something left to build upon
it started as a whisper, your name in my head
and then it got louder, now can’t escape it
I said never, no never again, lovers or friends
I know there were chances, we both tried to put it out
but we burned hot, and then the house caught
and burned with us
I will build
I want to try again
give me a sign you want the home that could have been
I will work
through the blisters and the burn
recording every moment of the lessons I have learned…
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The Bell
04:05
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there’s a bell that rings
over everything
’til anything thats good is gone
I couldn’t tame it
tried to fake it
it’s not you, I was running from
you turned this boy into a man
the only way that a woman can
by loving me, in spite of me
I pulled away when you leaned in
I broke you, I was broken
wish I could tell you why
why I didn’t try
even when I wanted to ooo oo oo oo
even when I wanted to ooo oo oo oo
there are memories I keep reliving
of all the times you kept forgiving
and all the ways you said that we would be alright
that’s what’s always haunted me
that you could never count on me
that you stayed only made it worse - oh the things I’d say
living with the darkness, too blind to question
can’t talk about the illness, or crack under pressure
how could I have loved you, always needing rescue
I’m sorry for all the ways I let you down
there’s a bell that rings over everything
’til anything that’s good is gone
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Mercy
03:00
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I feel an omen
I've seen the signs
I heard a low drone humming
hung from the skies
the windows chatter
like they’re tapping out code for me
when you come, will you have mercy?
oh oh oh
if you’re gonna come for me
shouldn’t I know?
if you ever cared for me
can you let it show?
draining the sea
’til the rock is exposed
I can only hide so long
I made my confession
my spirit is still wild
I face temptation
with the innocence of a child
do you come with fire
and a gift of burning coals
have I turned your hand against me?
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North Country
06:36
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In what environment does love grow?
In what climate does it live?
It can spring up anywhere,
but where will it stick?
well me and you, we had to move to the North Country
rollin’ on the Medicine Wheel
it’s gotta bring us together
or no place will
can we pay off all our debts
and put our minds at rest?
can we work our idle hands
and lay them on the land, to heal?
and can we reconcile the hurt between us,
in the North Country
today I watched the geese come home
against the wind and snow
they must know something I don’t know
when to come and go
I’ll see the winter through, I can’t promise the summer
but while I’m here I’m yours
and will our love live longer
preserved in the cold of the North
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Unnatural
03:44
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it’s unnatural
poisoning the water to make it more valuable
to make whoever’s controlling the water more powerful
selling off the fruit of the land
trading in supply for demand
it’s unnatural
accepting this evil as the way that it is
waiting for Jesus - not the answer to this
somebody’s paying for the life that you live
and you're thirsty for something, this time you know what it is
it’s unnatural
we just stand by
we’re not stopping the killer
like we’re hoping to die
when your kid can’t get a drink and she’s starting to cry
someone’s telling you they own the rain from the sky
it’s natural we stand
natural we rise
open up your spirit
open up your eyes
there’s more of us than there are of them
let’s take a minute, let that sink in
it’s unnatural
policing the people that are breaking the rules
when the rules were made in the interest of few
not even then, these laws are destroying all of the men
especially the children, what are we teaching them?
it’s unnatural
teaching our boys to take advantage of our girls
we rape and we pillage our Mother, the World
children are watching us, they mimic our ways
seven generations; Will they be gone in a day
it’s unnatural
keep accepting the lie
worshipping the dollar
like the all-seeing eye
would you keep wetting your lips, keep sucking at the tit
of capitalism, if you knew it was pregnant with death
“no other country would find oil and leave it in the ground” right?
do you know what kind of short-sighted asshole you sound like?
you sound like every other liar, every other thief
every other manipulative commander-in-chief
you dishonour our Native brothers and sisters, and then
you dishonour your self, like your promises to them
snap out of it Justin, you have the world on your side
you know better than to fight against the changing of the tide
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Uncharted Waters
03:28
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I met a spirit in the forest
I call him Helper
thought he might help us
so I went again twenty years later
he didn’t show
though I know he was there
I was not alone
I can admit, I was a little bit scared
these are uncharted waters
pullin’ me down
uncharted waters
I’m lucky if I drown
thinking of a girl
I’m at the end of my rope
halfway around the world
there she goes again, giving me hope
she doesn’t know
how I wish I was there
I wish we were all alone
laying her down, with my fingers in her hair
these are uncharted waters
and it’s too rough to swim
uncharted waters
I think I’m giving in
there’s worms in my soul
they burrow in my head
blood runs cold
if it runs at all, I feel so dead
where did you go?
I swear I believe
the good have been raptured
nobody left here, there’s not even me
these are uncharted waters
between life and death
uncharted waters
give me one final breath
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Good Lover
03:55
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I’m looking for my good lover
I know what I’m missing
like a hummingbird hovers
hardly touching
bring the crowd to a hush
behold the masterpiece
wield your hair like a brush
paint it onto me
good lover, where are you now
good lover, with sweat on your brow
good lover, take me in and take me down
queen of heaven, receive your crown
good lover, where are you now
I’m looking for my good lover
can you reach me
break off the anchor
drift away with me
look into my eyes
make love to the real me
I can read your mind
inside, can you feel me
good lover, where are you now
good lover, with sweat on your brow
good lover, take me in and take me down
rain of heaven, flood the ground
good lover, where are you now
where are you now?
are you here, right in front of me
hiding in plain sight
do you see all that we could be
will we have tonight
are you here, just like I could be for you
the time is right
where are you now
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9. |
May I Have This Dance
03:20
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sweet as sweat, as the summer sets, in the autumn sun
the eves of our sad morrows pause to grease the guns
I chase you like the Cedar on the breeze
reach for you like lightening to the trees
light of night, black of day
each one waits for death in their own way
may I have this dance?
can we take a chance?
the oil’s black, wheels are tired, the rubber’s thin
the highway’s hot and it lays beside the ditch we’re in
like a wolf with one leg broken, losing blood
hunger of the sentenced damned to love
time to set our camp and tents to flame
burning sacred fires in our wake
may I have this dance?
can you take a chance?
we cracked the Earth, slipped inside, we were born again
the magma of our love, it cooled and made an island
silhouetted like a fox against the snow
I follow like a rabbit down a hole
quiet now, the whole world’s gone to sleep
our love will live awake inside our dreams
may I have this dance?
will you take a chance?
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10. |
In A Flash
02:58
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We proved this a million times
Somebody told you that hurt people hurt people
And I'm starting to see that in you, and in me
but I'd do it all over again
in a flash
and never look back
I would do it all over again
in a flash
and never look back
was I a waste of your time
I think you should know
that you weren't a waste of mine
God knows the time wasn't right
the time wasn't right but I know there’s a plan
and a reason
please don't regret my love
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Matt Epp Ontario
Award-winning songwriter Matt Epp is the quintessential troubadour. Born in the Canadian prairies, he has won the admiration and hearts of an audience that spans the globe.
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