Name: Earthquake
Duration: P00H05M35S
Description: Originally written in August of 1993. This version recorded in 2008.

Earthquake

from Sleepwalking: Songs of Challis & Roos by David Roos

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Originally written in August of 1993. This version recorded in 2008.

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And today a flower opens like a million more at once
But it’s that one that is forever
And I’m sure I saw it, sure I saw it,
Sure, I saw it once

Can I call on your softness, the sweet words you hold to hand
I don’t have the reasons yet, but to feel it gently floating
And the touch of blue water in this swimming pool baptism
Covering me over and over, wearing the familiar rhythm

Can you satisfy me, who wants so much and more
My belly is full, but my head says eat
And can I wish for more

And today the answer called me like a million more at once
it’s just that one that is forever
And I’m sure I heard it, sure I heard it
Sure, I heard it once

Can you pass out the sun and kiss the world goodnight
The lullaby that whispers for moments
When eclipse licks up the light

The parade of these days withholds a tyranny of lost and purchased time
Look to the future, look to the future you tell me and so I look
And see in all directions the patterns of our minds
These grey and soupy constellations
Web of memory left behind

And the stars still arc above us as the ships of state sail on
Stretched out along the horizon
As they calmly tip over the edge

And today our hearts are opened like a million more at once
But it was just that once forever
And I’m sure I felt it, I’m sure I felt it
I know I felt it once

And can we call your warmness your deep green eyes of summer
Your order in disorder
Sweet mother of north and south

And today our hearts are opened like a million more at once
But it was just that once forever
And I’m sure I felt it, I’m sure I felt it
I know I felt it once

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from Sleepwalking: Songs of Challis & Roos, released December 20, 2008

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