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Into The Lake
04:01
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We know the way
Just south of the harbour’s gate
And then jump into the lake
Will anybody notice
Hands hang from the cast iron cage
Can’t be the first kids to partake
And we’re the only ones awake
It could be simple
I know that you want it
But life’s easy to repeat
You catch yourself telling the same stories
More time than you could read
I see the way
Rock peeks through the fogged shore
And I stopped wanting more
Out of all the chances
It’s you that gets to be
So could you share some of that wealth please
Not living so cautiously
It could be simple
I know that you want it
But life’s easy to repeat
You catch yourself telling the same stories
More times than you could read
Plus, no one’s gonna want you like that
Easy to defeat
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The Maze
02:58
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How can it be
All that’s worth knowing
Was learned long ago
And old men hold answers for you
That pull into that past
You can always see where you’re coming from
But the past don’t always lead the way
Ain't it something that we don’t have maps to fate
So I celebrate the maze
I look up I see all the distant places
They matter just as me
The matter of the trees
And all our beliefs aren’t true
They can’t define you
Change comes with new authors
Picking at the rules
You can always see where you’re coming from
But the past don’t always lead the way
Ain't it something that we don’t have maps to fate
So I celebrate the maze
The rest of the world had better watch out
Cause you and I are going to take this place over
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Paper
05:22
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Clouds they cover up the sky
Like layers of an ocean
They cover up the creatures of the deep
Swimming up and out and then back again
How long can it take to leave the den
That dark warm home
Each one of them safe from unknowns
So they fold it up, cutting time like paper
And tearing up the calendar
And fantasize that time has no meaning
Acting like it’s just paper
Clouds they cover up the sky
Like layers of an ocean
They cover up the creatures of the deep
Swimming up and out and then back again
How long can it take to leave the den
That dark warm home
Each one of them safe from unknowns
So they fold it up, cutting time like paper
And tearing up the calendar
And fantasize that time has no meaning
Acting like it’s just paper
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Slipping
04:19
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Parasite
04:05
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You think your gonna live your lives without me
Yes we can if we bring our will to bare
But I’ve been the fire in your belly
Yes, buring away it’s lining to be fair
Too long we have dined on
The lives left down below
I know you’ve given us
An age without the dark and the cold
You think you’re gonna carry on without me the same way
You’ve been doing for a hundred years
You think we can’t change and will remain in chains
Nursing your black bottle, being coddled
Too long we have dined on
The lives left down below
I know you’ve given us
An age without the dark and the cold
To bring us close
Now home in cities
We live alone
Once bound together now we control the weather
A parasite for sure
You’ve sucked it off the earth
Sorry for our learning curve but you see
We’re changing everything
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Beasts
03:09
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Sam my friend warms hearts
And jumps fences
That’s how we found ourselves in this field of
Beasts we made to serve
The imagination of a human being
Of a human being
That’s why I want to ride
The backs of horses
Built to bound
And sail with me across the meadow fields
And share in
The imagination of a human being
Of a human being
What is it to be a beast with a master
Trapped in a pasture it couldn’t leave
Not in it’s mind
Not if it tried
That’s why I want to glide above the countryside
And count the scraps of green left behind
So we can make it right
With the imagination of a human being
Of a human being
What is it to be a beast with a master
Trapped in a pasture it couldn’t leave
Not in it’s mind
Look what we’ve done, now the slightest approach makes the birds fly
I want to make it up to them
Welcome aboard the dreams of a human being
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Camp Song
03:34
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The weights are collapsing
When our feet start tapping
On the board that the fiddle player brought to the jam
This is a song for the camp
The camp I grew up in
Next time I'll be here,
Little did I know
It would be 5 years
But I’m there every time I hold my fiddle bow
Cobwebs in my old bed
I hope this place raises kids again
In the camp I grew up in
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A New Ground Kitchener, Ontario
It was the open jam at King and Queen that brought these two artists together, from seemingly opposite ends of the musical spectrum. Made of classically inspired folk melodies and structures, combined with pop hooks and jazz rhythms, A New Ground was formed. Now, A New Ground has brought their music all across the country with their 2018 debut full album release, "Forge The Sky". ... more
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