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Ghost
02:12
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I'm ready to go slow
I have wasted so much time
By fearing I have none
Find the thread
That crosses over
Your riverbed
That traverses the threshold
Between life and death
It's silky soft
And strong as lead
Spun into gold
And spider's webs
Spun into hair
Spun into dread
Raise her up
You'll have the kingdom
She'll have her freedom
By your will or without it
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Solstice
03:20
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Lately all the colors all the life
Just takes me
One small plant, it's organ
An awakening
I adore you, I adore you
Just one
Perfect flower can unfold
And scented
Nothing softer, nothing more relentless
Open
Blushing and broken
Pollen exposed to
A world expanded
Dying to know you
Each small winged pollinator climbs inside you...
Clumsy, and flies you over
Parts of you away
Parts of you scattered
Parts of you growing
Parts of you shattered
Parts of you away
Parts of you scattered
Parts of you growing
Parts of you shattered
Tell me what mattered?
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Bloom
03:41
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I'm starting out slow
With my skin and my teeth
Every part of me knows
What you mean to me
Kindness blooms
It's not enough for me now
I want to know what this means
I want to know how
How to open into openness
The way you want me to
Can you open into openness?
The way I want you to
Can we open into openness?
That's what I want...
And what you mean to me
Every part of me knows
With my skin and my teeth
I'm starting out slow
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You're Not Alone
04:54
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I live in a sheltered place
Shimmering candlelight dances on your face and
I feel the embrace of creature comforts
Each night, I wash the day away
I'm so glad to be alive despite the existential tears I cry
For a world I fear will burn up and die
The last thing I want to know is the outcome
I keep searching for answers but find none
How can I tame my anxiety?
Everything I love is destroyed by the likes of me
This life will leave you gutted with no hope to be found
And when you hit the bottom you can still fall deeper down
But in that hole, you're not alone
Link arms and build a ladder back home
I'm gonna open up all the windows and let the air breathe into me
I'm gonna open up all the windows and see if I can't learn something
I'm gonna open up all the windows and let the air breathe into me
I'm gonna open up all the windows and see if I can't learn something
I... know
That I... owe
Everything
Everything
This life will leave you gutted with no hope to be found
And when you hit the bottom you can still fall deeper down
But in that hole, you're not alone
Link arms and build a ladder back home
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Riley Skinner Minneapolis, Minnesota
Riley Skinner is an avant-garde folk performer based in Minneapolis, MN. Her music draws on intriguing melodies, textured layers of sound and intimate lyrics to answer one core question, "why am I here?". Riley also creates work for her duo, Heddwen, and performs primarily in the Midwest. ... more
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