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all of my wrong turns
05:16
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Why am I alone?
Stand on the cliff edge again
With my back to the wind
Where are my wings?
That catch me now and again
Though they're weary and thin
When you're lost and alone I can see
That you really don't need
All of my wrong turns and all of my broken schemes
Darling please leave cause you're running these scenes
Which of the lines would you give to me
I've got to ask
When your illusion collapsed
Did you really think that would last
There's the catch
How can you lend me a hand
While you're watching your back
What has this become
Why does the sun through the pines
Only light up the snow
What else can I do?
Can I watch you flying away?
When I'm not flying too
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glued to the ground
04:50
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Night is right
In the middle of the summer
The Suns laying down its
tired head
And he's dancing
With the most beautiful girl
He's known in his life
But he's certain
That she's thinking twice
So he turns to the door
But he knows
That he cannot go
Throw him high and he'll come back around
These holes in his wings make you doubt
You said he could fly and he said that he's tried
But he seems to be glued to the ground
Time is right
On his timeline
But he's scratching his head
Because he seems to be standing and smiling
Well he knows it's been said
He's a weight on her strong arms
For his hearts made of lead
The moments right
But it can't be
So he looks down his sights
And they line up on his head
And it feels so right
He says "it should be me instead"
To give up this fight
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I was alone but for thoughts on my mind
And the hum of the night
The delicate thought of her hazel brown eyes
Oh it might've been why
With no ones eyes watching I looked through my mind
And searched for the lines
For in them lie answers that I cannot find
That I will not find
A darkness that I thought I'd long left behind
Surrounded on all sides
But there through the forest I did see a light
Though I'd left her behind
It wasn't the sunset to which I was blind
Or the pale full moons light
If there is a secret would you please confide
How do I get through these nights?
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forever moving mountains
05:06
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both our crimes
04:41
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Zak Younger Banks Glasgow, UK
“Oh my! This is wonderful!”
“[Zak] has managed to straddle the worlds of both Bon Iver
and James Blake and the results are quite stunning”
The Crack
Newcastle’s alt-folk singer-songwriter Zak Younger Banks combines emotionally raw vocals, poetic lyrics and alternative/electronic influences to create original and distinctive songs, drawing comparison to James Blake, Bon Iver and Leonard Cohen
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