1. |
Open the Road
04:14
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I am trying
To be free
I’m am trying, I’m trying,
I’m trying to find me
In the morning
As day breaks
I am finding, I’m finding,
I’m finding my way
Open the road
Carry me home
Open the road
Carry me home
Under star light
Without fear
I am calling, I’m calling
I’m calling you near
Under night sky
I am here
It is coming, it’s coming
It’s coming so clear
Open the road
Carry me home
Open the road
Carry me home
Love is here
Something’s whole
I am seeing, I’m seeing
I see it unfold
Without fear
I am free
I can see, I can see
I can see, I can see
Open the road
Carry me home
Open the road
Carry me home
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2. |
Scaled to Survive
03:31
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I don’t have to tell you
What I’m thinking
You can already hear
the songs I’m singing
I try to hide
I try to hide
The truth may be thin but it yearns for the light
Thank you for laughing me into this portal
What you learned drowning
Taught me how to breathe.
One ear to the earth,
One ear to the sky,
Reminds me that life is not a straight line
How do you let yourself feel all the pain,
So much is given,
So much more to gain.
You brought me here
The world on its side
Gave me a love, scaled to survive.
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3. |
Take Me Away
04:04
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Take me away to that far away place
Take me away to that far away place
Take me away to that far away place
Take me away to that far away place
Make me unafraid of change
Make me unafraid, make me brave
Make me an angel
Who can see where we’re going
Make me unafraid of change
Take me away to that far away place
Take me from harm
Make me clear
Help my heart listen
Make me hear
Give me the courage
To face me head on
Make me unafraid of change
Make me an angel
Take me away to that far away place
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4. |
So I'll Go
03:50
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I just want to love you
Give you everything
I just want to love you
Can you hear me?
I just want to love you
Give you all I can
I just want to love you
Can you hear me?
But oh, oh
That would be too easy
So I’ll Go
If I were to love you
Would you understand?
If I were to love you
Would you see me as I am?
If I could not love you
Would you set me free?
If I could not love you
Would you see me as I am?
But oh, oh
That would be too easy
So I’ll Go
Well the flowers love the trees
And the sky loves the clouds
And the earth loves the rain
Cuz it’s easy
The grass loves my hands
And grass loves the sky
And the sky loves the clouds
Cuz it’s easy
The roots love the soil
And the birds love to fly
And the fish love to swim
Cuz it’s easy
Your mouth on my hand
And your face near my lips
And the sky on my tongue
Is so easy
But oh, oh
That would be too easy
Oh, oh,
I just want to love you
So I’ll Go
Go
Go
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5. |
Tree
05:36
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I became a tree
Thought no one could care for me
Standing on the side of a cliff
By the sea, by the sea
Thought no one could care for me
Standing on the side of a cliff
Tears fall to the sea
Will the ocean
Heal me?
I’m going down
I’m going down
To clean my soul
Clean me
Fear hovers above
With a voice
Louder than love
So she went down
She’s going down
To save her soul
To be free
Will she jump?
Will she swim?
Will she jump?
Will she swim?
Fever hovers above
With a voice
Louder than love
She’s going down
She’s going down
To save her soul
To be free
Will she jump?
Will she swim?
Will she jump?
Will she swim?
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6. |
Sun Without the Heat
02:46
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You want the crops without the plow
You want the rain without the thunder
You want the ocean without the roar of its waters
Can’t have the sun without the heat
Nothing that I say hasn’t been said before
Nothing that I feel hasn’t been felt before
These wounds are so old
These wounds are so old
These wounds are so old
These wounds
You want the crops without the plow
You want the rain without the thunder
You want the ocean without the roar of its waters
Can’t have the sun without the heat
So much waste
So much waste
The waste of the city
In the city lights
Weighing so heavy on our minds
‘Cause nothing is right
And there’s so much wrong
Only we can change ourselves
The road is so long
These wounds are so old
These wounds are so old
These wounds are so old
These wounds
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7. |
Tower
04:36
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The veil is lifting
And the tower is falling
I hear a voice
I hear it calling
I’m suddenly aware
Of all I fear
I’m suddenly scared
I’m finally clear
You never promised me
You wouldn’t break my heart
That was the end and this is the start
You tried to do your best
It’s not a game
It’s not a test
There is no shame
In what we had
It wasn’t wrong
And it wasn’t bad
But Love that is true
Has nothing to prove
Love that is true
Has nothing to prove
I never said
We’d never part
You didn’t know
How to hold my heart
There is no shame
In what we had
It wasn’t wrong
And it wasn’t bad
But Love that is true
Has nothing to prove
Love that is true
Has nothing to prove
Love that is true
Has nothing to lose
Love that is true
Has nothing to prove
I never said
I wouldn’t break your heart
This is the end
And that was the start
You tried to do your best
It’s not a game
And it’s not a test
There is no shame
In what we had
It wasn’t wrong
And it wasn’t bad
It wasn’t made to last
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8. |
Love We Had
03:48
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When we were younger
Our hearts were open wide
I felt my heart
Stretching so wide
My heart stretching so wide
I thought the love we shared
It would hold up the sky
Meant you would always be mine
I thought the love we shared
Meant that we would never die
It is a race
Against time?
A race against time
And now I’m older
I can not feel your love
Remembering how I hurt you inside
How I hurt you inside
I thought the love we shared
It would hold up the sky
I thought the love we shared
Meant you would always be mine
I thought the love we shared
Meant that we would never die
Is it a race
Against time?
A race against time
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9. |
Give Yourself a Break
03:46
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Give yourself a break
Of what you’re going through
Give yourself a break
Before you’re gone
Give yourself a break
Of what you’re going through
You’re gonna have to be wrong
It’s gonna have to feel wrong?
Sometimes I forget
I was only a child
I thought I always had to know
Everything, everything, everything,
Everything
All the things that you learn as you grow.
So give yourself a break
Of what you’re going through
Give yourself a break before you’re gone
Give yourself a break of what you’re going through
You’re gonna have to be wrong
Sometimes I forget
What it means to be a child
I thought I always had to know
Everything, everything, everything,
Everything
All the things that you learn as you grow.
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10. |
I Want to Believe
03:13
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I want to believe
In a world I can not see
I want to believe
In a world I have been given
I want to believe
In a love I have not seen
I want to believe
In the love I have been given.
I want to believe
in the light I can not see.
I want to believe in the light
I have been given.
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Leyla McCalla New Orleans, Louisiana
Leyla McCalla finds inspiration from her past and present. Whether it is her Haitian heritage or her adopted home of New Orleans, she — a bilingual multi-instrumentalist and alumna of Grammy award-winning African-American string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops — has risen to produce a distinctive sound that reflects the union of her roots and experience. ... more
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