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Seafoam (live)
04:36
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Underneath and below
And caught in the undertow
Water-weighed
My seaweed hair long
My voice like a siren song
Underplayed
Trade it in for a chance
At a doomed romance
My soul for a dance on the shore
Take me, I’ve laid it all out at your feet
And sold who I was for this moment
I am walking on the points of swords
Wrapped in a silent heat
It’s too late to retreat from the wave line
Far from home, on my own
I am seafoam
Look in my eyes
I am living this pretty lie
Masquerading
Thinking you would see through it
And know that I knew it
Mutely fading
Sister, your salvation is at hand
Spill out his blood on the sand
Leave him to die and recover your life
Look, we have brought you the knife
Leave me, I’ve laid it all out at his feet
And lost who I was for this moment
I am walking on the points of swords
Wrapped in a silken sheet
It’s too late to retreat from the wave line
I will throw myself out beyond the wave line
My sisters, won’t you go on home
Leave me alone
I am seafoam
Oh, I am seafoam
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Seafoam
04:44
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Underneath and below
And caught in the undertow
Water-weighed
My seaweed hair long
My voice like a siren song
Underplayed
Trade it in for a chance
At a doomed romance
My soul for a dance on the shore
Take me, I’ve laid it all out at your feet
And sold who I was for this moment
I am walking on the points of swords
Wrapped in a silent heat
It’s too late to retreat from the wave line
Far from home, on my own
I am seafoam
Look in my eyes
I am living this pretty lie
Masquerading
Thinking you would see through it
And know that I knew it
Mutely fading
Sister, your salvation is at hand
Spill out his blood on the sand
Leave him to die and recover your life
Look, we have brought you the knife
Leave me, I’ve laid it all out at his feet
And lost who I was for this moment
I am walking on the points of swords
Wrapped in a silken sheet
It’s too late to retreat from the wave line
I will throw myself out beyond the wave line
My sisters, won’t you go on home
Leave me alone
I am seafoam
Oh, I am seafoam
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Seafoam (songling)
04:14
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Underneath and below
And caught in the undertow
Water-weighed
My seaweed hair long
My voice like a siren song
Underplayed
Trade it in for a chance
At a doomed romance
My soul for a dance on the shore
Take me, I’ve laid it all out at your feet
And sold who I was for this moment
I am walking on the points of swords
Wrapped in a silent heat
It’s too late to retreat from the wave line
Far from home, on my own
I am seafoam
Look in my eyes
I am living this pretty lie
Masquerading
Thinking you would see through it
And know that I knew it
Mutely fading
Sister, your salvation is at hand
Spill out his blood on the sand
Leave him to die and recover your life
Look, we have brought you the knife
Leave me, I’ve laid it all out at his feet
And lost who I was for this moment
I am walking on the points of swords
Wrapped in a silken sheet
It’s too late to retreat from the wave line
I will throw myself out beyond the wave line
My sisters, won’t you go on home
Leave me alone
I am seafoam
Oh, I am seafoam
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5. |
Mermaid
03:22
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If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
Heaven forbid they see me on the stage
As more than a girl from the center page
I'm more than the sum of my lady parts
That's not how we get to the top of the charts
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
You better run quick cuz I'm burning this bridge
It's the first thing I did when I opened the fridge
The first thing I did was to take a deep breath
Then I let out the fire that burned in my chest
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
The sea is full of princes who can't swim
Tell me what's the point in learning to walk for them?
Oh the sea is full of princes who can't swim
So tell me what the fuck's the point learning to walk for them?
Kick with your feet and I'm sure you'll be fine
I gotta go cuz I'm bringing the wine
I gotta go cuz they're waiting on me
Down where the party is under the sea
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
If I make them cry for the mermaid
I make them cry
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6. |
Mermaid (radio edit)
03:22
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If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
Heaven forbid they see me on the stage
As more than a girl from the center page
I'm more than the sum of my lady parts
That's not how we get to the top of the charts
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
You better run quick cuz I'm burning this bridge
It's the first thing I did when I opened the fridge
The first thing I did was to take a deep breath
Then I let out the fire that burned in my chest
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
The sea is full of princes who can't swim
Tell me what's the point in learning to walk for them?
Oh the sea is full of princes who can't swim
So tell me WTF's the point learning to walk for them?
Kick with your feet and I'm sure you'll be fine
I gotta go cuz I'm bringing the wine
I gotta go cuz they're waiting on me
Down where the party is under the sea
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
If I make them cry for the mermaid
I make them cry
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7. |
Mermaid (songling)
03:46
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If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
Heaven forbid they see me on the stage
As more than a girl from the center page
I'm more than the sum of my lady parts
That's not how we get to the top of the charts
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
You better run quick cuz I'm burning this bridge
It's the first thing I did when I opened the fridge
The first thing I did was to take a deep breath
Then I let out the fire that burned in my chest
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
The sea is full of princes who can't swim
Tell me what's the point in learning to walk for them?
Oh the sea is full of princes who can't swim
So tell me what the fuck's the point learning to walk for them?
Kick with your feet and I'm sure you'll be fine
I gotta go cuz I'm bringing the wine
I gotta go cuz they're waiting on me
Down where the party is under the sea
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they'll get laid
If I make them cry for the mermaid
It's not because they think they got played
If I make them cry for the mermaid
I make them cry
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8. |
Mariner's Lament (demo)
02:26
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Ah my lover the sea
Is a-calling to me
If I reached out to thee
Then a drowning I'd be
As a babe in your arms
You will rock me to sleeping
As a man in your bed
I will gasp for my breath
Ah my lover the sea
Is a-calling to me
If I reach out to thee
Then a drowning I'll be
As a mirror you shine
And reflect all my stories
As a serpent you writhe
And accept all my prayers
Ah my lover the sea
Is a-calling to me
When I reach out for thee
Then a-drowning I'll be
As a starry night sky
As a mother of millions
Come and wash all my fears
Bring me in, hold me deep
Ah my lover the sea
Ever calling for me
I have answered your plea
And I'm coming to thee
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9. |
Safe Harbour
03:31
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All my life you have been as a rock
In a sea ever tossed by stormy gales
And while grounded you float like a dock
More than once I have unfurled my sails
And although I am riding the sea
There are days when I look out to see
Where the light calls me home to the shore
And I sail as the seabirds soar
If I call you a lighthouse in the dark
You would no doubt remind me of the source
As the mirror reflecting the spark
Or a lens ever focusing the force
To the world you appear to shine
Whether they see your light as divine
While the tear rarely falls from your eye
Underneath the river ne'er runs dry
In this revelation of you I'm not alone
There are many who would call you when they're down
There are others who would put you on a throne
And those who drop by when they're in town
For my own part I've written you this song
I have given a voice to the throng
Though their faces and names fade away
May you carry their love today
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10. |
Hide and Found (demo)
04:12
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I’ve been kind of sleeping underwater
With cannon balls
On an ocean floor of soothing pressure
And whale bone walls
This weighted blanket sends me to sleep
This luminescence stars in the deep
You all don’t know what you’re missing
Above ground
Pull back
Sink beneath the water
Hide and found
There’s a kind of bliss when no one’s looking
Or keeping track
At the bottom of your inhibitions
As you unpack
This simple moment, tangle-free
These expectations strangle me
You all don’t know what you’re missing
Above ground
Pull back
Sink beneath the water
Hide and found
This silent treatment sounds so sweet
This decompression, slow release
You all don’t know what you’re missing
Above ground
Pull back
Sink beneath the water
Hide and found
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11. |
Salmon Run (demo)
04:15
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Swim hard upstream
You've done it all, lived the dream
Feel the pull back to front
Lay it down, give up the hunt
For a while, for a while, for a while
Rest now in the pool
Let it go, feel it cool
DNA a strand of light
Give it voice and give it life
It is time, it's time, it is time
Salmon leap the way we plunge
Wiser for the risk they seek
Salmon run the way we fly
Straight into the setting sun
Salmon run
One by one they find a form
All a-flutter, newly warm
Down the stream toward the sea
On their own and running free
And again, and again, and again
Salmon leap the way we plunge
Wiser for the risk they seek
Salmon run the way we fly
Straight into the setting sun
Salmon run
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12. |
Burn Bone Dry
03:37
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The tide goes out
At first it's all this gorgeous emptiness
Drying out to glitter in the sun
You go explore
And find the rock pools full of promises
Waiting for the water rise to come
It's only sand that's been abandoned
Left to burn bone dry
When the shore again becomes the sea floor
Does it miss the sky?
The tide comes in
At first the pressure is wet and delicate
Sinking in to wait expectantly
You hold your ground
And dare the shallows not to weigh you down
Beating with the rhythm of the sea
It's only sand that was abandoned
Left to burn bone dry
When the shore again becomes the sea floor
Does it miss the sky?
All the waves
Hundreds coming in
All the grains
Millions giving in
Millions giving in
Giving in
It's only sand that's been abandoned
Left to burn bone dry
But when the shore again becomes the sea floor
Does it miss the sky?
Only sand has been abandoned
Left to burn bone dry
But when the shore again becomes the sea floor
Does it miss the sky or does it say goodbye?
Does it miss the sky?
Does it say goodbye?
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Shoreline (songling)
04:44
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Watching the sun on the water change
Wavefulls of liquid gold spilling and filling again
Gulls in reflection glide into view
Only to vanish at the shoreline
Call
Call overhead
Call
Call on the wind
Holding a handful of coloured sand
Worn down to memory tumbled and jumbled like gems
Limpets retreat as the tide ebbs away
Storing up water for the sun siege
Call
Call overhead
Call
Call on the wind
Looking at clouds with a sculptor's eye
Droplets of ice from the ocean in motion arise
Touch the horizon gathering there
Building a city on the skyline
Call
Call overhead
Call
Call on the wind
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Husband had I and wife had he
Each with our children on our knees
But I didn't fight when he came for me
Dreaming as one that we were free
I and my lover we hatched a plan
Wrapped up my youngest and swiftly ran
Started anew on a foreign land
This miner's lady with gold in her hand, oh
The sun it is setting down into the waves
The currents are crossing
What is it he craves?
I must possess you, my beauty, he raved
It is pulling me under
And I cannot be saved
Two children born to him and I
Under the neighbours' watchful eyes
Showing them all our most practiced disguise
One step ahead of all our lies, oh
The sun it is setting down into the waves
The currents are crossing
What is it he craves?
I must possess you, my beauty, he raved
It is pulling me under
And I cannot be saved
Well I remember my last day
Out with my lover on the bay
Safe in our home our two children did play
Only this son of mine did stay, oh
Oars in the water make no sound
Here's where my boat turns upside down
Here's where my son and I were drowned
Haunting the shore where we never were found, oh
The sun it is setting down into the waves
The currents are crossing
What is it he craves?
I have possessed you, my beauty, he raved
It is pulling me under
And I cannot be
No, we cannot be
Oh, he's the only one tonight
Who will be saved
But not from me
No, not from me
Ah, oars in the water
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Leslie Hudson Stratford, Ontario
Leslie Hudson is a Canadian singer songwriter and pianist. Their albums range from storytelling styles to bluesy bar rock to dialed-up, full-band homages to pop culture. With lyrical piano skills and a voice that cuts through the crowd, their songs dive deep into archetype and folklore, modernizing ancient voices & shining a spotlight on the shadowy paths we walk through life, myth and media. ... more
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