Name: Lifetimes
Duration: P00H03M18S
Description: This tiny insistent internal voice grew louder and more impatient until I listened. Then the church lost its grip on me.

Lifetimes

from Rebirth (20th Anniversary Release) by Leslie Hudson

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This tiny insistent internal voice grew louder and more impatient until I listened. Then the church lost its grip on me.

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And I know that inside you you can hear my voice
And I know that inside you you hear me
And I know that inside you you can hear my voice
And I know that inside you you hear

One lifetime I woke and I found I was tin
So easily swayed I buckled in the wind
And this is the way that I lived my life
I gave to the wind and it broke me

And my eyes have been blinded, my uniform’s thin
And my hair has been dyed neutral grey
And I’m marching in single file, silent and grim
And the nightingale flies on her way

One lifetime I woke and I found I was blood
I felt every touch, I could be passionate
And this is the way that I lived my life
I turned to the wind and it fed me

And my blood has been dripping since I said I’d stay
And I’m slashing my wrists on my knees
And I lift up my head, screaming, Take me away!
To the nightingale sailing her breeze

And I know that inside you you can hear my voice
And I know that inside you you hear me
And I know that inside you you can hear my voice
And I know that inside you you hear

One lifetime I woke and I found I was stone
I stuck to my guns, the earth was my throne
And this is the way that I lived my life
I threw out the wind and it healed me

And my eyes have been opened, the paint is all dry
And my chains will melt off if I run
And I finally see that I know how to fly
And the nightingale shows me the sun

And I know that inside you you can hear my voice
And I know that inside you you hear me
And I know that inside you you can hear my voice
And I know that inside you you hear

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from Rebirth (20th Anniversary Release), released September 15, 1998
Written & performed by Leslie Hudson
4-Track recording by Simon Lebrun
at HSC Project Studio, Hamilton ON

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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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