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1. |
Help Less
05:38
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Help Less
Words & Music: Derek R Rodriguez
I never meant
To take your place but
You took mine
So I'll fill this space and
You're lying there
So weak and small and
I close my eyes
So I won't see it all
Nothing to do but
Stand around
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Nothing to do but
Stare straight down
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Right now
Father beside me
his posture the same
Sitting stoic
In his silent shame
Nothing in this moment
that I can change but
I need to tell him
He's got none of the blame
Nothing to do but
Stand around
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Nothing to do but
Stare straight down
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Want to take you
From all this harm
But I don't have the strength
In my frail arms so
Nothing to do but
Ignore the sounds
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Right now
I hear your words
Tho they're hard to say
That you don't want to scare me
Or see me afraid
How in this moment
Can you think of me?
I guess your love's just
Greater than your need
Nothing to do but
Stand around
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Nothing to do but
Stare straight down
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Want to take you
From all this harm
But I don't have the strength
In my frail arms so
Nothing to do but
Ignore the sounds
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Could I help less?
Right now
Right now
Mother can you hear me?
Mother can you see me?
Mother can you feel it
When I touch your hand? and
Mother can you hear me?
Mother can you see me?
Mother can you feel it
When I touch your face? and
Mother can you?
Mother can you?
Mother can you?
Mother can you?
Mother can you?
Mother can you?
Mother can you?
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2. |
How Many Waves?
04:05
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How Many Waves?
Words & Music: Derek R Rodriguez
The joker's grinning madly
With the cards in his hand
The thief comes so slow as
We sink in the sand
None of this was ever expected
Just for loving me
That we would stand together
Battling the sea
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will come now?
The first drop was dark and heavy
And then came the flood
We can build shelter for centuries
But it's in the blood
We were told it was the end when
It was just the start
What's the use of closing your eyes when
You're in the dark?
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will come now?
I tell my heart just slow down
I tell my heart just slow down
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will fall on us?
It only takes a few moment s
For a life to starve
Mind body stuck and stumbling
and it stills our heart
We're standing on the shore bravely
Cos we won't escape
We'll stand here together
While the world all breaks
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will come now?
I tell my heart just slow down
I tell my heart just slow down
How many waves will come now?
How many waves will fall on us?
On us
On us
On us
On us
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3. |
Mara
06:00
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Mara
Words & Music: Derek R Rodriguez
You might remember
When I was young and beautiful
You might remember
When I had love and life was full
You might remember
The goldness of my past
You might remember
When I believed it all would last
And call me Mara
For that's my name
Some of the sweetness
And all of the pain
It's unfamiliar
But they tell me
This is my home
And my arms won't reach out
To hold
Those who are my own
And there are lost things
That never may be found
And I can't move on
Til my feet
Are on the ground
And call me Mara
For that's my name
Some of the sweetness
And all of the pain
Call me Mara
For all that I've lost
All I remember
And all I forgot
I might remember
Today
Like it was yesterday
And you might glimpse me
Briefly
Thru the haze
But I remember
That I love you
More than anyone
And I've never forgotten
In the center is the sun
Call me Mara
For that's my name
Some of the sweetness
And all of the pain
Call me Mara
For all that I've lost
All I remember
And all I forgot
All I remember
And all I forgot
All I remember
And all I …
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4. |
Remember What We Missed
05:13
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You just spoke so
Infrequently
That I
Guessed I stopped listening
The shadow came so
Gradually, we didn't
Note the light was missing
And even after all of these years
I never blunted my tongue, so
We just pulled on opposite strings
Til the, til the knot was undone, and
I don't believe
That I'll ever understand you
But I think I got the gist
Can we sit here together?
Can we remember what we missed?
Bought a big house
With separate spaces
Where we both could unwind but
Tell me love
Have you ever had such
Space you feel confined?
After the fall
In the darkness
I lay in disbelief
I reached for you
But didn't know
Was it love or just need?
I don't believe
That I'll ever understand you
But I think I got the gist
Can we sit here together?
Can we remember what we missed?
Can you help me
Unravel my mind
As difficult as it is?
And can we sit here together?
Can we remember what we missed?
Now you're just
Like my shadow
Behind and beside me
Both our steps
Are so unsteady
As I try to let you lead
And, we're still on
Fragile, melting ice
But we're better than we've been
So, maybe you could touch my shoulder
And I could hold your hand
Again?
I don't believe
That I'll ever understand you
But I think I got the gist
Can we sit here together?
Can we remember what we missed?
Can you help me
Unravel my mind
As difficult as it is?
And can we sit here together?
Can we remember what we missed?
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5. |
Brightmare
04:14
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Sometimes it’s all too dark til
I turn out the light
I have to close my eyes to
Make it all seem bright
Cos in the realm of dreams
Can I hold what I’ve lost
But these tears of joy
They come at such great cost
Have you ever had a Brightmare?
So beautiful it makes you scared?
You wake up and it disappears
Have you ever had a Brightmare?
In my dreams you're so complete
Your laugh, your talk, your scent
It doesn't matter to me
That none of it makes sense
It's alright it's all an illusion
I can't bear the spell to break
If I only have you in my dreams
I never want to wake
Have you ever had a Brightmare?
So beautiful it makes you scared?
You wake up and it disappears
Have you ever had a Brightmare?
Have you ever had a Brightmare?
All the joy and the despair
You wake up and it disappears
Have you ever had a Brightmare?
All the warm smiles grow cold
As the sun enters the room
Hold it on the other side of the world
So it doesn't come so soon
Cos only in my Brightmares
Are you here and not a memory
So I'll happily welcome these dreams
Even tho they haunt me
Have you ever had a Brightmare?
So beautiful it makes you scared?
You wake up and it disappears
Have you ever had a Brightmare?
Have you ever had a Brightmare?
All the joy and the despair
You wake up and it disappears
Have you ever had a Brightmare?
Have you ever had a
Have you ever had a
Have you ever had a
Have you ever had a
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6. |
Almost (Over & Over)
03:41
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Over & over
My aching chest
Over & over
There's nothing left
Over & over
We've been here before
Over & over
Tears hit the floor
And you almost
You almost
And you almost
You almost
Die
Over & over
Say I'll be okay
Over & over
You don't have to stay
Over & over
Holding hands thru gloves
Over & over
Broken by love
And you almost
You almost
And you almost
You almost
Die
And almost die
You almost die
And you almost die
You almost die
Over & over
I let you go
Over & over
My head drops low
Over & over
Stroking your hair
Over & over
Sobbing thru prayer
And you almost
You almost
And you almost
You almost
Die
And almost die
You almost die
And you almost die
You almost die
But you don't go
But you don't go
So don't go
Don't go now
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7. |
Sleep is Broken
04:34
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Signs and sounds of a struggle
There's a rattle in the air
No chalk outline around the victim
Tho the body's lying there
There's a rising wave of anger
Cos it seems just like a crime
But it's nothing unusual
In fact it happens all the time
And she said: I'll always think of you
Even when my eyes aren't open
And I, I said: I'll always dream of you
Even if my sleep is broken
It's hard not to turn away
When we see the stab of pain
Our exhale comes slowly
When we hear the sad refrain
It's all thunder and quiet
Thru the shadows of the room
Wishing it goes on forever
But hoping it all ends soon
And she said: I'll always think of you
Even if my eyes aren't open
And I, I said: I'll always dream of you
Even if my sleep is broken
And she, she said: Don't be scared
Even in this moment
And I, I said: I'll always dream of you
Even if my sleep is broken
Even when my sleep is broken
The eyes are closed and still
And it looks so much like sleep
But it somehow seems too light
Tho soon will be too deep
A sad, shared resignation
That her eyes will never again open
How can there be peace in the room
When we know sleep is broken?
And she said: I'll always think of you
Even if my eyes aren't open
And I, I said: I'll always dream of you
Even if my sleep is broken
And she, she said: Don't be scared
Even in this moment
And I, I said: I'll always dream of you
Even if my sleep is broken
Even when my sleep is broken
Even tho my sleep is broken
Broken now
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8. |
Hope & Loss
04:45
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Too many envelopes
Addressed to my name
From different senders
The words are the same
All writing to tell me
That I'll be alright
But I feel the shadow
Behind the light
Cos I have hope
And I have loss
Clinging to both
Comes at a cost
Take all my tears
And store them away
I bow my head
With nothing to say
Nothing to say
Fingers are clutching
To cling to belief
Am I still a believer
If I have this grief?
And I know the why
But who can tell me how?
I see the future
But live in the now
Cos I have hope
And I have loss
Clinging to both
Comes at a cost
Take all my tears
And store them away
I bow my head
With nothing to say
Hope sparkles yellow
Loss is just gray
Both in my sky
Throughout the day
Don't want it to end
But I wish it would stop
Don't give me everything
Just what I want
Just what I want
Hope and loss
Are living in my head
I hear them singing
When nothing is said
Two opposite things
In this moment are one
Like standing on the moon
In the light of the sun
Cos I have hope
And I have loss
Clinging to both
Comes at a cost
Take all my tears
And store them away
I bow my head
With nothing to say
Hope sparkles yellow
Loss is just gray
Both in my sky
Throughout the day
Don't want it to end
But I wish it would stop
Don't give me everything
Just what I want
Just what I want
Just what I want
Just what I want
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9. |
It Lasts
04:23
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Now they ask me
If I'd have stayed away
Cos the pain's so sharp
If I knew I'd be alone
Let my fingers
Just trace the scars
And to lose her
Left me slightly frayed
And half broken
But it was as good as anything
So I celebrate with arms open
Cos it lasts
And it lasts
And that's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
And I think of her
When the sun is pink
Air against my face
Then the moment's gone
Just like she is
But it wasn't wasted
When the day is new
And the night is thru
By the rising mourn
I try to remember that
It not only died
But was also born
Cos it lasts
And it lasts
And that's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
I remember her
At unexpected times
Catches me by surprise
Just sneaks up on me
Weighing heavy but sweetly kind
Can't forget the pain
But it's also there
What I know and knew
Heart sounds different
Only echoes when the love is true
Cos it lasts
And it lasts
And that's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
Cos it lasts
And it lasts
And that's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
That's just how love should be
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Redwood Sky Stockton, California
Redwood Sky is a few friends making acoustic based pop rock with hints of folk and flourishes of piano and electric
guitar.
Deeply influenced by a variety of artists, bands, and the beauty all around us.
The goal is to bring together vivid lyrics with hummable melodies.
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