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Colors
05:00
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Colors
give it all
give it all back to where
it came from
it's makin' a mess in here
it's using my voice
to say, "I'm no good,
i'm not what I should be"
why would I say that?
how could that be me?
that's not mine
gripping my neck
pulling at my eyes
that's not me
fogging up the window
with my breath
filling up
filling back up with all
my colors
the sunsets have scattered
all the way around
there's somewhere that I want to go
far away,
calling my colors back home
i can say
that I'm all good
i can say
i'm just as I should
i can say
that I'm all good
i can say
i'm right where I should
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2. |
Petals
04:23
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Petals
with my face in a basket
of pink rose petals
how did I get here?
it's no surprise
the petals smell like cinnamon
you say to eat them
you say they'll delight in me
won't you take me to that mossy bed
cover me in golden leaves
there by your side
under the pines
I feel them sigh in me
and it's hard not to wake you at first light
watch you turn your face towards mine
and it's easy like a sunset to love you
and I've been loving you
since the first drop kissed my chin
take me down to the riverbank
sing me an old old song
hold me 'til I know I belong
look at the way the light looks through the leaves
dances on the water
and laughs in you and me
and it's hard not to wake you at first light
watch you turn your smile towards mine
and it's easy like a sunset to love you
and I'll be loving you
when the next drop kisses my chin
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3. |
Redwood
03:40
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Redwood
all of the colors
all in a line
all lighting up when
your heart's with mine
and when you touch me
you touch some deep place
i can pour out what was hiding my face
i'm a soft boy fishing for stars
half of the sun
i'm a tall woman singing to the sea
half of the moon
you're just where my love wants to go
a soft place to land
a wild promise to grow
you came to me slowly
someone I admire
you come to me burning a well tended fire
i come to you
like i've found
just the right tree
a redwood who welcomes the water i bring
you're just where my love wants to grow
a canopy wide
letting in a light
that lets me know
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4. |
Friends
03:50
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Friends
that's what friends are for
to tell you what light you look good in
that's what friends are for
to show you you're good as gold
look at that tree
growing out of that rock
my ears are ringing
that's what friends are for
to tell you what light you look good in
that's what friends are for
to show you you're good as gold
sheer wall
bet I could climb it with you
did you fall for the view?
did you fall for the view too?
here we are in the light
growing out of the rocks
our ears are ringing
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5. |
You Belong Here
05:07
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You Belong Here
did you come down here
for the cry of the swallows,
for the breath of a forest,
for the moon on the water,
for your sister's song,
for your mother's love?
there's so much to do here
you won't get it all done
sorrows and pleasures
they come as one
but your softest touch
will be more than enough
what glows inside your pocket?
what whizzes through your hair?
you'll know when it takes hold in you
you'll give it away so well
let's go outside now
and play in the garden
shout your delights
i'll always listen
i'll watch every trick you do
cuz I'm here to love you
what glows inside your pocket?
what whizzes through your hair?
you'll know when it takes hold in you
you'll give it away so well
and I will do my best
to show you you're made of stars
and I will do my best
to show you that you belong
you belong here
what glows inside your pocket?
what whizzes through your hair?
you'll know when it takes hold in you
you'll give it away so well
oh, you'll give it away so well
yes, you'll give it away so well
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6. |
A Walk Around the Lake
06:27
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A Walk Around the Lake
sometimes all it takes
is a walk around the lake
sometimes all it needs
is to forget trying to be comfortable
comfort never lit a fire under me
sometimes i'm afraid
and i want to close the door on you
that's the time
i live and die
oh my god, help me open
help me stay
stay, with the feeling
stay, let it pass on by
stay,'til it gives itself back
to the blue sky
to the blue sky
so wrapped up in a story
that i zip up like a coat
it blames you
it blames me
oh that's all it knows
i want to see the snow gently floating
but i don't want to feel the cold
i want to feel my good side unfolding
but i don't want to see my faults
where's this story going?
it's not going anywhere
let it go
go,let it pass on my
go,'til it gives each word back
to the blue sky
to the blue sky
sometimes all it takes
is a walk around the lake
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7. |
Slow Love
05:05
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Slow Love
what can I do with all this love for you
but feed the ground?
for sure the trees know what they are up to
oh when they lay us down
and make something
out of the sweet decay
it keeps on making more things
and the orchestra keeps playing
sounds I've never heard before
but imagined
strings that buzz and break
the beats you play on my skin
they're sinking in
nothing to do but let it in
sometimes, oh I can barely stand it
so I fall
into the arms
of a slow love
i'm trying to keep up
with a slow love
slow love
slow love
ss I fall
into the arms
i'm falling into place
falling into place
i'm falling into place
with you
falling into place
i'm falling into place
i fall back into place
with you
i fall back into place
fall back into place
i fall back into place
with you
with you
with you
with you
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8. |
Vision
02:51
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Vision
if I can blur all the edges out
if I can unwind the line
if I can open my field of view
if I can soften the borders
and ask for you
to come in
and lead me to
a brand new vision
even if you have to take me out
even if i'm gone for a while
i know you'll put me back on the ground
cleaner and clearer and brighter
i ask for you
to come in
and lead me to
a brand new vision
i ask for you
to come in
and lead me to
a brand new vision
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Nat Tate Denver, Colorado
Homegrown Colorado artist Nat Tate brings us the sound of warm spaciousness and gentle vulnerability. The command of subtlety and unguarded emotion in Nat's voice has a way of bringing us back to forgotten places inside ourselves.
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