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Vitamin
03:18
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Vitamin
By C. Brooks
Put the sunlight underneath my skin
I’m in need of the best vitamin
I will give you something in return
Something of myself
A sunburn cannot come from this
I promise
4 o’clock it’s dark and still too soon
To feed the kids, so we wait for the moon
And I draw a picture of your face
With the plastic markers that they place
In my hand like gold
I feel so old and still so young
At the same time
With November comes the constant grey
We lock ourselves inside and away
Under bedsheets sharing in the warmth
I fold myself into your arms
Where we make a list
Of all their charms
This is more than bliss
I promise you
There’s nothing more than this
I promise you
There’s nothing more than this
I promise
It’s in the sigh, it’s in the way
We hold it together
Just one day at a time
Trying not to measure
One against the other
Then the earth it tilts toward the sun
And we sing and we dance and we run
And mark their height upon the frame
This list of love in months and days
That started with a kiss
I hear you say
This is more than bliss
I promise you
There’s nothing more than this
I promise you
There’s nothing more than this
I promise
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2. |
Night Drive
03:25
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Night Drive
By C. Brooks
Night drive, feeling high
Everything is alive tonight
Night Drive all alone
Feels so right and it’s been so long
I’m burning up under a billion stars
I move in restless captivation
Night drive, all alone
All alone
A little fear is taking down the veil
I am all alone
I play songs written by my friends
To keep me left of the white line
I am one of them
Less eloquent but still trying
Trying to talk my way through this
I’m always filling up the silence
I am one of them
One of them
A little truth is taking down the veil
I am one of them
Night drive, lighting in the clouds
Coyotes howl and I think out loud
Night drive under endless sky
It all makes me feel so damn small
I am so light and so heavy
I am forever I am temporary
Night Drive, the endless sky
The endless sky
Breaking me into a thousand pieces
I am one of them
Everything is shifting and in the end we are
All alone
A little fear is taking down the veil
I am all alone
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3. |
Birdsong
03:35
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Birdsong
By C. Brooks
It’s not first light and well past dawn
The kids are downstairs with the TV on
I sit up in bed to carry on,
And better hear the birdsong
April’s grey, the softest light
I see through the sleep I couldn’t find last night
Look how beautiful it is outside
But I’m stuck on the inside
Give me a lifeline
Hold me in the daylight
And when the night comes
Won’t you help me sleep
I awoke with this in mind,
Of the disconnect between the light,
And the dark in which I do reside
Oh my god, I’m tired
Give me a lifeline
Hold me in the daylight
And when the night comes
Won’t you help me sleep
The birdsong, blessed sign of spring
Oh, I would do anything
To break from this feeling
Give me a lifeline
Hold me in the daylight
And when the night comes
Won’t you help me sleep
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4. |
I can't always be there
04:19
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Chemistry and English
Are just part of the picture
You will grow up kind
You will grow up tall
Math and Spanish
Gym and Music
I cannot keep up
You’re getting so tall
Mark this day love
It’s passing so quick
And I want to remember
This very day love
It’s perfect
Biology and History
Tell me the things you want to be
Maybe an architect
Maybe a bus diver
Oh my god, your eyes are big
Bigger than I can stand
And when you stand up again
You’re already taller
Mark this day, love
It’s passing so quick
And I want to remember
I hold you to my chest
And you squeeze back tighter
You’re afraid of your teacher
And I’m afraid of this
You see she’s very nice love
But not everyone will be
And I can’t always be there
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5. |
Blue as the Moon
01:44
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7. |
To the Waves
04:34
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In the moonlight your silhouette
Glows against the dark, I trace it
You are a wolf boy
A little wild and sad in the way that I like
You stack up the wood to keep us warm
It’s gonna be a long winter
In the moonlight
your silhouette like silver
On your shoulders, with rounded grace
There’s a weight you try to hide away
Though you can lean in
And take a little breath
I watch the wood pile grow row by row
Your focus singular so
You don’t step too far
Into the shadow
Come on let’s go down to the waves
Let the water take us out and back again
Let’s let go of the ways
That we’ve been led astray
It isn’t easy to follow through,
To stick to a plan once you’ve made it
You want to wander,
Howl at the moon
And in the wandering you think you’ll find
A sliver of something better
It isn’t easy and it ain’t made for you
Come on let’s go down to the waves
Let the water take us out and back again
Let’s let go of the ways
That we’ve been led astray
Moonlight lives so close to dark
I look to see if you’re still with me
I will not leave, I will not go
I will stay here as long as I need to
Moonlight lives so close to dark
I look to see if you’re still with me
Let's go down to the waves
Let the water take out and back again
Let's let go of the ways
That we've been led astray
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8. |
Lights Go Down
04:10
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There’s a melancholy that we’ve known
And that strangely somehow I can miss
When there’s no time for the feelings
And we’re just living to exist
Something about those moments
of us holding, and unfolding
When I had to hold you hard
They feel like an omen now
That this would always be my part
In the moments when the lights go down
Finally I’m just with you
And we both let go of the world around
In the moments when lights go down
My friend told me about a boat
That her and hers are sailing on
And no matter what they come across
They are never stepping off
You and me babe, and the waves and this family
We are out there too
Sometimes I forget it all
Until I’m in the dark with you
In the moments when the lights go down
Finally I’m just with you
And we both let go of the world around
In the moments when lights go down
When the long haul leaves us lonely
When the day to day divides
Puts a space between our bodies
And we put our heads down to survive
In the moments when the lights go down
Finally I’m just with you
And we both let go of the world around
In the moments when lights go down
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9. |
Garden Song
03:14
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Harvest is my favourite time
Hold my hand and pour the wine
Walk the garden rows
Point out the seeds that we’ll be saving
Look at all the things we grew
It’s almost as if we were meant to,
I cannot pretend
That this is less than perfect for me
Sunlight settles on our path
I feel safe and so I ask you
About all the things you see
Deep inside your secret dreaming
My dreams are unsettling
I dream of people I love dying
As if to prepare me
For the inevitable -
Of everything shifting
So I sit with my dreams
And every day I am living
Perfectly aware
Harvest cannot last forever
And I cannot not pretend
That this is less than perfect for me.
Would it be enough
If we only had the time we’ve had?
Would it be enough?
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10. |
Tomorrow
02:41
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Sunlight streaming
Children screaming
Open windows
The neighbours hearing
Our lives play out
I try not to shout
Just be graceful
Within and without
I can do better tomorrow
I can do better tomorrow
Tempers burning
I am learning
The line between
Our gifts and burdens
Crack me open
I’m beholden
To these ones who
Mend once broken
I can do better tomorrow
I can do better tomorrow
My mother taught me
To do my laundry
I was twelve and
Thought it cruel
Now I see her
In the mirror
Making ends meet
With no approval
I can do better tomorrow
I can do better tomorrow
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11. |
Oo-De-Lally
01:11
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Caroline Marie Brooks Toronto, Ontario
I am so light and so heavy.
I am forever, I am temporary.
“Vitamin” available now!
New Album “Everything at the Same Time” will be released September 24, 2021.
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