1. |
The One You Feed
03:46
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There's two wolves inside us the story goes:
one is dark and evil and can destroy you;
there's a sweeter one, they say there's both
and it's gentle and kind and can redeem you.
Oh, dear one, believe me:
choosing the sweeter paths is not always easy.
But it's not only a question of choice
but also a question of need:
the wolf that will prevail
is the one you feed.
I promise to give you the right tools
in the ways that I can so you'll choose wisely.
There's a choice in every turn of the road
and no matter how dark the night might be,
you can choose to see the stars and change the key,
your right to choose will always be free.
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2. |
Paciencia
02:28
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Vuela mi mente y no se detiene,
voy a mil por hora y tengo que.
Pero de nada sirve ir tan rapidamente
si nada puedo resolver.
La solucion no es quedarme callada
habiendo tanto por decir;
de momento, guardar todo tesoro
para los segundos que podamos compartir.
Paciencia,
que la vida da muchas vueltas
y tarde o temprano volveremos a encontrarnos.
Voy juntando tesoros en el camino mas pausado
para el tiempo que podamos regalarnos.
La angustia se ha ido
y han quedado la esperanza y la anoranza
de poder verte otra vez;
cada nota y cada paso edificando
la mejor version de mi
que te pueda ofrecer.
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3. |
Fix Me
04:44
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I've never been this in control.
The healing's right but the timing's wrong.
I'm not supposed to be working on me right now,
I'm your mom.
And you build the bridges when they break,
you walk past the void, you try to escape
the pit of anguish inside your soul
to keep on moving on.
Love will guide me to you,
make me be my best for you
and I will try
to fix me.
Sure, I didn't need this much:
it's painful and stupid and I'd rather sing
a thousand lullabies holding you
than sing to you like this.
With what I am given I'm doing my best,
writing and singing instead of despairing
and fighting and keeping a level head
because you need me to.
Love will guide me to you
make me be my best for you
and I will try
to fix me.
I'll see you soon,
I know I will.
Time flies by when you're standing still.
I love you,
I always will.
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4. |
Invisible String
02:53
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An invisible string
bonds you and me:
we're together no matter who or what.
You cannot see it with your eyes
but you can feel it with your heart.
When I'm far away
your love to me
travels down the string and reaches me.
When you're far away
my love to you
travels down the string and reaches you.
In the bottom of the ocean
in the highest mountain,
in the jungle and in Paris and in space,
even in heaven
as long as love's in your heart
the string will always be there.
Love's stronger than anger:
it's there even when we're angry.
The string holds us together
and no one is ever alone.
You cannot see it with your eyes
but you can feel it with your heart:
the string holds us together
makes us strohg.
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5. |
The Flowers We Pick
02:33
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What we want to do
always results in a gift:
from music to art or poetry
to improvement or a song with a skip.
If you pick flowers
you give them out when we're back,
trying to collect wonders
to talk about at dinner.
The flowers we pick will regrow
if we know how to plant them.
The flowers we pick will ensure
life is not taken for granted.
If I make your heart swell, all is well,
and I will regret nothing.
For your happiness I won't care
if the whole world is laughing.
The flowers make up the beauty
that I wish to give,
holding on and brick by brick
I'm building my best versions.
You gotta stay strong if you want to keep up,
you gotta keep up 'cause all eyes are on us
and everyone's a jury if you tell them your story.
The flowers we pick will regrow
if we know how to plant them.
The flowers we pick will regrow
and it's not taken for granted.
If I make your heart swell, all is well,
and I will regret nothing.
For your happiness I won't care
if the whole world is laughing.
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6. |
Perfect
03:44
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Sometimes, even if you try,
and you try over and over again and you give up,
and it's time to say goodbye....
don't forget it's not for you,
don't forget my love for you is boundless.
Be a good boy,
listen to the music now,
remember my voice:
I'm trying to reach out somehow.
How long
before you're in my arms?
The he said and she said had nothing on you:
you didn't screw it up!
With everything I did for you,
the doors that were closed were yours and I'm still trying
to be a good girl,
every day I try a little harder
to prove to the world
that I'm enough.
I'll live for you,
make you what you want to be,
no need for best, just for happy,
and it's not for him and it's not for them it's you
I reach out to in song,
I'll see you before long,
no need for crying,
the notes are not lying.
Be a good boy:
mom's out, and she'll be back soon,
that wasn't fast enough
to make me not love you.
I love you just the way you are.
You're already
perfect.
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7. |
Muletas
03:38
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Duele tanto dar cada respiro
cada paso y no me puedo detener.
No hay tiempo de llorar:
hay mucho por hacer,
a la distancia tu carino me previene de caer.
PErdonarlo es una accion tan egoista
pero el dano ya no sera mi prision:
no hay amor que no haya valido la pena
si pierdes y no pierdes la leccion.
Porque si hoy estoy con las piernas rotas
tratando de correr un maraton,
manana me veras con las muletas
que estan hechas con el mas enorme amor
que sostienen a la mente y corazon.
Extraer del sufrimiento la belleza
narrar el aprendizaje en cancion
recordar que la belleza aun sigue en todas partes
no dejarte olvidar que tu mision
es continuar no a pesar pero gracias al dolor.
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8. |
Doves
04:43
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The queen would talk about the myth of the son of the creator of labyrinths
who died because he flew his wings too close to the sun.
The king just read too much into the metaphor and then he judged too harsly
and blocked her friends and family and then he locked her up.
She sired a prince that was aware and wise and all too eager to change the world:
he started moving mountains the moment when he was born.
The king then hired a nurse and then decided to banish the queen too early.
Her queendom brought her back
and now it's time
she claimed her throne.
But how fly,
will you let her fly?
She's not after you,
she's shooting for the sky,
make doves
out of the fire.
Gotta be careful boys:
no need to set the world on fire.
The queen had learned over the years a thousand books on witchcraft and scorcery,
her powers came from love and light and many hopeful spells.
She knew the king's ways over years from potions glass and hardcore science,
she knew the languages employed in all his glass bead games.
And she still blames herself to listening to the poison of the king's advisor
who left the king after he made them fight and separate.
Her mission is too great to use revenge as a cheap and cruel distraction:
she's strong enough and in due time the small prince will be saved.
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9. |
Before You Remember
03:53
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Living with no rules doesn't mean you're breaking any:
the solution to this puzzle may be unconventional but it doesn't have to be
extraordinary.
The content of the plot may be complex but it's structure reeks in
typicality.
So that means this can be fixed: there's examples I can look at
and the knowledge that my love for you will reach you.
Before you remember
before I forget
let's build the right bridges
make sure no regrets
get into our planning
and build the right worlds
for us to grow up in
with parts of us both.
I want to show you my world, the universes I've been building.
The change in plot does not erase the amazing love that I have for you in me.
'Cause even if he doesn't, you deserve my best versions
and I'm stitching them together.
I'll sing to you until I hold you
and make your song and mine have happier endings.
Before you remember
this song will get fixed
and the music you listen to
to put you to sleep
will have happier endings
and bring the world joy:
your life will be happy,
y libre yo soy.
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Florencia Ulloa Ithaca, New York
Mexican singer-songwriter performing in New York State.
Feminist, activist, author, poet, playwright, and mother.
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