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All I Am Is Here
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ALL I AM IS HERE
I can stay here
in the dark where it's
safe from your fears
and I can't hear you
Shadows calm me
wrap me close in their
tight embrace that
hides me from you
I am here
And here is all I am
Time and light
collide and die again
I am here
and here is all I am
Time and light
collide and die again
You won't find me
deep in night where the
silence fills the
space remembered
Too soon we fall
Too far we dreamed
Now comes the end
Now can you see
Nothing changes
chaos drives all the
fragments we try
to match, to love
(too late)
© 2023 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
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The Falling Keep Falling
04:03
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THE FALLING KEEP FALLING
Years and years I've sat here waiting
but you never turned up
now it's dark and it's raining
Where are you? Where did you go?
I'm not sure what to do now
it's been a long, long time
I'd leave if I knew how
Where am I? Where do I go?
One life one night
a step back
a new trajectory
Would it have mattered
if I had stepped in
if you had stood down
or would the falling keep falling
anyhow
I can never really leave you
though I couldn't say the same for you
and while we danced around the me and you
I was created and destroyed all the same by you
I walked away and left you frozen
in sound and in time
You wouldn't like me if you listened
but I'm way beyond you now
All through oblivion I've been waiting
and still you haven't shown
it's ever darker and still raining
Where are you? Where did you go?
© 2023 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
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Edge Dancing
03:58
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EDGE DANCING
I see you
there is contact between eyes
You stepped away from the edge
into direct view
You stood there
defiant and strong
And I was missing and wrong
and then you came
and changed everything
Everything I knew I think again
Everything I've seen has another point of view
Nothing sounds the same now
All the sounds have gone and
returned like something carved and beating
I can't breathe, it keeps repeating
Everything has changed
I see you
your eyes meet mine and glance away
You dance away from the edge
and into my path
And I stand with you
defiant and strong
and the vista is massive and unending
all because you came
and changed everything
I see you
but you don't know me at all
The touch of a wing or a glance
that you let fall
But I see you
I hear you tonight
out of the dark sparks the tiniest light
and even though I know nothing stays the same
out of the desert you walked
and everything changed
© Kathie Touin 2023 All rights reserved
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These People
03:41
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THESE PEOPLE
I knew these people once
Here, in this photograph
Their funny ways, their strange habits
became stranger with time
And now we are estranged, a little
I knew these people once
Together we ate meals
We rode the cars at the theme park
We opened our Christmas presents
And now we don't send presents, much
These people
Where were they?
These people
Who were they?
I knew these people once
You had dreams, I did, we all did
A few came true, a few were hopeless
Some were forgotten
And now we dream, rarely
I knew these people once
Some got lost along the way
Some of us are a little wobbly,
Forgetful, with smaller horizons
And now we cry, sometimes
I knew these people once
Here, in this photograph
We keep in touch, when we can
At least, some of us do
I know these people, a little
These people
Where are they?
These people
Who are they?
© 2023 Lyrics by Graham Brown Music by Kathie Touin All rights reserved
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THIS TIME (SAVE THE WORLD?)
I stood out here this morning
I stood beneath the whole sky
And the sound was all around me
As big as all the world
And you stood there beside me
out of reach of everything
I wanted just to touch you
Your fist too tightly curled
This time
It is darkness and it hurts
This time
It is colder than a stone
This time
Has ripped everything apart
This time
Has left me broken and alone
I closed the window
Closed it tight against the night sky
And the dark was all around me
It was warm and pulled me close
And I dreamed you slept beside me
out of reach in realms of sleep
I wanted just to hold you
My arms fell through you like a ghost
Where can we go
When it's the walls that keep us safe
Who do I turn to
When I can't even see your face
This time
It is darkness and it hurts
This time
It is colder than a stone
This time
Has broken every heart
This time
Has left me shattered and alone
I stood out here this morning
I stood beneath the whole sky
And the sound was all around me
As big as the whole world
Can it really save the world?
© 2020 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
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Kathie Touin Scotland, UK
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Singer/songwriter from California, now living in Scotland's Orkney Islands. Kathie writes, arranges, produces and records her music from her own Starling Recording Studio.
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