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There's a fire by the hillside
It's looking dark and mean
We're all watching from the outside
And there ain't nothing in between
We've become so good at talking
And telling others what is right
The dirty water that we're drawing
Will turn within the night
But I have told you I'm not coming 'round
When the waters up to my knees
Every season will come and pass and leave me standing here
But I won't find you near
I will lie by the highway
I'm racing back and forth
That is when I knew I can't stay
And took a trip up North
When they found me by the homestead
It was getting late
But I told them they had misread
The writing on the gates
But I have told you I'm not coming 'round
When the waters up to my knees
Every season will come and pass and leave me standing here
But I won't find you near
There's a river running downstream
It's passing through the town
What began as such a small dream
And then it filtered down
Who'd have thought that when it opened
The town would turn to spring?
I can hear the birds are calling
And angels start to sing
But I have told you I'm not coming 'round
When the waters up to my knees
Every season will come and pass and leave me standing here
But I won't find you near
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I stood upon a hill
The rain had drenched my clothes
My boots are soaking in
The wake of all my woes
But your love has warmed my heart
Like the sun
I won't be home when you knock on my door
I've packed my things and a longing for more
And so I said a last farewell to the walls
That kept my soul from being torn into fours
I took one last good look and headed down the line
I'm leaving all the past behind
I need not speak where these old feet have tread
Like those wandering birds I am covered in red
A dirty chest of feathers tells of where they're been
And like those I have gone to where the grass is green
Another promise of a land held in time
I'm leaving all the past behind
Do you recall seeing sparks in the rain
Or in the tears where our wonder remains?
I turn the key to keep an eye and keep my heart
Behind the wooden doors I guard it with my life
But all it takes is just a word to swing them wide
I'm leaving all the past behind
I'm leaving all the past behind
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If I had my wits about me
I would take off on a highway
Take my sorrow down
Lord, I'll take my sorrow down
And every time I see in passing
Evidence of people grasping
For something to hold
Lord, just for something to hold
Better make sure you don't walk alone.
So I think of you darling
It is quiet
Sweeter than the subtle touch on morning dew
Never felt like we parted
The spring had only started
All of my love is still for you
When I think back to the time I
Drifted from that shallow shoreline
The water here is cold
Lord, the water is so cold
And 7000 times I told her
Never will I get to mourn her
Gentle loving waves
Lord, her gentle loving waves
I don't want to just give her away.
When I think of you darling
It is quiet
Sweeter than the subtle touch on morning dew
Never felt like we parted
The spring had only started
All of my love is still for you
Like the moon eclipse my heartache
I've been burning since the daybreak
I wish it all could stay
Lord, I wish it all could stay
I've been fighting on a front line
Never had there been a right time
To just let it go
To just let it all go home
Even if my scars will never show.
So I think of you darling
It is quiet
Sweeter than the subtle touch on morning dew
Never felt like we parted
The spring had only started
All of my love is still for you
Never felt like we parted
The spring had only started
All of my love is still for you
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There's a smoke around Australia reaching up above the hills
And it's seeping through the doorways of the gentrified old mills
My vision is as cloudy as a drunken old mans sight
But I can see the birds all taking to the mallee bush by flight
Think I might grab my things
I'm heading down the mountain
And I'm following the streams
Just to hear the birds all calling
And to smell that sweet soil
There's the groaning of the traffic jam all flowing through my ears
To just to rid my mind of what it means will take me several years
My eyes are feeling restless for a clear and starry night
But I can't see through all the fog and all the fake polluted light
Think I might grab my things
I'm heading down the mountain
And I'm following the streams
Just to hear the birds all calling
And to smell that sweet soil
Our feet are burning footsteps in the wooden oak stairwells
I sure know where I've come from where it goes I sure can't tell
Will you take my hand and lead me to the floor of my delight
But will we find the place all ransacked by some thieves the other night
Think I might grab my things
I'm heading down the mountain
And I'm following the streams
Just to hear the birds all calling
And to smell that sweet soil
If there's one thing that I'm saying then it sure is hard to tell
If the thing that I'm a searching for is in a whisper or a yell
Is the one to blame as hidden as the echoes in my mind
Or as clear as all the mistakes that I've had to leave behind
Think I might grab my things
I'm heading down the mountain
And I'm following the streams
Just to hear the birds all calling
And to smell that sweet soil
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The autumn leaves are falling
Further than the awning
Sweetly to the ground
Barely make a sound
So my eyes are crumbling
The rain is slightly numbing
Rest upon my face
Find a peaceful place
The day you left me standing
I didn't know would ever come
And though I'm getting older
I'm a man
And only one.
I heard the falcon calling
Her wings the wind was holding
The distance held me there
Beneath her careful stare
You painted me a picture
The colours were a mixture
Of greens and blues and gold
For my grey heart to hold
The day you left me standing
I didn't know would ever come
And though I'm getting older
I'm a man
And only one.
Our house feels much to big now
I still don't understand how
Clothe me with your touch
It's always been enough
We'll float on through these days dear
We'll let our sorrow sit here
To rise into the spring
With every holy thing
The day you left me standing
I didn't know would ever come
And though I'm getting older
I'm a man
And only one.
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It happened in the days and years before
That had left a muddy footprint on the floor
In those years I never doubted
Never thought that much about it
But I knew we'd never be the same no more
If I told you what a mess that I've become
How the days and nights have shattered into one
Would it send your heart a running?
Like a freight train hear it humming
Through the valley 'twards the ever setting sun
Oh my Lord
Oh my Lord
Why's my heart grown so cold?
Hold my hope
Hold my hope
Till the tide takes me home.
Well I'd lie to you and I'd enclose my heart
But it's not that I believe we've grown apart
Where a diamond and a dust storm
I've been blown around and I don't know
Where I landed or from where I did depart
I'm a feather floating through an open door
A broken bottle sinking to the ocean floor
I've been twisting for the sunlight
While my feet give in to frostbite
And I don't know what I feel like anymore
Oh my Lord
Oh my Lord
Why's my heart grown so cold?
Hold my hope
Hold my hope
Till the tide takes me home.
I'm looking for a wise man
To hear the winter in his breath
Hear stories in the silence
A sound I never can forget
Oh my Lord
Oh my Lord
Why's my heart grown so cold?
Hold my hope
Hold my hope
Till the tide takes me home.
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Someday I'll find my way
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How can I hear when everyone's talking?
How can I see when the fog is haunting me?
I've never been much of a fighter
Not until the day my chest grew tighter still
Someday I'll find my way
Lead me to the riverside where I can rest my tears
And say goodbye.
Trees tumble down without a reason
Time and time again in every season here
I am still at large and I am still running
I have seen the rain and I've seen the stunning haze
Someday I'll find my way
Lead me to the riverside where I can rest my tears
And say goodbye.
I'm finding the books no one has opened
Each and every page was something beholding me
I told the train just where I'm going
It could take the world without even knowing it
Someday I'll find my way
Lead me to the riverside where I can rest my tears
And say goodbye.
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Benoit Melbourne, Australia
Benoit is a Folk singer-songwriter hailing from the Eastern hills of Melbourne. The music of Benoit is melodic and reflective, with soulful lyrics. Benoit provokes his audience to consider another perspective and think deeply about the everyday things of life. In relating to the human condition and the issues of the day, Benoit seeks to present another narrative, one full of beauty, love and life. ... more
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