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THESE ARE THE DEMO VERSION OF SONGS OF THE SOJOURN ALBUM

SOJOURN - LYRICS

WAKE UP

 

Wake up

Open your eyes

There's sun outside

I can see the dark shades

Linger in your night eyes.

And I know your kind

Lives in the realm of dreams

You cannot help but answer

The call of the sea.

GROPING DOWN

Groping down to the bottom

You will find

Treasures of many

Different kinds
And if you feel breathless

Don’t be afraid
My creatures don’t need air

And you are mine

LAMENT OF THE SEA

Sea calls onto those

Who have no name on land

Sea promises no cross

And no flowers on the grave

When the sea turns

The monsters shall see the light of day

When the time comes

Sea'll break you or you'll break the waves

You stand alone

Between the wind and the sail

But remember:

No wind favours them who have

No aim

CAPTAIN HAD SAID

The tide is rising

We have a little paper sail 

“We will try our chances” 

The captain had said 

 

Moon is full of itself
Mad birds frame its shape 

“There’s nothing for us on land” 

The captain had said 

 

I’ve seen in a dream 

That sister Sun is dead 

“But visions come and go” 

The captain would’ve said 

 

I’ve mounted my own cross 

And I’ve stood up to take veil 

“We must all find our own winds” 

The captain would’ve said. 

 

No matter how long I stay 

She’s never the same 

“The sea cannot be learned” 

The captain should have said 

 

And the monster I’ve heard of 

Seem to leave me alone 

“Calm horizon is the worst road” 

The captain should have said 

PERFECTLY ADAPTED 

Save the fresh fruit for someone else
I float in turbid waters today
I’ve made alliances with them dead fishes 

That eat mud, grow old and decay... 

But sometimes
I still look down at these hands 

But all I see are the two chicken legs 

Protruding through these sleeves 

 

I used to be a woman
And if imperfect
At least I formed a shape of some solidity 

 

CHORUS:
Weigh down on me
My memory
And tell me what used to be 

Cause now I’m perfectly adapted 

But to someone else’s need 

.
Save your smile for someone else
I can’t stand the gleam of your teeth 

Mouth is to bite,
To chew and spit
Not to flash at strangers so casually 

 

But sometimes
I still look into my eyes
But I’m afraid of the stingrays that lie 

In those sands... 

I used to be a woman
And if imperfect
At least I formed a shape of some solidity 

CHORUS 

NO ONE IN THE ROOM

I woke up tied to the bed
In chains of yesterday 

Burning my flesh 

Releasing the ash of old skin 

 

With nebulae for eyes
It might be hard to see your captor 

But there was
No one in the room
There was no one in the room 

Who could have put the chains there 

Put the chains there
It must have been me 

 

Even if alone
I feel my slavery comes from something 

I still don’t fully know
But then the rage awoke
I broke them chains with wish
To take revenge 

But there was
No one in the room
There was no one in the room 

Who could have put the chains there 

Put the chains there
It must have been me 

HOLY WHORE

My man is tired
I see it in his eyes
I see it in his smile
The way he looks at me 

The way his eyes don’t gleam 

He needs his home
The smell of things he knows 

Do I live alone?
Do I have a home?
Yes, my min is tired,
But I am full of life 

Terrible life 

Merciless life 

The streets call on me 

Dirty night streets
In sweaty summer heat 

I will take my leave 

Into the wanting streets 

With the eyes of men 

All upon me 

Baby if you want
Baby I’ll be yours
Your holy whore 

That’s what I came here for 

Your holy whore
And I’ll ride you till the dawn 

Your holy whore
I’ll give you all and more 

Desires, dreams and joys 

Till you can’t take no more 

 

But when your eyes close 

In sweet repose 

Then the old fears 

Are again too close 

Again I have to go 

Again I need to go 

But what do I do now? 

No home and now vow 

Desire’s running low 

To show or to be shown 

But inside me
Yes, inside me 

There is something 

That wants to be born 

Again I have to go 

Into the unknown 

Oh the sweet release 

Of not knowing 

What tomorrow brings 

I am ready 

NEVER MET A CAPTAIN

I’ve lived on land for so long now 

Where people all live in packs 

And even if I’ve lived so many lifetimes 

I’ve never met a captain in my life 

 

I look at the sea from my window
But I cross where bridges have been built 

And even if I know it would be worth it
I stay away away away from them waves 

 

How do I leave after a lifetime
Of waiting in lines to be served
Of owning land and of speaking 

Words someone else just might have said? 

... 

The paths are so many
But I just have to straight
I see the horizon is pregnant with a new day 

A new dawn is rising
A new life is there
The wind I feel is
Taking me away
Taking me... 

SOJOURN

If you still wait for me
And still look to the sea 

Know that with birds I’ll return 

Light as a feather after my sojourn 

 

I’ve grazed on the winds of the Wild 

I’ve swam in the Lake of Calm
When I was done
I knew I would turn
And bring it all back from my sweet sojourn 

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