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Such a beautiful album. The synths and vocals are so lush and dreamy. Punctuated with echoes of Bjork and Fleetwood Mac, yet still fresh and original songwriting.
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You Don't Know That
04:25
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What is this mirage
In front of me?
Looks like everything I need
From every dream
Get close enough to touch
Arms outstretched
Then it’s already fading
Colours pale
I forget why I came
Can I be alone
Alongside you?
Setting expectations low
Have I already?
Can we be in love?
Can we?
When it’s already changing
My memories are tricking me
We forget what we came here for
Oh hey you don’t know that
Strip it down to the bare bones
Does it feel like home?
Even though the whole thing’s so unpredictable
Just be sure to
Build with love
You don’t know that
Oh hey you don’t know that
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2. |
I Am Now
04:50
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I am now. I am now
No need to survive, we turn on ourselves
With the pushing and the prying
Where is my happiness?
I am now. I am now
Can’t be as hard as we’d have us believe
Where’s my contentment?
Where are my problems?
I start with me. I start from here
Try to improve, it’s all I can do
There’s no other way of moving on
I am strong. I am strong
Reminding myself to stand on my own
Then you’ll maybe stand beside me
Imagine you were stopped, still
In a moment stretching outwards
Imagine you could breathe in
the whole of the sky
Oh I’m stuck again
Why must we twist everything?
I couldn’t stop it even if I tried
We overcomplicate, snap and break
Imagine you were stopped, still
In a moment stretching outwards
Imagine you could breathe in
the whole of the sky
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We drove on through the darkness
Face pressed against the glass
Oh how fast the snowfall
And the storm came for 3 nights
And pulled the branches down
And the wind cried ‘anger’
When the wind dies down they are swept away
And the streets are clean
And we start again
And we’ll be ok
Old starlight quivers silently
We’ve got to make the most
Of what little time we have here
And every day I’m pushing
After the darkest night
Oh spring come soon
When it’s too late for conversation
The snow nearly stopped us from getting home
I cannot grasp the sadness yet
It bustles and knocks me over
When the wind dies down they are swept away
And the streets are clean
And we start again
And we’ll be ok
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4. |
Vulnerability
05:35
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I would say it’s not been easy
Sometimes I fall apart
But to be anyone in this world
You’ve got to let your heart break
I would say I’ve been ashamed
To accept, to ask for help
But can you see the strength in me
From my vulnerability?
I would say I’ve been amazed
At how the people move
It is fighting, it is tiring
But it’s the only way to live
I would say I have been lonely
Some connection lost
But you can’t keep a good woman down
The world depends on her
When you going to realise?
She’s standing right in front of you
She’ll be the answer in the long run
To heal the mess we’ve made
When will we figure it out?
It’s obvious
Why can’t we figure it out?
It’s progression
When will we figure it out?
Why can’t we figure it out?
The world depends on her
When you going to realise?
She’s standing right in front of you
She’ll be the answer in the long run
To heal the mess we’ve made
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5. |
Let Me Love You
04:52
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You don’t let me love you
Oh you don’t let me love you
And it’s a shame
You won’t see me anymore
And it’s a shame
You won’t talk about it ever
And it’s a shame
You don’t see me anymore
And it’s a shame
You won’t talk about it ever
You don’t let me love you
Oh you don’t let me love you
And it’s a shame
You don’t see me anymore
And it’s a shame
You won’t talk about it ever
But I won’t go
That’s not enough
But I won’t go
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6. |
Wondering How
05:36
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Lately I’ve been scared to look
So much is changing and I can’t keep up
Knowing what fools we have been
To keep crashing on
Bury my head down in my hands
Wondering how
This has been allowed to go on
Wondering how
they won’t see
These days I’ve found a kind of peace
Huge contradiction in a world of greed
Wondering how
This has been allowed to go on
Wondering how
They won’t see
Wondering how
This has been allowed to go on
Wondering how
They won’t see
And I beg ‘come on’
We really leaving here
So much worse than we found?
Wondering how
This has been allowed to go on
Wondering how
They won’t see
Oh no oh no no. What have we done?
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7. |
When I Dream
05:09
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When I dream
The whole world opens up to me
There is a feeling that I cannot quite
hold onto
I’m thinking of them
I’m thinking of you
I’m thinking that the loneliness surrounding me is temporary
When I feel, I feel wholeheartedly
But the connection will not run
And words won’t form
Let me be
(Let me be myself as I let you)
Quietly wondering
(I’m crying out to share)
Is she cracking under the pressure some days too? (Are you?)
Are you cracking under the pressure some days too?
I’m thinking of them
I’m thinking of you
I’m thinking that the loneliness surrounding me is temporary
I’m thinking of them
I’m thinking of you
I’m thinking that the loneliness surrounding me, my body heavy
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8. |
The Joymakers
06:10
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Stand up slowly
Steady your feet
The whole world whispers and spins around you now
Everything falls into place, you feel that now
We are the mystery waiting
We are the Joymaker if you let us in
We’ll blow open all that you think you’ve learned till now
Conjured by love, out of your heart we will unfold
I can’t see past you
Oh please don’t let me let you
I can’t see past you
Oh please don’t let me let you get lost
Are we all as full of self-doubt?
Can I trust the words from my own mouth?
Sleep deprived, worn out
I see your face in everything
Help me be good
Teach me to look
I’ll never let you down
I can’t see past you
Oh please don’t let me let you
I can’t see past you
Oh please don’t let me let you get lost
And the whole place vibrates to the sound of life rolling on, moving on, stumbling on, flowing on
The whole of the land, city, street, building, floor, room, body
Yeeeeeeaaaaah (The Joy)
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9. |
No One Sees
04:37
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Don’t worry
It’s just how I work things through
I’ll give back when I can
And in the meantime I miss you
I’d tell you
But I’m just not too sure myself
I could try to explain
But give it a name and it won’t go away
I don’t know what I would do
without you near
You don’t have to say too much
For me to get you
There’s sunshine
And lightness around the bend
And of that I am sure
Keep leading me there
I’ll catch up soon
From the bottom of my heart I’m trying
This is no time to mess about
There’s too much riding
I won’t always feel this way
I promise
But no one really sees what we do
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10. |
...And The Night Goes On
02:55
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11. |
Someone To Love
02:56
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I just want someone to love
Just one
Just you
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Laura Donnelly Glasgow, UK
Laura is a singer/ songwriter/ musician/ producer who has been making music for 25
years.
She previously released work as part of Laki Mera & God's Boyfriend before venturing out as a solo artist with her debut album in 2020.
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