1. |
Let Her Shine
03:17
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SIDE A
LET HER SHINE
There’s a fading star, light years high
Beaming over my old street
There’s a fading star, a satellite
Drifting beyond what I see
So I let her shine
And I let her die
Across the years
I won’t try to fly
There’s familiar ground beneath my feet
Where our days took place
Time is greedy and hard to please
I learned to lose with grace
I closed my box of memories
And let it be
So I let her shine
A little less bright
Dim and faded
But never quite dead
For who am I
To stand in the way of light
From my knees to my feet
I surrender and release
And let her shine
I turn away from my star, turn my back
And let her shine
For who am I
To stand in the way of light
From my knees to my feet
I surrender and release
And let her shine
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2. |
Separate Beds
05:09
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SEPARATE BEDS
Why must we fight happiness
Like some mortal illness
We’re putting love to rest
In our separate beds
There’s no more fresh love-bites
For us to hide
I’m helplessly drifting
While we’re desperately clinging
I’m scratching my heart red
In my separate bed
We’re light years from the start
Feet away, worlds apart
Is there still time, are we still alive
Is there still time, have we burned our nine lives
Tell me you miss it, tell me you feel it too
Tell me you crave it, please say you do
Tell me you miss us too
No more pictures on the wall
Mute smiles say it all
Spring is in full bloom
While home clears room by room
I wave the white flag away
We’re better friends by the day
Is there still time, are we still alive
Is there still time, have we burned our nine lives
Tell me you miss it, tell me you feel it too
Tell me you crave it, please say you do
Tell me you miss us too
When my darkest hour
Surrendered to your softest light
When the quiet night
Led us to the loudest thunder
Take me there over and over again
Like only you can, like only you can
Is there still time, are we still alive
Is there still time, have we burned our last life
Tell me you miss it, tell me you feel it too
Tell me you crave it, please say you do
Tell me you miss us too
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3. |
High and Wild
04:56
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HIGH AND WILD
Sleepless high
Waiting for the first rays of morning light
From the pit of the darkest night
When I feel new energy rise
Lifting me to dizzying heights
Up with the sun
Forget all harm yesterday’s done
A whole new cycle’s just begun
Where skin burns
And the mind shines on
It’s high-noon
In Babylon
High and wild
Soaring like a phoenix in full flight
Spellbound, when the midnight oil’ done burning bright
Until golden rays turn pale in the winter sky
I will live, love and die so high and wild
Scarlet skies
The sun is bleeding on a new twilight
Skin sweating in hot delight
Earthly kisses in a sacred light
But I can’t look you in the eye
High and wild
Soaring like a phoenix in fullrays turn pale in the winter sky
I will live, love and die so high and wild
You make me feel so strong
Almost like I’m young
I’m burning the fast lane
While you’re rushing through my veins
High and wild
Soaring like a phoenix in full flight
Spellbound, when the midnight oil’s done burning bright
Until golden rays turn pale in the winter sky
I will live, love and die so high and wild
I will live, love and die so high and wild
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4. |
Glass Voices
04:10
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GLASS VOICES
What are they all doing, laughing inside my head
As I fight this unholy ghost in my bed
Kill one dream at a time
From the bad half of another life
Laughter, slamming doors and broken glass
Noises going dim, fading fast
Where is that light only few can see
With that holy grin, don’t bother showing me
Awake on the floor of a stranger’s friend
I’m losing what I’ll never find again
Free-falling into an endless void
Of broken thoughts and glass voices
Outside looking in, inside looking out
In and out of the crowd
The lights are so white, in a room so black
Is there a safe way back
A safe way back
A safe way back
Who is that guru I should want to meet
If he calls, don’t bother waking me
I dreamt of my death not so long ago
I was all dressed up with nowhere to go
The fog is gone, nowhere to go
No singing choir, no rejoice
Just less broken thoughts and glass voices
Less broken thoughts and glass voices
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5. |
Waiting by the Window
04:22
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WAITING BY THE WINDOW
All day long, waiting by the window
Haunted by a ghost that just won’t go
All year long, mourning in vain
Holding on to a broken chain
The shadows cry, they cry inside
They’re doing time, grieve without a shrine
A house filled with ghost of birthdays passed
Alive from the first to the last
Faded pictures still in the wallet
A smell that still fills the closet
The cry in silence, serve a sentence
They linger on, they linger on
All year long waiting by the window
All day long hanging on the phone
Life has ended long ago
When the last kiss was blown
The shadows cry, they cry inside
Time is long, they linger on
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SIDE B
DON'T LET THE SUN RISE ON YOU HERE
Don't let the sun rise on you here,
If you do, if you do...
Cross the rusty bridge,
Past the skeletons of steel
Graffitied red brick walls, by the docks and the pool halls
Step out and touch ground, near the square in the old town
Meet the ones who'll never leave
Meet looks filled with envy
You're strutting down their streets, looking way too carefree
Watch out for what lurks under each look of desire
Don't let the sun rise on you here,
Don't let the sun rise on your last beer,
No matter, no matter if there's a devil or a god you fear
You dropped from outer space
And never learned your place
There's a strange silence, smiles and stares are stiff and tense
As she lets you feel her thighs, see yourself through their evil eye
Frog-marched, head bowed low past the faces at the windows
Don't let the sun rise on you here,
Don't let it find you still here
Hit the road, hit it long before the morning mist clears
Better let this place fade, fade away at your back
Like a tiny dot on a map
If you don't, if you don't,
If you don't, if you don't...
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7. |
There's a Song
03:36
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THERE’S A SONG
Walking slowly to remember
What I’ve done with the future
Moving fast to erase
Memories to replace
There’s a never-ending song
There’s a lone voice in the night
There’s a place, there’s a time
Where this moment belongs
Taste tonight
Riding this city’s bright insides
Hold my hand
As if tonight would never end
For the nighthawks at the diner
Graveyard shift taxi driver
There’s a voice, there’s a song
Where this moment belongs
Taste tonight
Riding this city’s bright insides
Hold my hand
As if tonight would never end
Whether years to come fly by
Or time starts to lie
The past is no more
And the future is such a bore
There’ll be a song, there’ll be a song
There’ll be a song to remember
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8. |
Mind Cancer
03:51
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MIND CANCER
Here’s the uninvited guest
Who will never let you rest
It’s that stain on your memory
What you crave but never need
It’s the cancer that wins each fight
The pouches carrying your eyes
It’s the crawling guilt you’ll never shake
The mother of your worst mistakes
You and I, you and I,
Belong together
Now and forever
It will stab your heart, erode your mind
One silent war at a time
It will turn your sparks and your love chills
Into a candlelight vigil
Once you’ve violated
All you once held sacred
Once it’s taken that away
It’ll go for your body
You and I, you and I,
Belong together
Now and forever
When you’re at ease and carefree,
Almost happy,
Don’t ever think you’ve broken loose
Or that it has released you
When you doubt what you once held true
And mom and God gave up on you
Once more more on your knees,
Learn to love your disease
You and I, you and I,
Belong together
Now and forever
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9. |
Dreamcatcher
04:36
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DREAMCATCHER
Catch a dream
Let it lead to a scream
Cold sweat beads
And a friend in need
A tiny room you can't escape
A history you can't reshape
I so want to meet you there
And settle things fair and square
One thought away from anything
One drink away from anything
One word away from anything
Hear my call
From a crowded hall
Sounds of things to come
And a swelling hum
You should listen closely now
As voices are getting loud
You'll need my love again, I feel
As danger is getting real
One thought away from anything
One drink away from anything
One word away from anything
You've made your choices and I made mine
I don't mean to sound unkind
But as this dream nears its end
Hear this my former friend
YOU GOT OUT OF THE ROOM TOO LATE
YOU GOT OUT OF THE ROOM TOO LATE
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10. |
In this Glow
04:41
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IN THIS GLOW
Let’s walk together
And widen the distance from home
As the sun sets behind your eyes
And minarets glow by the dome
Let’s walk together
Watch royal cats stalk the twilight
As the unknown stretches for miles
And prayer chants die in the night
In this glow, in this glow,
In this glow
Looking so bridal
And your smile
Lights up the temple
In this glow, in this glow,
In this glow
Spellbound together
Where ancient smoke curls to the ceiling
Above the dry carpeted scent
Of ceremonial rings
In this glow, in this glow,
In this glow
I swim in a dream made of sand,
Of exile in a strange land
In this glow, in this glow
In this glow
Let’s fly together
Somewhere behind my defences
Minarets are getting smaller
As they shimmer in the distance
Shimmer in the distance
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Martin Saint Montreal, Québec
Martin Saint is the lead-singer and second guitar player with Montreal's indie-rock quartet The Ember Glows. In the meantime
he pursues several other music ventures, including this solo project under his own name.
Echoes of Nick Cave, The Doors, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie infuse his solo output, with special emphasis on lyrics and atmosphere.
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