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Land of Fire

by The Winterless North

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1.
No One Ever Told Me 03:29
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nature hates an empty room or so they say I say won’t you please have me in? grant me passage expected detours take you to the most wondrous places row after row dead ends lined up like bottles, bottles on the wall staring so brightly giving so little, so little in return no one ever told me it would be like this or that we’d end up here no one ever warned me it would be like this or that we’d end up here pinpricks of golden light filter through merely to shine on us something out of nothing there’s magic in the air and we’re taking everything in is it time to make a stand? what’s wrong and why can’t you see? is anyone listening the silence has always been so dear to me no one ever told me it would be like this or that we’d end up here no one ever told me it would be like this or that we’d end up here
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When You Stop Bleeding 03:01
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the world is going mad unholy fire filling up the sky everyone’s broken everyone’s soaking up pain put your helmet on and lace up your boots sabers are rattling around shields are raised and everything we once held dear is being reappraised run while you can, run while you can cause if you don’t they’ll have to come and carry you away please run while you can cause if you don’t they’ll have to carry you away when you stop bleeding you’re either healing or you’re already gone when you stop bleeding you’re either healing or you’re already gone I wanted to tell you something but if you ask me I won’t recall I wanted to tell you something but if you ask me I won’t recall I wanted to tell you something but if you ask me I simply won’t recall I wanted to tell you something please don’t ask me I don’t wanna recall I wanted to tell you anything please don’t ask me I don’t wanna fall when you stop bleeding you’re either healing or you’re already gone when you stop bleeding you’re either healing or you’re already gone when you stop bleeding you’re either healing or you’re already gone
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Take the Wheel 03:03
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we’re leaving now and our bags are packed it’s been like this since the dawn of time we’re leaving now there’s no turning back it’s been like this since the stars first shined we’re hearing sounds in the silence we’re hearing true for the first time we’re seeing things that have been hidden yeah we’re seeing clear for the first time driving along the emptiest roads in the empty places but our heart is full a piercing wind that seeks our warmth pull the blanket tighter you’ll be all right a thousand miles of golden silence but you never escape the vibration and the hum ten thousand miles still means something time to go and hide before the winter comes maps in your mind and maps on the walls they beckon to you to come come come maps in your mind and maps on the walls there’s a reckoning due time to run run run there’s a creeping cold rolling in like a fog throw another log on you’ll be all right there’s a creeping cold coming for your warmth throw another log on you’ll be all right I can’t see the road before me if I ask you to steer will you take the wheel? I can feel the monsters coming for me would you take a look and tell me if they’re real? It always feels like your breaking new ground but you’re reminded it’s been done before you’re hoping that you’ll still hear a new sound but your feet still dance to that well worn score
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The Road is My Only Home 03:09
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the sun is hanging lower and these days are getting shorter take your heart and seek shelter as these nights grow ever colder and the road is my only home and I’ll be coming home soon and the road is my only home and I’ll be coming home soon sorry I’m not shiny and new ‘cause the airs so uncertain here I’m so sorry I’m not shiny and new this is all guesswork for me now feeling broken battered and you know these wounds will heal and you will wonder if it matters what is there left for the feel? these calluses won’t hold no matter what I try to do and these calluses won’t hold despite the trials I put them through once again I’m at the end once again I’m at the beginning once again I’m at the end once again I’m at the beginning and I will rise again only to crash only to crash only to rise once again only to crash only to crash only to rise once again only to crash only to crash only to rise once again
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We Are Explorers 03:40
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Let’s be wanderers we’ll live by the sea we’ll gaze at starry skies camp beneath the trees let’s chase the northern lights hunt down hurricanes we’ll wander through the woods and the mountains will know our names all the energy is streaming towards us now tendency towards entropy how much will we allow? suspended in time hanging in outer space dreaming of the sublime longing to embrace uncertainty reigns much is improbable randomness is everywhere everything is possible we are explorers we journey to a distant sun always we’re remembering trying to overcome we are passengers being carried along just where we don’t know but we hope that we belong we’re wrapped in darkness now but it feels so safe here we’re swimming in the blackness now but there’s nothing more to fear warm glow that emanates let’s us know we’re ok warm glow that emanates let’s us know that we’re ok we are explorers we journey to a distant land always we’re remembering trying to understand i’m looking for a beacon now something to light my way i’m looking for a signal now I know there’s a better way i’m looking for a beacon now something to light my way i’m looking for a signal now I know there’s a better way we’re wrapped in darkness now but it feels so safe here we’re swimming in the blackness now but there’s nothing more to fear we’re swimming in the blackness now but there’s nothing more to fear we’re swimming in the blackness now but there’s nothing more to fear
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Your Hands Were Made to Be Held 03:35
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please stop pulling at the sutures but I’m only guessing we gaze at our hazy futures I’ll always seek your blessing looking through our telescopes with darkened lenses we make out figures and shapes our feelings overrun our senses colors all look different today as steam rises and swirls into clouds your hands are beautiful and strong your hands were made to be held hands outstretched so close and yet so far away want to live right now in this space want to see what it might become want to live in all the golden moments we want to be overwhelmed when are you going when are you going when are you going to love again when are you going when are you going when are you going to love again all these roads have been leading me to you these hands were made to feel and to hold onto all these roads have been leading me to you these hands were made to be held and to heal your hands were made to be held
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Shine 01:38
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so bright now but I can’t see anything so warm now but I can’t feel anything burnt out stars they are collapsing burnt out stars look like they’re still shining shine the light sunbeams scattering shine your light please let the color into this place don’t need much but remember that I’m flesh and blood don’t need much here in the blackness of this space no energy is lost it’s merely a transformation where has it gone it’s a mystery now a mystery now free dark matter pour it out into the clouds free dark matter pour me out into the clouds where has it gone it’s a mystery now a mystery now
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Meet Eternity My Friends 03:16
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don’t be afraid to stare ‘cause when you blink it’ll all be gone don’t be afraid to care ‘cause it means that you belong don’t be afraid to stare cuz when you blink it’ll all be gone don’t be afraid to care cuz it means that you belong I need to be held right now with as much force as you can bring I need your arms around me now and don’t let go for anything friends so close and we realize that we’ve been changed somehow all our molecules have been wildly rearranged I need to be held right now with as much force as you can bring I need your arms around me now and don’t let go for anything we’re flying faster now open road is all we see I want you by my side when we meet eternity we know that we will see you again the only unknown is time but that we’ve ever parted at all sometimes feels like a crime we’re flying faster now open road is all we see I want you by my side when we meet eternity we know that we will see you again the only unknown is time but that we’ve ever parted at all sometimes feels like a crime I want you all by my side when we meet eternity I want you all by my side when we meet eternity I want you all by my side as we meet eternity
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Our Last Days Redux 02:54
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Our last days have come in more ways than one I’ve really made a mess of things now it’s the end of our golden age we’re moving on yeah we’re moving on yeah we’re moving on yeah we’re moving on how do you finally let go? how do you escape from the undertow? how do you finally let go? how do you escape from the undertow? we live to live in the in-between we want to try to realize we are not what we seem and we know one day we’ll rise I feel your warmth when you hold me I’ll pick you up when you fall I feel your ache in my bones I feel your absence most of all I feel your warmth when you hold me I’ll pick you up when you fall I feel your ache in my bones I feel your absence most of all my love slipped out the back door while I sipped coffee on the stairs my love warned me not to rush her the signs were everywhere I feel your warmth when you hold me I’ll pick you up when you fall I feel your ache in my bones I feel your absence most of all (repeat til the end)
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Back in Time 03:23
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I wanna go back in time but the past keeps getting in my way I wanna go back to where it began I promise I’ll find a better way I wanna go back in time to where I met you at the start I wanna go back to the first time when you captured my heart I wanna go back in time before you knew about pain before the storm clouds had gathered and soaked you with the poison rain And I will build a time machine to take us from this mess now that you’ve shown me what’s possible I can’t settle for anything less I wanna go back in time to when you dreamed of holding my hands I wanna go further back in time when we wandered through the empty lands but if we could fix it then why can’t we fix it today I wanna go back in time but the past keeps getting in our way cause I believe in us even though we’re improbable cause my heart still beats for you everything seems possible
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You & Me & the Sea 02:43
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It's ok now my darling It's ok now my love It's ok now my darling It's ok now my love let's wander to the ocean let's roam along the shore let's wander to the ocean there's no telling what's in store

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These songs were written & recorded in Anchorage, Alaska and Salt Lake City, Utah.

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released November 30, 2015

Ruminations on travel, wandering, the endless road, connection, loss and the mysteries of the universe.

All words & music written & performed by Paul D Merck aka The Winterless North.

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