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When the Daylight Fades

by Jenny O'Connell

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1.
When the daylight fades before me And the sun falls behind the hill Believe that you will find me I know, I know you will I walk across the page in slow procession Following the cadence of my feet Write my life into words, this is my confession Write them now, that I may sleep If I die tonight The wind will stoke my fire as it stokes my fears I will go with everything unfinished But what a gift, to die on the verge of tears I have spent my life a-tryin' To understand how to free the soul of a girl And how leaving is the only solution To this predicament of loving the world My tired heart is buried Beneath the miner's stream Take me into your arms so lightly Let my eyes turn back from gray to green When the daylight fades before me And the sun falls behind the hill Believe that you will find me I know, I know you will.
2.
I don't want to wait anymore I'm tired of looking for answers Take me some place where there's music and there's laughter I don't know if I'm scared of dying but I'm scared of living too fast, too slow Regret, remorse, hold on, oh no I've got to go There’s no starting over, no new beginnings, time races on And you've just gotta keep on keeping on Gotta keep on going, looking straight out on the road Can't worry 'bout what's behind you or what's coming for you further up the road I try not to hold on to what is gone, I try to do right what is wrong I try to keep on keeping on Yeah I just keep on keeping on I hear a voice calling Calling out for me These shackles I've made in an attempt to be free Be it for reason, be it for love I won't take the easy road I've woken up in a hotel room, my worries as big as the moon Having no idea who or what or where I am Something good comes with the bad A song's never just sad There's hope, there's a silver lining Show me my silver lining Show me my silver lining I hear a voice calling Calling out for me These shackles I've made in an attempt to be free Be it for reason, be it for love I won't take the easy road I won't take the easy road The easy road, the easy road Show me my silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on Show me my silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on Show me my silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on Show me my silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on
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Caledonia 04:20
I don't know if you can see The changes that have come over me In these last few days I've been afraid That I might drift away I've been telling old stories, singing songs That make me think about where I've come from That's the reason why I seem So far away today [Chorus:] Let me tell you that I love you That I think about you all the time Caledonia, you're calling me, now I'm going home But if I should become a stranger Know that it would make me more than sad Caledonia, you're everything I've ever had Now I have moved and I've kept on moving Proved the points that I needed proving Lost the friends that I needed losing Found others on the way I have kissed the fellas and left them crying Stolen dreams, yes, there's no denying I have traveled hard, sometimes with conscience flying Somewhere with the wind [Chorus] Now I'm sitting here before the fire The empty room, the forest choir The flames have cooled, don't get any higher They've withered, now they've gone But I'm steady thinking, my way is clear And I know what I will do tomorrow When hands have shaken, the kisses float Then I will disappear [Chorus] Caledonia, you're everything I've ever had Caledonia, you're everything I've ever had Caledonia, you're everything I've ever had

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released March 4, 2014

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