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The Field 01 All The Way
04:09
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We are diamonds in the rough
Breathing life into dust
Falling weightless we’re lost
With full and hungry hearts
All this time, turns on a road
Children reaching out for hope
Going where the wind blows
To make this circle roll
So, it goes round and round ‘til I am dazed
Turning me upside down in the maze
Caught in the lost and found of a permanent haze
But one of these days…
I’m ever thankful for your love
I need to feel more of us
Never sure I’m what you need
Help me solve the mystery
So, it goes round and round ‘til I am dazed
Turning me upside down in the maze
Caught in the lost and found of a permanent haze
But one of these days… I got to
Let it rock and let it roll
All the way around the world
Make it last then push it past
All the way around the world
‘Til my heart explodes or our worlds collide
A kaleidoscope of a thousand lights
Let it rock and let it roll
All the way around the world
Make it last then push it past
All the way around the world
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2. |
The Field 02 Berlin
04:06
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She’s more than the girl next door
Einstein smart in a mini skirt
She likes her tat’s & pawnshop pearls
But she loves Tolstoy’s words
She’s got a job down at Bar Raval
Where all the in-crowd come in from the park
She closes up at half past four
Walks the cobblestone streets from before the war
Don’t like to flirt, she likes to dance
Speaking perfect English
I know her by the name Berlin
I think the boys they are all afraid
The girls try but it’s not her thing
She’s caught between aloof and estranged
Oh, she’s seen better days
I watch her smile through the window
If I were brave I would let her know
I turn away when she looks outside
I could sure use a friend tonight
Don’t like to flirt, she likes to dance
Speaking perfect English
I know her by the name Berlin
This city’s full of refugees
Pouring in the worlds debris
We may seem a little lost in our bar down at the cross
It’s where we feel free
We will drink ‘til the morning comes
It’s how we celebrate the dawn
I’m just standing as a stone for Berlin to come alone
A man can dream … Berlin
Don’t like to flirt, she likes to dance
Speaking perfect English
I know her by the name Berlin
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The Field 03 Need You
04:11
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When my heart is sad and lonely
I reach for you
When I’m mad or frustrated
I reach for you
To make everything right
Take away my blues, turn them whites
All I need to do is reach for you
I need you, I need you
When it’s seems like an eternity
And I have wandered too far
The sun’s setting low or I’m alone in the world
Or my tears won’t dry
You make everything right
Take away my blues, turn them whites
All I need to do is reach for you
I need you, I need you
When my heart is sad and lonely
I reach for you
To make everything right
Take away my blues, turn them whites
All I need to do is reach for you
To make everything right
Take away my blues, turn them whites
All I need to do is reach for you
I need you, I need you, I need you
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I could tell you I love you
And it would not be a lie
I could give to you hope
Though I know it isn’t right
You’re everyone I could hope for
Even right down to the dream
It’s not about skin & bone
No, that’s not my fantasy
And it haunts me to the core
These things I feel inside
While my heart burns for more
Don’t belong out in the light
I told you I was broken
I remember how we laughed
So new where we went
I never dreamed it could last
And it haunts me to the core
These things I feel inside
While my heart burns for more
Don’t belong out in the light
Every time I try to speak
My confessions over drive
And I’m not who I appear
Don’t belong out in the light
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5. |
The Field 05 Fly
04:40
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You’ve been living in the shadows
Of the man you want to be
You’ve been hoping for a change
The kind to set you free
It’s about time to decide
It’s about time to put on your wings and fly
‘Cause one day you’re gonna wake, when everything’s passed you by
Right now shake it out and float like a butterfly
Then one day, you’ll say “ain’t nothing’s passed me by”
Heart to hand, like Superman, I gave it my best try
To fly, to fly
You’ve been standing still so long
The weeds have overgrown
I think you lost the will to live
Your friends have all gone
You used to soar among the stars
Now you just complain to the people at the bar
One day you’re gonna wake, when everything’s passed you by
Right now shake it out and float like a butterfly
Then one day, you’ll say “ain’t nothing’s passed me by”
Heart to hand, like Superman, I gave it my best try
To fly, to fly
I know it’s easier said than done
Sometimes I’m scared, lost or alone
Never try to be more than who you truly are
For life is a lark, gave us wings to fly
‘Cause one day you’re gonna wake, when everything’s passed you by
Right now shake it out and float like a butterfly
Then one day, you’ll say “ain’t nothing’s passed me by”
Heart to hand, like Superman, I gave it my best try
To fly, to fly
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Never said the words to you
The holy ones, the sacred ones we hold on to
They seem elusive as the stars
And every chance I have I let them slip right through
Yesterday you opened wide
You showed your brilliant colors for me to see
And in return I must confess
You shake me out of my unrest out of this deep freeze
I remember how we’d fly
Under stars touching the sky
Just then we knew time would stop
Under this fragile moon
If lightning strikes you once you’re lucky
If it strikes you twice you feel the mercy
Rare are those who come before
The angels wanting something more
Ain’t nothing more, more
I remember how we’d fly
Under stars touching the sky
Just then we knew time would stop
Under this fragile moon
How we held on tight
Every ounce of strength lost that night
Like wild horses & all their might
Pulling us from the dark to the light
I remember how we’d fly
Under stars touching the sky
Just then we knew time would stop
Under this fragile moon
Never said the words to you
The holy ones, the sacred ones we hold on to
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7. |
The Forest 01 Scream
04:07
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I walk this road with a beat up soul
But a smile that reaches out hello
Sometimes I feel like such a mess
I’m a restless man and I seek a way
For in my heart I am questioning
The why, the where, tomorrows bring
So I walk up that hill ‘til the sun goes down
I’m waiting to dig this hole in the ground
I clench my teeth so I cannot speak
I hold it in ‘til I want to scream
So now I wait with a heart so full
There are angels, sons and miracles
I’m counting down the days ‘til you appear
For each step forward it’s two steps back
I will not hold this levee back
The flood that comes will wash us all free
So I walk up that hill ‘til the sun goes down
I’m waiting to dig this hole in the ground
I clench my teeth so I cannot speak
I hold it in ‘til I want to scream
I want to scream, I want to scream
I want to scream, I want to scream
I’m the first to say I’m in your hands
Your perfect embrace, I’m at your command
My hope is eternal my faith is endless
I’m the last to leave when the party ends
So I walk up that hill ‘til the sun goes down
I’m waiting to dig this hole in the ground
I clench my teeth so I cannot speak
I hold it in…
So I walk up that hill ‘til the sun goes down
I’m waiting to dig this hole in the ground
I clench my teeth so I cannot speak
I hold it in ‘til I want to scream
I want to scream, I want to scream
I want to scream, I want to scream
I want to scream, I want to scream
I want to scream, I want to scream
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8. |
The Forest 02 Abyss
04:47
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Standing on the edge of a dream
Standing on the ledge looking deep
Can’t be sure what it is
Looking deep to the abyss
Looking down, looking down
Looking down to the abyss
Floating on a road without an end
Do I even need an end
Days of rain rain rain bring a flood a flood a flood
Lift me high high high, high above above above
Looking down, looking down
Looking down to the abyss
Floating on a road without an end
Do I even need an end
For days of rain rain rain bring a flood a flood a flood
Lift me high high high, high above above above
Looking down, looking down
Looking down to the abyss
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The Forest 03 Baying
04:19
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In the days up ahead there’ll be brows of sweat
There’ll be heartbreaks, soul shakes, heed what I say
You will never steal a man from his faith
In the past there was white, hopeless yet bright
Forged wings, bounty, baying at the night
You will never sight a man once blind
Gone away, lonely way
Gone away, blown away
In the days up ahead there’ll be bended knees
We’ll know hearts deep, Gods weeping into seas
Will we ever know the joy of peace?
Gone away, lonely way
Gone away, blown away
Gone away, lonely way
Gone away, blown away
Blown away
In the days up ahead there’ll be brows of sweat
There’ll be heartbreaks, soul shakes, heed what I say
You will never steal a man from his faith
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10. |
The Forest 04 Bliss
03:22
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I didn’t cry uncle, I didn’t cry son
The man I am is a stubborn one
I wouldn’t kneel down at my fathers throne
There won’t be nothing left when I get home
What it is is what it is
Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bliss
What it is is what it is
Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bliss
Laid it down, I’ve been here before
I’ve done enough junk to know the score
It’s how you fall, saint or whore
That tells it all when you hit the floor
What it is is what it is
Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bliss
What it is is what it is
Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bliss
Endless time, wrong or right
Lift your hands up to the sky
Drink your wine, spill your pride
Ain’t nothing left at the end of the ride
I didn’t cry uncle, I didn’t cry son
The man I am is a stubborn one
I wouldn’t kneel down at my fathers throne
There won’t be nothing left when I get home
What it is is what it is
Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bliss
What it is is what it is
Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bliss
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11. |
The Forest 05 Shadowland
03:46
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Everyday it’s getting later, sun setting down on me
Everyplace I’m running to gets further out of reach
There’s a soul in this lonely mans heart, hope for the late redeemer
Searching for blind salvation, saints out of disbelievers
Still I know there’s a way to reach the Promised Land
Don’t take a miracle to hold it in your hand
I tried looking in the mirror, tried shooting up a storm
Lied every single morning ‘til nobody was left at home
For some praying is the answer, for the lost it’s never too late
Holding out or living without love is a fatal mistake
Still I know there’s a way to reach the Promised Land
Don’t take a miracle to hold it in your hand
We were there alone in a boat on the waves
Far from the barriers we were lost and unsafe
We had fled our homes from the war against
There is no room for hope in this shadow land
Pick up the shattered pieces, guard them with your life
Forgiveness comes with every sun, desire a tempest of the night
Some say that need is a drug, it’s laid bare at your feet
Hold your heart, it’s a child in the dark or spend your life on your knees
Still I know there’s a way to reach the Promised Land
Don’t take a miracle to hold it in your hand
Still I know there’s a way to reach the Promised Land
Don’t take a miracle to hold it in your hand
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12. |
The Forest 06 Horizon
02:37
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I can take the weight of the night
I can live on hollow hope
I can even bare it blind
But you, you leave a hole
I can’t explain, a deep deep hole
Where’s the wonder of it now
Was a time when we were whole
Now we’re living time unbound
But you, you leave a hole
I can’t explain, a deep deep hole
Barren in the Fall
There’s no life at all
For you who brings the sun
Bring it to the horizon
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Joseph Parsons Berlin, Germany
Long a fan of multi-dimensional recording productions, Parsons writes distinctive songs that often defy categories. He
weaves genres as he fuses traces of Emo, Soul & Folk to create his own unique style of Rock & Roll. Always emotive and energetic on recordings, his live shows are a spirited and at times deeply personal experience.
Joseph Parsons is a European based artist.
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