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Lifeline

by Laura Zucker

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1.
Takes The Shape Of You 03:09
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TAKES THE SHAPE OF YOU Laura E Zucker © 2020 There’s a kind of joy that wells up like a fountain Climbs me like a mountain Carries me off in its rising tide It’s this kind of joy I can barely keep inside me That takes the shape of you You are my dream, you are my heart Where I will finish, where everything starts How could I know that the piece that was missing What I was wishing for was you. There’s a kind of love that fills me to bursting The kind that makes the birds sing The kind that unlocks a captive heart It’s the kind of love that’s a bulls-eye dart And it takes the shape of you. You are my dream, you are my heart Where I will finish, where everything starts How could I know that the piece that was missing What I was wishing for was YOU are the road to my heart’s home I had stumbled down alone You are my dream, you are my heart Where I will finish, where everything starts How could I know that the piece that was missing What I was wishing for was you.
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Highwire 03:17
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It was just one of those things you never see coming one of those things you can’t even try running from The kind that hits you right between the eyes the best worst kind of surprise. I am running, running, running through time Slipping through the snags that held me If I were another kind of person They would not have been the ties that blind Along this highwire Like that ring that fell in sand while I was digging Buried by my frantic ways while I was hoping for another something The kind of thing that happens when everything seems fine the best worst kind of surprise I am flying, flying, flying through a dark sky Falling on winds that held me If I were another kind of bird They might have been the winds of life On the highwire All those ancient charts I heeded while I drifted with the tide Craving, cleaving , carving, clearing If I’d stopped to listen, I’d have heard a different song And I would have fallen headlong Off of the highwire
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The Parting 03:05
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I think of you, I can’t forget the careless coward in me found my heart burns with regret at the way I let you down. Do you even remember When we met at school that fall I thought you were great – a soulmate But I didn’t really know my soul at all I think of you, I can’t forget the careless coward in me found my heart burns with regret at the way I let you down My revelation came, I let a tidal wave of change Swept me off to a foreign land I wasn’t brave enough to say I knew I couldn’t stay I was sure you’d never understand We came so close to a fine romance Now I see we never stood a chance Hindsight won’t make right You deserved better I think of you, I can’t forget the careless coward in me found my heart burns with regret at the way I let you down my heart burns with regret at the way I let you down
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Time / Love 04:24
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If I feel it, it becomes real The roots take hold, the tendrils grow And then it steals my breath away And there’s nothing to defeat it, to stop the steady growing of the vine It’s time, it’s love, intertwined. When you came along I was in my summer, heading for my fall Nothing ever made me feel so weak and so strong, both and all I carefully placed armor on a nerve newly laid raw It’s all that I am for all that you are If I feel it, it becomes real The roots take hold, the tendrils grow And then it steals my breath away And there’s nothing to defeat it, to stop the steady growing of the vine It’s time, it’s love, intertwined. Can’t contain the tangle, it becomes my bones So I face it, I embrace it I’m the keeper of the temple overgrown It will be this way forever, a blessing and a curse, I know it will For every year that passes sows seeds still Roots grow ever deeper while branches brush the sky I learn to love the vine that keeps my heart alive If I feel it, it becomes real The roots take hold, the tendrils grow And then it steals my breath away And there’s nothing to defeat it, to stop the steady growing of the vine It’s time, it’s love, intertwined
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Lifeline 03:24
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The candlewood pine is heavy with cones Messages in bottles sent out into the cold So something will survive it as it grows old And something new will take hold Throw out a lifeline We know that time slips through our fingers and we can’t hold on What can we say now What can we lay down What is our tether to life gone by Voices grow louder as endings draw near Urgently filling our hearts with fear In hopes that we will follow wherever they steer So nothing will change but the year Throw out a lifeline They know that time slips through their fingers and they can’t hold on What can they say now What can they lay down What is their tether to life gone by I never cared much about legacy But I guess I’m just like that candlewood tree Hoping I’ve dropped at least one lasting seed Before I fade into memory Throw out a lifeline I know that my time slips through my fingers and I can’t hold on What can I say now What can I lay down What is my tether to life gone by
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Autumn 03:36
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The mid-day sun stayed lower, mid-day mercury did too Evening brought a chill along with the moon Like a secret whispered softly in my ear Soon, soon, soon Leaves prepare surrender to the colors of the flame Swallows hear the Southwind calling their name They know there’s a turning coming soon By the long light of the late afternoon. I can feel it coming autumn round the bend Gathers up the spangles as summer slowly ends I know there’s a turning coming soon By the long light of the late afternoon Life goes on forever; circles of the sun through time How did I not notice I’m edging closer to the edge of mine I have seen the wonder of the first bud in the spring I’ve gathered life with both hands and tried not to miss a thing But I know that there’s a turning coming for me soon It’s the long light of the late afternoon
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No Good Way To Say Goodbye 04:33
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I took back the note that I left by your side of the bed It didn’t come close to how I worked it out in my head But as I watched from the second floor window when you drove away I think I finally found the only words there are to say. That there’s no good way to say goodbye There’s no one to blame, just tears left to cry I won’t be the one to clip these wings that you’ve found to fly But there’s no good way to say goodbye. I knew that your leaving was only a matter of time My rose colored glasses made me temporarily blind So I’ve only myself to blame if this came as a surprise But all the same inside a little part of me has died. There’s no good way to say goodbye There’s no one to blame, just tears left to cry I won’t be the one to clip these wings you’ve found to fly But there’s no good way to say goodbye. I wish I could forget you I wish I could be mad ‘Cause I just don’t know how to be this sad There’s no good way to say goodbye There’s no one to blame, just tears left to cry I won’t be the one to clip these wings you’ve found to fly But there’s no good way I can’t find a way No there’s no good way to say goodbye.
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What I Would Have Said 03:59
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If I ever – I would never – I could only – If I tried – What if I had been – If I were all in – How would it even - How could I decide – What I would have said I would have left the hopeless tangle of the words in my head And spoken with my heart instead And spoken with my heart instead There was a time when – I didn’t know then – If there was one thing – If I could find– If I thought you – If it was true – Would I still have – Why did I – What I could have said I could have left the hopeless tangle of the words in my head And spoken with my heart instead And spoken with my heart instead Worlds collide, hopes wake Words fail, hearts break Is it too late What I should have said I should have left the hopeless tangle of the words in my head And spoken with my heart instead Just spoken with my heart instead
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Objects In The Mirror 06:03
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We were driving Coming back from one last try One last try to put things right again Not a word was spoken The bond we had was long since broken I could fairly feel you slip away As I turned to draw you nearer I saw your face in the outside mirror, and read the tiny words printed there: Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear Remember our first small town Love was perfect, love was new I couldn’t bring myself to part with you But the first time I had to leave, I dried my eyes on my sleeve And raised my head so I could look for you As my vision became clearer I saw your fact in the outside mirror, and read the tiny words printed there: Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear I remember when we were inseparable I remember when your hand fit mine When your head fell on my pillow When you said you’d love me till the end of time The last box sealed and loaded With all those years of history My footsteps echoed as I reached the door Long ago decided, the photographs are all divided We don’t live together anymore I saw you start to drive away I wanted you to hear me say the words you would have seen if you’d looked back for me: Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear I’m closer. I’m right here.
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Let It Roll 03:22
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Voices louder, chasm wider Poisoning the well, and that’s a fact Lies and schemes, crashing dreams Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do about that I’m fed up, frustrated, and confused I can only do what I can do When it’s too much to hold, I’m gonna let it roll Let the great world spin without me Leave me where it found me Let it roll Broken laws, system flaws The many at the mercy of the few Open eyes on history’s lies a seismic shift that split us in two I’m fed up, frustrated and confused I can only do what I can do When it’s too much to hold, I’m gonna let it roll Let the great world spin without me Leave me where it found me Let it roll Change is coming, change is hard Evolution always takes its time I’ll push that boulder, I’ll do my part But when it starts to tear out my heart When it’s too much to hold, I’m gonna let it roll Let the great world spin without me Leave me where it found me Let it roll
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Do You See The Moon 04:26
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This sure is a big empty room It used to be filled with you Only traces left behind I told myself I didn’t mind As the months and miles between us grew Do you see the moon? I do too. So I don’t feel so far from you A piece of my heart goes with you when you’re I don’t know where out there and with I don’t know who But I’m with you and you are with me if you see the moon. You gave my heart a home Love solid as bedrock stone So when we finally parted ways I knew that we would be ok We’re not together but we’re never alone if you see the moon and I do too. I won’t feel so far from you A piece of my heart goes with you when you’re I don’t know where out there and with I don’t know who But I’m with you and you are with me if you see the moon. It’s not that I think you’ll forget Or cut the ties that bind us, and yet It’s just every now and then The bond feels stretched so thin I’m afraid that love can’t travel that far but if you see the moon And I do too. I won’t be so far from you A piece of my heart goes with you when you’re I don’t know where out there and with I don’t know who But I’m with you and you are with me if you see the moon.
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Holy 03:45
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We were deep in the night, we had lost all our fight and the cold seeped into my soul Faith wasn’t enough and neither was love To keep life from taking its toll As we greeted the dawn our defenses all gone Our spirits emerging as one It was Holy. Holy It was sacred connection Our resurrection Lifted us into the light, into the light I thought we had the tools I thought we knew the rules For how to grow our hearts to hold But the habit of tending Instead of depending Had wandered away and grown cold As the morning poured in and I saw where we’d been I knew I’d never go back there again It was Holy. Holy It was sacred connection Our resurrection Lifted us into the light, into the light That invisible line, that tie that binds Is fragile and easy to sever Care intertwined like a flowering vine Can hold these lifelines together And make it Holy. Holy Make it sacred connection Resurrection Let it lift us up into the light, into the light
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Iron The Wrinkles Back In 02:59
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This old face Has seen a few days of blazing red joy and days of blue Every line etched in deep by sand that slipped through, not mine to keep We are tidy Daffodils in the careful gardens we all till But when Clover muscles through The soft green tangle makes the garden new Life is a chaos-colored tapestry Upside down, inside out Impermanent, imperfect A wild untidy thing And I’ll take my life, iron the wrinkles back in Fear of falling keeps you small Not steady, just still Shrinking from risk, what did I miss Have I really lived at all? There are times I will regret Places unseen, friends not met Next time around I hope I fly I hope I live deep, and wide, and high and weave a chaos-colored tapestry Upside down, inside out Impermanent, imperfect A wild untidy thing I’ll live my life, and leave the wrinkles in

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released January 20, 2023

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Laura Zucker San Francisco, California

Singer-songwriter Laura Zucker wins audiences over with a hard-won perspective and a positive spin. The powerful imagery of her songs and stories ring so true you might think she’s read your diary - and you’ll find yourself humming her infectious melodies for days to come. ... more

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