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Intro
02:27
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Minefields
03:20
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Stranger. Lover.
Suck air and water
Minefields and murder
His breath I long for
I'm in the wrong place, my stomach is sick
As I flounder around trying not to lose sight of it
Nothing feels right – he's too far away
Let the planets collide cos there's no point in fighting them now
Ice flows through my veins
Hot love will soothe me
Steep hills and slate skies
My eyes in your eyes
I'm in the wrong place, my stomach is sick
As I flounder around trying not to lose sight of it
Nothing feels right – he's too far away
Let the planets collide cos there's no point in fighting them now
My eyes in your eyes
I'm in the wrong place, my stomach is sick
As I flounder around trying not to lose sight of it
Nothing feels right – he's too far away
Let the planets collide cos there's no point in fighting them...
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Exit Strategy
04:14
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Sometimes I’m only talking to myself
Yeah I know you’re getting worried for my health
Leave it
I’m just a solitary soul
Sick of these pleasantries
All right
You can watch as I dissolve
But when I wake
I want you here to have to hold
You’re so tired of these
Drama queen tendencies
So I face my pretty tragedies
I contrive, survive
Little battles in my mind
Yeah I make my exit strategy
I deny, I don't try, I don't try
You say there’s nothing to fight
Ohoh but sometimes
All I can do is scream fire! fire! fire!
Squealing and wolfbiting
I’m tearing skin got to push all the good back in
And so I face my pretty tragedies
I contrive, survive
Little battles in my mind
Yeah I make my exit strategy
I deny, I don't try, I don't try
Blood and treasure
I love, I lose
Delivering
The blackest bruise
Saving face
Let’s beat retreat
Withdrawal doesn’t mean defeat
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Butterflies
03:01
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Butterflies
Lead me with your lovely lies
With lonely lips and heavy hips I've tried
But I'll always lose to butterflies
But I don't mind
I'm not wasting my time
And though I won't be fine
I'll find a way in
I'll find a way in
Butterflies
Lead me with your lovely lies
With open seams and scattered dreams I've tried
Bye bye bye
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Magpie Heart
03:33
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I didn't see, I didn't spy
Still chasing shadows made me blind
Sick of the sight of me today
This magpie heart will make me pay
Your beautiful face is leaving
Your beautiful smile receding
Gone for the ghost not for the guy
How could I?
How could I?
Your beautiful face is leaving
Your beautiful smile receding
You gave me your bravery
Your beautiful heart is bleeding
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Delete
03:51
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Don't stop
Pass by
We didn’t know that we’d survive
A simple start
I wasn't expecting to fly
I’d like to delete myself
Don't like to repeat myself
I’d like to delete myself
Don't like to repeat myself
It's no
But don’t go
Everyone’s getting old so quickly, what are we gonna do with this now
I’m so tired
I wasn’t thinking about kids and the future
I’d like to delete myself
Don't like to repeat myself
I’d like to delete myself
Don't like to repeat myself
Ohhh
Don’t stop the clock
Don’t mention the time
Eyes front and we’ll all be fine
Some sorry state
You left me in
Tearstained, scuffed and dazzling
I’d like to delete myself
Don't like to repeat myself
I’d like to delete myself
Don't like to repeat myself
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In this city of dead women
Breezes blow subdued
People run from the night stalker
Hiding sordid truths
May our daughters return home
May our daughters return home
It's cold in the desert
Pink crosses fly
Advertising the absence
Of a young girl's life
Pale hearts and quiet bodies
Mothers fight and cry
No-one told you
But they are all our daughters too
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In This Boat
04:17
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In this boat I look for signs of morning
In these sails a bond I cannot keep
In this heart I hear a siren calling
Set to sea I turn my salty cheek
Don't wake up
Don't cry out
In these arms I hope for sweet surrender
In these veins I hunt for poetry
In this vessel floating to the future
Weeping weather fills the cold grey sea
Don't wake up
Don't cry out
Don't make a sound
Let tempest come
His won't be done
Illuminate my arrow
In this boat is all we ever needed
In this storm I know we will not drown
In this battleship far from homeland
Rock this body
I'll ride the wave back down
Don't wake up
Don't cry out
Don't make a sound
Confusion go - protect my home
On land or sea they won't take me
Let tempest come
His won't be done
Illuminate my arrow
You are an anchor
I am a wave
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Blue
02:01
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Blue is my favourite mood
It's the colour that most reminds me of you
Blue – it's that colour
It goes with everything and
It reminds me of you
Blue
There's nothing to it
Blue
I'm settling in to this
Blue
But I'm getting through it
Blue is my favourite mood
It's the colour that most reminds me of you
Blue – it's that colour
It goes with everything and
It reminds me of you
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Never Was
02:33
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Never was something for me to hold on tight
Never was someone for you to keep inside
Capture these memories that we never made
In my lomographic dreams he's hazy, lazy, light leak fade
Arise, arise
Imaginary boy made shining knight
NEVER WAS
Never was someone for you to keep inside
Never was something for me to hold on tight
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Done And Said
03:35
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All is number, all is time
Bitter histories and losing my mind
This chilly conversation's tired
It's all been done
It's all been said
It's all been tragic in my head
It's all been done
It's all been said
We are homesick space stations
Thrusting hungry fingers towards the sun
Cross this sparkling chasm, come
It's all been done
It's all been said
It's all been tragic in my head
It's all been done
It's all been said
But I'm not ready to regret
Writing sentences in the dark
I'm marking time, clutching for the right words in the right order
We are shadow walkers
Shit talkers needlessly filling empty air
Dumbly accepting of this particular drama
We can stand with the fire at our backs
Innocent, comfortable, numb
But this pale meat craves sweeter sleep
Visions of dancing in the bright, with you
It's all been done
It's all been said
It's all been tragic in my head
It's all been done
It's all been said
But I'm not ready to regret
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12. |
Segue
01:04
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13. |
Out Of My Hands
03:01
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We're so sick of sad stories
In this land of glory
Don't tell me to simmer down
Don't say its out of my hands
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14. |
Shields And Daggers
04:07
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I said there's nothing to talk about
I said there's nothing left
I said I didn't believe you
That I'd rather be done with this and go back to bed
I thought I had proven my valour
But there's always something in the way
Now these wounds are salty and sweet
And my forcefield is flickering
You said it's typical of me
You said I shouldn't have gone
These shields and daggers don't keep us safe any more
Will you take me more seriously?
I thought I had proven my valour
But there's always something in the way
Now these wounds are salty and sweet
And my forcefield is flickering
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Disarm
02:03
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We’re hunting for shade
We’re making brave
Time breeds time
But time is leading us away
With love in my fingers
Oh
And dirt on our knees
Time breeds time
And it’s time to set off wandering
I’m willing to see
Dreaming bodies
Are all we’ll ever be
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She Makes War Nottingham, UK
Check out my new music project Penfriend at penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com
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She Makes War was the solo project of Bristol based multi-instrumentalist producer and visual artist Laura Kidd.
Blending urgent indie rock with melancholy torch songs, SMW released 4 and a bit albums between 2010 and 2019.
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