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The Arrival Part I Departures

by David Ward

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The Arrival 05:40
The sun burns like that fire in your eyes Shines like gold through your ribbons of hair A kiss upon your brow and your scent runs through my mind See the jewels of her eyes crown her face like a queen And I heard you say It’ll be there when you arrive All these kings they will turn and kindly oblige So I’ll sail away to this kingdom I’ve heard divine Blowin’ kisses to the wind hoping you catch ‘em when the southwest rolls in All these people boarding trains doing what they will to leave As the dragons raid their homes, breathing their fire and their smoke, make you feel so scare and alone And I heard you say It’ll be there when you arrive Through the fire, cross the Styx, and on the other side The clouds are rolling in on the third day in the boat And I’m writing letters, folding them into planes, flying them across the sea, through the storm and into your hands I’m feeling small as we roll into the docks Hoping these kings will do like said Save a spot in their kingdom, a place to lay our heads And I heard you say It’ll be there when you arrive Put your heart and ease and open your eyes I wake up strange feeling the creatures in this room Knowing above and below Windows are playing this same sad picture show And my day is burning out as yours is lighting up your eyes And all these trains, they shake, rattle and roll All these thoughts and possession I can call my own And I heard you say It’ll be there when you arrive And I won’t be far behind
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It came on too soon and I never asked it in to stay the night Crept through the door, ate me out of house and out of home We all fought the fight and lost all at once when I gave in Sing me to sleep No more troubles under the sun The lamp flickers out but the smell of kerosene will linger on She held on so tight and I wouldn’t have it any other way Sing me to sleep No more troubles under the sun There by the graveside on the third day they’ve come to take me home But I will not rise as I’ve come to where I’m finally supposed to be I’ll sing them to sleep No more troubles under the sun
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lost in every word that you speak it ain't easy guessing at what you mean take what you want but I'm not sure it's what I gave it's getting harder to read the lines of your face chorus ooo lost you in the fire when I burned all our words it's getting easier as it all gets more absurd and I will twist everything into shapes we can both understand you tell me to let it be and shake out both my hands chorus so I'll go but know, I don't want to go reached the top of this hill only to climb back down below and I watch you through the rain on my spattered bus window something we both recognize is a wave goodbye chorus

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The Arrival is a 3 part series of EP's based on the universal yearning for the elusive goal of an arrival. Each EP illustrates a unique aspect of the overall them with an accompanying video.
Part I Departures
To leave; to diverge; to deviate; to pass away - Departures explores what can be considered both the beginning and end of a journey in the first installation of The Arrival.

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released May 18, 2012

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David Ward London, UK

"Imagine Jeff Buckley’s untethered falsetto with Stevie Wonder’s warm, grainy tenor...David Ward has mastered both, plus all points between. Ward is clearly a versatile and ambitious talent." Uncut

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