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1.
Learn the language of your enemy To protect you Learn the language of your enemy To inform you Learn the language to read Learn it to speak To make peace Learn the language of your enemy To understand them Learn the language of your enemy To inform them Learn the language to read Learn it to speak To make peace
2.
Carving 03:38
Carving out a home Carving wood and stone Carving down the bone Carving Learning how to heal When to think and when to feel Learning life through rod and reel Learning Delivering new babies Delivering news of heartbreak Tending to concerns and emergencies Delivering Stroke and heart attack Tree on a lumberjack Stabilize a broken back I'll be there soon Fever, splinter, broken glass House fire, car crash Water broke, she's coming fast I'll be there soon I only dress the wounds... I only dress the wounds... I only dress the wounds... I only dress the wounds
3.
Lockdown 02:23
Lockdown, breakdown, freak out Don't let nobody out Don't let nobody out Lockdown, breakdown, freak out Don't let nobody out Don't let nobody out Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, hey hey Lockdown, try to hide you Don't let nobody move Don't let nobody move Lockdown, try to hide you Don't let nobody move Don't let nobody move Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, hey hey
4.
Keep your heart off my sleeve And out of my pockets, please Don't you dare try to sneak it Anywhere you can't keep it You're all needles and pins Stay over there and keep your heart tucked in Don't you start pretending You're the one in need of mending If I sew up your seam again We'll find mine is torn again Threadbare and thin Stay over there and keep your heart tucked in Come one more yard, two more inches I will cut you down to stitches Be aware of how you weave it Be careful where you leave it For the next tailoring Stay over there and keep your heart tucked in
5.
So Damn Long 03:29
So damn long It took me to open up to your love Now you're gone You won't be back for so damn long So damn long It took me to say out loud what's too much for me to take right now What feels right, what feels wrong I thought I knew until you came along Ain't nobody telling you That you should stay or you should go Ain't nobody telling you where you should call home Ain't nobody telling you that you should stay or you should go You are the only one who knows So damn long I have pondered and planned what to do with these empty hands I could work, I could write I could play, I could fight But that will only get me through half the night
6.
Quiet 05:21
VERSE 1 Something happens when you quiet down in an empty house Something happens - things get figured out VERSE 2 Something opens when the light goes out in an empty house Something opens for the clearing out CHORUS 1 And you clear it out And you clear it out And you clear it out And you clear it out VERSE 3 When you listen with a quiet mind think of all you find When you listen...really make the time VERSE 4 When you answer, when you ask yourself, when you ask for help Something happens - you finally figure out CHORUS 2 What to figure out What to figure out What to figure out What to figure out CHORUS 1 And you clear it out And you clear it out And you clear it out And you clear it out
7.
Stuck in the middle of a great big bubble That won't break, it won't break Trying to roll with it everywhere you go During the day, the during the day The only way you're gonna fit it into your apartment Is to make it deflate How did you fit it on the bus Did you it in your office Did everybody stare (oh oh) How did you make it up the hill Are you working up it still Will you ever, will you ever get there Gathering speed and it's harder to see And you can't stop, you can't stop What will you do on the morning commute When the bubble gets caught, it gets caught And the only way to get out of it now is a mind game Today you'll make a break How did you fit it on the bus Did you it in your office Did everybody stare...oh oh How did you make it up the hill Are you working up it still Will you ever, will you ever get there
8.
How Long 04:02
How long must we wait here Nothing is left here so let's walk away My heart so acheful And so thankful we are okay Ooh there's nothing more we can do Ooh there's nothing more we can do How long did we feed it Did we need it...to break My heart so acheful And so careful to make it okay Ooh there's nothing more we can do Ooh there's nothing more we can do Coffee and gasoline oh how they linger Like the bend of a string under your finger When so many cymbals (symbols) crash how could anyone listen How could anyone hear what they've been missing How long must we wait here Nothing is left here so let's walk away
9.
Breathable 03:58
You exhale this truth: honesty is breathable You are living proof heartbreak is beatable Let your body remember Not to pretend It doesn't want or know Let your heart surrender Be the breaker and mender In the letting go Carefully you move Through the hard and the beautiful You don't need to choose Cause it's already there for you Who, who, who are you now? Who, who, who are you now? You are so yourself laughable and cryable The story tells itself But it's so re-writable
10.
Relief 04:21
There is nothing fundamentally wrong You feel unusually perfectly calm Your mind is clear and your heart is strong No one's giving any bad advice For once, you didn't stop and think twice There is something fundamentally right Call it what you will Call it apathy, call it grief Call it what you will Just find relief Call it what you will Call it melancholy Call it what you will Just find relief There is nothing anyone can say Or do but get out of your way There is something fundamentally brave No one's taking up your critical time For once you thought to draw the line Your mind is clear and your heart is fine
11.
VERSE 1 Say it one more time I hear discrepancies Say it one more time Without that shake in your knees CHORUS Look me straight in the eye Say what you really mean Your silence is a thin disguise For the lies I will never believe VERSE 2 Say it one more time Or is this all I get Say it one more time Without hiding under your breath CHORUS Look me straight in the eye Say what you really mean Your silence is a thin disguise For the lies I will never believe BRIDGE You're always looking for something To give you that fix But you really got nothing At the end of it You're in a constant battle If you leave it alone You'll always hear the rattle Of the other bones
12.
Tenfold 04:06
They say you gotta play their way If you want anything done at all They say you gotta play their way If you want anything done at all How hard can it really be How easy for you and me To stand right up and say our piece How hard can it really be How easy for you and me To stand right up and say our piece They say you better go away If you don't want anyone to fall They say you better go away If you don't want anyone to fall How hard can it really be How easy for you and me To stay till they admit defeat How hard can it really be How easy for you and me To stay till they admit defeat La da da da da da da da La da da da da da da da They say they're coming down this way Coming to cool our fire to coals They say they're coming down this way Coming to cool our fire to coals How hard can it really be How easy for you and me To light it up again tenfold How hard can it really be How easy for you and me To light it up again tenfold La da da da da da da da La da da da da da da da Tenfold

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released September 30, 2016

Produced by Sorcha Cribben-Merrill and Jeff Oehler

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Jeff Oehler
Beehive Productions, Saranac Lake, NY
Assistant engineer: Redia Spada

Additional recording by Evan Casás, Portland, ME (Track 8)

Album artwork by Sorcha; design and layout
by Susan Bibeau, Beehive Productions
Photography by Tricia Jamiol Photography

All songs written by Sorcha Cribben-Merrill (BMI)

Sorcha Cribben-Merrill: Vocals, Acoustic and
Electric Guitars, Ukulele (3, 7), Drums (5, 6, 7)
Jason Rafalak: Upright Bass (2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12)
Raky Sastri: Drums (2, 8, 10, 11, 12)
Meg DeFrancesco Book: Harmony Vocals (7)

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Sorcha Cribben-Merrill Portland, Maine

Sorcha is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a 'sultry, jazzy' voice of unexpected power and presence.

From haunting ballads to charming vignettes to funk grooves, she unveils “a suite of musical styles that shows a wide-ranging songwriting ability. . . witty verses with smart rhymes.”

(Portland Phoenix).
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