Kina Grannis - Elements Album Lyrics

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Dear River

Holding on dear river to my skin
Whispering the places you have been
And I look back upstream

Everybody knows the river comes
The river goes but you stopped here
You stopped here for me
You took my heart in tow
How could I let you go

I doubt anyone can keep up
Keep up, keep up
Keep up, keep up with you
I doubt anyone can keep up
Keep up, keep up
Keep up, keep up with you

Rolling on dear river does it end
I saw you though the canyon and the bend
Did you look back for me

I could fight the flow
And tug of war the undertow
But I'd never not ever succeed
So when you're out to sea
I hope you think of me

I doubt anyone can keep up
Keep up, keep up
Keep up, keep up with you
I doubt anyone can keep up
Keep up, keep up
Keep up, keep up with you

Just keep on river gone is my friend
Just keep on river gone is my
Just keep on river gone is my friend
Just keep on river gone is my

 

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The Fire

You let the fire out, and it's right in front of me
You let the fire out, and it's right in front of me

You stood tall the fire began to let out,
I trusted you'd refrain and keep closed your mouth

You let the fire out, and it's right in front of me
You let the fire out, and it's right in front of me

Words crashing through the flames smoke spreading far
And I thought we'd remain free from it's harm

You let the fire out, and it's right in front of me
You let the fire out, and it's right in front of me

Will we burn
Will we burn
From the fire will we learn,
To be mindful and keep away from the words that ignite the flame
Our words will ignite the flame

You let the fire out, and it's right in front of me
You let the fire out, and it's right in front of me
You let the fire out, and it's right in front of me
You let the fire out, and it's right in front of me
Right in front of me
Face it don't turn around, there's no running from the heat

 

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My Dear

I cannot live without you
I told you this is true
I'll take pieces of you with me
I'll take parts you never knew

And one day you will wake up
Without warning or a clue
And start to notice little things
That are missing parts of you

Oh, I need you here
Oh, you will always be my dear

The freckle on your shoulder
And the creases on your cheeks
The scar upon your forehead
And your whisper when you speak

I took them cause I need you
I took them to be mine
I took them so you miss them
So you'd want them back in time

Oh, I need you here
Oh, you will always be my
Oh, I need you here
Oh, you will always be my dear

If I hold on to you
Don't let me go
Will you, feel me, need me
Don't let me go
If I hold on to you
Don't let me go
Will you, feel me, need me
Don't let me go

(If I hold on to you)
Oh, I need you here
(Don't let me go, will you, feel me, need me)
Oh, you will alway be my
(Don't let me go, if I hold on)
Oh, I need you here
(Don't let me go)
Oh, you will always be my dear

 

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Winter

How long?
How long must it go on this way?
You give me no choice but to stay
There's no use in crying I'm dried up

I try
I'm trying my hardest to be
Exactly and all that you need
I'm standing up tall do you see me

You were the one
You were the one who picked me
What have we become
Now have we begun our ending

How do you know when it's over?
I have been withered since winter
Waiting for love like it's water
But I can't pretend any longer
Tell me it's over
Love is it over now?
Tell me it's over

Please
You told me that you'd never leave
Now our love has lost all it's leaves
The distance is worse when you're near me

So go
It's hurts more to fall apart slow
To dream about warmth in the cold
Now I'm nothing more than a whisper

You were the one
You were the one who picked me
What have we become
Now have we begun our ending

How do you know when it's over?
I have been withered since winter
Waiting for love like it's water
But I can't pretend any longer
Tell me it's over
Love is it over now?
Tell me it's over

We made it all these years
And no they were not wasted
No life was lost right here
If love is what we tasted

How do you know when it's over?
I have been withered since winter
Waiting for love like it's water
But I can't pretend any longer
Tell me it's over
Love is it over now?
Tell me it's over

How do you know when it's over?
How do you know when it's over?
How do you know when it's over?
I have been withered since winter

 

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Oh Father

The count down
We're up against the road
Oh father, oh father
I haver never known
A darkness so immense
Oh father, oh father

A mountain high
Tell me how to go
Oh father, oh father
Are we falling now
No victory to show
Oh father, oh father

All along
I have been trying to hear you in me
All along
You will be the one that I'll become

Once more now
Its an hour and ahead
Oh father, oh father
Put the pedal down
Legs turning in the light
Oh father, oh my father

We are the ones now
We're flying through the trees
Oh father, oh my father
Watch me somehow
Lay your safety over me
Oh father, oh father
Oh father, oh father
Oh father, oh father
Oh father, oh father

All along
I have been trying to hear you in me
All along
You will be the one that I'll become

I never wanted anything
Apart from what you've given me
[x5]

All along
I have been trying to hear you in me
All along
You will be the one that I'll become

 

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Little Worrier

Little worrier
Lay your head to rest
And give yourself some peace
Lines get blurrier
When you make believe
Let the clock unwind
And let go your mind
This time

Does it change a thing
Dwelling down each road of possibilities
Every moments sings
Of some disbelief
Don't make fallen leaves
Speak of solemn trees tonight

Don't worry
Little worrier
Don't hurry the hurt
Let the moment burn
And just take your time
This is your life
Please don't let your tears run dry

Every second past
Is a heartbeat gone
And tucked behind the glass
You can't get it back
It will never last

Don't worry
Little worrier
Don't hurry the hurt
Let the moment burn
And just take your time
This is your life
Please don't let your tears run dry

 

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Throw It Away

Oh you're so sad
You nearly cut yourself down
And all that you had
And I know that you're mad
You have to put it somewhere
You can't just hold back

You were not the one that she was looking for
But truth is maybe all your waiting brings you something more

Take your heart and break it now
You're the one who makes it count
You don't want this any how
You've got to get this out
Let the fire outside yourself
You are not the one who made this mess
No you've got to pride yourself
Take all of that is better found
You will be the one to throw it away

You can't take this back it what was given to you
This is your past
But it cannot hold you back
You're so much more than that
You'll make your own path

Do I never quite could out to really show your love
Fewer hands and lesser hearts
know they were not enough

Take your heart and break it now
You're the one who makes it count
You don't want this any how
You've got to get this out
Let the fire outside yourself
You are not the one who made this mess
No you've got to pride yourself
Take all of that is better found
You will be the one to throw it away

Oooh oooh ahhh ahhh
Oooh oooh ahhh ooo

Ooh You've got to get this out
Let the fire outside yourself
You are not the one who made this mess
No you've got to pride yourself
Take all of that is better found
You will be the one to throw it away

 

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Forever Blue

When I was a child
I was heavy hearted
Knowing all that started to an end
I dreamt of a day
No one ever left here
Cried out to the night to find a way

And it broke my heart
When I felt the truth
My father has a father too
Don't understand how we'll make it through
Will I be forever blue?

Everyday I've known
It grows only deeper
Why can't I not keep her here for good
So I'll take the waves
Floating when I'm weaker
Waiting through the water missing you

And it broke my heart
When I felt the truth
My father has a father too
Don't understand how we'll make it through
Will I be forever blue?

Play to mother
We're still fighting
We're all trying to make it home for you

All my love is yours forever
Take it with you
Take it with you

All my love is yours forever
Take it with you
Say you'll never go

When I was a child
I was heavy hearted

 

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Maryanne

Maryanne
She was a lovely friend
She took you out to dance all night
In the end
I know that Maryanne
And you were meant to say goodbye

Cause you the one for me
The one for me the one
You were the one for me
The one for me the one

Maryanne
I let her in my head
She let me know what I could be
Circumstance
Could never understand
The way she'd seem to set me free

But you the one for me
The one for me the one
You were the one for me
The one for me the one
You were the one for me
The one for me the one
You were the one for me
The one for me the one

Maryanne
Understands
Maryanne
Understands

You were the one for me
The one for me the one
You were the one for me
The one for me the one

Maryanne
She was a lovely friend
She took you out to dance
All night
In the end
I know that Maryanne
And I were meant to say goodbye

Cause you're the one
You're the one

You were the one for me
The one for me the one
You were the one for me
The one for me the one
You were the one for me
The one for me the one
You were the one for me
The one for me the one

 

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Write It In The Sky

Pull close
Perfect darkness night
The sky was on fire
The wind held us tight
And you told me the words
you've been holding inside
Oh love write it in the sky
Oh love write it in the sky

You took my hand
And we start a cry
You kissed all my tears
But my cheeks never dried
And I could not imagine a feeling so right
Oh love write it in the sky
Oh love write it in the sky

Ten year waiting to realize
The one that I needed was right by my side
And I know that I've hurt you
And we've said goodbye
Oh love write it in the sky
Oh love write it in the sky

Oh darling it's cold outside
Let's not talk of the memories we'd rather deny
But we'll carry them with us
And we'll never lie
Oh love write it in the sky
Oh love write it in the sky

No more wishes on candlelight
No silent prayers to the stars burning bright
And I promise you this till the day that I die
Oh love write it in the sky
Oh love write it in the sky
Oh love write it in the sky

 

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My Own

If you were my father
If you were my own
You would speak
All the wisdom known

If you were my mother
Any problem that comes
You would fix
And leave it better when you're done

And I would cry for reasons
I won't tell anyone

If you were my sister
You'd already know
Everything that's ever made me low
Low
And you would tell me words that'd heal
Anything I broke

Oooooooooo

If you were my brother
Even though I've none
You would still
Protect me when I'm grown
Grown
And you would make this place
Feel a little more like home

 

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This Far

You knew it's harder when you hold me
You get me searching for the ceiling
Love tried to forget things
It's so hard
It's so hard

So I'll keep going through the motions
Creating comfort where there is none
Coming to terms with the notion
I'll be okay
Okay

When rain falls down on me so hard
The winds unravelling me don't start
An ocean swallowing up my heart
But I've made it this far
I've made it this far

It's hard to see happy ending
When you don't see how you can mend things
But life is long and forgiving
And it goes on and on and on

When rain falls down on me so hard
The winds unravelling me don't start
An ocean swallowing up my heart
But I've made it this far

And I'll keep wishing on a bright star
That we'll keep driving all the right cars
And I'll keep singing when it goes dark
Cause I've made it this far
I've made it this far
I've made it this far