Love Or The Wilds, by Chris Darby

Love Or The Wilds

by Chris Darby

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1.	Confined Space 04:26		buy track
2.	Just Kids 06:34		buy track
3.	Love Or The Wilds 11:31 video	lyrics	buy track
Where were you tonight When I came home Alone in your life Alone in my room There was magic at play From the moment we met All matches accounted All bridges intact We had our lows Disguised as our highs Great loss was at hand We said our goodbyes And then we collapsed Into fiery flame We burned out so soon It was hard to explain We convinced each other We were part of the fog That nobody noticed And nobody saw We convinced each other This was some kind of spell We had placed on the world In spite of ourselves We convinced each other There was nowhere to go We were golden red hues We were fire then snow And you convinced me I was selfish and rude As I drove my dreams Away from this room You said to me It was love or the wilds Ultimatums of fear Never meant to expire We wandered these woods Consumed by desire Ahead of ourselves Behind razor wire There was nothing we saw We could ever believe Just out of our grasp For us to concede So what can you say now That freedom is gone What can you do now Your dreams are alone And who goes this far Only to turn back This we will never do In spite of these facts After all of these trials After all of these dreams Shattered illusions Delicate schemes Commonplace causes Fractions of wholes Commitment to losses A lifetime or more We were already dead From the moment we met These phrases we spoke We would never forget Phrases of love Phrases of hate Continuing this Resolution of fate Absolute stone Weathered and worn We cling to each other To shield off our storm And you know what to say You always know what to do Four past the moonlight I returned to my room I loved you then As I love you today Captive together On the wings of the sea On the wings of the sea
4.	Always Be Near 04:51		buy track
5.	Everyday Love 03:16 video	lyrics	buy track
This new voice, speaking to us To the future, the present and the past Asks what we are doing, to make it our own Will we answer its call? Will we stay home? Sing this with me now, all you who believe Remember back to when we were just kids When our hearts were light and our days were warm Everyday love is now in rare form Do you realize, do you realize now There’s nothing to do but love each other more When will you believe, the answer is here The answer is love, present and clear Hold on to these thoughts, wherever you are Dream into being, one with the stars Remember the earth now that it is ours Take the opportunity to see the flowers Put our ears to the ground, listen for sound Reverberations, residual resound Projections of thought, directions now sought Complexities are just stories we forgot Sing this with me now, all you who believe A balancing act between two extremes Sing this with me now, I do implore Everyday love, every day, every hour If you understand, get your boots off the ground Hold your arms out wide, embrace whoever’s around If you believe love to be stronger than a wall Let this belief encompass everything you are Hold on to these thoughts, wherever you go Dream these dreams of freshly fallen snow Remember the earth was here long before you were Take this opportunity, be humbled and made new
6.	Holy Day 06:04		buy track
7.	The Wasteland 09:42		buy track

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released September 1, 2023

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Chris Darby

Chris Darby is a folk musician whose true home is anywhere his music takes him. Though his singing sometimes reaches the ferocious roar of a territorial lion and other times sinks to the gentle whisper of a wise sage, his vocal style embodies a rare emotional honesty which captures the full range and depth of his life experience. Sign up for the Newsletter here- www.eepurl.com/Lgoz5 ... more