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This Song May Save You

by Scarlet Starlings

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1.
She speaks to the night Watch the girl walking alone She’s never been home Not for days, anyway. Barefoot she speaks to the night And she gets it right, In the twilight it answers her. She says, “Won’t you come in? It’s not a sin, to see without looking.” She stands, drinking it in, her grin wasted on a sky full of stars. She was the talk of the town She’d walk around, looking over her shoulder. And she never let anyone in, Dark eyes and lies kept us at a distance. But sometimes, she still speaks to the night The stillness around her becomes her companion. She says, “Won’t you come in? It’s not a sin, to see without looking.” She stands, drinking it in, her grin wasted on a sky full of stars.
2.
Mouths are moths  I can’t see the endless irony  Spiky hearts are littered on the floor  Hey Hey Walk on eggshells to keep your soul intact  Just add water to make the feelings real Hey Hey Forgive the ghost of me that one no one ever sees  Your life was full of the ghosts of loves unknown  Hey Hey Turn the light off Put your shoes and socks beside the bed Be the big spoon In my sleep I’ll feel you there Take your clothes off The best thing to hold is each other  Fingers twisting, mouths are moths, Leave the dust of your wings on my face
3.
Fly me to another place Oh whoa Fly me to another place Over the hills and oceans Ah Oh whoa Clouds swift by in a blaze Leave everything behind Don’t pay no mind Heard tell of a millionaire He has an island to spare You tell him your dreams And he, He lets you go there Sweet little millionaire Alone in his luxury So hop the private jet with me (Jet with me) Leap out with your magic parachute And get wet Oh whoa Fly me to another place Over the hills and oceans Ah Oh whoa Clouds swift by in a blaze Leave everything behind Don’t pay no mind The lonely millionaire Waits for you On soft white sands He’s been waiting such a long time To feel it between his toes For you, he’ll shed his clothes And when you get there (Get there) All your problems will go Cut off from the world Nothing to do but write songs and words
4.
Eleanor 03:47
Eleanor No more excuses No time for goodbyes One day you’ll write to me From somewhere far and wide That look when you walked out the door I didn’t expect it To be the last. You’d been promised so much more Making a clean break From your past And it seems those years Have been spent in vain And it seemed so clear The way ahead. But it’s all too late To be sure, If you'll come back to me now Eleanor Why did you not stay? I gave you all I had You threw it all away Eleanor Eleanor I thought we had something special Something that was pure Eleanor Eleanor I gave you all that you asked for but it wasn’t enough
5.
Stars wait for us There’s a place Out in space Where you're mine We’re naked All the time Slow moving limbs Are floating free We're not really there You've closed your eyes To reality But here out in space We’ll replace Our preconceived notions With dreams The stars wait for us Dark matter just Another form of music To Take us away Specks in the cosmos We’ll dance so secretly Ah Molecules and neurons Neutrons and particles We’ll ride the shooting stars That pass us by We’ll Leave it here All the pain And when we wake We’ll pick it up again Here, out in space We’ll replace Our preconceived notions With dreams The stars Wait for us Dark matter just Another form of music
6.
Rope made of hair Build me a bridge Make me a rope of hair Here’s a house in a tree God, how I want to live here And all your dreams have come to this There is nothing I would miss Hoe me a field Reap me a pack of lies Scythe me a harvest of surprise Button tokens to pay your fare Don’t you know, I’ll always be there? Jumpy footage of your youth Skipping stones, gap in tooth Feather pathways line the way Soft as down to ease your way La, la, la… Tie me a noose made of dandelions Bake me a loaf full of butterflies Take my eyes, replace them with stones Fill my mouth with dust to stop my moans Jumpy footage of your youth Skipping stones, gap in tooth Feather pathways line the way Soft as down to ease your way
7.
Where dreamers go to die Stay tonight, cos cold winds gonna blow Tuck your hair behind your ear Your ways make me despair So, why fight when this is set in stone? Don’t you know that neither of us will ever be alone? When you learn the contours of a particular face It's like a map that leads you to a state of grace Say goodbye to everything that you have ever known Our two bodies and a song is all we need. I know you so well My breath is not my own Mingled all the time Tangled up within your sighs Open wide, take me inside Be the bridge, to the place Where dreamers go to die When you learn the contours of a particular face It's like a map that leads you to a state of grace Say goodbye to everything that you have ever known Our two bodies and a song is all we need Won’t you stay? Stay Stay Won't you stay?
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Better together Heavier air swamps me Tidal pool sadness brings me low Waves of doubt crash on me Confidence washed out Of me Of me And it’s all gone so wrong Tonight If you take me down           Take me down If you take me down           Take me down If you take me down           Take me down If you take me down           Take me down Wait a while for my brain to catch up Doing my laces Tying up Loose ends Ends Grey around the edges Nothing as clear as it once was Static buzz Static fuzz And it’s all gone so wrong Tonight Tonight If you take me down           Take me down We'll feel better together                           better together If you take me down           Take me down We'll feel better together                           better together If you take me down           Take me down We'll feel better together                           better together
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Dance in the air Broken telescope Can’t see the woods for trees Bird’s-eye view of love Learn to say ‘please’ Please And I will dance in the air In the air And I will be true to you  Do you care? Broken telephone Caterpillars in cocoons Pick at the scab Learn to let it be Let it bleed I heard you calling out In your sleep Wanna be there Even in your dreams In your dreams And I will dance in the air In the air And I will be true to you  Do you care? And I will dance in the air In the air And I will be true to you  Do you care? If you hold on too long To the things that make you strong You forget that when you’re weak It’s the strongest you'll ever be And I will dance in the air In the air
10.
Night sweats 03:52
Night sweats I’ve seen your likeness in the portrait gallery Sad look left your soul out on a hook You’ve bled, you bleed, you’re tired. I tried left the pins inside the ones you stuck in my heart Blood cold left a trail through the trees A deer run down before you were born Can’t see you walk along the way Chrysanthemums line the pathway home Should have let you kiss me Should not have run away I should have stayed I should have stayed I’m cold, there’s nothing warm to hold I begged and pleaded a-hah Left behind you learn to rewind Don’t let it burn a hole Can’t see you walk along the way Chrysanthemums line the pathway home Should have let you kiss me Should not have run away I should have stayed I should have stayed No more talk today Can’t see you walk No more talk today
11.
Goodbye Smile When you showed me your goodbye smile You broke something inside I can’t recall what you said The words blur into one I can't eat, I can't feel anything I’ve just become numb. Yesterday, I was so happy And now I’ve got nothing left. We’ll hold each other And be safe We’ll be happy again. Once more Once more I just want to wake up from the dream Worst I’ve ever had Tell me it’s a joke and I'll smile Someday, we’ll laugh about this We’ll hold each other And be safe We’ll be happy again. You’ll look at me And see the one you love We’ll be together once more. Once more Once more Once more Walk away and close the door. Don’t say another word. In my mind, I'll dream of a way We could be together again. Imaginings All I’ve got now, It's all you've left me with
12.
Adelaide 02:43
Adelaide Adelaide, won’t you stay with me tonight? Adelaide, you know we’ll be alright Adelaide, you have always been the one Adelaide, tell me you know where I’m coming from? I know you don’t want to see me cry So don’t make me say goodbye  Adelaide, I don’t want to be your friend But, Adelaide, I will love you to the end Oh don’t be a stranger now Just love me in ways only you know how  Adelaide don’t hold a gun to my head Adelaide just take me to bed The birds and bees bite and scratch to survive It’s the best part of being alive 
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Running down 03:44
Running down Running down To the ocean Running down To the sea You were shaken off And left for drowned Played for the fool It’s all done now We all want some permanence Still searching for that something else Take that leap And lay it on the line Gotta open up, let in the light These moments are significant They’ll pass you by in a heartbeat Been around the bend and back again And now I think I’m doing fine Living by the mantra that all things end In time Running down To the ocean Running down To the sea So here we are On down that road Nowhere to hide So much to show We all want things to make sense To understand is not to know So, take the vow And share my soul With a new life That we’ve watched grow Wouldn’t change a single thing I never want to let you go Been around the bend and back again But now I think I’m doing fine Living by the mantra that all things end In time Running down To the ocean Running down To the sea
14.
Wind’s shadow I tracked my way across ice fields Horizon hard to see And even then, I saw the sun Was blinded by its brightness I followed you 'cross desert sands, Saw footsteps where there were none But though I took a few wrong turns I know I’ll catch up soon And all the time my skin turned blue And all the time I burned I did it all for love of you I did it all for you Then came the ocean rough and wild We almost died of scurvy My compass broke, crew mutinied But my ship survived the storm And all the time salt dried my mouth And all the stars that lied I found my way across the sea I made my way back home My journey goes on endlessly I see you in my dreams I'll follow shadows to my grave The wind it speaks your name The wind           The wind The wind The wind           The wind The wind The wind The wind The wind it speaks your name

about

Can art save you, even when you feel broken, numb or battered by life?
Our new album explores that idea through a podcast series from Fable Gazers: This Art May Save You, due in 2023. Over the course of many years, we've spoken to artists from all kinds of fields about the healing and sometimes life-saving qualities of creativity. Then we tried to save them with these songs. Were we successful? You be the judge.
You can read more about this on scarletstarlings.com or fablegazers.com.

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released March 10, 2023

SARA-MAE SCOTT
Song writer/arrangements, vocals, synth

MICHAEL DESMOND SCOTT
Song writer on Running Down, Eleanor, Where Dreamers Go To Die, vocals, arrangements, bass, guitar

TALITHA GAMAROFF
Vocals

KHALID HAM
Bass guitar

SCOTT FITZGERALD
Producer/mixing engineer, organ, bass and synths

GUEST ARTISTS
TOM CHADD
Keys, synths

JOE TUSON
Drums, drum machine

JOHN NICHOLLS
Guitars

DANNY GREEN
Drums

MIKE SIDDALL
Violins

ANDY KEMP
Electric guitar

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Scarlet Starlings is an alternative folk band made up of cousins, siblings and friends.

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