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Put an apple in your life...
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Coldest Day of the Year
05:08
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Coldest Day of the Year (lyrics by Sienna Dahlen)
A winter wind is blowing
It chills me to the bone
The icicles are forming
A fortress 'round this home
My heart is numb
The coldest day of the year
Can't find the sun
It froze and disappeared
My body aches
The coldest day of the year
Our love, at stake
Do you fear what I fear?
Snowstorm in July
Buried us alive
We fought to survive
Searching for some light
Snowstorm in July
Took us by surprise
Left us blue and blind
Naked, paralyzed
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Alerces
05:05
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Alerces (lyrics by Sienna Dahlen)
I have read of your history
You have seen it all
Three thousand years of memories
Permeate your walls
Your skin speaks of resistance
You’ve a weathered tone
We have grown through your presence
Planted seeds of hope
Facing inward inside of myself
Is this shadow my shelter?
Here your autumn replaces my spring
I long for the flowers
Your constellations speak foreign tongues
I am lost in translation
Alerces, Alerces, Alerces
Speak to me of patience
In your wind I hear memory
Many long goodbyes
In your sun I hear brilliance
Dancing on the tides
In your rain I hear chanting
Mourning those who’ve died
In your snow I hear silence
Falling out of time
Facing inward outside of myself
Is this shadow my shelter?
Here your autumn replaces my spring
I long for the flowers
Your constellations speak foreign tongues
I am lost in translation
Alerces, Alerces, Alerces
Sing to me of patience
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Precious Things
05:51
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Precious Things (lyrics by Karl Jannuska)
Grey skies tarnish me with
Acid rain
War-torn tv screens
Life is vain
Crowded shopping malls
Make me scream
Whiskey, Lexomil
Help me dream, of
Precious Things
Money brings
Savage daily grind
Earn my keep
Bloodshot, bleary eyes are
What I reap
Happiness
What is this ?
Help me see, through
Misery
Old man’s weary eyes
Look at me
Through the Sunday news
On his knee
Tender words, I
Seldom heard
Busy ears
Missed my tears
Wrinkled smile beams
Radiant warmth
Eyes cry innocence
Hope is born
Precious Things
That I bring, are
Words of gold
Fondly told
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Smokescreen
05:07
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Smokescreen (lyrics by Karl Jannuska)
Calm facade is but a smokescreen
I see through it
Panic buttons line your being
Can’t control it
Ahhhhhhhh
Nonchalence is but a smokescreen
It’s translucent
Raise your army fight your demons
Kill the nuisance
Ahhhhhhh
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Million Miles Away
04:01
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Million Miles Away (lyrics by Karl Jannuska)
Your body's in the human race
While your mind's in outer space
Your vacant stare gives you away
You're a million miles away
Your thoughts have left the stratosphere
Parting smile so insincere
You do not hear a word I say
You're a million miles away
Your effervescent mind has gone
To a place where you belong
Where dreamers dream both night and day
It's a million miles away
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Firloupe
02:55
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Firloupe (lyrics by Karl Jannuska)
Strings of goodness
Wonderful things
Endless firloupe
How my heart sings
Tasty strands are
Mind-bending
Tangled web is
Hunger-mending
Brings smiles to a
Winter shindig
Goes down with wine
Or a soft drink
Gaining control
Takes some patience
Firloupe is a
Taste-sensation
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One Droning Pedal Tone
06:17
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One Droning Pedal Tone (lyrics by Sienna Dahlen)
One droning pedal tone
Could change the course of your life
Sing you back the breath you need
Teach your weary eyes to see
Springtime innocence
Pure, eternal bliss
Growth though nothingness
Love that you may have missed
One droning pedal tone
Seeking a place to call home
Nestles in your consciousness
Cleans your soul of bitterness
Perfect harmony
Synchronicity
Radiant frequency
One droning pedal tone
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Lilac by Night
04:28
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Lilac by Night (lyrics by Sienna Dahlen)
Have you smelled the essence of
Lilac by night
She will leave you drunk with love
Lilac by night
Born out of a spring fever
Lilac by night
Bearing stamen and stigma
Lilac by night
Her leaves are heart-shaped
Lilac by night
Her blooms undulate
Lilac by night
Nocturnal empress
Lilac by night
Perennial goddess
Lilac by night
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Noble Energy
02:10
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Noble Energy (lyrics by Karl Jannuska)
I have a noble energy
That picks me up and carries me
It’s better than a battery
It’s shelf-life lasts eternally
I feel its winding synergy
That gives us binding symmetry
It’s solar, wind and hydro too
And leaves no toxic residue
No global warming fossil fuels
With rest its energy renews
I feel its winding synergy
That gives us binding symmetry
Clean energy
Green energy
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Four-Leaf Clover
06:04
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Four-leaf Clover (lyrics by Sienna Dahlen)
Last night I
Grazed the sky
Crossed the earth
Arms spread wide
Fields of green
Filled with dreams
Ocean's hue
Marine blue
Desert land
Sand dune tan
Fields of
Luck
Hope
Faith
Love
Call my name
Light my way
Solar winds chime
Soaring through time
Like a firefly
Faster than light
Make a wish
St. Patrick
Four-leafed bliss
Life's a gift
Four-leafed clover
etc.
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Karl Jannuska Paris, France
Canadian drummer, composer and producer based in Paris, France.
Karl Jannuska recommends:
This is a band I play in with French musicians Christophe Panzani, Tony Paeleman and Pierre Perchaud. A cross between jazz and rock this album is an entire live concert completely improvised.
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Live Sesh and Xtra Songs
by Louis cole
Louis Cole is awesome. Check it out!
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I'm a big fan of Nate's music. He wrote and arranged all of the music, plays all of the instruments himself and even recorded, mixed and mastered all of his discs.
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