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Live - The Graffiti Dress Session

by Cannelle

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Soul Baring 02:18
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Soul Baring Made up my mind to do a live show Picked up an outfit with some sparkle Was feeling zen with my decision Was feeling brave 'til I saw people And now I'm watching you watching me watching you and To be honest I'm freaking out a little Deep breath and I close my eyes It's gonna be all right I joined a band way back in high school And this one time we played a show There were some mean girls on the front row Ain't that always the way it goes? But then those mean girls said some mean things And I let myself believe them I should've told them to fuck off I've always been a little soft... Do you ever have those moments Like "oh shit how did this just happen?!" "What did I just get myself into, sitting here in front of all of you?!" It's like the Twilight Zone Like Willy Wonka on his boat There is just no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going Or which way the river's flowing Whether we're dull or we are glowing Whether it's fear or love that's showing As I am sitting here and singing Watching all of you watching This bit of soul that I am baring This bit of soul that I am baring...
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The Mess Inside Your Head 03:29
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The Mess Inside Your Head Darling I see you, I know that you're running You're running from something, that something is nothing And nothing can hurt you, I wish you could believe Your heart rate is up, and the shaking won't stop And you think this is it, it'll pass in a bit You just need to take a sec and breathe It hit you last night, as you turned off the light Your chest feeling heavy, your head not quite right You know what it is, but you still can't make it stop You rationalize, 'cause you've been here before You're tired of this game and it's getting you down But darling hold on and I will bring you up - up - up... You're drinking some water, you're popping some pills You're hot for a second then you're got the chills You know it's just the mess inside your head Your brain knows the truth, your heart won't follow suit? It's not working, not working, don't know what to do My darling I just want you to be good, good, good Now you've gone quiet, can't tell if you're sleeping I don't want to jinx it, I don't feel the trembling I think this episode has reached its end Just then you turn over, I see you're exhausted Your face looks pale and your eyes are half closed And still you reach out to take my hand... Now can we just take a breath, I'll help you feel safe again The room is warm, and the sheets are soft I can hear you breathing softly, all is calm and all is bright No more panic in the air tonight Now it's the morning, and all's back to normal We're singing and dancing, no care in the world Like last night's trouble never really was We're feeling joy, and we're smiling again all is always right in the end today we're all standing in the sun But behind your eyes, I can see a dark cloud You're scared 'cause you know it could happen again The room feels like it's running out of air But you catch my smile, heave a sigh of relief You know you can always be counting on me Cause darling I will always be there - there - there
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Collected Sounds 00:41
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Collected Sounds She walks by the sea Counting shells on the beach 1 - 2 - 3 She picks them up one by one Collecting their ocean sounds She puts them inside of her pocket And walks them back to the town There she says to all of the people I collected all the sounds I collected all the sounds
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At the End 03:52
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At the End Before the stars crash to the floor and the ice melts to the shore Don't stand down, stand your ground When the ones who live in greed Burn the plants and kill the seeds At the end, what will they have left? No family, no lover no food and no shelter water, just water everywhere and not a soul to drink it No flora, no fauna No roads and no buildings Just fire, fire - burning, burning and not a soul to see it When the water rises higher than the tallest sky scrapers and there's no land, left to stand on When the birds fall from the sky and the city sits in silence At the end, what will you have left? No sound of birds singing No small children laughing No sweet Sunday mornings Just weeping, weeping - Pole to pole, sea to sea No films and no music No concerts, no picnics No art and no beauty Just devastation - As far as the eye can see Is it wishful thinking that there’s another way If we can just give instead of take In the end you'll have nothing to your name everything you love will have gone away... I can meet him eye to eye I've got the strength of mind I won't stand down, I'll stand my ground Determination is what he'll see When that devil turns to me 'Cause I won't bend, at the end
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The Christmas Ghost 04:09
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The Christmas Ghost All the ornaments are hung We put on records and sang along We celebrated Christmas Eve And now it's time to go to sleep As I head up to my bed Christmas dreams swirl in my head Think I hear a noise outside But it's not Santa on my mind I'm waiting for your ghost It's Christmas please come home Every year I look For Footprints in the snow You standing at my door Snowflakes in your hair But there is no one there Only cold, still air I lay in bed wide awake And think of long-gone Christmas Days Soldiers, milk-maids, turtle doves Feeling safe and loved Gifts with ribbon wrapped up tight Garlands, tinsel, sweet delights I wish I may, I wish I might Find your ghost this Christmas Night I'm waiting for your ghost So I can see your smile again The twinkle in your eye Beneath the Christmas Lights Wishing for your ghost Please, oh please come home It's the only wish On my Christmas list
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Pretty 03:04
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Pretty But there’s something you should know I tie my trash bags with a bow I like to make everything oh so Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty Pretty, pretty, pretty, you know I catch flies and let them go I don’t eat cows or pigs or chickens I don’t wear gloves, I just wear mittens And I only read in bubble baths And I’m not so very good at maths I can’t choose between coffee or tea I curse just like a sailor I’m not one for social fodder I just like to let things be, the way they want to be I soak feelings like a sponge And my favourite colour is orange I found a word that sorta rhymes with orange I guess I’m pretty good at rhymes Inventing new songs on a dime Not super useful, but it’s fun, sometimes But one day you might realize I’m not someone you recognize I’m not the prize you always thought I’d be So this is a preemptive strike Here are all the things I’m like These are all the things that make me, me Laid out bare for all the world to see I fake it ‘til I make it I don’t know what I’m doing Was that a B-flat-7 or a Bee? I wish people would be kinder Some may say that I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one, I'm not the only one I'm not the only one, I'm not the only one, They say it’s impossible, they say just let it go They say... …But I wish for it anyway, that I will live to see the day When everyone lets everyone just be (Happy Happy Happy) The birds the bees, the earth the sea, all living in sweet harmony Then the whole world would be so Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty Pretty, pretty, pretty, you see
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Tardigrade 03:28
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Tardigrade Teeny tiny tardigrade Some say that he came from space Watches the tectonic plates With a smile on his face Teeny tiny tardigrade Patiently he sits and waits For the big apocalypse With a smile on his lips All the humans baked When the ozone went away But don't underestimate The teeny tiny tardigrade He won the battle, he won the war And found himself left all alone All the others chose to split Just before the end times hit Being alone is not so great thought the little tardigrade There was nothing left to see So he sang himself to sleep La la la la la la la la la Squish 'em , squash 'em, cook 'em, starve 'em You could even dehydrate Nothing in this world can kill The mini mighty itty bitty gritty teeny tiny tardigrade
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Night 04:30
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Night When I was a child, I remember feeling so afraid, ‘til the night came When I was a child, I didn’t know how to be brave, ‘til the night came When I was a child, I didn’t know how to face the day and the dark sky made it all go away, when the night came Backwards blackbird backdrop soaring high Like a blanket covering the light Stars reach out across a million miles Signaling that they were once a live light When I was a child, I didn’t have a lot of friends, ‘til the night came When I was a child, I always felt so alone But I wasn’t ‘cause my shadow told me so, when the night came When I was a child, I didn’t really have a voice Then the night birds came and gifted me their songs When I was a child, I whispered secrets to the wind, ‘til the night came When I was a child, I didn’t have a lot of love And the horses running wild brought me some, when the night came Indigo and black fade into one, like a canvas covering the sun Satellites that give and take, all the things we send their way Messages get mixed and twisted wave by wave When I was a child, I didn’t often feel safe, ‘til the night came When I was a child, and other people were unkind I wished I could spread my wings and take flight, 'til the night came When I was a child, I didn’t have a lot of warmth, And the horses running wild brought me sun And the horses running wild brought me sun And the horses running wild brought me sun When the night came Watch the dark birds filling up the sky, as the moon looks down at us and smiles Night sounds echo riding on the wind, daylight fades as dark gets settled in When I was a child, I didn’t really feel at home, ‘til the night came
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'Til She Learns 02:27
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‘Til She Learns Look how she’s gone and whipped out her phone The minute she felt remotely wronged She’s so sure she’s right, in her made-up plight She’s a pro at playing victim in this fight Is it really that bad? Are you really that hurt? Are you mortally wounded, or do you just feel like you should be? Are you out of your mind? Or am I just out of mine? Was it really a crime, when he grazed your behind? He was just walking by, he’s just a kid Did you have to freak, like a freak on a leash? Just put one on your dog, girl it’s the law Over time, she’ll find another and another and another and another She’ll go on like no one else, matters but herself He had the gall, to walk down the hall Of the building where both of them reside Now she wallows in gloom, in her one bedroom Alone with all the ugliness inside Was it really that bad? Were you really that hurt? Were you mortally wounded, or do you just feel like you could be? Are you out of your mind? Or am I just out of mine? Over time, she’ll find another and another and another and another She’ll go on like no one else, matters ‘til she learns to love herself

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Is it perfect? No. Are there blunders? Yes. Is it genuine, spontaneous, and fun? You bet! This is a collection of 9 original songs recorded directly into my laptop during a recent online livestream concert. Enjoy!

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released October 2, 2020

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Cannelle Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cannelle (aka Melissa Oliveri) is a musician and author from Quebec, Canada who lives in Minneapolis, MN. She plays guitar and piano, and writes original songs both for herself, and for her spooky serial fiction podcast The Skylark Bell (available on all major podcast platforms). ... more

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