LAURA MARLING I SPEAK BECAUSE I CAN DEVIL’S SPOKE - MADE BY MAID - RAMBLING MAN

BLACKBERRY STONE - ALPHA SHALLOWS

GOODBYE ENGLAND - HOPE IN THE AIR

WHAT HE WROTE - DARKNESS DESCENDS

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I. DEVIL'S SPOKE - THAT I MIGHT BE A PART OF THIS, RIPPLE ON WATER FROM A LONESOME DRIP. A FALLEN TREE 1 HAT WITNES...

HIM AND ME. AND THAT LIFE ITSELF COULD NOT ASPIRE, TO HAVE SOMEONE BE SO ADMIRED, I THREW CREATION TO MY KIN, WITH A SILENCE

BROKEN BY A WHISPERED WIND. ALL OF THIS CAN BE BROKEN. ALL OF THIS CAN BE BROKEN, HOLD YOUR DEVIL BY HIS SPOKE AND SPIN HIM TO THE

GROUND. ROOT TO ROOT AND TIP TO TIP. I LOOK AT HIM MY COUNTRY DRIP. LEATHERED UP BY ALL HIS FEARS. BUT SOMEONE BROUGHT YOU

CLOSE TO TEARS. MANY TRAINS AND MANY MILES, BROUGHT YOU TO ME ON THIS SUNNY ISLE AND WHAT OF WHICH YOU WISH TO SPEAK, HAVE

YOU COME HERE TO RESCUE ME? ALL OF THIS CAN BE BROKEN. ALL OF THIS CAN BE BROKEN, HOLD YOUR DEVIL BY HIS SPOKE AND SPIN HIM TO

THE GROUND. BUT THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE LIVES, BUT LIES NO MORE THAN WHERE SHE LAY YOUR F LOWERS GROWS, THE ARMS THAT FED AND

THE BABES THAT WED. THE BACKS THAT BLED KEEPING HER IN TOW. BUT I AM YOUR KEEPER. AND I HOLD YOUR FACE AWAY FROM LIGHT. I AM

YOURS ' TILL THEY COME, I AM YOURS TILL THEY COME. EYE TO EYE, NOSE TO NOSE. RIPPING OFF EACH OTHERS CLOTHES IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY.

EYE TO EYE. NOSE TO NOSE, RIPPING OFF EACH OTHERS CLOTHES IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY.-♦-2. MADE BY MAID - THEY DANCED LIKE

SIRENS, HOPING THE SUN WOULD COME OUT AGAIN. AND 1 WAS BORN IN THE FOG OF THAT DAY. COULD THEY HEAR A BABE, UNDER ALL THAT

FAITH, OR HAVE THEY FORGOT WHAT IT WAS THEY MADE? CRAWLED OUT OF THE FOG, FOUND A RIVER, FOUND A LOG AND F LOATED AWAY.

DIDN’T THINK I'D BE COMING BACK THIS WAY. BUT MY FEET RESOLUTE. FOUND THEIR ROOT, AND BROUGHT ME BACK TO ITS PLACE. AND ON THE

HILL WHERE I WAS BORN. THERE IS A ROSE WITHOUT A THORN. THEY CUT IT OFF EACH YEAR AND GIVE IT AWAY. BUT CAN THEY HEAR A BABE,

AFTER Al L THESE DAYS. OR IIAVF THEY FORGOT WHAT IT WAS THAT THEY MADE9 SO LEFT TO WANDER BLIND, 1 FIND MYSELF IN CAUTIOUS TIMES.

AND THEY SAY, LOVE'S LABOURS NEVER LOST, BUT LABOUR ON TO THIS VERY DAY. SO I WALK INTO THE FOG, FIND A BABE ATOP A LOG. AND ALL

ALONE, TOOK HIM UNDER, TOOK HIM ON, TAUGHT HIM EVERYTHING ABOUT THE WORLD I’VE COME TO KNOW. HE BLAMES ME FOR EVERY WRONG

EVER HE MADE, I'M BLAMED FOR EVERY WRONG EVER HE MADE, FORGIVE ME 1 AM ONLY A MAID, FORGIVE ME 1 AM ONLY A MAID. BUT I CAN STILL

SEE A BABE. UNDER ALL THAT BLAME. BUT I AM FORGOT FROM THE DAY I AM LAID.-3. RAMBLING MAN - OH NAIVE LITTLE ME. ASKING

WHAT THINGS YOU HAVE SEEN. AND YOU'RE VULNERABLE IN YOUR HEAD. YOU'LL SCREAM AND YOU'LL WAIL TILL YOU'RE DEAD. CREATURES

VEIL ED BY NIGHT, FOLLOWING THINGS THAT AREN'T RIGHT, AND THEY’RE TIRED AND THEY NEED TO BF. LED, BUT YOU'LL SCREAM AND WAIL TILL

YOU'RE DEAD. BUT GIVE ME TO A RAMBLING MAN. LET IT ALWAYS BE KNOWN THAT I WAS WHO I AM. BEATEN BATTERED COLD. MY CHILDREN WILL

LIVE IUST TO GROW OLD. BUT IF 1 SIT HERE AND WEEP. I'LL BE BLOWN OYER BY THE SLIGHTEST OF BREEZE. AND THE WEAK NEED TO BE LED, AND THE

TENDER ARE CARRIED TO THEIR BED. AND IT'S A COLD AND PALE AFFAIR, AND I'LL BE DAMMED IF I’LL BE FOUND THERE. BUT GIVE ME TO A

RAMBLING MAN, LET IT ALWAYS BE KNOWN THAT I WAS WHO I AM. IT'S FUNNY THAT THE FIRST CHORDS THAT YOU COME TO, ARE THE MINOR

NOTES THAT COME TO SERENADE YOU, AND IT'S HARD TO ACCEPT YOURSELF AS SOMEONE, YOU DON'T DESIRE, AS SOMEONE YOU DON'T WANT

TO BE OH GIVE ME TO A RAMBLING MAN, LET IT ALWAYS BE KNOWN THAT I WAS WHO 1 AM, OH GIVE ME TO THE RAMBLING MAN. LET IT ALWAYS

BE KNOWN THAT I WAS WHO 1 AM.-4. BLACKBERRY STONE - WELL I OWN THIS FIELD. AND I WROTE THIS SKY. AND I HAVE NO REASON TO

REASON WITH YOU. I'D BE SAD THAT I NEVER HELD YOUR HAND AS YOU WERE LOWERED. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT I’D NEVER LET IT GO. I'D BE SAD

THAT I NEVER HELD YOUR HAND AS YOU WERE LOWERED, BUT I'D UNDERSTAND THE WORLD DOES WHAT IT DOES. AND YOU NEVER DID LEARN

TO LET THE LITTLE THINGS GO, AND YOU NEVER DID LEARN TO LET ME BE. AND YOU NEVER DID LEARN TO LET LITTLE PEOPLE GROW. AND YOU

NEVER DID LEARN TO SEE. BUT I'LL WHISPER THAT I LOVE THIS MAN. NOW, AND FOR FOREVER, TO YOUR SOUL AS IT F BOATS OUT OF THE WINDOW.

TO THE WORLD THAT YOU TURNED YOUR BACK ON, TO THE WORLD THAT NEVER REALLY LET YOU BE. AND I AM LOWER NOW AND LOWER STILL.

AND YOU DID ALWAYS SAY THAT ONE DAY I WOULD SUFFER, YOU DID ALWAYS SAY THAT PEOPLE GET THEIR PAY, YOU DID ALWAYS SAY THAT I WAS

GOING PLACES, AND THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY. BUT I COULDN'T TURN MY BACK ON A WORLD FOR WHAT I LACK

WOULDN'T LET ME BUT I COULDN'T TURN MY BACK ON A WORLD FOR WHAT I LIKE I NEED IT, BUT I COULDN'T TURN MY BACK ON A WORLD FOR

WHAT I LACK WOULDN'T LET ME AND I COULDN'T TURN MY BACK ON A WORLD FOR WHAT I LIKE I NEED IT. AND I SHOULDN'T TURN MY BACK

ON A SWEET SMELLING BLACKBERRY STONE.-•-5. ALPHA SHALLOWS - HE COULD FALL AND SHAKE AND WEEP. BY HIS HOLY ARE MY FEET.

AND HEART WITH MENTION THE DEAR THAT MAY NOT SPEAK. WE FEEL TIGHT WHEN THERE IS TENSION. AND OUR EYES CAN MAKE US WEEP. AND

HIS HEART WAS FULL OF F IRE, AT THE MAN HE HAD BECOME. AND HIS SOUL WAS SELDOM HIGHER. WITH THE FALSITIES OF FUN, COULD EMBRACE

SWEET DESIRES IN MOMENTS AS THEY PASS, BUT HE FEARED EVER MORE. HE SAW IT DIDN'T LAST. WE WALK UP HOLLAND AVENUE. AND WATCH THE

RICH AS THEY CONSUME. THAT PRODUCT MADE OUR HEARTS EXUDE, AN EMPTINESS UNRIVALLED BY. THE HUNGER THAT I COULD CONTROL. HE'D

PRA¥ UP TO HIS GOD THAT HE MIGHT SAVE THEIR SOUL. THE GREY IN THIS CITY IS TOO MUCH TO BEAR. THE GREY IN THIS CITY IS TOO MUCH TO

BEAR, AND I BELIEVE WE ARE MEANT TO BE SEEN, AND NOT TO BE UNDERSTOOD. AND I WANT TO BE HELD BY THOSE ARMS. I WANT TO BE HELD BY

THOSE ARMS. YOU'LL WORK YOUR THUMBS TILL THEY'RE SORE. AND YOU'LL WORK MY HEART UNTIL IT'S RAW, AND YOU'LL CALL AND YOU'LL

CALL BUT YOU'LL NEVER BE TOLD. AND I'LL FALL AND I'LL FALL AND I'LL FALL, AND I'LL FALL AND I'LL FALL AND I'LL FALL. WE ARE BASIC LIGHT, WE

ARE BASIC LIGHT._•_6.GOODBYE ENGLAND (COVERED IN SNOW) - YOU WERE SO SMART THEN IN YOUR IACKET AND COAT, MY SOFTEST RED

SCARF WAS WARMING YOUR THROAT. WINTER WAS ON US AT THE END OF MY NOSE, AND I NEVER LOVE ENGLAND MORE THAN WHEN COVERED

IN SNOW. BUT A FRIEND OF MINE SAY'S IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE,EVEN IF SAID IN FEAR. WELL I'LL HOLD YOU THERE BROTHER

AND SET YOU STRAIGHT, I ONLY BELIEVE TRUE LOVE IS FRAIL AND WILLING TO BREAK. I WILL COME BACK HERE. BRING ME BACK WHEN I'M OLD. I

WANT TO LAY HERE FOREVER IN THE COLD. I MIGHT BE COLD BUT I'M (UST SKIN AND BONES, AND I NEVER LOVE ENGLAND MORE THAT WHEN

COVERED IN SNOW. I WROTE MY NAME IN YOUR BOOK. ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY. AND I BET YOU THAT HE CRACKED A SMILE. AND I’M CLEARING

ALL THE CRAP OUT OF MY ROOM, TRYING DESPERATELY TO F IGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT MAKES ME BLUE. AND I WROTE A BIG LETTER TO YOU.

AND IT’S TWENTY-TWO PAGES FRONT AND BACK, BUT IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE USED. AIID 1 TRY TO Bt A GIRL WHO LIKES TO BE USED. I'M TOO GOOD

FOR THAT, THERE'S A MIND UNDER THIS HAT. AND 1 CALLED 'THEM ALL AND TOLD THEM I'VE .GOT TO MOVE. I'M ON MY OWN, IT'S TOO HARD, I'M

ON MY OWN IT'S TOO HARD. FEEL LIKE RUNNING, FEEL LIKE RUNNING. RUN IT OFF. AND WE WILL KEEP YOU, WE WILL KEEP YOU. LITTLE ONE, SAFE

FROM HARM LIKE AN EXTRA ARM YOU ARE PART OF US. YOU WERE SO SMART THEN IN YOUR IACKET AND COAT. MY SOFTEST RED SCARF WAS

WARMING YOUR THROAT. WINTER WILL LEAVE US. LEFT THE END OF MY NOSE. GOODBYE OLD ENGLAND UNTIL NEXT YEAR'S SNOW.-•-

7. HOPE IN THE AIR - THERE IS A MAN THAT I KNOW. FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS HE NEVER SPOKE, GUESSED HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY, HE OPENED HIS

MOUTH ON IUDGEMENT DAY. I LISTENED WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT, I WAS SCARED BY THE LOOK IN HIS EYES, LIKE HE'D ALREADY LOST THE F IGHT.

AND THERE WAS NO HOPE EVER IN SIGHT. NO HOPE IN THE AIR, NO HOPE IN THE WATER, NOT EVEN FOR ME YOUR LAST SERVING DAUGHTER. WHY

FEAR DEATH, BE SCARED OF LIVING. OH HEARTS ARE SMALL AND EVER THINNING. THERE IS NO HOPE EVER OF WINNING, OH WHY FEAR DEATH. BE

SCARED OF LIVING. 1 HAVE SEEN MEN PROVOKED. AND 1 HAVE SEEN LIVES REVOKED. AND I LOOKED AT MY LIFE AND I CHOKED, FROM THERE NO

MORE EVER 1 SPOKE. I CAN’T GIVE UP THAT QUICK, MY LIFE IS A CANDLE AND A WICK, YOU CAN PUT IT OUT BUT YOU CANT BREAK IT DOWN, IN

THE END WE ARE WAITING TO BE LIT. THERE’S HOPE IN THE AIR,THERE’S HOPE IN THE WATER, BUT SADLY NOT ME YOU LAST SERVING DAUGHTER. A

FRIEND IS A FRIEND FOREVER. AND A GOOD ONE WILL NEVER LEAVE NEVER, BUT YOU'VE NEVER BEEN SOUTH AND WHAT ROLLS OFF YOUR MOUTH.

YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND EVER. YOU SPEAK MINDS HANDED DOWN TO YOU, BY THE LIES HANDED DOWN BY YOUR TRUTH, AND YOUR

ANGELS THAT DANCE AT YOUR WAIL. WILL MASK YOUR SCRABBLING YOUTH. I FORGAVE YOU YOUR SHORT COMINGS, AND IGNORED YOUR

CHILDISH BEHAVIOUR, LAID A KISS ON YOUR HEAD AND BEFORE I LEFT SAID, STAY AWAY FROM F LEETING FAVOUR. THERE'S HOPE IN THE AIR, THERE'S

HOPE IN THE WATER. BUT SADLY NOT ME YOUR LAST SERVING DAUGHTER. PICK UP YOUR ROPE LORD, SLING IT TO ME. IF WE ARE TO BATTLE I MUST

NOT BE WEAK. AND GIVE US YOUR STRENGTH WORLD. AND YOUR FOOD AND YOUR WATER. OH I AM YOUR SAVIOUR YOUR LAST SERVING

DAUGHTER. THERE'S HOPE IN THE AIR. THERE'S HOPE IN THE WATER. BUT SADI Y NOT ME, YOUR LAST SERVING DAUGHTER. THERE'S HOPE IN THE AIR.

THERE'S HOPE IN THE WATER. BUT NO HOPE FOR ME. YOUR LAST SERVING DAUGHTER.-8. WHAT HE WROTE - FORGIVE ME HERA. I CANNOT

STAY, I IE CUT OUT MY TONGUE, THERE IS NOTHING TO SAVE, LOVE ME OH LORD, HE THREW ME AWAY, HE LAUGHED AT MY SINS, IN HIS ARMS I

MUST STAY. HE WROTE, I'M BROKE. PLEASE SEND FOR ME. BUT I AM BROKEN TOO AND SPOKEN FOR, DO NOT TEMPT ME. HER SKIN IS WHITE AND I'M

LIGHT AS THE SUN, SO HOLY LIGHT SHINES ON THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE. SO I ASKED HIM HOW HE BECAME THIS MAN, HOW DID HE LEARN TO

HOLD FRUIT IN HIS HANDS. AND WHERE IS THE LAMB THAT GAVE YOU YOUR NAME. HE HAD TO LEAVE THOUGH I BEGGED HIM TO STAY. LEFT ME

ALONE WHEN I NEEDED THE LIGHT. FELL TO MY KNEES I WEPT FOR MY LIFE. IF HE HAD OF STAYED YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND. IF HE HAD OF STAYED

YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE NEVER TAKEN MY HAND. HE WROTE I AM LOW PLEASE SEND FOR ME, BUT I AM BROKEN TOO AND SPOKEN FOR. DO NOT

TEMPT ME. AND WHERE IS THE LAMB THAT GAVE YOU YOUR NAME. HE HAD TO LEAVE THOUGH I BEGGED HIM TO STAY. BEGGED HIM TO STAY IN

MY COLD WOODEN GRIP, BEGGED HIM TO STAY BY THE LIGHT OF THIS SHIP. ME F IGHTING HIM F IGFITING LIGHT F 1GHTING DAWN, THE WAVES

CAME AND STOLE HIM AND TOOK HIM TO WAR. HE WROTE I'M BROKE. PLEASE SEND FOR ME. BUT 1 AM BROKEN TOO. AND SPOKEN FOR, DO NOT

TEMPT ME. FORGIVE ME HERA. I CANNOT STAY, HE CUT OUT MY TONGUE, THERE IS NOTHING TO SAVE. LOVE ME OH LORD, HE THREW ME AWAY. HE

LAUGHED AT MY SINS, IN HIS ARMS I MUST STAY. HE WROTE. I'M BROKE. PLEASE SEND FOR ME, BUT I AM BROKEN TOO AND SPOKEN FOR. DO NOT

TEMPT ME. WE WRITE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 1 MISS HIS SMELL. WE SPEAK WHEN SPOKEN TO. THAT SUITS US WELL, THAT SUITS US WELL, THAT SUITS'ME

WELL.-9. DARKNESS DESCENDS - YOU'RE HOLDING BITS OF STYROFOAM WITH YOUR FACE PAINTED ON TO YOUR FRIENDS. YOU LISTEN TO

THEM WHINE AND MOAN ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND. CAN I JUST SAY I DON'T FEAR THE LIGHT. BUT DARKNESS DESCENDS

ONCE MORE INTO MY LIFE. AND SUDDENLY WE'RE ALL ALONE IN SILENCE, SO I TAKE A STEP AWAY. I LOOK UP TO THE FALLING SNOW AS IT MAKES

ITS HOME UPON MY FACE. WELL I WOULDN'T WANT TO RUIN SOMETHING 1 COULDN'T SAVE. THE GAP WILL KEEP US SAFE. THE GAP WILL KEEP US

SAFE. STEP AWAY, GET ME WHEN I'M DOWN. AND SUDDENLY I'M F IVE YEARS OLD AND I'M IUST SO COLD I WANT TO CRY. I HAUL UP ON MY

GENTLEMEN, WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE IN FIARD TIMES. THEY'RE IUST NOT LIKE THAT MAN OF MINE, WHO VISIT ME FROM TIME TO TIME.

MY LOVE, I TREASURE YOU. I HEAR THAT SUMMER'S COMING BACK SO I STRETCH OUT MY BACK AND TRAVEL A LONG. THE WINTER THOUGH IT

DARKENS ME IT IS PURE AND CLEAN AND ALL I WANT. I'LL APOLOGISE TO THE ONES I LOVE. FOR LEAVING THEM WHEN THE SUN COMES UP. TOO

BRIGHT FOR ME, DARKNESS DESCENDS. OH WELL I'M NOT WELL AGAIN, AND ONCE MORE DARKNESS IT DESCENDS. THE GROUND IS FALLING UNDER

ME. AND I CAN'T F IND THE MEANS TO LEAVE. CONVINCED THAT 1 AM GOING MAD. OH I BURY MY HEAD INTO HIS HANDS SO SURE THAT I'M

LOOSING FAITH, OH I CLEAR A SPACE IN HIS FATHERS LAND YOU DEAL WITH GOD FAR TOO YOUNG, BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOUR LIFE HAS RUN

away.--10. I SPEAK BECAUSE I CAN - MY HUSBAND LEFT ME LAST NIGHT. LEFT ME A POOR AND LONELY WIFE. I COOK THE MEALS AND HE

GOT THE LIFE. NOW I'M IUST OLD FOR THE REST OF MY TIME. FOR HE, OH HE. OH MY I SPEAK BECAUSE I CAN, TO ANYONE I TRUST ENOUGH TO

LISTEN, YOU SPEAK BECAUSE YOU CAN, TO ANYONE WHO'LL HEAR WHAT YOU SAY, I SWEAR IT WAS NOT MY CHOICE, I USED TO BE SO KIND. NEVER

RODE MY BIKE DOWN TO THE SEA, NEVER F INISHED THAT LETTER I WAS WRITING. NEVER GOT UP AND SAID ANYTHING, WORTHY, FOR HE, FOR MY.

GRACEFUL SLEEPER. YOU MIDNIGHT DREAMER, I'M F LOORED BY YOUR SOUND. I'M F LOORED BY YOUR SOUND. I SWEAR IT WAS NOT MY CHOICE. TO

REACH OUT FOR SOMEONE WISE. I USED TO BE SO KIND. 1 USED TO BE SO KIND. IN THE BREAKING OF THE MORNING WE’LL BE DANCING ON MY

SOFT LAWN. WHEN YOU'RE SHAKING OUT THE ANGERTHAT STOPS YOU FROM TAKING MY CALL. WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING UP THE HIGHWAY.

SINGING I'M THE KING. THE KING OF YOU ALL. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK TO WHERE IT STARTED, I'LL BE THERE WAVING YOU ON. NEVER RODE MY

BIKE DOWN TO THE SEA, NEVER QUITE F ICO RED OUT WHAT I BELIEVE. NEVER GOT UP AND SAID ANYTHING. WORTHY, FOR HE. FOR MY.-•-

THANK YOU TO... THE BOY. THE BEAR. THE BEARD. THE FIDDLER, E| AND THE BANJO TICKLER. DOM, ROBIN AND ALL AT REAL WORLD GHAT'S YOU

LADIES). PHIL AND EASTCOTE STUDIOS. TO THE PEOPLE WHO HOLD IT ALL lOGETHER. ADMAN, IT, LUCY AND LIAM, BRIGGS, GEORGE. JOEL, IOY. ALEX,

SARAH, TEDDY GIGGLES. MANISH AND ALL THE POWERS THAT BE. ETHAN AND SOPHIE MILNER FOR LETTING US HAVE A PIECE OF THEIR SUBSTANTIAL

TALENT. TO THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP US TICKING, MA AND PA, GEE AND A1MY, DEAR FRIENDS AND DISTANT THINKERS, LITTLE DELILAH AND GEORGINA,

PHOEBS. RUTH. MAX, WILL, OLIVE. EMILY. BENJ1, BORIS AND HIS FAMILY. GRAZZLY AND THE QUINS, 1 AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL.