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1. |
My Prayer
02:51
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put your hopes on me
turn the radio on
listen to its breath
listen to its prayer
tune into me
and tune into god
i am the great i am
put it all on me
then put the radio on
listen to her breath
listen to her prayer
tune into me
and tune into god
i am the great i am
put your faith in me
turn the radio dial
listen to my breath
listen to my prayer
tune into me
and tune into god
i am the great i am
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2. |
Who We Are
03:49
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“search for me”
another night
i will see it through
i lay on the floor
and i plead with you,
“lead me on,
i will crawl”
hold my breath
hesitate
and the stars
align to spell your name
and you call,
“search for me”
follow you down where the angels would hide
you point at the moon and say,
“it’s not time, but i’ll see you soon”
leading me on where the rivers collide
as a deer lifts its head up in fear of his shame
you leave through the alley way
and i fawn
i can’t speak
i will see you soon
you run away
and i break
then you turn
my shadow into flames
and you call,
“search for me”
don’t go away
i can’t wait
i will cross
your vacant endless plains
write your name on my back with your finger
and i believe it started with a V
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3. |
Where It Hurts
02:37
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on a midnight walk
i feel the breeze
shadows of my wants
drip from the trees
play with me
and hold my hand
be with me
feel
bleed
speak with me
don’t punish me
be with me
feel
bleed
hit me where it hurts
i want to feel
hit me where it hurts
i want to bleed
hit me where it hurts
i want to feel
shadow of my blood
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4. |
Shadows
02:42
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be with me just for a while now
though you’ll never love me so
rest your head and close your eyes, love
tell me all about your woes
if i call you on your phone
will you say that you’re not home?
hold me please don’t let me wander
your touch is all i need to know
let me breathe you in come closer
your scent it soothes my aching soul
be with me just for a while now
and know i’ll always love you so
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5. |
What I Need
04:36
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take just what i need
and soon you will receive
there’s hope when you concede
your love will come for me
and soon these winter trees
will bloom
i call your name
but you don’t look back
cause you’ve seen before
the hate love attracts
when you find someone
it’s like a one-way track
and these diamond rings
replace the words they lack
as the autumn leaves
are floating away
at times i dream
at times i’m out for days
i watch you from my window, dear
alone
my heart it waits
alone
slowly you slip by me
and i’m trapped inside your grin
even if you don’t want me, dear
you know
i’ll always lead the way
take just what i need
and soon you will receive
there’s hope when you concede, my love
i call your name
but you don’t look back
cause you’ve seen before
the hate love attracts
as the autumn leaves
are floating away
fingers interlocking
a lovers warm embrace
my window frames your outline, dear
alone
my sweet Veronica
take just what i need
and soon you will receive
there’s hope when you concede
your love will come for me
and soon these winter trees
will bloom
i call your name
but you don’t look back
cause you’ve seen before
the hate love attracts
when you find someone
it’s like a one-way track
and these diamond rings
replace the words they lack
as the autumn leaves
are floating away
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6. |
Altar
04:38
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trapped in the blues when your eyes close
tied to an aimless fleet
blind to the scene of your altar
found and lost again
i bleed, i bleed, i bleed
morning star
silence til you need me
caught in the cruel breeze of winter
drawn to the summer air
awed by the ends of your anger
bound and gagged again
he made us all his way
we can’t go on this way
i bleed, i bleed, i bleed
morning star
silence til you need me
the falling sky
silence til you need me
he made us all his way
we can’t go on this way
morning star
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7. |
Sam Zalta's "America"
04:00
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sold a bag of dope and stole a car
off the rails
tell Veronica i’m leaving home
i’m floating
will she see me off before i go?
out of grace
i’m going to drive across America
haul me in
o, can you see me now?
i’m floating out of frame
and appearing new
in between the shores of Henry Ford
endless plains
a fog it lifts and a voice chants out
“all for us”
o, can you see me now?
i’m floating out of frame
and appearing new
say, can you hear me now?
i’m shedding all my grace
and revealing you
i’m running out of hope, Veronica
on the mend
now i’m nothing, sweet Veronica
i’m falling
occurs to me i am Veronica
out of frame
i’m gonna drive across America
haul me in
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8. |
Dark
03:06
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i left my home now i’m washed up on the shore
your fruited plains leave nothing to behold
inside of the heartlands is death and rotted trees
and the raging sea is filled with broken dreams
i flew too close now i’m floating towards the sun
your amber waves leave nothing to inspire
i’m a wandering eye you’re an agent on the scene
i’m Johnny Orr you’re a can of gasoline
i’ve fallen off now my life is torn apart
what the future brings leaves nothing to look forward
it’s dark up ahead and i’m hoping that you’ll lead
where the questions end and the night starts to retread
Veronica, i’ll hold you in my heart
but to live and die leaves nothing to desire
we each play our part and you know that’s not for me
if the world’s a stage then i’m plotting to be free
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9. |
Winter
04:47
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who i am?
what are we?
where to go?
i dreamt about your death last night
a night of no reprieve
they found me with a rusted knife
and blood stains on my jeans
when i fall apart and i kneel down
i won’t call you
i won’t call you
when it’s winter time and the heat’s out
it’s so cold outside
so cold now
why am i?
when are we?
how to go on?
your likeness greets me in a disco light
and i can hardly speak
when i fall apart and i kneel down
i won’t call you
i won’t call you
when it’s winter time and the heat’s out
it’s so cold outside
so cold now
i’m broken, upended
unloved and unwanted
i’m losing, i’m beaten
i’m gone and i’ve ceded
no end no beginning
no death and no living
no god and no country
no you and no me
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10. |
How To Fall Apart
03:57
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when i wake i find you
sitting off alone
the sun is rising
a gold horizon
your t-shirt on the floor
i watch you go and you
leave me with a sigh
“if you don’t want me, you can’t have me”
baby, i want more
if you won’t have it
our love extended
please tell me so
back
don’t look back it’s too hard
holding back
where it hurts too much
the vista up ahead
things i won’t leave behind
the sun is rising now
her words will ring true in time
i take a walk and there’s
no one to call my own
a distant shadow
an empty vessel
a bloodless barren void
you want to go and you’ll
leave without goodbye
the plot is ending
the plane is leaving
but baby i want more
if you won’t have it
our love extended
please tell me so
back
don’t look back it’s too hard
holding back
where it hurts too much
the vista up ahead
things i won’t leave behind
the sun is rising now
her words will ring true in time
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11. |
When Your Eyes Close
03:43
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i can’t breathe
if you won’t try
and i will steal
just one last look
of your cold gray eyes
please, won’t you stay with me for a while?
i want to flee
i want to hide
cause i can’t break
that hopeless look
when you close your eyes
beg, won’t you be with me for a while?
though i live to roam your highways
there’s a pileup ahead
and these endless nights
just give way to the light of the morning star
though you kept your eyes from closing
you were too troubled to speak
we thought of forming days of years ago
and the waning moon
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12. |
As I Need You
07:17
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if i call you at home
are you there?
hear a shift in your tone
it’s unclear
falling leaves, calming seas
broken hearts, stolen dreams
flower petals line the floor
but you’re not here
autumn’s come to my home
are you there?
hear you shake through the phone
a voice unclear
dying trees, fading stars
fancy cars, diamond rings
shadows dancing though my halls
but you’re not here
if i call you at home
are you there?
hear a shift in your tone
it’s unclear
falling leaves, calming seas
broken hearts, stolen dreams
flower petals line the floor
but you’re not here
be with me just for a while now
though you’ll never love me so
rest your head and close your eyes love
tell me all about your woes
hold me please don’t let me wander
your touch is all i need to know
let me breathe you in come closer
your scent it soothes my aching soul
be with me just for a while now
i am a mix of shame and blood and silence and fear
i’ll die in search of the god you left for me
i’ll buy in, we’re falling out
i’ll cry and we’ll sort it out
let me in or put me out
i’m trying
breathe, stay
as you need me
as you need me
please stay
i am a mix of shame and blood and violence and fear
i’ll live in search of the god you left for me
i’ll buy in, we’re falling out
i’ll cry and we’ll sort it out
let me in or put me out
i’m trying
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13. |
Deep Within Mine
07:33
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i am a simple man
too young and full of vice
i know exactly where i’ll lay
i am the raging sea
a leaf blowing in the breeze
i know there’s nothing up ahead
i am a bated breath
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i know that only death awaits
i am the morning star
i am the falling sky
i am the waning moon you seek
i am like Errol Flynn
i am like Tantalus
i am only what you see
i am the knight stripped bare
i am the eye that stares
i am an agent on the scene
i am a sinking belle
i am a stumbling fool
i am lost to time and meaning
i am the shadow self
unconsciously full of hope
i am just who i claim to be
i am a simple man
afraid of sin and death
but i know that only life awaits
so lay your soul upon me
dig it deep within mine
and we’ll feel
and we’ll bleed
always invited but never regarded
and why should i bother when i’m such a bother
i called you at home and you answered to say
that you’re not there
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Sam Zalta New York
Since 2016, Zalta has played guitar and keyboards for Bambara in their live configuration, touring the world with the Brooklyn-via-Atlanta rising outfit. Zalta has been writing and recording since his teens under different aliases, sharing them only with close friends and family, and performing live scarcely in and around New York. Now he’s ready to go public and make a mark with his own sound. ... more
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