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Mai​-​Liis On Life

by Mai-Liis

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Unicorns and Innocence 04:52
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It’s funny but it’s tragic sad That in this life there’s things you had There’s things they touch your soul, set it on fire But little do we ever know That these things come and these things go And when they go they’re gone and I’m no liar I’ve wept the loss significant of Unicorns and innocence I know the pain that passes and that don’t I close my eyes it’s you I taste Your phantom fingers on my face I try to send them packing but they won’t Bridge Even if I live to see the lines etched on my face I could live beyond the time to die Even if the years are kind there’s one thing that I’ll never find I’ve wept its loss, its sweetness and its time The details of my journal Are for my eyes they are personal But this I feel that I can share with you Be gentle when you speak your thoughts And don’t be ransomed or be bought And know the strength your grace can bring to you So time be gentle Time be good Jump over all misunderstood Help me own the aching heart I hold We all of us could learn from this Just hold on sweetly to your bliss Let go of it when it’s time to move on
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Distance Man 03:38
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Who knew you were the Distance Man With all that love to give Who knew that you would sideline me when life got tough to live Who knew that all I shared with you could be left in the dust Who knew God knows not me I was too busy trusting us Who knows why you would push me back when you should draw me near Who knew that you would change my world with passion and with fear I didn't know you were so scared with all your hidden blue How could I know I was too busy loving all of you Bridge If I had seen the depths that pain has plowed into your heart If for one minute I had known that we could never start If I had thought I could have walked away and left your pain I would still choose to love you fully all over again So here I stand alone and tall My only thought is why If only you had faced the past and then had let it die Instead you gave it power You are clasped within its hand A willing hostage nonetheless No ransom in demand I'm powerless to give you love if you can't feel the rage I'm powerless to love you while your heart is in a cage I can't vanquish the demons with their claws that hold you tight I can only stand beside you when you free them in the night
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To Whom It May Concern 03:27
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I’ll tell you something that I know But for the grace of God we go I’m grateful for the steadiness Is that the thing that we possess Where is the line, the straw, the test That shelters us from craziness To whom it may concern The breeze is cool the seat is hot I’m feeling in between a lot I’m feeling like I have to rhyme And measure everything in time When all I really want to do Is colour outside every line To whom it may concern Bridge You know the space between the notes It’s there I like to hone my senses Spaces people fill with noise But noises all have consequences I watch the floating butterfly I like to think of you and I Not every moment filled with prose Let’s hover over just one rose I don’t know if you’ll understand You may just join another band To whom it may concern
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Fait Accompli 05:04
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Simple things The most important things You gifted me some truths I still am treasuring The stuff I really couldn’t know until you got inside my head And messed with all that I once knew, With what you did and said Potent things How did I breathe before? You were my calm after the storm I’m dry again I’m safe and strong this gift you give with just a glance you send my way Your smokey eyes they wrap round me I will close mine and stay Bridge Turquoise prisms, priceless gems Your eyes reflect your passions when you look in me and I rescind all that I have ever been Final things Of those I dare not dream A lark at dusk takes flight I’m there upon her wing, I know that day will come in time/ when one of us no longer is/when just your mem’ry holds me tight I’ll always keep you close to me/I really won’t need anymore And cherish all we did Fait accompli that starry night
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Oh Well 03:45
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Verse: Frankly you were marvelous When you and I first met I fell so in love with you It wasn’t hard to get You were charming you were kind You gave truth to love is blind I lost my heart my soul my mind Chorus: Lately I’m a wreck You messed with a full deck Not what I had planned No hearts left in my hand I lost my heart to you In a poker game or two Wish it wasn’t true Oh well You’ve left me feeling blue I was cheated, you were too You never got to find out what a catch you let slip through I’m one helluva gal A lover and a pal I’d always be there when you need me Oh well Bridge So here I am I’m trying to make light of this mess I’ll never know why but I’ll always care And that’s the truth I guess I hope one day you’ll bump into me And with tears in your eyes profess I screwed up I’m wistful then I’m blue I can’t let go of you I’ll up the ante, fold, whatever I would need to do To be back in that game All in, I have no shame I’ll dump the chips, collude, Expose my cards Oh well CODA Frankly if I’d called your bluff Strutted some of my own stuff Told you that I’d had enough Really played it straight and tough Now I would be less a wreck Playing with a fuller deck Leaving you to all your dreck Oh well
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My Eyes of Yesterday 03:39
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Looking in the mirror I see eyes that aren’t mine ‘Cause mine aren’t sad or look away My eyes dance all the time They are deep, they see beyond Shine like rainbow dew I’m not quite sure whose eyes those are They must belong to you You looked in my eyes And there’s no words could quite express The line of vision crystal clear The “look of love” I guess Standing still In neon dreams Sight a gift no doubt I don’t know what happened then The “look of love” went out Bridge I need a storm of tears To wash your dust out of my eyes It’s clouding my perception It’s mirroring your lies Return me to my state of grace, that’s where I want to be Who is that in the mirror and what have you done with me? Funny looking out and the world it looks the same This mirror is a mystery A stranger’s hoax, a game Maybe one day my tears will flow Wash the pain away And the mirror will reflect My eyes of yesterday Looking out into the crowd I know that there will come a day When someone kind will walk with me Perhaps along the Champs-Elysees When he looks into my eyes Past the pain I see I know my reflection once again Belongs to me
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Carnage in Your Wake (A Love Song) 03:58
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I had such high hopes Why you go tearin’ em down Why you wanna drag ‘em through the mud? What they ever done? Ever? To you ya selfish man ‘Cept made you look good and true and worth a damn And where’s that foundation? Upon which we built this trust? How could I be so clueless and naïve? Sister forgive yourself! You always acted in good faith Don’t let him rip out the heart of what you believe Bridge Can I find that place again We are tears are purely joy Am I wise enough to rise above Your words they left me broken Can I get back what you’ve stolen I won’t know till push comes to shove Moving forward One day one step at a time Down this road we now must walk alone Ain’t it funny though Looking back with wiser eyes I was by myself the while damn time we roamed I will rise up I will be the sun that shines I will follow with my mind a clearer way For that I thank you Your destruction was not in vain And it’s you that will have to face yourself one day ‘Cause we’re all lost children Trying to find our way
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Sister Child 03:21
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I came down off such a high Do you remember did you try We tripped the light fantastic then were gone No one seemed to understand But we knew what to keep at hand And we still laugh those times they’ve moved along My sister she looked up to me I guided her so she could see I made sure she’d never feel the pain I did a good job that I know She’s all grown up and good to go And now we keep our watch upon her own Bridge God I wish this world could be A safer harbor we’d be free To venture into live as dreamers Pass the torch to younger schemers Pass the torch and know they’re safe and sound It’s tough being a kid today Do you trust or stay away? Who’s to say when you are right or wrong? I wish that I could cradle you and keep you safe and guide you true But all I got is words that make this song
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Number 9 03:12
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Verse Wild Uninhibited We press and intertwine We cling like ivy Where is the band? Oh wait You only shook my hand Chorus You had a grace, a flair, some game You caught my eye I asked your name You seemed reserved and shy Quite tame Quite different from my other flames You took my hand How do you do I thought your eyes were pools of blue Inviting me to wade into And asking me to start anew Bridge It looks like here I go again The baby steps of trusting a man This whole damn thing So bittersweet Am I doomed just to repeat? I’m laughin’, I’m jokin’, I’m drinking wine On the whole I’m feeling fine One cloud away from Number 9 How will it rolled for me this time? Which door to open? Which to close? What’s on lockdown? I suppose I’ll just let go of phantom woe Pour me some more of that Bordeaux Big breath in ‘cause here I go And by the way you had me at hello
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Jilted Woman 04:05
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Pretty sure I'll have to ask I'll have to take a breath and search For one small piece of sanity In the words you'll say to me ‘Cause really there is nothing there To help me bring reason to bear Unless I look at you and see A clueless cold hyperbole Bridge I can't get stuck This unsafe place I keep myself Stops me from coming face to face to see What so far has eluded me Perhaps just as a courtesy You'd find you could extend to me Your reasoning for absentee When your disruption comes to head And I wake up alone in bed I'll lie there tearless no regret Pondering the disconnect No doubts I'm gonna be ok I'll kick the covers off today And face a situation that has caught me off my guard No doubts that I can face the music Here it is wont ever lose it In my own words, my notes, played my own way

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released March 17, 2021

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Mai-Liis Black Diamond, Washington

Mai-Liis is new on the scene, making her mark as an original artist with this first release. She
hails originally from Toronto Ontario and also spent time in Vancouver BC, where she honed
her skills performing in coffee shops and jazz rooms while supporting herself bartending. A
writer by nature, the written words morphed into musical stories and became the project you
now listen to. ... more

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