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Breathe
08:00
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BREATHE
It’s the trade winds that carry
The highs and the lows
It’s the raindrops falling
That turn into snow
It’s the snow that is melting
On the ground where we walk
It’s the rivers and streams
That cut through the chalk
And it’s the air that we breathe
It’s the air that we breathe
It’s the air that we breathe
It’s the air that we breathe
It’s the silt that settles
For the fertile plains
As the gathering river
Flows into the bay
It’s the ocean that follows
The shift of the moon
It’s the darkness that beckons
From late afternoon
And it’s the air that we breathe
It’s the air that we breathe
It’s the air that we breathe
It’s the air that we breathe
It’s the breeze that is building
And carries the swell
It’s the moisture that rises
To fashion the clouds
It’s the clouds that sit heavy
Expectant to burst
It’s the water they give us
That quenches our thirst
And it’s the air that we breathe
It’s the air that we breathe
It’s the air that we breathe
It’s the air that we breathe
© Copyright John Reed & Ali Karim 2021. All rights reserved.
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2. |
Solitude
05:57
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SOLITUDE
The sun kisses the distant sea
Darkness sets into our dreams
The rising moon casts shadows till
The morning dew bedecks the ghyll
And the river flows and the river grows
As it takes its path towards the sea
And the waves they bear their heavy load
To where the distant sea kisses the sun
You shined a light
Yet I was blind
You showed a way
I looked behind
You opened gates
I didn’t walk through
The future now
Is solitude
The future now
Is solitude
The bustling of a market day
Sends the silence on its way
A gleaming sun divides the room
Shapes in the dust dance to its tune
Tiredness waives to another new day
As the one from before disappears into space
And I drag myself from my woebegone
Battling a force that won’t let me alone
You shined a light
Yet I was blind
You showed a way
I looked behind
You opened gates
I didn’t walk through
The future now
Is solitude
The future now
Is solitude
© Copyright John Reed & Ali Karim 2021. All rights reserved.
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3. |
Vision
04:17
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VISION
I can see you now
I can see you in the distance
And then you seem to fade
Looking through the raindrop
And you seem to flicker away
I can’t see you now
See you now / I can’t see you now
See you now / I can’t see you now
I can see you now
Through condensation happy faces
On the window pane
Looking through the breath
And then you seem to flicker away
I can’t see you now
See you now / I can’t see you now
See you now / I can’t see you now
I can see you now
I can see you in the mist
And you give me a wave
But the mist of getting thicker
And your image seems to flicker away
I can’t see you now
See you now / I can’t see you now
See you now / I can’t see you now
I can see you now
I can see you in the river
As the weir begins to race
I can see you in the river
But I cannot see your face
I can’t see you now
See you now / I can’t see you now
See you now / I can’t see you now
© Copyright John Reed & Ali Karim 2021. All rights reserved.
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4. |
Descent
04:00
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DESCENT
Where the path descends
We just don’t know
Where it comes to an end
We just don’t know
But it falls into the silvery mist
And divides the things that still exist
To the right, to the left the ruts persist
Where the path descends
Where the path descends
We just don’t know
Whether foe or friend
We just don’t know
But it clings to the hill for its own dear life
As it twists and it battles its way to the light
And the ascent is sharp and the bends are tight
It will carry you like a bird in flight
Where the path descends
Where the path descends
We just don’t know
Where it comes to an end
We just don’t know
What the path intends
We just don’t know
What message it sends
We just don’t know
Truth or pretence
We just don’t know
Where the path descends
© Copyright John Reed & Ali Karim 2021. All rights reserved.
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5. |
Encounter
03:55
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ENCOUNTER
All I could see was the shadow of a tree
And a man stood beside it looking straight into me
Bright January light was piercing through
I swear on my life that tree started to move
And the man disappeared
As the tree appeared nearer
And in less than an instant
With dark clouds collecting
A quietness fell
And with the temperature cooling
The remaining light was inhaled
Inside the tree
I can’t just stay here / I just disappear
I just feel so light / I can’t all the way try
From rugged bark and creeping root
A fragile creature in breeches and boots
Slipped through the gloom like a pipistrelle bat
And settled on high with the moon at its back
And the creature disappeared
As night turned to day
And in less than an instant
With dark clouds parting their way
For the yawn of the sun
And the delicate dew
Glistened and shook
And moistened the soil
For new shoots to accompany
The chorus of morning
The tree breathed light once again
And set the man free
I can’t just stay here / I just disappear
I just feel so light / I can’t all the way try
© Copyright John Reed & Ali Karim 2021. All rights reserved.
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6. |
Cycles
07:48
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CYCLES
The wind bends the stalks
And the rain weighs them down
The droplets of rain
Fall down to the ground
The ground swallows whole
And the moisture sinks deep
The roots and the stalks
Cherish all they can keep.
The insects are crawling
And sucking the veins
Of the outstretching leaves
That are catching the rain
For the prey of the birds
As their camouflage breaks
But they are far more in number
Than the birds can take
And the birds in the air
Or on telegraph poles
Watching the people
In their houses and homes
The people are shouting
And some of them cry
But the people who shout
May be the first to take flight
© Copyright John Reed & Ali Karim 2021. All rights reserved.
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7. |
Time
05:29
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TIME
With my eyes I’m seeing you now
With my ears I’m hearing you
With my mind I understand you now
With my life I hold you true
You’re dancing through my thoughts again
Burning fires inside my soul
It’s like you’re really here and then
You’re gone and I’m alone
With my eyes I’m seeing you now
With my ears I’m hearing you
With my mind I understand you now
With my life I hold you true
You think the sands of time will cure
That life and love will ease your pain
That distance and light will calm you
And that you will live again
With my eyes I’m seeing you now
With my ears I’m hearing you
With my mind I understand you now
With my life I hold you true
© Copyright John Reed & Ali Karim 2021. All rights reserved.
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8. |
Well
07:53
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WELL
I am serenity
I am storm
I am moonlight
I am dawn
I am incarcerated
I am space
I am leather
I am lace
I am weakness
I am might
I am spirit
I am life
I am famine
I am feast
I am beauty
I am beast
I am weakness
I am might
I am spirit
I am life
I am music
I am silence
I am peace / it’s the air that we breathe
I am violence / it’s the air that we breathe
I am heaven / it’s the air that we breathe
I am hell / it’s the air that we breathe
I am tired / it’s the air that we breathe
I am well / it’s the air that we breathe
© Copyright John Reed & Ali Karim 2021. All rights reserved.
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John Reed & Ali Karim UK
John Reed and Ali Karim have worked together since 2015, each bringing their own life and music experience into this partnership, which has produced 7 albums, and a bunch of EPs and singles.
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