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Mantra
01:54
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I am naive
A hopeless fool
I must believe
This world for you
The silent spring
And darkling truth
All we could bring
This world for you
The silence ours
Sky ever blue
In seas of stars
This world for you
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Lockdown
02:59
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I don’t know what’s going on
I don’t know what to do
I don’t know how to explain
This situation to you
I don’t want to lock you down
I don’t want to steal your play
I don’t want to rob you of
The million things to do today
But there’s a new kid on the block
He don’t throw punches don’t throw rocks
Silent words stick in your throat
To hurt the ones who love you most
The only way to bring him down
Is not to give an inch of ground
So he can’t get inside your life
Because that’s where he multiplies
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Garden
03:33
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If virus ain’t the problem
Maybe we are
This world isn’t fallen
Maybe we are
Did we ever leave the garden
Look where we are
Now its bruised and burnt and beaten
Look where we are
No matter what the garden grows
The tree is hers the tree that knows
We eat too much and lose control
The seeds we have been sewing
In the garden
Bear fruit we keep ignoring
In the garden
And now an ill wind blowing
The garden is growing
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Respite
02:29
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Instrumental
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Inside
03:12
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OK
What now
Just hang
Around
Just think
Inside
Wander
My mind
Too blind
Too small
To see
At all
Don’t know
Do care
I need
Some air
Something
Must give
New way
To live
Something
Somehow
Don’t know
Right now
OK
Enough
Of all
This stuff
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Merlin Ball Vancouver, British Columbia
Merlin Ball draws on many musical atmospheres to create a singular space and mood. Net result: indie-driven stuff that blazes along under sombre skies and brilliant sunrises. How do you talk to someone 10,000 years away? This is Merlin Ball's attempt.
Merlin Ball recommends:
DRIFT Series 1 - Complete
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Amazing stuff. It does not get better than Underworld.
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One Cello x 16: Natoma
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Got this album a couple years ago and love it. Dreamy, percussive, tuneful.
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The music and experimentation coming out of Hel Audio is exciting and very, very cool. Heard about this particular artist via the 99% Invisible podcast a few years ago. Ok Ikumi is go-to chill music.
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