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Paper Wind 紙風

by Christopher Ma

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1.
Sunshower 02:42
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On and on Inescapable solution Down the road Run til bleeding still it's coming Cut the rope In the tumult of the ocean. Oh what a day What a day so far it's shone What a day What a day we've gone. As the sparrow Liminal how it hits you See the house Miles away, forget about it. Oh what a day What a day so far it's shone What a day Oh what a day we've gone. So now it's done So now it's just the sun So now it's done So now it's just begun.
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Windflower 03:16
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I've been losing my way Passed right through the years Winter came I'm still watching the quiet roads Any day she'll come The light shatters at the touch I keep trying to grow I watch the snow. Accumulate away from me Accumulate moving away from me Accumulate away from me. I've been trying the way I've been moving away And you walk away And you walk away And you walk. I've been trying the way I've been moving away And you walk away And you walk away And you walk. Oh don't cry I know You lost everything again What we had is gone Left without a word I keep close to you I watch the stones Accumulate Accumulate.
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Rafflesia 02:50
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Come over here Rest your head down a moment Always so near No one else hears you say it. Oh hold me dear My warm rafflesia Bound to you The warmth is all around us Chorus whirls Venus pearling Slow unfurl Always yearning. All this life was a game. I'm not afraid You're in control I feel it What would they say, no The sound is all we needed. Oh hold me dear My warm rafflesia Talk to me You understand this All the years All forever All this life is a game. And all this time And all my life Is all I need Is a game.
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I IV 03:46
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When the lights come on And she sees the first time I can feel the loss Before she even leaves the room I'm an entity A vessel for experience and nothing more "I am free," I tell myself Imagine it A self-sufficient life away from judging eyes How long until the breakdown This life Is this how it feels to have got the losing side Is this what it means to give up Well, just let me - So what if I did Met him on the bridge and lost myself that night I don't need you telling me On the interstate 180 km/h you drift away Out of body into space Imagine it All suffering condensed upon our backs Drifting drifting off This life Just let me breathe. When the lights come on And the silence deafening I realise Who will notice when I'm gone I'm lost again Wandering the street I can't remember when I last got that feeling I imagine it Gazing out the streetcar in a quiet trance Her voice returns to me and says, "This life Is this how it feels to have got the losing side Is this what it means to give up?"
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bbbbb 01:12
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SEASON 9 OPENING 01:55
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Melting up into the pavement See him passing in the leaves Turn away turn away turn away. When there's nothing left Made my mind but I couldn't lie before his touch I could feel my blood. Frozen still there In your basement There was burning in your eyes Turn away. I'm losing everything again I fall, I'm at the end I'll never see your face again It's all I have You just go on You just go on You just go on without me there and end With nothing left We go on without With nothing left we just go on You're off again You're off again. Stop me when the silence opens Turn the time back to the start when I saw you Oh the difference in our eyes then And you throw the glass against Turn away. I'm losing everything again I fall, I will never understand I'll never see your face again It's all I have I'm losing everything again And I cannot change, I cannot change.
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Do You Hear the Humming 02:29
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At the helm he stands against the wind Against the wind Against the wind Read aloud without material things His Chapstick on the dresser I remember this. With the good part comes a wave I need you most when the summer monsoon hits our place When the tides return he's off again With the eyes Will you come home to me. Do you hear the hum, out on the sea Gazing the expanse The everything Think of me when you're against the wind Against the wind Against the wind.
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Grace Leaving Home 01:50
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If you wanna run away meet me there tonight I repeat the words Silhouetted by the moon we are still and close. I was afraid But you know what to do Then you grab my hand Pull me away I see it in your eyes too Time freezes I was afraid But I'm staying close And this is all I need. As we run away we watch from the train The lights disappear behind And I know the dream will end But for now Where shall we go. I was afraid But you know what to do How do you understand And when it ends I'll be the one who's on my own again He is all He is all I need I was afraid Didn't know what to do But you have it all figured out.
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Still Candle 01:46
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I have always waited for you All my life She appears in photographs In the blinds. Still when the candelabra glows It's you Black lace, haunted eyes, in the mirror. I am standing on the balcony Fade in time Fade in time. I have to go. Still as the candle falls It's you In my neck screaming out once again.
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Perfume 02:12
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I still remember A warm embrace And quiet wisp of uncertainty When you came. And if I could I'd seal it shut The early hours as one in your air Your presence. I lose myself in the fragrance aisle The pedestal falls. My God delusioned for so long What have I become.
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Feeling 02:34
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Once we nearly had it Discovered a lock inside the floor Called Everyone needed Scoured the grounds and drawers. Inconceivable pace Time moved and left us shaking He called out from the basement. No one came running down We found him after hours The lock stayed shut. And how could we forget him Haunting in the silences that break our days June meant returning To the lock that whispered. Then without a word We enter and we stay The same and know that nothing changed. We exit one by one The light was all but gone The lock rusted away His memory dissipates And we stay shut.
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Last Train to Kagoshima 00:36
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You came from across the Milky Way with the mission of finding a pull stronger than the gravity of your own planet. Floating inches above the ground and lightyears beneath Vega. Loose threads pulled taut by passing stars and the rafters of another empty home. These days your voice is a little faint, But perhaps your voice was always that way.
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Soft guitar playing from the hallway 04:42
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I'm often at the end The hallway if you'll meet me there When there is no one left What are we now We're still not used to it But after school walk home together again The warmest tone I ever heard Outside the door. It comes so softly now The melancholic sound Feeling unburdened out I understand. We fall in love again Under a blooming cherry tree Drove us to the edge Naivety rekindles what remains A flame revealing Understanding eyes A foreign feel to both of us. And just when I begin To move towards my end The blade within my sight I'm haunted once again Softly now. - Your last words to me Before the great retreat Even if we were separated Let's both think once more Each other's at the falling stars. We never spoke again I couldn't save you In the end I lied I know now I'm not meant to live I'm standing at the edge In hell again. Your last words were to me Before the great retreat I understand [Even if we were to become separated Let's think of each other.]
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Closed Eyes - Moon Glow 02:16
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For sure In the car lot Let me give my coat Night wind enters. Lay back Tell me about your dream again Tie grass into a knot again Roll windows down. And see your reflection rising And see your eyes through the glass. I'm awake now Still 3am Illuminated by the moon glow It's not easy, not easier The leather's gone cold, close eyes. And see clear moon rising And see your reflection now And see your eyes.

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Written and recorded October 2020 - June 2021

Beginning with Sun and ending with Moon
Flowers, driving, perfume, youth, summer, anime
disregarding style
short songs
lo-fi hip hop, R. Stevie Moore, Goodnight PunPun, Twin Peaks, Given, Belle and Sebastian, K-pop

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released June 22, 2021

Recorded, produced, mixed, mastered by Christopher Ma
All words and music by Christopher Ma except: [5] music by Christopher Ma and Robbie Macatangay; [12] words by Manuel Muñoz

Christopher Ma - vocals, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, electric guitars, electric bass, drum set, melodica, synthesizers, percussion, keyboards, slide guitar, violin, piano
Manuel Muñoz - synthesizers [2], spoken word vocals [12], electric guitar [14]
Karen Del Rosario - vocals [2, 6, 8, 10], piano [10]
Robbie Macatangay - alto saxophone [4, 5]
Stephen Farquhar - electric guitar [14]
Robert Pama - vocals [2]
Monica Soriano - vocals [2]
Adrienne Tom - vocals [2]

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