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Deer in the Woods
02:54
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Deer in the Woods
I’m easy to control
I am afraid
I’m a deer in the woods
When a branch breaks I run away
I’m easy to control
I believe
At the centre of a broken heart
Is a perfect little seed
That can be made to come alive with loving
All the ways I bent my back
You always knew
All the ways I bent my back
You always knew
I’m easy to control
Lock the room
When you leave I’m as free as a lost balloon
When you leave I’m as free as a…
All the ways I bent my back
You always knew
All the ways I bent my back
You always knew
All the ways I bent my back
You always knew
I’m easy to control
I am afraid
I’m a deer in the woods
When a branch breaks I run away.
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Vice
02:49
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Vice - Words and Music by Carmel Mikol
Dare I take one vice for another
Dare I tamper with the fates
Dare I bargain with the devil
Or with the heart debate
Yes I could have been your lover
But I chose myself instead
Do I not pay the price for it
Do I not bear the debt
Do I overstate my courage
Do I villainize your heart
Do I undermine the logic here
That keeps us far apart
Do not fortify my virtues
With the agony of praise
I’m heroic only in hindsight
I’ve failed a thousand ways
You know I paralyze my memory
Just to tolerate the time
Between when I get over you
And when you once were mine
If I beg you for silence
If I hide away the key
Don’t come seeking out the remnants
Of what we used to be
Can I ask you one last favour
Please show me some restraint
From sifting through the rubble
Unearthing your complaints
Well I do intend to hurt you
Make no mistake
For I cannot stop you loving me
So I have to make you hate
No I cannot bear to see you
For you know I love you still
If I say it plainly
I fear I always will
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The Ice - Words & Music by Carmel Mikol
Take me at the river bank
Fly me to safety now
Hunter on the ridge with an arrow lit
Tell him to sink it down
In the deepest water
Nobody holds me like
Nobody holds me like you do
the ice she knows when it’s time to go
but I don’t
Track my prints in the snow
Tell me what they say
Oh love it’s hard to let you go
You’re in my body like a broken bone
Nobody holds me like
Nobody holds me like you do
the ice she knows when it’s time to go
but I don’t
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Wolf Call
06:05
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Wolf Call - Words & Music by Carmel Mikol
I’ve been brave, I’ve been brave
I’ve been shaking my enemies
Golden like a tamarack
riding bareback on the wicked wind
WHEN THAT WOLF CALLS
YOU KNOW I’LL BE ANSWERING
WHEN THAT WOLF CALLS
YOU KNOW I’LL BE ANSWERING
Yeah I’m bitter like the bark
like the spirit of an old spruce
Trickling down into the wells of your brothers
a poison in the root
WHEN THAT WOLF CALLS
YOU KNOW I’LL BE ANSWERING
WHEN THAT WOLF CALLS
YOU KNOW I’LL BE ANSWERING
Ain’t no widow, ain’t no widow
Ain’t no widow, ain’t no widow
Ain’t no widow, ain’t no widow
Ain’t now widow gonna be made by you
WHEN THAT WOLF CALLS
YOU KNOW I’LL BE ANSWERING
WHEN THAT WOLF CALLS
YOU KNOW I’LL BE ANSWERING
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Take Me to the End
04:28
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Take me to the End - Words & Music by Carmel Mikol
I never laid a hand on you
I never took what you weren’t giving up
But I could break a rib
I could break your ribs with the tip of my tongue
Under every heap of ashes
I set a fire that I couldn’t tend
I’ve always been afraid
I don’t want to hear you say I’m brave again
TAKE ME TO THE END
SO I KNOW WHERE I AM
WHEN THE BAND HAS PLAYED THE LAST PARADE TO END THIS WAR
TAKE ME TO THE END
SO I KNOW
WHAT I AM IN THIS FOR
TAKE ME TO THE END
SO I KNOW WHERE I STAND
WHEN THE BAND HAS PLAYED THE LAST PARADE TO END THIS WAR
TAKE ME TO THE END
SO I KNOW
WHAT I AM IN THIS FOR
WHAT I AM IN THIS FOR
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Carmel Mikol
"I Used to Know" is Carmel Mikol's fifth studio album. It's an album stripped to its
essentials.
But for a record that's more subtle and less "produced" than any of her previous efforts, it's somehow bigger and more universal.
Find it soon wherever you stream music.
www.carmelmikol.com/music
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