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It’s a breakneck Monday morning
And I can take it slow
Pour cream into my coffee, fresh from off the stove
I replay my favourite saddest song to remember how it goes
Or pick up where I left off with last night’s episode
If you’re interested, I can tell you more
Of the benefits of being alone
Each day I work a little bit on plans of my own
I book flights to places I have always wanted to go
Listening to records, monophonic stereo
Crawl into bed and check for unread messages on my phone
If you’re curious, I can give you a guided tour
Of the benefits of being alone
If I don’t end up with anyone
Could be six days to find my body gone but
Think of all the space I get to roam
Don’t you worry about me, in all my solo reverie
The only one who’s there when I get home
To all the benefits of being alone
Broken conversation as you get the kids ready to go
We’ll talk about the girls’ weekend we constantly postpone
I envy how you’re steady and you envy how I roll
And how brave I am to sing about it on a microphone
No matter baby, that’s what makes the show
The benefits of being alone
Don’t you worry about me, in all my solo reverie
I decide where everything will go
Then I return to everything just so
The only one who’s there when I get home
To all the benefits of being alone
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The Expert
03:33
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Me and my bravado, we can do anything
Together we’re not scared, we are shining
She never lets me down, she knows I can be quiet
That’s when I lean on in
Bravado steps up in awkward conversation
The ones she knows I hate
She bails me out of tricky situations
And she is rarely late
I trust my bravado, we’ve had lots of practice
She’s so great when I’m low or feeling unattractive
She holds the fort when I can’t decide my status
She doesn’t tell anyone
Bravado and I put on our sunglasses
We don’t look around to see how green your grass is
We know emotion eventually passes
Bravado drives when I get tired, she knows the way home
She never lets me down and she never leaves me alone
I hide, passenger side, she scans through the radio
My sweet bravado
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The Agreement
03:00
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You come to town
I’ll take you in
We’ll spend the night in our beautiful sin
I know I’m not just any
But I know that I’m one of many
I get lost in the stories you tell
Above your gaze and under your spell
I know I’m not just any
But I know that I’m one of many
We don’t need to give this a shot
The best we can have is what we got
Commitment is too scary
But I’ll cry if you get married
So when I come to town
You’ll take me in
We’ll spend the night in our beautiful spin
You know you’re not just any
But you know that you’re one of many
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Tell me how do you make it look simple
Falling down deep into love
It takes all that I have just to stand here
And more not to run
Your eyes are enough to convince me
And make me go tearing it down
Nothing I’ve learned about love in the past
Could convince me to stick around
But don’t believe me
Make me a reliable spring green
Watching will be enough
Passing my days hanging high, making shade
And wondering from above
How a hand feels in a hand
And blood feels in a heart
How to accept every ending is just
Making room for a start
But don’t believe me
How will I know
When to let go
How will I see
When somebody loves me
Deep in the night you will find me
Happiest when I’m alone
It may be that it’s all that I need
It could be it’s all I know
But don’t believe me
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The impending mortality awareness society
Meets twice a week
Do or die, ‘cause time is of the essence
So they gather in its presence
They won’t refer to last week’s minutes
They are now gone
Goodness knows, there is no rewinding
It’s the sentiment they keep finding
Every membership vote is unanimous
To reject regret
When asked they say, “thievery is limiting”
They check their bucket lists for the next thing
In pairs they share their fears out loud
Things that will never come
They keep themselves accountable
Remind each other how fear is wasteful
At the end of each meeting they huddle up
Off into the week they say good luck
Do what you can and it will be enough
Tell everyone who should know that you love them
The impending mortality awareness society
Meets twice a week
And you’re all welcome, ‘cause time is of the essence
More than finishing a sentence
Of penance and repentance
Births, funerals and weddings
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The Din
00:37
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It's just emotion
My darling
It's just emotion
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If my heart was a hammer
I’d put you back together
But it’s just a heart, like yours
If my hands were a paddle
I’d pull you through this trouble
But they’re just hands, like yours
Here’s what these hands can do
Be here to hold you
And when you lose your way
Here’s what my heart would say
Love comes back around
When words are a rainstorm
The lightning crash and the thunder roar
They’re just words, like yours
And when that storm is through
New words will find you
And what those words will say
You’re gonna be ok
Love comes back around
I wish your eyes were a window
I could see the me that you know
But they’re just eyes, like mine
Love comes back around
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Please live to be an old man
My love is deepest for you
So please live to be an old man
Swim with me among the waves
Time sets us free among the waves
My love is deepest for you
So please live to be an old man
One day I’ll open my heart
Someday I will open my heart
And swim free among the waves
Where my love is deepest for you
So please live to be an old man
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The day is gone
You played it wrong
You’re the only one who knows
So close the light
Call the fight
Pull your mind back inside
You’re just tired
It’s hard to see
Hard to believe
Our body brings us all we need
Let go
Let go to sleep
My oldest love
You’re the only one who feels it all
We walk around
All hollowed out
Fill our cups with fear and doubt
Oh ghosts of sleep
Wash me clean
Show me what I ought to keep
And what must leave
Oh set me free
My oldest love
You’re the only one who feels it all
My oldest love
You’re the only one who can heal it all
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Take me for my word, I will be loyal
I will do my best to remain joyful
Love me for all my little foibles
I wanna be a good woman
Call me by my name and I will answer
Ask me of my dreams here, ever after
Spin me to the music, I’m no dancer
I wanna be a good woman
A strong and reliable daughter
A kind and understanding sister
A deep and attentive friend and lover
A girl with her heart on fire
Listen and you’ll hear what I am saying
Feelings I have difficulty relaying
My silence isn’t absence, I’m just praying
I wanna be a good woman
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It’s a breakneck Monday morning
And I can take it slow
Pour cream into my coffee, fresh from off the stove
I replay my favourite saddest song to remember how it goes
Or pick up where I left off with last night’s episode
If you’re interested, I can tell you more
Of the benefits of being alone
Each day I work a little bit on plans of my own
I book flights to places I have always wanted to go
Listening to records, monophonic stereo
Crawl into bed and check for unread messages on my phone
If you’re curious, I can give you a guided tour
Of the benefits of being alone
If I don’t end up with anyone
Could be six days to find my body gone but
Think of all the space I get to roam
Don’t you worry about me, in all my solo reverie
The only one who’s there when I get home
To all the benefits of being alone
Broken conversation as you get the kids ready to go
We’ll talk about the girls’ weekend we constantly postpone
I envy how you’re steady and you envy how I roll
And how brave I am to sing about it on a microphone
No matter baby, that’s what makes the show
The benefits of being alone
Don’t you worry about me, in all my solo reverie
I decide where everything will go
Then I return to everything just so
The only one who’s there when I get home
To all the benefits of being alone
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Emotion
My darling, oh you know
It's just, it’s just emotion
My darling
Oh, it's just emotion
My darling
It's just emotion, emotion
It’s just emotion, emotion
It's just emotion
It's just, oh it's just emotion
My darling, my darling
It's just emotion
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Rose Cousins Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax singer-songwriter Rose Cousins finds insight in solitude and strength in numbers. Supported by a thriving Halifax
music scene and welcomed by an equally vibrant Boston community, her album WE HAVE MADE A SPARK was made in the spirit of community and collaboration.
Winner of 2011 East Coast Music Award for Songwriter of the Year and 2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards for Contemporary Singer
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