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When You Were King

by Diyet

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1.
White Flag 04:07
We’ve been up and down the same words Circled round and round the same sad story Tried to fix this from the inside In the end it’s me standing by myself The beginning was pure sentiment I admit it now, I didn’t know what that meant You were everything I adored Little by little my shadow grew into yours I want to scream out loud Slip beneath the cracks in the floor Scream out loud You can’t have love when love is made of war Battle lines are drawn on a ragged map What’s mine is mine and yours stays out of reach Treading cautiously on broken glass Careful not to tip the scales of peace We live side by side in a gated house The first to leave is the first to admit defeat Never thought it be like this We are posers and we are raging Hold up the white flag Hold up the white flag
2.
You work hard but it doesn’t get easier At the end of the day you got nothing but a wall You lean against it hoping it will fall Wake up from your slumber sleeping beast It’s time to breathe again. It’s time to see again You were born to be the greatest of all But you have a gentle soul You don’t push back when your down Your so quiet. Don’t be silent. Make a loud sound Wake up from your slumber sleeping beast It’s time to breathe again. It’s time to see again It’s time to roar like you did when you were king
3.
Like A Drum 03:52
When the night never seems to bring morning to your house to you street or to your town When all lost things cannot be found
don’t let it bring you down Working people keep on working Poor man stays poor One hand on the bottle 
A thousand thoughts of his life before. I say “O my heart beats like a drum for you” We move through the days with our heads down We bite our tongues to keep from speaking out Marching one behind the other It’s the truth we begin to doubt Black sheep stands in the corner Will no one stand up and shout for the boy being pushed in the school yard for the beggar we know nothing about I say “O my heart beats like a drum for you” There’s a war going on out there It breaks you down It breaks apart It drives you mad Gonna take what we can while we can It’s so sad when thirty million people are forced from all they’ve ever known Pushed to the outside of normal without food without clothes or a home I say “O my heart beats like a drum for you”
4.
8th Wonder 04:38
They said it was right It was wrong to stay So they boarded the bus and it carried them away How I wish to see your face, but you stay away in your hiding place For so long Who could have known You’d never be the same But look at you now Look back on where you came You’re the shining light at the end of the day Always Heart aching, it’s heart breaking A child on his own only dreams of home Heart aching, it’s heart breaking No more lost children on their own Everybody knew, but no one said a word Just bottled it up and held it close to the hurt I wonder how you made it through so far away from all you knew But you did and you go on I didn’t want to ask, too afraid to hear the truth Knowing all your pain What would that prove To me you’ll always be the 8th Wonder
5.
What I Want 03:21
We’re still young and kicking We’re not dead we can think for ourselves They keep repeating the lies, but that don’t make it right I know what I see and I know What I want – Is 7 billion people What I want – smiling because there’s no need to cry What I want – Is an end to all the violence Spread a little love tonight That’s what I want The kids may seem indifferent But make no mistake they are listening The needle’s on red and the lid’s about to blow I know what I see and I know What I want – Is 7 billion people What I want – smiling because there’s no need to cry What I want – Is an end to all the violence Spread a little love tonight That’s what I want All the money, all the power Won’t buy a happy life All the weapons in the world Won’t keep you safe at night When there’s nothing left to take When there’s nothing left at stake Will it be enough?
6.
Gold Miner 04:55
It’s cold outside. It’s colder than it’s been in years Perhaps because he knows this is the last He can’t remember her face or the way she made him laugh He can’t recall the colour of her hair The end is not a parade of memories No flags with faces waving in the wind There are no balloons floating into the atmosphere All he wants stays buried in the dirt Gold miner you’ll never find her She’s been gone since the day you set sail She standing there waving, silently praying It would turn out just like you said But it never did He stays in bed a little longer than he ever did For once he doesn’t hurry to the pit It’s a while before he has his coat in hand Takes a look around and shuts the door It’s a hard man that can last to the bitter end It takes courage to forget the things he loves He spent his youth digging through the muck and dirt He knows it’s too late for regrets
7.
Angry People 03:38
I would let you in if you were nice, but you’re not We started out friends until you didn’t get what you wanted You say cruel things and you laugh like it’s nothing at all It sounds like you don’t intend the things you say but they’re well thought out Angry people keep trying to bring me down Angry people can’t keep me on the ground All the comments you drop like bombs are getting old If having the last word is what you want then say so Maybe if you get it all out you won’t be such a jerk You’re like a ticking clock all wound up and someone always gets hurt Do something nice, say something new Haven’t you noticed they keep walking past you
8.
This land’s an ever changing mass of rock and tree, water and dirt I’ve been gone so long seems my old home’s been swallowed by the earth The damp and cold have taken hold Forgotten toys become iron and rust It was so many years ago Memories slowly turn to dust Never thought I’d find my way back to this place I’ve come back to find you and tell you everything’s gonna be okay Somehow we drifted apart but you knew one day I’d come back for you little fearless heart Moss grows green round the table’s edge Wrapping itself round crumbling legs They were pillars of a life Yesterdays I’d never changes In this crumbling shelter left as it is Is part of a story not finished yet It’s lines are carved in the wood So deep you won’t forget Do you feel it? The south wind blows our way The cold days are going to melt away
9.
Hollow Thing 03:27
Hands graze over the tall grass Bent over by the autumn gusts It snaps with the sting of the coming bitter winds The last of the light falls behind snowy peaks The hues in the sky blaze bright and then die But I can’t see the beauty What to push it far from me I can’t feel the warmth I want cold in my bones Hollow thing Everyone says it gets better You’ll be stronger and more the wise A trip to the bottom happens to us all All I need is a push to get me through the wall But I’ll bide my time this winter In the quiet and the cold And I’ll keep silent my wonder And I’ll bury it in the snow Summer took my happiness She wrapped it in her wings She laughed then stole away and left this hollow thing It’s too hard to loose in summer the pain burns into the skin So I’ll hold it to the bitter end Till she comes again
10.
Doubt 03:32
It begins with a thought just a little shadow and grows into a seed that aches to be fed So you give it a little so as not to feel guilty and it gives you some comfort and then comes the worry You question the thought, you question the reason You wish you could go back and this time you’d see it For the thing that it is Insignificant and shallow Waiting for you to make it more than a shadow You don’t want to admit it but it feels like a blanket and though it’s not warm you pull it over your head With all of your might you try to forget that it was you who created this dark little pet You didn’t have to force it You let it have its way and ever so quietly it took up all the space The small little thought that cannot be controlled When set into motion grows ever bold Why do you have to doubt? It’ll turn out fine Why do you say it’s going to fall apart before you get the chance to start Why do you have to doubt?

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Did you ever wonder about the North? Who lives there? Who would want to? Well, Diyet does and she writes songs about it too. Yes, it's cold in the winter and the northern lights are more beautiful than the pictures. The sun in the summer never goes to sleep and neither do the people. Speaking of the people they are colourful and funny (some call it crazy) but they will give you the shirt off their back if you need it. The North is all of what you may have heard, but it can also be majestic yet stark, raw yet tender, dangerous yet protective. It gets into your bones and never leaves.

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released July 15, 2013

Diyet: Vocals, Rhodes on #4, Piano on #10
Robert van Lieshout: Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Bob Hamilton: Electric Guitars, Bass, Mandoline, Weisenborn, Pedal Steel, Backing Vocals

Additional Musicians:
Patrick Hamilton: Percussion on #2, #3, #7, Piano on #9
Annie Avery: Piano on #3

Produced by Bob Hamilton
Recorded at Old Crow Recording Studios

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