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Who Knows?

by Eli Utne

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1.
I’ve been wandrin, wondrin where to go/ Where and when and who and how and why// Where can I find that sweet peace of mind?/ Where should I go/ Where is my mind/ What could I do/ What’s worth finding/ Who knows/// We’ve been hoping, howling at the moon/ Calling to tomorrow, “Please, come soon.”// Where can I find that sweet peace of mind?/ Where should I go/ Where is my mind/ What could I do/ What’s worth finding/ Who knows/// These days were made to fade/ Before they sink into the shade/ We’ve been lost before but we’ll be found/ Holding on to moments, moods, and sounds// We’re bound to find our way… We’ve been wandrin’, wondrin where to go/ Where and when and who and how and why// Where can I find that sweet peace of mind?/ Where should I go/ Where is my mind/ What could I do/ What’s worth finding/ Who knows///
2.
May the road rise up to meet you/ May the wind be ever at your back// May the sun shine warm upon your face/ And may the rain fall softly on your fields// And until we meet again/ May the Divine hold you in the hollow of her hand//
3.
This all feels far too real/ The bell that tolls for us again// A love that made us all good friends/ Takes one more to the other end// A concave heart, she never knew/ Without disease she saw right through us// But still she sits and holds our hand/ Reminding us of where we stand// When all they leave is a story/ We’ll confide in mourning glory/// He wore a hat of familiar stars/ And for others’ troubles he went far// In vacant thoughts that hold the truth/ Our dear friend’s father is saintly proof// When all they leave is a story/ We’ll confide in mourning glory/// If death comes here before we wake/ Pray to god our souls to take// Celebrate this life we’ve won/ And applaud the songs we’ve sung// When all we leave is a story/ They’ll confide in mourning glory///
4.
An anonymous animosity down below the seven seas/ Waking us up and turning us all in something we can’t see// How did we get away without words?/ We didn’t have to say anything// Once upon a time there was a man without a plan/ He had a gun inside his closet and the fear of change at hand// And everyone around him looked at pictures of themselves/ Fit to fit the features on the face of someone else// How did we get away without words?/ We didn’t have to say anything// Think for just one-second form the criminal’s perspective/ Fear is not a question when the world is quaking wreckage// How did we get away without words?/ We didn’t have to say anything//
5.
Blue Sky 05:00
Oh the darkness gives way to the day/ In a magical mystical way// I’ve never wo ndered why/ Why I loved that deep blue sky// Maybe it’s the seagulls in the air/ Or maybe it’s a matter of where// But for now let’s just lay here and relax/ And let the blue sky warm up our backs// If you ever wonder, “Why?”/ Just turn your head and ask the blue sky// I’m sitting up on top of the cliff/ Thinking and wondering if// Are you the one that I’ve been dreaming about?/ Or are you passing by just like a cloud?// I turn down the volume on the outside/ And let the blue sky serve as my guide// Oh would you please stand next to me/ And open my eyes so I can see?// If you ever wonder, “Why?”/ Just turn your head and ask the blue sky// Oh the darkness gives way to the day/ In a magical mystical way// I’ve never really wondered why/ Why I loved that deep blue sky// Maybe it’s the seagulls in the sky/ Or maybe it’s just a matter of where// But for now let’s just lay here and relax/ And let the blue sky warm up our backs//
6.
Taking a train down to the coast/ I’m the one who would love to keep you close// Maybe you’ll wake and see/ There is room for me in your great big mystery// Minnesota spring, such a melancholy thing/ Where the sun shines slowly and I’m swimming in this old sea// When I get there I will see/ I gotta make I gotta break I gotta shake what’s become cold to me// California spring, such a melancholy spring/ Where the sun shines warmly and you’re swimming in that cold sea//
7.
I wrote to my doubts, told them to come out/ To hear what I have to say// I sang to my fear, to say that I’m here/ And Love is all I see// My worries are lost, when I turn them off/ And only my mind has the key// I smiled at my soul, as I took control/ No thought of the life that I lost/// I danced with my lover, under the covers/ Her eyes showed me grace and beauty// I ran with the wind, felt the rain on my skin/ In her arms my whole life is at ease// I wrote to my lies, told them, “Goodbye.”/ This time round, it’s true// I smiled at my soul, as I took control/ No thought of the light that I lost// I wrote to my doubts, told them to come out/ To hear what I had to say// I sang to my fear, to say that I’m here/ And Love is all I see//
8.
Make your mind up/ Take your time up/ Let it all roll out// You’ve got that fire in your heart/ Your love is pouring from your mouth// These days were made to shake us/ Find us dancing in the dark// Shine a light on what you know/ And feed the rest into the sparks// Go until that magic’s gone/This song is never-ending// Long before the days would fade to shake us all into the shade///
9.
I woke slowly wondering who the/ Angel in my dreams paints pictures// Of this moment, scenes in sunshine/ Put your hand in mine and hold on tight// Let the storm come in/ And St Innocence begin// To hold me in/To let the sunlight cool me down/ To let the moonshine warm you up// I woke slowly wondering who the/ Angel in my dreams paints pictures// Of this moment, scenes in sunshine/ Put your hand in mine and hold on tight//
10.
Goodbye 03:21
I don’t want to have to say goodbye…/ But I’ll try, I’ll try// Storm clouds over my head/ I want to talk to you/ Tell me what it is on your mind// Take the time to let it out/ Go on, let it in// We’ll begin, to say goodbye// I don’t want to have to say goodbye…/// But I’ll try, I’ll try//

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released March 5, 2015

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Eli Utne Oakland, California

Eli Utne is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Huchiun (Oakland) making music for the heart, from the heart.

By shining a light on the power and necessity of human connection, and the danger of isolation and escapism, Eli hopes for his music to serve as a tool for our collective healing and liberation.

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