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Frontier 2023
03:36
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FRONTIER - lyrics by Benjamin Russell
Can you tell me a picture or draw me a story
Illustrating the way to your heart?
Can you make me a diagram or some kind of map
Of the frontier that keeps us apart?
Mark it in red where the boundary lies
And I'll be very careful with my inner eye
I will follow the rivers that lead to your soul
At the top of a mountain, looking over a canyon
There's a deep and bottomless pool
You could climb up there with me, we'd dip in together
The water refreshing and cool
I dreamed it last night as you slept on my bed
And I got up and wrote down before they had fled
All the visions, I wanted to share them with you
I know the phantoms have given us fear
But let's trust the angels for they've led us here
For they have led us here
Smile and touch me, encourage my quest
And explain to your heart that I'm doing my best
To be more than a lover, more than a man, be your friend
Your best friend
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Not My Only
03:55
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NOT MY ONLY - lyrics by Elyce and Benjamin Russell
You're not my only reason for living
But you give me strength to carry on
You're not my only inspiration
But you're the one that I can count on
Well now, I know it's tough
But I thought it would be better
If I wished hard enough
I freaked when the game got rough
And I threw in my best hand
When the dealer called my bluff
You're not my only...
I've heard every answer leads
To another question and we'll never be free
I choked and I lost my way
You were going to send me packing
But then you let me stay
You're not my only...
You keep me real
You make me feel there's a place
Where I can fit
You make me know it
Well now, here are we
Facing the unknown, yeah
Who knows what will be?
One thing that still puzzles me
Who keeps hiding pieces
In this jigsaw I can't see
You're not my only...
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Ghost Town
04:05
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GHOST TOWN - lyrics by Elyce and Benjamin Russell
You might have been a ghost
But I found you stimulating
You might have been a fraud
I might have been deceived
But I wanted to believe
Every lie you told me
He she they them - there's a problem
Going round and round
Everybody's disappearing
In this new ghost town
You might have been a friend
Ticked off every box
And I'd been waiting
But you weren't who you seemed
I know I was deceived
But I wanted to believe
Now your contact's cleaned
He she they them - there's a problem
Going round and round
Everybody's disappearing
In this new ghost town
Ghost town, ghost town - when you shut down
Makes me insecure
If we can't get past the first step
How can we endure?
Nearly was amazing - we really came quite close
Of all the ghosts who've left me
I miss you the most
Your daddy left you, and your mama too
Your brother and your sisters
Want nothing more from you
And yeah, I know, I get it
It's what you're trained to do
But it's so frustrating
You refuse to see the truth
Ghost town, ghost town - what a letdown
Houses built on sand
Little breezes blow them down
All across ghost land
Ghost town, ghost town - when you shut down
Makes me insecure
If we can't get past the first step
How can we endure?
He she they them - there's a problem
Going round and round
Everybody's disappearing
In this new ghost town
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ONE LOVE - lyrics by Benjamin Russell
Each heart has a heartbeat - it beats alone for a while
But each heart's got a soul beating, waiting, wanting to love - One love
This heart's got its own beat - it beats for you cause I love you
This heart's gonna keep beating, leaping, keeping time, love - One love
One love for this heart
And that one love, that one love, that one love...
There's a rhythm - a love beat - a heart beat
It's a hymn - this one beat - this heart beat
And it's ringing, it's singing, it's singing - it's ringing out for you
Chorus
This heart's got a soul mate - it beats for you mate (forever)
This heart's gonna keep beating, leaping, keeping time, love - One love
Chorus
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Charlie Coming Down
04:00
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CHARLIE COMING DOWN - lyrics by Benjamin Russell
He felt like Charlie coming down
From on high toward the ground
Going back to being stupid
But unhappy now he knew it
Knowing just how far he'd seen
But already losing memory
Aware that he was more no more
Charlie coming down
from on high toward the ground
Addicted to the highs, was he unwise
To try to rise
Fear of falling kept him from the height
But at night he dreamed of precipice
Mountain top and cliff
He fell, and fell, and fell
Until he learned to fly
Charlie coming down
Fear of failing kept him on the ground
Until he learned to fly
Charlie coming down
Until he learns to fly
Charlie coming down
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LIVING IN A DREAM - lyrics by Benjamin Russell
Time drifts by minute by minute
I'm waiting for life, I'd like to begin it
My blood's like molasses, another day passes
A slow motion scene, am I living in a dream?
I don't know, would it be different
If someone could show me what it all meant?
Would it change my life's course, with a cause to endorse?
You know what I mean? Am I living in a dream
Doesn't anyone need me? Oh, someone please lead me
I'm sure I would grow if someone would show me
Or at least get to know me. Am I living in a dream?
Doesn't anyone need me?
Oh, someone please lead me
I'm sure I would grow if someone would show me
Or at least get to know me.
Am I living in a dream?
A slow motion scene.
You know what I mean.
Am I living in a dream?
Living on a foreign planet
A bleak landscape of sandstone and granite
Could be heaven I'm in, but some original sin
Blocks me like a screen. Am I living in a dream?
Doesn't anyone need me? ...
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Poke The Dragon
05:23
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POKE THE DRAGON - lyrics by Elyce and Benjamin Russell
I've been down in the dark so long
In this tunnel all alone
I'm afraid to make a sound
Don't want to wake up the sleeping bones
But I feel something moving
In the depths far below
And now I gotta, I gotta, I gotta go
Yesterday I was free outside
Making plans to break in
I was brave enough to try
To rob this dragon - thought I could win
In this crazy maze of tunnels, chambers, deeps
Is the golden treasure that this dragon keeps
Sleeping with one eye half open on the hoard
You can just imagine what I creep toward
Oh, poke the dragon in his lair
Grab something precious if I dare
Before he's aware
Yeah I feel something stirring
In the depths far below
And now I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna
Go poke the dragon in his lair
Grab something precious if I dare
Before he's (aware)
Go poke the dragon in his lair
Grab something precious if I dare
Before he's aware
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Jackie
04:04
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JACKIE - lyrics by Elyce and Benjamin Russell
It's OK, it's alright, Jackie
Everything's fine
You didn't do anything wrong
This time - Jackie
You have come so far
It's just a flashback
Not a setback
And you still know who you are
Don't forget that - Jackie
Don't cry, you're safe here
You know that
Remember you're strong
You know you can be who you are
You belong - Jackie
You have grown inside
At your centre
You remember
You have learned to survive
You don't forget that
Jackie - give yourself a good talking to
Your inner child is counting on you
Talk to yourself, be a good friend
Your inner child needs to know this will end
It's Ok, it's alright - Jackie
It's Ok, it's alright - Jackie
And you've got this
Just focus
It's ghosts you don't need to defend
It's Ok, it's alright - Jackie
It's Ok, it's alright - Jackie
It's Ok, it's alright - Jackie
It's Ok, it's alright - Jackie
It's Ok, it's alright - Jackie
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WHEN THE BUBBLE BREAKS - lyrics by Benjamin Russell
I'm on the outside, looking in
You're on the inside dreami'
I'm on the outside, I can't get in
You're a sleeping beauty and I can't disturb the spell
Till you're ready, only time will tell
When the bubble breaks, you'll need me
When the bubble breaks, you'll see me
I will be waiting for you
You are pure, heaven sent
You think love is innocent (it is!)
But you won't feel joy or pain
As long as you're living outside the rain
And no price charming's going ring that bell
Till you're ready, only time will tell
When the bubble breaks, you'll need me
When the bubble breaks, you'll see me
I will be waiting for you
We're all sleeping, living in our dreams
And we can't shake the fantasy
So it seems
When the bubble breaks...
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DOWN IN THE HOLE - lyrics by Elyce and Benjamin Russell
Push it, shove it
Shove it down in the hole
Family hurts
Shove it down in the hole
Trouble at work
Shove it down in the hole
Put it out of your mind
Until it jumps up and
Blind
Sides
You
Push it, shove it
Shove it down in the hole
Face it, feel it
Deal with it
Don't let it poison your soul
Bring it out into the sunlight
Where it can be seen for what it is
Dragon's eggs
Shove'em down in the hole
Darkness makes it grow
Down in the hole
Dragon's eggs
Push'em, shove'em
Down in the hole
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Benjamin Russell Montreal, Québec
Benjamin Russell is a multi-genre singer-songwriter, painter, graphic artist, videographer, writer living in Montreal, Quebec.
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