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Turn It On
03:32
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Countdown to the sun
You can turn it on
Falling one by one
Soon they'll all be gone
And you can turn it on
You can turn it on
You can turn it
Turn it on
You can turn it on
Your hands touch the sky
Lighting up the spark
Keep them held up high
Keep us from the dark
And you can turn it on
You can turn it on
You can turn it
Turn it on
You can turn it on
Countdown to the sun
You can turn it on
Falling one by one
Soon they'll all be gone
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Born To Become
03:26
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Catch it put it in a jar
To have and to hold
To save for later
You cannot trust it to come again
To wait for you to find a pen
And fill the paper with the message
That it wants to send
Grab it hold it by its tail
Before it escapes
You know its ways
And you cannot lose it
Thats what you fear
So hold it up against your ear
And very carefully listen
To what it wants you to hear
Find it sleeping in its nest
Before it wakes up
Touch it gently
You want it feeling completely calm
So you can hold it in your palm
And help it grow
Just like it was born to become
Come, come, come!
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Shallow Waters
05:16
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Shallow waters
Don't jump, don't try to swim
Tongue tied and left alone, drowning
Words are too slim
Sometimes I want to drown
I want to dive head first
But shallow waters
Too clear to be mysterious
Too calm and clean
I'd like to have something to say
But sentences build up
Build up and float away
In my ocean mind
Not so deep anymore
Shallow waters
Sometimes I want to drown
I want to dive head first
But shallow waters
Too clear to be mysterious
Too calm and clean
I think It's time I opened my mind
I think I'ts time to see what I find
Maybe I lost part of my brain
That would explain
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Bells In Our Stomachs
03:40
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We build our prisons
Holes in the walls
Sunlight we hide from
To cover our faults
We alter actions
To suit what we fear
The colors slowly fading
Seals in our ears
But we can hear now
We can hear
Loud and clear
Bells in Our stomachs
When truth is here
Now we can hear
Loud and clear
Bells in Our stomachs
When truth is here
Possessions hold us
Full to the brim
The weights they keep us
From flight or from swim
How vast the fields are
The oceans and skies
We lose our sight of
Cover our eyes
But we can hear now
We can hear
Loud and clear
Bells in Our stomachs
When truth is here
Now we can hear
Loud and clear
Bells in Our stomachs
When truth is here
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Good Girl
06:01
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Here comes the good girl
You'll drown slowly with her in command
Beautiful ships sink quietly
As You helplessly stand
Watch her as she takes hold
Of your lips and your tongue
The kiss of kindness is never
In anyone's eyes wrong
She's the queen of this courtyard
She never will fold
All the men, clowns and the horses
Their breaths they all hold
To her quiet but ever so carefully taken steps
She grabs any desire and chokes it to death
And you bow and say thank you
To the mistress of neat
For your soul feels unworthy to lay down at her feet
But the red fiery flames and the winds that blow colder
The blackness of devils that sit on your shoulder
Are all that the good girl will ever request
Yet her own presence keeps her from ending her quest
All the holy and white are her curse and her fail
Denied of all pleasures of going to hell
Here comes the good girl
Butterflies tied to the edge of her dress
Hovers above the black ground
Without making a mess
Dirty your hands send to hold her
As she brushes your skin
Never the distance between you and God
Has seemed this thin
And you bow and say thank you
To the mistress of neat
For your soul feels unworthy to lay down at her feet
But the red fiery flames and the winds that blow colder
The blackness of devils that sit on your shoulder
Are all that the good girl will ever request
Yet her own presence keeps her from ending her quest
All the holy and white are her curse and her fail
Denied of all pleasures of going to hell
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When The Sky
04:27
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If you take one step
Then you will be
A little closer to your dream
Than if you stayed just where you are
Keep that chin held up
And fight your battles
With your feet and heart both bare
You'll find a path that has your name
Here I am
I'm ready to go again
Ready to say goodbye
When the sky is high
No reason to stay on ground
Lift your hands and you can touch it
Fly
The minute you felt you found
Understand that you can have it all
The wings are in your soul
Let go of the need
To be an image that you've sketched
On pages of your mind
Just watch it fade away
And give your powerful consent
To be a traveler
Guided by your gift
You'll find that you're a guide yourself
Here I am
I'm ready to go again
Ready to say goodbye
When the sky is high
No reason to stay on ground
Lift your hands and you can touch it
Fly
The minute you felt you found
Understand that you can have it all
The wings are in your soul
When the sky is high
No reason to stay on ground
Lift your hands and you can touch it
Fly!
For glory is where you're bound
Understand that you can have it all
The wings are in your soul
Take courage
Take strength
Take resilience
Keep on moving
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Song For Tom
04:14
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Oh, Fear not the cold
For riddles shall unfold
And we were young and bold
We had our secrets
Pull up your shades and see
The seedling's now a tree
And all that's wild is free
And so are we now
Our home lies dark and dead
Our kitchen and our bed
These knives they cut and shred
Inside my stomach
The wind will heal and mend
And though the story ends
Remember we were friends
And that I loved you
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Maya Johanna Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel
Maya Johanna is a Tel Aviv based singer-songwriter. She released her debut album "Bells In Our Stomachs" in
2015.
Today she is releasing new songs from a new EP in Hebrew, featuring a captivating combination of lush, airy arrangements with Maya’s effortless and moving delivery. The result is a clean yet rich soundscape, and a type of naivety that evokes feelings of sweet and soothing nostalgia.
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