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Heliotrope

by Leslie Nuss

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1.
Fragile Flower 04:58
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I’m a fragile flower can you make me whole can you build a temple to my soul I’m a fragile flower frail, faint and fine can you twist your body around mine I’m so scared to go out so scared so hard to hold up my head I’m a fragile flower can I lean on you maybe someday I’ll be strong and tall too I’m so scared to go out so scared so hard to hold up my head Can you hear the beating of my heart Can you hear the beating of my heart Can you hear the beating of my heart Can you hear Can you hear The beating of my heart
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Ignore You 03:37
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days go by and I haven't said a word but I won't ignore you life is hard and it brings me down still I won't ignore you last thing that I want is not to love you the way that I want that I want to you know I prayed to God and I said that I won't ignore you no I won't ignore you how can it be that each day I find you by my side you helped me to see that the way is with you as my guide and I won't ignore best friends and all that but still I say that I won't ignore you sometimes my big mouth gets in the way but I won't ignore you you helped me see things like I want to see them gave me hope taught me a thing or two and when I'm stuck with my head in the clouds well I won't ignore you no I won't ignore you my eyes are big they want everything that they see but I'd give it all to you because you believe in me and I won't ignore last night I know I turned away but I won't ignore you I know what you'd say you'd say you understand still I won't ignore you no I won't ignore you I won’t I won’t ignore I won’t I won’t I won’t I won’t I won’t
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Wedding Ring 03:29
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When you going to find the strength to tell me That you’ve been sleeping around I look through my wedding ring And there’s something I’ve found I see you with another woman That I have never met It’s the kind of vision That I won’t soon forget Wedding Ring, what is this thing That you’ve been doing to me We go around and round and round And round Wedding Ring what is this thing That you have given to me It’s a symbol of a love that means Nothing to me I could see how this could happen There would come a time You’d look outside our home For a love that wasn’t mine But God is my witness Part of me has died The bond between us broken Crushed by deceit and lies Wedding Ring, what is this thing That you’ve been doing to me We go around and round and round And round Wedding Ring what is this thing That you have given to me It’s a symbol of a love that means Nothing to me Some things can’t be repaired This I know Can you tell me look me in the eye Before I go Wedding Ring, what is this thing That you’ve been doing to me We go around and round and round And round Wedding Ring what is this thing That you have given to me It’s a symbol of a love that means Nothing to me It means nothing to me It means nothing to me It means nothing to me
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Completely 02:50
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I could walk the ocean floor and I can see to heaven’s door it’s easy for me I believe I’m running away completely I could drink the river dry and if I stand I scrape the sky it’s easy for me I believe I’m running away completely I could breathe this autumn chill and eat the stars to grow bigger still it’s easy you know try with me we’re running away completely running away completely running away completely
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Hold My Heart 05:09
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I can't see you anymore it's goodbye when you walk out my door I'll end up alone again months from now I'm in love and then you'll go back to her don't say it won't occur I've seen this happen once before You can't get this involved I won't let this evolve I will not let you hold my heart I can't deal with the pain I never know if I'll see you again I can't stay in this affair I want a lover that I don't have to share I really fell for you more than I wanted to and it's myself I must regain you can't get this involved I won't let this evolve I will not let you hold my heart maybe some day things will change maybe you'll break away but I don't want to wait that long maybe things will turn out right maybe I need to hold tight but I was never very strong you can't get this involved I won't let this evolve I will not let you hold my heart it's easier on me we were not meant to be I will not let you hold my heart I will not let you hold my heart I will not let you hold my heart I will not let you hold my heart I will not let you hold my heart
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Child of God 03:47
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I am a child of God and from my vantage point I’m aware of what will be everything is temporary everything rolls over me When darkness takes my life and steals my breath dirt will fill my ears I will rest I am a child of God here on borrowed time standing as long as I can stand holding on to what’s been given watching the days slip through my hand When darkness takes my life and steals my breath dirt will fill my ears I will rest None of this will matter None of this will matter None of this will matter None of this will matter I am a child of God I’m such an amateur searching for something I can’t find everything is rushing past me I’m so afraid to fall behind When darkness takes my life and steals my breath dirt will fill my ears I will rest None of this will matter None of this will matter None of this will matter None of this will matter
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Butterfly 01:38
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If I could come back, I’d be a butterfly If I could come back, I’d be a butterfly beauty is my body wrapping me in pride I’d fly away I’d fly, fly away If I could come back, I’d be a butterfly If I could come back, I’d be a butterfly visiting the garden feasting on a flower I’d fly away I’d fly, fly away If I could come back, I’d be a butterfly If I could come back, I’d be a butterfly in the heat of summer dancing until dawn I’d fly away I’d fly, fly away If I could come back, I’d be a butterfly If I could come back, I’d be a butterfly born to make a flash I'd burn so brightly if not for long
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Garden of Death 02:34
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I went to the garden of death where I lived before something had changed my grave was there no more The sun broke through and shined down on my face and filled me up with a warmth that I could taste Birds I heard where darkness reigned supreme they woke me up from what was a bad dream I went to the garden of death for comfort not there the time had come I purified the air
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This Song 04:50
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When will you see that I can be who I want to when will you know that I can go my own way the days are colder now I feel much older somehow When will you see that I am free I take my chances when will you know that I have grown without you my life is calling for me I’m tired of falling endlessly You try to tell me I’m wrong You try to tell me I’m wrong You try to tell me I’m wrong but I’m still singing this song When will you see that I am me I always have been when will you know that I have flown far away the grass is greener now I’m such a dreamer anyhow When will you see how happy this makes me when will you know that I have sewn my future my boat is sailing now I’m through with failing anyhow You try to tell me I’m wrong You try to tell me I’m wrong You try to tell me I’m wrong but I’m still singing this song
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Dream Car 04:13
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you left this town with nothing but your name you laughed at all of us who played your game the truth is one thing I won't hide though I've been taken for a ride your whole life was nothing but a fake a perfect story with not one mistake and I believed that it was true now I've been taken for a fool taken for a ride in your dream car taken for a ride in your dream car and the worst thing is that you lied now that you've gone it's as if you died taken for a ride in your dream car taken for a ride in your dream car all the stories that you told about your empire made of gold you told me tales of childhood misery but it was only for my sympathy you told me that you were abused but I'm the one who's been so used and now your cardboard crown begins to fall I know you weren't the prom queen after all you were no child prodigy you were no better off than me taken for a ride in your dream car taken for a ride in your dream car and the worst thing is that you lied now that you've gone it's as if you died taken for a ride in your dream car taken for a ride in your dream car all the stories that you told about your empire made of gold you told me all about your success but now I find out that your life's a mess how many lies did you tell protected in your private hell taken for a ride in your dream car taken for a ride in your dream car and the worst thing is that you lied now that you've gone it's as if you died taken for a ride in your dream car taken for a ride in your dream car all the stories that you told about your empire made of gold I was taken for a ride in your dream car I was taken for a ride in your dream car taken for a ride in your dream car I was taken for a ride in your dream car taken for a ride in your dream car
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Hanging On 02:43
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looks like you'll never be the love of my labor even though I've tried to turn this into my favor now your body language speaks to me and I can clearly see that nothing between us will occur but I'm still hanging on and on and on I'm still hanging on and on and on guess I should give up this silly infatuation click my heels and run off in the opposite direction fall into the arms of someone new and learn to make love with someone who can console me in my dejection but I'm still hanging on and on and on I'm still hanging on and on and on guess I'm weaker than I thought even though my heart is wrought with pain and when you look at me I avert my eyes but it's because I'm trying to disguise my shame 'cause I'm still hanging on and on and on I'm still hanging on and on and on I'm still hanging on and on and on I'm still hanging on and on and on I'm still hanging on I'm still hanging on
12.
Heavy Heart 02:37
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tonight I sleep with a heavy heart tonight I sleep with a heavy heart tell me what can I do I don't think I love you tonight I wake with a heavy heart tonight I wake with a heavy heart tell me what can I say these thoughts won't go away and now I stand with a heavy heart and now I stand with a heavy heart can I look in your eye I don't want to cry

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released October 10, 1998

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Leslie Nuss Valparaiso, Indiana

Multi-Dimensional artist who makes and wears her own clothes, paints. Inward and outward looking, ethereal, indie artist who has been compared to Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Elizabeth Fraser and the Cranberries...

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