Constellations

Album: In Between Dreams (2005)
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  • The light was leaving and the west it was blue
    The children's laughter saying they're skipping just like the stones they threw
    The voices echoed across the ways it's getting late

    It was just another night with the sunset and
    The moonrise not so far behind
    To give us just enough light
    To lay down underneath the stars listening to
    Papa's translations of the stories across the sky, we drew our own constellations

    The west winds often last too long
    But when they come down nothing ever feels the same
    Sheltered under the Kamani tree waiting for the passing rain
    Clouds keep moving to uncover the sea
    Stars above us chasing the day away
    To find the stories that we sometimes need
    Listen close enough all else fades
    Fades away

    It was just another night with the sunset and
    The moonrise not so far behind
    To give us just enough light
    To lay down underneath the stars listening to
    All the translations of the stories across the sky to do our own constellations Writer/s: Jack Hody Johnson
    Publisher: Bubble Toes Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., O/B/O DistroKid, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Vietnam Center for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC)
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Mikaele from Fort Bragg, CaliforniaGreat song. Too bad they got the lyrics wrong! " The children's laughter sang" " And skipping just like the stones they threw" "Listen to Papa's translations" "The wind may calm down nothing ever feels the same" " Clouds keep moving to uncover the scene" " Listen to all the translations"
    "We drew our own constellations"
  • Cedric from Weyburn, SkKate I don't think I could have put it any better...
  • Jarryd from Upper Sandusky, Ohsuch deep meaning in all of his lyrics...it seems like he sure knows how to live life.
  • Steve from Chicago, IlI agree?
  • Kate from Harrison, Nymy absolutely most favourite jack j song ever. it is such a yummy-feel-good-in-your-pyjamas-when-your-having-such-a-totally-bad-day-and-theres-no-more-icecream-in-the-freezer song. the lyrcs are just so beautiful.
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