Jigsaw Puzzle

lyrics:

I went to a dinner party with the first and last
Humans that ever were to be
The first provided berries and some fruits that they had found
Growing up from the unnurtured ground
The lifestyles of our ancestors living wild and free
Growing up so naturally and living socially
The first provided berries and some meat caught with a spear
Said nothing is wasted around here

I hosted my own dinner party with the first and last
Humans that ever were to be
I laid out lots of packages ripped off the shiny flare
Thrown away without a thought or care
The lifestyles of us current folk focused on the next
Growing up far too quickly to live for social text
I laid out lots of packages and stacked them up in tier
Said some stuff does get wasted around here

I went to a dinner party with the first and last
Humans that ever were to be
The last provided insects and some scraps that they had found
Lying on the desolated ground
The lifestyle of our legacy spread out distantly
Living off a vibrant land remembered wistfully
The last provided insects and some fish caught in a weir
Said nothing is wasted around here

Nothing Wasted Around Here

lyrics:

Don't look at me
I'm clueless you see
Few answers I have
I'm no sat nav

But we're not lost out there
And I am aware of just what makes you smile
So let's hang out let's hang out for a while
For a while

Don't listen to me
I'm on empty you see
Refueling I need
I'll follow you lead

But we're not lost out there
And you are aware of just what makes me smile
So let's hang out let's hang out for a while
For a while
And I want to say thank you

For bringing me back from the edge of the rail I said thank you
For bringing me back from the edge of the rail I said thank you
For bringing me back from the edge of the rail I said thank you
For bringing me back from the edge of the rail I said thank you now

So here we are
We have both been far
Such views up ahead
Together we tread

But we're not lost out there
And we're both aware of just what makes us smile
So lets hang out let's hang out for a while
For a while
And give me a chance to once again say thank you

For bringing me back from the edge of the rail I said thank you
For bringing me back from the edge of the rail I said thank you
For bringing me back from the edge of the rail I said thank you
For bringing me back from the edge of the rail I said thank you
For bringing me back from the edge of the rail no problem I said thank you
For bringing me back from the edge of the rail no problem I said thank you
For bringing me back from the edge of the rail no problem I said thank you
For bringing me back from the edge of the rail no problem I said thank you now

Edge of the Rail

Edge Of The Rail

Featuring additional vocals by Minhy

lyrics:

Through a sea with fates entwined
Leaving darkness behind
New conscious thought now beckons forth
Be free

Spark new life at first light
Spark of life at first light

Through a sea with fates entwined
Leaving darkness behind
New conscious thought now beckons forth
Free

Dawn of a new age
Our time is near
Pass the baton move it forward
Dawn of a new age
Our time is near
Pass the baton on

Spark new life at first light
Spark of life at first light
Spark new life at first light
Spark of life at first light

First Light

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I feel like I'm falling I just can not bear it
I will stay right here so we can both share it
Colors of autumn a cold disposition
I will watch over with care this position
But we are so different so why would you bother
Standing beside you would be my great honor
Your splendor brings beauty and change with the seasons
And you provide shelter even when it is freezin'

Our roots are the same we just have different names within this woodlot
In our separate ways we're both soakin' up rays on this here blue dot
Our roots are the same we just have different names within this woodlot
In our separate ways we're both soakin' up rays on this here blue dot
Our roots are the same we just have different names within this woodlot
In our separate ways we're both soakin' up rays on this here blue dot
Our roots are the same we just have different names within this woodlot
In our separate ways we're both soakin' up rays on this here blue dot

We will be oak-kay and we'll make a lovely day
Lets go out on a limb this is a good place for a swing
Here we are lets grow be it rain hail sun or snow
We'll shelter fur and feather safe from any form of weather
I will never leaf you and you'll stick around for me
Let's not be quite as busy as a pollinating bee
Our roots are the same we just have our different names
We will always sympathize the way we photosynthesize yeah

Deciduous and the Evergreen

Deciduous And The Evergreen

lyrics:

What I had for breakfast ain't your prerogatee
What I had for breakfast it is just for me
What I had for breakfast is for me to do
What I have for breakfast makes no diff to you

Unless I'm eating up your brains yeah with a side of fava beans yeah
What I had for breakfast ain't your prerogatee
What I have for breakfast is for me
I can choose to live this way yeah

No one else needs to get it I am just doing fine
If anyone tries to test it then I'll show that they crossed a line
I'm listening to my body the fire that it craves
Something to keep me going on for days and days and days

Eating fava beans yeah and a side of your brains
What I had for breakfast ain't your prerogatee
What I have for breakfast is for me
I can choose to live this way yeah

Acquired Taste

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I'm in a cavernous space below
It's so dark can hardly see
Can feel them gnawing at my bones
My one true hope's you rescue me
I don't know if you can hear me
But I know I'm not alone

I'm sending up a flare
I'm sending up a flare
I'm sending up a flare
I'm sending a flare I'm sending a flare
I'm sending up a flare
I'm sending a flare I'm sending a flare
I'm sending up a flare

I've drawn attention here to me
Surrounded by enemies
I will face them on my own
Just long enough until you're shown
I don't know if you can hear me
But I know I'm not alone

I'm sending up a flare
I'm sending up a flare
I'm sending up a flare
I'm sending a flare I'm sending a flare
I'm sending up a flare
I'm sending a flare I'm sending a flare
I'm sending up a flare

Flare

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Most all around go to ground
When I sail through
Yet you come to me

We can be paired if wanted
We can both be complete
You'll take a share for helping
I'll get my shiny teeth

We can be paired if wanted
We can both be complete
You'll take a share for helping
I'll get my shiny teeth
In the water
In the teeth
In the water
In the teeth

The Crocodile and the Plover

The Crocodile And The Plover

lyrics:

I've become becalmed there is no wind up in my sail
I can feel them watching from the sea
I've become becalmed within a mist which hides all shadow
I can hear the siren calling me

Let me just take these layers off
The water's now calling me

We're dead in the water it's time to swim
'Cos I'm gonna make it
Dead in the water it's time to swim
'Cos I wanna make it
If it's the last thing that I do

I've become becalmed and now my quadrant's lost all bearing
Time to make a tribute to the sea
I've become becalmed and now no longer am seafaring
There's no place safe left for me to hide

I hear it down below the siren's call
Lurking there to snatch me when I fall

Give me a paddle
The water's now calling me

We're dead in the water sink or swim
I'm gonna make it
We're dead in the water sound the horn
'Cos I wanna make it
If it's the last thing that I do
If it's the last thing that I do

Becalmed

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Money makes the world go round if round means down into the ground
Capitalistic economy consume entomb all for the boom
Fair division comes naturally the system's made for you and me
Hoard it all and run away to save it for the end of days

It looks like we are out of luck when no one even gives a buck

Rack it up the massive debt the cheque to pay has not come yet
Keep acquiring excess stock for that's the aim stuck in caps lock

Caps lock
Caps lock

CAPSlock

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Moonlit shadows like memories of yester-years
Disappear while the waterway flows
Gentle chorus of melodies and symphonies
Disappear like the new morning breeze

See the river how it flows into the sea
Hear the cracking at the shore
See the wattlebirds feeding in the trees
As the glacier disappears

In the evening a mist it falls onto the leaves
As they whisper up high in the air
Simple living and innocence left to lament
As surrounds change like clouds in the sky

Feel the pressure drop a calm before the storm
Seek shelter far and wide
Like a potted plant upon the windowsill
There is nowhere else to grow

All the wildlife and magic in this world
Hears the cracking at the shore
See the river as it flows into the sea
Feel the glacier disappear

Glacier

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Lemon
Lemonade
Lemon
Lemonade

You don't like sucking on lemons by the look that's on your face
What even made you want to do it see right here in the first place
Well when life gives me some lemons you know what I like to do
I make my own lemonade today and say how about you

Lemon
Lemonade
Lemon
Make lemonade

Why don't you come on over and just citrus-self down
I'll help to make you feel good and remove that there frown
Make lemonade

Squeeze a lemon in a bit of a jar
Squeeze a lemon make it squirt real far
Squeeze a lemon in a bit of a jar yeah
Squeeze a lemon in a bit of a jar
Squeeze a lemon make it squirt real far
Squeeze a lemon in a bit of a jar yeah
Everybody likes to make lemonade
Everybody likes the taste
Everybody likes to make lemonade
Everybody likes the taste

Lemonade

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With feelings of emptiness the darkness surrounds
Aimlessly wandering I'm more lost than found
Too scared to carry on must find some place that I belong
Standing here all alone no one to call my own
And I'm thinking here that maybe this is just what I deserve
Until your headlights shone on me so that I might see my way back home

Standing here on the street the cold ground beneath my feet
Silence it fills the air it's eerie like some thing's out there
And I'm thinking here that maybe this is all I'll ever be
Until your headlights shone on me so that I could see my way back home

Following headlights back home
Following headlights don't do it alone
Following headlights back home now I see
Following headlights don't do it alone

Dreams that are faded give way to this reality
Aimlessly wandering with nowhere to go
And I'm thinking here that maybe this is all I'll ever do
Until your headlights shone on me and now it's plain to see my way back home

Following headlights back home
Following headlights don't do it alone
Following headlights back home now I see
Following headlights don't do it alone like me

Headlights

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Out of the box and spread out across the table
Here to find out the picture of this here fable
Nobody knows how this shall come together
No time like now I say to find out despite the weather

I look around at an empty chair
A bottle of wine and a glass to spare
There are so many pieces lying on the floor
They're all scrambled around

I feel like a jigsaw puzzle you took a piece of me
I feel like a jigsaw puzzle I have a part missing
I feel like a jigsaw puzzle you stole a piece of me
I feel like a jigsaw puzzle you took the heart out of me
I feel like a jigsaw puzzle you stole a piece of me
I feel like a jigsaw puzzle you took the heart out of me

Come gather around as I tell the tale
Of just how things should be
Only so many pieces that I have to share
This can't go too much longer

I feel like a jigsaw puzzle you took a piece of me
I feel like a jigsaw puzzle I have a part missing
I feel like a jigsaw puzzle you stole a piece of me
I feel like a jigsaw puzzle you took the heart out of me yeah
I feel like a jigsaw puzzle you stole a piece of me
I feel like a jigsaw puzzle you took the heart out of me

Virtually Ryan is an Australian singer-songwriter.

Ryan loves the way in which song-writing helps make sense of the world.  Music allows us to discover what it is to be human.

Join Ryan as he explores his musicality, following inspiration wherever it leads.