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The Great Unknown

by Woodes

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1.
I grew weary on the way home Matching the sky So grey in colour And I’m running like I’ve lost hope The world outside keeps getting darker All I need's a way To be free, to change My belief I’ll grow and let go All I need's the voice From within The choice to begin The great unknown Mind is racing when I should sleep The quiet world So soft in slumber I’m reminded of the beauty Of staying soft And staying tender All I need's a way To be free, to change My belief I’ll grow and let go All I need's the voice From within The choice to begin The great unknown Feel the weight Pulling me Sinking like stones And I’m in the dark And the path’s hard to follow And the words you said In my head, are things that I already know All I need's a way To be free, to change My belief I’ll grow and let go All I need's the voice From within The choice to begin The great unknown
2.
Sweetly, sweetly shallow water Autumn finally comes Winter’s lurking round the corner Deepest cold we’ve known It’s like I will run to the heart of the forest Gonna stand up tall like the legends before us Don’t look back You can never look back Feels like waiting on the thunder after lightning strikes Feels like standing in the desert Deep blue of the night It’s like I will run to the heart of the forest Gonna stand up tall like the legends before us Don’t look back You can never look back Don’t look back You can never look back
3.
Hibernate 03:38
Feels like I’ve woken from a big sleep It’s been years in hibernation Hyper-focus on a big dream Don’t know where I’m going Basing everything on instinct Learned to walk and started running Fighting head versus heart It’s a war inside my body A war inside my body I surrender Guess I better I’m losing control It’s never ending but I’m learning To let go Feels like I’m making up for lost time It’s like I don't even know me And I’m going through the motions From outside my body I surrender Guess I better I’m losing control It’s never ending but I’m learning To let go Don’t let me walk away Don’t let the memory fade One word is all it takes One world too big to save Don’t let me walk away Don’t let the memory fade One word is all it takes One world too big to save
4.
There’s a power There’s a fire deep inside of you There’s a danger need a saviour Oh which road to choose? Forevermore Forever I will run back for you What happened happened Love’s not something you lose It’s forever after Forevermore Forever Forever If I listen You are still here Holding onto you See it glisten in the river See it in the blue Forever more I will run back for you What happened happened Love’s not something you lose It’s forever after More, forever forever more
5.
Lifetime 04:33
Think of everything we left behind I’ve still have a choice and I’ve got time I still have a path I’ve got desires And I still have a chance to make it right It’s only a lifetime, ohh It’s only a lifetime, ohhh So let’s go I still have so much love to give And I still have the memories yet to live I still have some places to return And I still have the wisdom yet to learn It’s only a lifetime, ohh It’s only a lifetime, ohhh So let’s go He said “If you could see yourself through my eyes” If only I could learn to take my own advice It’s only a lifetime, ohh It’s only a lifetime, ohh So let’s go
6.
The Girl 02:19
She’ll soft and walk beside you And she’ll hold you in the quiet She’ll be the girl of your dreams But I just hoped that girl would be me And you’ll solve the world together Oh what a funny life you’ll share And I guess we’ll be a memory I just know this is what you need You’ll adore her and laugh til crying And you’ll travel the world beside her She’ll be your family And I just hoped that girl would be me Oh it was such a joy to be yours And I can only think she’d be so proud I really hope this is what you need I still kinda wish the girl was me I still kinda wish the girl was me
7.
War Cry 03:39
You can not touch me or hold it above me Telling me what is real Victory calling Well I have a forcefield You can’t tell me how to feel War cry, war cry We’ll burn it all down tonight Did you think I was too weak to fight? Look out, we have arrived You can not judge me then tell me you love me It’s taken too long to heal History’s calling, repeating the pattern You know you broke the deal War cry, war cry We’ll burn it all down tonight Did you think I was too weak to fight? Look out, we have arrived Gods have spoken The beast’s awoken It’s our last hope War cry, war cry Heavenly stolen angels Taken too young The chances, given to men too often And given the sky keeps falling Heaven you keep on calling I’ve got my arms wide open Watching as stars keep falling down War cry, war cry We’ll burn it all down tonight Did you think I was too weak to fight? Look out, we have arrived Gods have spoken The beast’s awoken It’s our last hope War cry, war cry
8.
Kingdom Come 03:19
There in your hometown Knew eventually It would all crumble, right in front of me Thought that I finally figured it out Pulled the rug and it all fell down Came undone How did we come undone? Feels like I’ve lost But no one won I would have given it all Til Kingdom Come Is that how it goes? Now all is said and done I just thought I’d be yours Til Kingdom Come Til Kingdom Come I held it together All the broken parts Thought I could mend it God I tried so hard Thought that I finally figured it out Pulled the rug and it all fell down Came undone How did we come undone? Feels like I’ve lost But no one won I would have given it all Til Kingdom Come Is that how it goes? Now all is said and done I just thought I’d be yours Til Kingdom Come Til Kingdom Come
9.
Magic 03:54
Didn’t want to mess you up I guess we fell in love Even though we both know that breakups really suck You took me to the snow Barrelled down the slopes Delicately hesitant until we let go Pulls me flying backwards Hits me like some magic There’s something about your love Wish that it was enough Nothing really helped Perpetually, indefinitely circling what’s left Tell me what you need You tell me how it seems Eloquently, evidently drift apart from me Pulls me flying backwards Hits me like some magic There’s something about your love Felt like we were magnets Til we weren’t oh it was tragic There’s something about your love Cloudy mountain tops You’re quiet on the walk Used to talk in double time When did that all stop? It’s light at 5am, out on the couch again Quietly questioning if this is how it ends Pulls me flying backwards Hits me like some magic There’s something about your love Felt like we were magnets Til we weren’t oh it was tragic There’s something about your love
10.
Heavenly 03:12
Heavenly stolen angels Taken too young The chances, are given to men too often And given the sky keeps falling Heaven you keep on calling I’ve got my arms wide open Watching as stars keep falling down What are you waiting for What do you take me for? What are you waiting for What do you take me for? Time to reimagine Anything could happen Searching through distractions Sleeping at the wheel Hope to find a calling Stop your tears from falling As the world keeps turning round What are you waiting for What do you take me for? What are you waiting for What do you take me for?

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The Great Unknown is a song that I've created with my friend Hylton Mowday, who is a film composer. It's ambitious and bold, and begins my second record, under the same title. This song is embarking into a new chapter... and I feel it really beautifully fuses all the music I've been writing this year. Whilst I was writing for Kingdom Come and Hibernation, the two EPs I put out this year - it was obvious I was writing for a dark and a light side. This duality fit as two halves on this record. I was writing 'The Great Unknown' in the thick of winter, feeling like everyone around me had the same shade of grey walking home. A theme that's been in this writing has been listening to an internal voice - like getting advice from an old friend. A moral compass, a childlike optimism, a unifying belief that things will get better somehow. I wrote about finding a way through.

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released December 8, 2023

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