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De Profundis

from Wildernessed (album) by Patrick Burke

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De Profundis
(Music and Lyrics, Patrick Burke)

We started out with diamonds
Diamonds in the way you looked at me
I found you in the desert
Your hair was falling down upon your face

What if we lived under a different star
Where fate was bringing us together
Instead of pushing us apart
The heart you have inside
Where all your thoughts reside,
Surely you can see, please remember me

Two silhouettes of birds in flight,
I really thought I might
Have found the warmth of winter
Your image in the mirror,
And what you said to me was beautiful...

Seems like a thousand years,
Seems like you're far away,
Seems like you're gone
We started out with gold
But when I tried to hold you
Something changed to dust

I want to meet you in the morning,
I want to meet you at night
I want to find you in the forests of Arden,
I want to make love to you.

Incessant and intense I find another fence
That keeps me at a distance;
Your steadfast resistance
There's nothing I can do or say
I have no right to you
But nature takes it's course
And there's no greater force
Than how I feel about you

Before the rains will come
There is a gathering of different kinds of clouds
Some will break and some will stray
The wind will take the rest away

So many things I long to do
so much I want to tell you,
So much I want...
You're the way I feel when I wake up
From a good dream

Oh pray for me I'm empty as a seashell,
A long distance call to nowhere
I know that's this is useless
Still I hope for some relief
Some kind of a connection
And maybe through it all you'll know...
you'll know...


That I genuinely love you.

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from Wildernessed (album), released June 16, 2017

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Patrick Burke Portland, Oregon

"When I first listened to this CD, I felt like I was experiencing some kind of magic — the music and lyrics reach the listener with ease and echo in your head afterward, leaving you wondering about the inspiration."

Jennifer Priest Mitchell, The Times
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