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The Beginning of Days

by Chelsea Coleman

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Hold onto the light for me love I’m going down into the dark a tether from your side to mine I’m going further out of line Pull me back inside When it’s time Pull me back inside Hold onto the sky for me when I’m planted deeper than I’ve been Baby be my eyes while I Crack open all I’ve kept within When I don’t know what’s happening Will you hold onto the thread Cause baby I’m all the way out to the edge Yeah I’m all the way out to the edge And I have no doubt we’ll figure this all out The simple truths of this world Are shrouded in a holy spectacle But you and I can see right through Yeah you and I can see right through And I know what it means to you Yeah I know what it means Yeah I know what it means Yeah, I know what I mean to you
2.
The Bomb 03:54
I’m waiting for the earthquake You’re waiting for the bomb We know by now that we’re not insane Yeah, we know it won’t be long Before the houses crumble Before the oceans rumble Before our voices tremble through the clouds There’s not a lot to say right now But I don’t wanna miss you Caught up in this bad news No I don’t wanna lose you To the everlasting blues I know the sky is falling I know the oceans boiling I know the end is coming soon And I know that I’ll be here for you I know the band is playing I know the party’s raging I know that no one wants the truth But babe, what else are we to do I’d go to Barcelona I’d cross the ocean for you I’d go to great lengths To see this though Baby what else could I do Cause I’m not gonna miss you Caught up in this bad news No I’m not gonna lose you To the everlasting blues I know the sky is falling I know the ocean’s boiling I know the end is coming soon And I know that I’ll fight for you La da da da da da da La da da da da da da La da da da da da da da
3.
Consume the magic Purchase the passion Don’t let the sadness in And you’ll be alright If you pull on just one thread It’ll unravel the next I know you don’t wanna do that yet But I sold you a lie I sold you a magic trick of flight And we got you believing That you needed us or you’d die But the birds of the sky And the lilies of the meadow It don’t matter if they’re grateful, no They don’t have faith They don’t even know my name They don’t know how to pray But they all found a way But I sold you a lie I sold you a magic trick of light And we got you believing That you needed us or you’d die And we saw all the signs We saw all the lies pile up Over time And we couldn’t stem the tide We couldn’t keep ‘em from lining up For the ride Consume the magic Purchase the passion Don’t let the sadness win If you pull on just one thread It’ll unravel the next I know you don’t wanna do that yet
4.
The Colony 04:30
You’d rather have the itch and scratch it Than be free from all these worldly needs You’d rather fan the flame and then snuff it out than be free forever from all suffering so gather up your humanity get gussied up for the colony take a drink and bend the knee to your wretched sacred human being you’d rather keep your cage and wait for the soft nocturnal footsteps of your queen and hope that after all your learning you’ll be forever part of her machine so gather up your humanity get gussied up for the colony take a drink and bend the knee to your wretched sacred human being You’d rather grow the poison hemlock Daily make the choice to not off yourself just yet And you’d rather find out what you’re made of You’d rather have your back All up against the wall like that With nothing left to do but crack And find out what’s true after that Babe You know what they say You’re only as brave As the strength Of your cage But I promise you it’s made for breaking I promise you it’s all forsaken And everything is here for taking I know that’s not what you thought I’d be saying But I have seen the worst of us And I have seen the best And I know why you search for me I know why you can’t rest Until you find your station In the wealth of our creation I know you’ve had a taste And nothing’s ever been the same so gather up your humanity get gussied up for the colony take a drink and bend the knee to your wretched sacred human being
5.
The Roar 03:20
If I get what I want Will I just want more I’ve been keeping myself hungry, Lord So that I don’ t find out That what I’m hungry for Won’t do for me what it’s done before Won’t pull me off of the threshing floor But I still hear it calling from the other shore And I’m so tired of quieting I’ve been quieting The roar If you write what you know Will you get it all wrong You’ve been keeping yourself small So that there’s no way that any of this There’s no way that any of this Could be your fault And there’s nothing I could do To take this weight off of you But I can tell you that I I feel it too And it’s been so lonely holding I’ve been holding Back the truth
6.
Ever since the war started I’ve been feeling humbled by my heart I tried not to care No I tried not to let it get in this far But I can’t block out all the warning sounds anymore Cause it’s the end of Globalism as we know it, love It’s gonna hurt so much It’s gonna hurt some of us Cause it’s the end of A system that rewarded us For climbing higher than the others The tower’s falling slowly, then all at once All at once Ever since the shorts fired I’ve been blocking out the siren’s call I tried to align myself With nothing and no one at all And I banished all of my darkened thoughts And I tried to steel my trembling heart But it’s shaking me up Yeah it’s shaking me up All I can do Is call out to you Cause it’s the end of Globalism as we know it, love It’s gonna hurt so much It’s gonna kill some of us It’s the end of A system that rewarded us For climbing higher than our mothers The tower’s falling slowly, then all at once All at once And if we make it through And I promise that we’ll make it through I promise that I’ll find you In the dust of everything we knew
7.
I don’t want my friends to die I’ll keep writing songs You keep yourself alive And I know that it’s selfish of me To ask why But sing me a song To let me know you made it through the night And I don’t know about codependency But I know that you make me sing And I don’t know about trauma bonding But I know that you make me sing My love for you Brings me to my mother fucking knees I don’t want my friends to die you keep writing songs You keep yourself alive And I know that it’s selfish of me To ask twice But sing me a song To let me know you made it through the night Yeah, fill up your lungs And let me know you made it through the night
8.
It’s your first California spring Welcome to the blossoming Just when you thought the darkness Had enveloped everything That’s when the cherry buds start opening Welcome to the bay laurels And the redwood fairy rings Welcome to the water oaks In their ever winter green I know it’s only February I know you didn’t see it coming And now we know the dark Ain’t as far as it seemed Now we know the spark Is not everlasting Now we know to guard it With every ounce of our being Now we know how hard it is to trust promises from seeds We give in to the dark every night We give in to the daylight We give in to the seasons of our Fleeting lives Every time, every time, every time It’s your first California Fall Are you ready to lose it all The fire is knocking at your door Are you ready? Are you ready for more It swallowed up the bay laurels And the redwood fairy rings It swallowed up the water oaks In their ever summer green I know it’s only August eighteenth I know you didn’t see it coming But now we know the dark Ain’t as far as it seemed Now we know the spark Is not everlasting Now we know to guard it With every ounce of our being Now we know how hard it is To keep promises to seeds We give in to the dark every night We give in to the daylight We give in to the seasons of our Fleeting lives Every time, every time, every time Every time, every time, every time
9.
The Dead 04:43
In the stillness of the Spring I don’t miss you Cause you’re always here with me But when I’m at the altar of The mysteries of love I can’t hold me own here To the higher powers I give up And there’s nothing I can touch There’s nothing I can trust There’s nothing I can understand about us But even as I walk through The valley of the dark truth I’m always looking for you I’m looking for you Aooooo aoooo aoooo In the thickness of the fog I couldn’t miss you Cause you’re in every thought And when I’m at the crossing roads I fear that I will turn to salt Looking back at all I’ve known When it’s time to turn and make a start And there’s nothing I can have There’s nothing I can hold Nothing I can keep of myself in this world And even as I crawl through The shell of who you knew I’m always listening for you I’m listening for you Aooooo aoooo aoooo In the lost cause of the Fall If you don’t hear from me Please call When I’m at the ocean’s edge When I’m surrounded by the dead I’m gonna need you To pull me back again Aooooo aoooo aoooo
10.
I could split myself in half Keep the baby and the bath Would it be so bad I could hold a hundred facets of What I can see and What I can have yet I know That’s how people crack And I’m losing sleep I know you’re worried about me Darling When I’m on my knees I know that that’s when you doubt me But don’t you see That’s when the light leaks through And I can’t pretend I don’t love you I could talk myself in spirals back to Every straight line toward survival I’d find I’d find you on every track And I’m losing sleep I know you’re worried about me Darling When I’m on my knees I know that that’s when you doubt me But don’t you see That’s when the light leaks through And I can’t pretend I don’t need you I’ll be a mercenary by day Collect your sins, collect my pay Who are you to tell me to be brave I’m gonna keep my feet in both doorways You lose the magic but you win the game Everyone told you that’s the price you pay You lose your mind to keep you head on straight I swear to god I’ll find another way And I’m losing sleep I know you’re worried about me Darling When I’m on my knees I know that that’s when you doubt me But don’t you see That’s when the light cleaves Through all the cracks in my being And the music rings Through all the walls Of the kingdom
11.
The Dream 03:59
You can throw your weight around You can take this whole ship down You can call your favors in any town Yeah you can throw your weight around You come from the city Thousands of miles from the war zone Where you won your medals Fighting for someone else You climbed you ay up to the top Of a dream that’s still locked to you They promised you a key But you’re still looking Cause the dream is over here It’s every thing you’ve been taught to fear The gifts we bring to you ears They’re the wild new beginnings from the dust of all that you’ve held dear yeah you can throw those names around yeah you can prove just how close you are to the crown you can call your debts in a couple of towns yeah you can throw those names around you could be an object bought and sold for profit you know how to play it you think that you’ll know when to call it you talked you way up to the top of a dream that’s still locked to you they promised you a key but you’re still looking Cause the dream is over here It’s every thing you’ve been taught to fear The gifts we bring to you ears They’re the wild new beginnings from the dust of all that you’ve held dear They’re the wild new beginnings from the dust of all that you’ve held dear we’re the wild new beginnings from the dust of all that you’ve held dear
12.
Hold it the fuck together baby Hold every piece Feet to the fire together baby I’ve got you and you’ve got me And I know everything’s gonna change And I know everyone’s gone insane But I’ve got a secret play I keep turning toward the limit And the limit always breaks I’ve been riding on the front lines Of this storm And it’s carried me all this way Meet me where the sunlight’s Streaming down with the rain And hold it the fuck together baby Hold it where I can see Here in the fire together baby There’s no place I’d rather be And I know everything’s gone and changed But can you feel for it just outside of the frame Yeah, I know your secret babe You keep turning toward the limit Finding out where it breaks You’ve been riding on the front lines Of this storm And it’s carried you all this way Meet me where the sunlight’s streaming down With the smoke and ash and the rain Meet me in the sunlight Here in the beginning of days Meet me in the sunlight here in the beginning of days Meet me in the sunlight here in the beginning of days

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The Beginning of Days
Tierra de Gracia Demos
Chelsea Coleman
Recorded Dec. 31st 2023 & Jan 1st, 2024
El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico

The Truth (Eagle Eye)
The Bomb
The Lilies of the Meadow (One Thread)
The Colony
The Roar
The End of Globalism (Slowly, Then All at Once)
The Prayer (I Don’t Want My Friends to Die)
The Seed (Now We Know the Dark)
The Dead
The Mercenary
The Dream
The Beginning of Days

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released February 2, 2024

All songs written, performed, and engineered by Chelsea Coleman
Cultural Capital Records

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Oklahoma grown singing-songwriting powerhouse, Chelsea Coleman, creates sanctuaries out of songs, wherein her audience is moved, humbled, and exalted. A courageous and vulnerable storyteller, she invites you to endure open heart surgery, skillfully mending your heartache with strands of golden thread. Each listener leaves more integrally woven in to the tapestry of humanity. ... more

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