Sarah McLachlan
Chanteuse

Canadienne

"Wilderness" from the new album Better Broken, out now: https://ffm.to/sarahmclachlan-betterbroken

Lyrics:
I’ll always remember the day we first met
The fires of September still burning their best
The sky full of smoke, full of promise of anything possible

It felt like a dream to feel safe in your arms
Despite all the warnings, I fell for your charms
The earth opened up like desire, it was unstoppable

You lay down your history, your battle scars
But all I could see were the stars

So I don’t want to blame you but my heart is shattered
How could you leave us like none of it mattered
This kind of love comes but once, maybe twice if you’re lucky, and time is running out
So why won’t you talk to me, tell me your troubles
I’m right here beside you, the calm in your storm
But you kissed me and walked away into your wilderness

You came back you begged me, I bought what you sold
I gave my forgiveness, I set the bar low
‘Cause all along you had another life somewhere with somebody other than me

I let myself down in the name of love
Chasing illusions of you

So I don’t want to blame you but my heart is shattered
I should have known better, I should have run faster
But this kind of love comes but once, maybe twice if you’re lucky, and time is running out
So why won’t you talk to me, tell me your troubles
I’m right here beside you, the calm in your storm
But you kissed me and walked away into your wilderness

We do best we can with the tools that we’ve got
But a home can’t survive a foundation of rot
There’s no pretty words to dress up the betrayal as anything but what it is

So I guess I can blame you cause my heart is shattered
You took what you wanted like none of it mattered
This kind of love comes but once, maybe twice if you’re lucky, and your luck is all run out
So don’t try to tell me you’re sorry I’m so tired of all of your bullshit, your weakness and fear
You can take yourself into your wilderness and disappear

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"Long Road Home" from the new album Better Broken, out now: https://ffm.to/sarahmclachlan-betterbroken

Lyrics:
Light won’t you guide me on
‘Cause I want no regrets
I took the long road home
I tried to pay my debts

I want to feel the shiver
Your fingers writing poetry on my skin
Seeking out new paths
In the valleys and edges

Where do I end and where do you begin
I wanna map this world, believe in love again
But I know that most things just come down to chance
You’ve gotta throw yourself against the wind
If everything was easy, it wouldn’t be worth it

So take my hand and walk beside me
Through these ever-changing times
Whatever storms will come our way
I wanna face them all with you

So love, now you’ve lead me home
Won’t you stick around
I’ve made a lot of mistakes
But I still keep on trying

I want to feel the shiver
Your fingers writing poetry on my skin
Wanna get lost with you in the valleys and edges

So take my hand and walk beside me
Through these ever-changing times
Whatever storms will come our way
I wanna face them all with you

So take my hand and walk beside me
Through these ever-changing times
Whatever storms will come our way
I wanna face them all with you

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"If This Is the End…" from the new album Better Broken, out now: https://ffm.to/sarahmclachlan-betterbroken

Lyrics:
One by some we gather
Under the radiant sky
To soak up what’s left of the wonder
To drink ‘til the rivers run dry

So hush now don’t you cry, my love
What more is there left to say
Let me hold you closer
Give in to the debts we must pay

Shine on my dear heart, though life is derailing
Surrender is our only guide

So let’s drink to the sky that will carry on after, the bittersweet taste of demise
For all we are losing, for all the same answer
It comes on unstoppable tides
So here’s to the sky

We pour our best wine into paper cups
Taste almonds and earthy decay
We toast to the sadness of reckoning
That there will be no better days

Shine on my brave heart, though life is derailing
Surrender is our only guide

And we drink to the sky that will carry on after, the bittersweet taste of demise
For all we are losing
For all the same answer
It comes on unstoppable tides

So let’s drink to the Earth who will bury our apathy
Swallow us, sinew and bone
All of our treasures we savoured and suffered
And lost at the end of the road
So here’s to the sky

We lay ourselves out on our blankets
And bury our toes in the sand
We’ll go out alone as we entered
Please don’t let go of my hand

And we drink to the sky that will carry on after, the bittersweet taste of demise
For all we are losing
For all the same answer
It comes as no real surprise

So we drink to the earth that will bury our apathy
Swallow us, sinew and bone
All of our colours, our joys and our sorrows
So small at the end of the road

So let’s drink to the Earth that will wear a new tapestry
Rainbows of sinew and bone
All of our struggles, our ego and avarice
Fall at the end of the road
Here’s to the sky

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