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Torch to You

from Just Beyond by Mich Sampson

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    Mich's first solo album (2006), with beautiful, evocative artwork by Anke Teschke. Full lyrics provided.
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    Guest musicians: Marilisa Valtazanou, Talis Kimberley, Rachel Shurmer, Simon Fairbourn, Martin Gordon-Kerr, Tim Walker, Janet Bolton.

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lyrics

I did everything I could,
Crushed all of my ambition
And you say that's not enough.
Bound'ries of me were trails of dust
Swept up in your clever words -
I became an echo of your heart.

No matter what I did,
No matter how I tried,
I was no match for you, my caro, my dearest,
I couldn't hold a torch,
I couldn't hold a torch
To you.

All of my plans involved us both,
What we'd be doing
When we had our time to share and no one else could interfere.
None of your plans had me in mind - you'd watch me cry
As I tried to reconcile myself to all the echelons you'd climb.

No matter what I felt,
Now matter how I cried,
I tried not to burden you with the fear I hid inside.
I couldn't hold a torch,
I couldn't hold a torch
To you.

Now all of my time is my own, I spend it wisely
With the people that I love, and with the music that I write.
I found my own path through the stars, I'd hidden it
Behind the need to feel at peace with you, the strange desire to please -

And now I follow my own heart, I hope that you won't mind
If I choose to let out all the doubts I nurtured deep inside,
For I will not hold a torch,
I will not hold a torch
For you.

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from Just Beyond, released February 9, 2006

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Playing Rapunzel (Mich Sampson and Marilisa Valtazanou) are an energetic folk duo who share, in powerful harmony, songs of story and myth.

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