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1.
The Line 03:55
Your voice down the line I hear you calling Change on my mind Where are we going? The haze of doubt Keeps us from seeing The future calls loud We sleep unknowing I've been ready I've been ready So long, so long So long From a sky streaked with sighs From the grey in our eyes Our time is calling, Our time is calling I've been ready I've been ready So long, so long So long, so long So long, so long So long So long
2.
Alive 03:28
Barely there, staring at the ceiling Listening to our breathing, nothing we can do A city bright as love’s delivered Floating like a river, I drift with you Crawling out of the dark Walking into the light Crawling out of the dark Walking into the light Your love, your love Your love is an open sky The years we've left behind No longer confined forever in a bind I need you here, I need your dreaming A life to believe in, my eyes are open wide Crawling out of the dark Walking into the light Crawling out of the dark Walking into the light Your love, your love Your love is an open sky Your love, your love Your love is an open sky We're alive, oh, we’re alive We’re alive, oh, we’re alive We're alive, oh, we’re alive We’re alive, your love is an open sky I need you here I need your dreaming A life to believe in My eyes are open wide
3.
Midsummer 02:45
When the swaying sidewalks frame us We stay in space, take a chance to find ourselves Poetry and ink-stained photos, history and love entwined We find a will to hide our tells Midsummer fires and flashing lights Fast and beautiful fireworks heading for the sky On my mind, sweet and dreamy moments soft as your smile Call me again, looking at you standing in the falling rain I’ve got something to tell you, I’ve got something to tell you Our heads alight with a city’s dreams, A run at Kingsland’s promises Outside it’s calm, Inside it glows This is a house that wraps us tightly Giving warmth to all within Our sweet goodbyes And you never knows Midsummer fires and flashing lights Fast and beautiful fireworks heading for the sky On my mind, sweet and dreamy moments soft as your smile Call me again, looking at you standing in the falling rain I’ve got something to tell you I’ve got something to tell you I’ve got something to tell you Flashing lights on my mind, call me now Flashing lights on my mind, call me now Flashing lights on my mind, call me now I’ve got something to tell you I’ve got something to tell you
4.
Heartbeat 03:30
You stop time for me When we hit the depths of night Like a boxer under lights You catch my fall Life can hit so hard We both play a part This is when I need you most Flying past so fast Birds glide in the driving rain They’re immune to our kind of pain We’ve faced seven winters Many more will fall I will always hear your call This is where I need you most Don’t close the door when thoughts aren’t clear We need some hope, a steady beat for unsteady feet We won’t take anything from this life We start with just a heartbeat, a heartbeat, a heartbeat This is where I need you most
5.
Stay 03:18
We’re always falling For things of the heart They’re the bridge that connects us When we’re torn apart From the jaws of this land To its trembling peaks You still my shaky hands In dreams you speak Stay with me now Let me show who I am Stay here awhile Know that I care Everything around us So quick to break down The seasons endless changing In this ever-spreading town So will you stay with me now Let me show who I am Stay here awhile Know that I care Love’s like the falling rain Renewing life again Love’s as warm as the sun’s rays Over everyone So will you stay with me now Let me show who I am Stay here awhile Know that I care, I care
6.
Follow 03:39
7.
Ghost Life 03:48
We lost ourselves awhile Our chance to reconcile What we could not hear or see You heard your heart skip twice I had the bluest eyes Statues in snow sat we It’s only in your mind It has a way Of breaking free It’s only in my mind It has a way Of haunting me So clear away the leaves We wrote so carefully About life and how it was to be We drank ourselves away Under the canopy Your smoky eyes evened me It’s only in your mind It has a way Of breaking free It’s only in my mind It has a way Of haunting me
8.
Sorry 03:22
You’re sitting smoking silently in the afternoon A cup of coffee fighting off the gloom The ash from the fallout hanging heavy as a fog What I get is an absent nod How did we get here, so easily? How is there you, if there’s no me? You better know that I am sorry You should know that I am You better know that I am sorry You should know that I am Sometimes it’s hard to tell Who’s whiskey and who’s ice I always dream in those dark eyes The seasons call their time On all of us both false and true Tumbling down into the deep Relief is found in you You better know that I am sorry You should know that I am You better know that I am sorry You should know that I am Love, it’s coming clear As the skies open before us Love, give me your hands Let’s leave the past behind us Better know that I am sorry You should know that I am Better know that I am sorry You should know that I am Please know that I am sorry Please know that I am
9.
Breathing 04:14
Breathing, together, walking in our sleep Staying in circles we talk but never meet Life moves so fast, we drive without the brakes The wounded around us, in everything we take What are we here for If not for love? I need you closer than ever before As change finds us behind every door Love breaks the walls we build in fear and grief Could you help me when I cannot see What we are here for? If not for love What are we here for If not for love? Breathing out, breathing in Breathing out, Breathing out, breathing in Breathing out, breathing in What we are here for? What are we here for? If not for love If not for love What are we here for If not for love? What are we here for? If not for love If not for love If not for love What are we here for?
10.
Voices 04:18
The lies we’re told The lies we’re told They won’t let go They won’t let go A man in the pillowed rain walks tall Every brick a falsehood in the wall His house million-dollar grey He worked it hard, and it paid its way If hope was in his mind If life could be more kind Be more kind Truth falls as hard as rain Echoing in the streets again Though his shadow ties her hands Her new love’s a freer land If hope could change her mind If life could be more kind Be more kind Voices will rise Voices will rise We will cry out In the darkest of the night Voices will rise Voices will rise We will cry out In the darkest of the night Oh, we’re letting go We’re letting go, we’re letting go Woah, we’re letting go We’re letting go, we’re letting go Woah, we’re letting go We’re letting go, we’re letting go Voices will rise Voices will rise We will cry out In the darkest of the night Voices will rise Voices will rise We will cry out In the darkest of the night

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Paper Cranes Voices
With songs that ponder the meaning of life, love, and our fleeting existence in this beautiful world, Paper Cranes music is warm, yet melancholy.

Paper Cranes’ second album ‘Voices’ is due for release on January 18th 2019, and while it draws on their past sound, this new artistic whole is lighter and more hopeful than their last offering ‘The Road Home’.

‘Voices’ delves into themes of togetherness and relationships, the echoes that pull us together and send us apart. In its darkness and lightness, the album is about doubt and freedom, the changing seasons, the decisions that lead us, the lies we’re told and the search for truth.

“People’s words can build walls or break them down,” says band member Fraser Browne. “Voices shape everything around us. As we grow, there are competing voices throughout our life – whether relationally, politically, in social media or the news, people fight for our attention and to convince us of their truths. And the memories of words spoken to us can be powerful forces – negative and positive. Some voices around us are strong and can drown out the quietness and peacefulness of others, and in our journey we constantly have to sift through the words of others that are lies, mistruths or judgements, and find voices of freedom.”

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released January 18, 2019

Music and lyrics copyright Paper Cranes 折り鶴 2018.

Voices was recorded at Smoke / Parachute recording studios October 2017. Produced, engineered and mixed by Nic Manders. Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magicgarden LA.

Paper Cranes 折り鶴 are Fraser and Naomi Browne. All songs and lyrics written by Fraser and Naomi Browne. Vocals, piano, and keyboards by Fraser Browne and Naomi Browne. Guitars, bass, keys: Nic Manders. Shakuhachi in ‘Ghost Life’: Naomi Browne. Backing vocals and percussion on ‘Midsummer’: Nic Manders. Backing vocals on ‘Voices’: Nic Manders, Luke Oram. Drums: Adam Tobeck.

CD design and artwork copyright 2018, by Enni Tuomisalo of Lumi Creative. Photo insert Erica McQueen, copyright 2018.

Lots of love to Jared Schulz, Gareth Hodges, Jiwan Rai, David Robinson, Sam Kelsen, Pete Wood, Tristan Deck, Adam Tobeck, Scott Seabright, Nathan Tiddy, Dan Brunskill, Jono Croucher, Finn McLennan-Elliott, Jess Bailey, David Love and Love Music, Kylie Todd, Sami & Enni Tuomisalo, Sean and Lisa Craig, Becki Moss, Erica McQueen, Jo and Trevor Grenon, Anita Voisey, Steve Sheath, for all your music talents and/or work behind the scenes. Special thanks Jan Hellriegel, Mahoney Harris and their teams at Songbroker and Aeroplane. And many thanks to our families for listening to countless versions of each song, and listening to the many others that fell along the way.

Thank you for supporting us!

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Copyright Paper Cranes 折り鶴 2018

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With songs that ponder the meaning of life, love, and our fleeting existence in this beautiful world, Paper Cranes 折り鶴 music is warm, yet melancholy.
The band weave their stories into captivating live performances, in songs that move between delicacy and outright abandon. Husband-and-wife Fraser and Naomi Browne are the founders of the group. (Pic Erica McQueen, 2017, cover pic Becki Moss 2017)
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