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How To Build A Kite

by Jonathan Meur

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1.
Mind Travels 04:26
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I went back to the forest we used to drive through But this time I stopped and took the time it took And I ran for miles I wanted to feel how it feels to be a forest I travelled this far in my mind I travelled, I travelled this far On the airways of my mind Nothing can keep me from floating I do without tower or pressure or carrier Nothing can keep me from floating I lay on the sand where the waves Of my awakenings would come to vanish One by one they hit me, soft like murmurs And the heartbeat of the ocean Resonated through my body Through my body, through my body I wanted to know what it means To return to where you were born I travelled this far in my mind I travelled, I travelled this far On the airways of my mind Nothing can keep me from floating I do without tower or pressure or carrier Nothing can keep me from floating To the red roofs and carpets of flower-white To the fortress of sugar-green gold To the earthy brown on my feet Nothing can keep me from floating Nothing can keep me from floating Nothing can keep me from floating I went back to the forest we used to drive through I wanted to feel how it feels to be a forest
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Toy Hearts 03:59
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Big hearts, small hearts, huge hearts Toy hearts come in all shapes and sizes Star hearts, round hearts, square hearts Toy hearts come in all shapes and sizes If you break your toy heart, we’ll buy you a new one If you break your toy heart, then we will fix it, we will fix it Train hearts, sail hearts, jet hearts Toy hearts in to win love races Jump hearts, dive hearts, speed hearts Toy hearts in to win love races If you break your toy heart, we’ll buy you a new one If you break your toy heart, then we will fix it, we will fix it We all hurt sometimes Then other times We’re the ones who get hurt If love were just a game Blue hearts, green hearts, dark hearts Toy hearts available in different hues String hearts, wind hearts, drum hearts Toy hearts available for different sounds If you break your toy heart, we’ll buy you a new one If you break your toy heart, then we will fix it, we will fix it We all hurt sometimes Then other times We’re the ones who get hurt Picture hearts as replaceable toys We all have the same, same aspirations The same, same longing The same desire to find ourselves someone We all are the same, same hopefuls The same, same love fools We make the same mistakes over and over The same, same hopefuls The same, same love fools We make the same mistakes over And over Then other times We’re the ones who get hurt If love were just a game We all hurt sometimes Then other times We’re the ones who get hurt Picture hearts... Picture hearts as replaceable toys
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Cities & Seas 04:15
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I never knew my time spent in the sun I never knew my soft spots I never knew my defiant nature And I never knew my seriousness In ways I don’t always understand are yours In ways you won’t imagine are yours I never knew every stage, every song I never, never knew my wisdom And I never knew every blooming horizon And I never knew my worldliness In ways I don’t always understand I owe to you In ways you can’t imagine I owe you And if I’m sometimes blind, soon I’ll remember Thank you for, thank you for cities and seas If sometimes words fail me, I’ll find them again Thank you for, thank you for, thank you for cities and seas I never expected such challenge And I never expected such journeys And I never guessed, never guessed, never guessed These people, these friends, these accomplices In ways I don’t always understand are yours In ways you won’t imagine they’re yours And if I’m sometimes blind, soon I’ll remember Thank you for, thank you for cities and seas If sometimes words fail me, I’ll find them again Thank you for, thank you for, thank you for cities and seas And it isn’t defeat to let you hear No it isn’t defeat for me to bow
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Love Like This 03:40
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I look into your eyes you blush I mean to keep my cool I rush We do the movie, the flowers The sunset and the first kiss Shy love, clumsy love, blooming love I want love, love like this Love, who doesn’t want love like this? Love, I want love, love, love You end the sentences I start I openly hope we never part We do the talking and laughing Always with understanding eyes Real love, strong love, trusting love I want love, love like this I put my hands around your waist I move in and kiss your face We get locked, you and I, we get lost We get caught in a moment If we fight, we can talk it out If we fight, we never take it out on each other too long If we fight, we can talk it out And that’s real, oh, real love, real love, baby Love, who doesn’t want love like this? Love, I want love, love, love Love, who doesn’t want love like this? Love, I want love, love, love Love Who doesn’t want love? Who doesn’t want love, love, love?
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A Straight Line 02:45
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I only wanted to be somebody to you And now Oh now Now that I am I’ve packed away all of my worrying Banished all my doubts and anguish I have found myself a straight line A line that always leads me straight Back into your arms I only wanted to be your person And now, now that it’s true Now that it’s real Now that it’s happening for me I haven’t a reason left in me to wonder I’ve put a lock on my baggage I have found myself a straight line A line that always leads me straight Back into your arms And the feeling is so right Oh the feeling is so, so right I’m holding on to a straight line I’m holding on to that straight line Cause the feeling is so right Yes the feeling feels so right I hope it never I hope it never I hope it never It never fades away
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Aquarians 03:48
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Aquarians may be quite a handful But if you treat us right You’ll find a faithful friend Unless you get us down Unless you drive us up walls Then you’ll wish you had never even met us We may have a temper But it’s in hibernation most of the year It can happen we lose our cool But we usually keep it together Aquarians like me With split personalities I drive my friends crazy sometimes... Maybe most of the time But I don’t mean to It’s just that I don’t want to have to choose Who I should be most of the time I want to be a clown and responsible Carefree like a kid but dependable too Oh what an honour Oh what an honour To get to be a carrier of water, a carrier of water To get to be carried by the wind, carried by the wind The wind Oh what an honour Aquarians may be quite a piece of work But if you treat us right We’ll do right by you And if sometimes we go M.I.A. It’s not that we’ve forgotten, no It’s probably just because we’re lost In one of the worlds we’ve created But we’ll be back before too long Aquarians are faithful, faithful friends
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The Rainbow Mark 03:03
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She was a child of sun and rain Neither light nor really water As bright and warm as her father As spontaneous and elusive as her mother To the glaciers, the lakes and the rivers She never was part of the band How could she ever find a place Within the rhythm they shared? She carries in her the rainbow mark She is the sun and the rain as one, as one She carries in her the best of two worlds She carries with her their best intentions The stars would only come out at night While she was sound asleep and out of sight If she’d ever known they existed She’d have reached out to them She carries in her the rainbow mark She is the sun and the rain as one, as one She carries in her the best of two worlds She carries with her their best intentions I see you, I see myself in her She is the sun and the rain as one, as one I see our future, a future as her She is the sun and the rain And she’s neither and both at once She was a child of sun and rain Neither light nor really water
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Madeleines 03:19
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There’s no way, no spell, no machine That could take us back to special moments But the smallest things, quietly, slowly reveal For us to relive them The smell of glue stuck to young fingers Molasses and their unadulterated sweetness Chlorine clinging to my skin The stench of rain on fresh tar A madeleine, a madeleine A madeleine caught me by surprise A madeleine, a madeleine took me back in time An old home bearing a new name The bittersweet taste of gato pima and the like Children bathing in a garden The way we used to A madeleine, a madeleine A madeleine caught me by surprise A madeleine, a madeleine One, two, magic, and I’m back To a former version of myself A younger version of myself There’s no way, no spell, no machine That could take us back To special moments But the smallest things slowly reveal For us to relive them And before you know it We’re talking and laughing and singing Into swivelling fans again Yeah we’re talking and laughing and singing Into swivelling fans again Damn you, madeleines You get me good, madeleines
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I Do Know You 03:04
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You say I’m yours, a book easy to read You can tell when I drift away From empty conversations When I’m wise or full of it Or an unknowing inspiration And you tell me that you’ve seen me shine Even out from under the spotlight So you know me, you know me, you know me But, hey, I do know you too I know your hurtings and your strength I see them in the smile in your eyes So many stories of you in these eyes Oh, and a fire burning I understand your fights I share your mission and your doubts And I swear you’ve a knack for overcoming So you know me, you know me, you know me But, see, I do know you too And all of the truths And all of the certainties of this moment May come to end But if we know this like we know this If we know this Well, that’s an ocean sailed An ocean sailed
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Repeat 03:43
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Love is tumble, falter, regret, hurt Repeat, repeat, repeat Battles won, lost wars, scars Repeat, repeat, repeat And all chances of becoming the wiser For your crashes and burns Vanish with every last drop And the sound of a crack in the dam We never, never learn We never, never learn I love you, I love you I love you and I just can’t let go of you I love you, I love you I love you and I want you to know it I love you, I love you I love you and I just can’t let go I love you, I love you I love you and I want you to know Love is the eye in a storm, order in madness Repeat, repeat, repeat In a fog a lighthouse, a sanctuary Repeat, repeat, repeat And all chances of becoming the wiser For your crashes and burns Seem all too useless in the face of attainable bliss We never, never learn I’m glad we never learn For there are words I’d never utter again There’s a feeling I could never give again So history repeats itself Until the chain is broken

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released July 12, 2015

All songs written and arranged by Jonathan Meur

Drums arranged by Adam Shah
Additional piano arrangements by Elizabeth Saw
Additional bass arrangements by Manson Koh

Jonathan Meur: Vocals, Guitar
Tamara Yousry: Vocals
weish: Vocals
Gabriel Lynch: Vocals, Guitar
Elizabeth Saw: Keys, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax
Syafiqah ’Adha Sallehin: Accordion
Cheryl Lim: Trumpet
Debra Leong: Violin
Ani Umedyan: Violin
Gevorg Sargsyan: Cello
Edmund Song: Double Bass
Manson Koh: Bass
Adam Shah: Drums

Recorded and mixed by Leonard Soosay at Snakeweed Studios
Mastered by Matthew Gray at Matthew Gray Mastering

Artwork Concept, Layout: Jonathan Meur
Paper Creations: Winnie Leung, Jonathan Meur
Photography: Clarence Aw
Make-up: Marie Soh
Assistance: Natalie Cheng, Esther Tay
Logo: Archer Alif

Produced by Jonathan Meur

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Jonathan Meur Paris, France

Paris-based French-Mauritian singer-songwriter addicted to the creative process. A fusion of folk, pop, rock and classical, his music has drawn comparisons to the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Kings of Convenience and Regina Spektor.

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