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Painted Imageries

by Naïka Champaïgne

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Bittersweet 03:03
I wish that I could step into the morning light, the precious time I wish that I would never speak my truth, it leads to my demise I wish that I would never see beyond the lust, the soul has bleeding delights I wish that time would hold still and stop mocking what I claim mine No matter how long you wonder how it feels On a Monday night sleep that stills your Sunday's please No matter how long you wonder how it tastes When you drink it from a cup From a Friday nights waist It always sounds bittersweet It always sounds bittersweet Baby
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Froot Skies 03:21
If I could see the stars in your eyes would you nourish my crown? Would you flower my mind? If I could trace your lips my only divine Would the Universe cry? Would you tender your shine? The cracks of the time Baby you unfold so bright You turn me on Your presence is a light The cracks of the time Water the Sunshine Soothe the trouble waves Bathe in purple grace I can only trust time when you're around When your nails dig in the ground Love it when I hold you down Moan out the poetry of your being In the moon glow swaying under Froot Skies Let me taste you all night Take some time to feel you out when the silence fills the room The smell of your essence burns my tongue When we're dancing in full bloom Whispers of the morning tunes As their branches caress my wounds Show me the truth Cause the cracks of the time Water the Sunshine Soothe the trouble waves Bathe in purple grace I can only trust time when you're around When your nails dig in the ground Love it when I hold you down Moan out the poetry of your being In the moon glow swaying under Froot Skies Let me taste you all night Let me taste you all night
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Flowers 03:25
I should spend some time with myself tonight I should take in my spirit like its candlelight And breathe me in Show my soul a little tenderness sometimes Align my energy with the stormy seas And write my story with the windy breeze And find comfort within my own company Yes, find comfort with my own company Won't you travel my mind with me? And tell me what you see Won't you hold my hand? Trace the outline of its shape Won't you listen to myself? I got a sense of recognition And like the (Nai) palm would say: "Home is in your body" I'll soothe my mind's edges With the Universe's essence I'll caress my thoughts with patience And comb my flower with maintenance And paint the cracks of my figure Acute the poetry of my sculpture Won't you travel my mind with me? And tell me what you see Won't you hold my hand? Trace the outline of its shape Won't you listen to myself? Won't you travel my mind with me? And tell me what you see Won't you hold my hand? Trace the outline of its shape Won't you listen to myself?
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Sometimes I feel the cold breeze of your stare Sometimes I trace the whispers that lay there in the corners of your heart I fold them down Pocket their sounds To carry them all around, all around me And your voice drips water In my rear view mirror A soothing tea for a Sunday weather But I don't think I could be what you want me to be And I don't think that the Moon could ever outshine your bloom I got a sense we could walk through the light Hold you down at night Caress your thighs Got a picture of my reality Carved out in my memory I'll try and consider me The colorless tapestry You bring out the best in me But the songs of the birds don't reach the sea Cause I don't think I could be what you want me to be But I don't think that the Moon could ever outshine your bloom But if I'm being honest I wanna bask in your glory I wanna swim in your story And savor all there is to see Cause I don't think that the Moon could ever outshine your bloom I don't think it ever will
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When there's thunder around And the heart of nature drowned If the soul of the Sun shed tears of pain undone Could the rain be my love? Could it live up above? Cries are the purest sounds of dove Golden Islander When we make love Don't you hear the Earth sing? Don't you see the Moon shine? Don't you feel the palm trees of the corners of our hearts grow? I should never ever dare to let you go The cold breeze of your silent curves The honey drip of your aroma served Clothed hand soothes the touch of affection Losing connection is not a question Need to be cautious when holding you You should chant a note for me to grasp a hold of you Lemme grasp a hold of you baby Cause when we make love You should hear the Earth sing You should see the Moon shine Don't you feel the palm trees of the corners of our hearts grow? I should never ever dare to let you go The mango sweetness sun shines your borders Patterns don't trace all of your colors Never ever dare to let you go
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Been looking inside my own sincere Tracking the warmth of the Sun out here Glowing thoughts Roots my love to the crook of your neck Bearing the fruits for the soil to collect Grow tall baby We sliding daily in two worlds you see Swimming spirits in the tears of sea So meet me down low cherie When we both bathe in cocoa baby The vibrant of your curves The sound of the hurt What's the difference between the living and the dead? When black bodies ain't meant to be held Do you even humanize our being? Man we harvest all the treasures Man I know you petty that we cherish all the spells This we led so pardon my French Le souffle du vent de mes ancêtres Dans mon coeur c'est dur à paraître Dans mon élant Dans ma cadence Chacun de mes pas on combât des décennies de disonnance L'esprit Golden J'te jure on est la luminescense And so I hold you down beauty Light some candles on our essence So blow my mind baby Teach me a lesson The vibrant of your curves The sound of the hurt Teach me a lesson
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Soulight 03:23
My mama said don’t swallow the seas But every time you might, might consider me There’s a truth out there Would you like to see? Uncover your thoughts Baby what’s out there? And I would love to strip you nice and bare Connect the dots through space and time Collect your essence for the morning rises Now you better look me in the eyes And tell me what’s on your mind Take in your source till I’m refined And you groove with me in time Focusing, tendering on every possibility Chasing, wandering through parts of history Lusting, drinking everything you offer me baby Composing, branches burning Brushing fingertips yearning Don’t you wait it out Before the curtain drops You’ve burned our flame Now you better look me in the eyes And tell me what’s on your mind Take in your source till I’m refined And you groove with me in time
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Time, it moves so slowly Time, you don't seem to miss me So take a look around the imagery Listen to the voices pitch in harmony And tell me what you see baby When you look at me A change in scenery? Or sudden misery? I wish you'd let me know Before you get up and go Pour some more love on the times we've shared And the wilding tides wouldn't even dare I swear, I swear You seize the colors in the sky You turn the page once you cry And I fly And you try And we sing through the night And we could feel alright If you'd let me know Before you get up and go There are many ways that I could reach for you Like there are many ways that you could reach for me But we were continents apart Tell me we ain't never gonna be apart

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released January 6, 2020

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Naïka Champaïgne Montreal, Québec

Haitian-Canadian folk/soul artist, based in Tio'tia:ke / Montreal. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist. Member of alternative chill-soul duo Strange Froots.

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