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BROKEN

You came to me and said, “I am not enough,
I am broken inside and can’t be loved,”
And I said, “I will be a mirror, let’s look inside and see.”

If people knew the thoughts in my head
They would see I’m a record scratched beyond repair
Why can’t I be happy? What’s wrong with me?

What is broken inside you it is so beautiful, beautiful, so beau-ti-fu-u-ul,
All the damage that’s been done
Burns up and shines
Like a fireball in the sky.

I want you to fix me, I need you to complete me,
Can’t you save me? Give me some sun.
We are two broken bones, together we will mend as one.

Honey you need to find your own light,
We are like two trees, growing side by side,
Reaching out our branches, together, for our own lives.

What is broken inside you it is so beautiful, beautiful, so beau-ti-fu-u-ul,
All the damage that’s been done
Burns up and shines
Like a fireball in the sky.

There’s a temple in Thailand
Built from shattered little pieces of pottery.
There’s two buildings in New York
Replaced with shining shining shining shining,
Shining shining shining shin-i-ing light.

What I see is beauty in your vulnerability
As the tears roll down your face
Your openness, your brokenness it brings me to my knees
Because what is broken and shattered into
tiny little pieces inside you...
It is so beautiful, beautiful, so beautiful…
It is so beautiful, beautiful, so beautiful…
It is so beautiful, beautiful, so beautiful…

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from You Wanted to Be the Shore but Instead You Were the Sea, released September 30, 2020

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Natalie D-Napoleon Santa Barbara, California

Natalie D-Napoleon is an Australian-American singer-songwriter and poet who formed a US-based trio with Kenny Edwards (Linda Ronstadt) and Dan Phillips. Natalie’s latest album, You Wanted to Be the Shore But Instead You Were the Sea, was recorded with one mic in a hundred year old chapel and features Phillips along with James Connolly (Van Dyke Parkes) and Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams). ... more

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