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Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

half•alive

Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

NPR

Music

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

How does half•alive, known for funky earworms and synchronized dancing, translate to such a cozy space? Have the dancers sit.

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0:00.0

I'm Bob Boylan from All Songs Considered. The following is the audio from our latest Tiny Desk concert.

0:05.2

To see the video, subscribe to the All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Concerts.

0:10.2

Or go to NPR.org slash Tiny Desk concerts.

0:14.0

One, two, three.

0:15.0

One, two, three.

0:16.0

I've been searching nothing's working I've been tripping no one's perfect

0:25.6

chasing vision just the circus shirts on backwards not on purpose yeah I've

0:30.4

been learning something bigger than expectation feet were failed.

0:33.7

I found blessings flowing from the side of heaven staring into my reflection,

0:38.0

redirecting my perfection somewhere else.

0:43.0

When there isn't any progress, leaning truth inside the promissed as well.

0:50.0

I hold my life out in front of me,

0:52.0

dreams of who I want to be seeing every empty

0:55.8

hey I find that everything I am is everything I should be I don't need to run away.

1:03.0

Oh, oh, I don't need to run away.

1:07.0

Oh, I don't need to run away.

1:10.0

Oh, oh, I don't need to run away.

1:15.0

Something's working, heart is turning,

1:17.0

fission's clear clear instead I'm learning

1:25.1

What I am what I am what I am what I am what I am

1:27.2

Something more than I can call

1:31.8

Go tell me now.

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