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Artist: Beth Orton
Canonical path: /beth-orton/skimming-stone
Related lyric paths: 6
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Skimming Stone
Read Skimming Stone lyrics by Beth Orton on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Skimming Stone
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You been trying to find the line
To define the strength in weak hands
Read the first page, then guess the rest
I don't always know what's best
You been trying to swim up the sun's burning reflection
And trying to skim a boulder in the very same direction
Where it goes,
No one knows,
No one follows
Where it goes,
No one knows,
No one follows
I'll be a flame burning in the darkness
And I will light what's in your heart
I'll be a flame in the dark
But I can't light what's not in your heart
I can lie, I can lie, I can lie
I can lie
Lie, I could lie
You can lie
You can lie
You can lie
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Beth Orton performs "Skimming Stone", and this lyric page sits inside the Beth Orton catalog on LyroVerse.
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