Sarah McLachlan is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for the emotional sound of her ballads, some of her popular songs include "Angel", "Building a Mystery", "Adia", "Possession", "I Will Remember You" and "Into the Fire". Her best-selling album to date is "Surfacing", for which she won multiple Grammy Awards and four Juno Awards (Canada's equivalent to the Grammy's). Through her career, she has also received many other awards, primarily in recognition of her efforts in launching Lilith Fair, a tour which showcased female musicians in the late 1990s. In 1999, she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of her successful recording career, her role in Lilith Fair, and the charitable donations she made to women's shelters across Canada.
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Sarah McLachlan
You open your eyes, look around
You feel the earth it wanders -
Out, from under your feet - the ground
Is not firm but soft and weak - like skin
Under the touch, cannot stop to falter
Now, the damage is done the certainties gone
The spirits altered
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And now the angry morning
Gives the early signs of warning
You must face alone the plans you make
Decisions they will try to break
Our hands are tied on the table
Maybe you can try at the back door man
While the helpless line up on the doorsteps
cause its all they can do to try to get through
All of your life youve lived in a world as pure
As edens sixth day - now all youve been allowed
Is taken away - they will not let you be so proud
And you have felt the fear growing inside
Protest follows far and wide - theyll see how long
It will take till you fall - from so much denied
Your soul - it aches relentless from the fear
That they will never guess - so unfair that
They can make you feel so small
And the fear you know is real
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