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Sundara Karma
EP II
Prisons to Purify

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Prisons to Purify

Release date: 6th November 2015

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"Prisons to Purify" is a track by Sundara Karma, from the album EP II, released 6th November 2015. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 17 articles about Sundara Karma.

About the Artist

Sundara Karma

Sundara Karma

Lyrics

Prisons to Purify

Silence holds our tongues

We’re fighting for a love that can’t be won

Stuck frozen in the white hot sun

Our echoes lurking under run

Paralyzed with you, I found myself

The one that can’t be two

We’ve sunk into a deeper blue

I’ve come back down, so cut me loose

How could I satisfy all the love in your eyes?

I see you letting go

Every time that I try, all the love pushed aside

Oh, how it hurts to know!

Time wasted chasing this love I’m giving you

Can’t shake it, break it, not getting through to you

And I’m faded graceless

I should have seen it before

I could not give anymore

‘Cause I’ve got nothing to lose

I’m done with loving you

I should have known from the start

I could not give you my heart

Only when I hoped to find prisons to purify

[Marika Hackman:]

There’s no light to breathe

You’ve stolen all the air right out of me

I’m hurting, wrecked and washed to sea

I suffocate the underneath

How could I satisfy all the love in your eyes?

I see you letting go

Every time that I try, all the love pushed aside

Oh, how it hurts to know!

Time wasted chasing this love I’m giving you

Can’t shake it, break it, not getting through to you

And I’m faded graceless

I should have seen it before

I could not give anymore

‘Cause I’ve got nothing to lose

I’m done with loving you

I should have known from the start

I could not give you my heart

Only when I hoped to find prisons to purify

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Track details

From EP II

2015

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Album

6th November 2015

Release year

2015

1Vivienne
3:46
2Run Away
3:40
3Diamond Cutter
3:50
4Prisons to Purify (feat. Marika Hackman)
6:20
—Prisons to Purify

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Sundara Karma — Sounds Good To Me (from Better Luck Next Time) [2:47]
Sundara Karma — Baby Blue (from Better Luck Next Time) [2:55]
Sundara Karma — Violence to the Spirit (from Better Luck Next Time) [3:21]
Sundara Karma — Better Luck Next Time (from Better Luck Next Time) [3:54]
Sundara Karma — Friends of Mine (from Better Luck Next Time) [3:26]
Sundara Karma — Pain + Pleasure (from Better Luck Next Time) [3:26]
Sundara Karma — Okay I'm Lonely (from Better Luck Next Time) [3:20]
Sundara Karma — Wishing Well (from Better Luck Next Time) [3:52]
Sundara Karma — Miss Again (from Better Luck Next Time) [3:39]
Sundara Karma — Godsend (from Oblivion! - EP) [4:22]
Sundara Karma — All These Dreams (from Oblivion! - EP) [3:03]
Sundara Karma — Everytime (from Oblivion! - EP) [3:11]
Sundara Karma — Oblivion! (from Oblivion! - EP) [3:20]
Sundara Karma — Desire (from Oblivion! - EP) [3:39]
Sundara Karma — Godsend [4:22]
Sundara Karma — Kill Me (from Kill Me - EP) [3:41]
Sundara Karma — Lifelines (from Kill Me - EP) [4:25]
Sundara Karma — YOUR TOUCH (from Kill Me - EP) [5:09]
Sundara Karma — O Stranger (from Kill Me - EP) [3:22]
Sundara Karma — Artifice (from Kill Me - EP) [4:28]
Sundara Karma — Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday
Sundara Karma — Invade Safe Space
Sundara Karma — Vision Sick
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Sundara Karma — Duller Days (from Ulfilas' Alphabet) [3:46]
Sundara Karma — Higher States (from Ulfilas' Alphabet) [4:18]
Sundara Karma — One Last Night on This Earth (from Ulfilas' Alphabet) [3:44]
Sundara Karma — Symbols of Joy & Eternity (from Ulfilas' Alphabet) [3:34]
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Sundara Karma — Illusions (from Ulfilas' Alphabet) [5:06]
Sundara Karma — Little Smart Houses (from Ulfilas' Alphabet) [3:39]
Sundara Karma — A Song for My Future Self (from Ulfilas' Alphabet) [3:32]
Sundara Karma — Home (There Was Never Any Reason to Feel so Alone) (from Ulfilas' Alphabet) [4:32]
Sundara Karma — Vivienne (from Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect) [3:50]
Sundara Karma — Olympia (from Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect) [4:12]
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Sundara Karma — Lose the Feeling (from Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect) [4:14]
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Sundara Karma — Watching from Great Heights (from Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect) [2:57]
Sundara Karma — The Night (from Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect) [4:22]
Sundara Karma — She Said (from Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect) [3:46]
Sundara Karma — Flame (from Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect) [3:48]
Sundara Karma — Explore (from Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect) [4:05]
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