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life, love, and death
02:20
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My back is bleeding and the night envelops
Will my love for the quiet dark outweigh my fears?
Loudly the consequences of my dream develops
And the cracking of my rib cage is all I hear
I am afraid of death
robbing me of the chance I have left
The chance to love, the chance to breathe,
To feel like for once I’m free
In a bitter soliloquy to the heavens
In the middle of a dream where death waited beside
No peace of mind I could pretend
I decided life without love would be life’s lie
I am afraid of death
robbing me of the chance I have left
The chance to love, the chance to breathe,
To feel like for once I’m free
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2. |
Running Away
03:54
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One day the north wind caught under my soul
And from then on it strove to have me run and keep me alone
I know I really can’t blame it on the wind, but other than that I don’t know how to begin
I’m tired of running away, at the end of every damned day
Please, don’t be afraid, I’ll manage to just stay
And so my flights have led me to this cliff edge you see
Wondering if I could survive the fall and throw myself off to be free
There’s plenty of roads I could go next, so much time and so little rest
I’m tired of running away, at the end of every damned day
Please, don’t be afraid, I’ll manage to just stay
Cause somehow in the cadence of your voice
I find the strength to pause
And heaven hold me I don’t run but rejoice
In something small, so small you saw
And all my blood and bones may break, and the stars fall down on me
Doesn’t matter how my heart might shake, you’re worth the trouble to me
No more running away
At the end of these tired days
Please just have some faith
That I am here to stay
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3. |
Bluebirds and Robins
02:43
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How I envy the birds outside my window
With their wings to fly oh I wish that I could try
To lose the ground and greet the trees
Floating on that April breeze
Little bluebirds and robins in the branches
Sing to me all about life’s sweet chances
I’ll guess I’ll just drift away on the clouds
And listen to the birds sing so sweet and loud
And hope this sunny day will lift me far away
To some lovely dream where I could stay
Little bluebirds and robins in the branches
Sing to me all about life’s sweet chances
Everything will be all right
Everything will be all right
Little bluebirds and robins in the branches
Sing to me all about life’s sweet chances
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4. |
Down to the Sea
03:10
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I went down to the sea
And waited at the waves
Picked up the broken glass at my feet
And thought of things to say
I'm not so great with words
Especially when it's important
So I'll just sing to the empty sea
And pray that the words will come to me
How do you tell the broken to heal,
When you still know the pain you feel?
Love alone heals fractured hearts
Which you still need for you're lying in parts
I wish you'd come down with me
And listen to my silence
Just pretend I'm speaking brilliantly
Or that I make sense
Please don't go down that road
Please don't go alone
Just give me a little more time
Before you run deep into the dark of your mind
How do you tell the broken to heal,
When you still know the pain you feel?
Love alone heals fractured hearts
Which you still need for you're lying in parts
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Burning
03:15
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I made myself a tower of burning stones
And set it on fire to wake my bones
A spine made of ice and a heart of glass
Oh how easily I could crack
And so I’ll wait until time rolls on
Till stone comes to ash, and night to dawn
Can’t you feel the fire?
Listen to the flames’ choir
Listen to all the whispers you’ve heard
Don’t ignore that little bird
Saying, don’t rescue her, it’s the flames she prefers
She’s the one who made the tower to burn
It’s all true, you know I set myself on fire
Because I know my heart, that awful liar
Can’t you feel the fire?
Listen to the flames’ choir
Please, don’t let me burn
In this fire I’ve so rightfully earned
I’m watching for you through the smoke
I’ll climb down when I know there’s hope
No need to risk your self to pull me out
Just don’t leave me waiting with doubt
Can’t you feel the fire?
Listen to the holy choir!
Please, don’t let me burn
I’ve found all I could learn
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Empty Voice
03:50
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Capture
03:35
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Afternoon Measures
02:35
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9. |
Midnight Stars
03:16
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I want to chase down the midnight stars with you
Wander down the lonely highways, just us two
The lights of civilization will forget us completely
And we’ll drive down the hours of morning to the sea
We’ll find the bright stars hanging by silver threads
Over the waving water, and we’ll rest our weary heads
Until we can reach up and catch the light in our hands
And bring it far home over all these quiet lands
Oh the midnight stars will shine in our eyes
Even when the morning comes, with the sunrises
Oh we will seek always those midnight stars
And we will wander ever so far
The light in our eyes, our hands, and our hearts
Will stay even when night and day part
Oh the midnight stars will shine in our eyes
Even when the morning comes, with the sunrise
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10. |
Everybody Lives
03:35
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I always thought in this road there’d be one more bend,
With you it’s always forgetting that all running must end
No matter how hard I could try, in the end there’s no winner but time
So we've only fate to trust and you must hang your head in the dust
But you just can’t, I know you love
You’ll never give in while there’s sky above
So when the wind stands fair,
I know somehow, you’ll be there
Everybody knows that everybody dies, none better than you
But I know if you ever accepted it, even for just one moment
The skies of all the worlds would turn black, time itself would crack
So now and then in a thousand years, even death itself will learn to fear
Everybody lives,
Just this once, everybody lives
Just this blessed day,
No one fades away
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