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Walls
02:56
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I wonder when the world can fall asleep
I've been crying in my bedroom all week
Maybe if I don't make a sound
They will never turn around and see
Me
I don't know what to do
I will save a space for you
I will save a space for you
I wonder if my brothers in the Lord
Can feel the weight of his terrible swift sword
I feel the words fall from my lips
They say that we've been hypocrites through tears
For years
I don't know what to do
I will save a space for you
I will save a space for you
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2. |
Inevitable
05:38
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The world is yours
So they say, so I take everything and more
I run it down, I save myself for the best
So all can see that I have meaning in my chest
And I can take you over
And I can take you away
But it’s inevitable
The things that I pull
They reel me in fast
And they leave me there full
It’s inevitable the things you’ll do for her
Keep me out of this mess
Send me someone beautiful, made of the finest blood and flesh
I just want your money, honey, give it to me slow so I can feel
This thing that they call life, a dance that doesn’t feel real
And I will take you over
And I will take you away
But it’s inevitable
The things that I pull
They reel me in fast
And they leave me there full
It’s inevitable the things you’ll do for her
But it’s inevitable
The things that I pull
They reel me in fast
And they leave me there full
It’s inevitable the things I’ll do to her
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3. |
Seance
05:57
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Time passes slowly
When you’re lost in a dream
You see them coming
You see them breathe
My brother calls to me
From beyond the grave
He says talk slowly
He says my name
In time i will feel these spaces growing
In time i will hold you without knowing
The time or place
I saw your face
We see you grow
And we know
Does your god call to you
Does he lift you up
Do you eat the body
Do you drink the cup
We are still standing
Above hollowed ground
We hear their voices
We hear their sounds
Even still i will raise my hands up slowly
Even still i will pray to things most holy
And i will sing
My song for me
To bring me peace
And i sing
For all grieving mothers
For all grieving fathers
For all grieving sisters
For all grieving brothers
For all grieving daughters
For all grieving sons
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4. |
Beginnings
04:31
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I’m hearing voices
Tales of ghosts and what they claim
But what they say don’t mean a thing when all I see is pouring rain
Lower prices
All I need is what you see
What you see is just the weight of all these momentary things
How can you be the one to choose
You lose
How can you be the one who knew
It’s cruel, cool
Maybe Sunday
You will pick it from the dirt
Rearrange the message hoping for the hunger and the thirst
And I will know you
And I have known you since the end
Reaching forwards to beginnings that we cannot comprehend
How can you be the one to choose
You lose
How can you be the one who knew
It’s cruel, cool
How can you be the one to choose
You lose
How can you be the one who knew
It’s cruel, cool
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5. |
Hands
03:56
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Even when I
Open up my eyes
I can not decide
The reason is
I don't feel
Like I know anything
Or anyone at all
So I pray for
Hands that grip so tight
Through never ending nights
For every soul
That just feels
Like they aren't anything
Or anyone at all
Oh my god
You look so happy when you're alone
Oh my lord
You look so empty, you've lost control
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6. |
Grinning
04:56
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You used to call me on my cell phone
I recognize the tone
I wish I had another number
I’d call you all alone
You think about it when you’re sober
You’ve wasted all your time
But still I feel the nature of the real is not a thing you can define
People ask you silly questions
Then realize they’re wrong
So i’d like to sit and sing you
Another stupid song
It’s like the world is always ending
But I’d like to offer this
When every man just seems so condescending you just think about a kiss
I’ve been living
Through so much grinning
But I can’t take anymore
My heart is soothing
My mind’s been proven
To let me down before
Every time I think about her
I don’t miss her like I should
But life’s been good
When I was young I’d think about you
I think most all the time
Your sunken face would try to haunt me
Through every single night
But I grew up and I grew bolder
And time revealed it’s lies
Now every inconsequential thing will always happen because you died
So once again when death comes knocking
I’ll open up my door
And then I’ll say, “You must be joking
I think I’ve found the cure”
Now my country and my family
Don’t see me anymore
And now I feel a certain strength of will I’ve never wanted to have before
I’ve been living
Through so much grinning
But I can’t take anymore
My heart is soothing
My mind’s been proven
To let me down before
Every time I think about her
I don’t miss her like I should
But life’s been good
It comes up like a flood
It moves around through every town you’ve ever wanted to know
Should I stay or should I go
I can’t think straight
I never say my real name
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Child
05:29
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Now that I’ve seen your face
There is one place I can go
To leave the face that I once saw
and turn to one more beautiful
It sees me
It sees me
Now child you are here
And I can never leave
To go to places all unknown
I only ever need
To see you
To see you
To see you
To see you
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8. |
Moonlight
01:17
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9. |
Sunlight
06:42
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Here we are again
And i thought i’d write to you
And tell you how to use
The things that you don’t want
A moment that we haunt
It picks you up and leaves you again and again
I know the pain
And i know the heartbreak too
I know what you’ll go through
And i wish that i could live
Through all your pain instead
And pick you up and see you again and again
When you’re feeling down
There’s a love that will surround
Every broken thing
You want to leave behind
A riddle stuck in time
That weaves it’s way throughout the life that you make
I can hear a voice
It speaks through every light
That shines in every eye
And it takes you to a place
That no one can erase
Where every soul that’s broken finds it’s home
I can see you clear
And i hear the song you write
When you jump into
The wonders that you bring
A sentimental thing
That picks me up and leaves me again and again
When the world is cold
You will always find a home
It lies in wait
Wherever you’ll find me
An endless history
Of reaching out to see you again and again
Even in the spring
The rain is weakening
And i will see you in
Every child that laughs
A temporary lapse
Of sunlight breaking into everything
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10. |
Lullaby
02:36
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They tell you to be afraid
Just remember where you were raised
You know your wrong from right
Remember to see the light
And when you've grown so old
Many memories that you will hold
Begin to live your life
Remember every night
Now go to sleep
You can finally dream
And another day goes
And another day goes
And another day goes to bed
My love for you is not pretend
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