1. |
Get it Right
02:44
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Battered and bruised
I can’t hold a tune
Same mistakes every night
Why is it always such a fight
Runnin’ my mouth all over town
Runnin’ my body the same
We used to be something a long time ago
But it somehow got washed in the rain
Why is it always such a fight
Won't you hold on
Someday I’m gonna get it right
Won't you hold on
Someday I’m gonna get it just right
Round and around won’t you calm yourself down
Hold on to something and breath
The rest of my tricks I forgot long ago
When I realized she didn’t believe
Why is it always such a fight
We all need something my something ain’t you
And I’m left with this love I can’t use
Why is it always such a fight
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2. |
Gravity
03:54
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Darkness, anger, despair and trust
O someday just turn to dust
In the silence, in the stillness
We may find ourselves again
I’m still hanging on my friend
Jealousy and lust, rage
You lock me up you rattle my cage
I’m grasping at nothing
There’s a wall that won’t come down
I’ve been treading this ocean
Such a longtime now
By the salt in the sea
I will become gravity
I will hold on to your love
Like a stone
When I’m drifting away I will still hear you say
O my love I will always be your home
Is it so far gone
This rock we’re standing on
Can we become gravity
Choose hope, move forward
To a howling wind
Tread light on this sorrow
Give thanks to these sins
In the silence, in the stillness
We may find ourselves again
I’m still hanging on my friend
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3. |
Turn
02:57
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Baby
Let sleeping dogs lie
Honey let it all pass by
Fear is just like water
To a tree
O baby it was only you and me
So turn, turn, turn, turn
I guess we’ll
Just let it burn
All that anger and pain
Just water down the drain
O baby it was only you and me
So honey let the trees be gold
Sooner or later you’re just gonna have to let yourself grow old
All of your doubt
Don’t let it leave your mouth
O baby it was only you and me
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4. |
Time
05:22
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Time time
Won’t you sit still
It’s August and you’re dressed up
In cotton and twill
Time time
You are a fickle friend
But at least you’ll be there till the end
Time time
You drink every last drop
You drink till you’re drunk
Though I beg you to stop
Time time you’re gonna do me in
But at least you’ll be there till the end
I know you’ll be there till the end
It’s such fleeting, fleeting thing
The sound when these voices ring
The sound when our voices ring
Don’t you try to hold on to anything
These are only songs we sing
These are only songs we sing
Time she’ll rob you of everything
Time time I know I can’t hide
Won’t you grant me the grace
To take it in stride
Time time you’re a tricky one
But I’ll beg you for more till your done
Time won’t you be on my side
I’d ask for a promise
but who knows you might lie
Time my darling only love can defend
You were only a means to an end
You were always a means to an end
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When I die
Just put me in the ground
Don’t need no box
When you lay my body down
When I die
When you lay me down to rest
In the soil of summer
Plant a flower on my chest
I’ll be the wind that sweeps your snowy pine
I’ll be the breeze that swings your clothes line
I’ll be the feather in your hair
I’ll be the smile that you wear
I’ll be the wind that sweeps your pine
When the lights
When the lights go dim
And all that remains is just bone and skin
Won't you sing
Sing a sweet old hymn
Let me return to the earth around my limbs
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Snake line
To my heart
I told so many lies
Don’t know where the truth starts
It’s my weight
To bear
I could never blame you
You leave me standing here
I ain't asking for forgiveness
I believe I’ve done my time
Everything everything everything
In its own time
Everything in its own time
She whispered to me
Everything in its own time
No I cannot set you free
I’ve been lost on this road
Lord knows how many days
Everything everything everything
in its own way
I cry out in the night
I have become sorrow
I live my days in fright
Won’t you lend me your eyes to see
This long twisted road
Laid out in front of me
She said I am always with you
Of that you will soon see
Everything everything everything
Ain’t up to me
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7. |
One Prayer
04:44
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Hello my old friend
I’ve just called ‘cause I’m to see you soon again
And I know it’s not ours
To ever make amends
But I can’t help but long to tell you that this sorrow
Knows no end
Ain't it strange the way our hearts wrap together
Like smoke dancing when the air is still
Ain’t it strange the way I love you
I love you still
How many lives must we walk these rivers
How many times must I let you go
It’s not ours to know
It’s like vines creeping
Up an old red shed
It wraps around my heart and round my head
It’s a rooster crowing when the morning breaks
It’s a memory of all we cannot take
These wounds
They are cell deep
We choose what to loose and what to keep
I am not just me and you are not just you
We are lifetimes of love across the ages
How many lives must we walk these rivers
How many lives does it take to know
I am you
It’s the silence across the desert
It’s the light from a distant dying star
It’s that look from your mother when you’ve finally
Taken it too far
It is all of the love
That is ours to give and take
It’s that light at the end of the tunnel
It’s that voice you cannot shake
It’s the sun coming through the curtain width
It’s the letter from a dear old friend
It’s the way that we break wide open
And fall in love over and over again
It’s the way that we break wide open
And fall in love over and over again
It is all that we hold sacred
It is all that we hold dear
It’s one breath
One voice
One song
And one prayer
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8. |
Your Voice's Sound
04:13
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I’m in love with a dream
I’m in love with a mess
And I guess I’ll just let it tear me apart
I feel the wind sweep you off your feet
And I feel his arms around you
But it aint' you that's meant to heal me
Maybe I aint' ever meant to mend
So I pray on the wind
Come around again
And blow these hearts wide open
I walk hand in hand with your ghost
Cross the wide dry desert
Make our way to the coast
I would swim this great wide ocean
All the way around
Just to wake to your voice’s sound
I’m in love with a dream
I’m in love with a mess
And I guess I’m gonna let it tear me apart
I dream of your love and I howl and I shiver
I shake the whole night through
But it ain't me that's meant to heal you
Maybe you ain't ever meant to mend
So I pray on the wind
Come around again
And blow these hearts wide open
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9. |
Space
03:23
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When the trees strip down and dress for winter
And that cold cold rooster don’t crow
I’ll be on my way this time a while
Will you cast your prayers upon my nighttime
In the morning will you love yourself
When the moon is full and the seas go silent
And peace has finally reached your heart
Will you walk beside me brother
It was only ever love from the start
Keep the earth at your shoes
If you don’t know what to do
And feel the space between me and you
I will hold my head if you’ll hold my hand
And we can all walk together again
When this long night fades
And the color returns to the days
And all those words we spoke
Become songs on a radio wire
And all those nights we woke
All alone 'cause the world was on fire
Keep the earth at your shoes
If you don’t know what to do
And hold the space between me and you
I will hold my head if you’ll hold my hand
And we can all walk together again
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10. |
Stay Alive
04:10
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There is a rhythm and rush these days
Where the lights don’t move and the colors don’t fade
Leaves you empty with nothing but dreams
In a world gone shallow in world gone mean
Sometimes there’s things a man cannot know
Gears won’t turn and the leaves won’t grow
Theres no place to run no gasoline
Engine won’t turn and the train won’t leave
Engines won’t turn and the train won’t leave
I will stay with you tonight
Hold you close till the morning light
The morning watch a new day rise
We’ll do whatever just to stay alive
Well the way I feel is the way I write
It isn’t like the thoughts of the man who lies
There is a truth and its on our side
Dawn is coming open your eyes
Look into the sun as the new days
rise
I will wait for you tonight
You’re here forever and you by side
I’ve been waiting all my life
To feel your heart as its keeping time
We’ll do whatever just to stay alive
Dawn is coming
Open your eyes
Look into the sun as the new days rise
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11. |
Seeds
04:02
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From this heart a river
In these hands a sea
It’s a winding road
Between you and me
There will always be shadows
There will always be tears
In your darkest hour
My light is always near
In our songs a story
In our minds a bridge
Every road so much glory
Saints and sins
We got all the time we need
I’m gonna put these hands together
We got all the time we need
I’m holding out for better weather
I’m gonna grow these seeds
In this body a vessel
From these roots a tall tall tree
It’s gonna be a long, long life
For you and me
There will always be shadows
Sometimes that’s all we will see
There will always be me
There will always be you
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