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| 1. |
| 11:39 | 
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She started a blaze from one tiny spark
I didn't even detect She loved the light, was dismayed by the dark The stars though she seemed to respect The faint light that flutters at night to the earth Would land in her eyes and collect Luminous creatures she'd find in the surf I never thought to inspect Pebbles and marbles like things on my mind Seem to get lost and harder to find When I am alone I am inclined If I find a pebble in the sand To think that it fell from my hand She gave me ideas Planted the seed But she never stopped to reflect The course that she's on, wherever it leads I never would redirect Pebbles and marbles like words from a friend Make us hold tight but are lost in the end When we're alone we all seem to tend If we find a marble in dust To wish someone left it for us |
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| 2. |
| 4:31 |
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I am just a satellite, high above the atmosphere
Bouncing every thing you say to someone who is meant to hear Sometimes on a rainy day, I lie in bed and dream of you So blame it on the satellite, when your message can't get through I am just a tiny wave, a minor ripple out at sea Moving slowly towards the shore, burdened with uncertainty I'm gaining power, losing speed, wondering as I near your door Will you hold it open for the tidal wave approaching shore? You've become an island in the hazy world surrounding me Offering a vast reward each time I safely cross the sea All too often I become lost in the fog and haze Clinging still, against my will, to promises of clearer days I am just a raindrop that accelerates without control Losing bits and pieces in descent 'til I'm no longer whole I am just another shooting star above that you might see Until I have your full attention I'll be anything but me |
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| 3. |
| 4:14 |
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My room is round when I lay down, when I wake up it's square
When I go outside it's on a spiral set of stairs The people that surround me are waiting out there In a round room they can't find me anywhere Right angle rooms drive me crazier each day Put me in a box I know I'm never going to play Put me in a square room and I won't know what to say I want a round room at the end of the day I had an apartment, four corners on the walls Couldn't eat, couldn't sleep there at all I want a curve to the place where I stay I want a round room at the end of the day If I pass out take me to the round church Where echoes resound And my spirit is found And when I float high Take my arm and I'll fly you by The outskirts of town, to a garden that's round I went to the lighthouse and I liked the view I looked out the window and I could see you Put me in a square house and I won't have a clue I want a round room just to be with you |
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| 4. |
| 3:17 |
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Oh Tequila I turn to you like a long lost friend
I want to kiss my Mexican cousin once again We'll cover every emotion from happiness to sorrow And the conversations I forget you'll tell me about tomorrow When the phone calls start, am I in bed or in a hearse? The things you tell me about myself can't make me feel any worse Well I'm awful sorry you got pissed Just have to cross you off the list Of my true friends... And Tequila's where it starts and where it ends |
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| 5. |
| 6:32 |
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I crashed, I burned
But then I learned To keep my eye on you You always say You'll lead the way But then you never do I slowed, I swerved But lost my nerve And quickly looked away When I looked back The day was black Then I heard you say Why is the sun hot? Why does it rain? Why is there danger and Why is there pain? Why can't the burden we carry go away? And why isn't it Friday today? Your lack of trust Is hardly just So do as you've been told Please follow me Into the sea Don't worry if it's cold I knew right then My chance again Had quickly slipped away I crash I cry I burn but I Still follow anyway Why is the sea cool? Why is it blue? Why do I stay here? Why is is you Notice the danger But don't help in any way? Why isn't it friday today? |
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| 6. |
| 8:28 |
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Blue, splinter and grow
New crystals of snow Seen several kinds Through seven below |
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| 7. |
| 4:29 |
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Zither, Rachel, cardamom, frost - But at what cost?
Threshold, skin, fortress, win - A life of sin Pliers, tension, toy store, grace - The human race Raking, fourteen, basket, screw - Now how 'bout you? Passion, cardboard, raisin, stop - A better crop Field, cater, open, new - Who's mocking who? It's just a mock song Gas, thirsty, rattle, tick - A bone to pick Fountain, egg, treason, cave - Will you dance on grave? Throat, carrot, meeting, choke - I got that joke Temper, thistle, Rodney, wilt - The house I built Fewer, pink, Kyle, ball - I've known them all Penny, thistle, cell phone, blow - Reap what you sow Because it's just a mock song Call it what you will |
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| 8. |
| 6:15 |
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Leigh Fordham sold me out
46 days and the coal ran out Please come 'round here another day Sit yourself down When you're ready to stay She dug down when they took the town Lookin' for clues But they couldn't be found Leigh found out she was ready to roam 47 days and the coal came home Taste the fear For the Devil's drawing near Taste the fear For the Devil's drawing near 46 days and the coal ran out |
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| 9. |
| 4:08 |
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There is a place on the mountain nearby
Deep in a cave but it's up rather high There in the darkness are safely concealed All of the dreams that you never revealed And if you go there, and after you do All of these dreams would be yours to pursue The rest of your lifetime devoid of a care If you keep your eyes open you may find yourself there Such is the promise, such is the curse You could just live your life better or worse Knowing the cache of dreams up on that hill Beckons and sways but won't bend to your will You might find a river under a mountain That feeds a remote subterranean fountain Drink from this, taste just a hint of a dream That somehow leaked into the underground stream And if you go there, and after you do All of these dreams would be yours to pursue The rest of your lifetime devoid of a care If you keep your eyes open you may find yourself there |
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| 10. |
| 9:59 |
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I'm leaving you a message, I'm leaving you a trace
I'm leaving thoughts for you I hope that time will not erase And when the moment comes to read the words that I engrave You'll find them on the walls of the cave I know you heard the question but you didn't make a sound And when it fell you caught my heart before it hit the ground But if you evern need the names of those you couldn't save You'll find them on the walls of the cave Look at me The time stands still The mountain here is now a hill Look away The time goes past These rocks will fall away at last Look away Maybe you will see it as you're passing by alone Below the moss forgotten where some words adorn a stone It might have been an etching on a marker of a grave Or maybe on the walls of the cave Listen to The silent trees But still your words float on the breeze Look away I see them all Carved into the cavern wall |
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| 11. |
| 3:20 |
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I need a new way to express
Myself so you don't need to guess What otherwise I'd say aloud And watch it float just like a cloud High up above you like a thunderhead But you would just look down instead And wait 'til foggy skies abate And vapor clouds all dissipate And when with them all my words for you Have softly sublimated too And you'll just hope that I've moved on So you'll look up and find me gone |
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| 12. |
| 11:06 |
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How is it I never see
The waves that bring her words to me For though unseen they drift around They catch my breath and knock me down I feel them quickly swirling by As they withdraw with my reply And slip into the dark of night As I attempt to stay upright Instead I'm stranded on my knees As words depart upon the breeze Which quickly drifts away from here And possibly won't reach her ear If we could see the many waves That flow through clouds and sunken caves She'd sense at least the words that sought her On the wind and underwater |
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