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Lights
04:09
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Lights
Do I try too much?
Push too hard
Hope for your touch
Well sometimes you see
I see your eyes
As they see me
The lights of August
Waves of grain
Your eyes, firelight,
Lips, airplanes
Waves of spring
Scorch my blood
Burn my skin
Your simple smile wide
Jewels around your neck
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Meet Me On The Ledge
04:09
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Meet Me On The Ledge
Meet me on the ledge
Between the gutter and the tar
Hold on to my hand
And we’ll jump into the air
All my, all my friends
Say that I can’t fly
Well maybe, maybe they’re right
At least I’ve, I’ve got to try
So meet me on the ledge
I’ll be waiting there
You know I won’t budge
But I need to get the air
I can feel the updraft start
How I wish that you were here
I don’t know how much more I can wait
I guess I’ll have to start
All the times that I’ve had wings
Still I’m the stone that neither sinks nor swims
Pushed around this time it’s true
I guess I’ll fly; I’ll fly away from view
All the times that I’ve had wings
Still I’m the rock that neither sinks nor swims
Pushed around this time it’s true
I guess I’ll fly; I’ll fly away from view
I guess I’ll fly; I’ll fly away from view
I guess I’ll fly; I’ll fly away from view
On up
On up
On up / Meet me on the ledge….
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3. |
Sky'd Out
02:59
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Sky’d Out
Little glass beads
Roses on your chest
Flames are on the house beside the lake
But you don’t care
And all I want to do is see you
You
I want to see you smile
I want to make you laugh
I want to see your teeth
Rocks on the sand
Seaweed in you hair
Ice cream on your lips beside the lake
And you don’t care
You didn’t say a word
You didn’t have to
I knew
Everything you thought
I felt it in my veins
I saw it on your skin
I read it on your face
Like words on a page
Like pictures from a book
Right off your shelf
But now we’re all sky’d out
Sky’d out
Now we’re all sky’d out
Lying sun burned in the shade
Lying sun burned in the shade
Lying sun burned in the shade
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Why Are You Unkind
05:44
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Why Are You Unkind
Will I always make you cry?
Will I always not know why?
Well, we’re shadows of ourselves sometimes it’s true
You build me up
You make it true
You will, you will not fall
You will, you will not fall
But will you need me?
Why are you unkind?
Why are you unkind?
You will, you will not fall
You will, you will not fall
Why are you so kind?
Why are you so kind?
Why are you so kind?
Why are you so kind?
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5. |
Empire Blues
04:18
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Empire Blues
The way’s shut out once again
The rising stars
The light will bend
And you build a ship
But you walk away
For good this time
I’ve seen you smile
They smile with you
Empire blue
Empire blue
A metal horse
On metal strips
You cannot hide
You barely swim
And you’re on the cure
But time won’t stop
They’re wasted years
Wasted light
Wasted fear
I see you once in a while
Duck and hide
You weave a life out of lies
You’re telling me
Empire blue
Empire blue
Empire blue
Empire blue
It’s good this time
I’ve seen you smile
They smile with you
I see you once in a while
Duck and hide
You weave a life out of lies
You’re telling me
You’re telling me
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6. |
Really Can't Say
06:00
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Really Can’t Say
I really can’t say to you…
In the evening time
In the morning time
When you’re on my time
Well, it’s all your time
You need to be right there
You need to be right there
I really can’t say to you goodbye
I really can’t say to you goodbye
In the morning I wake you up
In the evening you wake me up
And it’s not as if we’ve never behaved
And it’s not as if we’ve been slave
Still the time goes on
Still the time don’t care
I really can’t say to you goodbye
I really can’t say to you goodbye
I can’t say to you goodbye
I can’t say to you goodbye
Still we hang on tight
Still we stay up nights
I really can’t say to you goodbye
I really can’t say to you goodbye
I can’t say to you goodbye
I can’t say to you goodbye
I can’t say to you goodbye
I can’t say to you goodbye
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Velocity
03:35
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Velocity
Can’t slow it down you see
The speed of love in me
It rolls and ebbs and flows
The velocity of love you know
Well you were the ocean
And you were the sea
It’s gone it’s gone for good
Turn the lights and brush me down
The spoon takes a drop
The speed of love you know
Well you were the ocean
And you were the sea
Well you were the ocean
And you were the sea
Well you were the ocean
And you were the sea
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My Time
03:06
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My Time
Don’t waste my time
I won’t waste yours
I found this thing you see
I made it work
And I’m happy now
For what that’s worth
It’s just a go you know
Can’t slow that down
Where’s it all gone?
It’s all gone past
You’ve got the one way
The one way’s past
And I’m losing it
For what that’s worth
It’s just a go you know
Can’t slow that down
Don’t waste my time
I won’t waste yours
Don’t waste my time
I won’t waste yours
It’s just a go you know
Can’t slow that down
Don’t waste my time
I won’t waste yours
Don’t waste my time
I won’t waste yours
It’s just a go you know
Can’t slow that down
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Understanding H.
06:44
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Understanding H.
Everything’s between
The things we say and mean
I’ve got one good eye
And one good ear
Two good hands
But my heart dear belongs to you
All my little lies
I don’t know how many times
I looked to you
You saw right through
You pierced my screens
I thought that I would scream
Understanding heaven
Heaven I don’t want to know
Understand your heaven
A heaven I don’t want to know
I don’t to go - I don’t want to know
I don’t to go - I don’t want to know
Ain’t it great how things work out?
In my head there was no doubt
But the earth did call
And I was soon to fall
I’m the sucker now
If I’m different - how?
Understanding heaven
Heaven I don’t want to know
Understand your heaven
A heaven I don’t want to know
I don’t to go - I don’t want to know
I don’t to go - I don’t want to know
But the earth did call
And I was soon to fall
I’m the sucker now
If I’m different - how?
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God In Your Eyes
04:15
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God In Your Eyes
You try too hard it’ll break you up
I’ve seen it more that a thousand times
All your work but you’re in disguise
Not finding out what you’re really worth
God in your eyes
Flesh you out in time
God in your eyes
You’re on a path but you’re in the dark
Falling short you’re on to knives
Grope around but your time will come
I was made of salt and clay
God in your eyes
Flesh you out in time
God in your eyes
Oh… Oh…
Oh… Oh…
I could see, but now I’m blind
There’s a light inside of me
Burn me up and I’ll light the way
I wish I could see what you can see
God in your eyes
Flesh you out in time
God in your eyes
You saved my heart one thousand times
I was sand you built me up
I made the rules as I went along
I hoped to god you’d check me out
God in your eyes
Flesh you out in time
God in your eyes
Oh… Oh…
Oh… Oh…
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