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Genesis
03:11
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God of wrath, God the Father
Punish me not for the sins of the Mother
In thy image did you make me
Now unbind me from thy blind fury
Oh deliver me unto green pastures
Far, far from thy watchful eye
Far From thy wretched covenant, I
Have tasted of the Tree of Knowledge and it is sweet
God of Grace, God Almighty
My cup runneth over in thy blessings aplenty
Gentle shepherd, where do you lead me?
Is it muzzled leather, or a gilded teather?
Like a satellite in your orbit, I was yours to praise or torment
But the seed in the garden dormant,
always bursts forth towards the sun
Oh freedom isn't free when withheld consciously
But I'll find that knowledge tree so sweet
A mighty fortress was your love
Until a prison it became
I'll let my hair down and from above
Never more speak of Thy name
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Revelation
03:31
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Stories and tales of people and places long gone
Haunt me now like a distant song
And you, woman, you- were you hurting more than I even knew?
The discovery of secret wounds like fault lines beneath our feet
Erupting slowly on a long forgotten street
You always liked to say to me, "To Thine own self be true,"
So tell me true, woman, you-- were you hurting more than I even knew?
Should I believe the saying though the sentiment is tired:
You die by what you live by, you reap the crop you sired
Can I justify the hurt done in a life long expired?
Could I believe the truth from the mouth of a liar?
Every single bridge you torched, every little lie
As numerous they seem now, as stars up in the sky
Why did you do what you did, did you think that it was right?
Did you even stop to think at all?
Was this your plan and did you know,
that only in decay does the young branch grow?
I was hurting more than you could even bear to see
And you, you hurt too, you hurt me
You, woman, you--
You hurt me more than I even knew
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3. |
Some Fly
03:20
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Well I went down to the lake to meet you
I walked back when you weren't there
You said that water would hold our love
And you laughed without a care
I believed everything you told me
Great Spirit and the Virgin Mary
But when I offered up our prayer we heard no answer
The Devil's easy to live with when he wears the face of one you love
And you bargain hard against your soul just to get her near enough
You cry into the darkness, you upstage the moon
And you hope without a shadow of a doubt
It'll all be over soon
A fall from the nest, some are taken, some die
But not all-- some fly
I went down to the five and dime to see what you were really after
To see what all the hype was about this "Happily Ever After."
I believed everything you told me, like you quit the bottle and you still loved me so,
Why is it when I look above me, I hear laughter?
I've gone down to the lake to meet you
though I know you won't be home
To hear your ghost inside the sighing pines
And your fingers in the grassy loam
I could drown inside your kisses, I could burn inside your eyes
But when I see your face in my reflection
Why do I despise her?
Why, why can't be wiser than another drunk's lonely daughter,
What keeps bringing me to the water?
A fall from the nest, some are taken, some die
But not all-- some fly
Some fly
Some fly
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Petals
03:08
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You don't know where I've been
You don't know where I'm going
So you have no way of knowing
Who I even am at all
But you have a pretty mouth
And it makes pretty words
So can you take this hurt
And show me which way to fall
If I should expand beneath you like petals under the rain
Would you break your waves upon me, would you tear apart my pain?
Make me hurt in a good way with wounds I can explain, ah
You hold my head, you tie my hands
But can you understand that none of us is in control
Against all odds, between a rock and a hard place
The shortest distance between a space is soul touching soul
CHORUS
What if this love is not enough
To keep me from the bottle keep me from the blade?
What if this passion's insufficient distraction
What if death is better than this thing we've made?
I was suffocating beneath him like a mother inside a flame
And I want to pay my penance though none of us is to blame
Give me some shelter and I'll love you just the same, ah
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Take Me in Your Arms
04:25
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Oh this road is dark, and I know not where it leads me
And though we've come so far I never thought you'd leave me
This way, please stay
And take me in your arms, take me to a place with no story but ours
Hold me to your chest, let me rest in the tender stillness of your breath
Oh this weight is heavy and I know not what you carry
And though I know you're strong, I need your love to guide me
What'll I do without you?
Please take me in your arms, take me to a place with no story but ours
Hold me to your chest, let me rest in the tender stillness of your breath
Oh sickness, oh darkness, be gone
I've seen you too many times before, this time is wrong
And if you must take, then take what you must, leave him in peace
Oh please.
Let me take you in my arms
And take you to a place with no sorrow, no harm
Hold you to my chest, let you rest
In the tender stillness of my breath
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Breathless
02:34
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One hundred thirty feet up
Above the Santa Monica Ferris wheel
You're as light as air
Only laughing children below and clouds above
Way up there
You can forget about the sickness
And fall once more in love
Breathless
as the world turns below us
We eat churros on the boardwalk and laugh about times gone wrong
Breathless
I turned around and mid-kiss
You asked me if I'd miss this when you're gone
Six floors up on the cancer ward,
You're weak and you're thin
And they say this is the beginning of the end
Family gather around your bed
And kiss your forehead
Way up here
Where blood and breath have left us
You can forget about the sickness
You can forget this shit prognosis
And fall once more in love
Breathless
As the world turns below me
I was your body, cleanse its memories away
Breathless
No rise and fall from your chest
Only my lonely sighs of regret
You said this moment would come, but yet,
I never quite
Believed it
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Weary
04:35
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A thousand miles in front of me
A thousand miles are gone
I ain't as wild as I used to be
Now that I'm wed to the road I'm on
After 31 long years of soaking up these lonely tears, I've found
That I'm weary and the road I'm on is so long
If you were near me, I might have something to go on
But night is falling and your voice is calling and you're calling me home
So I won't be alone
There's beauty all around me, above and below
More than I could ever see and it doesn't help to know
Sunrises, sunsets, I've seen them all before,
What's the use in gathering up more?
CHORUS
I don't want to drink this poison
Even though my cup runneth over and then some
And though I walk through the valley in the shadow of my misery,
You are with me
You're with me
And I'm weary, and the road I'm on is so long
If you were near me
I might have something to go on
But night is calling and your voice is calling, and you're calling me home
It's the end of the line now, it's quitting time, and I want to go home
So I won't be alone
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