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Passenger

by VanRiss

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1.
Run and Hide 03:13
We can laugh if we want to Take a chance if we want to Test the boundaries We were born to live in greater places Than on the inside No more run and hide I can turn off the T.V. Let the earth spin itself freely Forget what the news says We were born to live For much greater than the wars we fight No more run and hide Oh the law of gravity And the simple reminders of humanity I want to wake up And be able to say No more run and hide I am not afraid We are not slaves to one another We are sisters and we are brothers Branches of one tree We were born to live by faith And not by sight No more run and hide Oh the law of gravity And the simple reminders of humanity I want to wake up And be able to say No more run and hide I am not afraid
2.
There you go and tangle up the lines Your nerves have been all intertwined And your head is spinning around Even when you do the best you could And it doesn't end just how it should Don't back down Don't back down Lay your head and dry your tears You are my dear, I've made it clear You've got nothing to fear When you're here with me It's not whether you win or lose You bleed or bruise, or the weapon you choose I call a truce when you're here with me When you're here with me There you go and tangle up the lines Your nerves have been all intertwined And your head is spinning around You've got your two hands And you've got your big plans For more than building castles in the sand Don't back down Don't back down Lay your head and dry your tears You are my dear, I've made it clear You've got nothing to fear When you're here with me It's not whether you win or lose You bleed or bruise, or the weapon you choose I call a truce when you're here with me When you're here with me
3.
Atlantic 04:31
Ticking like a clock We are hands surrounding, surrounding Embracing one last time Hear the pounding, the pounding Of my heart up against your chest Is it boarding time? Not just yet I just want to waste A few more seconds, just a second If that ship sails away I say we let it, you bet it Wouldn't matter at all to me A chain undone, a bond set free I find when I'm alone Without you I'm just a bag of bones Don't hold your breath and dive below Thousand of miles across the Atlantic And you're still my home She's so beautiful Wants me to love her, to love her Has trouble believing I won't find another, there's no other Committed am I that she is the other half of me I just want to live life unordinary, extraordinary Oh waves and distant shores Don't be wary, don't be wary We'll surround ourselves in miracles traced in unpredictables I find when I'm alone Without you I'm just a bag of bones Don't hold your breath and dive below Thousand of miles across the Atlantic And you're still my home
4.
The River 04:37
I am one with the river Guided gently by her stream To a shoreline in the distance The lights of the city Summon after me To them I give no resistance This boat I have fashioned For this adventure Is my one and only home The branches on the riverside Sing to me in the wind "Godspeed you wayward passenger!" I am one with the river Guided gently by her stream And when I set my feet on the ground I'll never forget how sweetly moving me Was the river I explored
5.
Just Go 03:16
"I don't need you to save my life!" She says with false-benefit "I'm just fine with the way I am And I don't have the time for this!" Just go lay your weary hands And let this go when you lose control Just go lay your weary hands When the things that you love Are the hardest to hold Just Go Huddle mass near the bathroom door A few more broken promises She's like a ship that can never reach shore She dropped anchor to the ocean floor Just go lay your weary hands And let this go when you lose control Just go lay your weary hands When the things that you love Are the hardest to hold Just Go Behind the mask of indiscretion Lies no room to play pretend And if you're fine with the status quo I'll leave you alone to go on with your games Just go lay your weary hands And let this go when you lose control Just go lay your weary hands When the things that you love Are the hardest to hold Just Go
6.
Alright 03:18
Closer now, my dear Let's speak in whispers Only you and I can hear Your lips, they chatter chill This broke-down car is a shiver In the winter air, stiff in the breeze Oh it's alright, it's alright You'll never be alone by my side Hourglass of desert sand Shifting through a barren land We'll take our days one by one And when the silvers of your hair Have scattered everywhere We'll look back and say "God placed a good head on these shoulders" Oh it's alright, it's alright You'll never be alone by my side
7.
I spotted a ghost I spotted a ghost She was looking at me real close She said "I think I used to look An awful lot like you Searching for heaven In the corners of hell I was caught up in the lust Of the rush of a kiss and tell I never thought I'd ever Look the way I do Oh, you say that you'll come around again Oh you say that, you say that... Both you hands and all their sins And all you say is, you say is, 'My friends I'll come to make amends!'" I spotted a child I spotted a child He was walking a mile in my shoes I said "I used to look An awful lot like you In search of healing I became diseased I was worshiping a god Of my wants and not my needs I never thought I'd ever Look the way I do Oh, you say that you'll come around again Oh you say that, you say that... Both you hands and all their sins And all you say is, you say is, 'My friends I'll come to make amends!'"
8.
Open up your eyes! A burst of glory scatters Across the night sky Angelic host of old They are as bright As midnight winter air is cold Fires so devine! Misery, my lady! Your hands, why are they shaking? It was just a matter of time, just a matter of.. These ghosts were meant for haunting Bones were meant for wanting It was just a matter of time Just a matter of life The Watchers know our form Shifting shadows In the heart of every storm's collide In distant times they swore Upon our birth, "We will never cut your chord You are ours for life!" Misery, my lady! Your hands, why are they shaking? It was just a matter of time, just a matter of.. These ghosts were meant for haunting Bones were meant for wanting It was just a matter of time Just a matter of life If you want, I know you can See this with your own eyes In a full force and high contrast The night is full of light Misery, my lady! Your hands, why are they shaking? It was just a matter of time, just a matter of.. These ghosts were meant for haunting Bones were meant for wanting It was just a matter of time Just a matter of life
9.
Hold On 03:09
Electric windows down again Send in the breeze I'll take the air A study for an empty stare Loss for words And thoughts everywhere I never find what it takes To convince you to Hold on to me Hold on to me When all your hope is gone I'll give you strength to move on We'll make our ends meet If you hold on to me Miles to traverse You start a run We haven't even crawled But the story is there Just slow down And we'll start again If you'll just Hold on to me Hold on to me When all your hope is gone I'll give you strength to move on We'll make our ends meet If you hold on to me
10.
Sunrise 04:13
Monday morning comes I'm up against the gun A week of nine to fives Hallways and florescent lights You fill up my head Here now there and then I want to spend the rest of life Every moment surrounded by Sunrise, Believe me when I say I want to wake up Every morning to your rays And when this man Is old and gray He'll be caught up In the colors you display Empty never full Caught in the push and pull Overworked, overtime And losing sleep These vital signs are screaming out "We were meant for more Than the things that you've been living for" The mountain that I climb Every morning satisfies when I see Sunrise, Believe me when I say I want to wake up Every morning to your rays And when this man Is old and gray He'll be caught up In the colors you display One day we'll awake Find ourselves in golden age In stillness of life's symphony, Last breaths, and heartbeats Sunrise, Believe me when I say I want to wake up Every morning to your rays And when this man Is old and gray He'll be caught up In the colors you display

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Passenger is the second full-length release from Van Risseghem.

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released May 10, 2011

Produced by Van Risseghem and Costa Stasinopoulos.
Engineered by Jarod Evans. Recorded at BlackWatch Studios in Norman, Oklahoma, USA. Mixed by Van Risseghem. Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtletone Studio in New York City, New York, USA.

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