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Run and Hide
03:13
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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
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2. |
I Call a Truce
03:45
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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
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3. |
Atlantic
04:31
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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
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4. |
The River
04:37
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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
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5. |
Just Go
03:16
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"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
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6. |
Alright
03:18
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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
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7. |
I Spotted a Ghost
03:20
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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!'"
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8. |
Misery, My Lady
03:33
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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
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9. |
Hold On
03:09
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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
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10. |
Sunrise
04:13
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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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