1. |
Evergreens
02:50
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An old dream
That only leaves you guessing
I floated off balloons
So they could meet up with the stars
The ceiling leaked for days
It's a permanent condition
I feel my intuition
slippin' away
If I only had a moment
and I could make it on the outside
I would break apart the plastic
we fell so far away
Well you know how I feel
I'll keep spinning the pages
And pacing on the stages we used to play
An old theme
Thrust into illusion
Familiar with seclusion
where mourning is the day
I loved more than I ever lost
I paid so much more than it cost
Our shoulders brushed on evergreens
and If I only had a moment
and I could make it on the outside
I would break apart the plastic
we fell so far away
Well you know how I feel
I'll keep spinning the pages
And pacing on the stages we used to play
solo
If I only had a moment
and I could make it on the outside
I would break apart the plastic
we fell so far away
Well you know how I feel
I'll keep spinning the pages
And pacing on the stages we used to play
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2. |
Passengers in time
04:39
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Heaven said it's time to go
But I just started calling this my home
Together but I'm all alone
Gonna have to do this on my own
Never know when it's the end
But I will still be calling you my friend
Sooner, later, say goodbye
We're all just weary passengers in time
Let the sun set outside my patio
door once more
Tell me you remember
like before
Cause' if I knew the reason,
well I would say
The future's so uncertain
Closing like a velvet curtain
and all that really mattered
was today
Standing on the edge of time
looking back at what I thought was mine
No one wants to let it go
But when the time is right then you will know
I wish you'd be my company
The river's running under me
The music's playing wonderfully
If I had another chance
I'd
Watch the sunset outside my patio door
once more
Please tell me that you remember
the way it was before
Cause' if I could tell you the reasons
I'm gladly tell you more
The future isn't given
The beauty is this life we're livin'
All that ever really mattered was today
today
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3. |
The Killer
06:10
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I made a small mistake today
yes I made a small mistake today
and it cost you
it cost you
the world
I made a small mistake today
Well they all came 'round to pray
They all came around to pray
And one by one
they all went away
I made a small mistake today
The sentinels have sounded their horn
The sentinels have sounded their horn
The blinds have all been closed
as all the curtains drawn
and I don't think I'll last til' the dawn
There is no rope to carry the load
Left in a heap on the side of the road
Saturday fair all painted in frowns
Scattered debris that covers the ground
Open me up and show me around
Made a new life in a neighboring town
He made a call home on a rotary phone
The ringer was silent I was alone
The killer becomes the prey
The killer becomes the prey
The angels have soared so far away
No killer will be granted a stay
The pillars have crashed to the ground
The pillars have crashed to the ground
In 2 feet of water a hero had drown
And these were the last words
he wrote down
I made a small mistake today
I made a small mistake today
And it cost you the world
I made a small mistake today
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4. |
Amplitude
03:20
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I've been gone for too long, and you know
You think that you know, but you're wrong
You come to me with your merit badge of shame
I know your reasons but mine aren't the same
they're not the same
You don't have to stay this doesn't have to be
and if you run away I wouldn't disagree
I loved you, but we're too far apart
scratch beneath the surface and you'll find an empty heart
and I'm leavin'
I feel I'm alive again
Feel free to tell your lies to them
I can't bring that moment back
you're still living in the past,
I'm leavin'
Love became nostalgia for the way we used to feel
We never even noticed that the amplitude was real
We came so very far just to wonder who we are
and digging through the reasons like we're picking at the scars
We don't have the time to throw away
Wasting breath on yesterday
The tide won't stop for passing storms
The time is gone I'm movin' on
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5. |
The Flood
06:18
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The springtime beckons new warmth from the sun
As the wind continues to blow
A seed gets tucked into a spot in the earth
Until the seeds encouraged to grow
As time goes by with solidified roots
He stretches his arms to the sky
And just as he's about as strong as he can be
That's when he's beckoned to die
They call it the flood
You know they call it the flood
They call it the flood
All but the memories washed away thats why they call it the flood
A young man fortified by determination
and the freedom to do as he please
A rung at a time he climbed up the ladder
til' he could see up over the trees
continued his ascent staying focused on his footing
so that he could adjust to the breeze
but the storm blew in with magnificent fury
and it leveled him like a disease
Thats why the call it the flood
thats why they call it the flood
They call it the flood
Even all the boats gon' sink to the bottom once they get caught in the flood
All boats gon' sink to the bottom
All boats gon' sink to the bottom
All boats gon' sink to the bottom today
Hold on cause' the levee's gonna break soon
Hold on don't let the river take you
Don't let this situation break you down
Because this is the day when you start your life over again
And for a very long time child this is gonna hurt like hell
But you're gonna make it through
yeah you're gonna make it through
said you're gonna see a new way
water recedes and the sun and the breeze are planning for a new day
Someday you'll find what you lost before
Someday you'll find what you lost before
Someday you'll find what you lost before
the storm
the storm
before
the storm
Knocked to the bottom I can still see the summit
one step at a time I'm a climb
as the days into weeks and the months into years
I'm beginning to see the design
We learn by the lessons of the loss and the scars
build another foundation in time
and once the last nail is driven in the column
well that's when I'm taking what's mine
Because of the flood
We got lost in the flood
Because of the flood
Nothing in this natural world's gonna break you
once you've been caught in the flood
All but the memories washed away
thats why the call it the flood
Even all the boats gon' sink to the bottom
once they get caught in the flood
Nothing in the natural worlds gonna break you
once you been caught in the flood
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6. |
Escape to Anywhere
04:20
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Oh
no
coming down again
I
can't
feel this world again
On
ly
words i give to you
my
heart
is breakin'
All this gravity is pushing
I'm still bracing
am I only
waiting for the world
to weigh me down
again
but when?
alone
with
the November sky
cold
but
I won't go inside
I miss
the
time I spent with you
it all
comes
undone
Hear my screaming
I can't leave here
Leaves are piling
Time is running out
each day
I'm numb
I tried to stop the sun with my gun
Can't escape running back into myself
I can't escape running back into myself
Can't escape running back into myself
and I'm looking at someone else
Can't escape
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Joe Sayward August Providence, Rhode Island
Wayward wanderer traipsing the land, occasionally stumbling upon thoughts and ravines
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