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First Light
02:03
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2. |
Here and Now
03:40
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I never would've bothered if I knew you were just home for the weekend
I never would've called you back if I was thinking at all
Been starting something new, trying to forget about you
Now we're sitting here, having ourselves a ball
What can I say? It could feel like it did if we let it
What can I write? It's all been written to you before
Years have passed, too many minutes
I've finally reached my limit
But you draw me in and now I'm here
Why can't you admit you miss me?
Why can't I accept that we're through?
Why do you flash that grin I love?
All out of things to hide
I'm drowning in the tide that pulls to you
The passage of time is feeling just a little more potent
Discarded on the path that winds back to here and now
I still remember when I’d trace the lines in your skin
We'd get away with whatever circumstance would allow
I live with my shame, I've apologized for my crimes
Should’ve known better than to trust you, I chose to ignore all the signs
I'd escaped into a different place, had fingertips in outer space
Started feeling weightless but succumbed to gravity's embrace
When I say I don’t care what you think, I do
When I say I don’t care how you feel, I’m sorry but I'm lying to you
Chasing fiction for one night
When you’re here with me, everything is all right
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3. |
Make-Believer
03:23
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Heard the footsteps walking backwards
Tracing outlines, filling blanks
Queen Deceiver, make-believer
Anesthesia wore off today
You don’t have to give an answer
It won't hurt if I don't know
Alibis, tongues you've tied
Hallelujah, I just loved you so
If I blink then I'll miss it
Close the deal while keeping the distance
Locking doors then pretending you're not hiding the key
Do-re-mi
I guess nothing in life's guaranteed
Expectations, knew your rhythm
These old habits that die all alone
Fully numb, couldn't come
Skin on skin, touch as stiff as a stone
Wearing blinders, kept pretending
As the poison soaked in from the stings
Paralyzed? What's it matter?
Walk away? I'll just tangle the puppet strings
Backed me up against the wall, too weary to be stunned
Mesmerized as you decide to take it all and run
Building up to let me down, you’re so very mature
Leaving me alone, a sad cliché
How I despise you
Hope you choke on the words someone else told you to say
Take me away (take me away)
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4. |
Statues
05:33
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We met in 3/4 time, our edges smoothed by sea and sand
Our glances sly, our wells ran dry, we waited patiently
Oh, for what we knew lay in the ground, could you feel my heart pound?
When it happened and you held yourself so close to me?
That was six years ago, it feels like trans-Atlantic flights
And endless blues, colorful hues, half-truths lie in-between
Oh, we made decisions without thought, we kissed in public, lost the plot
To the play of everyday we didn’t pay to see
As the world turned, we stood like statues
As the world slowed, we moved as sunbeams
And I knew everything about you
And you knew everything about me
As the trees swayed, we held like pillars
As the trees bloomed, we spun a cocoon
Wove a wall between new expectations
Wove a wall to climb and stare at the moon
You were a vision of exquisite grace and nervousness
My hanging jaw, I wish you saw your blinding radiance
Oh, it wasn’t easy to say no and so we never did and how it showed
In the lazy flight of endless nights’ experience
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I would have given anything to you
Sometimes I did and all I knew
Was darling, I got nothing back at all
We're tried and true
I let you break my heart to pieces
Before you go, can you sign the releases?
So I know that this won't go on haunting me
Rip bandages off wounded knees
So hard to look you in the eye
When you have me by the throat and by the heart
I don't know where to start
Be sure to wipe your shoes off on the mat
Step inside if what you have to say can match the crushing impact
Of the day we touched for the first time
And we fell apart in each other's arms
Put it back together, we were blind by sight
Learned every inch of each other that night
And we'll always know the truth of how we're made
And how we're fragile and afraid
Trembling as the night fades
With the starlight overhead I'll float back down the empty street
Still gliding there without a care above the glistening concrete
My dancing partner's silhouetted, we move home through the dawn
As my feet return to earth I'll dash across the damp front lawns and sing
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6. |
A Million
02:23
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Tick tick tick, another minute
Passing hours, precious time
Pulled the cord and now I'm spinning
Slow descent but don't show signs
We're worlds apart, so far from home
Across state lines, still throwing stones
And my glass house? I hope it breaks
Couldn't see outside myself in there
I couldn't see in front of my face
I wish that I could be a better man than what I am
A million silver linings, can't pretend to give a damn
I've been awake, I'm made of stone
Still learning how to be alone
Things fell apart, what's left to see?
All the debris scattered, sifting through the wreckage left by you and me
Today I wish that I could be a better man than what I am
A million silver linings, can't pretend to give a damn
C'mon, die young with me, maybe we'll learn
To grow old gracefully and burn
The details of where, when, and how
There's nothing left and nothing matters now
Nothing matters now
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7. |
Camera's Off
02:52
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You are with me when I don’t want you to be
When the camera’s off, when the red light stops, when I think I’m free
Oh-oh-oh-oh
You are with me when I think I’m by myself
When the dial tone says I’m all alone
And you’re with someone else
I think about you all the time, I just can’t help it
Feel guilty when I do
If we are speaking off the record
You may find that though we’ve changed, I still love you
Oh-oh-oh-oh
I was open to letting you back inside
Where you had spent years unblemished, at least I tried
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Shades of mystery give you the upper hand
Or so you thought, you're playing those games I just can’t fucking stand
I thought about you all the time, I couldn’t help it
Hoped you felt the same way too
If we are speaking off the record
You may find that though we’ve changed, I still love you
Oh-oh-oh-oh
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8. |
Sighing
05:01
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If I could write a letter to say what I’m feeling, I would send it the next day
Send it first class all the way
Because when I am around you, I lose my voice to speak, and I lose my thoughts to think
I stare at you and blink
I just can’t help it sometimes, you’re more beautiful than twilight
Dancing off the ocean’s surface as the sunlight melts away
To its bed in the horizon where we lay our heads together
Because everything is ours and everything is you
You’re more fragile than an orchid
Your skin is like its petals, soft as ivory is white
As black holds hands with night I want to hold your hand in mine, let our fingers intertwine
As ivy winds its way up old stone walls, our bodies coiling like the vines
I’d like to be alone with you
I’d like you just once to follow through
On the promises made to the stars above
Broken plans, broken hearts, are we still in love?
No, no, no, no
No, I don’t think so
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9. |
Dawn's Breath Blowing
04:52
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Sunrise
Daybreak
Open up your eyes
Dawn’s breath blowing
Wake up, it’s morning
Moonlight, shadows
Shatter with the sun
Misty snowmelt
Teeth chatter
Pitter-patter
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10. |
A New Day
03:48
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You went to sleep in tears last night
Your eyes were shiny mirrors last night
But lift your head, you'll be all right
Wake up, it’s a new day
You thought that it would never stop
The tears would stream and never stop
Your pillow caught the final drop
Wake up, it’s a new day
You went down with a broken heart
A shattered, smashed, and splintered heart
You couldn’t wait for a fresh start
Wake up, it’s a new day
I wish I could have changed it
I wish it would repair
We dreamed it back to life just for a while
Then in the end it was too much to bear
But it happened, it’s over now
The book is shut, the damage done
Just open up your tired eyes
And catch the first rays of the new day’s sun
You went to sleep in tears last night
Your eyes were shiny mirrors last night
But lift your head, you'll be all right
Wake up, it’s a new day
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