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Rain Down
07:57
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Joy left a note buy the door where you walked out that read,
"I'm ever coming back."
Fear crept in and said,
"Give your heart to me; we will be one."
We used to sleep so sound behind our eyelids
But now, there's nothing safe there to speak about
You left and you placed your hand in another's
And I still just clench my fist
I tried to hide your memory behind stained glass
But the pressure gave and broke it every time
So shove the pieces of broken glass into my bones
And remind me that this is never where my heard was
Because my heart will will not forget you
I have heard it said that time can heal the pain
But time cannot heal anymore than inches can build us a home
So if it's in our hands, I'll turn to face the tide
And swallow every ounce of water that my lungs can hold
Then choke it up just to make room for more
And if the burning of my loneliness will not recede
Then let the flames rain down on me
When the embers have turned to ash what remains of my fear
I will offer you the love that I always promised you
Though it may look different
I know that it's still much the same
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2. |
The Safer Sound
05:19
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I heard that you're leaving
On the first train going back the way you came
Just like I stopped believing
In the back seat of my car asking you to breathe
You're fighting off your demons
It's written in the lines of your face while you're trying to sleep
And I can hear you screaming
In the the dark corners of your mind that you can't escape
Before you left, I gave you my map
And I said let it guide you
When you're lost in the places you left behind
I told you I'd be waiting until I see your face again
And I told you, "I'll be waiting until you come back around that bend."
It's been so long
And I'm wondering if you're ever coming home
It's been so long
But I'll still be right here waiting for you
If you'd listen for my voice
I would guide you back home
So just listen for my voice and find the safer sound
Come home now
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3. |
Say Anything
04:58
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You can say anything, no one will hear
These walls will hold any sound you could make
So say it loud
No one's going to tell you to turn it down tonight
It's been a long time since I've seen your face
I don't think I'd have it any other way
So say anything you'd like
I'll never know
You can sing any song, no one's around
So let go and sing with all you have
Because these walls are yours to keep
So Sing as loud as you'd like tonight
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4. |
Hang Up the Fire
02:54
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We were standing by the counter, there
Just waiting for someone to come inside
You're telling me to pick up the phone, well, I'm preoccupied
So I yell across the room
Now you know you've gone too far
You say, "can you handle this?"
And I laugh, but in my mind the walls could all come crashing down
I said, "What's the big deal? You know I didn't mean any harm."
You say that it's okay, but your eyes are a brick wall
Impossible to climb
But I don't conclude with a sigh
Because I just want to make this right
So I begin the treacherous climb
But I only get so far before this all just seems ridiculous
Because on any other day, this wouldn't mean a thing
Sometimes the dove just gets caught in the crossfire
I know this will al blow over soon
But I just can't let go
Until you call down the fire from the sky
And hang up the fire in your eyes
And we both see the tension break
With the sunset as this whole mess just passes by
With the buildings on the short drive home
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5. |
Someone Else's Mind
03:18
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Standing at the crossroads of love, loss, and lessons learned
Trying to get back what the fire just burned
But the one thing found after searching high and low
Is the difference between giving up and letting go
You can stand out in the crosshairs vulnerable and alone
Spread your arms wide to make your willingness known
You can map your best intentions with a process you've defined
But you just can't change someone else's mind
Go hold the rope real close
Keep your head high and try not to choke
It could take a long time, but keep on trying
There's a perspective found in the mouth of a lion
Your heart hanging open at the end of your rope
Searching far and wide for some sign of hope
But it's a brick wall and a cancer that feeds
On every broken feeling and every burned out need
Then spend your desperate hours and try to make this right
But it all boils down to a one sided fight
You can give everything to keep your heart in line
But you just can't change someone else's mind
Run back down the sidewalk again
But the streets are clear and the loneliness sets in
Turn around; go back home alone
And try to forgive every frail and broken bone
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Red-eye flight to Phoenix, Arizona
When they said that your time was wearing thin
Sitting window seat
Staring down at the scattered lights on the countryside
In the quietest part of the night
Thinking about what to say and how the hell I'm even going to do this
We dock at the airport at 2:30 a.m. and I head to my hotel
I lay on the bed and stare at the ceiling
And I swear I cried myself half to death just to meet you halfway
And I try to sleep, but I don't sleep
I head down to the hospital at dawn
And the nurse shows me to your room
I try to brace myself but there's nothing around to hold onto
She opens up the door and you sit up from your bed
And your smile nearly brings me to to my knees
It always has
We spent most of the morning
Talking about the past, our friends, and our better years
Avoiding the future altogether
But I'm still not sure who was more afraid of it
We laughed at the TV and shared a few jokes of our own
As I try to force the tears down
Now's not the time, you've got to be strong
But I'm not strong
When I look at you I know there's a river there
That's keeping the mountains calm
As the sun sets the nurse comes in and says
That visiting hours are over
The final goodbye with all the prepared words
Got lodged in my throat as the tears started to come
But you took my head in your hands
And you looked me right in the eyes
And you said, "Everything will be alright."
I believe you, why wouldn't I believe you?
Final boarding call and I head to the terminal
And I know you head to yours
The flight attendant takes my ticket and says, "Have a nice flight."
One last look at your city before I go
And I know that everything will be alright
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7. |
Change
03:15
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All of the roads that lead you
I never meant to hurt you
Staring at the reflection of such a fragile thing as this
All of the lines of refracted light
From the chorus of some moment that I saw wrong
If it's calming, maybe the swells won't pull you down
And wrap you up inside some memory you think is safe to play
But there's a silence there that's closing up your mouth
And a song of some surrender maybe could be
The way to change the things that never really change
All of the days that leave you
They never came to get you
Wearing all your dreams like sweaters to keep the cold at bay
But each new autumn leaf that falls from the willow trees
Remind you that it won't be long
In the morning, maybe our eyes will open wide
And sever these anchors that keep the days on repeat
But there's that noise that swelling back in forth inside
And the weight of these worries surely will be
The way to make sure things won't really ever change
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8. |
The City Gets Lonely
05:29
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You held your head in your hands
Winter found the light inside of you burning out
And stretched you out across the floor where you laid down
And the darkest parts of yourself began to grow
But restless eyes do not sleep and they do not dream
As every day just skids to a halt
Disconnecting from yourself to keep the noise away
Fall left its leaves on a bright sea of green
Where you watched your fear grow
As parched as your eyes; overwhelming as the daylight coming in
The ground starts to shake and your heart starts to ache
You're drowning out
But you need not be so afraid
You don't have to hide; you don't need to run away
When words cut so deep and greatest fears come true
You don't have to cry; you don't need to be sorry
When the world turns so slow and the city gets lonely
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9. |
Cracked Vase
05:52
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I heard that there's a place where the criminals go
At least the one's who've been caught
It's as dark as this place that I'm at, but a lot more real
Where the people come and go every day
But the scars never seem to heal
And their faces bear the lines of all the tired nights
The moon's looking down at the earth
And I'm wondering why she looks so sad
Cracked like a vase on an antique table
Thick as the pain in your beautiful face
I know they have you behind bars
The voices in your head are screaming
And I can hear it now; It's all too real
But don't cry dear, it's not worth another restless night
Of sickness and misery
Just let my tattered songs sing you to sleep
They're not much but they're all that I've got
The moon's looking down at the earth
And I'm wondering why she looks so sad
Cracked like a vase on an antique table
Thick as the pain in your beautiful face
The moon's hidden behind a cloud
And I'm screaming, "Why do you always leave?"
I've become an antique table
Left here to hold this beautiful vase
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10. |
The Great Divide
03:18
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You could see it in the lightning strike
You could feel it in your bones
The way the fear drives away any vague notion of home
You lie wide awake beneath the hanging moon
And your dreams will find no place to call their own tonight
As you stare across the room at the shadows on the wall
You fail to explain
A feeling best portrayed by the posture of the willow trees
When the morning came the fire spread down every aching limb
And all your bright horizons were enveloped in the smoke
The sight, the sound, the incoherent drone
Will establish the foundations of your own Babylon
That will scatter you abroad; across the raging seas
To the lands that no one knows
And you shake at the sound of saying all your goodbyes at once
You could hear it in the silence, you could see it in her eyes
That the distance that was setting in could not be reversed
The Great Divide, the impenetrable walls
Have set the final boundaries between you and the world
And left you with more time than you would like to be alone
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11. |
Windy Song
03:32
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Sitting at the edge of the Snake River Canyon
Blowing smoke into the wind
Both hands clench forever
Lethal daydreams have not the same distance they once did
Floating face down toward my muddy reflection
The entire world behind me
Drifting with the current into this ugly oblivion
Amphetamines and countdowns
Cigarette butts and my reflection
Trashcans from somewhere afar
Containing me here with that same windy song
These cliffs still paint that same beautiful misery
It lines the river with blood: It floods the water with tears
and smiles as if it's alive keeping me in her arms
Sitting at the edge of the Snake River Canyons
Thoughts are carried with the wind
One hand lets go; the rest is history
You know how these things go
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Michael Limbert Boise, Idaho
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