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What If?
03:47
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What if? life isn't short, but life is long
You won't remember this song
What if? the grass is greener on the other side
and the wise men all lied
What if? the eternal sky is full of mirrors
Would we see clearer?
What if? time and space is really a fraud
Please hold your applause
Some people smile when they meet a kid
Most people think they're interesting too
What if? you burned it all down at the end of the day
Then just walked away
What if? you woke up alone and built it back up
I wish you good luck
What if? water is wine and the darkness is light
When day becomes night
What if? nothing is real there's no brink of disaster
Or life ever after
Some people smile when they meet a kid
Most people think they're interesting too
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Ivar the Boneless
05:04
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I was born with two legs that didn't work
It was nobody's fault it must have been fate
Spent my youth seeking my father's smile
No approval turned to hate
Everywhere I go I look up I have no choice
But my eyes are sharp and my hearing is keen
I may be a cripple from the waist down to my toes
But I know what I've heard and I know what I've seen
Let me be... in my misery
I want to sing... but I just scream
I scream out loud when no one else is around
Just wait and see... I'll be king... an angry king
From early on the rage would build and I'd push it down
I pushed it down so far it stole my youth
In my heart of heart of hearts I cried
A volcano on the verge I knew
Don't underestimate me in my mind you're dead
I've killed you over a thousand times
No one believes me but I am my father's pride
His blood runs through this legacy of mine
Let me be... in my misery
I want to sing... but I just scream
I scream out loud when no one else is around
Just wait and see... I'll be king... an angry king
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Sun Dog
05:12
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You may have glimpses of the obvious
Does it make you curious? Does it make you bold?
You might be in between the balance
Of goodwill and malice as it unfolds
You could be fading from the picture
Losing your color inside the frame
You sometimes hear the past come calling
It's slowly rolling all the same
When you get spoken to, you're told to do what you must
So you pretend you're free, free to do what you want
I've let the shadows be my shelter
I've braved the weather hiding in plain sight
I've given everything and nothing
But that's still something, is that not right?
I have been guilty of over-thinking
Of over-drinking and it brings me down
But I've left some CLUES OF MY EXISTENCE
Both near and distant look at the sounds
When I get spoken to, I'm told to do what I must
So I pretend I'm free, free to do what I want
We go about our daily business
With no resistance to sights unseen
We bow our heads in blind condition
With no ambition of coming clean
We've gone away from pen and paper
And Mother Nature she knows her name
We might be nothing but a sun dog
Another raindrop damn pride and shame
When we get spoken to, we're told to do what we must
So we pretend we're free, free to do what we want
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Sabotage
03:51
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Sabotage... sabotage... just because... what it was
Quiet nod... desperate dodge... a mirage... sabotage
When you are not speaking you are still thinking about your thoughts
When you get lonely, you're not the only sad lost cause
Sabotage... sabotage... just because... what it was
Silent nod... desperate dodge... a mirage... sabotage
Even when you're winning your head keeps spinning with doubtful thoughts
When you climb upward, you're moving forward but really you are not
Sabotage... sabotage... just because... what it was
Quiet nod... desperate dodge... a mirage... sabotage
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Rain Love
06:47
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How do you fix your sinking ship, so you don't drown?
Where do you crash land your plane when it's going down?
Going down...
How do you stop a train with no brakes on your track?
Why do you not give up on me and turn your back?
Turn your back...
It's Love and Light
and Time and Rain
How do you keep your heart from breaking in two?
When do you let the pain take away all that you knew?
All you knew...
It's Love and Light
and Time and Rain
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Vision Speaks
04:45
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In the curl of the waves, upon an unknown ship
On an endless sea, say good-bye
With the twist of the wind, hides the blatant truth
On a jet stream ride, say good-bye
Everything brings what it brings
Apathy reign over me
You can tell, but you can't tell
Vision speaks
In the curve of the earth, grows the natural seed
On an empty hill, say good-bye
In the dark of the night, lonely vessel sails
On an ocean deep, say good-bye
All these things are in between
Honesty rain over me
You can tell, but you can't tell
Vision speaks
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The Farce
03:57
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Looking back now it all makes sense
The goddamn trouble is it never left
The degradation and the fucking shame
If you insist on going there to give it a name
Jesus Christ if he were real
Would he even care how you feel?
Or would he backtrack slowly and then duck away?
So he could live to see another day
Or maybe he'd just sit there and watch you cry
All high and mighty with a cunning smile
So you want to go to heaven, but you're scared to die
You want to go to heaven, but you're scared to die
You want to go to heaven, but you're scared to die
You want to go to heaven, but you're scared to die
I'm gonna throw a party and let the demons in
Let 'em be free to embrace the sin
We'll drink all night and raise some hell
Forget the past and piss in the wishing well
The devil himself, he'll be there too
And Mary and Joseph can finally tell the truth
How she got knocked up through an act of love
And Joseph was the one, not the hand of God
And maybe we'll sit there and watch you cry
'It's a glorious day" says Jesus as he winks his eye
So you want to go to heaven, but you're scared to die
You want to go to heaven, but you're scared to die
You want to go to heaven, but you're scared to die
You want to go to heaven, but you're scared to die
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Revealed
03:41
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Road signs... be kind... meantime
New start... tired heart... torn apart
Slight bend... dead end... suffering
The bones of the past are revealed
Even now it's all so surreal
I will not abandon you, I will not abandon you
I will not fear the truth, I will not abandon you
Old school... wise fool... barstools
Midnight... lamplight... second sight
Untamed... tear-stained... endgame
The bones of the past are revealed
Even now I don't know what to feel
But I will not abandon you, I will not abandon you
I will not fear the truth, I will not abandon you
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Poetry Solution
03:02
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Water is words, action is stone
Nothing gets heard, nothing gets done
He said to her, she said to him
We are where we were, the future's a gift
But it's alright, despite the complications
Eroding old foundations, we share the same sunlight
And it's ok, friendships are suspended
Feelings get defended, we still all live and die
Faith paper thin is thicker than steel
Bones, flesh and skin, life is a wheel
We said to them, they said to us
Lean to the bend, do what you must
But it's alright, beware the revolution
The poetry solution, we share the same night sky
And it's ok, against the sad division
Impending collision, we still all live and die
Water is words, action is stone
Nothing is learned, nothing is known
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