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Crows and Doves
04:23
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Where did I first lay eyes on you
The park off of Pine or in that ballroom
I still remember thinking of
What life would be like if it was you I loved
Dancing on the floor moving sideways to the sound
Of songs from many years ago, I saw you turn around
For a moment our eyes met and time was standing still
For the first time I felt how I should feel
Sky of black crows and scattered doves
Two silhouettes falling in love
Laid where the water meets the land
Held by a billion grains of sand
Folded arms in folding chairs, you cross your legs let down your hair
By the fire I hear you say, you are moving to LA
Was that the final word, were you willing to be swayed
In the end I couldn’t let you get away
In the garden, with my God and with my Eve. Not a tree could ever shake me. I will never leave.
In the garden with my God and with my Eve. From this moment until the end, it’s you and me
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Slowly Born
04:43
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Dressed in black, loosening my shirt and tie
Howard’s dead, and I can’t cry
Stories told but no one knew him like I did
Ninety-three, his best friend was me
It’s in my blood, to get lost trying
To be underground and think I’m flying
How many years before I learn to let you go
I still can’t sleep, I hear you in the room below
Changing will lead to the unknown and the unknown is painful
But necessary, so necessary. Close your eyes decide to truly live.
A single event awakens within us a stranger unknown
To live our lives is to slowly be born
A single event can change us into a broken soul alone
To live our lives is to slowly be born
I find myself at the end
The end of all the light I see
I find myself unwilling
Unwilling to step out into a world unseen
A question arises "If I step will my feet be met?”
Eyes closing, deciding I’d rather die than never truly live
A single event awakens within us a stranger unknown
To live our lives is to slowly be born
A single event can change us into a broken soul alone.
To live our lives is to slowly be born
To live our lives is to slowly be born
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The Vine
05:33
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I walked right into the kitchen
Placing my hands on my hips
I told you that I wouldn’t listen
Do you remember the night
You stood right there in the door way
In case he decided to call
Our faces were lit by the light
Of the TV he kept on all night
After the movie was over
You sent us to bed for the night
I laid there with Kari and wondered
What you said when you pulled him aside
I can recall every moment
Tear drops at night by your bed
The laughter that doubled us over
The promise that helped us forget
Oh the vine that held onto us
Is still holding on
Is still holding on
They say time will heal
I wonder how that will feel
Kept us awake through the night
Ten paces, a turn and a draw
You shot, “I can’t take anymore!”
Do you remember the fight
His back getting soaked in the rain
Face to face in the cab of the car
I watched through the window pane
The death of our northern star
Did you see him falling
Did you see this coming
When are you gonna fix it
In this moment, in this lifetime or the next
Oh the vine coming up from your bed
Meant for life but swallowed instead
No I cannot raise us up from the dead
But flowers on graves, shows love anyway
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4. |
Deep Within The Earth
04:22
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Deep within the earth
Far below
No sign of life
Hands gather. My body takes form
Below a willow in the shade
I hear someone call my name
From atop, atop the highest mountain
Hands gather. Your body takes form
Ivory towering over me
Too high to climb, too far out of reach
All of me in full pursuit
But my eyes fully blind, my mouth fully mute
Now our bodies lay side by side
And our lungs take in the breath of life
Etch your image deep into my skull
I can’t take anymore my cup is full
For the first time my eyes can see and every day since then you haunt me
I would rather hold you in my arms than in my eyes
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Lifted Up
04:42
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Lifted up into the night
Like Orville and Wilbur Wright
To my left the house of my youth
Below me my cloudy shoes
I'm alive, though my bodies bruised
Beating heart in a dead man's tomb
I'm alive, my limbs still move
Call me by name and I'll come out to you
I heard the sound but was I too young
What's the difference between heart and tongue
I hear her voice calling to me
Among the brave now, forever be
Lifted up into the night
Lifted up and hung in the night
Like the key on that famous kite
I was struck and fell to my knees
Oh my God, I could barely breathe
I cried out, "What have you done?
Not my brother his time here's not up!
Can this be? Have you fallen asleep?
Awake! Arise! Stop the wind! Calm the sea!”
I heard the sound but was I too young
What’s the difference between heart and tongue
I hear their voices calling to me
Among the brave now, forever be
Lifted up into the night
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