1. |
Strong As Death
02:50
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On a day as dark as night
When I faced trouble all alone
Before that day was through
I could not stand up on my own
Poised to surrender
Submit to the foe
When you appeared in time
To hand me grace and hope
The snow will come
That we might miss the rain
The moon sings patience
To pass through our shadows
The secret of words
Preserved in a look
Is where I found
A love as strong as death
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2. |
Thank You Mr. Yorke
03:49
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Wake to see the sun
I’m on my way
Cycle begun
I’ll have to pay
I burn to sleep
Where I dream
I’m on my feet
Where I sing
It’s that sullen feeling
Haunts me for your sake
Placed right it’s in everything that I do
But I do not give
Place to you
Could you break me out
Let me try hard
To gain some ground
Is it far
Til I see your face
I dread the look
But thank god for grace
Please say I’m good
Chorus
Could you break me out
Let me try hard
To gain some ground
Is it far
Chorus
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3. |
Homesick
03:37
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I’ve got six weeks to go
Six weeks til I’m home
Six bags to pack
Six Q’s on my phone
There’s still six days until September
And then five weeks more
To say good bye to six reasons
I stayed on these last four
Three instruments I’m missing
Two guitars that need stringing
And one wish held over
I wanna be home by the sixth of October
I can’t see six feet ahead
I move in inches instead
Can’t think past the bells
Or the noise in my head
Gallo calls and answers loudly
The wolves won’t stay outside
I’ve spent my time in a prison green cell
And I can’t tell if it was worthwhile
I admit by now I’m finding
Should’ve took the road less winding
Caught a plane and headed southeast
A thousand miles didn’t rid me of my worries
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4. |
You'll Fall In Love
03:29
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Kicking new tires
Spinning old wheels in the sand
List of stock lines
You never let your guard down
You met someone new
Gotta catch up on your sleep
And this time it’s true
Could you finally
Fall in love
You’ll fall in love
You go into hiding
But I’ve got work lined up til the dawn
I need the strong type
I need someone I can count on
Chorus
How many fires do you want
Or do you have the fuel to burn two
You know I keep three burning
Because we don’t have to play by the rules
Chorus
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5. |
Amnesia
03:21
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Guess it’s good bye but we had a good run
I did all that I could to keep you here with me
Guess it’s goodbye to a million and one
Chords I’ve grown to love
Maybe this time I’ll learn to back up
Tunes I don’t think I should live without
Words I write to conquer my self-doubt
Songs I can’t finish now
A page of life ripped out
Thrown away history undone
And things that can’t be said
Reduced to ones and oh’s all gone
All that was lost cannot be regained
There’s only moving on and starting over again
Guess it’s all good if you see it that way
But I’ve always been nostalgic
The real book didn’t turn out to be so real
And a thousand words turned out to be so few
Time with you has lost all it’s appeal
And I don’t know what to do
Chorus
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6. |
Wind And Iron Collide
04:01
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Thinking softly in the silence
Warring with my heart
Aching, faking, rearranging
Ending at the start
I can't think of myself
There’s more to us now
They don't understand
Mend these tattered sails and fill them
Wind and iron collide
Nothing moves me, nothing proves me,
I am on your side
Firing, aimless, so abrasive
Lying from your heart
You, who knew me, saw right through me
How we've grown apart
You believe in our love
And yet you hold out
I need to let go
Chorus
I surrendered all that's in me
I have nothing left
Broken promises surround me
And I can't go back
You who own my heart, sweet lover
Wherefore art you now
I have followed in the silence
But I’m lost somehow
I believed in you so
I’d never let go
You’re pulling me down
Chorus
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7. |
Ultimate Inadequacy
04:03
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There are radiant nights
Unexpected joy in the thought of you
But it isn’t enough
It isn’t enough
What you need
I do not have to give away
Ultimate inadequacy
I hate to be
Not enough for
Love to last
For us to live
As we were asked
Are the mysteries solved now
You looked straight into my soul
And what did you fail to find
I’m not saving no one
I can’t create a love
We’re not gonna see
Heaven come to be on earth
Chorus
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8. |
You Don't Know
02:55
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I’m standing on guard for all my memories
Someone has come to rob from me
What I bled for
Was it so bad to ask for your help
To honour the good to give due gratitude
To the mother
You don’t know what good is
Legacy don’t come oh so easy
To give it to one who can’t see beauty
Would be failing
Have you ever heard that saying goes like
Don’t cast your pearls before a swine
Well that’s for you
You don’t know what truth is
You don’t keep promises
Honesty isn’t in your vocab
Tell me a lie but tell me you’re leaving
Just leave then
But take this away carry it with you
Remember that what I asked of you was
Was
A task not hard
A charge not small
Request not great
And still a promise not kept
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9. |
Rosita
04:12
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She sings like a fiend
And there ain’t no in between
I know she’s crazy
But you haven’t seen the work
A day will bring
If you did you’d know
What has she got to give without regret
That’s right, nada
And still you can say how wrong she is today
And yesterday
She sings in the tones of love
She speaks with a voice of love
While working from dawn til dusk
She can’t change what she’s born into
But sings not a song of blues
Can you say the same of you
What have you got to offer to those below
To widen their chances of
Living with more than love
Would you give them the chance to be
Be more than you have been
More than you have been
Chorus
For better or worse she’s leaving
And though I will miss her smile
A life of her own she’s finding
And she’s getting married
Chorus
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10. |
Maker Of Desire
04:31
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Maker of desire
Tell me is this what you meant
When you left me burning
Fire everywhere I went
Left to water
Left to soil
What remains
Is black as coal
At least it keeps me moving
I’d rather burn than turn to stone
But when all that’s left is ashes
Will you want what’s left to own
Left to water
Left to soil
What remains
Is black as coal
If you could not follow
Please remember what I said
I could take you with me
Take you to the end of time
Up above your
Thoughts of self
You are not
Alone
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