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| 2:59 | 
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We spotted the ocean at the head of the trail Where are we going, so far away And somebody told me that this is the place Where everything's better, everything's safe Walk on the ocean Step on the stones Flesh becomes water Wood becomes bone And half and hour later we packed up our things We said we'd send letters and all those little things And they knew we were lying but they smiled just the same It seemed they'd already forgotten we'd came Walk on the ocean Step on the stones Flesh becomes water Wood becomes bone (x2) Now we're back at the homestead Where the air makes you choke And people don't know you And trust is a joke We don't even have pictures Just memories to hold That grow sweeter each season As we slowly grow old |
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| 2. |
| 3:26 |
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Through the door, What do I see? Bradley says it's haunted The house upon the hill And if we meet at 4 a.m. Then we could know for sure We carried the ladders And leaned them against it And climbed them as we looked Someone kicked the ladder Bradley took a spill Said his leg was broken so we Dragged him down the hill And through the door What do I see? (it happens) Something is happening Is it for me? Mom found out the whole thing Mine was first to call Bradley's leg healed badly At least he still can walk We leave in the morning and No one will hear us and Meet in the clearing and I'll bring the sandwiches David, come quickly You're missing the whole thing Now open your big eyes Take in the sunrise And through the door What do I see? (it happens) Something is happening Is it for me |
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| 3. |
| 4:26 |
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spoken]We saw something gigantic floating on the water I asked my dad what it was But he wouldn't tell me anything In time I will collect the world The eggs (I love) and wings (the wings) Of butterflies A man drove up in an ugly car And he flashed his lights at everything he saw And his eyes were red and his stereo was So loud you couldn't hear the engine's roar He yelled at everybody in the road And did not notice all the moths he'd massacred Spread across the open road [spoken]His skin flashed open, and all of a sudden there it was, And I still couldn't tell And you know when you get so close to something that big You can't see anything at all In time I will collect the world You who fall on calvary The eggs (I give) and wings (my children) Had you wings of Butterflies A moth had settled upon his arm and he looked at it with a lazy eye And he lifted up a gigantic hand and he Spread his fingers towards the sky He nudged the moth to make it fly away But moths are fragile things and He just wiped its body (x3) Down across his shoulder blade He's a wonder, he's a little black-wing boy Oh, my daughters, he'll fill you with joy In time I will collect the world You who soar o'er calvary The hearts (Oh father) and limbs (I offer) of Had you wings of Butterflies |
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| 2:02 |
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We sing the nightingale song alive Streets never border further than my eyes We sing the nightingale song alive We might be different but our hearts won't lie And little ever changes if anything at all But the song rings loudly through these halls We sing the nightingale song alive We might be different but our hearts won't lie And little ever changes when you view it from the sky The damage we encounter, earth just passes by Little ever changes, if anything at all Just remind ourselves how small we are |
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| 5. |
| 3:05 |
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Take her arms and hold her down, hold her down, hold her down, hold her down Until she stops moving Take her arms and hold her down, hold her down, hold her down, hold her down Until she stops kicking And they don't know her but what the fuck They've got nothing else they can do And they've no reason but still they come And I'd have a hard time facing you This crime, I've seen what a man can do Take her arms and hold her down, hold her down, hold her down, hold her down Until she stops screaming Take her arms and hold her down, hold her down, hold her down, hold her down Until she stops breathing And they don't know her but what the fuck They've got nothing else they can do And they've no reason but still they come And I'd have a hard time facing you This crime, the shame of what a man can do I would've died from all the hell that you've been through Take the night back, all they've stolen All we took from you |
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| 6. |
| 5:01 |
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I will give the secrets you request And you will be the one to sacrifice So lay your olive arms upon my breast Sing the poems, free the butterflies Pray your gods who ask you for your blood For they are strong and angry jealous ones Or lay upon my altar now your love I fear my time is short There are armies moving close Be quick, my love I feel my body weakened by the years As people turn to gods of cruel design Is it that they fear the pain of death? Or could it be they fear the joy of life? Pray your gods who hold you by your fear For they are quick and ruthless punishers Or lay upon my altar now your love I fear my day is done There are armies moving on Be quick, my love Dona nobis pacem |
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| 7. |
| 3:44 |
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How can it happen that every time You ask us this question the answer seems like a lie? You know what we're saying and you know what it means And it's always sincere, God knows But it never gets through to where you need Before you were born someone kicked in the door There's no place for you here, stay back where you belong Before you were born someone kicked in the door You are not wanted here anymore God damn the people who left you in pain God damn the father, without face, without name God damn the lovers who never showed up And God damn the wounds that show how deep a word can cut Before you were born someone kicked in the door There's no place for you here, stay back where you belong Before you were born someone kicked in the door You are not wanted here, stay back where you belong And how can it happen, now that you know the cause That nothing is changing and everything's wrong? But pain is the healing, and the tears sting like alcohol Just keep on their breathing, We'll help you down the long, long road back home Before you were born someone kicked in the door There's no place for you here, stay back where you belong Before you were born someone kicked in the door You are not wanted here anymore |
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| 4:01 |
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he's got a thing about losing control carries it a mile just to see how far he'll go and he brushes up his chops as he tries to fake a smile a friend indeed but what i need's someone who'll stay a while someone to stay a while you can bend my ear we can talk all day just make sure that i'm near when you've really got something to say he drops hints but he won't tell you what's really on his mind but i know if i look that it's easy to find and he's got a way with his anger and the way he lets it show like the smoldering smoke when the fire's left the coals when the fire has left the coals you can take me down to show me your home not the place where you live but the place where you belong you can bend my ear we can talk all day just make sure i'm around when you've finally got something to say and what are you meaning by "i don't deserve this life?" his door is always open and he's always got the time to give a little something even though he gets behind and your trips become his and your lives are intertwined but like the horse with the junkie it's all in your mind it's all in your mind you can take me down to show me your home not the place where you live but the place where you belong you can bend my ear we can talk all day just make sure i'm around when you've finally got something to say and what are you meaning by "i don't deserve this life?" |
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| 3:08 |
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Didn't know they were a part of it, I can't tell It would seem there's a lot that I don't know But here I am and I'm Standing with a perfect view, I could not go far enough away from you I've seen it all before and I know it's only words Hello, I can't hear it's in my ear Hello, hello Never meant half of the things I said to you So you know there's a half that might be true And here I am and I'm Standing with a perfect view I could not go far enough away from you I've seen it all before and I know it's only words Hello, have you heard a single word Hello, hello |
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| 10. |
| 3:16 |
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nothing's so loud as hearing when we lie the truth is not kind and you've said neither am i but the air outside so soft is saying everything everything all i want is to feel this way to be this close, to feel the same all i want is to feel this way the evening speaks, i feel it say nothing's so cold as closing the heart when all we need is to free the soul but we wouldn't be that brave i know and the air outside so soft, confessing everything everything all i want is to feel this way to be this close, to feel the same all i want is to feel this way the evening speaks, i feel it say and it won't matter now whatever happens to me though the air speaks of all we'll never be it won't trouble me all i want is to feel this way to be this close, to feel the same all i want is to feel this way the evening speaks, i feel it say and it feels so close let it take me in let it hold me so i can feel it say |
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| 11. |
| 5:33 |
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Don't give me answers or I would refuse 'Yes' is a word for which I have no use And I wasn't looking for heaven or hell Just someone to listen to stories I tell What is a blessing and what is a dream Caught between portraits and none's what it seems Why is it people expect there's a change When I feel I'm a part of something I can't see I feel the same Don't offer questions or I will retreat Fame is a cancer and ego its seed And I wasn't looking for Heaven or hell Just someone to listen to stories I tell Do we ever wonder? Did you ever care? Stories I tell (x3) Subtle salvation in poems and prose Hiding our heads in some shadow of home And I wasn't looking for wreaths or for bells Just someone to listen to stories I tell Stories I tell Stories I tell |
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| 12. |
| 5:46 |
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One part of me just wants to tell you everything One part just needs the quiet And if I'm lonely here, I'm lonely here And on the telephone, you offer reassurance I will not take these things for granted I will not take these things... How can I hold the part of me that only you can carry? It needs a strength I haven't found But if it's frightening, I'll bear the cold And on the telephone, you offer warm asylum I'm listening, flowers in the garden Laughter in the hall, children in the park I will not take these things for granted (x3) I will not take these things...anymore To crawl inside the wire and feel something near me To feel this accepting That it is lonely here, but not alone And on the telephone, you offer visions dancing I'm listening, music in the bedroom Laughter in the hall, dive into the ocean Singing by the fire, running through the forest Standing in the wind, the rolling canyons I will not take these things for granted (x3) I will not take these things...anymore |
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