1. |
Oh My
04:21
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Sunshine and your faded jeans
You sat down to talk to me
What lover’s lie can lovers keep
When a life is borne by dreams?
The smell of rain and dusty air
The sun went out but we stayed there
And carelessly you tied your hair
We were young and unprepared
Ohhhhh my
A mountain fire burning bright
Tearing through the new twilight
Shook our souls and freed our eyes
And left us shaking, terrified
Ohhhhh my
Sunshine and your faded jeans
And you sat down to talk to me
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2. |
Always In Bloom
04:03
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Something’s got ahold of me
Lying in the yard under the stars
It never came too easily
But nothing worth is without working hard
Or broken hearts
Move the plastic changing scene
I tried to warn you just before you fell
Did you abandon everything
Too afraid that love might suit you well
Too new to tell
Searching for your falling star
Wondering where you are
At least it’s not the same
Always far ahead of me
A lesson learned admiring too soon
While the slow piano played
In the heat you danced around the room
Always in bloom
A letter scrawled in silhouette
Pretty soon you’ll be leaving town
Leaning on the window ledge
Counting as the rain fell to the ground
I miss that sound
Searching for your falling star
Wondering where you are
At least it’s not the same
Something’s got ahold of me
Lying in the yard under the stars
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3. |
A Long Night And Slow
05:17
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A long night and slow
Looking out my window
Two lovers walk by hand in hand
Does anybody know
Why they leave when they go
Or turn a blind eye or pretend
Try as I may
Someday I’ll listen, but tonight here I lay
Shadows are whistling
Dancing all around the room
It’s like I’m not sitting alone
And nothing is useful
In times like these
It’s best to be quiet and still
It’s just another year
Temporary, my dear
Like lightning, like thunder, like rain
And love disappeared
Like it wasn’t even here
And now the moon shines through the trees
Try as I may
Someday I’ll listen, but tonight here I lay
A long night and slow
Looking out my window
And tail lights reflect off the snow
Do you remember
All the wasted time
And how the street was so pretty
In the morning light?
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4. |
Light Upon
04:43
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Face to face
We glitter like the ocean below
That borrows its blue from the sky
When the sun shines its light upon
I remember the coast
Driving through the night
And as the air from the sea blows through
I count the miles that keep me from you
Play on and be gone
I sing along like a prayer
Beat up and broken and blue
I never know what to do
I give in to everything
I miss things that I’ve never had
Feelings change without reasons
It doesn’t hurt until it’s bleeding
And I recall all of your questions
On how we used to be
How much longing can distance bring?
And how much hope can lovers sing
Their light upon?
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5. |
What Will Happen
03:47
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Honey, slow down
You’ve been floating too long and everybody’s gone home
You need some sleep
And all the trouble you have will disappear in your dreams
Eventually we’re free, eventually we’re free
I know someday we will be
Lonely souls
Tired from the fire that’s a million years old
Floating down
Like a cinder to the ground beautifully without a sound
Peacefully we’ll be, peacefully we’ll be
Swept up with the wind into the trees
Oh, my dear
Shine a light into the dark, hold me closer to your heart
Seamlessly
We all fall in love and we all fall apart
Fearless we must be, it’s only just as sweet
For everything will end eventually
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6. |
Dream Away
03:42
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Listen closely, time has spoken,
Night has fallen, life is frozen
Heaven’s heavy with your family
And all their tears over the years
Have washed away your memory
But not completely, not from me
As wild winds sweep through piles of leaves
Like pages from forgotten dreams
I hear the distant bells that ring
Their soft and misty voices sing
A song of metal stars adrift
That watch like steadfast witnesses
And in the dim light of the moon
Shining silver over you
I whisper words like seeds I’ve sown
For everyone I’ve ever known
For friends too scared to leave their homes
For hearts that break or die alone
For souls that drift on listlessly
A silent plea for you and me
Dream away, my love
Dream away
Dream your whole life away, my love
Dream away
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7. |
Fading Tide
04:25
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You became a mountain today
Higher than the clouds can say
Well you know how I get lonely too
Sitting right next to you
Lost inside of the fading tide
What more can anybody do
The quiet of the hills like a song
Sang to us the whole night long
We stared into the darkest sky
And you let out all your lightning
Sitting on that silent hill
We heard it all I hear it still
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Starlight
05:12
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There are reasons I stay up all night
Like the miles of telephone wires
A memory that I can’t recognize
And the color that takes over your eyes
And the starlight defiantly
Shining brightly through the trees
Is anybody watching over me
You know I could use the company
Dead leaves underneath all the snow
Make room for the new ones to grow
And the new moon that’s hanging too low
Will burn out in the bright afterglow
And the heavy-hearted coyote choir
Singing songs for the ones gone astray
A slow dance by the light of a fire
They said you can’t find love that way
I drift off in a somnolent stare
And pretend I’m not too blue to care
And think back on my family
I hope they still remember me
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9. |
Silence
04:19
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In the dark before morning
Shivering in the cold
All the air that I’m breathing
I can see once I let it go
I’m awake but still dreaming
Silly ideas again
And the comfort I came for
I’d die to defend
It silences everything
It silences everything
I say I love you too often
Like holding onto a railing
How long ‘til it’s nothing
I will forget how this feels again
It silences everything
And I’m listening
It silences everything
If silence is everything
Then I’m listening
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