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Long Ago
04:44
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Long ago
When we were both young
We would run we would run
To the west setting sun
And the run was a prayer
a prayer to the sun
prayer to the sun
Long ago
When you moved away
You'd write letters to me
With love they would say
And we'd still meet in dreams
Fly to the sun
Fly to the sun
Eyy eyyy eyy ahh
eyyy ahh
Eyy eyyy eyy ahh
eyyy ahh
Long ago
You turned 23
And the letters they stopped
We'd still meet in dreams
We would run to the west
We'd watch the sun
Watch the setting sun
Eyy eyyy eyy ahh
eyyy ahh
Eyy eyyy eyy ahh
eyyy ahh
Long ago
I had my last dream
You are young you are young
Slipped through time's seams
I am old I am old
Together we run
Through the night
Through the night
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I woke to find my body covered head to toe in scars
In each mutilation I saw galaxies and stars
I woke to find my heart
Beaten, tattered, and alone
Conjuring old memories my mind had laid in stone
I said,
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay, ay
A blind man walks a narrow path
Between a pit of fire
Not knowing he walks in inches from a burning funeral pyre
When then without a warning
The blind man gains his sight
Seeing his predicament
His legs freeze in fright
He sings
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Out of the black a voice calls out says blind man don't you cry
Don't you know that you have wings
And all you gotta do
Is fly
Fly, ay, ay, ay
Fly, ay, ay, ,ay
I woke to find my body covered head to toe in scars,
In each mutilation I saw galaxies
And stars
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Painted faces sing to me, whispering goodbyes
Peering out from smiles masking solitary lives
It's alright it's over now, there's nothing left to say
It's alright it's over now
And I can't get you out of my mind
Can't get you out of my mind
Can't get you out of my mind
I wake up before the dawn
Sift through the the mail
Grab a piece of toast
Coffee old and stale
In this silence perhaps truth will be revealed
In this silence
And I can't get you out of my mind
Can't get you out of my mind
Can't get you out of my mind
Get you out of my mind
If we all were one again then loneliness would end
If like a stone or pebble
On nothing I'd depend
I know not if I could stay
Watch the passing years
I know not if I could stay
And I can't get you out of my mind
Can't get you out of my mind
Can't get you out of my mind
Can't get you out of my mind
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New Year's Eve
04:14
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Look at you filled with your grief
Two in the morning
Trying to sleep
Memories come
Memories go
A boy in the mirror hopes never to grow
And if a song would come to me
I know not what words I would sing
But the words would come from my lips
Oh the words would come from my lips
Oh my lips, my lips, my lips
The words would come from my lips
Oh the words would come from my lips
If I could, I would heal you
Or maybe, just, I'd bring joy near you
There is no one who can fix all your sorrows
There's a story of loss behind every tomorrow
And if I could heal every scar
Mend every hole
Clear every bar
A prayer would come from my lips
Oh a prayer would come from my lips
Oh my lips, my lips, my lips
A prayer would come from my lips
Oh a prayer would come from my lips
Wondering if I wasted my time
Searching and striving not keeping in mind
That all that I have
Can never last
All that I have
Will become the past
And if what I have
I'm allowed to keep
And there is no change
And Time were asleep
Frozen would be my lips
Oh, frozen would be my lips
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If Time Were Asleep
05:28
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The Thief
01:48
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I wrote you a poem about loss
But a thief came and stole it in the night
Why I ask you would covet my sorrow
As if your own would not suffice
I wrote you a poem
About nostalgia
But my memories have leaked out in dreams
Mhhhmm Mhhmmmm
How I watch them fade
I wrote you a poem about the sun and the moon
A kiss by the sea
But that poem flew out my open window
When I was asleep
It fluttered away
Never again to return
Perhaps that is how
The thief got in
Through my open window
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Angels Guard You
03:45
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Stars shine gently
Moon glows softly
Sun it rises just for you
May you find healing
Of body and mind
May your troubles melt with the dawn
Angels guard you while you sleep
Angels guard you while you sleep
And in your dreams you'll fly away
And if you fall
I'll catch you
Know that I love you
Know that I love you
Know the sun sets just for you
Angels guard you while you sleep
And in your dreams you'll fly away
And if you fall
I'll catch you
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Lights in the Darkness
03:42
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I walked out on a bridge
The city lights so near
I walked through streets and alleyways
Strangely not in fear
In the chilly autumn mist
I thought I saw your face
But a gust of wind reminded me
You've long left this place
You said they're lights in the darkness
But shadows in the light
Don't go achin' as you wander stumblin' blindly towards the light
By the lights of the darkness
Shadows of the light
I saw a candle burn somewhere around 5th avenue
I saw the headlights flicker
And a distant plane in view
But I couldn't see before me
What had been there all along
I got tangled in the music
I stumbled on a song
But the lights of the darkness and the shadows of the light
Kept me moving, kept me crawling somehow, maybe towards the light
And the lights of the darkness
Are the shadows of the light
I stared down at the page
The pen strokes glistened bright
They asked what I was doing
If it all was worth the fight
And in my mind cascading came a vision of the dawn
The colors they surround me
Leave me naked in a fog
And the lights of the darkness and the shadows of the light
Are all that stand between me and that great eternal light
Called the Light of the Darkness
The Shadow of the Light
I walked out on a bridge
The city lights so near
I walked through streets and alleyways
Strangely not in fear
In the chilly autumn mist
I thought I saw your face
I thought I heard you breathing
But you've long left this place
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