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Introit.
05:36
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Here I stand, looking back at where it started
Remembering days of wine and joy and sweet refrain
The young man sings a song of fields of green
The sky reflecting in the gutter, the sun turning night to day
But this is not the song I sing,
And it is not a song of joy I bring.
Surely the laborers are few now
Can you hear the wild winds howling?
Can you hear the wild winds howling?
I saw the chaff blown to the mountains
And the seeds fell on dry land
I saw the fields of wheat and straw go up in flames
Without much difference.
And I saw them in the dancehalls, in the streets,
And the market squares,
But now they’re gone.
And I saw you, I saw you,
Sweetly walking away.
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The Letter
02:19
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I put down the hammer
I dropped the spikes
Been writing a letter, and I hope it turns out right.
Been driving the hammer
Been clenching a fist
It’s all that I can do
To get out of my own head.
I’ll write you a letter,
Send it straight to you.
I’d like to see you, but ’til that day comes,
Here is a message, with things left unsaid.
Sometimes I can’t believe you
And how much I care
Keeps me stationary
Until I see you there
I’ll write you a letter,
Send it straight to you.
I’d like to see you, but ’til that day comes,
Here is a message, with things left unsaid.
Someday maybe I’ll hold your hand
It’s a simple thing, no bigger plan.
Write a letter, send it straight to you,
Hope it finds you well,
And P.S., I miss you, too.
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Big Bang
01:59
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Intelligence went “bang”
Flipped a switch
Made something that was lost in execution
Intelligence went “bang”
And some cells put a gun to their heads
See how it’s worked out
Deus ex machina
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Reunion
05:23
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When you get home
We won’t have to speak
We’ll sit in chairs in the grass
And talk without speaking
When you get home
Let’s wait for a train
Reach behind each other’s names
And meet for a second time
And we’ll see if there’s nothing to see.
When you get home
The valley can sleep
Dreams can awake and bullets lie down
While the sheep all graze.
And we’ll see if there’s nothing to see.
I’ve saved you a room
Where you can breathe
We’ll jump overboard
Saving ourselves from this ship of fools.
And we’ll see if there’s nothing to see.
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State of Nature
04:30
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Whatever happened to us?
It’s not perfect to be strangers
I swear there was a future yesterday.
Now every night I pray
That I’ll wake up from this dream,
The world where you and I went our separate ways.
Well go on, then.
Go on and take my hands
I don’t need them anymore
As the pantomime begins again
We’re living in a state of nature.
Whatever happened to us?
The audience was waiting
The curtain draws and you’re not here.
I wasn’t ready for this,
A burning boy under the lights,
Standing here with a box of sound and words.
Go on, then,
Go on and take my eyes
I don’t need them where I’m going
The passion play begins again.
We’re living in a state of nature,
We’re living in a state of nature now.
Go on then,
Go on and take my heart,
Go on and take my soul,
Go on and take control,
I never meant to go alone in a state of nature.
Oh, oh, oh, in a state of nature.
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Clouds
03:46
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In clouds we saw the shapes of what could be,
I know because the same sky was on you and me.
We walked the same streets for many days on end,
And the same clouds we saw brought the rain again
You know who you are, you know who you are,
The clouds, they change their shapes,
But you know who you are.
Now there’s a darkness hanging overhead
Time dragged on by with nothing to be said.
You just walked away for another day,
The clouds congregated and I prayed for rain.
You know who you are, you know who you are,
The clouds, they change their shapes,
But you know who you are.
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From the Shore
04:55
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From the shore down to the sea
There’s a twisted little road
And some drive fast, and some fall down,
And we go round and round,
Just to keep from going down.
But on the cliffs there, high above,
It’s safe and warm for you and me.
How easy to watch troubles from the shore!
What if that were you, my love?
Would you close your window then?
What makes me different from them all,
And would you even care to see me again?
Decide now who will our friends be,
It’s wise to only have so few,
How easy to watch troubles from the shore!
And if they came for you, my love,
Would you go down to that shore,
Or would you draw your blade
And cleanse the earth for your god,
Because that’s what you think swords are for?
And when your children sleep at night,
Tuck them with a dagger in their hands.
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Hour of the Wolf
08:05
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They say this is it,
They say this is the end.
Well I wanted nothing,
I wanted nothing,
But you.
Yes, I wanted nothing,
But none had survived.
I wanted nothing,
But they had to show me.
They had to tell me
That sometimes shadows speak.
They say there’s nothing wrong
But I can see the wolf.
They told me
Young and soft, pure like the moon,
They showed me
How the wolf will swallow the moon.
They say this is it,
They say it’s over.
“Like a thief in the night,”
“In the blink of an eye.”
They say this is it,
They say this is the end.
Are we drowning together?
Do we love in a dying world?
They had to tell me this,
They had to tell me,
They had to tell me,
They’re still telling me.
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The Banshee
05:23
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I missed you so,
I never meant to wake the dead
But it cripples, suffer little children
The bells ring out so loud,
And I never meant to stir the ghosts,
Now on this night,
Kiss me for the last time,
And be gone from my sight forevermore.
The banshee rides through the hills
One last song, one last song
And cue curtains.
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Moonsong
02:51
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Time, it runs so fast
No sacred moments last
Each day further into darkness.
But light keeps piercing through
When I think of you
And me
And what could be.
All I want to do
Is to walk away with you.
Even if it’s only when I sleep.
Every day is long
The moon sings a lonesome song.
Maybe someday things will be all right.
I can’t run and hide
Feels so strange inside
When I think of you
In glow of night:
Blooming like a flower,
Of the midnight hour,
Strange but true.
All I want to do
Is to walk away with you.
Even if it’s only when I sleep.
Every day is long
The moon hears a lonesome song.
Maybe things will be all right again,
Every night I pray
May the sun take my cares away
But the sun doesn’t listen,
Only the moon.
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