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Idea of You
05:18
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Yesterday is always better, and last year will be ours
When I kissed you under the beerlight,
Watched by voyeuristic stars
Yeah, and I was like you and you were like me
And maybe that’s still true, in another place and time.
The winter it was cold that year, a stillness in the air
I wished that I could set out running and fix the absence there
And maybe it was within reach,
But it was much too weak for us to hang onto.
I’m trying to find the idea of you in the body of someone else,
But you’re long gone
The storm don’t strike three times
Not even twice.
She claimed I could not bridge the distance,
But that was never true.
I was cold and famished, strung out,
Gone on a train to you
I hear that lonesome whistle blow, and I forget to breathe.
Now I’m trying to find the idea of you in the body of someone else,
But it’s all gone.
I was too far away
To speak then, why bother now.
It’s a long drive home, no need to break the silence now.
I could run a thousand miles, if I still knew how
You were like me and I was like you, we both could be so cruel,
But then that’s nothing new.
Trying to find the idea of you in the body of someone else,
But you’re long gone
The storm don’t strike three times
Not even twice.
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2. |
Cradle My Bones
03:18
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Hold me closer, it looks like rain
Aren’t you just a vision tonight?
Drink one more to keep the spirits away
Don’t want to see their faces or learn their names
Hold me down, pretty blue sky
Let’s run away to an island
I’m walking a tightrope to knock on your door
Head full of anger, mouth full of teeth
Rock-a-my-soul and cradle my bones
Take my hand, we’re going together
Rock-a-my-soul and cradle my bones
Cradle my bones and rock my soul away
Hold me closer, it’s all crashing down
Whisper a hex that’ll keep us safe
I’ll take you apart with a lock and a key
You’ll do the same to me
Rock-a-my-soul and cradle my bones
Take my hand, we’re going together
Rock-a-my-soul and cradle my bones
Cradle my bones and rock my soul away
Devil children down my street
Will chase you down with your shadow
Trash in the basement, asleep in your lap
Rings of marrow and piles of stone
Rock-a-my-soul and cradle my bones
Take my hand, we’re going together
Rock-a-my-soul and cradle my bones
Cradle my bones and rock my soul away
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3. |
Dream Sequence
02:25
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The first fragment says “memories fade and die,”
And I wish that was true
Then I wouldn’t have to live with reminders
And signs in the sky that forever point back to you
The second piece says something about a spine,
And there’s not much there
I never thought about it then, but now it’s funny,
The next line ends with “care.”
Out of the black and into the blue
We all love and missed you so much
Welcome back to the fold, welcome back to the fold
Sit on the right side and watch ‘em burn
Welcome back to the fold, welcome back to the fold
Sit on the right side and watch ‘em burn
Welcome back to the fold, welcome back to the fold
The third fragment says “dreams, they fall apart”
And that’s what they’re supposed to do
What would be righteous or good, they say,
If everything you wanted actually came true
The last fragment says “you seem so far away”
But at night I can almost feel you still
As I lie and burn, waiting for the day it all comes to an end.
Out of the black and into the blue
We all love and missed you so much
Welcome back to the fold, welcome back to the fold
Sit on the right side and watch ‘em burn
Welcome back to the fold, welcome back to the fold
We all love and missed you so much
Welcome back to the fold, welcome back to the fold
(A mind afraid, too scared to let go)
So good to see you again. . . .
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5. |
Aporia / Inshallah
09:31
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Memories they fade to black
I will run headlong into the rising tide
Just to destroy it all
Just to destroy myself
The only things that last
Are darkness, death and cruelty
Each day, farther from God’s light
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Instrumental.
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6. |
In the Sky
08:54
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When I was young,
I saw a piece torn out of the sky
It burned with a significance
That was lost on a young man’s eyes
I’d spend my days in dreams of deepest blue
Drifting on an eiderdown summer stream.
But oh, the colors bleed away
As all my friends and fortunes
Slowly turn to greener pastures
And oh, in the beginning
Everything started with a word.
I find my soul longs to wander far from this body,
Instead of singing something for this new and savage country.
None of us are free, none of us even dream of freedom
As we watch the world around us
Crushed by the degradation of progress.
And oh, each chain of flowers falls to dust
“Even in laughter, the heart is full of sorrow”
And oh, in the beginning was the darkness
Then the water, then the wailing.
Now who is like this beast of steel?
Watch as the Age of Aquarius dies screaming
Now who is like our beast of steel?
Who is like this beast of steel?
It’s not an absence of you,
It’s a deprivation.
Time levels all ambition,
And desire kills you where you stand
When I was young, I saw a piece torn out of the sky
I’m waiting to beat this sword into a plow.
Oh, in the beginning was the darkness
Oh, in the beginning, everything started with a word.
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7. |
The Anacamptic World
06:24
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I must beg for forgiveness
For a sin I didn’t commit.
All I remembered that year was the fire
And the way your eyes looked near the sea.
And absolution is a game we play
With the lights off and curtains drawn in
I stumble through the motions and I love you
But we live in a house made of glass.
Your hand is like mist when I hold it
For I hold it only at night
Your hand, it looks like a child’s tonight
I hold it and we tremble together.
Why don’t you come in from the cold?
Maybe we’re not alone.
You stand here in the rain
And I can’t remember a thing
All the letters and all of the years
Fake flowers beneath a fake moon
Why don’t you come in tonight?
Maybe there’s still a light?
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8. |
Dreams of Ashes
05:11
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Hold your tongue, child
You’re gonna tear down the sky with those words
Come back and bathe yourself in the light
Put away those dreams of ashes
The sky is a fragile thing
And words have never saved us
Who holds the cup where we drink our miracles?
Who will shelter us in these days of blood and ashes?
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9. |
Roses & Foxglove
04:25
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Girl I can’t get you out of my head
I’m feeling locked in my own skin
You’ve got me running ‘round, thinking up plans
Of misspent youth, petals and dew.
And oh, it comes down at the strangest times!
Ever since I watched you dance
And now the hour is getting late, and since my eyes met yours
There is no escaping from this fever I endure
I’ve crossed myself and pray to keep myself within her view
Oh lord, I think I’m going out of my mind
Girl I can’t get you out of my head
Your kiss is like roses and foxglove
The strangest wine going straight to my brain
Swirling ‘round like a bird in the rain
And oh, it comes down at the strangest times!
Never added up before
The wind it blew me far off-course
And I crashed upon your shore
Now I’m stranded by these hillsides
And I don’t care to go home
See the mountains kiss high heaven
And the sea holds hand and waves
Oh lord, here’s my soul to save!
And oh, I can’t control these feelings,
Not when there’s so much to do!
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10. |
Wings
05:00
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There are no great wings to take me home
Which way can I fly when I carry this?
But I won’t forget or repent now
Even as I see you again
I remember how it used to be
And in some ways, I wish I could return
But saying false confessions wouldn’t solve anything
And I want to keep some remnants of my pride
I know what I am
And I couldn’t bury this forever.
So I’ll always look in from the outside
But I’ll never choose a different way.
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11. |
5000 lbs.
07:27
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Do you believe in a future?
Do you believe in a dream called providence?
Do you believe we’ll meet in the air again one day?
Do you believe that demons walk amongst us?
Do you believe that we can change?
Do you believe you’ll be safe when you close your eyes?
Do you believe in the sins of our fathers?
Do you believe that we can change?
Do you believe in the rapture of dreaming a better tomorrow?
Such a beautiful dream for tomorrow. . . .
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