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I Gotta Soul
03:56
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I gotta soul but I don’t got a home
I gotta soul but I don’t got a home
I gotta soul but I don’t got a ho Oh oh oh oh ome
I don’t know why these lows and highs are all centered on you
And I think it’s time that we say goodbye ‘cos I need something true
Well I hope that you open your eyes and see the stars in the skies
Even though they say you’re blind
And I hope that you open your mind and maybe realize
That you were closer than you know
I’m stuck in my head with too many regrets all wasted on you
I’m doing just fine nursing bottles of wine living out an excuse
Away, Away, Away
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2. |
The Tree Song
03:18
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I think something’s snapped inside my head
Yeah I think I’ve finally come unglued
Seems to me I’ve made a mess of things
If I roll the dice this time I’m gonna loose
Where did this go wrong
To save a tree I burned the forest
Now ’m laying face down in the coals
Where did I go wrong
Tried growing up but failed the test
Maybe I just dont fit the grown up mold
Maybe it’s time I take a big step back
Yeah, Look at life through brand new eyes
Everyone gets burned at some point
Pick myself up and give something else a try
I won’t let this destroy me
Get knocked down, gonna get back up
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3. |
Winter
04:45
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Do you remember December when I wasn’t there
The cold had distain for it’s victims it would not spare
The lake’s frozen over you reach for my over coat
I wasn’t there but you knew that I had to go
OHHH where nobody knows
OHHH that’s where my heart goes
Put your head on my shoulder and let me take you home
Put your head on my shoulder and let me lay you down
Put your head on my shoulder and let me take you home
We danced as if our feet were up off the ground
We fell so far in love, we were no where to be found
You saw my heart, you saw my heart fade away
You said you saw my ghost and he was doing okay
Miles and miles of this frozen wasteland and
I’d still come home to your smile
After years and years of these failed escape plans
We both lived in denial
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4. |
Solomon
02:49
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We lay in flowers; we lay for hours in the sun
Your legs are towers and they crumble when we’re done
You keep me guessing; you’ve kept me guessing from the start
Your blood is pumping; your blood is pumping through my heart
I taste the salt on; I taste the salt upon your skin
To you I confess; to you I confess all my sin
I see a river and it’s covering the road
I see you shiver and I give you self-control
We built this house up for a life we call our own
We’ve come so far now and there’s nowhere left to roam
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5. |
Monsters
03:28
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I know there’s monsters living right outside your door
But you don’t need to think of them anymore
We can eat dinner on the kitchen floor
We will make a life that you will adore
monsters, monsters everywhere
But baby you don’t need to care
You’ll be alright, alright, alright
Lets separate the lies from the truth
We’ll do our best to always be honest with you
If there comes a day when we are no longer here
Just carry on and keep fighting my dear
Please don’t lose your sense of adventure
There is a great big world for you to explore
I know there’s fear inside of us all
Just don’t fear to let your imagination soar
I know there’s monsters’ living right outside your door
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6. |
The Civil War
05:36
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I left home, to fight off the slavery
Now you’re having a baby and it ain’t mine
Now I’m back home, though I died in the trenches
And I don’t know what this is, I thought you were mine
You left home, been gone for so long now
Had to get along somehow, oh how I’ve tried
You’re back home, but now things are different
And I feel just as distant, as when you were gone
Come back, come back, come back, come back home
All this fear and death I’ve shouldered on my own
I’ve been, I’ve been, I’ve been, so alone
So come back home
In my hands is a dead man’s rifle and he’s clinching a bible while saying a prayer
A shot rang out, now his life is over and I’m suddenly sober at what I’ve become
My father died a victim of murder and no one thought further To how I’d get by
Now I’ve grown with nothing for family and it ain’t how it should be
Cause you took a life
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Dastardly Devils
04:17
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You caught me in a bad way, I think it was a Saturday
It couldn’t have been a sadder day
didn’t want to hear what you had to say, couldn’t look you in face
Just wanted to run away
There are dastardly devils hiding deep in the shadows
With their eyes on the prize, and the prize is your life
If you ended up dead, I would still be your friend again
Oh my God, what have you done
To every single one you love
Am I just selfish, that I am hell bent
On forgetting this
You only drink when you’re outta town
You only cheat when you fool around
You took your love to the bank and burnt it down,
You took your love to the bank and burnt it down
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Tell
03:45
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If you were a cup, and water was your passion
You’d fill it up, and drown out all the ashes
From the fires you put out within you eyes
If you were in love, and the walls started to close in
Would you give up, and bury all you close friends
In the rubble from the bridges you burnt down
So won’t you tell us how the story goes
And won’t you tell us when the truth finally broke
And if you can’t remember, then I’ll refresh your memory
Just tell, won’t you tell…
If you were corrupt, and lied to all you cared for
Would it disrupt, what we’re really here for
Which is, love lost in the lies you have portrayed
I you were our god, and we were but your servants
Would we look up, and ask for you to save us
From the crimes we did not do but were punished
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9. |
Cry Me A River
04:23
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Cry me a river and I’ll take on all your shame
Cry me a river and I’ll fall on you like rain
Cry me a river and I’ll give up all my dreams
Cry me a river and I’ll never hope again
And this ship has sailed and may it sail again
(Left us drowning in the bay last night)
And our love has failed, but it can’t fail again
(Left us freezing in the bay last night)
Cry me a river and I’ll give up all my joy
Cry me a river and I’ll turn into a boy
Cry me a river and I’ll trust in you no more
Cry me a river and throw me overboard
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You can say I’m angry
Or that I’ve lost my mind
You can say I’m hateful
And I’m not worth your time
You can say I’m eager
To give up on my life
I could say you’re bitter
That my sister was your wife
I was dead to you
And you were dead to me
And we lived life
Happily
You came running back
Now I’m half the man
That I used to be
That I used to be
Oh this air bit you shrewdly
And it’s cold at your back
Your muse is forgoing
As you wait to attack
Fortune is your focus
And your fame is at risk
Your words spoken sideways
As they struggle to exist
I was dead to you
And you were dead to me
And we lived life
Happily
You came running back
Now I’m half the man
That I used to be
That I used to be
As if arguments were dreams
Or simple visions in my mind
Now you come back to me
With intentions undefined
Now I don’t think you’re evil
Or a soul beyond repair
I just think that it’s safer
To guard my heart from despair
I was dead to you
And you were dead to me
And we lived life
Happily
You came running back
Now I’m half the man
That I used to be
That I used to be
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11. |
Reaper
04:40
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Thorns and thistles and loaded pistols
Empty bottles – got nothing to lose
I look down at, at my body I hear sirens and they’re coming for me
Yeah, they’re coming me – Yeah, they’re coming…. for me
The Grim Reaper came and took your soul
The Grim Reaper came and took it’s toll
And there’s no coming back from that
Prayers and bibles and lost revivals
And flowers placed on this box built for one
I look up through six feet of dirt and I see tears and they’re falling for me
Yeah, they’re falling for me – Yeah, they’re falling…. for me
And so we go into the unknown home away from here we go
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