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Shadow
02:20
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by myself things just dont seem to change
i'm holding on to what theres left of me
there's no one else but myself to blame
i wish i knew how to never feel this way again
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the shades of likeness between you and me
are far from what it used to be
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pretend there's no shadow
you don't say it's name
but since it's descent i've not been the same
but this time I won't let it stake it's claim
i wish i knew how to never feel this way again
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all this time
and now i see
what was the shadow
and what was me.
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2. |
They Tell Me
02:01
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at night, those fears that live on in my head
close my eyes - wish i was dead
couldn't be further from the truth
they heard from you
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that's right
couldn't be further from the truth
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who said what?
whos to say?
whos to blame?
sadness to your name
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3. |
Silent Spring
02:10
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a silent spring in my mind
we search for a reason but don't know why
the start to an end we can't deny
a silent spring in my mind, i could never find
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it's meaning a vapor, a figure of speech
a silence passes just out of reach
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the words i could never find
what in this life will i leave behind?
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and now it's not the same
weighed down by who you thought i would be
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4. |
May 1st
01:52
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what relief can i find in this violence of life?
the essence of presence can't just be getting by
i try to find a meaning that feels right
the sun that fills the loss of the night
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watching water pour through, spilling out like every "i miss you"
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and there you are sprouting through the earth
like warmth through the blinds
i save every piece of you i find
that the things that matter most are the ones we hold close
i feel the warmth you bring no matter where i may be
you are always with me
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5. |
What On Earth Can We Do?
02:30
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could death just be a rich man's trick?
fading trust in straw men
who do we look to for an answer?
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a glancing blow from the window
met with eyes staring from the void
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flying past my face, it cut the wind and my eyes stung
whispers trail off
replaced with mourning
what could we have done?
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the straw men burn and blood flows from the ground
the blackness of the void drinks deep without a sound
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by what we see our minds are bound
we go along without a sound
aware of who we keep around
we go along without a sound
we went along without a sound
we went along without a sound...
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6. |
Killing Field
04:08
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the first lie I ever meant is when I said that I'd come back
a choice was made, it wasn't mine
it's hard to call a massacre a sacrifice
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when i said i'd die for you, i couldn't know that you would too
a flame doused before the spark, never even got the chance to break my heart
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fading - reaching - leading
you to the killing fields
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the second lie i told to you was that you'd live through me in all i do
that promise flew into the sun
so i mourn your death in more ways than one
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7. |
Pentimento
01:34
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am i more than what i say?
so much faith in those i face
taking what you will from me
"the painter becomes the painted"
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pouring myself out and over
all in life that i can offer
each breath a stroke of the brush
consume myself in that which i love
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what color will i become in time?
taking my place on the wall
what color will i become in time?
as the paint fades before my eyes
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8. |
Leap Year
01:49
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is this the last thing i'll remember?
as we lift our heads to the sky
is this the last thing i'll remember
the sound of someone laughing in my ear
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can't you see that we're alone?
things we take but not our own
what we claim is not our home
holes we've dug to fill with gold
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somewhere above me like birds they sing
or are they weeping?
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can't you see that we're alone?
things we take but not our own
what we claim is not our home
insecurities yet outgrown
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you look for hope in other people's eyes
but do you wear them laughing?
or is it all just another disguise
another way for you to bide your time
just a way to hide the feeling
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9. |
State Of Grace
02:08
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what is that flickering in the pale mirror?
not tears
not sighs
but tomorrow's vanished scraps
or could it be just a leaden body
what is that howling in the black sunset?
not the night wind
not a crow
but a creaking hinge of rusted hope
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you are even more beautiful than god
what on earth could you want?
do you want me?
my body was burning up
it all seemed like a dream
what did you see?
was it me?
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what awaits in the pale march of time
not a grave
not the light
not a life
but a mirage of a blank face, or could it be...
but a mirage of a forgotten place, or could it be...
you're in a state of grace
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