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You say
how can I know who you are?
how did we get here at all?
how to read between your lines?
You say
How d’you come up with those words?
Why do they make me feel worse?
How can you feed me those lies?
oh wait
there is no reason
(tell me what do you wanna hear)
for you I’m a heathen
(my truth or my misery)
but please tell me, what do you know about love?
for what we do will just keep us apart
You may
walk out so I take the blame
run off and slander my name
pack up and get a new life
You may
act as if nothing will change
while we skipped to the last page
Why would we keep up this strife?
oh wait
there is no reason
(tell me what do you wanna hear)
for you I’m a heathen
(my truth or my misery)
but please tell me, what do you know about love?
for what we do will just keep us apart
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Calling You
03:01
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well I thought I was done
with my bags by the door in a pile
ready to run
while my legs were tied
What a waste of time would it be, lyíing on my bed
daydreaming of everything
but I’m not as cool as you are
so I’m calling you
not sure if you're there
and even if you are
you are wiser by now
you didn’t need to ask
by default, I did my worst
what a foolish thing it would be
to see life pass by from behind my screen
but I’m not as strong as you are
so I’m calling you
it’s just typical me
as I ran to you, I fell into a pit
so no way for me
to catch the train
cause how crazy it would be
to wake up in the town where your sun shines
but I’m left at the station
now I’m calling you
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Heart of Spring
03:02
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If I could count every flower
Every petal in the breeze
If I could paint every cloud
Every tuft of lofty fleece
To please each other as my late summer falls
Into your heart of spring
Or would my effort be in vain
If could cross every mountain
Every step bestrides a sea
Would that help me share my love for you
Could we find a way to please
To please each other as my late summer falls
Into your heart of spring
Or would my effort be in vain
Beyond all expectation
Beyond all lines drawn by man
Beyond all you've been taught of love
Do you long to hold my hand?
To please each other as my late summer falls
Into your heart of spring
Or would my effort be in vain
If could cross every mountain
Every step bestrides a sea
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Child Of Snow
03:34
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There is a house
On a dark, deserted plain
Lit by fire
projecting from within
I approached it fearlessly
encouraged by an odd glow
You stood there by the door
Sweet child of snow
“Now’s not the time”
you said nervously
but I’m not the kind
to give up funny business
I unlocked my chest of things
Everything I’m famous for
I could tell, you loved my pitch
So we got on with the show
(refr) Take me back there
So I was about to leave
but my legs just couldn’t move
Turns out, you’d pulled the strings
Sweet child of snow
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Do you remember
all the nonsense we said
all the people we mocked
and how we laughed
and do you remember?
I knew this is the way
we'd end up
and I was right
I’m afraid
(refr) I never asked to be in your song
I was prepared to be the one
You had your chance
But you let me go
You let me go
I’ve heard enough and
seen even more
Big words mean so little
when you’re lost
You talked so much
as we walked to the shore
but your eyes said there is a line
we’ll never cross
I never asked to be in your song
i was prepared to be the one
You had your chance
But you let me go
You let me go
I hoped you will not write that song
and call “I’m not the one, but you’re the one”
but you did as you’d promised,
and let me go
you let me go
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One More Time
04:01
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It’s been some time
Now tell me when you sleep
can you recognize
this melody?
It’s been some time
Now tell me who you see
do you feel the same sweet
chemistry?
Believe me that I know
It’s hard to let it go
and you make sure I don’t catch you off-guard
how can I give you more?
while I’m nailed down to the floor
every day the nights are longer
all I want is one more time with you
You think you have time
for what tomorrow brings?
all I see
your love ruins a precious thing
I kept your wine
and I don’t anticipate spring
all I see
Is that winter is my king
Believe me that I know
It’s hard to let it go
and you make sure I don’t catch you off-guard
How can I give you more?
while I’m nailed down to the floor
every day the nights are longer
all I want is one more time with you
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Over The Moon
03:17
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We walked along the bay
we pushed our ghosts away
over the moon
over the moon
Can’t go home today
I kissed you and I missed the train
over the moon
over the moon
Should I awake
being tied to the stake?
and watch as the flames
are about to erase the world?
Should I awake
will I be saved
as you’re walking away
most of my words unheard (pretty lame but idc)idc)
I walk in the pouring rain
can't endure the strain
over you
over you
So don’t count the times when I was wrong
I can only express myself in songs
so many words unspoken
I hoped we can live in an infinite moment
well now it’s yesterday
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Take Care, David
03:04
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Take care, David
Take care, David
Take care, David
Take care
For joy
Is the word
Your sadness saved me
Your sadness saved me
Your sadness saved me
Your sadness
Brought joy
To my world
Ride across the mirror lake
Equanimity in your wake
Your broken heart can come awake
Through breathe so smoothly feeding
Take care, David
Take care, David
Take care, David
Take care
Enjoy
Your new world
Ride across the mirror lake
Equanimity in your wake
Your broken heart can come awake
Through breathe so smoothly feeding
And each moment will be
Exactly what it will be:
The joy of complexity
Is your gift to me
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Stage 3: Regret
03:25
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Stage 1 : despair
when you’re trying
but you can’t hide
the pain that’s inside you
Stage 2: the time
for rationalizing
that what you felt
caused you nothing but trouble
How far would you go,
for the sake of your soul
to adjust what once defined you?
Where can you go
to fill up this hole
so you can sleep at night?
yesterday
consumed by sadness
but today, you reached
Stage 3: regret
How far would you go,
for the sake of your soul
to adjust what once defined you?
Where can you go
to fill up this hole
so you can sleep at night?
isn’t it a shame?
what you cherished yesterday
now makes you feel so tiny
refute my claim
that you’re not the same
I’m standing here
So surprise me
Surprise me
How far would you go,
for the sake of your soul
to adjust what once defined you?
Where can you go
to fill up this hole
so you can sleep at night?
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A Place Higher
04:38
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There's always a place higher
Than where you now stand
That hill
Those trees on yonder ridge
Those clouds
This moon
That sun
Those stars
All hidden.
This is what you see
As the pheasant cock’s call
Echoes the bells
Calling men to prayer
Sounding so small
Far off
Away.
There is no place higher
Than where you now stand.
No higher
No lower
No more east or west
Nor north or south
No more centered
Nor distant
No more beautiful
Nor broken
No more like endless tassels of grain
Waving gently in the breeze
Inscrutable in their beauty
Waiting for the blade.
Make money, young man.
Shoot for the stars.
Life’s funny, young man, bring your own bars
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Once Upon A Time
07:07
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There’s a tree in my garden
unswayed by breeze
Every year when autumn comes
I collect all its leaves
Once upon a time, not long ago
We sang together
but the wind took you away
and I remain here
There’s a park in the old town
built on carnaged stars
It’s where you and I have met
collapsed in each other’s arms
Sitting six feet above the dead
in the warm October night
my tears on the ground
will remain therere
There’s a song in the ether
that no one ever hears
every year when winter comes
I play it for you and me
once upon a time, not long ago
we sang together
now the wind took you away
but I remain here
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