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“Something was changing inside of me, insisting I shed the pretense and be real. I was like a turtle who’d outgrown his shell. I needed new shelter. A place to grow and stretch and be myself. My real self.”
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I won’t laugh now that your precious sun has gone
I won’t pray for the rain to come
Words make me feel like a newborn
A new time has come, I will live it on my ownBut how did it all come down?
Keep your head up now, your precious sun has grown
You’ll have to wait for the rain to come
A blank page’s worth a thousand words
When only one song could destroy them allAnd why couldn’t it be this one?
I wrote it on my own before the dawnI won’t cry now, the insiders are free to leave
And I feel at peace with the flood still waiting
I created these worlds, one by one, word by word
If there was a song that could destroy them all
Why should I sing it now that I feel all alone?And why couldn’t it be this one?
I wrote it on my own before the dawnI was warned but now that my time has come
Please let me drown just one more time
Before the dawnI was strong but now my kingdom’s come down
I’ll wear my crown just one more time
Before the dawnHow did it all come down? why am I the only one?
Leave the dark and see the light
There is no need to look back
Leave the dark, life seems so bright
We’ll free yourself from your thoughts
Now that it’s time to grow up
Don’t tell me so when no one’s around
Leave the dark, life seems so bright
We won’t stab you in the back
But how did it all come down?I was warned but now that my time has come
Please let me drown just one more time
Before the dawnI was strong but now my kingdom’s come down
I’ll wear my crown just one more time
Before the dawnBut how did it all come down? -
To breathe your air
To lie with you
To die with you
I’m alive by youYour kiss, your fist, I’m alive by you
Your kiss, your fist, I’m alive by youYou and me, the power of you and me
You and me, our dreams
You and me, the power of you and me, joy now!You are under (are under)
My muscle (my muscle)
Inside (inside)
The heart of me (the heart of me)
There is no (is no) escape (escape) from you (from you)
There is no (there is no) escape (escape)Your kiss, your fist, I’m alive by you (by you)
Your kiss, your fist (your fist), I’m alive by you (by you)You and me, the power of you and me, you and me
The power of you and me
You and me, the power of you and me, you and me
The power of you and me
Insecurity, tearing down our dreams -
Let me take you down
To testify
Under the brow of a sparkling sky
We’ll dance away
A distant day
And shout our sins
In a passion play
Over we go
Diving for pearls
Over we go
From the edge of the world
Let the fire fall in
The footsteps we leave
Painted on the ground
We’ll watch the stars
Come crashing down
Upon our heads
Like a madding crown
Let me take you down
To testify
Under the brow of a sparkling sky
We’ll dance away
‘Til the day is done
Then rise again
To unwrap the sun
Over we go
Diving for pearls
Over we go
From the edge of the world
This is the song from the edge of the world -
One wish
A world wonder
A Casanova
One wish
My youth is over
But my days are younger
Mistakes and Lies
Runnings and fights
Start over again
IF there’s a chance
If there’s a chance
I won’t be late
If you can take
My heart, and make
Make a clean slate
Make a clean slate
You can’t stop me
Once I believe
You don’t know
My past life
Cause my slate’s clean
Clean x5
Breaking down cause you’re breaking through
Moving on over the residue
Lift the weight over your soul
Go and float
Go and float
If I rise in the dark
Finding love in my heart
Flesh will die to begin
Never again
Never again
You can’t stop me
Whoa
Once I believe
Whoa
You you you don’t don’t know
My past life
Cause my slate’s clean
Clean x5
I won’t delay
If you can take
My heart and make
Make a clean slate
Make a clean slate
You can’t stop
You can’t stop
You can’t stop me
Breaking down cause you’re breaking through
Moving on over the residue
Lift the weight over your soul
Go and float
Go and float
If I rise in the dark
Finding love in my heart
Flesh will die to begin
Never again
Never again
One wish
A world wonder
A Casanova
One wish
The past is over
And the days are bolder
And the days are bolder
And the days are bolder -
Push a pin into my arm. I will bleed like anyone
Pull it out and I forget
On a trail blazed with words. One that I was lost upon
The road that I depended on, I follow no moreTortured man take your hand, take it from the fire now
Place it in cool water
A hypocrite is one who prays only when he feels pain
It’s time to open your eyes. So open your eyesI could wait a million years, look into a billion eyes
To find another love like this
I could wait a million yearsThe slamming door the unseen wall
The hurt I never could forget, I struggle to remember
And take my hand from the fire refusing all intended scars
You are cool water. Into you, I swimI could wait a million years, look into a billion eyes
To find another love like this
I could wait a million yearsHeld still in one place for too long
Gone blind to the miracle of saving
I pray this angel in my eyes was put here to save my lifeThrough your eyes I feel your soul
What I feel I must believe
What I believe I live
This coming from a man who clenched the truth so tight in his hands.
Then opened to find evil
Found trusting love againI could wait a million years, look into a billion eyes
To find another love like this
I could wait a million years -
Broken Songs (for broken people)
Broken songs for broken people
Broken windows into broken souls
Gathered pieces of stories told … These are
Broken words with many different meanings
Take from them what you wish
With broken trust they are just meaninglessI sit drifting now like many times before
Like every man before me, and like every man to come
I sway back and forth, how ‘bout I sway toward you now
Placing words one in front of the other
It’s easy, I can show how to writeBroken songs for broken people …
Just dream a little dream and play it like the truth
If you want you can look them in the eyes
As they look at you
And when you’re done just turn and run
And never let them see the part you hide
Just let them hold the part you got them to believe …
singingBroken songs for broken people …
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Each step I left behind
Each road you know is mine
Walking on the line ten stories high
Say you’ll still be by my sideIf I could take your hand
If you could understand
That I can barely breath the air is thin
I fear the fall and where we’ll landWe fight every night for something
When the sun sets we’re both the same
Half in the shadows
Half burned in flames
We can’t look back for nothin’
Take what you need say your goodbyes
I gave you everything
And it’s a beautiful crimeEach breath I left behind
Each breath you take is mine
Walking on the line ten stories high
Fear a fall you’re asking whyWe’re leaving the things we lost
Leaving the ones we’ve crossed
I have to make an end so we begin
To save my soul at any costWe fight every night for something
When the sun sets we’re both the same
Half in the shadows
Half burned in flames
We can’t look back for nothin’
Take what you need say your goodbyes
I gave you everything
This darkness is the lightThis darkness is the light
We fight every night for something
When the sun sets we’re both the same
Half in the shadows
Half burned in flames
We can’t look back for nothin’
Take what you need say your goodbyes
I gave you everything
And it’s a beautiful crime -
You lift my heart up when the rest of me is down
And you, you enchant me, even when you’re not around
If there, there are boundaries, I will try to knock them down
I’m latching on babe, now I know what I have foundI feel we’re close enough
I wanna lock in your love
I feel we’re close enough
I wanna lock in your love
Your loveAnd now I’ve got you in my space
I won’t let go of you
You got me shackled in my embrace
I’m latching onto youI feel so encaptured, you got me wrapped up in your touch
I feel so enamoured, hold me tight within your clutch
And how did you do it, you got me losing all my breath
How did you give me, to have my heart beat out my chestAnd now I’ve got you in my space
I won’t let go of you
You got me shackled in my embrace
I’m latching onto youAnd now I’ve got you in my space
I won’t let go of you
You got me shackled in my embrace
I’m latching onto youI’m latching onto you
I’m latching onto you
I’m latching onto you
I’m latching onto you
I’m latching onto youWoah… woah… woah…
I’m latching onto you
I’m latching onto you
I’m latching onto you
I’m latching onto youAnd now I’ve got you in my space
I won’t let go of you
You got me shackled in my embrace
I’m latching onto you -
“You have the spirit of someone who belongs at my side”
