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The Return
06:41
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For all my foolish errors and the beauty I have drunk
I think I’ll learn to live my life as wisely as a monk
Turn off my phone and live alone in everlasting peace
But is my soul to turn to stone when my childish wanderings cease?
Such petty things that I have bought and such ugly things I’ve thought
The times I should’ve let it go, but instead I blindly fought
My mother says I’ll never find all the happiness I've sought
To duck my head and just obey all the lessons I’ve been taught
I’ll run ahead to leave it behind
Look at the sky and count the colors I find
All the colors I find
But as I stare into the heart of my own twisting fire
The songs yet to be written flock around me like a choir
And with each note, the spirit unwinds
Look at your mind and count the colors I find
All the colors I find
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As a child, I used to hide
In the nooks of playground slides
And time...
Time was on my side
Then the years went by and I
Found different ways to hide
I learned how to lie
And keep the things I felt inside
The right thing is hard to do
When you’ve got so much to lose
Still in fear, it’s hard to move
When you’ve got so much to prove
Doubt
Ebbs and flows
Well, I’ll let it flow..
So they say they'll build a wall
Of steel that rises grim and tall
And turn away those
Seeking shelter most of all
Fires burn and the waters rise
As we turn from what we know is right
And time...
Is time still on our side?
The hard thing is right to do
When we’ve got so much to lose
And closer to the root I see
When I look past the fallen leaves
Love steady grows
So I’ll let it grow, grow and grow
So I’ll let it grow...
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3. |
September Song, pt. ii
03:57
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The skies vault higher in September
Till the end of our days, I’ll remember
How colors feel stronger and feelings so true
That even the flowers smell more like you
The sunset brings me to fruition
I am raw, I am new in the transition
The colors burn stronger and the feelings burn true
And even the flowers smell more like you
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4. |
Wings of Desire
04:53
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My heart is made of water
My heart is made of flame
If it’s my own hand that hunts me
Then who am I to blame?
The river rambles as my hand falls through the grain
Of lines that even love and passion cross in vain
The past is made of stardust
The future’s shifting sand
If it’s my own path that’s drifting
Then where am I to land?
And as I try to hold the meaning in my hand
It runs like water through the spaces that expand
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5. |
The Chase
01:31
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6. |
Song of the Bell
04:07
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If I empty me of all my self, am I a vessel or a shell?
Mining for the substance in the dark and precious well
Pour out my convictions till I’m hollow as a bell
If I empty me of all my self, am I a vessel?
Or a shell...
If I cast a line into the sea, will I catch what may feed me?
How can I steer the stern to go straight towards a shore I can’t yet see?
I guess I’ll point my arrow straight towards the beauty I want to believe
If I empty me of all my self, will I feel hollow?
Will I feel free?
Will the truth echo through me?
Will I hear it?
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7. |
I Lie Awake
04:16
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When the light of day decays
And the sunset fades
Sky is dark and grey
I lie awake
And in the night, I see
All the people that I used to be
And then, I dream
About the love I used to hold
So close and dear to me
The visions fill my eyes until I ache
I lie awake
The hours have no name
The minutes feel the same
I lie awake
And in the night, I see
All the friends I failed, or lost
Or left behind of me
And all the things
I didn't mean to break
I lie awake
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8. |
Reprise
01:29
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The skies vault higher in September
Till the end of our days, I’ll remember
The colors are strong
And the feelings are true
They teach me the way that I care about you
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9. |
A Color of the Sky
04:41
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I turn to poetry
I turn to the books I read
To say what I mean
But words...
Words are absurd
And letters cause more pain
So I’ll tell it to you plain
I’ll always be your friend
I love you has no end
And with that, I send
Us both into mystery
And I’ll try not to worry
Because it’s only a story
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10. |
The Flash
03:14
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Tunneling mind building tunnels that confine and blind you
You’ve made your mistakes, but it’s the path that you take that defines you
I hunt for the signs like I chase for the words I can rhyme to
And my tunneling mind tunnels deeper so that I can barely find the truth
Light throws shadow
Who can know where the time goes?
In the things you’ll never know
Is where the real wisdom grows
Light...
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