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More Than My Name
02:18
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This is the diamond where we used to play
The grass still is green but the sky now is gray
The throw’s not as long as it was in the day
Oh, I wish I could bring back the game
I need somewhere where someone knows more
More than my name
This is the twilight where we used to talk
And this is the park where we used to walk
And that is the sidewalk we’d cover in chalk
Oh, it’s rained and now nothing’s the same
I need somewhere where someone knows more
More than my name
And that one’s the star that we’d wish upon
We’d pray that we’d wake up together at dawn
And that we’d build castles like the ones we had drawn
Oh, it’s my job to shoulder the blame
I need somewhere where someone knows more
More than my name
This isn’t the life that I thought was in store
They’ve drawn all the curtains and shuttered the door
You don’t even live in this town anymore
But that’s not the reason I came
We went back on the promise we swore
And it’s selfish of me to be sore
But I’m no one if no one knows more
No, I’m no one if no one knows more
No, I’m no one if no one knows more
More than my name
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2. |
Perpetual Motion
02:45
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It's the glare off the ocean
and mental commotion
and forgetting suntan lotion in the car
It's a blistering sunburn
watching a sundial turn
walking with the waves and not knowing where you are
Perpetual motion
Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall
Perpetual motion
Let it fall
Perpetual motion
Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall
Perpetual motion
Let it fall
It's catching buses to see him
and wanting to leave him
but it's never really worth it any given day
It's getting tunnel vision
and putting off decisions
forgetting what it was that you wanted anyway
Perpetual motion
Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall
Perpetual motion
Let it fall
Perpetual motion
Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall
Perpetual motion
Let it fall
It's broken sea shells, breaking waves
sandy winds on roads unpaved
sandal blisters, whispered dares
salty food and salty air
swinging hammocks, swaying trees
sweet and spare as summer breeze
sleep till two and fight till dawn
now it's here and now it's gone
Perpetual motion
Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall
Perpetual motion
Let it fall
Perpetual motion
Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall
Perpetual motion
Let it fall
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3. |
Morning at the Market
02:33
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Morning at the market
and they're crowding on the corner
and the merchants shout their prices
while the children shove and play
And I'm somewhere in the middle
of the crowd upon the corner
feeling sun and seeing colors
I don't have a dime to pay
But hey
Ain't that always the way?
You can pile on your scorn
or you can throw me to the thorns
but I'm not moving from this corner today
Next day at the market
and they're crowding on the corner
and I claim my patch of pavement
at the margins of the street
Now I"m just another merchant
in the crowd upon the corner
smelling bread and hearing music
I don't have a bite to eat
But hey
Ain't that always the way?
You can pile on your scorn
or you can throw me to the thorns
but I'm not moving from this corner today
I'll be coming back tomorrow...
(I'll be waiting, I'll be fighting, I will never go away)
I'll be coming back tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
(Like the tides, I will rise, I will never go away)
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4. |
Until
01:59
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I know
I move like a glacier, I'm so slow
a mountain of ice, rock, and old snow
I look like I"m standing still
And you know
You're pressure and heat, a volcano
rumbling deep, swear you won't blow
but the ground shakes as if you will
And our love
our love will last
until...
I hide
fortress of stone, and a cold pride
family and friends, shut them outside
the gates rust atop the hill
And you run
scorching the ground like the red sun
burned every bridge, now you've got none
and running has lost its thrill
And our love
our love will last
until...
And I'm taking a breath
facing a fear
laying it bare
Someday when I
am ready again
will you be there?
Someday when I
am ready again
will you be ther?
And our love
our love will last
And our love
our love will last
Our love
our love will last
until
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5. |
A Modest Wish
02:49
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On shooting stars, on wishing wells,
on birthday candles' glow
on summer rains, on distant trains,
on falling flakes of snow
I wished for stardust on my trail
I wished for faith to never fail
I wished for love like fire, loud as a choir
I always went for shit like that
So if I’ve got to pry a wish from these crumbling walls
in the tangled streets where the traffic crawls
I’ll wish for nothing at all
On fireflies, on frozen lakes,
on faces in the crowd,
on New Year's Eves, on changing leaves
on mists and thunderclouds
I wished for stars to light my way
I wished for faith to always stay
I wished for love to seize me - not just to tease me
I never got back shit from that
So if I’ve got to pry a wish from these crumbling walls
in the tangled streets where the traffic sprawls
I’ll wish for nothing at all
I’ll wish for nothing at all
If I could make one wish
If I could make just one wish
If I could make one wish tonight
I know a black old heart
that faith has torn apart
a darkened street that needs a light
So snuff out all the candles
and forget the hollow cheer
No guests or cake, I need to make
a modest wish this year
I wish for stars to flicker out
I know that faith just leads to doubt
I want a life that's steady; change when I'm ready
I won't give up on shit like that
And if I’ve got to pry a wish from these crumbling walls
In the tangled streets where the traffic stalls
I'll wish for
na na na na
na na na na na
na na na na na
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6. |
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A voice has faltered
somewhere in my chest
a guiding voice
has lost its breath
and my confidence is shaken
like a wobbling crown
I'm looking up
and heading down
I feel like my compass is broken
I can't tell right from wrong
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
for so long
An empty tunnel
on a frigid night
the miles pass
and still no light
I'm a mess, can't express
I've regressed this year
felt solid ground
just disappear
The flow of the music is broken
I can't tell sound from song
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
for so long
People change
and some change for good, but
People change
don't know if they should, but
People change
wish I understood what
People change into
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
for so long
People change
and try to change back, but
People change
defend and attack, but
People change
just wish I could track what
People change into
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
I've been fighting in the wrong direction
for so long
for so long...
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7. |
Deadline (Never Waste)
02:22
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It's all right to waste a minute
It's fine to waste a day
Just send the seconds spinning on
Their swift unthinking way
It's fine to burn an hour
just to watch its ash go gray
The calendar compels us, yes
But we can disobey
So waste the whole allowance
that eternity now grants
But never waste
But never waste
But never waste a chance
It's all right to waste a weekend
The weekend won't complain
Time is born for wasting
Just like water's born for rain
Time is not that fragile
It's survived for all these years
And every time a moment dies
Another volunteers
So waste your fleeting lifetime
in a stupor, in a trance
But never waste
But never waste
But never waste a chance
Leave till later
stacks of papers
plans you meant to write
so what if that'll
lose the battle?
get some sleep tonight
It's all right to waste a minute
It's fine to waste a day
Just send the seconds spinning on
Their swift unthinking way
It's fine to burn an hour
just to watch its ash go gray
The calendar compels us, yes
But we can disobey
Let the deadlines shout their warnings
as the centuries advance
But never waste
But never waste
But never waste a chance
Leave till later
stacks of paper
plans you meant to write
Let your bosses
cut their losses
get some sleep tonight
So waste the whole allowance
that eternity now grants
But never waste
But never waste
But never waste a chance
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8. |
To the Stars
02:36
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To the stars we will turn when the earth has been spent
To the stars when our bones have grown thin
To the stars in a vessel that’s crumpled and bent
To the stars in a bucket of tin
I’ve sometimes stayed late in the office I work
The parking lot empty and dark
They say that with faith you can light up the world
I never could capture that spark
To the stars we will turn when the earth has grown cold
To the stars when our bodies won’t heal
To the stars in a vessel that’s battered and old
To the stars in a bucket of steel
I’ve sometimes gone driving when sleep won’t come
The wind brushing clouds through the night
They say there’s a power that urges us higher
One way or other, they’re right
To the stars we will turn when the earth has run dry
To the stars when the sun isn’t there
To the stars go the primates who learned how to fly
To the stars in a bucket of prayer
I’ve traced out constellations
I’ve read my future in the sky
We’ve planted flags on moon rocks
We’ve left graffiti in the sky
We speak a thousand languages
We build a tower to the sky…
The sky is ours, the sky is ours
Next to the stars, next to the stars...
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9. |
One Last Time for Angela
02:57
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The news came down the other night
a girl I used to know
I found a vigil in the park
a sea of candleglow
One last time for Angela
a murmur loud and low
a name scratched out in ash and dust
someplace long ago
Are you afraid? I'm not afraid
I just don't want to go
Ring of faded photographs
and flowers 'round a tree
a stranger asks why we're all here
but words won't come to me
One last time for Angela
a debt we can't repay
a prayer unanswered in the winds
someplace far away
Are you afraid? I'm not afraid
I just can't bear to stay
One by one we emptied out
by midnight we were gone
I climbed in bed and shut my eyes
and lay awake till dawn
One last time for Angela
a girl I used to know
a fate traced out along a vein
a pain hid far below
One last time for Angela
a girl we didn't know
a fate carved out of rock and bone
someplace long ago
Are you afraid? I'm so afraid
I'm so afraid to go
One last time for Angela
a girl I used to know
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10. |
Not in Vain
02:55
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If I can stop one heart from breaking
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one life the aching
or cool one pain
or help one fainting robin
into his nest again
I shall not
I shall not live in vain
If I can give one mind a teacher
or open wide one brain
or shield one frightened creature
from wind and rain
or lead one wayward child
to mother's arms again
I shall not
I shall not live in vain
If the storm comes in tomorrow
and waters flood the plain
and your soul absorbs a sorrow
that it can't sustain
I will bring you leaves and branches
We'll build a nest again
I shall not
I shall not live in vain
I shall not
I shall not live in vain
I shall not
I shall not live in vain
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