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Crestfallen
03:39
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You're floating up against the river
But the river ain't slowing down
And in the end the water always wears the crown
Every letter's been sealed and delivered
But the message never made it out
Only black ink shapes mistaken for a shout
You spoke your words like a hopeful fanatic
With your hearts of stone and your bats in the attic
I'm just sayin'
So gather around, pour another round
While it's hiding in the lost and found
And you can't imagine where the world's been bound
The wise men said you'd be better off dead
Than living on borrowed time
But when was living when the flame died out a crime
You tried your best to keep on going
But the sorrow surrounds you and keeps on growing
I'm just sayin'
They tied you a noose, but you cut it loose
And run into the break of day
And you think of all the things you'll have to say
For the flightless birds and the helpless girls
And the boys who never made it out
Of the circle games they played with all their doubts
So light the fire and watch it burn
For every ash is a lesson learned
With a pocket full of flowers we all fall down
So take it while you're still around
I'm just sayin'
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The Current
03:30
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Floating through your
Mind at such a frantic pace
Rivers of the time that's passing on
And of you're idle days
Watching your whole
Life pass on the silver screen
Waiting for your final hour
And praying for your second gleam
But the pull of the current drags you down
And the weight of all your burdens let you drown
And you take your final moments and think of all those you let down
Waiting on your life to turn around
Watching all the
Sand slide through the hour glass
Looking on, the last few grains fall
Petrified and powerless
Weren't you the one
Who said we own our fate
So are you gonna live your life
Or sit there and prevaricate?
But the pull of the current drags you down
And the weight of all your burdens let you drown
And you take your final moments and think of all those you let down
Waiting on your life to turn around
Looking back it
All seems like a reverie
Praying that you won't return
But nothing is of certainty
But the pull of the current won't drag you down
And the wind catches those burdens that weighed you down
And you take a single moment
And take in all of what surrounds you
Waiting on your life to turn around
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White Flag
05:22
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Love comes in your open armed embrace I fall in
Eyes closed I can hear the color of your words come
Into bloom, wash away the grays I hear you say that
"Love comes with a white flag waving truce."
Love comes in the long lost verse of a hymnal I once
Heaved out in the hallowed halls the faithful of a
Thousand other gods debate the details screaming
"Love comes with a white flag waving truce/"
Love comes in the glacial lakes and coastal cliffs that
Dot the lands that the we stole with all our greedy hands
But still, in their ravaged beauty the wind keeps screaming
"Love comes with a white flag waving truce."
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Prodigal Son
03:07
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Another drink to cloud the clearest mind
Another love to clutter its design
Another song to soothe the soul and make the body whole
Small diversions have us misaligned
Have I gone too far living resigned to a scattered callused mind?
Another day and I might make a change
Another year sees this whole life rearranged
Another lifetime but the seasons all remain the same
Winter snows that froze me in my tracks
Spring won't thaw the wreath ain't growing back.
Tend to your greenery, oh innocent one.
Fall into the scenery and tell no one
If you're earth's precious daughter, I'm her prodigal son
Try and dam the waters, but the river still runs its course
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