1. |
Sun Cloud
05:36
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No wind from side to side
No dusty starlight
My ever after, breathing clear
Even today
You are the sun cloud
Fast behind my shoulder
The moon is, the moon was
Still clear, surround me
Even today
You are the sun cloud
The way it was is just a flare
remind me orange and green
Was it those that tangled on
And moved from space to space
Was it those that tied as one
I still believe
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I reached for the green flash
But my hand was empty
The sun is frozen, I stand the test
I'm drinking you
If it's just a song, a time the colors reveal
The flash of orange and green I'm dancing further
Away into the sea
Tell me song and tell me dream and tell me
Everlasting moon, and wrap yourself around the tune
To flash away you are the cloud, the sun
the burning colors you made the horizon
Just for me….
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2. |
Rip Tide
03:23
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If I saw the storm, would you still believe in me?
If I heard the siren, would you say it's only me?
If I had a song of freedom, would you turn up the TV?
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If I come ashore, will you think that it was real?
Aside the tide, I'll walk with you to the very end
And when the morning comes, do we still call it a rip tide
CHORUS
Do not change the station
Or remain in the silent water
Take my hand to save you
It only counts if you go under
Listen, hard..you can hear
the rattling of a thousand chains
contain, remain, profane
calling out to the wind
my sweet and wild things
will they last through the shaking
through the fire and ice
to dance with me once again
For - the blind and laughing
While - the ship goes under
I - can feel the pressure
Do - you understand me
First - they shut the switches
Then - they close the doors
Seal - the leaking windows
Hows - it working for you
Is - the light still showing
If - we make the beacon
Will - you sing it louder
Can - the language falter
Are - you in my timing
Does the heart beat stronger
CHORUS
Do not change the station
Or remain in the silent water
Take my hand to save you
It only counts if you go
It only counts if you go
It only counts if you go
under
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3. |
Light On A Hill
03:56
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I see waves at the end of the road
Thought it was shade but the house is sold
The more I travel, the further it's away
This is God's cruel trick She can play
CHORUS
I'm looking out for a light on a hill
A sanctuary where I can feel
I know its there no matter what you kill
Stolen rays from the empty sun
One marker says you're almost there
Another marker is a broken glare
The next marker warns you may fall
The city never was there at all
CHORUS
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CHORUS II
I'm looking out for a light on a hill
You cannot bend, you must be still
Everyone says it's a fleeting mist
But that's just exactly where it is.
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4. |
My Name Is Abel
05:58
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1. My name is Abel,
and I live in harmony
In a house made of wonder
with some wood I found, that washed up from the sea
And my hands around you, saying I love you I love you I love you
with my friends, standing on the beach
2. I am the son of
the Gods of all I see, that
Gave me sea and fire
and the right to be what I am s'posed to be
I am the kingdom and, I'll be here walking walking walking
on the sand to leave my legacy
CHORUS
Well you can take away my nation
You can take away my name
You can take away my tongue, and my country
But I'll be damned if you take the mountain - away from me
3. They moved in silence
Though I knew that they would come
Took my house and my tinder
And they did what they could never leave undone
In the rear view mirror, I saw the glory the glory the glory
of the last golden evening sun
4. I am the son of
the Gods of all I see, that
Gave me sea and fire
and the right to be what I am s'posed to be
I am the kingdom and, I'll be here walking walking walking
on the road to leave my legacy
CHORUS
This town is a prison, where the
Wind and rain are raw, I'm so
Goddamn sick and tired of
Runnin' from the law
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5. |
And You Were Asleep
03:27
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The levy broke, and you were asleep
Counting in your dreams sweet nothings
They took your neighbors away
With your eyes wide open
Drowning in the bath tub
One teaspoon at a time....
The city's shrouded with smoke, you slumber
Wonder why no one can hear you
Debris that was you,
Did you wake from a dead man's dream?
It's some kind of miracle that you are alive
In these dangerous days
Does it comfort you, to be alive?
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6. |
Lavender Candle
04:37
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Precious little boy with an Easter morning grin,
Pride of mom and dad, with his sweater tucked in
The things they never tell you - withered fruit from the family tree
Try to hide and sealed inside
And locked away from me
Mother's mom, she had a way with every sort of thing
From talking to the animals
To makig nightbirds sing
Purple dress, horn rimmed glasses
China on the sill
She's walk outside and gesture wide
And the wind would stop dead still
CHORUS
I got into Grandmother's things and found an
Old book, and a lavender candle
Gem stones, a big silver star and then a
Serpentine knife, with a filligree handle
One day she didn't wake up, a kettle on the stove
Went off with no one there to even see her from the grove
At the end of the day, when the family went away
Something glinted in the hall and shone a light upon the way
I opened the old book and flipped through every withered page
Filled with funny writing from a long forgotten age
The daylight turned to night, the moon it turned to red
And suddenly I could read what all those pages said
CHORUS
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7. |
Burn It Down
03:22
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I have given all my best and constant years for you
Pitched and painted all your timbers when the sunlight shined through
Tended all your gardens, dripped my sweat into your soil
And when they died, I did it all again....
Lately I have noticed that despite all my care,
All your eaves are slowly rotting, never showing their repair
It's pretty clear that you have no intent to follow through
Only one thing left to do -
CHORUS
Burn it down
Yeah, burn it down
My smiling face in the fire's glow
Will tell you all you need to know
Only one direction for the ash to go
Burn it down
You are cloaked in pretty paint, but you're ugly outside
Have a hundred empty rooms, but let us shiver outside
You deny my brothers and my sisters something to eat
Even though your table overflows
Pretty words adorn the walls, but droppings fall to the floor
And the sign says "no admittance", nailed to every door
It's time for something new, when I beheld the ghost of you
There's only one thing left to do -
Burn it down
Yeah, burn it down
My smiling face in the fire's glow
Will tell you all you need to know
Only one direction for the ash to go
The flames will climb into the night
What a glorious, wonderful sight
Madame Pele, she had it right...
Burn it down.
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8. |
Gold Across The Water
04:12
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The wayward sailor
Keeps his dreams in an empty can
All those years ago
To Pele's arms he ran
His father was a dreaming man
His mother a dancing muse
His visions of an easy fortune
Now adrift as a battered ruse
Ohhhh it was supposed to be
much easier than this
Ohhhhh what happened to
the promise of entitled bliss
CHORUS
Was it a green flash
Or Gold across the water
Did it get its hook in you
Far away across the water
When the glitter fades away
Come on back to your Nirvana
Lean close and listen
Can you hear the crackle of shattered dreams
The golden promise tumbled
Saltier than it seems
If this is why you came here
To dive into a cove of jewels
The beauty lies elsewhere
And the last joke is on you
"Try to hang on!" said the captain
Facing the shredding wind
All this will make sense one day
If you can only bend
Let go these mortal threads
And trust the song of the Syrene
CHORUS
Was it a green flash
Or Gold across the water
Did it get its hook in you
Far away across the water
When the glitter fades away
Come on back to your Nirvana
BACK
TO
YOUR
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9. |
Rise
04:21
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I fell through the lava tube
And I didn't die
Turned my back to the ocean
Was swept away and came ashore
I felt the sting of Pele's breath
And thought that I might meet my death
But the winds brought me up again
I fell into the arms of
The ones who called me brother
They took me on a ride that
Nearly drove me into a dead end
And split their skin to show the serpent deep within
And with a smile
They threw me to the lions
CHORUS
But when I rise
I'll come back leading the pack
So when the storm is over
There is a hole in the sky
And sunlight rains upon you
For the struggle you survived
For all the pain, I can't explain
The wounds are toughened skin and then
They look like tattooed glory
One direction for my thoughts,
Another for the fire
A third the ocean wild
And last the earthen briar
The mighty ones who stand around me
No matter where I go
If I find myself with lions
CHORUS
CHORUS
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10. |
Black Swan / Aggressor
02:35
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11. |
X Does Not Equal Y
03:24
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12. |
Drift Away
05:16
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What if it's time again
To see you out again
Will I remain at center
Or fall apart and splinter
Is this breaking
I'm not taking
Any chances
All the talking
All the warning
Is just the wind
A flower falls to the ocean
The sun it sinks in the ocean
Like a revolving door
Just like the day before
the tide is coming
the tide is going
let's do it all again
CHORUS
No matter what I do or say, you just
Drift away
I want to reach and pull you back, but you
Drift away
My spirit torn asunder
Don't want you going under
I hear the sound of thunder
Over the sod
Light-en-ing rod
Oh my….God
This drama never ends
This dream with life, a darkened blend
There's a hole in my soul
That you always fill
If that's zero
I'm no hero
I'm in the deep
from the love house
I'm your light house
can you see me?
CHORUS
No matter what I do or say, you just
Drift away
I want to reach and pull you back, but you
Drift away
My spirit torn asunder
Don't want you going under
I hear the sound of thunder
Oooooooo
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