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Almost Flew
04:01
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Feel like a bird tied to a tether
Not quite how it’s meant to be
I’m looking around at all these feathers
That I don’t even need
Tonight I think that something happened
When I decided to finally try
Maybe to you it looked like jumping
But I think I touched the sky
Cause I almost flew today
I almost flew today
It’s not much of a tale to tell
Cause after all I mostly fell
But I almost flew today
Sometimes life is rough on living
Seems like I’m barely getting by
This hard ground is not forgiving
But someday I will learn to fly
Don’t take away this harness yet
And I think I might still need this net
And let me know if you’ve got some hope to spare…
Hope to spare…
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2. |
The Ballad of Jon Turner
02:55
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Jon Turner died last week
I think had some cancer in his head
I’m kinda sad that I never got to know him
Just based on what everybody said you know that
Jon Turner was a family man
He and his wife had a daughter and a son
Even though he finished pretty well
I got the feeling he wasn’t quite done
Today won’t come again
And this moment’s your currency to spend
Some investments pay dividends
After you cash your chips in
Jon Turner had a lot of friends
They said he took less than he would give
I don’t think he was afraid to be known
Sometimes when someone dies we learn how to live
Now I don’t always get it right
I don’t always have what it takes
So do me a favor when I die
Could you kindly forget my mistakes?
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3. |
Pain is a Megaphone
03:30
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Doctor says there’s nothing wrong with my head
At least as far as he can tell
But late at night when I’m lying in my bed
Sometimes I don’t hear so well
Now certain circumstances tend to bring
Clarity like a lightning rod
I admit that it’s a spiritual thing
Talking bout the voice of God
The only time it’s loud and clear
Is when my eyes are filled with tears
Cause pain is a megaphone
The summer always seems so surreal
(The memories cut like a knife)
When I was caught asleep at the wheel
And on the shoulder of my life
We drift to sleep when things get dull
Then we need a wake up call
And pain is a megaphone
Life can be a heavy load
That we carry down this winding road
But there’s one thing that I’ve figured out
Sometimes God whispers and sometimes He shouts
And pain is His megaphone
Now I’m not saying that there’s always something there
I don’t claim to know His plans
So when the fiery trials singe your hair
You don’t need to understand
But if you’re ever slow to hear
You may want to plug your ears
Cause pain is a megaphone
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4. |
Moving on Friday
03:24
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Moving on Friday to a brand new place
I’m counting on Sunday to find some grace
It’s dark and it’s drafty, this place that I’ve been in
I need somewhere with windows to let the sunshine in
These cobwebs in my heart
It hurts so bad to clear them away that
I don’t know where to start so
I think I’ll wait till Friday to move on
It’s second-guess Thursday and I’m wonderin’ if I’m right
Don’t know if I’m ready for tomorrow or tonight
Maybe it takes more than I’ve got to give
Maybe I just need a new place to live
Maybe on Friday, I’ll move on instead
But I don’t want to be over you just yet
Moving on…
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5. |
Equilibrium
04:15
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I pretend I don’t need you
As I barely survive another hard fall
There is nothing but nothing I can say
And isn’t all this slow motion
Somehow better than no motion at all
But my lopsided soul keeps my logic at bay
I think I heard the sound
Of my heart breaking just now
So I just need a dose of equilibrium
I make up my excuses
And fall off the face of all my resolve
There is nothing but nothing left today
I imagine a moment
While the effort and the load and the fulcrum evolve
But maybe all I really need is a touch of your grace
Falling asleep while I’m watching guard
Dreaming is easy but waking is hard
So I just need a dose….
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6. |
Perspective
04:40
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Maybe it’s something like perspective
Making it seem like nothing’s right
Maybe there’s a larger story
But all I feel is pain tonight
Maybe it’s my shortsighted vision
That made me feel alone today
What if there’s a purpose to this bitter pill?
Would that make it all okay?
All I know Is all I can see
And all I need is moving from me so
Help me feel Something real
Cause I still don’t have your perspective
Maybe it’s time to make a change
Maybe I need some time away
If only I could see from where you are
Would that make it all okay?
Tell me is it all okay?
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7. |
Moving Backwards
04:19
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When the sun came up today
My world was going down
If it’s anything but okay
That’s where I’m hanging out
Now there’s a chill like winter’s near
But summer’s being rehearsed
And your perspective disappears
When you’re living in reverse
Cause it feels like moving backwards
When life goes by so fast
But you get to live it all over again
When you back track the past
I think every prayer I spoke
Came right back down to me
Makes me think that something’s broke
In this Cosmic time machine
Lord help me move from here
Or help me wait until
Cause if I’m not moving backwards
I think I’m standing still
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8. |
Maybe Tomorrow
03:13
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I keep thinking
That there’s something I should say
I keep hoping
That there’s some prayer I could pray
That would make you want to unpack your bags
And come back home to stay
Maybe tomorrow
But not today
I keep waiting
For a distraction for this pain
I keep looking For the magic pill that I could take
That would make these memories of you
And me just go away
Maybe tomorrow
But not today
Something keeps telling me
That this is not the end
But I don’t know how long I can
Hold on to where we’ve been
I keep trying
To justify my faith
I keep wondering
If I’m gonna wake up some day
Cause sometimes I think it might be time
To let you walk away
Maybe tomorrow
But not today
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9. |
Standing Still
02:01
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It feels just like I’m waiting in line
Behind the guy who likes to talk
To the cashier
I wish he’d leave
I wish he’d go home go home or be somewhere else
There’s something in the way
It’s a pain just like the day the train drops the gate
And I’m late
I wanna leave
I wanna go home go home or be somewhere else
But I’m standing still
And I’m waiting on you
Cause I cannot move
Until you do
It’s like a traffic bottleneck when someone wrecks
My car gets stuck
It’s just my luck
What the heck?
I wanna leave
I wanna go home go home or be somewhere else
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10. |
Breakable on the Inside
04:24
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Don’t look at me that way
It makes my heart skip a beat
I don’t know quite what to say
Cause some dreams you can’t repeat
For a second I thought I’d tell
But you wouldn’t understand
Even though you know me well
I’m slipping through your hands
My heart is held together by all this skin
What used to feel like leather is wearing thin
Cause I know how it feels to be breakable on the inside When the outside looks so right
I know how it feels too be breakable on the inside
But don’t give up the fight
Sometimes it makes me cry
And sometimes it makes me laugh
Cause everything I think I need
Is everything that I can’t have
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I didn’t think I’d see you here today
Sorry if I don’t quite know what to say
All those nights I reached for you
And you seemed so far away
So I didn’t think I’d see you here today
I didn’t plan on company today
You showed up without warning anyway
Things are so disordered
And you’re saying that’s okay
But I didn’t think I’d see you here today
You came crashing down
Through all my doubts
Like a long lost jug of wine I forgot about
I started to think perhaps you went away
Maybe you had some pressing thing to do or say
But here you are like the hero
In the third act of some play
And I didn’t think I’d see you here today
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