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Hurricanes will come Earthquakes break the walls Oceans rise Empires fall Enter world, light unshown Follow heart, follow home Here we are, light unshown One round heart, one round home Spin the speed of light Tetrahedron blue One last paradise You can make for you Enter world, light unshown Follow heart, follow home Here we are, light unshown One round heart, one round home Faster than a ship...
Where do you go little bird When it snows, when it snows When the world turns to sleep Do you know, do you know Is there something in the wind Breathes a chill in your heart and life in your wings Does it whisper 'start again' Start again Where is the sun in the night Is it cold, is it cold Does it feel left behind All alone, all alone Does it wander through the dark Does it wait for the dawn,...
Oh sweet peace, never have you fallen Never have you fallen upon this town Oh sweet peace, never have you fallen Never have you fallen upon this town The black crows are loaded With the call of things discarded The ribboned shard of battle And everything burned Have they forgotten we live here Do they think that we gave up Lay down and grew over Weeds at every turn Oh sweet peace, never have y...
Take me to the breaking of a beautiful dawn Take me to the place where we come from Take me to the end so I can see the start There's only one way to mend a broken heart Take me to the place where I don't feel so small Take me where I don't need to stand so tall Take me to the edge so I can fall apart There's only one way to mend a broken heart Take me where love isn't up for sale Take me wher...
Hey, maybe the time just wasn't right to hang on When are you gonna learn Sometimes things turn instead of turn out Hey, when are you gonna stand Stop looking over your shoulder Me, with a head full of words And not one useful expression Hey, let go We, with holes in our hearts Were whole at the start Our story began We film ourselves 'til the end Try to suspend our lives in the dark Hey, when...
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Come all you sailors Sail upon my sea Swim in these salty waters Cleanse the wounds that run so deep Come all you lovers Give your hearts to me Come with your broken dreams and Your ruined fancies Come all you seekers Realize that you can see Find within your deepest longing That all you need is me
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Missing Lyrics
A is for apple, B is for blind I jumped so fast I left the ground behind You set your sights homeward And you are more than wise It's late night heading into morning You can get used to almost anything Deep sea eyes, porcelain skin Love's sweet nests and their boxing rings It's late night heading into morning Firecracker, firecracker Sparkling in the sky To those of us who saw Looked like the ...
When I hear that trumpet sound I will lay my burdens down I will lay them deep into the ground Then I'll know that I am glory bound I'll be travelling far from home But I won't be looking for to roam I'll be crossing o'er the great divide In a better home soon I will reside Hallelujah When I'm in my resting place I'll look on my mother's face Never more will I have to know All the loneliness t...
Don't know what time it is, I've been up for way too long and I'm too tired to sleep I call my mother on the phone, she wasn't home, and now I'm wondering the street I've been a fool, I've been cruel to myself I've been hanging onto nothing when nothing could be worse than hanging on And something tells me there must be something better than all this I've fallen many times in love and every ti...
Missing Lyrics
These fleeting charms of earth Farewell, your springs of joy are dry My soul now seeks another home A brighter world on high I'm a long time travelling here below I'm a long time travelling away from home I'm a long time travelling here below To lay this body down Farewell kind friends whose tender care Has long engaged my love Your fond embrace I now exchange For better friends above I'm a lo...
Missing Lyrics
Old man, look at my life, I'm a lot like you Old man, take a look at my life, twenty-four and I'm so much more Live alone in a paradise, makes me think of two Love lost at such a cost, give me things that don't get lost Like a coin that won't get tossed, rolling home to you Old man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you I need someone to love me the whole day through Oh, one look in my ey...
Missing Lyrics
This is the sound of one voice One spirit, one voice The sound of one who makes a choice This is the sound of one voice This is the sound of voices two The sound of me singing with you Helping each other to make it through This is the sound of voices two This is the sound of voices three Singing together in harmony Surrendering to the mystery This is the sound of voices three This is the sound...
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When it rains it snows in this prairie town There's a good three inches on the ground It seems I'll be losing any peace I've found I see your face all over this town But I know you're nowhere to be found You're far away, you're safe and sound Far from this prairie town Far from this prairie town So leaving seems the thing to do When I'm here I'm lost in thoughts of you And in my dreams I'm cit...
Nicky Mehta Across that river through the orange squares of light Past the streetlamp like a beacon in the rain You've stopped in all this motion You're heavy with news too sudden You're breathing through this undertow of pain And all your friends will gather soon And you'll surface then to bring them through You'll say quot;it's better this wayquot; and quot;at least we knewquot; But this pra...
Come me own one, come me fair one come now unto me Could you fancy a poor sailor lad who has just come from sea You are ragged love and you're dirty love And your clothes smell much of tar So be gone you saucy sailor lad so be gone you Jack Tar If I am ragged love and I'm dirty love and me clothes smell much of tar I have silver in me pocket love, and gold in great store And then when she hear...
Think of this heart as an old accident A hardened hit and run Looking ahead but just a little scared To keep all eyes on the road Can you be sure Will this be some good thing Lucky stars to reckon appear again and again Can you believe all that has brought you here You say come on baby let's go ahead and live Who ever knows if love's a sleight of hand Will it hold up to the light And do you ev...
There's a light on in your house but you're not home today And each time I come on by you seem so far away Can you give me some reason to hold on Can you give me some reason to stay Got some friends knocking on my door Wondering where I've been Tired of mining for your heart, I've come up for air again Can you give me some reason to hold on Can you give me some reason to stay Stay Now I'm goin...
I have come back to you broken take me home And my body bears this trouble take me home Take me back to my beginning Before the hell of night set in And I came to this border take me home I have toured the endless starlight take me home I have shattered under midnight take me home There are no vultures in this clearing Except the ones who brought me here And I'll no longer feed them take me ho...
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Ruth Moody I have lines under my eyes that I didn't have last year I've got the world's weight on my shoulders and I have wept a thousand years And I'm looking for a saviour to take me far away from here Where the storm has passed over and the sky above is clear I've got lines under my eyes that I've never had before There's a war outside my window and a wasteland outside my door And I've been...
Oh swallow What did you swallow? You swoop so low You come and you go You flew right in from that ship on the sea Pirate sails on the wind coming for me You wooed me, pursued me You hooked me, you booked me I signed up my name Said I'll be your game You got me, arrow shot me Now come connect the dot me And if you don't want it then free me, I will flee Oh swallow What did you swallow? You swoo...
Take everything that we've had Take it and burn it to the ground Some things were never meant to last Take it down, down, down, take it down I'm still married to it all That ain't no place to hand around My love is fifty feet tall Take it down, down, down, take it down And I've grown accustomed to the way You hurled us into space I'll never make that trip, tears all rusted on my face I'm just ...
Imagine you're a girl on ten mile stilts You travel round the world, taking it all in You'll never touch the ground Is it a blessing or a curse And if you're too high to be found Are you lost or just rehearsed Got a heart that opens clear in this cool September dark It rests on treetop leaves And bursts its little sparks And sometimes it sings its songs And it lets its secrets out Except for o...
I held on for so long Dusty quaint old song Things attach with glue Live and die and gone June flowers are so bold On the devil's paintbrush road The devil paints a double life And there I dare not go Live and die and gone Live and die and gone The devil paints a double life Live and die and gone I'm not the cheating kind It snuck from behind Kicked in the door to someday I can't get her off m...
Oh all the money that e'er I spent I spent it in good company And all the harm that e'er I've done Alas, it was to none but me And all the harm that e'er I've done Alas, it was to none but me And all I've done for want of wit To memory now I can't recall So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all Oh all the comrades that e'er I've had Are sorry for my going away And all...
It's been a long time since you saw your home Even those you call the closest Have slipped away somehow Feels like a lifetime you've been on the road With so many miles behind you You'd think you'd have left this world by now You've seen more than they could ever know No matter what they say You've earned the right to be so bold But this life it takes its toll on you Every face around you look...
If all is fair in love and war I haven't seen the score But it can't be either of those And all this time, thought I was in control But fate she held her own Even when I thought I chose Now the coldest day of winter Has made a home of my heart It burns a cold right through me Tearing me apart When did I lose you? It feels like such a crime When did I lose all The reasons for this rhyme So many...
The wind howls 'cross the ice floes Send the frozen snow skimming A river on a river hardened over It doesn't know the way it's going Is it north or south or westward It just glides across the shoreline 'til it's over You came for me in fast forward On a claim for something ordered A way through and past the history that held you I'd tell my own story through you Tell it loud to never lose you...
To the man who lost his mind Left home for the last time They found him in the wintertime Looking for something he couldn't find They shipped him way out West Thought they'd put their minds at rest Now they've thrown the key away And there's nothing left to say Waiting for a saviour Show me you're so sad Wipe the tears that you've had Show me you're so sad To the girl who lives next door Wonde...

Albums

40 Days
Where do you go little bird When it snows, when it snows When the world turns to sleep Do you know, do you know Is there something in the wind Breathes a chill in your heart and life in your wings Does it whisper 'start again' Start again Where is the sun in the night Is it cold, is it cold Does it feel left behind All alone, all alone Does it wander through the dark Does it wait for the dawn,...
Take me to the breaking of a beautiful dawn Take me to the place where we come from Take me to the end so I can see the start There's only one way to mend a broken heart Take me to the place where I don't feel so small Take me where I don't need to stand so tall Take me to the edge so I can fall apart There's only one way to mend a broken heart Take me where love isn't up for sale Take me wher...
Come all you sailors Sail upon my sea Swim in these salty waters Cleanse the wounds that run so deep Come all you lovers Give your hearts to me Come with your broken dreams and Your ruined fancies Come all you seekers Realize that you can see Find within your deepest longing That all you need is me
Don't know what time it is, I've been up for way too long and I'm too tired to sleep I call my mother on the phone, she wasn't home, and now I'm wondering the street I've been a fool, I've been cruel to myself I've been hanging onto nothing when nothing could be worse than hanging on And something tells me there must be something better than all this I've fallen many times in love and every ti...
Old man, look at my life, I'm a lot like you Old man, take a look at my life, twenty-four and I'm so much more Live alone in a paradise, makes me think of two Love lost at such a cost, give me things that don't get lost Like a coin that won't get tossed, rolling home to you Old man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you I need someone to love me the whole day through Oh, one look in my ey...
This is the sound of one voice One spirit, one voice The sound of one who makes a choice This is the sound of one voice This is the sound of voices two The sound of me singing with you Helping each other to make it through This is the sound of voices two This is the sound of voices three Singing together in harmony Surrendering to the mystery This is the sound of voices three This is the sound...
Come me own one, come me fair one come now unto me Could you fancy a poor sailor lad who has just come from sea You are ragged love and you're dirty love And your clothes smell much of tar So be gone you saucy sailor lad so be gone you Jack Tar If I am ragged love and I'm dirty love and me clothes smell much of tar I have silver in me pocket love, and gold in great store And then when she hear...
There's a light on in your house but you're not home today And each time I come on by you seem so far away Can you give me some reason to hold on Can you give me some reason to stay Got some friends knocking on my door Wondering where I've been Tired of mining for your heart, I've come up for air again Can you give me some reason to hold on Can you give me some reason to stay Stay Now I'm goin...
Take everything that we've had Take it and burn it to the ground Some things were never meant to last Take it down, down, down, take it down I'm still married to it all That ain't no place to hand around My love is fifty feet tall Take it down, down, down, take it down And I've grown accustomed to the way You hurled us into space I'll never make that trip, tears all rusted on my face I'm just ...
Imagine you're a girl on ten mile stilts You travel round the world, taking it all in You'll never touch the ground Is it a blessing or a curse And if you're too high to be found Are you lost or just rehearsed Got a heart that opens clear in this cool September dark It rests on treetop leaves And bursts its little sparks And sometimes it sings its songs And it lets its secrets out Except for o...
Oh all the money that e'er I spent I spent it in good company And all the harm that e'er I've done Alas, it was to none but me And all the harm that e'er I've done Alas, it was to none but me And all I've done for want of wit To memory now I can't recall So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all Oh all the comrades that e'er I've had Are sorry for my going away And all...
The wind howls 'cross the ice floes Send the frozen snow skimming A river on a river hardened over It doesn't know the way it's going Is it north or south or westward It just glides across the shoreline 'til it's over You came for me in fast forward On a claim for something ordered A way through and past the history that held you I'd tell my own story through you Tell it loud to never lose you...
To the man who lost his mind Left home for the last time They found him in the wintertime Looking for something he couldn't find They shipped him way out West Thought they'd put their minds at rest Now they've thrown the key away And there's nothing left to say Waiting for a saviour Show me you're so sad Wipe the tears that you've had Show me you're so sad To the girl who lives next door Wonde...
Firecracker
Hurricanes will come Earthquakes break the walls Oceans rise Empires fall Enter world, light unshown Follow heart, follow home Here we are, light unshown One round heart, one round home Spin the speed of light Tetrahedron blue One last paradise You can make for you Enter world, light unshown Follow heart, follow home Here we are, light unshown One round heart, one round home Faster than a ship...
Oh sweet peace, never have you fallen Never have you fallen upon this town Oh sweet peace, never have you fallen Never have you fallen upon this town The black crows are loaded With the call of things discarded The ribboned shard of battle And everything burned Have they forgotten we live here Do they think that we gave up Lay down and grew over Weeds at every turn Oh sweet peace, never have y...
Hey, maybe the time just wasn't right to hang on When are you gonna learn Sometimes things turn instead of turn out Hey, when are you gonna stand Stop looking over your shoulder Me, with a head full of words And not one useful expression Hey, let go We, with holes in our hearts Were whole at the start Our story began We film ourselves 'til the end Try to suspend our lives in the dark Hey, when...
A is for apple, B is for blind I jumped so fast I left the ground behind You set your sights homeward And you are more than wise It's late night heading into morning You can get used to almost anything Deep sea eyes, porcelain skin Love's sweet nests and their boxing rings It's late night heading into morning Firecracker, firecracker Sparkling in the sky To those of us who saw Looked like the ...
When I hear that trumpet sound I will lay my burdens down I will lay them deep into the ground Then I'll know that I am glory bound I'll be travelling far from home But I won't be looking for to roam I'll be crossing o'er the great divide In a better home soon I will reside Hallelujah When I'm in my resting place I'll look on my mother's face Never more will I have to know All the loneliness t...
These fleeting charms of earth Farewell, your springs of joy are dry My soul now seeks another home A brighter world on high I'm a long time travelling here below I'm a long time travelling away from home I'm a long time travelling here below To lay this body down Farewell kind friends whose tender care Has long engaged my love Your fond embrace I now exchange For better friends above I'm a lo...
When it rains it snows in this prairie town There's a good three inches on the ground It seems I'll be losing any peace I've found I see your face all over this town But I know you're nowhere to be found You're far away, you're safe and sound Far from this prairie town Far from this prairie town So leaving seems the thing to do When I'm here I'm lost in thoughts of you And in my dreams I'm cit...
Think of this heart as an old accident A hardened hit and run Looking ahead but just a little scared To keep all eyes on the road Can you be sure Will this be some good thing Lucky stars to reckon appear again and again Can you believe all that has brought you here You say come on baby let's go ahead and live Who ever knows if love's a sleight of hand Will it hold up to the light And do you ev...
I have come back to you broken take me home And my body bears this trouble take me home Take me back to my beginning Before the hell of night set in And I came to this border take me home I have toured the endless starlight take me home I have shattered under midnight take me home There are no vultures in this clearing Except the ones who brought me here And I'll no longer feed them take me ho...
Oh swallow What did you swallow? You swoop so low You come and you go You flew right in from that ship on the sea Pirate sails on the wind coming for me You wooed me, pursued me You hooked me, you booked me I signed up my name Said I'll be your game You got me, arrow shot me Now come connect the dot me And if you don't want it then free me, I will flee Oh swallow What did you swallow? You swoo...
I held on for so long Dusty quaint old song Things attach with glue Live and die and gone June flowers are so bold On the devil's paintbrush road The devil paints a double life And there I dare not go Live and die and gone Live and die and gone The devil paints a double life Live and die and gone I'm not the cheating kind It snuck from behind Kicked in the door to someday I can't get her off m...
It's been a long time since you saw your home Even those you call the closest Have slipped away somehow Feels like a lifetime you've been on the road With so many miles behind you You'd think you'd have left this world by now You've seen more than they could ever know No matter what they say You've earned the right to be so bold But this life it takes its toll on you Every face around you look...
If all is fair in love and war I haven't seen the score But it can't be either of those And all this time, thought I was in control But fate she held her own Even when I thought I chose Now the coldest day of winter Has made a home of my heart It burns a cold right through me Tearing me apart When did I lose you? It feels like such a crime When did I lose all The reasons for this rhyme So many...
Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House
Where do you go little bird When it snows, when it snows When the world turns to sleep Do you know, do you know Is there something in the wind Breathes a chill in your heart and life in your wings Does it whisper 'start again' Start again Where is the sun in the night Is it cold, is it cold Does it feel left behind All alone, all alone Does it wander through the dark Does it wait for the dawn,...
Hey, maybe the time just wasn't right to hang on When are you gonna learn Sometimes things turn instead of turn out Hey, when are you gonna stand Stop looking over your shoulder Me, with a head full of words And not one useful expression Hey, let go We, with holes in our hearts Were whole at the start Our story began We film ourselves 'til the end Try to suspend our lives in the dark Hey, when...
When I hear that trumpet sound I will lay my burdens down I will lay them deep into the ground Then I'll know that I am glory bound I'll be travelling far from home But I won't be looking for to roam I'll be crossing o'er the great divide In a better home soon I will reside Hallelujah When I'm in my resting place I'll look on my mother's face Never more will I have to know All the loneliness t...
This is the sound of one voice One spirit, one voice The sound of one who makes a choice This is the sound of one voice This is the sound of voices two The sound of me singing with you Helping each other to make it through This is the sound of voices two This is the sound of voices three Singing together in harmony Surrendering to the mystery This is the sound of voices three This is the sound...