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Someone Else's Time
04:50
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i find i'm drowning in a sea of noise, can't hear your voice
although once upon a time i heard you call my name
i was younger then, years before i'd left the shores
i had yet to learn i'm not the captain of my fate
or that every place i've ever seen, i've seen through someone else's eyes
all the things i've ever said, have been on someone else's time
i find i'm dreaming of a time before i was born
when everything we thought we'd need was at our fingertips
we were younger then, yet to know how this would go
i had yet to face the horrors wrought by christian ships
or that every place i've ever been, has been on someone else's dime
all the things i ever said, i said on someone else's time
there was a time when i'd yet to fear the wind
that was before my eyes had seen you at your end
i find i'm haunted by a heavenly host, some holy ghost
although its call is only half-heard on this glassy sea
that cloud of witness is growing dark as i depart
still, this sea of faces never really goes away
every thought i ever had, has been through someone else's mind
everything i've ever seen, i seen through someone else's eyes
every place i've ever been, has been on someone else's dime
all the shit i've ever said, has been on someone else's time
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Help Me Sleep
04:27
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as the fire rips across the skies
and the life drains out from your eyes
it feels like it's all been done before
your skin turns a milky white
the dark clouds over my sight
i just stand there frozen from the fear
i'm left here wondering if hope comes in the morning
oh, pour me another, so it'll help me see, or it'll help me sleep
on and on and on the story goes
as i waited alone by your side
for your family and friends to arrive
i thought i saw your fingers move
a mother draped over your bed
her tears baptized your head
i helped your sister spread the news
on and on and on...
when the good feels like nothing to the bad
just some funny dream we once had
lord, i can't go down this road no more
cause the bench that we're on is red
stained deep in the blood we've shed
is it true? does the story end here?
i'm left here wondering, does hope come in the morning?
oh, touch me mama, so it'll help me see, or it'll help me sleep
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Mistakes I've Made
04:24
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stuck in this room
nobody's calling, got nowhere to go
i take my time
to get this right, gotta move real slow
i feel the burn
sitting in the darkness with the rest of the world
it unbreaks my heart
if only for a moment, everything's good
and my mind goes to a strange place
deep inside the mistakes i've made
and my life moves at a slow pace
but blood still pulses through my veins
my veins
the tides, they turn
nothing lasts forever in this world
it still breaks my heart
but i can hear a voice whisper, "it is good, it is good"
it is good
and my mind goes to a strange place
deep inside the mistakes i've made
and my life moves at a snail's pace
but blood still pulses through my veins
these veins
these veins
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Have No Fear (Lullaby)
03:19
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have no fear, your daddy's here
have no fear, your daddy's here
i hear your cries
i hear your brother sleeping
the stars are all fires, lighting our paths tonight
so just close your eyes
i'll keep you warm and tight now
the stars are on fire
ah, but here's the rub
everything's not always fine dear
you need to watch your step
the snakes, they come out this time of year
i hear your cries
i hear your brother sleeping
the stars are all fires, lighting our paths tonight
so just close your eyes
i'll keep you warm and tight now
the stars are on fire
have no fear, your daddy's here
have no fear, your daddy's here
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Trees
04:27
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every day it's the same old thing
the darkness falls and the darkness wanes
and even worse than the pain once felt
is the boredom that comes in its wake
seconds tick from the wind-up clock
when the tension leaves, the time, it stops
but not at once, no, it slows to a crawl
'til those hands won't reach to the top
i wanna go
to the trees i know
and the seeds i'd sown
so long ago
i just wanna check
if anything has grown
in this time i've been gone
lo! i wanna go home
an aged man's but a paltry thing
a tattered coat hanging by a string
unless soul clap its hands and sing
ain't nothing bids him to wake
i wanna go
to the trees i know
and the seeds i'd sown
so long ago
i just wanna check
if anything has grown
in this time i've been gone
lo! i wanna go home
every day it's the same old thing
the darkness falls and the darkness wanes
all shall be well
and all shall be well
and all manner of thing shall be made well
all
shall
be
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