1. |
Echo Hymn (Intro)
02:08
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2. |
Embers
04:24
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Fight or flight, I choose to run
composure instantly undone
I catch my breath, but it's too small
I breathe again, I breathe in all
and everything we ever shared
I stand with all my secrets bared
but walk alone into the night
for you were all, the greatest light
Though the fire has died,
And the ash, it subsides,
The embers stay burning for you.
Clocks they always seem to lie
on minute hands you can't rely
but heartbeats always tell the truth
they race at just the thought of you
the same way that they always have
shy of hopeful, never sad
but always wondering, always afraid
that you forgot just what we made
Though the fire has died,
and the ash, it subsides,
the embers stay burning for you.
And if they die, I'll still remember
if they die, I'll still remember
if they die, I'll still remember you
Though the fire has died,
and the ash, it subsides,
the embers stay burning for you
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3. |
Deep In the Earth
04:05
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Excuse me for a minute
'Cause this won't be brief
I've been hiding these words
under my tongue, protected
by the walls of my yellow-stained teeth.
They've festered and broken
and they've rearranged
They've misspelled themselves
and now they're leaking out of my
brain ~~~~~
They say ashes to ashes
and dust to dust
but my heart's made of metal
and the clasp's rusted shut
'cause you left it out in the
rain
But if these are the last breaths
I'm breathing on earth
then I pray to God
you remember me when
my body is deep in the earth
[Whoa, Whoa]
My back's ached for years
carrying my heavy heart
it beats itself silly
and pounds through the dark
sustaining the life that lives within
And yet was so desperate
to beat in time
it rang in your rhythm
and mimicked your
rhyme
You can't blame it for trying
or clinging to love
but love's left my soul
and I've forgotten love
and what's left is your smoky silhouette
But if these are the last breaths
I'm breathing on earth
then I pray to God
you remember me
when my body is deep in the earth.
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4. |
Creatures
05:24
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Well I've lived a short life
Not a lot of things that I've seen
But in that short life
A lot of things that I've been
I've been a daughter
and a sister too
I've been in trouble
And I've been in love with you
And we are all just creatures, baby.
Fumbling towards the light
And I'm crawling on my knees now, baby
Won't you make my heart alright?
Won't you make my heart alright?
Well there is an old house
that I think about sometimes
with creaky floorboards
and height marks of a outgrown child
And it burnt down sometime ago
or so it would seem
and I still see it's dying colors
in the autumn leaves
And we are all just creatures, baby
Longing to be free
And if we're all just creatures, baby
Won't you give my heart to me?
Won't you give your heart to me?
Well used to swim the river
once or twice every year
but I found out that the river
It was often insincere
So now I dip my toes in
Still hoping to get wet
But without my whole body
My fate, it has been set
And we are all just creatures, baby
grounded by our fear
And if you're scared of love, now baby
You'll know only loneliness and tears.
Only loneliness and tears.
And I may only be a creature
but I'm still fumbling towards the light.
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5. |
Wolves
03:55
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In the morning
I'll be waking
I'll be rising with the sun
I'll be gearing for the road
to leave this world
and run
I'm no longer speaking
'cause the perfect words
I always lacked
In the morning
I'll be running
and never coming back
I'm not waiting
for the wolves to take my body
I'm not waiting for the wolves
I'm not waiting
for the wolves to rip my heart out
I'm not waiting for the wolves
In the evening
I'll be resting
warmed by the autumn harvest moon
I'll be curing
my disease
'cause to you I'm now immune
Searching
for a reason
'cause one never did appear
In the evening
I'll be resting
dreaming of another year
I'm not waiting
for the wolves to take my body
I'm not waiting for the wolves
I'm not waiting
for the wolves to rip my heart out
I'm not waiting for the wolves
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6. |
By Morning
04:09
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The forest is dark
and I'm wide awake
not sleeping
The road to my heart
is stark
but I'm alive
Which way would you run
If you were looking
through my glass eyes?
Or would your clean skin
leave you
paralyzed?
And baby
I was born
to daylight
With twilight
tangled in
the sky
And as I
escape
and take flight
I am running free
of all those
tangled wires
And I'll be home
by morning.
And the morning light
will warm
my tired bones
I'll run
through the trees
and through the forest
and in morning,
by morning
I'll be home.
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7. |
A Love Letter
03:47
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Dear old tree in my front yard
thank you for your shade
your leaves are speckled with streaming rays of sun
and I love the rustling noise they make
The swing on your branch
is my favorite spot
And I'm sorry for the steps we nailed
into your bark
I'll love you forever
yes, I'll love you still
I'll love you more than any man
Oh, I promise that I will.
Dear old chickens that wander through my yard
Thank you for the eggs that you have laid
Oh their blue/green shells are speckled with dirt
but I love the cracking sound they make
While chasing you is something
I admit I've done a lot
I could never steam or fry you
or put you in a pot
Yes, I'll love you forever
Yes, I'll love you still
Oh, I'll love you more than any man
Oh, I promise that I will.
Dear old house that I grew up in
I miss you when I'm gone
The dog hair on my sofa
and the light through my window at dawn
While I know at times it seems that I am
far away
I'll be home for thanksgiving
and on christmas day
Yes, I'll love you forever
Yes, I'll love you still
Oh, I'll love you more than any man
Oh, forever I will.
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8. |
Kids Like Us
04:02
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9. |
Satellite
07:10
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Steady as a rock,
I stand, I wait
With eyes that see,
but eyes that can't erase
and hands that hold,
but hands that can't embrace;
a creature longing for some saving grace.
Oh and I have long since
seen the sun
it set along the banks
when I was young
Oh, and it's been long
since you've been near,
but fate was never kind to us, my dear.
So send me out to space
and cut me free
and like a satellite
just look for me
oh and if there's darkness
in your sight
I'll be in the corner of the night
We live
We grow
We die
It snows
The ro-
tation
The earth
The sun
We write
We read
We love
We need
We need
We need
We need
I need
I need
I need
I need
I need
So send me into space
and cut me free
and like a satellite
just look for me
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10. |
You (Embers Reprise)
01:49
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You
Only You
Though the fire has died
And the ash it subsides
The embers
Stay burning for you
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