1. |
So Long
05:21
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Fought all your life to reach the end
Paid all the bills and made the rent
Now as your lifeblood fades away
You got what you wanted
No more bills to pay
Working for so long
For some lost dream that’s dead and gone
You got it all wrong
So long
The times that your kids wanted to play
But deadlines and deals got in the way
You spent their first years indisposed
Unable to see the things that mattered most
Working for so long
For some lost dream that’s dead and gone
You got it all wrong
So long
Imagine the life you could have made
By just living brave and unafraid
All of those weeks you wished away
Your dream never came
Your demons blocked the way
Working for so long
For some lost dream that’s dead and gone
You got it all wrong
So long
So long
So long
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2. |
Black and White
03:49
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He tried to live so righteously
Thought he knew what had to be
He heard it straight from the source
And used the book to reinforce
He kept it all in his tiny little box
Where it's all so black and white
He checked the list of what's right and what's wrong
And made his feelings fall in line
He fought the fight carried the weight
Kept visions of the pearly gates
But something called him silently
He listened in and found the key
He kept it all in his tiny little box
Where it's all so black and white
He checked the list of what's right and what's wrong
And made his feelings fall in line
He took the key, opened the lock
He let it all out of that box
He watched it smile and watched it breathe
Saw all the things he couldn't see
He let it out of that tiny little box
Where it's all so black and white
Ripped up the list of what's right and what's wrong
Let his feelings come to life
He let it out of that tiny little box
Where it's all so black and white
Ripped up the list of what's right and what's wrong
Let his feelings come to life
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3. |
Falling Away
03:39
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Six years the world's been turning
It's weight against our own
Trying to hold to something
Years keep falling, years keep falling away
Slowly it's coming undone
The weight of all that's been
You lost another loved one
Years keep falling away
The love I feel is still there
The love I feel is still there
The love I feel is still there
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4. |
Caving In
04:29
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Twenty years he towed the line
Not once did he cave
Making sure the demons stayed away
Diagnosis came on through
Treatment started soon
And medications meant to fight the gloom
Feeling like your world is caving in
Lost control and you can't escape the shape you're in
Even though you feel like giving in
Don't let it win
Floodgates open suddenly
Finally set free
A dark surrender to the powers that be
The world around becomes a haze
Blissfully it fades
Lying numb inside it's sweet embrace
Feeling like your world is caving in
Lost control and you can't escape the shape you're in
Even though you feel like giving in
Don't let it win
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5. |
Caught Up
03:55
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Noon's first light
There's a stranger in her bed
Another blackout Friday night
She makes the coffee
Awkward pleasantries dispensed
Say they'll meet some time again
She likes to say she's never ever falling in love
But she falls every day
Stumbling through life
The drama hits her brain like a drug
Caught up in the mess she makes every day
At the clubs
Every doorman knows her name
Watch her drink away the pain
Last call
Stumbles in another cab
Tells herself it's not so bad
She likes to say she's never ever falling in love
But she falls every day
Stumbling through life
The drama hits her brain like a drug
Caught up in the mess she makes every day
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6. |
The Lord
04:18
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Fires burning in your village
Forcing you to flee
Evil warriors come to pillage
Lord how can this be?
Steal away now and still believe
Trust it's meant to be
Cause the Lord runs the show
And he knows where to go
Marching forward to the battle
Trampling righteously
Crush the heathens steal their cattle
Lord says it must be
Burn their houses, burn their tress
Watch the sinners flee
Cause the Lord runs the show
And he knows where to g
Water flowing from the mountain
Flows down to the sea
That same water like a fountain
Flows through you and me
Open up your heart and see
Let you guard down and be
Cause the Lord runs the show
And he knows where to go
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7. |
Dream Is Lost
04:16
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Slowly it fades away
Edges blur before you know
It's disappeared
We've said all there is to say
Worn out hearts, tired eyes
And dried up tears
I've tried to be everything you wanted
But there's nothing left to be anymore
Just killing time
Every moment dies away
Till there's nothing left to dream anymore
The dream is lost
Letting go and falling deep
The sky grows dark, the fading light
Lulls you to sleep
You tell yourself it's okay
It fizzled out, you didn't want it anyway
I've tried to be everything you wanted
But there's nothing left to be anymore
Just killing time
Every moment dies away
Till there's nothing left to dream anymore
The dream is lost
There's nothing to catch me as I fall
A slow release and then it's gone
The dream is lost
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8. |
My Inner Demon
07:37
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My inner demon
It comes and goes
It comes and goes
It comes out of nowhere
It comes and goes
It comes and goes
Been waiting for
I've been waiting for a sign
Keep waiting for
I keep waiting for a sign
Lost at sea among the waves
Each awful feeling
It comes and goes
It comes and goes
I stare at the ceiling
And watch it come
And watch it go
Been waiting for
I've been waiting for a sign
But it never comes
And I'm left without a line
Lost at sea among the waves
I fight to breathe among the waves
My inner demon
It comes and goes
It comes and goes
I dive down deep
I fall asleep
I find my peace beneath the waves
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9. |
The Cardinal
04:56
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I saw you sitting in a photograph
That polite smile on your face
Above the smile sat your sunken eyes
You handled everything with grace
One wouldn't know it seeing you
But your eyes gave me a clue
And I keep thinking that I'll see you some day soon
And I keep thinking that I'll see you some day soon
I sit there staring at a cardinal
Flying just outside your room
By the feeder as I hold your hand
I know your spirit's leaving soon
I watched the cardinal fly away
On that very last day
And I keep thinking that I'll see you some day soon
And I keep thinking that I'll see you some day soon
Deep inside my heart I know your soul is finally free
But somehow it still seems as if it all was just a dream
And I keep thinking that I'll see you some day soon
Time goes by and memories fade
Months and years slip away
I sit there silent staring at the beach
Watch the crashing of the waves
A cardinal lands down in a tree
It stays a while and then flies free
And I keep thinking that I'll see you some day soon
And I keep thinking that I'll see you some day soon
Deep inside my heart I know your soul is finally free
But somehow it still seems as if it all was just a dream
And I keep thinking that I'll see you some day soon
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Plutinos Denver, Colorado
Music written and performed by Nate Barnes
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