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You Were All Light
03:39
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Time
Buries its thorns in our side
Double-crossed, lonely and blind
But we held its hands through the night
You
All that you promised was true
Water so deep and so blue
The farthest sun brighter than bright
All this time
Like waves in the heavens
Hang on tight
You were all light
It's true
Sometimes our plans all fall through
Sometimes we play out of tune
Nursing our drinks and our wounds
But we
Stumble through towns pure and free
Lift up the stars through the trees
Like Robin Hood walks on the moon
A chill caught us deep inside
Our bones grew fragile
Still the roads we haunt will rise to meet us
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2. |
How Do We Stay
01:54
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And if we’re gonna start feeling now
Can we feel just like the ocean
With all of its waves?
And if we wanna start breathing now
Can we hold a storm in our lungs
Then blow it away?
All we do is love you
And sing your names out
We pulled the anchor
And kissed you out to sea
Well if we’re gonna start feeling now
Now that you’re out of our reach
How do we stay?
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3. |
So True
05:14
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The city is burning down
One whole block at a time
All the old shops and old folks’ homes
Gone, up in smoke overhead
Gone, turning stars angry red
In miles of old alleyways
All our secrets in piles
Left outside where the dogs can find them
Gone, like they’d never arrived
Gone, like they were never alive
Try to pack up and run
From all lonely places with no lonely traces left
Come walk beside me, come move me and guide me
Come walk beside me, yeah, come please remind me
Of places still clear and blue
Falling down, fell in love, before that was us too
Woke up late in the summertime
Speakers sputtered to life
Something caught between stations now
Gone, let me quick write it down
Gone, feel the flames coming ‘round
Were we so true?
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4. |
Baby It's Still You
03:34
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Hey girl when your phone stopped ringing off the hook
Did you take a little time just to give us a second look?
We’ve been cut loose from somewhere
Till we’re no one from nowhere
Who’s that chasing the days?
Who’s that pulling the reins
When the world’s not slowing down?
Baby, it’s still you
Hey girl when the ground started shaking under you
And the sparks in the hillside then what did you do?
When the streets that we live on
Lead to rooms we don’t know
Wade in the stuff of dreams and we’re golden
Nothing is what it seems but still golden
Wishing you here with me and still golden now
You’re lost and on your own but still golden
So hard to be alone and still golden
The love that broke your heart is still golden now
Baby, it’s still you
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5. |
Words & Signs
02:51
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Did you hear the words?
And did you see the signs?
Wandering through our old town I couldn’t find the rooms
Where we once sang
Did you hear the rain?
On your roof late at night?
Somewhere through the city noise a call is out for you
And just for you
All the lonely souls
That bow like Autumn leaves
Whiskey glows in dusty rooms, I couldn’t stand the light
Without the clouds
I haunt your singing like a ghost
I pray it never ends
All the way home I hear the chorus
Spinning in my head
And hear the words
And see the signs
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6. |
Watch Them Chime
02:38
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Feel the sunshine on our heads
I know we’ll cry it out forever
We’ll tip the whole town into the sea
And watch it rise
We will, I know we will
Feel the Sunshine on our heads
I know we’ll wind the clocks together
We’ll pull the hours apart at the seams
And watch them chime
We will, I know we will
Hearts as light as feathers
Caged and wild and free
And sick of life
But still, I know we will
Feel the sunshine on our heads
We will, I know we will
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7. |
War Is Still Hell
03:05
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Try
Open your eyes
There’s a little life left in you, baby
Try
Waving goodbye
But there’s no way we’re gonna leave you, baby
Do you know the words
That no one has heard?
Hearts are worn when hearts are open
Stitch them up after they’re broken
Light ‘em up when healed and whole but
Do they ever burn?
City streets are floods of violence
Stamp your soul in waters rising
Light ‘em up when cracked and dry but
Do they ever burn?
Hell
War is still hell
We can’t fall much further can we, baby?
Tell
I pray but don’t tell
If there’s how much more and can we take it
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8. |
If It Gets Light
07:42
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Did the current steal your heart away?
Swept like mountains poured into the bay
Falls and shallows leaves and feathers pulled apart but all together
Did the current steal your heart away?
Did you feel the cold on New Year’s Day?
City flavored air in death’s own ray
Traffic transit footsteps heartbeats every path obscured in raw streets
Did you feel the cold on New Year’s Day?
Did you find the dark and long to stay?
Let the streetlights tumble in your wake
Fear the words and fear the stars that bburn right through your curtains drawn
Did you find the dark and long to stay?
Hey if it gets light, then it gets light
Let’s see how the day comes
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9. |
All Our Friends
02:42
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Days
We love you all our days
We call in the early hours
All our friends
We whisper their names aloud
We hold tight as we’re allowed to
Days
We love you all our days
We build our own families and
Our own homes
We ring in your ears at night
We love you with all our might these
Days
We love you all our days
We’re warm in the winter sun and
Sad spring rain
We watch all the flowers bloom
We name them all after you
Days
We love you all our days
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