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Dead End
03:35
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I said to myself today
“I woke up in the same way
That I did yesterday”
Said I’m just filling in the spaces
Breathing air within the mazes
That have mapped out my life
Dead ends are signs of defeat
Morbid outlooks, lonesome scenes
Seven years ago, is this where I thought I would be
The crossroads of ends that never meet
Chorus:
I don’t mind missing my own reflection
‘cause I don’t like seeing my imperfections
But if looks are skin deep
Then the scars that cover me aren’t what they seem
I am feeling short on reason
Worn down with each season
As I’ve grown numb to time
Well I’ve heard patience is a virtue
But not if I don’t try to
Leave all I know behind
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2. |
Tomorrow Is Too Late
04:40
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I’m staring at the ceiling
Chasing down a usual lazy afternoon
Just wondering what I have to do
Thoughts hang heavy on my mind
Reminders of an impending doom
And me, a soul tied down too soon
‘Cause life moves too fast and
I feel as though
My legs are too slow
Chorus:
Go with the flow I used to say
You can always find yourself a new day
But what do I do
If tomorrow is too late?
Another day has gone past
The ship has set sail and I’m tied to the mast
Freedom’s fallen out of grasp
Time is never on my side
It seems I barely have a choice to make
Within the course that I’ll soon take
All of my life, I’ve been living inside
This closed shell of mine
So now I’m dying to try
Something new
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3. |
Changing Song
03:33
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Flower, I’m going to move on
There’s a canopy inside me that’s covering my heart
Please don’t think wrongly of me
For feeling as though the color of your petals have faded into dark
There’s only time to blame
Funny how we feel the same
Though everything has changed, yeah everything changed
Chorus:
Leave the curbside pleasantries aside
For I waited through the night alone
And now I’m left with nothing to hide
I opened up my soul to you and I
Found it fitting for this drive away
That I should say, “This time is the last goodbye”
Though the sun itself has turned
It seems easier to learn the path that leads away from here
With the shadows fading fast
Another day will come to greet us and take away our fears
This darkest year will pass
Misery will never last
And we will part our ways to find us better days
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Desire
03:58
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I couldn’t quite place it
The feeling that these faces
Held more than just a pair of pretty eyes
The irony’s inside
A room where men can try to hide
Their empty hearts and ease their troubled minds
Little do they know
That they’re not really far from home
And they’ll just leave here feeling more alone
Much to my surprise
I did not think that I could find
The kindness of a stranger in this night
Chorus:
Desire, she said to me tonight
“Don’t give up without a fight
No one else can tell you what is right”
She said “I wish that I could tell you
All the things that I have been through
But you wouldn’t understand”
She sat down right next to me
Asked me how I was feeling
I said I wasn’t feeling right at all
But after a few songs
Some conversation won’t seem wrong
Let’s talk about how we both don’t belong
In this crazy world
We try so hard to follow rules
We go to school yet we still feel like fools
Many seem to find
That life is never kind enough
To give us purpose with some peace of mind
And so she rose up slowly
Said that she was going
I slipped some twenties to her waiting hand
It's clear she did not know
That she had touched me long ago
In ways she didn't think I'd understand
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5. |
Hope
04:24
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I see day when you see night
Though your face is out of sight
I feel your arms around me here
Don’t you worry, don’t you fret
The sun’s still there after it’s set
Just close your eyes and I’ll appear
Chorus:
So darling don’t give up
We’ll make it through
Let’s show the world how love
Can keep us true
Don’t say goodbye just yet
Say “See you soon”
I sing to you this song of hope
One day this song will guide you home
Have no pity, have no fear
Have my heart to hold your tears
I know that life could seem so hard
But just look up and you will see
The same sky looking down on me
And you will find I’m not so far
And we will find a way
To move along with change
Because that’s what we do
We are the answers to the questions that linger
Our impressions are worthy of memory
We need to believe our love will never stop
We’ve got what it takes
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