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Here Lies
03:35
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Here lie the ashes
Of all the fiery crashes
Of everyone to ever rush to love
Past the stop signs and speed bumps
Careening toward the tree trunks
Perched above the edges of the bluff
The splendor in, the tender skin
The long forgotten earthly hymn
The silent theft, the violent breath of life
To just replay the camera lens
To bring it all alive again
To climb inside that speeding car and drive
Here lie the cinders
Of once-ignited tinder
Left to burn until it turned to dust
In the wake of the embers
The aching of December
The chill that turns the healthy heart to stone
A fast ascent, the desperate thrusts
The sweaty stench of teenage lust
The hushed embrace of gushing shapes ignite
To just replay the camera lens
To bring it all alive again
To climb inside that speeding car and drive
Here lies the body
Motionless beside me
A little rough, but close enough to her
The splendor in, the tender skin
The long forgotten earthly hymn
The silent theft, the violent breath of life
To just replay the camera lens
To bring it all alive again
To climb inside that speeding car and drive
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2. |
Half-Life
04:27
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In one moment, it all can break
You pinch yourself, but you’re already awake
With no warning, the sky can crack
And take something, you never can get back
It leaves a hole that can't be filled
But time will let your heart rebuild
The atom bomb, is now just glowing embers
With every dawn, I'm feeling stronger still
But despite the slow decay, it never goes away
The slow, hypnotic, asymptotic slide
Toward letting go
The time passes, in measured steps
Most days are better than the rest
Till one day, it’s a fading scar
So small, but a part of who you are
And though that scar will never heal
The mind distorts and time conceals
[Chorus]
The half-life is a dull knife
With a blade of rusty steel
The memory that's part of me
It never really heals
Every day it's dimming
As the cloud around is thinning
But the pain, it still is stinging
When I sleep
[Chorus]
The once torrential, exponential glide
Toward letting go
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3. |
Bully
04:04
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Bully don't walk away, and leave me here
The feeling of loneliness is worse than fear
You can cut me down to make you tall
You can throw me up against the wall
But please don't walk away before I fall
Bully don't leave me now, I'm on my own
There's nobody here but you, I'm all alone
You can call me names, and take my pride
You can leave me hanging, crucified
But please don't walk away before I die
And I, I don't even know why
I sold my self respect, to buy a lie
Bully, just love me
Bully, just shove me
I wanna feel something true
If no one else will listen, then
It might as well be you
On the road of life I've walked, without a friend
When the hard times come I break, before I bend
I don't need your love, respect or grace
You can laugh or put me in my place
But please don't walk away without a trace
[Chorus]
I can plainly see the sadness in your eyes
Like a mirror when I'm staring into mine
Would you open up and let me in,
Would you let me see beneath your skin
I promise I won't run at what I find
Bully, just love me
Bully, just shove me
Bully, handcuff me
Hover above me
Bully, just touch me
Bully, just clutch me
Gently or, roughly
Make me feel something
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4. |
Same Boat
03:22
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We’re in the same boat
Heading for different shores
Facing each other
Grasping at different oars
We’re cornered in a stalemate
But the sun is down, it’s getting late
I’ve either gotta turn around
Or learn how to swim
We’re in the same boat
Heading for different shores
Should I take a break
Or throw myself overboard?
Do I find another way back home
Or take a leap into the great unknown
I’ve either gotta turn around
Or learn how to swim
We’re in the same boat
Heading for different shores
I’ve chosen my path
And you’ve chosen yours
I look away and dive right in
The frigid water stings my skin
I’m either gonna fade away
Or learn how to swim
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5. |
Flickering Flame
05:16
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In the twilight of summer, you shook like a leaf
And blew to the ground in a pile at my feet
I picked you up, we fell into place
On the park bench in silence, we spoke with no words
You held me like water, to placate your thirst
Your lifeboat, your anchor, your perfect mistake
The white coat of winter, you wore like a veil
Thin as a whisper, but sharp as a nail
The wind on the river is calling your name, with a voice so tame
Be my light, my flickering flame
In the bell tower basement, beneath the cold world
The feelings you'd bunched up so gently unfurled
You held me close, I tried to hold on
The next cloudy morning, you woke in my arms
I made you some coffee, you showed me your scars
And I knew, one day, that I'd be your next
The stray light was running, you touched me and said,
"As young as I was, I felt older back then"
Two parallel lines on an infinite plane, trying to cross in vain
Be my light, my flickering flame
The cascades are thawing, and flowing again
The ice that was frozen is slowly beginning
To move down the river, as it had to be
There's a lake in the country, where dreams go to die
It's flooding the banks where it once had been dry
The petrified spirits are finally free
No flame is eternal, it just takes a drip
No life is forever, it's all just a blip
The ashes were carried on down to the drain by the callous rain
Say goodnight, my flickering flame
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6. |
As I Am
03:42
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When you walk, I stumble
When you talk, I mumble
And when you smile I have to turn away
When you shine, I'm cloudy
When you climb, I'm doubting
That I won't fall before I reach the top
But you don't care, you’re always there
And you take me as I am, you take me as I am
You don't attempt to change me, or rearrange my flaws
When the lightning's flashing
When the waves are crashing
And I feel like a ship that's run aground
There’s a light that's shining
Through the night, you're blinding
You lift me up before I start to drown
But you don't care, you’re always there
And you take me as I am, you take me as I am
You don't attempt to change me, or rearrange my flaws
And you dared to understand
And still you take me as I am
You’ve given me a place, where I can just belong
[Solo]
[Chorus]
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7. |
The Rival Within
04:57
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I spilled out my heart
For you to consume
And there in the dark
The denial, it loomed
You stared at the floor, and tried to ignore
You couldn't believe
A word that I spoke
The truth can deceive
In the absence of hope
The fate that you fear
You pull it so near
Well if you could see
What is hiding beneath
This invisible mask on your skin
Then maybe one day
You could wake up and say
Goodbye to the rival within
The girl in the mirror
A stranger these days
Reflecting your fears
Distorting your face
Alone in the dark, the beauty departs
You won't take a chance
For fear of defeat
For every advance
A thousand retreats
The sheep lost her flock
So she runs to the fox
[Chorus]
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8. |
Shade
03:47
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A summer long ago
A little seed was sown
But a farmer with no shade
The hourglass of time
He watched it slowly climb
While he began to fade
And we, never see
The shade, from our trees
I sat beneath the tree
A canopy of leaves
To block the summer sun
The branches reach so high
Stretching toward the sky
I leaned against the trunk
[Chorus]
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9. |
Beyond the Sky
03:52
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I never meant to say I love you
I never meant to lead you on
But sometimes pride can get the best of me
And drag the rest of me along
We leave behind the stains of battle
We count the dead and grieve the loss
A civil war without a victor
I never really cared about the loss
If there’s a town beyond the sky
Where they greet you by and by
I will stay down here and hide
No, I will never meet you in the light
I found the door that leads to nothing
I crossed the threshold once or twice
But there was nothing in the nothingness
Not just the absence of light
There was a whisper in the shadows
There was writing on the wall
And soon the curtains had been drawn apart
I braced my body for the fall
If there’s a town beyond the sky
Where they greet you by and by
I will stay down here and hide
No, I will never meet you in the light
Please forgive me if I’m broken
It wasn’t you who lit the spark
I’ve glued the pieces back together
As many times as I’ve fallen apart
If there’s a town beyond the sunrise
I hope they let you through the door
But me, I’m walking down the darker road
At least I know what lies in store
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10. |
With No Goodbye
03:30
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The spotlight, was burning like a flame
I was, a body and a name
And all the rest was gone
Trapped like a hermit in a cage
I left the others on the stage
And still the show went on
Take a bow, from the back of the crowd
It’s over now
And I now see
The world turns without me
My shoulders never bore the heavy burden
I was just another person
And the sun rose
Before the age of pharaohs
And after I am gone, another dawn will fill the sky
With no goodbye
I crave the comfort and control
Then chase the rabbit down the hole
And wonder why I’m lost
I build a palace so serene
Then douse it all with gasoline
I light a match and watch
Let it burn, without an ounce of concern
I never learn
[Chorus]
And I’m steering, away from what I’m fearing
But every twist and turn’s a new concern that burns my soul
The rudder’s rusted tight and I’m careening through the night
I let it go and take me where it will
[Chorus]
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11. |
Vanishing Note
04:54
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I was a vanishing note
In the song, that you wrote
Your harmony
Grew far from me and faded
I was the pen to your sword
I completed the chord
You cut me out
I tried to shout, but my voice went
Ooooooh
Why did you edit me out?
Was I playing too loud
Was I off key?
Or was I just repeating?
You could have asked me to change
This was your arrangement
But there wasn’t space
So you erased me, now I go
Ooooooh
If there’s no room for me
In your doomed symphony
I’ll write my own
I’ll find a tone to match with mine
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12. |
The Maze
02:47
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Inside every mind, if you look, you will find
There’s a child who never grew old
Who sings to the trees, like nobody can see
With a fire that never went cold
He looks up to the stars, and the moon, and at Mars
And the endless expanse of the sky
Devoid of all doubt, just a question of how
To climb up to the heavens and fly
But time is advancing
A drip, then a flood
He’s adrift while you’re stuck on the shore
And he sails away to the depths of our brains
And we can’t seem to dream anymore
With the passing of days, we get lost in the maze
That we built out of habit and fear
The longer we run, the more lost we become
As the days disappear into years
When we’re sleeping in bed, the child in our heads
Is reminding us how to break out
But the moment we wake, it just up and escapes
And we’re back to the fear and doubt
But the answer’s inside us, it never did leave
We just never believed it before
Well, I’m done with the maze for the rest of my days
I’m not wasting my dreams anymore
No, I’m not wasting my dreams anymore
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Josh Woodward Ann Arbor, Michigan
You've probably heard my music in a makeup tutorial or a vacuum cleaner review. He/him
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