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Verse 1
It is raining in the south
taste of oil in my mouth
been smellin it for days
and the tide is cashing in
all that dirt we’re diggin in
we wagered in a craze

prechorus:
and the puddle gets bigger
not little by little
i’m telling you it grows
and the sea gets thicker
and your heart beats quicker
and everybody knows
everybody knows

chorus:
that there is one patch of sky
the needle of its eye
you only see it when it rains
and there’s a single spot of sea
touched the greed of you and me
you only see it cuz it’s gone

postchorus:
and the birds of a feather
they’re all stuck together
they can’t fly away
you say it’s not here in my way
i can go about my day
it’ll all be okay
if it’s not here in my mind
i can leave it far behind

verse 2:
now the clouds are rollin in
let the hurricane begin
d...

Suffering and alive
This mind of mine always feels so heavy
Suffering and alive
This mind of mine it is so empty
Searching for a life
Or a line to walk through
To find something real
That feels just like this mind of sorrow

Suffering and alive
This world of mine sometimes seems so hollow
Created to abide
Not given a mouth but still asked to swallow
And you could swallow all the lies,
Let them take you by surprise
Or climb upon the clouds and
Wait for your sun to rise
You could stampede all the earth
Just to wind up in the dirt
Or fall asleep again and again and again
You are dreaming But like the sun
You are gleaming

And I cry
I’m alive
I can’t hide
I’m alive

You could foresee all the lies
From the twinkle in your eye
You could ride out and meet t
The formidable fleet
You could stand up an...

Hollow, haunted river full of mud
Where the beat of the sunlight beats out your blood
The grass breaths steam and the ground sinks low
There are those who still remember we must heed the flow

Filthy, dirty waters keep our deathly stink
And ferry it to those who have no relief
Pity was not born of me take my shit to the sea
Never to return again until it rains down on me

Well, life is full of the unexpected, the unwanted
But to the river none is left behind

Chorus
So where’s it going
Where’s it growing
Where’s it been?
Towards the end, my friend
Where we’ll all be swallowed, chewed and spit out again

Hey, where’s it going
where’s it growing
where’s it been?
Towards the end, my friend
Where no matter who you are we’ll all be children once again

Suffice it to say I could bury you today
For wh...

you’ve gotta story to tell,
why don’t you tell it?
it could have wings,
you’d only have to speak it to see
the world is waiting to turn, you’re in it
but you just can’t help
but make it all about you

do you think you know what you want
but cannot have it?
know who you are,
but don’t really like what you see?
well you can take what you need or leave it
if you can’t make up your mind just
shut up and sing
chorus

everyone’s got a reason
to fear the future;
afraid to die,
we go out of our way not to live
now you could get a good
handle on tomorrow
but sometimes life just
writes the song without you

you tell them
you’d rather not be in the picture
you come to the show,
but don’t ever stay very long
you want the whole world
to think you’re special,
but when you’re lost
in your own lies just
shut...

My best friend told me to let her be
she’d rather sit under that old wishing tree
and wish her way back to the stars
but those stars aren’t ours-they’re just candy bars

And a friend’s a friend til you get too close
and you find what really matters most
and what matters most ain’t a fool like me
when you can run on back to your wishing tree

Chorus:
But don’t take me back to the wishing tree
don’t take me back that’s enough for me
why don’t you give me a reason to stick around
or take me back to where I was found

And a good friend told me about her fears
she said we could heal the world with tears
all I had to give her was all I had
and then her pain wouldn’t feel so bad

And a friend’s a friend til you get too close
and you find what really matters most
and what matters most ain’t your stupi...

Would you use my words if you thought they were wise?
Could you tell the truth from a lie?
Touching the hidden, the unforgiven
Show me the place where life meets the living

Would you take my heart if you thought it could fly?
Could you tell the earth from the sky?
Touching the hidden, the unforgiven
Show me the place where life meets the living

I am nothing but the silence that sits on the water
I am naught but stillness of birds
I am nothing but the sadness of my father
I am silent though I speak beyond words

Verse 1:
Did you see me on the windswept prairie
I was there waiting for the storm
Did you see me in the frozen forest
I was there trying to stay warm
and didn’t you see me in the barren desert
with a wish for the sinking sand
didn’t we come to this lonely mountain
with a voice from the singing lands?

Verse 2:
Did you notice that this world is crumbling,
dirty and defined
Did you notice that this world was written
by the architects of time
and didn’t you know we are only matter
and it’s only a matter of mind
didn’t we hold all the gold and riches
that your beauty ever finds?

Chorus:
Tell me the story of your life
is it a labyrinth to unwind
if we go in it will we find
the beast, the burdens and the feast
and all the lessons of your life
the arc of love and strife
and the reason?

Verse 3:
D...

Tell me have you heard the people say
to meet the dawn you must survive the day
everybody has a part to play

tired and broken and your mind is numb
lost the battle but you’re holding on
that’s the time you gotta sing this song

we walk upon the water
the only way we ever survive
we walk upon the water
it’s how we change to stay alive
now the temperature is rising
but we’re not in it baby just to get by
we walk upon the water
anything, anything is possible

even when you think you stand alone
something in you knows the time has come
to live the truth of times long gone

we walk upon the water
the only way we ever survive
we walk upon the water
the way we change to stay alive
now the temperature is rising
but we’re not in it baby just to get by
we walk upon the water
anything can happen if you
...

We were warriors, once
Stepping back over love’s creation
Raising our swords with anticipation
We defended the notion of separation

We were warriors, once
Burning the sea into a boil
Bleeding our pain down through the soil
And we prided ourselves for withstanding toil

Our hair turned white and our eyes turned grey
Could there be another way?

We are warriors, now
Moved the battlefield to our souls
Lost and lonely is all we know
And we pray for salvation but we’re getting old

We are warriors, now
Can’t stop our wartorn arms from killin
Can’t build a better world for our children
And we cry every day but we won’t admit it

Our hair is white and our eyes are grey
Could there be another way?

We were warriors, once
We are warriors, now
And we’ll be warriors still if our love keeps on hiding
We’ll...

I don’t need to fight for freedom
Freedom is a right from birth
I have no need to fight for money
A dollar don’t define your worth

See i want peace for my body
Peace of mind
Peace for my soul
Peace for humankind

I don’t want to fight for justice
I’ll take it from an open hand
I don’t have to fight for power
I’d rather sit to take my stand

And i want peace for the seers
Peace for the blind
Peace for the seekers
Peace for humankind

Chorus
But we go at
Everything with a wrecking ball
Let’s all go down, tear the wall down, tear it on down

I don’t want to fight for water
Abundance flows right from the sky
I don’t need to fight for shelter
Where the ground is soft and trees grow high

I don’t need to fight for knowledge
Wisdom seeds have long been sown
I’m not afraid to walk this journey
See I co...