1. |
Another Sad Parade
02:52
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six years a day and I still need more sleep
the bones of my soul stick out; let's hide it
I get that you need the bright side now
but nobody likes an ecofascist
it looks like another sad parade
I'll write you into the annotations
oh, I couldn't be bluer if the sea flowed inside my veins
but it's the same rain as always
tell me a story of majesty and noise
violent gods that lost their shame
don't you go and forget your poise
opening the door to scream your own name
it looks like another sad parade
oh, I couldn't be bluer if the sea flowed inside my veins
but it's the same rain as always
I'll always be this way
it's hard, you know...
I don't want to end up the same way
it's hard, you know...
but I'll make sure we're not the same
so, every time you disrespect me
sure that what you say is true
think about who you've become
think about what you said you wouldn't do
it looks like another sad parade
oh, I couldn't be bluer if the sea flowed inside my veins
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2. |
Heatwave
04:14
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so there you were
and I was looking so very hard
so there you were
a little spark of gracious heart
embarrassing to my eyes in how well you played your part
just your eyes, just your eyes
that's all I ask
but when you give me your eyes
I won't know when to give them back
take my hands, take my hands
I didn't need them anyway
I don't know when to stop asking
I don't know how to keep you trapped
you caught me in the heatwave
oh I was too brave
now we've got nothing left to show
but the story still goes, watch it go, watch it go
I was sickening before you called
and now it's worse
'cause all I wanna do is ride under the sun
tucked safe in your heart, in your arms, in your love
you caught me in the heatwave
and I was too brave
ask me again where the story goes from here
ask me again, but you won't get an answer
you won't ever know because I don't either
just your eyes, just your eyes
that's all I ask
but when you give me your eyes
I won't know when to give them back
take my hands, take my hands
I didn't need them anyway
I don't know when to stop asking
I don't know how to keep you trapped
you caught me in the heatwave
oh I was too brave
now we've got nothing left to show
but the story still goes, watch it go, watch it go
I was sickening before you called
and now it's worse
'cause all I wanna do is ride under the sun
tucked safe in your heart, in your arms, in your love
you caught me in the heatwave
and I was too brave
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3. |
Raveneyes
02:49
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one shall see through raven's eyes
one should heed the calling of the sky
fly over the brown fields and the stony cairns
of the ancient gods that once walked there
fly over hawthorn and over mound
of the little ones that shape the ground
and the thunder cries
and the sky bleeds
and beats on the ground
with horses feet
and the swan dives
and the raven shrieks
for the coming of the marching feet
and they all fall down under falling leaves
one shall break the curse of time
one shall sell their soul for a dime
and one shall bear the burden of the earth
and break the darkness for love of another's mirth
fly like the Children of Lir
fly on from stepmother's sneer
and raise the bodies of the dead from the ground
to hold fast the halls of the suffering crown
one shall fly away and begin it all afresh
one shall be the breath that breathes life into the rest
so fly, fly into the sun, may it always light the road
fly, fly into the sun, heed the calling out to roam
and the thunder cries
and the sky bleeds
and beats on the ground
with horses feet
and the swan dives
and the raven shrieks
for the coming of the marching feet
and they all fall down under falling leaves
one shall see through raven's eyes
one should heed the calling of the sky
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4. |
Whatever Love You Give
04:04
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I'll take it day by day
I'll take it year by year
and if you ask me
"what do you want from me?"
I'll say we're good right here
'cause you... you're the one who saves me
'cause you... you'll always be the first friend I see
oh my dearest, I will wait
for whatever love you give
I'll wait forever and a day
fast asleep in the corners of your mind
I'll wait in the warmth of your kindness
you make me feel like breaking all my rules, but
oh my dearest, don't leave me behind
I'll love you however you choose
this is the best way to go
it can't hurt you: what you don't know
but if you want something
why don't you tell me something
I wish you'd see through my show
'cause you... you're the one who saves me
'cause you... you'll always be the first friend I see
oh my dearest, I will wait
for whatever love you give
I'll wait forever and a day
fast asleep in the corners of your mind
I'll wait in the warmth of your kindness
you make me feel like breaking all my rules, but
oh my dearest, don't leave me behind
I'll love you however you choose
but sometimes I come back to my senses
and I know you'll never look me in the eye
as more than a friend
sometimes I see that you've trapped me
but cages are for animals and that's what you've made me
oh my dearest, I will wait
for whatever love you give
I'll wait forever and a day
fast asleep in the corners of your mind
I'll wait in the warmth of your kindness
you make me feel like breaking all my rules, but
oh my dearest, don't leave me behind
I'll love you however you choose
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5. |
The Well
04:09
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and it comes from the well
a neverending spell
the kind of hurt that you pull to the ground
please never look down
you'll find too much of yourself in the well
and it comes from the well
one endless swell
you never see it 'til it's too close to tell
my voice is ragged
wrap the sun around my veins
if you could robe me in warm waters
soothe the cold from out my chains
I would give you everything
but the well gives no thanks
I would bless you for all my days
but the well will have no praise
an everlasting echo
inside my mind
a black hole at the bottom
of space and time
I'll fall to the ground
and pull you all down
with a sense of all our losses
never to be found
and it comes from the well
one endless swell
you never see it 'til it's too close to tell
my voice is ragged
wrap the sun around my veins
if you could robe me in warm waters
soothe the cold from out my chains
I would bless you for all my days
but the well will have no praise
I would wait for all my days
but the well still holds my chains
in your hands, your eyes, your face
it follows in all my ways
my voice is ragged
wrap the sun around my veins
if you could robe me in warm waters
soothe the cold from out my chains
I would give you all I have
but the well would throw it wide
I would try to make you laugh
but the well swallows laughing eyes
and so I sink into the blue
of a never-ending sigh
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