1. |
Fright
03:14
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I feel such fright
Every night
That you’re gone
When I come home
The floor creeks
I’m alone
With the night
I live in the night
Since you went away
Kids don’t play
Piano’s don’t ring
Choirs can’t sing
Songs of love
And happiness
The notes don’t sound
The lost aren’t found
The drowning drown
Choking on tears
From broken
Hearts abandoned
With life’s regrets
I am consumed
With the sickness
Of our love
I live in one dark room
Breathe the scent
Of some shirt
You left behind
You left me behind
Since you went away
Kids don’t play
Piano’s don’t ring
Choirs can’t sing
Songs of love
And happiness
The notes don’t sound
The lost aren’t found
The drowning drown
Choking on tears
From broken
Hearts abandoned
With life’s regrets
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2. |
My Favorite Things
02:15
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3. |
Red, yellow, brown
02:58
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Red, yellow, brown
Blanket on the ground
Red, yellow, brown
Covering the ground
Red, yellow, brown
Blanket on the ground
Red, yellow, brown
Cold wind blowing
Through the bare boned trees
Cold wind cuts
Gonna tear through me
Grey sky tells
About a coming storm
Nature has a way
Of giving out a warning
The way we die
is a lonely thing
Falling slowly
Like the leaves
To the ground, received
Little boy lying
In the sun by the stream
Cold water gliding
Got a head full of dreams
Never once thinking
"This has got to end,
Gonna bury my parents,
All my loves,
All my friends."
The way we die
is a lonely thing
Falling slowly
Like the leaves
To the ground, received
Red, yellow, brown
Blanket on the ground
Red, yellow, brown
Covering the ground
Red, yellow, brown
Blanket on the ground
Red, yellow, brown
Cold wind blowing
Through the bare boned trees
Cold wind cuts
Gonna tear through me
Grey sky tells
About a coming storm
Nature has a way
Of giving out a warning
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4. |
Gifts
03:25
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One day you’ll skip a stone
The next you’ll swim the lake
Dark waters, cold and blue
Not so cold you can’t take
You’ll read a book aloud
Laugh hard till you can’t cry
Smile till your red cheeks hurt
Feel bad for telling a lie
Instrumental break
Smile your smile when they say cheese
Learn how to swing a swing
Pick your scab until it bleeds
Feels shy when the cute girl speaks
Walk ahead when you’re with your mom
Sing along when we sing our songs
Sing your own when they start to come
Find the songs that are yours alone
Instrumental break
In the nights you’ll lay awake
Think thoughts of love and pain
Sings songs of lover’s blues
Regret the days that don’t remain
I hope to give you gifts
That money never buys
I hope you grow and think and sow
Seeds of a happy life
I hope to give you gifts
That money never buys
I hope you grow and think and sow
Seeds of a happy life
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Ah the air
Breathed by the free
is a treasure to be proud of
Ah the blues
of the skies and the seas
I can hardly recollect now
Once you pull the trigger
you can't go back
to a past that you'd be safe in
No, now, you live in the future
With the dangers you created
Oh, Oh
I clearly remember
The hue of your blue eyes
I still feel tender
When I think of your lullabies
But there ain't no one to sing
a song of love to me
No, now, life is lived
Among the dead and the diseased
Oh. Oh
Oh, how I regret
The ignorance of my youth now
My, how I lacked
Some vision of the truth
I read no books
I sought no school
To fill my mind with brains
Instead I stalked the streets
To sooth my rage and pain
Oh, Oh
Long ago your mama said
"Your daddy's gone away now.
He's done some things he can't take back
and time is how he pays"
She told me of your weeping
and the gnashing of your teeth
she spoke of the darkened silence
and the suffering of your weeks
Oh, oh
Time wakes me in the morning
with a kiss
Minutes caress me
And remind me of all I've missed
In the jumble of feelings
that I push down in my soul
A love tries to burn so brightly
For my son, my wife, alone
Oh, Oh
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6. |
Bundle
02:56
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Rebbecca found a little baby
Bundled up, safely on some shore
Looking left to right, there was no one to be seen
Just the lapping of the waves
And the cries. The cries.
He flashed a toothless, gummy smile
And she saw herself, reflected in his brown eyes
Rebbecca's mind spun blankly
The tide was out
The wet sand soaking up the sun
Her knees cracked as she knelt down
And again as they stood
He flashed a toothless, gummy smile
And she saw herself, reflected in his brown eyes
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7. |
Ghost
03:54
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