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Sleep Sound
02:11
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and as we go on this ride that we call life
we can't help dreading and worrying about dying
because it will happen, there's no sense in crying
it will happen, some will go smiling and praising
and singing hallelujah
some will go fighting and kicking and screaming
the fire is burning from the inside out
is there any water to soothe this eternal thirst?
and have we made the right choices?
listened to the voices telling us to do what's right
or have we fallen too far?
i've heard it doesn't matter
i've heard that some
sleep sound
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2. |
To Not Move
01:48
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3. |
Much To Gain
01:44
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tonight i find you in my arms
i just want to see you and open up my heart
there's a lot of pain
there's a lot of gain
tonight you find me in my head
passed out on the bed
i just want to show you that i can rise above
and i've been mending relationships and feeling all the love
there's a lot of hurt
there's a lot of work
she just asked the question "where have you been?"
and i can only think of lies and tell her "about when..."
i know she can smell the alcohol on my skin
i just try to pass it off and tell her "about when..."
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4. |
Over and Over
01:46
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thoughts come and pass
and the painful often steal the attention
the focus, their appeal is often
much to heavy for a heart to conceal
they pull and drag and reel
they linger on and on
too much time has passed
often times repeat the last prayer
that has been said probably one thousand times before
beginning to see some light
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5. |
The Comfort, The Routine
01:58
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where do we go from here?
i'm not too comfortable with how we lead our lives
how opposite and foreign and now we know
and now we go along, so not to be alone
i don't care much for the way you lead your life
you don't care much for the way i lead my life
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break my ribs apart
open me up and see that my heart beats hope
that's one thing i know
i don't know what will happen next
but i know that this heart beats hope
it's what makes me tick
shake off the daily dust
the weight we face each day
take away all things
but not what i believe
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i've been seeing more of you than her and i can't take it
if i could do it all again i'd probably do the same thing
what are the odds?
i've learned of your love for above just like me
together maybe we could help each other learn to love one another
and talk about the Savior and take walks in the Texas trees
discuss the meaning of life and how scared we really are
and toast to another night of coincidental meeting
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8. |
Jesus Did
01:45
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rose above death
in the book of John wept
and beat the end
fed five thousand
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9. |
Call Out Your Name
02:39
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so i'm down, so i'm tired of getting up, of letting up
lay my head down and close my eyes and think back
of how i ended up with a bruised face
a busted hand, a ton of pills and bottles of gin
only making sounds of desperate tears, praying for hope
the only words spoke, i call our Your name and wait
each night ends with an empty glass, a tangled head
so much sin, giving up
oh, the sound of those words each time breathed rings of calm
soothing, everlasting, frightening-steady
now turning to the only that has even given real truth
and hope need to let go
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10. |
Reflections
02:34
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spilled my heart into your hands
you just sat and laughed
when i knew i ran out of luck
that's when i joined the band
with the sky so bright
when i look up above me
i can't help feeling strong
well i wish you would love me no matter what i do
i can't let go of you when i keep up the drugs
and i keep up the drinking
it breaks something in my head
please don't think i'm lying
reflections looking back at me
so much wasted breath
when i don't know what to do
and i don't know where to go
i always seem to end up back at you
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11. |
So Much More
03:09
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the day that you left was the day of my death
my heart stopped beating and lungs with no breath
i've died to tell you do
but i think that you know
your well of forgiveness has run dry
i'm left outside just waiting to die
i've been trying every other door
they all seem to lead to death
i'm hurting so, but i feel like i know
there's so much more than this life
all the tears spilled in your hands
words they mean nothing
you've given me too much
i've asked for forgiveness again and again
but each time a tiny piece of me died in your hope?
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12. |
Remember When You Were?
02:31
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withering away
not even eating
no sleep
not a drop of wine
every moment my heart sinks deeper into my chest
every moment won't move past you
so don't except me to drop my things and run after you
i'll tell you the way this feels
i'd up and leave right now if only you'd ask me
withering away
still not eating
still no sleep
or even a drink or two
still...
I'm living with the comfort from above and i am content
still it would be nice to have by my side like you were once before
remember when you were?
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