"The Iron"
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She feels it move like a feather on a leaf
As her morning fog fumbles for keys
To the universe and world peace
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She sails along these aisles of white
Hear these screams of pain, but it's alright
Florescence gaze upon new life
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To see the iron, to hold the weight
To know the point when it could break
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So she keeps me sane and I'll keep her calm
She's incoming like falling bombs
Her truth explodes, it's never wrong
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To see the iron, to hold the weight
To know the point when it could break
See the iron, hold the weight
Feel the point when it does break
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So be my queen, my only one
But heavy is the crown that rests upon
This one I'm always crying on
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To see the iron, to hold the weight
To know the point when it could break
See the iron, hold the weight.
"Smell The Rose"
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When I see the time go by, the summers and the snows
I think about the lifetimes I've seen come and go
They say the days go by so fast but I feel like they seem to last
Forever when I smell the rose with you
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But when the thorns tear through my skin
I'll bitch about the shape I'm in
And if my blood and tears drip down her
Feed the earth, another flower grows
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I think about my best friend, how she lived a dozen years
knew the hands of joy and love, the teeth of pain and fear
We will see them born and pass in fractions of the time we last
But never miss their chance to smell the air
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But when the thorns tear through my skin
I'll bitch about the shape I'm in
And if my blood and tears drip down her
Feed the earth, another flower grows
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Secrets of the sages will turn to dust among the ages
Craving a distraction will only lead to no reaction
You control your flow of time by living now with open eyes
notice every petal watch it stop.
"Casper"
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So I'm trying to keep from rolling down under
These waves crash down on me like lightning and thunder
I've got my feet on a mountain, my head in the clouds
But my heart's in the ditches babe, when you're not around
My time stays filled with rollin and tumblin'
Smoke til I forget and I drink til I'm stumblin'
I pass through these days like wind through the trees
You'll see how I move, but not when I leave
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Just sit here and burn.
Are you burning too?
Now do you feel me?
Now am I like you?
Am I sheltered? Am I safe?
Am I a prisoner of these days?
The whole damn world feels like I do
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The sun in my face and her hands through my hair
This is the heaven I'll see once I'm there
I hope that I make it, cause right up until then
I'm a ghost left to roam with business to tend
"Signals"
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Sometimes I swear that I'm a ghost and nobody can see me
I shout my pain in perfect time but no-one seems to hear
I keep sending notes in bottles smoking signals to the sky
Sent gold records across the universe just trying to catch your eye
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So if I am here all alone
I might as well sit back and make a place to call my own
And if I do, is that the end?
Or will I keep on reaching out into the night again?
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Perhaps I phased into existence from a galaxy nearby
My home looks just like this one but this world isn't mine
I can tell because the people here look just I do
But they won't clap and they won't dance if they've never heard the tune
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So if I am here all alone
I might as well sit back and make a place to call my own
And if I do, is that the end?
Or will I keep on reaching out into the night again?
"Golden Cup"
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There's a cup on the table, it's golden with jewels
Filled with a promise as hard as those stones
Even at six-foot-three I'm too short to reach it
Though every joker I see's got a cup of their own
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It's got nothing to do with those who deserve it
Nothing to do with who may be the best
'Cause the judges are counting the points in their pockets
And the jury's all hung up on who's better dressed
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I used to think I wasn't old enough
But I've watched children pass and leave me in the dust
So now I'm thinking maybe I'm too old
It's been fifteen years on this path that I chose
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So I rake the blade across another day's harvest
Scrape up my pennies and count favors owed
As I think of the streams where my brothers go fishing
And wonder when is the day when I dip in my toes
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See I used to think I wasn't old enough
But I've watched children pass and leave me in the dust
So now I'm thinking maybe I'm too old
It's been fifteen years on this path that I chose
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When I flip this coin, it's easy to see
My family is healthy, my roof does not leak
I never go hungry, my bills stay payed up
But I still end up thinking about that golden cup.
"Lead Me Home"
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Times get tough but some are good
It don't matter if you grew up on a hill or in the good
It's the way you learn to smile though it's not quite right
Just 'cause you lived to see another hour of the light
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I've been looking for the way without knowing I was on it all along
To see the light of day for what it is... Is like knowing every breath is a song
I've been on the road for oh so long.
I've been on the road for oh so long
I've been on the road for oh so long
Lead me home.
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Pain is made to hurt but it's all relative
To the way that life treats you and just how much you give
Let it be a lesson, don't you ever fear
Give all that you've got to keep what you love most near
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I've been looking for the way without knowing I was on it all along
To see the light of day for what it is... Is like knowing every breath is a song
I've been on the road for oh so long.
I've been on the road for oh so long
I've been on the road for oh so long
Lead me home.
"Whatever You Need"
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Everything in my life is a mess
I haven't got the time to deal with all of this
As I capsize I realize I've wasted my time
So I'll make it right in the morning
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A surprise to me the sun rose again
A day full of new enemies, but maybe new friends
A fight for what's right, a loss to what's wrong
Is surely what I'll see today
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A breath of fresh air or a slap in the face
Whatever you need to see the light
It's alright, It's alright.
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I'll just sit here in my favorite chair
And wait as I watch while my watch turns to stare
A flash of reaction's all I need to shine
Baby just give me a sign
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A breath of fresh air or a slap in the face
Whatever you need to see the light
It's alright, it's alright
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If just once I could lay down my head
With a finished checklist crumpled up by my bed
I'd smile all the while as I'd sleep through my dreams
Knowing that I'd beat the day
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A breath of fresh air or a slap in the face
Whatever you need to see the light
It's alright, it's alright.
"B Side Of A Dream"
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Well I stand at the edge of this cliff flapping with my featherless wings
Eyes aimed at the skies, and I can see the birds start circling
Breaking their beaks just trying to get something to eat
To make it to the end of a day
I hear it ever sweeter there's a struggle in their tunes
They've got melodies with soul left to play
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This is not the song that brought me here
But it's the one to make me stay
Living the B side of this dream
Sure beats staying awake
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I stand here at this ocean kicking with my finless feet
I see the shoulders of giants across the horizon, pushing like plows through the sea
Even a whale has got to come up for air
You can't keep your head down all the time
To sing across the miles of the deep blue water
Just to get a word on the line
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This is not the song that brought me here
But it's the one to make me stay
Living the B side of this dream
Beats the hell out of staying awake
"Alexander (If I Were You)"
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Well I see this might just be the end
The first day of the rest of your time to pretend
That the world's a stage and it's all on fire
Just sit there and burn like a funeral pyre
So all that's left is the smoke in your brain and the next flame to stand in
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So what kind of things might fill your dreams tonight?
Are you flying through the stars or are you out there beneath the lights?
Do you think of where you'll be ten years from now?
I'll bet you never worked that out
I just don't see how you could possibly survive
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If I were you do you know what I'd do?
If I were you I'd get back in school
If I were you do you know where I'd be?
If I were you you know that I'd just leave
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So whadya' think you'll do when you get old?
It's not like you'll keep digging in these bars, panning for gold
Like an orphan in the streets you'll stand
Who could ever love a man
Who only owns guitars? I bet his record never sold
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If I were you do you know what I'd do
If I were you I'd get back in school
If I were you do you know where I'd be
If I were you you know that I'd just...
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But if I were you I'd never know
This joy I hold inside my soul
If I were you I'd never know
This joy I hold, this joy I hold
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If I were you do you know what I'd do?
If I were you, lord if I were you.