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Somewhere
04:30
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I’d like us all to consider our relations
Because what we’re doing tonight its always subject to your interpretation
So if we’re doing this right Lets have a goddamn conversation
I didn’t come here to fight But I’ve made peace with what I’m sayin’
I know I don’t belong here but I must belong somewhere
I know there’s something wrong here but I reply
I’ve never changed a person’s mind By insulting their intelligence
No I’ve never shouted someone down and gotten anything but strong defense
Do we want to punish their position Or pull them out of ignorance?
I know I’m as guilty as the rest But now I’m trying something different
I know I don’t belong here but I must belong somewhere
I know there’s something wrong here but I reply
Can w figure out why we draw these lines
Between what is such the same mind
Oh if I could find, conjure or divine
And open up wide a lens to inside
It would feel so right To be seen tonight
I know I don’t belong here but I must belong somewhere
I know there’s something wrong here but I reply
I know I don’t belong here but I must belong somewhere
Now I hear a lot of talk of change but I don’t see that many changing Though colors blend and rearrange the pattern stays, a great rotation
A picture painted black and white That we all know is mostly greyish
Oh you don’t want my insight Alright I’ll just stick to playing
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2. |
Bourbon Bottle Blooms
04:27
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Bourbon bottle blooms
Reminding me of you
So I don’t let ‘em die
I keep that hope alive
Tell me is that abuse?
I don’t think that they’ve thrived
And neither have I
Spending all our lives
In bottle and blight
Because of you
And now I’m getting used
To life at a stronger proof
Just trying to survive
Struggling to strive
With my heart on the loose
Well it all came untied
From this loss and these lies
Spending all my time
In bottles and lines
And lighters too
And if I knew the things we grew would come to leave us
Is the truth if only, would I only
Come to let you down
Or follow thru to make sure nothing came between us?
Though I don’t know if you’d go.
And yeah I’ve heard it too
That you’ve found somebody new
So I won’t even try
All your love’s arrived
I just wish that you’d choose
To turn back the tide
Let it be you and I
Spending all our time
In love and light
Just for two
And if I knew the things we grew would come to leave us
Is the truth if only, would I only
Come to let you down
Or follow thru to make sure nothing came between us?
Though I don’t know if you’d stay, or run away
And if I knew the things we grew would come to leave us
Is the truth if only, would I only
Come to let you down
Or follow thru to make sure nothing came between us?
Though I don’t know if you’d go
Still these
Bourbon bottle blooms
Keep reminding me of you
So I don’t let em die
I keep that hope alive
Don’t you think that’s abuse?
Well I know they don’t thrive
And neither do I
Spending all our lives
In bottle and blight
Because of you
Spending all our lives in bottle and blight because of you.
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3. |
Change
02:56
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I got tired of the skyline
And that commonwealth way
No more of the campfires
And that constant weight
No I got me a plane ride
To that golden state
Gonna leave it all behind
The life that I made
If your worn-out wheels have got too rough
Go on make your mind up and just change
I must admit that it backfired
Or was already too late
It felt more like a landslide
Than a great escape
I got caught up in the wildfires
And my own damn flames
Now I’m left with a long drive
And myself to blame
If your worn-out wheels have got too rough
Go on make your mind up and just change
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4. |
Reconcile
04:41
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If it’s the end for sure
Let’s get some things on the record
Like I want the world to know I love you
I want the world to know I’m yours
So I hitched a ride
To that other side
Where it turns out our lives
Reconcile line by line
Til we’re out of time
And if you knew
Would you choose the truth
Or get lost on the wrong side of life?
Where ever you go
Would the truth show
Thru your eyes?
I can’t decide which state of mind fits with my lifestyle
No all I know for sure
Is they say some ends can be open doors
And I want the world to know I love you
I want the world to know I’m yours
So I hitched a ride
To that other side
Where it turns out our lives
Reconcile line by line
Til we’re out of time
And if you knew
Would you choose the truth
Or get lost on the wrong side of life?
Where ever you go
Would the truth show
Thru your eyes?
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Open Fire
05:04
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I stand on the edge of a great divide
An expanse that’s been furrowed by stubborn pride
Identity cast into left and right
All my blues giving way to their red and white
There’s Liars and cowards on either side
They won’t hear the truth but at least I tried
And their all reaching down for their 45
I don’t speak I just laugh and then open wide
Open wide
Open fire
I kneel at the edge of the southern sky
I ponder how you can take it in stride
Morality cast into wrong and right
all my greys giving way to their black and white
With policy poisoned and polarized
I fear that we’re in for a rougher ride
And their looking for answers from 45
All our hearts torn apart while the children cry
Children die
Open fire
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6. |
The Waterfall
05:22
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Water and salt
That’s all we are
When we come into this blue world
Our path is written almost from birth
We cannot walk
Can’t even talk
And while we wonder what we’ll become
We get caught up in the river’s run
Feel yourself on the edge of it
Rapids rushing that never quit
Trials of life make us who we are
Further downstream of love and loss
Our serene start becomes whitewater
Rapids running towards the slaughter
Fathers, mothers, sons and daughters
All descending towards our maker
The waterfall
Defines us all
To fly or fall
Meaning wrought from the spray and rocks
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