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Where I've Been
03:59
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It’s always hard to hear it,
Coming from someone else.
You’re just a broken spirit,
With no chance to mend
Now I know I’m scared, oh,
Now that I know I’m scared as hell.
No, I never once dreamed
That I would someday find,
Why I am stuck in twilight
Some space between both day and night;
But It’s never too late to know
No It’s never too late to know your place
What a thing to achieve,
Yet, I still can’t believe
That this is where I’ve been.
Now I don’t want to cross that line again.
This whole time I was thinking
That I had loved you wrong,
I had been singing words to
An entirely different song.
But it’s never too late to know
No, It’s never too late to know your place.
What a thing to achieve ,
Yet, I still can’t believe,
It’s so hard to conceive
But that won’t change a thing,
Cause this is where I’ve been.
Now I don’t want to cross that line again.
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2. |
Even Split
01:49
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It’s a balancing act,
Feeling that I’m right and
Thinking that I’m wrong.
As a matter of fact,
My head can see the light
But heart won’t play along.
Oh, I’m an even split
Right down the middle.
Oh no, I’m an even split.
It’s a balancing act
Hating when I’m here and
Loving when I’m gone.
Will we leave in tact,
When every word we sing
Is from another song?
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3. |
Behind the Clouds
04:20
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I’ve been living in the night,
I never knew if it was right,
But now I’m learning the truth.
I only see in black and white,
For all these years it’s been alright,
But oh my god, what do I do
Now that the sun is shinin’ through
It’s castin’ daylight in my room
But all that brightness brings is doubts.
I don’t really want to,
But I might just stay behind the clouds.
Until I stared loving you,
I never knew what I could do,
But now I’d like to go back.
It was only me that I made blue,
I don’t really want the same for you,
Cause that’s no way to make this last,
Now I could attach myself to some grand idea,
Picture the dream and make it real,
But all that wishful thinking’s too loud.
No, I don’t really want to,
But I might just stay behind the clouds.
I’ll continue forth with the same sad song
For you, pretend there’s nothings wrong;
Don’t feel so bad that’s how it’s always been.
I don’t want to break my hand again,
Break your heart or lose my friend,
But from where I stand, I see no end.
I guess I’ll just keep crossing that same old line again.
For now I’ll just keep crossing that same old line.
Is there nothing I can do
To make it easy loving you?
If nothing else just that.
Please excuse me for my tenderness
I’m really trying to do my best,
And how I’ve been, no I’m not proud.
I’ve hurt you bad I must confess
You deserve much more and nothing less,
I’d hate to admit I don’t know how.
So I don’t really want to,
But I might just stay behind the clouds.
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4. |
Clearing the Air
04:23
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Let me tell you I was twelve years old,
You wandered over said, “why are you all alone?”
I said that I don’t know myself.
I must’ve scared you half to death.
I had no clue, that was the truth;
We were kids and rightfully confused.
There’s nothing I can do about that now
But start clearing the air,
Just so you know what it was all about.
Now at sixteen I learned of love,
I always cried and you were tough.
I said “sometimes this happens to me.”
You said, “it’s probably best you would leave.”
I shouldn’t have been so hard on you,
You’d been battling your own heart too.
There’s nothing I can do about that now
But start clearing the air,
Just so you know what it was all about.
You saved my life that summer through,
The sky glowed orange but you were so blue.
That’s why you said, “this just won’t last,
But let’s hold hands and watch it pass.”
The sunset cleared and all I shared was blame.
You carried so much guilt after that day.
Now all that I can do about that now,
Is start clearing the air,
Just so you know what it was all about.
I don’t remember much of you,
It was a cold dark twenty two.
The way I always had your trust,
Kept my mouth shut and fucked it all up.
I never told you thank you at all,
I hid my heart and then I watched you fall.
Now all I want to do right now
Is start clearing the air,
Just so you know what it was all about.
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5. |
What May Come
05:03
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I’m going to brush off the dust from my timid heart,
Take us both back to that naive start;
To the smoke filled sky out under the moonlit night.
Back when things were not so hard,
When our future seemed so damn far.
But we’re here now, is it what we thought it would be like?
No, I don’t know what this life is about.
What I can tell you is I truly doubt
That’s it’s looking back and wishing we were there.
Cause photos always seem so bright
But only cause we had our sights
On the here and now without any care of what might be coming our way:
What may come may come, and that’s okay.
We can wish for who we once were,
But I don’t think those kids were sure
That love would be work or what that even means.
This roads been long and oh, so rough,
We’re learning but its so damn tough
To rewrite the pages of our own broken histories.
Maybe it’s time we accept
That this time thing just ain’t our friend;
The past will hurt us even when it’s good.
Now, I suggest we make a pact
That each time we gaze too far back
We understand it’s probably misunderstood.
Let’s find our peace in the way we are,
See the game and play our cards;
Surprises and all, our love ain’t black and white, it’s somewhere in the grey.
What may come may come, and that’s okay.
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6. |
On My Feet Again
03:14
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I’ve got my mind set, theres no making it up;
Theres no faking this love if it ain’t there.
You’ve got to ask yourself is it worth it or not
To sit around and put up with my shit again
And again and again,
Until I’m back up on my feet again
I’m just a work in progress with some ways to be done,
Hoping for that sun to some day rise.
But you can’t just wait around until I finally look up
See the stars are above your own head too.
It ain’t fair for you to wait
Until I’m back up on my feet again.
Ooh baby, its time; you think you’ve got it on your side.
It’s just a matter to define exactly when I cross that line
That divides what I love or hate.
You’ve gone through so much rain it washed away who you were.
It’s pushed you so far you're at the edge.
You may just stay inside, never come out again
Til’ you’re sure the storms end,
But that’s only when
I get back up on my feet again.
’Til I get back up on my feet again.
Until I’m back up on my feet.
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7. |
The Line
05:22
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I’ve been reading my books, trying to tend to my lows,
Teach them to relax and go with the flow,
But I’m filled to the top and there’s no room to grow
When I’m under the water.
I’ll follow my thoughts and watch where they float.
Will they lead me to you? No, I can never know.
So how could you be sure if I’ll stay or I’ll go;
I’m hardly a partner.
It makes it that much harder to admit,
I know I love you then my mind just questions it, all of the time.
No, I won’t deny: my heart is on the line.
The game that we play has changed quite a bit;
We’re responsible now for a real little kid.
Gotta teach her to breathe, I don’t want her to hit
Just like her father.
And maybe by spring I will learn how to sit,
Instead of standing my ground and throwing our shit.
But the puzzles still broke and the pieces don’t fit,
So why should I bother ?
And then you ask me if I’m gonna quit.
I know I’m guilty and I know I’m innocent, every time.
No, I won’t deny: my heart is on the line.
And as for the line, I’m sure I’ll cross it again.
If that becomes too much we can always be friends;
Grab coffee and lunch, and ask how you’ve been
Then hug one another.
But maybe, if you don’t yet want to quit
We could get ourselves together, we might make it;
You could be mine, for all time:
If our heart is on the line.
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8. |
Twisted Words
03:50
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Twisted words, line by line;
Honesty’s the story that I tell.
Bold faced lies, time after time;
How would I know if I need help,
If I can’t trust myself?
Maybe, from now on
I’ll just put my trust in you.
From now on,
I’ll just put my trust in you.
Twisted words, all this time;
How did I do this to myself?
No, I can’t trust myself.
And so, from now on
I’ll just put my trust in you.
From now on,
I’ll just put my trust in you.
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9. |
Teach Me
02:53
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It’s been a awhile since you’ve moved around our place,
With a smile on your face, and I’ll take the blame.
Close to the mark is such a hard place to be.
But I can be the partner that you need, give me a second chance.
Please, teach me to dance.
I want to move like you,
I want to be next to you,
I want to get close you,
I want to get the ending right,
But I don’t know what to do.
Teach me to dance,
Then I can dance with you.
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10. |
Upswing
05:15
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It opened with a door swing, my eyes were cleared so fast.
You stood there in that moment, but forever it would last.
I’d seen you once before then; a bird under the lights,
I was mesmerized by fate and had not been until that night.
At least as far I can see that was the dawn of change.
For better or for worse, my love won’t disappear
It just gets rearranged
The first week was triumphant; the sounding of the horns.
The moon glowed deepened orange, like a rose without its thorns.
I kissed you for both of us we, both felt it was right.
We kissed again on the ride down and then we said goodnight .
Our love sat in the darkness, the light buried below
A wall of untouched sorrows that we didn’t know
We soon would come to show.
The autumn blew its winds then and the candles had been lit.
The home grew from beneath us, at the summit we did sit.
Our future blossomed, then it froze in the winter of my life.
I’d broken all the promises, I’d planted seeds of strife.
Mistakes of false abandon howled deep inside my bones.
June abruptly ended with each push a cry
Please don’t leave me, alone.
Now, I don’t trust my vision no one person could know
The truth from every angle, scatters randomly like snow.
But a brilliant glowing figure just lit up in the street.
His hand was out in front of him, there was nothing at his feet.
Now I’m in the upswing, I know what I must do:
I have got to work to find and give back
All the love I took from you.
Through every broken sentence, you always heard my voice.
You saw the pleading child you held his hand by choice.
I know you’ve got a child too, I want her to be seen.
Held and loved for what she’s worth: something to be believed.
I will vow to kiss her head and hold her little hand,
Promise and assure her that I will be there
To be her closest friend.
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