1. |
Spin
02:18
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v1
explain again to me just what i have to do
to try to make you see things from my point of reference
so turn it up and get lost in this song
chorus
so spin around and tell me that the day ain't over
we got one song on this playlist left to play
flip up and down and let the world just get turned over
as long as it's with you
v2
explain again to me just why you're so confused
and while your world is filling with unanswered questions
just turn it up and get lost in this song
chorus
so sit on down, i'll be the chair at your table
take a rest and i'll be there for you
singing you a song if you would be my mic and cable
and i'd sing it loud for you
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2. |
As Tomorrow Turns
05:17
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v1
up all night, i wait for you, i wait for you, i wait around here
if you’re lost and scared, i’ll wait for you, i’ll wait for you, i’ll wait around here
your timeless soul could never be contained; to another place or time you’ve disappeared.
see, hopelessness is not my favorite game, but for you i’ll wait around for a thousand tomorrows…
chorus
when have you gone? please don't leave us here to fend for ourselves.
how did you go so far alone without turning back home?
please set us free, bring us to the place where wrongs are righted
how could we have been so foolish?
v2
unprepared, you called for me, you called for me, but i wasn’t there--
i left you hangin’ once again
and like a fool, i baited you, i baited you, so cruel and unfair...
just never knew quite how to love your timeless soul
could never be explained; there’s no year or date could ever hold you down
and desperate angst is now the chosen play of my ruined chanced redemption for a thousand yesterdays…
v3
Now, i miss those countless moments, countless highs, and countless chills that warm the core of all i am
i so wish you’d known i would have waited for you, i’ll wait for you, i’m waiting right here--
looking up and reaching out for your timeless soul may well be birthed again,
but it’s just not the same as knowing who you were
and now i wait with only memories, trying to see your face as tomorrow slowly turns to today…
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3. |
Terror & Wonder
03:10
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v1
fifteen miles to the county line
flashing lights and sounds fuel this broken world
in fifteen minutes he'll be out of time
god, please let this endless road somehow bring him back to life
pc
dont let go
dont let go
v2
fifteen years he's blamed himself
blind and wrong, pushing much too strong, and he was
fifteen steps past his limit, babe
now he's fifteen breaths from throwing fifteen years away
pc
dont let go
dont let go
chorus
countless years spent half alive
contemplating to survive
questions fill their desperate bones
the terror & wonder of the unknown
v3
sixteen years, she told herself
pressured by the expectations placed upon her long, brown stare
sixteen times she's bled for help
no one ever seemed to notice till she almost wasnt there
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4. |
Dust
04:12
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v1
do you remember those autumn nights
when mountains of leaves and october breeze would play?
back when the world was cooler, water bluer
long before the fire from the sky came and swept us away...
pc
where were you? we called your name a thousand times
where did you go, and why'd you leave us all behind?
chorus
we're never gonna run away we're gonna stay and fight another day
we're never gonna run away from this mess
we're gonna learn to take the blame for all the bloody shame we caused
through love and hating those who ran away from their mess
we're never ever gonna give up on our chosen play,
we're gonna stick it out and watch the sun break forth slowly
we're never gonna run away we're gonna stay and fight another day
we're never gonna run away
and where were you?
v2
as we wade through the dust of our lives
claiming rubble as treasures of memories gone
we march to the silent, still beat of our hearts
that keep us in unison, carrying on
pc
where are you? did you fight through the fires of judgement to rise again?
where are you, and will you ever return to deliver us?
no.
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5. |
Smile
03:41
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v1
smile for me tonight
show me that you care
even if you fake it
go ahead and hate it
just smile through gritted teeth
shine your light on me
even if it's dimming
this is only the start
pc
it's not because i'm lonely
you're one of few that know me
and knowing that should be enough
cause i want you so badly,
if only you would have me
then maybe things wouldnt suck this much
v2
go on, look at you
and everything you are
maybe it's not perfect,
but maybe you deserve it
come here and look at me
accept all that i am
you have no need to worry
about breaking my heart
pc
see i could pen no chorus
that holds the answer for us,
but i will not lay in defeat
so i offer up these verses
for better or for worse
and pray you'll feel my melody
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6. |
Suddenly
02:59
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v1
ever look back and see that something wild is peeking through and leading you to something unfamiliar again?
ever say the words, 'i wish it turned out different'? well, have you before? or will you, could you, would you if you knew that it's...
chorus
suddenly half as much as two hearts, three bodies, one mind
and suddenly half as bad as leaving one behind
v2
ever just stop and think about life and the wonder it holds - where you've been and why you're going round and round again?
ever feel out of place and pressed to find a reason not to follow better judgement?
take a breathe and think it over, baby
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7. |
The End
02:46
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v1
i dont know, not gonna lie
i havent got a clue of what is waiting for us on the other side of life
all i know's what i believe
and it holds to no religion, faith or creed -
we're all just spinning here
chorus
and at the end of the world
with no one keeping score of broken promises
or unadulterated doubt
it will all be made clear
and there we'll find ourselves compassionate
and all we've e'er denounced, we'll hold dear
cause we're all just spinning here
bridge
just ask yourself 'when will we finally learn that nothing's wrong until we wrong another?'
be it brother, sister, mother - child, open up your heart and see
we're all one family just spinning oh, so desperately upon this rock
we ign'antly claim as our own
bridge 2
look to your left, then to your right
and see that hope only exists in open eyes
and there's no one can ever save us from our wretched, cursed pride
but when we stand with open arms
embracing all that we've become
we'll have finally found a purpose for life...
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8. |
Questions
03:25
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v1
questions in my mind
something left to figure out
i cant think straight
they say 'seek and ye shall find'
i hear it all the time
what do they say about feeling like you're
pc
trapped and dying
wasting away
lost and crying out,
'won't somebody tell me'
chorus
where's the end to all these questions?
when's the start of something good?
why's this take so long?
i'm desperately in need of something
anything to numb this pain
i know, i know it's gotta start with me
v2
questions in my mind
always something left to figure out
they say 'seek and ye shall find'
i hear it all the time
what do they say about
feeling like you're...
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9. |
You'll See
03:36
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v1
i'm trying not to
i'm trying not to feel
trying not to think too much, but it's getting harder
i think about her
about her hair, her laugh, her smile
and the way my heart stops when she calls my name
chorus
but you said i need to work it out
that love is what it's all about
just try and you'll see
that happiness is oh, so easy
v2
i'm trying hard to
i'm trying hard to say
trying hard to speak my mind, but it's unfamiliar
i'm not about to go and throw my life away
please know i'm still open to your suggestions
bridge
no reason for despair
you'll find out what you need to know as you get older
why not open up to love
and trust in what's above
i'm trying, i'm trying
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10. |
Call It What You Will
03:20
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v1
keep on searching
keep on fighting
keep on living, dreaming
keep on moving forward through the shadows of the mind
keep on living, keep on laughing, loving, hoping, wishing
someday you will find a reason why
v2
clouded thoughts,
unclear emotion tempt disaster pending
spinning endless circles in your head
wont let you rest
wrought with heartache
find the answer in the chaos of the silence
of your shallow, breathing breathe
chorus
it's starting again, so call it what you will
you never know where, when, or how
but it's now you're seeing
this time like before,
just pick it up and keep on keeping
what will become of all you've left behind?
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11. |
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[Verse 1]
Conscious and whole -
never expect pragmatic accounts of truth written in underlined woes...
Bend to yourself,
Bend to your fear...
Fnd your way home
[Verse 2]
Bitter and worn -
subconsciously wrong;
questioning aspects of fate presented in asterisk form
Pleading within
Pleading without knowledge of stonewalls truths...
...so you wander alone...
[Chorus]
But baby, dont you let on your faults
Dont you let yourself go without knowing that you could make it
Baby, just believe in your heart
Let it carry you through to a healthier outcome...
[Verse 3]
Envious greed taking control -
permissive defaults of pride lost in tumultuous seas of doubt
Scaring what's right
Scared of the truth
Lost in the need
[Verse 4]
Violent one, show us your heart
Encumbered with pain
Scorn calcified until the day you try to break free the chains,
murder the stone, and set yourself free to journey home...
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