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Overture for Samantha
04:12
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Felt the heat of the night when Samantha died
Learned that day that you just can't stop the crying
Saw a lot of things that kids that age don't see
They pretend like a snowstorm's just not there
Lie to the judge to make it seem like they care
And I really gotta know, yeah I gotta know
Tell me, is it easier
Do you feel like you belong
Is it easier
Look around you, nothing's wrong
Tell me, is it easier
Are you feeling love and light
Is it easier
Are there days and are there nights
Tell me, is it easier
To leave the songs unsung
Is it easier
To stay forever young
Seems to me it was meant to be
The sickness on Plymouth Rock
And the American Flag can end up a drag
If you've got 'em on every block
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Carry
04:00
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Lights out
The people here I heard enough about
You old soul
Playing in clubs can't be your real goal
Winter weather
The only reason that we stay together
Air that I breathe
Is thick with smoke that don't agree with me
(Settled in the wings) You call a savior
(Bear it on the stage) For all to see
(Threw away a groove) For all the glory
(Old'll carry new) And you will carry me
It's all gone
Nobody left for you to pile it on
So blame me
I know the choice I made, it's gotta be
Gotta find a way to get out of this place
So I'll wait awhile
Need a friend
You never lift a finger just to walk a mile
And I know
Tell 'em that you're lying, and they don't know what's true
It all comes back to you, to you
(Settled in the wings) You call a savior
(Bear it on the stage) For all to see
(Threw away a groove) For all the glory
(Old'll carry new) And you will carry me
(Settled in the wings) You call a savior
(Bear it on the stage) For all to see
(Threw away a groove) For all the glory
(Old'll carry new) And you will carry me
Yes you will now
Carry me down that highway
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3. |
Sorich Park
03:54
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When I walked into that house you saved
I felt that I could tell a story
Wasn't there when you needed me most
I would play pretend, was a child back then
Now we're at the end
Of the life you knew would pick me up
Set me on the path and shine a light when times were tough
Today, I let go of the walls I left behind
I can see the rolling hills where we laid out together
Though I was too young to remember
Something in the way you describe that time
Some things go up in flames, some things remain the same
You couldn't take the blame
For the life you knew would drag me down
Beat me 'till I fell apart and drive me from this town
Today, I let go of the walls I left behind
Hard to know this was a life worth living
Had to let go of dreams you've forgiven
Must've left the good old days behind, behind
For a life you knew would stay the same
Settle down and be another face without a name
Today, I let go of the walls I left behind
I let go of the walls I left behind
I let go of the walls I left behind
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4. |
Picture Book
04:20
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Feel the heat of your skin like the warmth of the sun
I don't know if it's over or if it's just begun
And I wish these bright colors were as sweet as they seem
But love only comes when it lives in a dream
And then when I wake up they play an old tune
About lovers in the nighttime and cancers in June
And I see an old picture of me and a man
How could I be such a fool to go and think he'd understand
The loneliness I feel
It was dark, I could not see
And you promise that it's real
It's just a picture book to me
Sailed through the world to the course of some arms
Somehow still unaffected by signs and alarms
And you toe the line back to the standard you set
Of only speaking in the silence of an old unfair bet
A bet you had made on the price of a boy
Whose eyes shone like fire, his smile defined joy
To take him to heaven, then rip him away
And he'll remember the year, and the month, and the day
And you can try to pretend that your heart is like stone
But you'll hear it in the wind if you listen alone
The sound of a voice still projecting in pain
And you will hear it in the walls, you'll hear it in the rain
The loneliness I feel
It was dark, I could not see
And you promise it'll come
But it's just a picture book to me
And you can try to pretend that your heart is like stone
But you'll hear it in the wind if you listen alone
The sound of a voice still projecting in pain
And you will hear it in the walls, you'll hear it in the rain
You can handle all the glory, you can handle all the fame
But you'll never get a handle on admitting the blame
For the loss of a life, and the waste of a love
You will hear it from the earth and you will hear it up above
You'll hear it from the river and you'll hear it from the sky
And it'll never stop raining 'till you understand why
You'll be forgiven when the storm has passed and washed you away
And the picture book is written in the cloth and the clay
Feel the heat of your skin like the warmth of the sun
I don't know if it's over or if it's just begun
And I wish these bright colors were as sweet as they seem
But love only comes when it lives in a dream
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5. |
A Funeral in Spring
05:31
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Woke up this morning, and I let myself just think
And I thought about you
There's a million ways for me to break my mind again
For the one that I love
And when I finally gave a moment to the truth
I cried for you
Maybe we'll never see each other again
Maybe we'll never know each other again
Maybe I'll love you, maybe you care for me
Baby there's a world outside and I'm just waiting to see
All the joy I've never felt
This part I remember, I can start but I can't stop
I'm dreaming of you
Maybe if I close my eyes I'll see a different face
But the pain still remains
Maybe you'll never know enough to care
Maybe I'll never feel enough to care
I tell you
I've seen enough of the way it's supposed to be
Don't matter if I love myself if nobody's loving me
I think I'll fall again
I feel my mind grow duller, I feel the arms of sleep
I'm dreaming of you
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6. |
Badger
03:58
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Said goodbye and good luck to my childhood home today
Goodnight can be a real strong word if you know you're goin' away
Drove a while and looked at the upper-class sky
Haven't done that since the last time the jets flew by
Jets flew by
And jets flew
By the way you're always on the phone these days
And I know that you're busy making money
But it feels like we don't communicate
Feels like we don't communicate
Anymore
And you know that I love you, just can't stand the way you are
And you know that they hate you, never got you very far
I just wish you'd give me up
Said goodbye to my youth with a nod and a wink, and I spared a thought for time
Told your brother and your sister that I thought you'd crossed a line
Took one last walk through an old half-acre and I found a fighting tree
Pears and apples waging war for a branch and not a-one of them looked at me
Looked at me
Look at me
Look at me
You must know that I hate you, just can't stand the way you are
And you know that they loved you, and they told you to be a star
And you know that I came crawling back, cause you knew I always would
And you know that now it all comes down, gonna torch this neighborhood
Driving faster through the flames and up through wooded pines
Tumbling down to a mountain town where no-one'll ever find me
I just wish you'd give me up
Give me up
Give me up
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7. |
The Hills Have Eyes
02:32
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I don't know your name but I knew we'd meet
At the foot of a mountain with a deadly peak now
So let me by, I must go free
Far from home, got no place to be
But the hills have eyes
The hills have eyes
The hills have eyes
The hills have eyes
I must know, I must know, I must know, I must
How you kill a man and still earn his trust now
But the hills have eyes
The hills have eyes
The hills have eyes
The hills have eyes
The hills have eyes (I'm climbing)
The hills have eyes (I'm climbing)
The hills have eyes (I'm climbing)
The hills have eyes
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8. |
Appalachia
07:30
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