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1. |
M.F.B
03:34
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Can't stand up for falling down
watch it all burn to the ground
out of place and out of reach
swallowed up by your deceit
landlocked penniless
and falling all the time
disgusted by the side that
left you all behind
where you going?
Where you going?
When we're falling
it's just not the same
your gunshots firing
safely out of range
pillars crumbling
and your mind ablaze
they can't pack their bags
they can't look away
Can't wake up for laying down
your feet are anchored to the ground
imagine if you could just find
the courage that you left behind
your bruised egos
and the stories that you shared
torn to pieces or just skewed
beyond repair
where you going?
Where you going?
When we're falling
it's just not the same
your gunshots firing
safely out of range
pillars crumbling
and your mind ablaze
they can't pack their bags
they can't look away
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2. |
Three Chords in my Hand
03:39
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I'll die with these
Three chords in my hand
I've tried many times
But i don't understand
Pushing yourself
Out on the ledge
Then pulling yourself
Back from the edge
You sleep with your eyes wide shut
As I go to sleep and dream of a lie
You go to sleep with your eyes wide shut
And I'm dreaming of the time that I
Fall back to you
My chords are all broken
Twisted in doubt
I whispered my plans
When i meant to shout
We've been left behind
In races we've learned
A part of a plan
For the bridges we burned
You sleep with your eyes wide shut
As I go to sleep and dream of a lie
you go to sleep with your eyes wide shut
And I'm dreaming of the time that I
Fall back to you
My chords are all broken
Twisted in doubt
I made up my plans
And then began to shout
Trace your echo
Back to its call
There's no one there
You stumble and fall
You sleep with your eyes wide shut
As I go to sleep and dream of a lie
you go to sleep with your eyes wide shut
And I'm dreaming of the time that I
Fall back to you
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3. |
Duke's Gallop
03:08
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Take me on the trails
Guessing all the while
Wear these boots right down
Mile after mile
Memories of home
Led us back to here
Marching on in rain
The skies that never clear
With a face like the rocks
And skin cracked to pieces
We'll walk every mile
Till no one can reach us
We'll tear down the signs
That obscure the features
We'll walk through the smoke
Of liars and preachers
And I'll take your hand
I'll show you the places
With maps in our bones
And lines on our faces
We are who we are
There's none that can take us
Dug up from our roots
But our memories save us
And we've travelled far
You've travelled wide
Smaller footprints grow
Shadowed by our side
Memories that fade
Awoken with a sound
Wise and set in stone
Engraved and handed down
With a face like the rocks
And skin cracked to pieces
We'll walk every mile
Till no one can reach us
We'll tear down the signs
That obscure the features
We'll walk through the smoke
Of liars and preachers
And I'll take your hand
I'll show you the places
With maps in our bones
And lines on our faces
We are who we are
There's none that can take us
Dug up from our roots
But our memories save us
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4. |
Let Me In
03:28
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Oh won't you please let me in
I got something I wanna
Shout about
I've spent too much time
Soaking in the remnants of
The hate, the trace they left behind
And the trees the begin to sway
From the weight of all this rain
Since before we lost our way
Can't promise not to make a mess
Unbolt the door and
Let me in
Let me in let me in
Where do you go
When the thunder and rain
Keeps on crashin down
We can't keep hiding
The water is rising
We slowly drown
Ohhhh ohhhh eohhhh...
Oh won't you please let me in
This fist is strained from clenching
I don't even know how it begins
The wall is coming down
The rain is pouring
As we reach beyond our limits
T' higher ground
Is beyond our reach
Let me in before we're
Lost and then our bodies
Plug the breech
The promises we made
Open the door and we
Might have a chance
A chance of being saved
Where do you go
When the thunder and rain
Keeps on crashin down
We can't keep hiding
The water is rising
We slowly drown
Ohhhh ohhhh eohhhh...
We can't keep surviving
The water is rising
The machine is broken
Intentions unfolding
We need agitation
And new information
With our fists we were hopin'
But the door will not open
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5. |
Walking the Straw Dog
03:27
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When you thought you knew yourself
When you got it figured out
When you thought you knew your place
And a question tears it down
Tear it down, tear it down
And start again
And a label don't help
And a label don't work
But it makes a little sense
And it's better than before
You're not alone, there's nothing wrong
You're not alone
Look across the room from behind your mask
As the drinks go down for the final act
You show yourself
But just one side
If no one knows
Then we'll survive
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
Looking back across the years
You start to figure out
There's a pattern in the madness
There was method in your doubt
You see the colour
Of the lens
You viewed the world
When you found the right words
But you didn't even look
When you petted straw dogs
And the ego that it took
You robbed yourself
Of the dignity
Of your words
Look across the room from behind your mask
As the drinks go down for the final act
You show yourself
But just one side
If no one knows
Then we'll survive
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
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6. |
The Kraken
03:26
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Luck is the residue of your design
Faded to yellow and then lost in time
This ship has sailed on a tide of words
Written down but then tossed and burned
And we got problems but we don't have time
You don't have problems then you don't know your mind
We're sent to corners but we don't know the crime
Our volition is what makes us cry
The press has shut down
And the Kraken awakes
You'll drink to the drop to be sure of your faith
The glass is half empty and sorrow's asleep
As he sits there and spins me the tales of the deep
Look at the pages blowing down the street
A cold reflection of our darkest deceit
And check the corner of your minds eye
Your intuition is what makes you blind
And we got problems but we don't have time
You don't have problems then you don't know your mind
We're sent to corners but we don't know the crime
Our volition is what makes us cry
The press has shut down
And the Kraken awakes
You'll drink to the drop to be sure of your faith
The glass is half empty and sorrow's asleep
As he sits there and spins me the tales of the deep
When you're going
When you're going home
When you're going
When you're going home
When you're going
When you're going home
The press has shut down
And the Kraken awakes
You'll drink to the drop to be sure of your faith
The glass is half empty and sorrow's asleep
As he sits there and spins me the tales of the deep
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7. |
The Long Way Home
03:57
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We found we've had our fill
Of these empty promises
The light it flickers on
In the darkness lead us home
We found we lost our way
Fighting storm after storm
Our roots that hold us here
Both our anchor and our curse
Lost but finding out
All those hearts that turned to doubt
Follow the winds back home
Before your feet are turned to stone
Carry the weight of this
To the shores and set it free
The wisdom that's passed me by
Drifted down and out to sea
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8. |
St. Ives
03:38
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I can't help but wonder why
That memory did survive
That memory did survive
It was so very long ago
The sand between my toes
The sand between my toes
The clouds were burning from the sun
I felt like I'm the only one
I felt like I'm the only one
And in the darkest of our times
Maybe that's the reason why
We travel back in time
Falling ankle deep
Memories forming round our feet
We'll carry these memories
For all our lives
I can see it clear as day
Even though I'm far away
Even though I'm far away
And in the journeys round the sun
We're convinced that we're the one
We're convinced that we're the one
Keep these moments deep inside
And swallow all your pride
And swallow all your pride
And in the darkest of our times
Maybe that's the reason why
We travel back in time
Falling ankle deep
Memories forming round our feet
We'll carry these memories
For all our lives
Falling ankle deep
Memories forming round our feet
We'll carry these memories
For all our lives
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9. |
Marching for Peru
03:07
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Trudging through the mountains
We're carrying the weight
Of all the hopes and dreams
That we'll take back to Spain
There's rumours there o' fighting
A house caught in divide
We're following the rumours
The silver will provide
We're heading south to Cusco
We're heading to the lake
We're bringing lies and smallpox
There's silver there to take
A flag on every port town
Maracaibo to Veracruz
A Spanish land we're forging
We're marching for Peru
We were less than 200
But we are doing god's work
Bringing light and promise
Out to the new world
We signed up for adventure
We signed up for the cause
We signed up for our king
To conquer foreign shores
We're heading south to Cusco
We're heading to the lake
We're bringing lies and smallpox
There's silver there to take
A flag on every port town
Maracaibo to Veracruz
A Spanish land we're forging
We're marching for Peru
We sent our man De Soto
Equipped with finest steed
To sell the king of Peru
A book that he can't read
We came with words of brotherhood
We came with words of peace
We came with horse and cannon
We came to make them bleed
We cried Santiago
And charged against our foe
We struck 2000 dead
We landed a heavy blow
Our leader was Pizarro
Our leader was our King
Our leader was our God
And the riches he can bring
We're heading south to Cusco
We're heading to the lake
We're bringing lies and smallpox
There's silver there to take
A flag on every port town
Maracaibo to Veracruz
A Spanish land we're forging
We're marching for Peru
We're heading south to Cusco
We're heading to the lake
We're bringing lies and smallpox
There's silver there to take
A flag on every port town
Maracaibo to Veracruz
A Spanish land we're forging
We're marching for Peru
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10. |
Take Back
04:12
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How could you understand
The tone in my voice
We're quick to condemn
The mistakes in our choice
Flapping in the breeze
But the winds out of control
A hurricane in a bottle
Or so I've been told
If I was given a choice
I don't know which way I would turn
An impossible question to answer
Impossible lessons to learn
How could you understand?
The tears on my cheek
The lambs out to slaughter
As we shepherd the meek
The voices are rising
Maybe not up your street
Nothing get's better
With the kind branded weak
If I was given a choice
I don't know which way I would turn
An impossible question to answer
An impossible lesson to learn
We sing in the darkness
How far does it go?
How many were drowned
As they went with the flow
Or taken to places
With a heart full of shame
Programmed to hate hate
For the cults with no name
If I was given a choice
I don't know which way I would turn
An impossible question to answer
An impossible lesson to learn
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