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Messiah
03:37
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When did you learn to love the dark ones?
When did you learn to love the broken and the burned?
When did you learn to love the scarred ones?
Is it something you can learn?
Why do you seek the sunken, sad ones?
Why do you seek to save the wicked and the weak?
Why do you seem to find the mad ones?
Maybe you’re the one they seek
After all the times you’ve loved and lost
When the hell will you lay down that cross?
How do you hope to heal the hurting?
How do you hope to help the ones who’ve been through Hell?
How will you heal their hidden heartbreak?
Do you think you can make them well?
After all the things you’ve said and done
Do you still think you’re the chosen one?
After all the times you’ve tried to help
Do you think that you can save yourself?
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2. |
Well With Your Soul
04:33
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I won’t be well
‘Til it’s well with your soul
And I’ll be a shell
Until you can be whole
And I’ll never tell
If you’ll just let me hold
The things that you’ve carried inside
I can’t be healed
‘Til I heal all your pain
So you can be real
And I’ll love you the same
And you can reveal
Whatever’s to blame
For the heartache that you’ve had to hide.
I’ll hold you together
When you self-destruct
If you tear yourself down
I will build you back up
Though you may be broken
You’re always enough
So tell me your secrets
And show me your love
I won’t be right
‘Til you’re right here with me
In the darkness of night
You’re the lantern I need
So come shed your light
And help me to see
The person you’ve always denied
We won’t make vows
That we couldn’t uphold
It won’t be right now
But before we grow old
We’ll find that the end
Of this story we’ve told
Was well worth the chapters we cried.
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3. |
Maybe Not Today
04:37
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Two short years blew by so fast
When I bite the bullet, finally ask
‘Does this thing have the legs to last
Should we sign the line
For one more year?’
Sitting on the kitchen floor
Her face says she can’t take no more
She turns her head to face the door
But she can’t say the things
That I can’t hear
Her tear-streaked cheeks speak louder
Than the words that she won’t say
“I think that we could be in love,
Just maybe not today.”
Maybe somewhere further down the line
Maybe in a different place and time
Maybe there’s a chance that we could find
A way
Maybe not today
Six months now since she moved out
And I can say without a doubt
I’ve grown and learned a lot about
The ways that I fell short
And let her down
Spent half a year as half a man
Gave up on all my best-laid plans
I’m moving on as best I can
I know in time my heart
Will come around
My blood-red eyes sigh deeper
Than the breath that I can’t take
I think that we could be in love
But baby, not today
Maybe somewhere further down the line
Maybe in a different place and time
Maybe there’s a chance that we could find
A way
Maybe one day it will all be fine
Maybe someday I could call you mine
Maybe there’s a chance that we could find
A way
Just maybe not today
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4. |
Colleen
03:31
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The Sun surely sinks
As we finish our drinks
And part of me thinks it’s a dream
But I know I’m awake
And each sip that I take
Brings me closer to you, Colleen
This divey old place
And that smile on your face --
The most beautiful I’ve ever seen
We drink to the past
And I know it won’t last
But I’d sit here forever, Colleen
The Moon slowly rises
That look in your eye says
Enough that I know what you mean
So we walk this fine line
With your hand wrapped in mine
Well, I’d hold it forever, Colleen
We lay down to rest
Your head on my chest
And I know things are not as they seem
But I reach for the light
And think, “Just for tonight
I’ll exist in this strange in-between.”
And it won’t be long
But I’ll sing you this song
As you close your eyes, Colleen
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5. |
The Weight Part Two
04:03
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Listen to old Levon, and put the load right on me
You can’t carry it alone, and we’ve got places to be
Lives to live and love to give, a whole wide world to see
So listen to old Levon, and put the load right on me
Take whatever’s hurting you and leave it here with me
Lock it in my safe now, and we’ll throw away the key
‘Cause I’m not going anywhere, and you’ve got to be free
So take whatever’s hurting you and leave it right here with me
I’ll be the place where you can go and hide
I’ll be the place where you can lay your head
We can keep our secrets safe inside
And only we will know how much we’ve bled
You could never change my mind, you know I’ve seen you try
And every road leads back to you each time we say goodbye
It’s you and me and the Devil now, walkin’ side by side
You could never change my mind, so go ahead and try
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6. |
Michelle
03:58
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You don’t need another song
And there’s nothing I could say that wasn’t better said by Paul
But your smile sings the story I’ve been writing for so long
And what just one more love song after all?
I can’t sing these words in French
And I don’t know you very well
But I think that I’m in love with you, Michelle
But I don’t need another love
No, there’s nothing we could build that hasn’t all burned down before
But your eyes dance with that wild spark that I’ve been dreaming of
And after all, what’s just one fire more?
I know that we’ve just met
And you don’t know me very well
But I think that I’m in love with you, Michelle
So we can’t wait another day
‘Cause there’s nothing in this world that isn’t destined for the dust
Your fingers lock with mine and I won’t let them slip away
I’ll hold you ‘til our bones begin to rust
It’s too late for turning back now
And it’s still too soon to tell
But I think that I’m in love with you, Michelle
…Swore I wouldn’t fall in love
But it’s looking like I fell
It looks like I’m in love with you, Michelle
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7. |
How Not to Jump the Gun
04:58
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She said “Go your way,
And baby I’ll go mine.
And we’ll meet up someday
If the stars align.”
I said “Hear me out,
Forget the stars…
We’re here right now
And the choice is ours.”
But after that last guy she was with
I think she needs some time alone
So I’ll delete these pictures
And her number from my phone
And I’ll start the search again
On my way and on my own.
I don’t need someone…
I need to learn how not to jump the gun
Some nights my courage fails
But this corner booth is dark
She’s drinking ginger ale
In her Maker’s Mark
So sweet, and so cold
She’ll make you spin
But I’m feeling bold
So I’ll dive right in
But after that last girl I was with
I think I need some time alone
So I’ll delete these pictures
And her number from my phone
And I’ll start the work again
On my way and on my own.
I don’t need someone…
I need to learn how not to jump the gun
Sometimes you think you start to feel things
But you’re not really sure just what that means
She’s not ready for the real thing
So you settle for whatever’s in between
Just seeing these people we’ve become
I think we need some time alone
So let’s delete these pictures
And these numbers from our phones
We’ll start the search again
On our way
And on our own
We don’t need someone…
We need to learn how not to jump the gun
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8. |
Artifacts
03:30
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Birthday cards
And old ticket stubs
A paper trail
Left by love
Love long since collapsed
And now they’re only scraps
All of these things that I still cling to
I’m pretending they can bring you
Back
Hoping they’d remind us
Of a love we left behind us
But now they’re ancient artifacts
A polaroid
In a paper frame
Of you and me
With ‘What’s-her-name’
I can’t remember where we were
I’m glad I don’t remember her
If you’d loved me to the moon
I could have loved you
‘til we reached the stars
But darling you gave up too soon
And we never made it
Half that far
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9. |
What You Are to Me
03:42
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