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Colors
04:49
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Colors of everlasting light
Lift before me like a bird in flight
Across the fields they flash their wings of every kind
To stir my soul from slumber
Will she come before us dressed like Spring in green?
Will she laugh and disappear as in a dream
Or like a queen unfold her arms and all her songs
Along that silver stream of colors
Chorus: And now I walk right into the river of madness
And I go right into the chambers of sadness
And one by one begin to pull the pillars down
All these people, now—of what are they afraid?
All these demons--can they not see they, themselves, have made
Obsessed with shadows flickering across the walls inside their cave
Will she come before us crashing like a storm
Will she flash her anger
Then suddenly rising like the morning sun
The old days are done. The new ones begun
And our ways have won
Give to me the everlasting light
Hold these colors in my sight
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2. |
Bride of My Blade
04:00
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I get my blood up
& my knife comes out
I see you run your mouth
I’ll rip your throat right out
You think I care for my life?
I’ll make you beg for your life
Another sunny day
In the USA
I think it’s funny when you try to run away
Cause I’m inside where you live
You thought you’re safe where you hid, ha
When you look into my eyes
Just you and I
I know you understand
That your time is up
You know your welcome’s overstayed
Now you’re the bride of my blade
Bride, blade, all right
I used to wait and wait
To find good faith in this
But I seem to be out all of my patience with it
To think of all the time we’d spend
How you’ve avoided this end
& so I will abide
Until the time is right
Cause you’re the bride of my blade
& it’s our wedding night
Now now don’t you start to fight
You just close your eyes & then we’ll say goodnight
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3. |
This Is This
03:18
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So...I've decided to let you go
Gonna come as a shock, I know
after you tried to kill me
Whoa--just won't get over that, will we?
Why don't
you and me decide why we won't?
Well, there are those who persist
do their best, get their wish and die
And I said looking back
Another track
on either side
the one true ride?
This. Is it this? Is this it
Is it right or wrong
Is it this? Is this it?
This is right or wrong
Go. May we meet on a perfect "no" (yeah)
though we parted in such sweet show
Surely dearly departed know
oh yes--we end where we started!
And coming back
is nothing like what you'd expect
or some free ride
This isn’t this, isn’t this?
Is it right or wrong
Isn’t this, is this it
Isn’t right or wrong
Slow, now, to be on my bad side
all of the animals now abide
outside the perimeter of civil and the civilized
And yes I know sometimes I lose my mind
But otherwise we lose our minds
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4. |
Steady On
03:25
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The world is turning
In life, the certainty=death & taxes
Just takes a minute for something to come
& spin it off axis
And we all say
steady on until we get it
get it on track
steady on & get a grip & get it all back
back into the proper fit
& get it all back
steady on & don't forget it, get it?
The paperweights you shake
& make the snowflakes fly
Just takes a minute to fall and leave a cold gray sky
And you gotta say
steady on until we get it
get it on track
steady on & don't sweat it
get it all back
back into the natural fit
& get it all back
steady on, ready, freddy, go
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5. |
Monday Morning
05:06
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Late last night, the curtains rustled light
when we lay down Sunday night
Monday morning, windows wide
felt a cold wind blow inside
We can hold that window fast
We don't need to break the glass
Some things change and some things last
other pass
Highway flyin by, wind singin' through the trees
blue skies far as I can see
Monday morning, Memphis, Tennessee
wonder what's become of me?
I'm a poor and wretched thing
masquerading as a king
these illusions--foolish pride
put aside
Walking through these tired dreams
nothing changes in those scenes
but on the way, we found our stride
followed through to the other side
Between the stations heard a voice
It aid, "You're all alive by choice
and you're all born to be free
and we're all born to be free"
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6. |
On a Ramble
02:08
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On a ramble
All my days
You are observing our ways
Free and easy, travel light
ride a ribbon all through the night
where nobody knows
where we're gonna fly
but I need to try
while it's still on my mind
On a ramble, transubstantialize
eyes on the prize
just sampling every size
Why not hit the spot?
Keep it coming
don't think about stopping, now
Said I was blind
but now I see the light
coming into sight
still on my mind
oh yeah
My life is spinning out of control
please excuse me I'm on a roll
I know you wanna give me advice
Maybe you've seen me blink once or twice, well
I'll stumble, yeah--but I never fall
When I hit the wall
I never fall
Get up and keep on trying
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7. |
New Monday
03:24
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8. |
Alive on Arrival
03:12
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Her willowy hands
one left & one right
At rest and in flight they might tell the whole story
the guts & the glory--good night
So this is the end
like any any-other-day
I thought there'd be clues, but tying my shoes
I got carried away
But you're still around for the rest of the song
the art of survival is coming back strong
Present -- repent
on a bible
alive on arrival--how long?
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9. |
This Could Be Your Life
03:12
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And they’re off
Boots pulled tight against the snow and faces to the frost
A mob of monkeys marching to the corner of the block
Squinting as the morning bus comes slowly into view
From out behind the void
This could be your life
Don’t stop now you are on a roll
Don’t look down or you’ll lose control
This could be your life
Let it go and live to fight another day
Face the oscillation or you’ll lose your way
Well I lost my way
And I have to say
That I won’t forget
Anyway
The wheels move forward even
if the destination’s gray
Scenes scroll by the window
In a film without a plot
Each to bloom in its own cocoon
Awakened by a thought
From out behind the void
This could be your life
Take up where you left off on the other end
Wake up go to sleep do it all again
This could be your life
Rooting through the beauty of a single day
Focus on the locus or you’ll lose your way
Well I lost my way
And I have to say
That I won’t forget
How you reached for me and pulled me through
And to others were kind and true
As you’d have another do for you
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10. |
The Visitors
05:17
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Far below the canopies
Where clouds give way to galaxies
And children steer their dreams
Into tomorrow
The visitors observe, and sigh
“If only they had minds to fly
We’d find the worlds behind the sky
And they’d follow”
The visitors know
We’re putting on a show
This is just how we say hello
& good night
The visitors know
They need to be polite
They mean to show us
what we think is ours
Is borrowed
Borrowed, borrowed
What I thought was mine
was only borrowed
Borrowed, borrowed
What you claim as yours is only borrowed
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