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Better Ways
03:48
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Whisper me a symphony, before it’s gone away.
And everything you learn along the way, will burn these stone cold bridges down.
And Better days, Will find a place in your heart to lay,
their restless heads, and sleep. Sleep the days away.
There’s better ways, there’s always better ways.
Sing me a song, before you go away.
And If it’s too soon, to bring along, all the things you left behind,
Then I’ll stay, for a while, until these walls come crashing down again.
Then you’ll find, there’s better ways, there’s always better ways.
There’s better ways, there’s always better ways.
And you’ve gone,
Your own way.
You’re looking for,
Your place.
There’s better ways, there’s always better ways
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Iron Town
03:36
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We built this town,
on iron waters.
We wear ourselves down,
With ropes and shovels.
While days go by,
And we sleep away our time.
We’ll wake to find,
A restless state of mind.
And all our thoughts,
Are leaving this place behind.
While days go by,
And we sleep away our lives.
We built around,
This Iron Town.
And we’ll sit around,
In our Iron Town.
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Look Out
02:38
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There’s smoke in the air and there’s wind in the trees,
I’ll be honest with you we’re just shooting the breeze.
And it crept up like morning, it crept out to see,
There ain’t nothing more familiar than nothing to me.
I’ll look out for you if you look out for me,
I’ll look out for you if you’ll look out for me.
there’s fire in the city, there’s a fire in the streets.
And the beggars stare wide eyed at the coins by their feet.
But there’s nothing around me, nothing at all,
And you’ll wake up one morning and walk out the door.
But I’ll look out for you, if you look out for me,
I’ll look out for you if you look out for me.
it’s bright all around us, It’s flighty and free
I look in your eyes, I don’t like what I see.
Everywhere around here it bends and it folds,
But one of us needs to be meek and one bold,
One of us needs to be meek,
and one bold.
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Small Towns
03:32
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If summer leaves and fairy tales were all we’d leave behind
These days would be alright.
We were young we’re older now and everything we see
Is fine.
City lights and gasoline always fill the air
These days, and all night.
Small town streets where people meet is where I’d rather be
Right now.
Old friends are golden, the best we’ll ever know,
They’re right before our eyes.
Strangers will come and go, we’ll never see the end
Of them
And all we have, is all we ever know.
And all we have. Everywhere it goes
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Quiet Places
04:11
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There’s an empty box on the table,
And there’s no one here that cares.
A magazine full of people,
And the stories they prepare.
And we all come out in the evening sometimes.
When we aren’t sure what to say.
And we’ll never see the terrible sunrise.
Cause we’ll sleep all through the day
And it all cracks down in the end.
And it’s a long way out.
A lonely drive with a friend,
On a road that’s headed south.
And we all come out in the evening sometimes.
When we aren’t sure what to say.
And we’ll never see the terrible blue sky.
Cause we’ll sleep all through the day
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Strangers
03:11
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All your friends are strangers to me.
I won’t go outside, I won’t be afraid.
Anywhere you go with me.
I wont disappear I won’t seem the same.
All the rain has washed away my fears,
I don’t care anymore, I don’t see the point.
Anywhere is better than here,
I’m gonna pack my bags, I’m gonna move south.
For the year
And you won’t know for days,
And here,
Here, in this place.
All these days are feeling the same,
We can’t go anywhere, We can’t make our way.
Anywhere we go from here,
I’m gonna sit it out, I’m gonna disappear,
For a year,
And you won’t know for days,
And here,
Here in this place.
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Burdens
03:58
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Your God, is hiding in the mountains.
My luck, dried up with the fountains.
White dove, hiding from the storm.
Shadowed from the sun and from the warmth.
And you don’t have to go away,
But everything around here changes
Your fate, is tied up with the waters,
My words, are snowfall in the summer.
You walk, with burdens on your feet.
Carried from the way you spent your week.
And you don’t have to go away
But everything around here changes.
And you don’t always get your way,
But everything you want is hopeless.
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Mindset
03:40
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You don’t know,
Where the winds may blow.
And you can’t see,
How they never meet your eyes.
Do you find?
And do you think that you’ll be fine?
When all you’ve ever known
Is how to be, so unkind.
And it’s fair to leave,
When you’ve been left behind.
Take your time,
It’s what you are that will define.
And what you know,
It’s always harder if you’re letting go.
Do you mind?
And do you think that you’ll rewind?
When all you really know.
Is how to be so unkind
And it’s fair to leave,
When you’ve been left behind.
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All We Need This Time
04:42
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It seems we’ve reached the end,
Of everything we know.
So simple in this age,
We grow heavy like a stone.
And all we need this time,
Is a reason why.
And all we need this time,
Is to find, our way back home.
But we’ll go on with our lives,
In silence sit and stare,
And wait while we realize,
We’re really almost there.
And all we need this time,
Is a reason why.
And all we need this time,
Is to find our way back home.
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