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Mt. Moriah
03:22
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Atop the mountain with the sunrise
It seems all the light has darkened my eyes
I sit and gaze, I drag my brush
I can't make the view any more lush
I've always wanted to earn my seat
among the valleys and fields beneath
I stare at the scenes that you might admire
there is no role of me thats required
I watch the trees,
I sift the sand
They look like pictures
I held in my hands
but I can't grasp them
I can't understand
whats my place
in this undeserved land?
I've come down the mountain a different man.
Have my eyes dimmed like Abraham's?
Where is my joy? Haven't I won?
I lost a ram In place of my son
I watch the trees,
I sift the sand
They look like pictures
I held in my hands
but I can't grasp them
I can't understand
whats my place
in this undeserved land?
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2. |
Wild Teeth
03:43
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No this skin and bone I've got don't help
As I'm running fast to save myself
They're on my tail, I can't escape
I repent as they're wild teeth take shape
Free me free me, be at haste
So only my body goes to waste
Release release me from this chase
No man could keep up this pace
As I swam across they pulled me back
Stirred the currents, confused my path
I staggered off, no trail in sight
The waning sun delayed my useless flight
Free me free me, be at haste
So only my body goes to waste
Release release me from this chase
No man could keep up this pace
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Renaissance
02:42
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Barefoot to keep the tradition
We roamed in the colder conditions
Down the beaten trail
To the salty shore
Ignoring the season's transition
We found the spot where we once lay
Restored our fortress of pale grain
Dug a moat around
The familiar ground
And challenged the ocean to invade
We find refuge in the fallen leaves
Escape our now fruitless trees
I want it how it used to be.
Raking faded summer dreams
Scattered by the winds screams
I'm living in my memories
A walk to the cove some time later
searching across every acre
for what I had
those years ago
that made life so easy to savor
As the waves crashed I retreated
knowing that I'd been defeated
life could not compare
to the memories
my mind had so carefully weeded
We find refuge in the fallen leaves
Escape our now fruitless trees
I want it how it used to be.
Raking faded summer dreams
Scattered by the winds screams
I'm living in my memories
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4. |
Heart Of Stone
03:33
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I've searched for any thread of love
to follow back to the source
But every time I trace the string
it leads to the ocean shore
We can try but it seems I am cursed
all your tears will just increase my thirst
Skip this heart of stone out to sea
Let my glassy eyes wash up frosted green
Skip this heart of stone out to sea
Let my jagged soul wash up smooth and clean
I've waited for the wounds to show
to prove I wasn't alone
But every time you show a scar
I'm untouched to the bone
You can give me all that I deserve
maybe this time I will feel your hurt
Skip this heart of stone out to sea
Let my glassy eyes wash up frosted green
Skip this heart of stone out to sea
Let my jagged soul wash up smooth and clean
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Northern Land
03:26
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We had tried to live among
people of a different tongue
We were proud and we were young
thought we knew just what would come
I grew weary and withdrawn
packed my bags and left at dawn
Hid in every cave I knew
ran before the grass could dew
You must have forgot your place
when the light shined on your face
now your reasons have all changed
so that you can stay this way
Don't you see that you've become
just like those who you fled from?
I've forgotten why we ran
away from the northern land
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The Tide
03:58
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My early years were lost in thought
time stole the life that I once sought.
I ventured so far in my head
without taking a single step.
I used to sleep the night away
and keep dreaming throughout the day.
Now I lay awake in this bed
my clothes are packed my dreams are dead.
My mind has done its wandering
its time to let my feet go
My heart has stored its dreams up
its time to let the blood flow
No more drifting towards the sand
The tide has washed me in to land.
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