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Paper Shells
04:08
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HEARTACHE COMES TO SING AT NIGHT
ALL THAT’S FELT AND OUT OF SIGHT
LIKE FIRE IN YOUR MIND
GHOSTS SCREAMING OUT A PLIGHT
GIVES SOUR WASTES OF TIME
AND STORMS COME AND SHAKE THE SKIES
TRYING HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT
IN WEIGHING DOUBTS AND USELESS FIGHTS
WOUNDS WEAKEN ROARING PRIDES
AND BLEED OUT ALL THEIR SIGHS
LICK WOUNDS AND MIDNIGHT CRIES
IN JUNGLES SILENT WITH SURPRISE
LOST IN THE BLACK OF NIGHT
FEAR TAKING OVER PROUD
WITH NO FIRE IN THEIR EYES
AND A WILL THAT WAITS TO DIE
SAFE INSIDE A PAPER SHELL DREAMING INSIDE A STORM THAT
WISHES WELL
HIDE MY SHADOW FROM THE LIGHT BLAZING FROM FIRES MADE
OF PAPER SHELLS
THE STORY ALWAYS SHOWS YOU WHY
AND ACHING WOUNDS WILL HEAL WITH TIME
IN NIGHTS WITH A THOUSAND EYES
STARS PREACHING FROM UP HIGH
GAZE OUT INTO THE NIGHT
AND TAKE BACK A BROKEN PRIDE
WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU LEAVES YOU ALIVE
TAKE THE WILL AND WIN THE FIGHT
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Icarus Falling
04:31
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YOU SEAL THE WOUND WITH SALTY LIPS
AND SPEAK REGRET STRAIGHT FROM THE HIP
I SIT AND MOAN IN DISCONTENT
OF WHERE I CAME AND WHERE I WENT
VELVET HIDES AN ICY THORN
I SHOULD’VE SEEN AND SHOULD’VE KNOWN
ACHE WILL FLOOD THE TIRED NIGHT
AND DROWN IT ALL IN WASTED TIME
THE WOLVES ALL SEEMED PREOCCUPIED
AND TIME JUST SEEMS TO PASS'EM BY
WINGS THAT GRACED AND GAVE TO FLIGHT
INTO THE SUN AND MELT IN LIGHT
FALLING THROUGH THE EMPTY SKY
AND IT ALL JUST ESCAPES YOUR EYES
TAKEN BY THE WAITING SEA
AND CHANGING PRIDE TO MISERY
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Shameless
04:28
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PULL ME IN AND I CAN’T HELP MYSELF
TAKE IT ALL AND I WANT NOTHING ELSE
BUT THIS THING THAT’S SURE TO DRAG ME DOWN
I LET IT IN AND TURNS ME INSIDE OUT
WASTING TIME, A SHAMELESS MIND SO COLD
YOU CAN’T FIX NOW WHAT IS TOO FAR GONE
CAN’T BE THINKING ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME
OR YOUR SHAMELESS MIND WILL BREAK DOWN MINE
CAN’T GIVE IN AND I CAN’T GIVE AWAY
SCANDAL SCREAMS JUST LIKE A CRYING SHAME
WORDS ARE BLEEDING WHEN YOU TRY AND SAY
WISHFUL THINKING MOVES AND WALKS AWAY
FIRE HEATS AND FIRE WANTS TO BURN
GETS INSIDE OF WHAT I JUST WON’T LEARN
CHASE IT JUST TO FIND MYSELF TOO FAR
AND END UP LOST IN WHAT I KNOW YOU ARE
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Sufferer's Prayer
05:22
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GLORY GIVEN AND PUSHED TO DUST
IT’S WILL IS STRONG AND GETS BACK UP
ENVY TRIES TO HUMILIATE
THE PURE AT HEART AND WHAT THEY SAY
BURNING WITH A HEART OF GRACE
LIKE EYES OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH A DAY
GLORY BE AND GLORY MAKE
THE RIGHTEOUS SING WITH A FIRE AND GRACE
I WILL STAND A MAN ACCUSED
AND COWARD’S WAYS WILL TRY TO USE
ALL THE THINGS THAT SINK IN FATE
TAKEN DOWN IN A COWARD’S SHAME
FEAR NEVER FINDS A PLACE
IN RAGING HEARTS OF A RIGHTEOUS NAME
STRIKE THE HOUR AND MAKE A WAY
GLORY BE AND GLORY MAKE
GIVE TO LIGHT AND LET IT RAGE
SPEAK THE WORDS AND MAKE A WAY
SERVE TO TRUTH AND RAISE THE DAY
AND STRIKE THE WICKED GONE ASTRAY
TAKE THE BURDEN FROM YOUR BACK AND DROP IT ALL TO
STONES
WORDS COME TO STAND IN LIGHT WHERE DARKNESS USED TO ROAM
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Scream Out Of My Skin
03:50
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LAY AROUND AND PULL AT TWISTED KNOTS
TIED UP ALL THE WAY AROUND MY HEART
TRY AND IGNORE AND IT JUST FEELS TIGHTER YET
SQUEEZING OUT EVERYTHING I HAVE
SIT AROUND LIKE PITY WITH A NAME
AND AN END WITH ONLY ME TO BLAME
FOOLED ME ONCE, THEN FOOLED ME FURTHER YET
DOWN A ROAD WITH ONLY BITTER ENDS
HEAR ME SCREAMING ALL OUT OF MY SKIN
AT THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT ME WHERE I AM
SCREAM SO LOUD, AND I DON’T HEAR YOU BACK
MAYBE YOU’RE SCREAMING AND I DON’T HEAR IT YET
I CAN’T TAKE THESE MINUTES JUST LIKE PINS
PUSHING DOWN ON WHERE MY MIND HAS BEEN
FEELS LIKE WHAT I KNOW COULD NEVER WIN
LEAVING NOTHING BUT HOPELESS KINDS OF THINGS
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Silk Roads
04:00
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RIDE OUT TOWARDS THE SUN AND SLEEP BENEATH THE MOON
OPEN ROADS AND CARAVANS WILL TAKE US SOMEWHERE SOON
VALLEY’S HEAT AND PEDDLERS GAMES AMONG A HUNDRED
TONGUES
HORIZONS FADE OFF DESERT WAVES WHERE FREEDOM RUNS
A MUCK
LOST SO CLOSE TO SHANGRI-LA WE FOLLOW MIDNIGHT STARS
HOME IS WHERE I LAY MY HEAD, WHEREVER THAT WE ARE
FEEL THE WOLVES SURROUND AND MOAN A SULLEN EVENING
SONG
DAYLIGHT COMES TO BREAK THE DAY AMONG THE ROAD SO LONG
GYPSY WORDS ON TIRED TONGUES, OF PRIDE AND MOVING
GRACE
POETS SPEAK BESIDE THE ROAD, OF SILKS AND ENDLESS DAYS
TRIBES OF MEN ALL CARRY LIFE ON CARAVANS AND STRENGTH
A THOUSAND YEARS ARE ALL AROUND OF HISTORY THAT’S
SAVE
FEEL THE WIND CUT THROUGH THE NIGHT, AND WAKE A
SLEEPING PREY
INSTINCT LIVES AMONG THE BEASTS IN HOW THEY GET AWAY
SIT AROUND AN EVENING FLAME, SPEAKING OF THE DAY
FEEL YOUR DREAMS COME EASILY, AS TIME JUST DRIFTS AWAY
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Fraying Ends
04:17
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I’VE BEEN DRAGGIN’ WITH A TIRED HEART
TRYING TO DIG MYSELF OUT OF WHAT I’VE LET IT BECOME
STARING UP AT AN ENDLESS CLIMB
AND SLIPPIN’ BACK FALLING TRYING TO GET BACK THE TIME
BLACK CLOUDS CIRCLE VULTURES LOOKING TO FEED
WATCHING OVER SCARS THAT JUST WON’T STOP BLEEDING
LIKE A WASTE FOR A HIDDEN LIGHT
SUFFOCATING BEAUTY JUST SLOWLY DYING
CAN’T HEAL IN A SPACE AND TIME
THAT’S FEEDING ALL THE HUNGERS OF A SURE DECLINE
HEAR THE SCREAMS AND I HEAR THE CRIES
SELF INFLICTION PROVING OF THE LOSING OF MIND
FRAYING ENDS JUST BLEED ON THE KIND
AND BREAKING ON THE WILL LIKE A SUICIDE
BUILT THE STAGE AND YOU DID THE CRIME
WITH ALL THE THINGS KILLING YOU FROM INSIDE
PULL AWAY FROM A DROWNING IN VAIN
AND HANG AROUND BREAKING JUST NURSING THE PAIN
WEAK CONVICTION LOST TO SECRETS AND LIES
SICKNESS HOLDING ON NEVER BREAKING THE TIE
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Wound Nursing
04:22
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I DON’T WANNA BREED A BURDEN HIGH
WASTING ON THE WORDS THAT NEVER BUY BACK TIME.
I LOSE THE PATIENCE AND I LOSE THE DRIVE
COMPLACENT IN A STORM TO JUST CHASE THE EYE.
LET DOWNS WEAR A SOFT DISGUISE
THAT FOOLS THE HEART AND BLINDS THE EYES.
WHERE DRAMAS MAKE THE STAGES SHAKE
AND BRAVERY IS HARD TO FAKE.
BELIEVING'S LIKE A HEART THAT SINGS
CAN’T BELIEVE JUST ANYTHING
DREAMING WITH YOUR EYES AWAKE
AND TAKING ALL THAT YOU CAN TAKE.
PROMISES SO CARELESS SAID
THE WORDS KEEP RINGING ROUND IN YOUR HEAD.
I DON’T WANNA HEAR’EM ANYMORE
TRYING TO FORGET WHAT THEY ALL WERE FOR.
POCKETS HOLDING LONELY DIMES
AND SLIP THROUGH CRACKS THAT TORE INSIDE, IN FALLING TIME.
I DON’T WANNA GET MY HOPES UP HIGH
TO COME BACK CRASHING DOWN ON MY TIME
WHEN LIFE’S A STRING THAT YOUR HANGING BY
LOOKING DOWN FROM IT IS A MISERABLE SIGHT
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The Lion And The Lamb
03:25
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THE LAMB HAS COME TO LOOK UPON, LIONS LAYING IN THE SUN
INNOCENCE AND A WILL THAT’S STRONG, SACRIFICE AND THE HOLY ONES
DAYS AND DAYS THE FEEBLE LOST. NIGHT HAS COME WITH ALL
IT’S COSTS
LIGHT, A GIFT TO BLESSED ONES, AND CARRYING GRACE IS NEVER DONE
FALL TO ME, WORDS THAT MOVE WHAT CAN’T BE SEEN. DOVES MOVE IN PEACE, BURDENS WEIGHING HEAVILY
THE PROMISED LAND AND UNGRATEFUL SONS, THE SEAL OF GOD AND UNKNOWING HEARTS
LIONS COME AND STAND AMONG, COWARDS RUNNING WIDE AND
FAR
WAIT IN VAIN, THE DESPERATE PLEA, LOSING ALL THEIR WILL TO
BE
LISTENING TO WHAT’S FELT AND SEEN, THE HUMBLE FINDING
SACRED PEACE
LAYING DOWN THE LAMB FEARS NONE, LIONS HOLDING SPIRITS
UP
A WISHFUL SIGHT FOR ONE TO SEE, THE LIVING OF ETERNAL
PEACE
REACH AND FALLING SHORT OF FREE, HOPE IS LIKE A POETRY
FAITH AND ALL HUMILITY, THE GRACE OF ALL THAT’S DIGNITY
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Dusting Off The Leeches
04:18
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IF YOU WANNA COME AND BLEED ME DRY
SAVE YOUR HEART AND COME AND BURN OUT MINE
KEEP YOUR WORDS AN UNHEARD SURPRISE
AND HIDE YOUR FIRE BEHIND SELFISH EYES
FEED YOUR VICES WHEN IT’S YOUR OWN TIME
AND KEEP YOUR TIME AWAY FROM MINE
I’M NOT YOUR HOUR GLASS OF LIFE
WITH THE SANDS FILLING UP ONE SIDE
CAME AND STEPPED INTO MY LIGHT
HORIZONS FADING FROM ALL SIGHT
DAYS ENDING WITH THE STEALING OF TIME
AND WAITING FOR THE DAWN TO RISE
HAD TO LEAVE FOR ALL I FEEL IS RIGHT
AMONG YOUR ARROWS AIMED AND TAKING FLIGHT
FROM THE HANDS OF BITTER TIES, AND THE SPITE OF WITHERED
PRIDE
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