1. |
I Know
03:43
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(verse 1)
I know sorrow, and I know pain
and I know callin' for you
at the station
in the pouring rain
As I watch your train depart
With all your bags
and your new love and
what's left of my broken heart.
Back to what you know
back to the Midwest
Where I met you and I told you
that you're just like all the rest,
but I was wrong. That I can see
you're everything I'll ever need
and as you fade beyond the tracks
I know my word are futile
and you're not comin' back.
(verse 2)
I know joy. I know you do too
from when I think about
our past and all the
things we used to do.
Our endless cruises through the fields
Where our conversation
echoed the tight bond
of our ideals:
Know not fear or envy
nor sorrow nor contempt
But those ideals have inverted since that fateful night you left me
high and dry, yet cold and low
smothered by this undertow
of desolation and jealousy
Beneath this deep, dark, unforgiving sea
(verse 3)
I know regret for things I did.
and for things done
unto me that
take ages to forget.
an' I know hindsight sees far too well
and knows that regret fosters nothin' but a sorry, empty shell
and you came to me yesterday
you said that you were wrong
that you wanted to return to what
we practiced for so long
but babe that time, that time has passed
once you kicked me on my ass
to sit and watch you walk away
and know that, babe,
I'm better off this way.
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2. |
Goliath
03:04
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Foolish giants led along
Empty voices sing their song
Never teaching right from wrong
Always waiting, never long,
For some sense of meaning.
'Nother day, another fight
Dimming daylight turns to night
Sheets and blankets pulled up tight
Your end is harsh. Your means ain't right.
Your faults are gleaming.
And if there comes a day when you look upon your ways
You'd better hope that I have forgotten.
All it takes is one good look
Through the cover of your book
Reflection shudders, souls are shook
'Til now blind to all you took
You've seen your value
All your victims taught to heal
Made to relearn how to feel
How to stand when told to kneel
Obeying your inflated seal
Is this the real you?
And if there comes a time when regret fills your mind,
You'd better hope my hatred will have rotten.
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3. |
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I know, I don't always show my appreciation.
For me, it ain't so easy.
Unending confusion, causing endless complication.
But I'm ready to leave that road behind.
And I know, that you've been waiting for me, to open up my eyes,
But I just wasn't ready, 'til now.
I've unlocked the stage door and found my forum.
I've cleared my throat and found my voice.
And it seems foolish to me now
That I ever considered any other choice.
So end your worries
End your sleepless nights.
I finally see my future in crowded halls an marquis lights.
And let them all come runnin'
And try to knock me down.
This foundation that you've given me is sound.
Like the bedrock, that lies beneath the worlds tallest tower.
Like the roots that hold for ages just to bear one simple flower
And life came at me quickly
It knocked me back a ways
But you taught me to lay it on the line.
To smile in the face of those who say:
"You can't, you're not that good."
So smile for me...
'Cause I'm gonna be just fine.
And thank you for my conscience.
Thank you for my smarts
Thank you for my kindness and my gentle open heart.
Never criticize yourself for anything you've done.
You put me on my path to here today.
You've seen me suffer and you wish it wasn't so,
But I wouldn't have it any other way.
It's all been fire to fuel me.
To where I am right now.
Standin' on the brink of my future, singin' long...
And singin' loud....
And I know you've been waiting for me to open up my eyes,
But I just wasn't ready, 'til now.
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4. |
Out There
03:24
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I know, it's somewhere out there.
It's far away, babe.
Some place we've never been.
And I know, there's nothin' good for me here.
What I don't know, babe
Is where to begin.
You meant so much to me
For these past twenty years
But you have to hear this now,
So please unplug your ears.
Goodbye
Some day, my path will bring me here
Back home.
to the place I was born an' raised.
But for now, my road leads away from you.
And I cannot promise you, I'll see you
Again some day.
You been so good to me.
You conquered all my fears
An' babe I hate to see you cry
Just wipe away your tears.
Goodbye. Goodbye.
You see. It's nothin' you did to me.
It's just these walls, babe.
They're so confinin'
'Til now your arms were, all of the shelter.
I ever needed,
But I gotta test my own foundation
And please don't look at me like that
You knew this day would come.
Your future lies here, babe,
And I was born to run.
To some place in the mountains
Where the waters all run clean
Where the horizon breaks the sky
And the grass is always green.
The sun is settin' babe
It all comes to this
It's twenty-five miles to the station
And I'm, late as it is...
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
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5. |
TTFN
01:57
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The end is drawing near.
As is the tip-top of this dense foreboding bell-curve of my fear
that I've seen coming since I found my purpose here
and caught a glimpse of a brighter day.
On the horizon, it spoke to me
And it told me to pursue all that I'd ever hoped to be.
That somewhere in my travels all my dreams would be set free
And I'd see you along the way.
So dwell not on lovers lost or broken ties
And don't think for an instant this ain't where my heart resides
It could not be stripped from me, by the ides
Of March that raised that empire to the ground.
No dwell not on lovers lost or broken ties
And don't think for an instant this ain't where my heart resides
It could not be stripped from me, by the ides
Of March that raised that ancient empire to the ground.
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6. |
Hope From The Bottom
05:52
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Sittin' in my studio
waiting for a ride
Scattered shake and powder,
remnants of my shattered pride
The last drops are goin' down
I'll soon need to refuel
For now I need to drown it out,
But I just can't find the tool.
There's no comfort you can give
Just stop trying, if you please.
There's no guarantee that this world
Will not bring me to my knees
And grin and laugh so kindly
As it pulls the hammer back
While I sit in blank reverence
Of the useful traits I lack
And when the walls are coming down
Where, then, will you be?
Instilling false hopes in some youngster
Now that you've forgotten me?
But though the sun has set
Not all my light is gone
Even as I see you
Pack your bags and carry on
And if your travels bring you
to a place that you once knew
Babe, just keep a movin'
'cuz your chance is well past due.
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