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THE END
00:38
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Here I am now, here inside me.
A place so familiar, what else could there be?
The ancient old question still haunts me my friend.
Where will I be when life comes to the end?
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STANDING IN THE YARD
02:37
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Standing in the yard
decorated with a detailed silver web
That shutters on the wind's caressing summer breeze.
Standing in the yard
with cathedral arches draped in glowing leaves
and in between i am and i have often been here.
Here in mornings warming light with open mind and seeing
all the million hues that ooze a love that heals my being.
Standing in the yard
If i stand here long enough maybe i'll
become like the rest of us here standing in the yard.
And underneath the stars tonight,
I wish upon the brightest one to mend this
broken mortal son here standing in the yard.
Here in nature's pure delight with open mind and seeing
all the billion clues that ooze a love that heals my being.
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TRY
03:38
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Outside too long, just tryna get along
Oh I try, I try.
But inside it's wrong, i wish it wasn't wrong
but i'll try, i'll try with this song.
I'll try this time to not let it get so strong.
I'll try this time to understand what's going on.
I'll try. I'll try. I'll try. I'll try.
Outside it spawns, and lingers on and on
Oh I try, I try.
But inside it's gone, i wish it wasn't gone
but i'll try, i'll try with this song.
I'll try this time, to wake before the dawn.
I'll try this time to understand what's going on.
I'll try. I'll try. I'll try. I'll try.
I'll try. I'll try. I'll try. I'll try.
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SIN
02:40
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Looking up towards the steeple,
looking down on all the people.
Holding us to all our sins.
Looking 'round to all the free will,
yes i know some turn to evil
but where did it all begin?
And what exactly is a sin?
I see faces filled with guilt,
all huddled deep beneath their quilts
of shame and contempt for their sins.
The innocent, peaceful and kind
are left cowering cold and blind
from the moment that their life begins.
They're made to carry all your sin.
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FLY AWAY
03:05
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Flying, i'm a little bird.
High above the human world.
Through the night and into the light of day.
Innocent or lethal.
All living things are not equal.
While people cry the little bird flies away.
With these wings I soar so high.
I ride the wind I swoop and dive.
I simply live to be alive.
Oh why do people complicate their lives?
Crying fills the whole world.
Far below the little bird.
Oh what a sight this sad human plight, today.
One is love and one is lethal.
All living things are not equal.
While people die the little bird flies away.
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GREEN
02:23
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The sun's shining down
through the leaves in the trees.
Colouring the faces of
you and of me all in green.
We lay in the grass in this beautiful scene.
Surrounded by only things
natural and free, all in green.
Oh what a wonderful colour you are.
The evermost loving old colour by far.
And when i'm within you, heaven is sure to be seen.
Oh what a wonderful colour to be.
Soothing and openly sharing your key.
And when i'm within you, heaven is no mystery.
The sun's shining down
through the leaves in the trees.
Colouring the faces of
all gentle beings in green.
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SPELLBOUND
03:02
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We sense something not right in the background.
We sense it's not quite right in the background.
We feel the eerie feelings coming down.
And we feed these eerie feelings coming down.
Down upon the town.
There's worry going around.
Cuz to the horror, we are spellbound.
We sense something is near, oh so near.
We're sensing that something is very near.
But what that thing could be is not so clear.
What that thing could be is never clear.
But it hangs over the town.
And the fear is gaining ground.
Cuz to the horror, we are spellbound.
We sense what's nearly here must be bad.
We're sure it's nearly here and it must be bad.
This ominous unknown thing drives us mad.
This ominous unknown thing drives us mad!
So terror fills the town.
And panic spreads around.
Cuz to the horror, we are spellbound.
Yeah to the horror, we are spellbound.
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WALLS
02:25
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I came upon this wall.
Standing tall and strong before me.
Too wide to go around.
No way to tunnel underneath.
So I sat down, and i looked around.
Was no one here but me.
And it seemed like there was no way past.
So I got up and turned around.
To go back to where I was last.
But to my surprise,
another wall up from the ground did rise.
So here I am alone.
Between these two unpassable walls.
But I don't feel any fear.
Though I do feel most incredibly small.
I'm calm, I sigh, lie down and close my eyes.
A new world appears between my two ears.
As real as what I left behind.
But the view is all clear, there are no walls here.
Go to anywhere or anytime, in you mind.
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A LOVE SO BLUE
02:25
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Do you two have differing points of view?
Do you argue who's feelings are true?
Does your anger rise and bloom?
Does frustration often loom?
Does it leave you with a love so blue?
Do you both feel time will heal your wounds?
Do you hope the cure will come real soon?
Does your music play off tune?
Do your tears fill up the room?
Does it leave you with a love so blue?
Do you two have differing points of view?
Do you argue who's feeling are true?
Did the good times end too soon?
Did your home become a ruin?
Does it leave you with a love so blue?
Does it leave you with a love so blue?
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ANYMORE
02:05
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Does it seem like it's all going wrong for you?
The things once coloured brightly
are now dark deep blue.
And the people you held close,
the one's you cared for most,
cannot be found around here anymore.
Does it seem to rain down everyday upon you?
The sunshine that once warmed you
is replaced with a cold moon.
Everything you once enjoyed,
has fallen into the void,
and the light don't shine within you anymore.
Does it seem like it's all going wrong for you?
A life you couldn't conceive of has become your truth.
Everything you once enjoyed,
has fallen into the void,
and the light don't shine within you anymore.
No the light don't shine within you anymore.
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WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
03:03
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Lately I feel like i'm stuck in a glue.
Oh what a state i'm in.
And i realize now what i'm stuck in is you.
Oh what a state i'm in, oh what a state i'm in.
You haunt all my waking moment it seems.
Oh what a state i'm in.
And when i'm asleep, you haunt all my dreams.
Oh what a state i'm in, oh what a state i'm in.
You sit by my side in these heavenly meetings.
Oh what a state i'm in.
You whisper to me things that shake up my being.
Oh what a state i'm in, oh what a state i'm in.
Lately i feel like this life is untrue.
Oh what a state i'm in.
Cuz i can't figure out if it's with or without you.
Oh what a state i'm in, oh what a state i'm in.
Oh what a state i'm in, oh what a state i'm in.
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12. |
HERE IN MY BODY
05:52
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Here, in my body, in my body, in my body
I'm here, in my body, in my body, in my body
I'm here, in my body, in my body, in my body
I'm here, in my body, in my body, in my body
I'm home.
For now, for me. How long? We'll see.
Then where will i be? Without my body.
For now, i'm me. Then where? We will see.
For now, i'll be, here in, my body.
Here, in my body, in my body, in my body
I'm here, in my body, in my body, in my body
I'm here, in my body, in my body, in my body
I'm here, in my body, in my body, in my body
I'm home.
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13. |
LIFE
03:25
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Oh where did you go?
I mean, i know where you've gone
but who really knows.
I can see what's become
and i feel what's undone but i sense
there's much more to find out.
But i guess that one day i'll find out.
Just what this whole thing was about.
Until then day to day.
I'll just try and play here alone
like we used to play.
Back in those lovely days.
It's too bad that all those todays
are now yesterdays.
And i guess that one day i'll find out.
Just what this whole thing was about.
Oh where did you go?
I mean i know where you've gone
but who really knows.
I'll accept what's become
though i don't understand why it's done.
Oh why is it done?
Well I guess that one day i'll find out.
Just what this whole thing was about.
Just what this whole thing was about.
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