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Break the Spell
03:00
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The bone and drum of what we're from
is sounding out, under the hum
Through a web of noise, dislocation and toys
An endless empty traded for a little instant joy
Now, the age of mystery is a withering fire
And this "too much of everything" is getting tired
Blow on all the embers, while there are still tales to tell
and break the spell!
Set torches to remind...The glowing colors, left behind
Before we ride in blind and hypnotized
What do we do if we want it back?
The life before these thing we have
with time for a friend, together again
What do we do if we want it back?
We've gotta break the spell. We've gotta raise the flag
We've gotta take it to the tower
Walk out hand in hand...I will, if you...
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2. |
Western Glow
02:45
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Crystal ball, no crystal ball
No telling what to do?
You're taking chances but there's a chance it's gonna come to you
The Western Glow
Sun and gold
Those starry eyes won't find...
a place that no one's seen or answers in the leaves
No empty chest can keep a pure heart blue
If you chase "cool", it's gonna outrun you
The Western Glow
Sun and gold
Those starry eyes might find a night
I won't let you down
I would'nt let you down
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3. |
Hunted
02:31
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It's summer in the city at night
Window's open to the air outside
Strange faces on the street
Electric lights flicker and feed the scene
Ear to the rail to find
some kind of magic tonight
And I'd dance with anyone
I'm ready to be hunted by love
Hunted
I'd dance with anyone
I'll spin so fast, feel like I'm drunk
And I'd dance with anyone
I'm ready to be hunted by love
Hunted
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4. |
Missed Connection
03:39
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All of our pieces seem to be
scattered on screens, too much
space in between
a diaspora of being
If we could just remember, then
We could find ourselves again
Even if it only stems the tide
In this modern desert
I just miss being together
I want connection
We're all so far away
Under an avalanche of
future and past, all your
photographs, all your
well made plans
If we could just remember, then
We could find ourselves again
I guess that we're all wishing
for a feeling that's been missing
I want connection
We're all so far away
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5. |
Calico
02:51
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Listen when your body tells you not to go again
This isn't something ordinary. Listen to your friends
You are amazing when you know
There isn't far to go
You're running on. You're running out. You're old enough to know
It's strange to know, Calico
Shapes of change, rearrange
Explaining's not a part of letting go
You're on again and cornered by what's on the other end
And Sarah says you're spending all your time
Chasing your own ghost and writing notes you'll never show
At least you're never foolin
Well, it's good enough to know
It's strange to know, Calico
Shapes of change, rearrange
Explaining's not a part of letting go
The meantime fades to too late
And how much can a body really take?
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6. |
Closer Than
03:00
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You're messing up the game
That isn't how it's played
You're supposed to look away when I can't look away
So, now your ocean eyes are pulling me right down
I swear, I'd go anywhere with you
It feels like I never fell, under anybody's spell
I need you closer than you are
I need you closer
You said you liked my bag
I bought it for a friend
But some things stick around
Some things never do
I'm hoping that you're glue
'Cause I know I wanna hold the secret I've been shown
Whatever happens in the end
Whatever meaning comes from it
I need you closer than you are
I need you closer
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7. |
Fortune Cookie
03:41
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I wish I was born before we ever knew
the meaning of seasons, the sun and the moon
I could've wrapped myself in magic and promised it to you
But we get stuck in the plus and minus
and our triumphs and hardships come to define us
But it's moments like these, moments in between
that make living sweet
I'd be as happy as a cat in a window, to drag it out this way
Where does all the time go?
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8. |
Yard
03:59
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Sandra, sun in your eyes
waiting to follow the signs
Sandra, sun in your eyes
waiting for me outside
When you run away and go back to your tree...
Am I in your dreams, in your drey, when you sleep?
I'm waiting for you now
I'm hoping you're around
Much more than anything...
Honest, I just wanna be your friend
Before you ever wander far
You know the corners of your yard
Now, if there's love....There's never enough
And I feel the world turn
There's nothing that kills me more
than time, running out, when I'm running down
I waited for you long
Rain came falling down
Six days and not a sign
I just need to know that you're alright
Before you ever wandered far
You knew the corners of your yard
And there was love
There was always enough
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9. |
Gift
01:10
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Like a piece of shale that's loose and crumbles down
You can't find your footing or your mother's crown
You're a shell, the sea is wearing down
Losing edge, with every tumble 'round
The path is slippery and the water's high
So, slide
Give in to the power of the sea
There's a light in the southern sky
Now, go and find out if it's warm inside
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10. |
Walls Can't Hold
04:34
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From the doors and windows out
Through the streets and far from town
The need to move, the need to run
The walls can't hold me for too long
There are more colors than there's time
More things to feel that you can find
Of all the galaxies and stars....This is where we are
Of all the particles and charge that make who we are
If there's a chance to take, we can't hesitate
Even if it all means nothing...How you're gonna feel means something
Seduced by the past, longed for the cast
and drunk with the notion that anything lasts
I'm not in control of much anymore
I'm not so in touch, like I was before
I know. That's how the story goes
Even so, I'd have to say...I'd rather break the mold
Let it sink in, without thinking
If love's so rare, let's just give it all
So, if there's a chance to take, we won't hesitate
All good things in time they say, as if it's fated
I've seen that film. I know how it ends
I'm not waiting
Even if it all means nothing...How you're gonna feel means something
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11. |
Lights
02:00
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Forever in a night
It's like we've frozen time
Stars, like city lights, reflected in your eyes
We'll bring it back to love. We'll make it pure again
to where we started from
We'll remember this forever
The meantime fades into too late
But I see your smiling eyes and I can't wait
Forever in a night
The hands of time are tied
Stars, like city lights, reflected in your eyes
It's never like the films. It's never so surreal.
Like a flash mark in my eyes, still ringing in my mind
We'll remember this forever
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12. |
Before We Say Goodnight
04:22
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Parked cars and the rows of bars
A scratched arm and an unwound heart
I see the words written in your eyes
I need to let you know I know before we say goodnight
Light a candle. Pour the wine. I don't mind
Change has come and gone again
That's alright
Through the bars we could see the stars
like a car crash, slowed, so just light shows, like when it's
When it's quiet in my mind
I lose the crowd but I see your eyes
And you said something weird, something I'll never forget
You said "I need to burn this in my mind before we say goodnight"
Nothing stays like it ever was. Try and hold it
I wish you'd find me but you never do
You just fade slowly
Old letters and loose photographs
Like any thought you ever thought, you think you are
It's in the stars. You are. You are one and all
Someday is the oldest song
Someday, we all singalong
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13. |
Curtains
03:23
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You wander in, through waking dreams
bridging time and broken seams
Where many feet have walked before
Down ancient halls and corridors
Like morning springs, I hear you sing
And all my birds take flights upon your words of love
Words you know, words you've never spoke before
But somehow knew would come to you
Like mothering or breathing
It's just you
This, now is like a photograph
I'll wanna put myself inside, back in time, here with you
I saw you drenched in morning light
All warm across your mother's eyes
I knew it then. I know it now
I know you as the child you left behind
Your eyes, a different time, a window to an ancient line
of lives that came and then became
Ashes from the fire of time
And we're in line but I hold now in my tiny palm with you
As we lie, I'll let now be a harbor light and try
Not to be swallowed by thoughts of scale and time
'Cause I know curtains come along
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14. |
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I can still see you now, stuck in the golden hour
Where everything, somehow, seems warm and figured out
under an orange sun
The things I said under those trees
with apples tripping on our feet
It's everything I tried to be
It's what I wanted to believe, breathing the golden hour
Moments stain before they fade
Light through leaves, dancing on your face
Your precious grin
The colors and the way the shadows played
I always remember you that way
If I laid down and closed my eyes, breathed in the colors of my life
Through all the swirly lines of time, people and places in my mind
I'd find the orange warm of now, so I could be with you somehow
Back in the golden hour
Moments stain before they fade
Points in time, burned in mind
The film still plays
The colors and the way the shadows played
I remember you that way
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Summer's stain on your arm and your mark on her heart
And the waves, kissing you both on the legs, over and over again
All the hours that flowed like sand through your toes
and her smile, echoing on in your eyes
Pamela, lost in the sky
In the ocean of time, you're just part of the tide
So, how lucky am I, to wash up by your side?
There's never a point to ask why
Suspended in time, burned in my mind and my eyes
Breathing and moving as one
Like everything under the sun
In the ocean of time, you're just part of the tide
So, how lucky am I, to wash up by your side?
Pamela, lost in the sky
When you close your eyes to conjure a time
You'll be with Pamela, lost in the sky
Felling the kiss of the tide
Over and over again
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Anna's looking through the window at the trees
Watching branches sway and tremble in the breeze
Shapes of sunlight drift and dance around the room
She can't be captured, light like lives that pass right through
Sometimes it feels like the magic's real
And I don't wanna wake up from the dream
head on chest, the gentle drum of rain outside
I'll remember this the rest of my life
Sometimes it feels like the magic's real
I can't draw a line and stay inside
Love's as good as gold
I've always known
If it's in the leaves, it echoes through the trees
You're never far away
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17. |
Scare (Bonus Track)
03:24
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Long, long is the night
Until the day it comes, I catch up with my worried mind
Scare me, don't curse me
It's better than it could be
Scare me, don't curse me
Long, long is the day
You find a shady place and wait for night to have its way
When there's nothing left to do
Scare me, don't curse me
It's better than it could be
Scare me, don't curse me
Long is the night
Long is the day
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18. |
Into Dust (Bonus Track)
07:18
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Still falling
Breathless and on again
Inside me today
Beside me today
Around and broken in two
til my eyes shed, turning into dust
Like two strangers, turning into dust
I could feel my hands shake with the weight of fear
I could possibly be fading
or have something more to give
I could feel myself growing colder
I could feel myself under your fate
It was you, reckless and torn
It was you, restless and worn
I could feel myself turning into dust
Like two strangers, turning into dust
Still falling
Breathless and on again
Inside me today
Beside me today
I could feel myself growing colder
I could feel myself falling
I could feel myself turning into dust
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19. |
Haunted (Bonus Track)
04:26
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It's summer in the city at night
Window's open to the air outside
Strange faces on the street
Electric lights flicker and feed the scene
Ear to the rail to find
some kind of magic tonight
And I'd dance with anyone
I'm ready to be hunted by love
Haunted
I'd dance with anyone
I'll spin so fast, feel like I'm drunk
And I'd dance with anyone
I'm ready to be hunted by love
Haunted
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