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Calamity Overture
03:04
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At the first sign of light, I'm up for the day;
Did I even sleep?
The cave is collapsing into the night,
but I've found solace in the dark
I'd hold you closer and bathe in your brilliance
But they warned me about your type
It's never as simple as sounds on the radio
I'll find my own way, head first and hard way
I'll find my own way, don't care what you say
Who are you to tell me how?
If I've heard it once, I've heard it all before
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2. |
Old Fury
04:29
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Time is nothing but a cruel merchant,
Dealing in stories, memories, and hope
We try to cultivate our fortunes
To leave the ones we love a little meaning
When we are gone, a legend will live on
We must break before we grow; you told me so
This grief is just love with nowhere to go
But we buried you before I let you know,
And now every tomorrow will never be as sweet as yesterday
My eyes are burning and turning to dust
I can't weep anymore
We can't save this land but we will tell the tales of times you should have seen
Remember Old Fury
We'll pass on the echoes that anchor us down
We'll share a myth over a fifth and hope that we don't drown
And now every tomorrow will never be as sweet as yesterday
But today? We'll see.
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Almanac
03:54
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I still try to skirt the line of who I am and what I've left behind
The best of times lost to the aether
Your song as cold as your hollow eyes
How many days before I realize?
All the words that never left my lips..
It's been too long, it's time that you came home
I close my eyes and pray that I won't wake up alone
So save the date and swear you won't be late
I need a rest from the great despair to salvage what's left of my soul
Birthdays and anniversaries; will it get easier for me?
An empty seat in an empty home
It's hard to feel like you're not alone when a smiling face tells you "life goes on"
Do you know something that I don't?
I cannot do this on my own
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I woke up on the lawn and, for a minute, forgot you were gone
Do you have to remind me every day?
I've been watching the stars, trying to find where you are
I think I might go blind tonight
The vermilion bird is still singing the last song you heard
I've got the tune stuck in my head
The crops are growing, and time keeps rolling
But I feel like we've been standing still
You said you'd be home soon
When you do everything right, what can go wrong?
You said this was a detour
I guess you weren't wrong; you took the scenic way home
Another month gone.. I may be wrong, but it feels like so long
This routine is a heavy weight
The last time I saw you was long after you died
I feel your heart and soul inside
You said you'd be home
When you do everything right no one will know you've done anything at all
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5. |
The Bevelle Machina
05:03
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I felt the fall a long time ago
I kissed the dirty ground like it was yours again
The hope was always there that you'd come home some day
My first and only prayer was to see your face and hear your voice again
Just once
I'm starting to feel like I've been running around
Chasing something I can never find
I do hope you realize that when I wake up in the middle of the night,
It's you I see right next to me
Or is it still a dream?
I feel like I've been saved by a deus ex machina
A little bit of dissonance
A voice calling from the sky sings "oh, sweet child"
The winter's never been so cold; something's amiss
I scream, like a privateer:
"God damn them all
I was told we'd sail the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears"
I'm a broken man from Glengarry, just trying to count the years
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6. |
Motherworld
06:24
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"We've got the tools we need to make this soil into more than dirt,"
She said as she took off her skirt
I see the crucifix on your wall, but you never speak of miracles
Only take my name in vain
You'd know that I don't ask for much if only you would listen to me
I clench my fist and hold my breath
Try to weather ego death and tell you just what you mean to me
One by one the barriers fall, exposing what lies behind these walls
I've built my motherworld
You're cold, you're numb, but don't play dumb
You remember the good times, yeah, we've had our fun
We were reckless; kids in a candy store
I'll act like an adult if you follow my lead
We can have everything that we'll ever need
If you believe we can make it through tonight
I promise you, I'll do the best I can with what I've got, I hope
Hold fast to the ones that you love
I swear, if we didn't have this shit luck then we'd have no luck at all
Talk low, talk slow, don't talk too much
You learn much more when you listen, so keep an ear to the ground
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The Anchor
05:03
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And the water began to rise
I felt the cool breeze from the tide
The storm, it came without warning
But smooth seas never made skilled sailors
While the waves carried some away,
You held me firmly in my place
To see the dawn of the next day; you've shown me the way
You're my anchor, weighing heavy on my mind
I know we'll make it through, I've place my faith in you
When it hurts too much and I feel like I can't go on anymore
You point me to the shore
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Shapeshifter
04:21
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Keep your chin up, you've found a foil
Digging up lady luck's barren soil
You've found a friend in a fever dream
It's not that I'm bad company
I just like to run my mouth, you see
I am a wolf in the wild
Is this how it's gotta be?
A black cloud hanging over me
Until the sun breaks through and shines a light upon my brand new face
You've cut me up and worn me out
But I paint a smile over the doubt
The pieces left behind form nothing but small fractions of a self
Is there something wrong with me?
I don't care if you are clean
I'm turning over a new leaf
Steal the air from my lungs, let me be all that you breathe
We'll make each other dirty
I'll tell it all and tell it true, if you're ready
I'm not the man you thought you knew
I'm a shapeshifter
Back from the dead, I'm born anew
No absolution
No pretext for the things I do
I'm a shapeshifter
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9. |
A Fond Farewell
03:40
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There's no easy way to say goodbye to you
The words hang in the air, twisted and bent
Hollow and cold
How am I supposed to sum up what you meant to me when I can barely breathe?
The light has left with you
As if there was any doubt, I am my father's son
I try to smile through the pain, try to stay strong
But I fall apart
There is no secret, it's just going to hurt for a while
For a lifetime at least
But we hold our heads up and face the next morning
The sunrise is brighter, but something is missing
It's you, and it's us missing you
As if there was any doubt, I am my father's son
I try to see light through the tears
To find something worth saying
Like "I love you," and "I miss you"
And "I wish you were here with us"
And "thank you for being the man that you were"
I wish you safe passage
I bid you a fond farewell
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10. |
Coda
05:38
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There's a necessary evil; a black to the white
A darkness in the light, a reason to fight
A climax and an ending, a notion worth defending
Until the end is near, until the final seconds fade
This is the path that I chose for myself
I'm gonna raise my voice and sing it out loud
I'll find my own way, head first and hard way, don't care what you say
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