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Empty House
03:42
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My days are hanging out on the line
along with the skin I've shed
next to the tears that I've cried.
And your love laps at the window pane.
It seeps in unwanted
just like the pouring rain.
Don't look at what my walls have laid bare
its frayed at the borders
like maps to places that I've already been.
I'm reminded of your face
the way the moons spills out over the floor.
It cuts me to ribbons.
Stuck in the frame of a revolving door.
Ruin me.
Go ahead and tear me on down
a menagerie of broken glass
holds the reflection of this empty house.
Your hands are cracked and splintered cause they cant let me go
though the frame may be fallin'
you're looking at me like I'm solid gold.
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2. |
Fast as Time Goes
03:04
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You are the leaves that change in Autumn,
brilliant as the surface of the moon.
Everything you do has a grace about it.
In the afternoon, I can feel you in the air.
I want to be there floating around.
Abandon all cares when we leave the ground.
Dream of the day when we won't come down.
CHORUS
as fast as time goes
as free as the wind blows
as far as the clouds show
as long as the sun glows
my love's for you, so don't let me down.
I'll hold your heart like running water,
even as it's flowing through my hands.
I would build a dam, so you wouldn't wander,
but I would miss the sound
and the stillness cant compare.
I want to be there floating around
abandon all cares when we leave the ground
Dream of the day when we won't come down.
CHORUS
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3. |
Lion's Share
03:46
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I keep checking the door
but nobody's there.
In fact, it's been closed
since you went down the stairs.
Now I feel crazy.
You laid me so low
I made friends with the ground
It told me to grow
when I'm feeling down.
Maybe your feet
have a mind of their own
'cause I'm always wrong
when it comes to you.
You say that you feel lonely
more everyday.
I know it's true
'cause I feel the same.
But you have the lion's share of blame.
There's not a word for the way that I feel
and no substitute for something so real.
Can I speak plainly?
You threw me away, whether you meant to or not.
You said you were drunk.
I just think you forgot.
Maybe, I need
some time on my own
'cause I'm always wrong
when it comes to you.
You say that you feel lonely
more everyday.
I know it's true
'cause I feel the same,
but you have the lion's share of blame.
You have the lion's share of blame.
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I'm a dead man walking here
But that's the least of all my fears
Ooh, underneath the water
It's not Alabama clay
That gives my trembling hands away
Please forgive me father
Ain't going back to Barton Hollow
Devil gonna follow me e'er I go
Won't do me no good washing in the river
Can't no preacher man save my soul
Did that full moon force my hand?
Or that un marked hundred grand?
Ooh, underneath the water
Please forgive me father
Miles and miles in my bare feet
Still can't lay me down to sleep
If I die before I wake
I know the Lord my soul won't take
I'm a dead man walking
I'm a dead man walking
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Ain't going back to Barton Hollow
Devil gonna follow me e'er I go
Won't do me no good washing in the river
Can't no preacher man save my soul
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5. |
Running in Place
04:15
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Lie to me slow
put me back together.
Yeah, give me all your kind words.
Lie to me you silver-tongued devil,
'cause right now things can't get much worse.
It feels like I'm running in place,
and time's trying to swallow me whole,
and I feel so worn down
the future casts a shadow on my heart.
You're not fooling anyone.
Everything that's good is gone.
I've been living in constant misery.
You saw me now, you'd probably think I have it all.
Fell asleep in the lap of luxury,
then woke up to what I'd lost.
It feels like I'm running in place
and time's trying to swallow me whole,
and I feel so worn down
the future casts a shadow on my heart.
You're not fooling anyone.
Everything that's good is gone.
Isn't it strange that a life so redefined
can feel just the same
when the sun refuses to shine?
I feel so worn down
the future casts a shadow on my heart.
You're not fooling anyone.
Everything that's good is gone.
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