1. |
By The Daylight
03:27
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when you see an insect
don’t try to squash it
things more powerful than you
control the actions in your life
I have a problem
with no easy answer
but you see I’m trying
very very hard to just let it slide
so I dream
dream dream dream
wasted by the daylight
floating in the twilight
ask me a question
I’ll give you the answer
you want to know I'm saying
every little thing that’s on my mind
I am a body
stuck in a story
things more powerful than me
control the actions in my life
so I dream
dream dream dream
wasted by the daylight
floating in the twilight
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2. |
Summer's End
04:51
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father, we will never grow old
and perfect love will always be yours
sometimes I can see through your eyes
and it’s good to feel that way
and this is not the first time
we’ve seen the last, the last of the green
and you’re on my mind
as the shadows fool my eyes
‘cause I found the season
for your wintery pride
and this is not the first time
we’ve seen the last, the last of the green
this is not the first time
we’ve dreamed the last, the last of a dream
at the summer’s end
father, we will never grow old
and perfect love will always be yours
on the shore of the world
let’s go swimming
on the shore of the world
let’s go swimming
at the summer’s end
and this is not the first time
we’ve gone swimming, let’s go swimming
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I snuck in to your room last night
I stayed in the dark
it was innocent
dreams have pushed you around, you said
but I am innocent
you have let them in
you think time left this behind
but it’s in your mind
you need love in your life
magic turns words into prayers, you said
to bring us back from the dead
but it’s not happening
a spell you tried made you blind, you said
you can’t see the end
you are innocent
you think time left you alone
but you were on your own
it was you all along
every other one you did know before
if you loved them more
they won’t love you now
don’t look back at them anymore
what are you looking for?
they won’t beg for you
I think you left this behind
but you’re in my mind
I need love in my life
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4. |
Vision
04:47
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sometimes, sometimes
you’re on my mind
and I can see your face in mine
through one eye
a happy sight in failing vision
my ally, I see you in your imprecision
your eyes, your eyes
look just like mine
and I can feel where we collide
in our lives
we’re pulled apart by indecision
we tell lies
and watch the world on television
but I, but I
want to change my life
and I can feel we are aligned
through love’s eyes
despite the blindness we’ve been given
so I’ll try to see you now with perfect vision
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5. |
Comedian
02:40
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a comedian died tonight
beside my bed coughing in the moonlight
oh how he didn’t want to go
his face was painted white and he cried
lord, let me live another life
how could you be our hangman
all the comedians in pain will you save them?
my faith is in no one else’s hands
will you keep me alive in your eyes?
lord, let us live another life
are we all part of your bad dream?
where all the comedians laugh and scream
and the riverbed weeps when you are sad
everyone that opens their eyes tonight
lord, let them live another life
our bodies are falling apart
but the way they move is a work of art
a joke that’s killing everyone
no one in the room is left alive
lord, let us live another life
a comedian died tonight
beside my bed coughing in the moonlight
oh how he didn’t want to go
his face was painted white and he cried
lord, let me live another life
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6. |
Chances
04:44
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when the rain falls
it turns the earth into roses
what I cannot perceive
is here with me now
in the roses
when summer comes
I twist myself into shadows
what I cannot believe
are calling me now
in the shadows
when fall is near
I turn my heart into chances
what I could not receive
will come to me now
in the chances
in the roses
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Vampires
03:55
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what are we doing here hanging on a dark night?
what are we doing here this town’s a vampire
ducking our silhouettes waiting for the cop’s light
this town’s gonna eat us alive
so we’re moving on
puff on your cigarette, smoke it ‘till the hash lights
pass me the bottle I’m looking for a quick high
down in the basement we’re waiting for the twilight
to feel strong, it’s the easiest lie
but we’re getting high
hide in the backseat I’ll go through the red light
finish the liquor we’ll chase with the moonlight
this is our shot let’s not blow it with stage fright
this time we need to say goodbye
‘cause we’re moving on
we’re moving on
what are we doing here hanging on a dark night?
what are we doing we’re just like the vampires
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8. |
I'll Be Your Ladder
04:54
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time cools me
with laughter
as I see the ways
I am changing
and I know I want to
be your ladder
with love's elation
in your eyes
I’ll be your ladder
while you’re changing
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9. |
Over The Sky
03:34
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you are a question
and I’m not an answer
but I’m here and you still wonder why
as you and me on our rollercoaster
go around the bedroom
through the ceiling and over the sky
we go over stormy oceans
and what if I let you fall
down to the water where you drown without a sound
and even though we both sway the motion
I will surrender
but I want to beg you now please don’t let me drown
I’ll build the wings on both our shoulders
and I won’t even mention
all of the reasons why I fear to fly
as you and me on our rollercoaster
go around the bedroom
through the ceiling and over the sky
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10. |
Take It Easy
03:33
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I will surrender, follow me now
punish the devil, pardon the clown
‘cause I need your love till this place is gone
and I know there is a purpose in me
and I’m getting better
but I just hope you’ll take it easy on me
you’ll take it easy
in weakness and fantasy I’m waiting for you
help me get over myself and I will be true
for love is the way ‘till our final day
and I know there is a garden in me
I feel it growing
but I just hope you’ll take it easy on me
you’ll take it easy
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Devon Welsh Montreal, Québec
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