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Roads
02:59
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Roads
Walking roads, don't know where I've been
Trying to find my way
So many roads, nothing is planned
Takes me half the day
Every direction leads somewhere new
Every road takes me back to you
One more glance leaves me wanting more
That's what you're here for
That's what you're here for
So take my hand and walk with me
To places not yet seen
Find that place where you want to be
Manifest your dream
So walk alone or with someone new
Try to find your way
So many roads, surely one's for you
Take this time and stray
We only have today
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Constellations
02:45
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Constellations split the sky tonight
Lightning flashes, pale then bright
If you look up, you just might see the moon.
But if you stare at the moon too long,
She will find you out.
And if you look at your lover wrong,
It will fill you with doubt.
Take the road less traveled by,
Like the poet said
Let the moonlight be your guide
Past the headstones and the dead
Walk a mile, walk it back
Tell your lover that she’s off track
What it is you think you lack,
Let it rise like the moon.
You’re a star gleaming in my eye.
You and I will never say goodbye.
Born apart, alone we’ll die, and rise like the moon.
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Magic Treason
04:11
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She was taking back the night.
Hid her motives out of sight.
Lit the room by candlelight,
So bright, she knew what she was doing.
She liked to say she was a mystic
Some people thought she was twisted
If there was a curse, she would lift it,
Dispel it, make you think she was fooling.
Oh, how she cried, how she cried, for no reason.
Oh, how she lied, you know she lied. Magic treason.
There was a kinder side to her.
She liked to tell you who you were.
She’d take your money, or what for,
Push the door to the cave of your longing.
Then she’d forget that you were there,
Leave you lusting for a prayer,
Or for some reason for her to care
But, no fear, it was a movie you were wrong in. (chorus)
She roams the woods now in the dark
She’ll sing you songs just like a lark
Until there’s no way you can work
Or park your love in neutral.
She will haunt your darkest dreams.
She will ply you with her schemes.
Nothing with her is as it seems –
Only the means to something less than truthful.
Oh, how she cried, how she cried, for no reason.
Oh, how she lied, you know she lied.
Oh, how she lied, you know she lied.
Oh, how she lied, you know she lied.
Magic treason.
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4. |
Breadcrumbs to My Heart
03:06
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Walk into the light,
Even if you are lonely.
We can make it right.
This is for your ears only.
Follow the breadcrumbs to my heart.
Whisper the words as they come.
This is the way into my heart.
Music is where memory comes from.
Sing ‘til your voice gives out
Strum ‘til your fingers are sore
Music is what you’re about
Music is what your life’s for
Write ‘til your hands feel the glory
Love ‘til your body’s asleep
Make out of this your own story.
Hold close the loved ones you keep.
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Love Letters
03:34
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In a box of mahogany
With a broken lock and a missing key
I found his letters to her.
He wrote of passing things,
College pranks and family flings
Imagining her with him there.
But the letters that went missing
Told a sadder story still:
Nothing that an apology
Or absence couldn’t fill.
Sorry, he said he’s sorry,
Never spelling out what for,
Trying to keep that open door.
Sorry, the truth is in between the lines,
In the shadows of her eyes,
And it isn’t very kind.
I saw her broken then
In ways that time would gently mend.
I saved his letters to her.
Dreaming of his love and hers,
Cutting wounds now all a blur,
Masking the lovers they once were.
But the letters that went missing
Don’t matter anymore –
He picked up where he left off,
Correspondence restored.
Sorry, his private story,
Hides whatever reason why
Letting her tears slowly dry.
Sorry, he said he’s sorry,
And that distance kept them close,
‘Til he won what he loved most.
Decades passed.
The kids grew up.
But the die was cast
On this tender love.
Sorry, he says he’s sorry.
The bond was weakened from the start.
Now, they’ll both grow old apart.
Sorry, he still says sorry.
And truth cannot bear the weight.
And it’s sad, but it’s too late.
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One for the Road
03:06
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Didn’t know what you’d say when you walked in
Didn’t know what you’d think when I poured that gin.
Doesn’t matter what I think,
Don’t matter what I say.
I’m sober and I’ve you to thank today.
Know what this looks like now: a sad, sad sight
No, I am not Okay, been up all night.
All right, shut the light when you leave.
I got nothing else up my sleeve.
And one last thing before you go:
What’s in this glass you’ll never know.
Our time together is short, you’re going away.
This bottle’s the last, I swear. Why don’t you stay?
Doesn’t matter what I think
Don’t matter what I say
I’m sober and I’ve you to thank today.
Today
Today
Today
Today
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7. |
Already There
02:39
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Picking notes on my classical guitar,
His Sundowners taking hold
He smiled as if he knew that I might falter,
Just as my voice grew bold
Singing songs for him, in the light
Four sterile walls holding back the night
Forgive me, Father
You do not recognize
The lightness of my hand
The tenor of my voice
Forgive me, Father
I have failed to share
The music in my bones
The music already there
The music already there
I lie beside his bed as night turns into day
His breathing just a whisper
I wonder silently if he'll go out this way
His breathing stops and my eyes blur.
Singing songs for him, in the light
Four sterile walls holding back the night
Forgive me, Father
You do not recognize
The lightness of my hand
The tenor of my voice
Forgive me, Father
For I have failed to share
The music in my bones
The music already there
The music that’s everywhere
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8. |
Missing You
02:54
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I was falling from grace.
You held me tight.
Looked into my face
Said I’d be alright
Now that you’re gone,
I don’t know why,
I can’t carry on,
Even though I try.
Tears sting my eyes.
I don’t know why,
I don’t know why.
You always knew just what to say
You could read me on cue
I wouldn’t know night from day
If it wasn’t for you
All I had were dreams
You understood
Never had the means
But you said I could
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9. |
Soul of the Deep
04:08
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Inspired by a podcast by Mark Nepo
Whales live in the deep.
They breathe under water in their sleep.
Their minds, wakeful and free,
Raise souls well beyond the sea.
A monk seeks his teacher’s eye.
He passes a wounded warrior by.
His heart and his mind can’t keep
Accord with the soul of the deep.
Ego trips and falls.
Lovingkindness calls.
Mysteries soothe in sleep,
Waking our minds to the soul of the deep.
Breathe and be set free.
Plunge deep and know the sea.
Then teach your lonely heart to heal.
Swim with the feelings that you feel.
Transcend the rhythm of the waves.
Transcend dreamy nights into days.
Then float like the whales fast asleep.
Embrace the silence of the deep.
Ego trips and falls.
Lovingkindness calls.
Mysteries soothe in sleep,
Waking our minds to the soul of the deep.
Waking our hearts to the soul of the deep.
Waking with love to the soul of the deep.
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