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Fate: An Introduction
00:40
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Death
03:56
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Truth, Truth be told
You might shake your fist at death, but we all grow old
Search, Search you might
But the fountain of youth is running dry
But the fountain of youth is running dry
Truth, Truth be told
That body you're wearing is not your home
Feel, feel the scars
Cresting in your skin and in your soul
Oh, the dirge has started, can you feel the pull?
There's just nowhere to go
There's just nowhere to hide
When your time is coming
It's everywhere you look
It's always on your mind
You can't escape the tide
There's just nowhere to run
There's just nowhere to hide
When the fire's coming
It's everywhere you look
It's always on your mind
As your days go by
Can you feel your soul
Start to lose control
As the light comes crashing
Everything you've known
Everything you'll be
is pulling you under
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I found you in Gabriel’s yard
Staring at the people running through the fields
I grabbed your hand so tight
And we watched a world leave its world behind
St. Louis is New York City
New York City is like ancient Pompeii
Florida is underwater now
And the West Coast is a torn out page in history
But though earthquakes roar underneath
And mountains crumble into seas
Though the winds may level cities
When it all burns away, nothing but love can stay
We left our bags out on the porch
As the clouds began to churn
I thought I heard a trumpet saying
“It’s only getting worse”
So as the rain began to fall
I held you like a knife against my skin
I begged God for one more day and then
I kissed what I knew goodbye
But though earthquakes roar underneath
And mountains crumble into seas
Though the winds may level cities
When it all burns away, nothing but love can stay
Nothing but love can stay
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4. |
Arrows Fly
04:03
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I should've know before
When I lead the charge
I felt the warmth leave my side
I felt a pain between my shoulders
I turned to face them all alone
I saw blades and feathers soar
Family struck me one by one
In the name of our Father's son
And arrows flew from my brother's bows
I broke the shafts and kept on running
Didn't know this was a civil war
But then arrows flew from my brother's bows
Oh, oh, oh
Will the poison run its course
'Fore I find a place to hide
'Cause that house just isn't home at all
I don't know if it ever was
I saw the anger in their eyes
What did I do that was so wrong
I feel just like a wounded deer
And I'm running numb
I'm running numb
Arrows flew from my brother's bows
I broke the shafts and kept on running
Didn't know this was a civil war
But then arrows flew from my brother's bows
Father, could you tell me please
'Cause I'm bending down on wounded knees
What did I do?
'Cause I'm not sure.
I just want you to be proud of me
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Simple
07:00
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Well, there’s a church in my heart
It has no steeple or a parking lot
But you can come if you want
It’s free of charge and the doors don’t shut
And we could talk all day
Like age old friends
And love each other
Like the world won’t end
I’ve tried so hard to figure you out
You’re way too big to get my head around
But if love is this simple, could we throw out all the rules?
‘Cause I’m living on the edge of giving into you
You got grace in your pockets
Well, I got sin in my shoes
I try to hide it underfoot
So you won’t have a clue,
But I limp like a beggar
And lie like a fool.
And you read me like a poem
And hold me like a jewel
I've tried so hard...
In the pasture of your thoughts
Is there a place for me?
Where the wind blows steady
And we rest in peace
‘Cause the world’s been a fighter
And I’m on flat on my back
And I need your song to wake me up again
I've tried so hard...
I sing Oh
‘Cause I’m living on the edge of giving into you
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6. |
Afterlife Parade
05:26
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Hold my hand
As I step into the great unknown
I can feel the cadence now
Bass drums are leading my soul
So I peel the world away
Just like an ancient scab
And it feels so good
‘Cause life hurts so bad
I say oh oh
Don’t cry for me
When you find that I'm gone
'Cause I'm roaming free
Into the arms of love
And you can wear my sweater
If it keeps you warm
‘Cause there’s no winter
Where I’m going now
I said oh oh
I can feel the ticker tape
On my face
As I march from death
Into an afterlife parade
Can you hear the trumpets
Erupting from our lungs
As we join in the chorus
Celebrating the end of us
And we will open up our eyes
Yeah, we won't need strength to stand
For everything that's right
Is an instrument in our hands
We all sing oh oh
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Phoenix (Instrumental)
01:40
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8. |
Rebirth
02:30
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Spin the dial
Time is on fire
Come eventide
In the kiln of life
Kerosene,
I got a bridge
You got a match for me?
Hurling soul
Jack knife into the depths of
A renaissance
Bless this mess
With solluting guns
Never thought I'd see the day
But the day is won
Rebirth is upon us
Rebirth us upon us
And start, stop
Start, stop
Start
And I come out swingin'
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Black Woods, White Beach
03:15
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Pain, past, quick sand
Eyes meet your hand
Never want to go back
Never want to go
Never want to
Black woods, white beach
Ship, mast, come sail east
Never want to go back
Never want to go
Never want to
Oh, Oh, Oh
Never have to go back
Never have to go
Never have to
Oh, Oh, Oh
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Cincinnati
03:19
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We're pioneers
With every hope and every fear
We're seven hills and seven years
Into finding one another here
The streets are lit, Over the Rhine,
We'll paint this town wedding dress white
Love and trust are revving cars
On the boulevard
We burn like the dawn
We're vagabonds
Slowly drifting into one
To mend what came undone
To have, to hold, to love
Rebuild our hopes and watch them grow
Towers tall, morning stars
Burning in our hearts
We'll light this town with the two of us
We burn like the dawn
Shedding skin
Shedding life
What could've been
All the while
Shedding skin
Shedding life
What could've been
Well, it was yours all the time
We burn like the dawn
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11. |
Chinese Hand Drum
04:55
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You're the journey
You're the dance
You're the song of a distance lands
And you call to me
Your laughter fills my heart
Like a kite in Bejing park
Waving to the earth
So I swing my arms like a Chinese hand drum
Beating the wind with love's great cadence
Singing so loud, I ain't got no breath left
And I dance so hard, I can't feel my feet
I'm a feather in the wind blowing to the east
Where the sun comes up, the sun comes out for me
You're the fire
You're the sea
You're the wisdom in my dreams
Will you sing to me?
Oh, come in waves
With soul and grace
Like a newborn summer
So I swing my arms like a Chinese hand drum
Beating the wind with love's great cadence
Singing so loud, I ain't got no breath left
And I dance so hard, I can't feel my feet
I'm a feather in the wind blowing to the east
Where the sun comes up, the sun comes out for me
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Sequoia
03:03
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This world, this grove
This planted seed
Our roots stretch deep into eternity
But our love must burn before it grows
As tall and strong as sequoias
The lightning comes
Like a thief
To score our wounds and fuel our dreams
When the soils ready, the kingdom grows
As tall and strong as sequoias
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13. |
Devil's Dirt
03:43
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Strobe burns bright in the house tonight
Kick drum cuts through the fear inside
Music comes, a thief in the night
To lift you up, to lift you up
From digging in the Devil's dirt
Digging in the Devil's dirt
Foxholes lit by a morning light
Lines are drawn, we waltz through night
TIme hold steady, we can make it right
We're lifting off, we're lifting off
We're all digging in the Devil's dirt
Digging in the Devil's dirt
If you want to come
Get up
Get down
Get free
We're dancing for eternity
Strobe burns bright in the the house tonight
When it's said and done
Get up
Get down
Get free
We're dancing into eternity
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14. |
Maypole
04:38
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The dirge is draining from our lungs
And a new song's raging on our tongues
So leave your winters at the gate
With those memories of darker days
The past was burned by the threshing floor
And we are all that love searched for
So leave your fears out on the porch
The table is set and supper is warm
No more waiting at the door
Come one, come all
Come on, sing it out, sing it out
Heaven is alive, it's in our hearts
It's in our eyes and in our scars
And we breath it in when we kiss
When we hold the sights we thought we'd missed
Come one, come all
Come on sing it out, sing it out
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