1.Battling The Years
Time is surely growing shorter
I work my fingers to the bone
Hours pass without resistance
Every day is here and gone
I keep battling the years
I fight for all the time I've wasted here
But I'm pulling back my forces
Because this battle can't be won
You might earn yourself a fortune
The finest diamonds you may choose
But oh never will you earn your days back
This is something you must lose
And you may hear the masses cheering
Spread your name from ear to ear
But no sound requites the years behind you
That is something you must lose
Oh, the days when I was younger
Every fear was out of sight
The future always seemed so distant
The future always seemed so bright
I keep pushing 'round the bend
I've no idea where this trail should end
I won't know when I've arrived
I'll keep on pushing till I die
I might earn myself a fortune
The finest diamonds I may choose
But oh, never will I earn my days back
That is something I must lose
I might hear the masses cheering
Spread my name from ear to ear
But no sound requites the years behind me
That is something I must lose
That is something I must lose
2.Now We've Made Our Ascent
We've finally made a great escape;
Tell me friend, what is this place？
The look on your face says it all...
The blades of grass refuse to bend
And I can see right through you friend
Oh, what kind of trickery is this？
Oh Lord, I've waited so long for this...
Now that I'm here I don't know where to go
Here in the foothills of heaven
I hope to be rid of the world I have known
From the hills came beings of light：
Such glorious creatures
Such a glorious sight
Ah, I couldn't help but tremble
And here at the sight of an angel
It never occurred what a wretch I had been
Come now, follow me gladly
Soon all the grass you shall learn how to bend
The world you are running from is filled with the grumbling of
miserable tongues
Oh, the journey is cumbersome
This great divorce you shall soon overcome
Soon overcome
Here int eh foothills of heaven
It's hard to believe what I've seen
Sometimes my eyes can deceive me
I'm weary of all that I fail to perceive
3.Symptom Of A Stumbling
Fast asleep
She's next to me
Her heart, it beats
So steadily
Her hopes and fears
And all her dreams
She puts in me
So trustingly
The weight of love is more than all the world
Requiring a strength I can't provide
But gravity, love strangely may defy
If only I was not so terrified
I've seen her smile
I've made her cry
I've been embraced
I've been denied
All these things
A symptom of
A stumbling towards a perfect love
The weight of love is more than all the world
Requiring a strength I can't provide
But gravity, love strangely may defy
If only I was not so terrified
These doubts that are arising
They've become so paralyzing
Am I what she wants
Am I what she needs
Or am I just a letdown she can't see
My burning heart
Oh how it yearns
To be intrigued
At every turn
I've tried so hard
To walk the line
But nothing keeps me satisfied
The weight of love is more than all the world
Requiring a strength I can't provide
But gravity, love strangely may defy
If only I was not so terrified
4.Bullets In The Air
Don't say a word
Choose them carefully
They're like bullets in the air
You should aim your gun before you pull the trigger
Or maybe you should just put it away
You've got it bad
And no one understands
There's a storm inside your mind
Lightning never chooses where it will strike
But it can burn a bridge right to the ground
Oh you think they all agree
Most definitely you're in the right
Or they tell you what you want to hear
Secretly they feel your unrestrained spite
If you demand respect
Fear is what you'll get
You'll never hear an honest word
You'll buy right into it
Your ego left unchecked
And you'll mistake all these strangers for your friends
These people aren't your friends
Oh, these people aren't your friends
They'll try to dance on your broken glass
Then pull the shards out when you're gone
Then they'll curse your name
Renounce every flattering word that they said to you
Don't say a word
Choose them carefully
They're like bullets in the air
You should aim your gun before you pull the trigger
Or maybe you should just put it away
5.Flowers By The Moon
In the night
Quiet glow
We're beneath the shining stars
And the breeze
Cool and calm
Whispers to us from afar
And the waves on the shore
They surrender to the sand
Breathing sweet, salty air
In a chorus raised, intoxicating and divine
Darling say how blessed are we now？
Palms in a sway and flowers by the moon
In the dawn
By the sea
There are bird songs in the air
And the sky's quiet blaze
Warms our hearts and souls and puts to rest our every care
Feeling so enraptured by the view
Tell me darling
Have we witnessed beauty's gleaming？
Soon we part from this place that makes us whole
Take this in
Take it with you when we go
All too soon we will be pulled away
So opposed to our pleasure to stay
We must treasure all we find
We behold the enchanted and reconcile our souls to light
Feeling so enraptured by the view
Tell me darling, have we witnessed beauty's gleaming？
Palms in a sway and flowers by the moon
6.Nightingale
Oh the world is still
It's quiet as a mouse, it's 3 am
Wide awake, trying to get the words out of my mouth
But I can't make a sound since you left me lying here in my bed
While you're running off with him
Everything in my world was yours, when I held you tenderly
I was once in his shoes, I had everything to lose and so I did
It wasn't long ago when I could feel the breeze of you blowing
on my skin
I could feel your touch as your arms were closing in
If I could muster a sound I'd sing this song out loud just like
a Nightingale
I was driving fast with roses on my seat and headed home
I was late with dinner getting cold
When I was struck in the side of the car
And then I saw your face
I couldn't move, I couldn't say a word to you
Everything in my world was yours, when I held you tenderly
Oh now my world is caving in because you're sleeping next to him
If I could die
You bet your life I would
Because I can't feel the breeze of you blowing on my skin
I can't feel your touch as your arms are closing in
If I could muster a sound I'd sing this song out loud just like
the Nightingale
The Nightingale
If the tables had been turned I could never go without you by my
side
But I'm reminded everyday how
I can't feel the breeze of you blowing on my skin
I can't feel your touch as your arms are closing in
If I could muster a song I'd sing this song out loud just like
the Nightingale
The Nightingale
I can't feel the breeze of you blowing on my skin
I can't feel your touch as your arms are closing in
If I could muster a sound I'd sing this song out loud just like
a Nightingale
The Nightingale
7.Blistered Hands
See these blistered hands
Try to understand what I've been doing all these years
Driving through the miles
You think that I've gone wild but I'm just living in such fear
Afraid that all the songs I write are never gonna see the light
of day
Cause I've been living like a vagabond ever since I first
learned how to play
That's ok because it's all the same to me
So darling please
Tell me that you'll stay for one more song
Cause it might be the one that makes you mine
I can't bear the thought of being alone
And I'm worried that I'm running out of time
You've somewhere else to be
So promise me before you leave you'll stay for one more song
Spoke with you last night
It was one hell of a fight and it left us both in tears
Striving through the pain
It's easier to blame and let the world be on it's way
It's easier to feel like every wrong turn that I've made is not
my fault
So yea, I share my troubled words with you and sent you crying
deep into the dark
But now I never meant to see your face crying over me
So darling, please
Tell me that you'll stay for one more song
Because it might be the one that makes you mine
I can't bear the thought of being alone
And I'm worried that I'm running out of time
You've somewhere else to be
So promise me before you leave you'll stay for one more song
8.Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
Look outside my window tell me what you see
The cars are moving fast and people in a hurry
Such dizzy lives
Oh look at them all go
I think I'll take the day off
Think I'll take it slow
I think I'll spend another hour in bed
I think I'll take my time
If I shut my phone off and I close the blinds
The world'll keep spinning but it's out of sight
And out of mind
It keeps spinning around
Seems we've all gone lost at sea without a compass
Yielding to the winds that blow into our sails
So now I'm lowering my anchor
I'm lost
And I won't move another mile
I think I'll spend another hour in bed
I think I'll take my time
I lost my bearings and I've grown so tired
Let the world keep spinning because it's out of sight
And out of mind
It keeps spinning
Leave me a message at the tone
You see I'm far too busy spending my time alone
I've got a feeling that I could get used to this
When there's nothing to do...
What part of busy do you miss？
I think I'll spend another hour in bed
I think I'll take my time
If I shut my phone off and I close the blinds
The world'll keep spinning but it's out of sight
And out of mind
Yeah, it keeps spinning around
9.Thrill Of The Fall
I feel a tension at the seams
I feel a pressure I never dreamed
I feel there's something more at stake
Too late to run away, too late to run away
Something screaming inside me wants me to stay
I've got to stay
I've got to stay
Though this road up ahead is marked with sharp daggers and
flames
I've grown addicted to the thrills of the mystery
I'm just a sucker for anything I'll never see
Increasingly intrigued with impossibilities
Can't help myself believe
There's something we're not seeing
It's ok cause, we'll find it sooner or later
There's a bridge just up ahead now
We can't see where it will end
OH it shakes in the wind and it's narrow and thin
We hold on for dear life
I'm shaking at the knees
Ready for the world to see
I pray God'll send relief
I'm scared as hell but
Something screaming inside me wants me to stay
Got to stay
Got to stay
Can't keep my heart at ease
Run till I hit the floor
I never had a key
I keep knocking at the door
Need to be in control it seems we never know
What lies in store for us
How can we keep this up？
There's such a long way to go
But still we press onward the same
There's a bridge just up ahead now
We can't see where it will end
Oh it shakes in the wind and it's narrow and thin
And the ropes that suspend it are fraying
It seems that we live for the thrill of the fall
Oh for the thrill of the fall
10.Psalm
Time keeps moving like a highway truck
I'm parked on the shoulder with a broken clutch
I never used to struggle with keeping up
Till I was drowning in my sorrow with my backside up
I'm losing touch
I'm desperate
I need a miracle (x2)
I walk through the shadow of my broken heart
I know that I need you but I've grown too smart
I've ten thousand reasons I don't give you time
It'll only take one for you to change my mind
But I can't help but think that you have moved along
Yea, you've moved right on
Beneath the smiles and laughter I'm a mess of a catastrophe
The nights I spend down on my knees just begging for a sign
I hope that you can see me now for everything I am
An all-conflicted joyless soul that's trapped inside a man
Oh I could see your reason for apathy, because you don't need
me, not the way I need you
Even still, I can't help but think I lost a part of me that used
to see a way into your heart
Because I'm comfortable right here
With my cup half full
I am comfortable
I don't need a tragedy to shake my solid ground
I don't need a fire sent to burn what good I've found
I understand if you've had a change in plans
Cause you don't need me, not the way I need you
I suppose that I am partially to blame
I made some vows that I can never break
I won't be made a victim, not again
I need you now to meet me where I am
I'm losing touch
I'm desperate
I need a miracle
A miracle
11.Soon It Shall Be
Your hair in the wind puts asunder
All the cares that this world has to give
And the lights in your eyes bring such wonder
TO a man who thought all had been seen
Though the nights have been cold and unkind dear
Oh that smile on your face is marigold
That blooms in the springtime for lovers anew
Just like the day I found you
So I wrote you this song, though in vain dear
For no lyric or rhyme can contain
All the gladness you bring to the saddest of days
OH my love how I yearn for you now
Though the days have gone long in our wanting
And the distance between us remains
There's a gleaming of light up ahead dear
Yes, the sun will shine after the rain
Oh the laughter we'll share will be endless
As we're dancing beneath the moonlight
And your hand is in mine with our fingers entwined
Oh love, now, how soon it shall be
Though the waiting it seems never ending
And the hours they pass without haste
There will soon come a day when the snow melts away
And my love will be right by my side
So you see dear, my heart will not falter
And my hope will not be satisfied
Till the miles have been left far behind you
And no distance between us resides
12.Comfort In The Orchestration
One day you're certain of how things will be
Then you're bewildered
And robbed of your glee
This is what happens next
As the curtains are drawn
The stage of your life revealed
But the script is now gone
The questions in your eyes
'What's the meaning of it all？'
To which your heart replies：
'This is much less like a play and more like a grand ball'
The stage is now filled with song
All the cast of your play are now dancing
And you're itching to dance along
Now you can't stop your feet from their tapping
Soon enough you'll start to think
'Perhaps I'll write again'
With your reasons indistinct
'A script may help this dance'
You so easily forget exactly how this ends
Inspired, rewired you calculate the steps
Each movement to the moment
An elaborate conquest
You find such comfort in the orchestration
You must determine how the plot unfolds
Making rigid demands of your cast
They seem so unconcerned with the things you ask
Still they keep on dancing on
Just as though you don't have a say
In the choice of routine or song
And isn't it better that way？
This is what happens when you realize you're not in control
Some days you'll bear the load
And others you won't
This is what happens when you realize you're not in control
Some days you'll bear the load
And others you won't
This is what happens when you realize you're not in control
Some days you'll bear the load
And others you won't
13.City Lights ＆ Traffic Sounds
The sky was clouded gray
Rain drops fell upon his face
Seven years he threw away
When he broke his dear love's heart
And it shouldn't end this way...
His foolish heart, it went astray
Was it something he could say that would ever take away her
pain？
City lights and traffic sounds
People scurry across the ground
He caught her eye
At the next light
The tears were far too strong to fight
She said 'What are you doing here？
This moment I have long since feared
No, I'm not the girl you left behind
She's been gone for quite some time'
And you could see it in her eyes
She had run out of tears to cry
And as she turned and walked away
Seven years had gone to waste
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