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Take It To The Grave
03:00
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…sail away…
Take it to the grave
Why’d you
Take it to the grave
Away you flew
Leaving only mystery
A world that seems so gray
Take it to the grave
I bet you found a better way
To punch right through
And all of us in line will sigh
And say we’ll just have to wait
I don’t want to read a word on a stone
‘Cause I know that it’s a lie
I’m going to find you on another plane
The star, the prophet, the seeker with courage
To sail away
I don’t want to read a word on a stone
It’ll only make me cry
I think I hear you but it’s out of phase
The waves that change
They can’t relay the message
So take it to the grave
Why’d you
Take it to the grave
Away you flew
Leaving only mystery
A world that seems so gray
Take it to the grave
…sail away…
“Are you there?”
Sounds of spirits arguing about who gets to go first
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Oh My Soul
03:19
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I saw a light in a room so I ran to you
I hope you don’t mind
You’re probably looking for somebody else
That you may never find
I failed at something and I don’t know why
You can lift up your hand and tell me goodbye
I’m in the middle of nowhere
And I can’t find my way home
I’m in the middle of nowhere
Oh, my soul
Oh, my soul
I got the hook, I was suddenly out of time
It all went so fast
I wish I could go back and fix all the things I broke
But we can’t change the past
I failed at something and I don’t know why
You can lift up your hand and tell me goodbye
I’m in the middle of nowhere
And I can’t find my way home
I’m in the middle of nowhere
Oh, my soul
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Night Riot
03:24
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Night Riot, Night Riot
Take a look, take a look
Take a look at me falling
My blood is all around you
Night Riot
Cutting through the park
Towards the blaze in the dark
Sirens wail, the righteous leave a mark
You and I together
We’ll change the world forever
Lifting up the voices silenced
Night Riot, Night Riot
Take a look, take a look
Take a look at me falling
My blood is all around you
Night Riot
Then the shot was fired
Was it us or the liars
Sending out the madness on a wire
We returned the rage
So, I took center stage
Lifting up the voices silenced
Night Riot, Night Riot
Take a look, take a look
Take a look at me falling
My blood is all around you
Night Riot
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The Swan
03:02
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I had to fit the mold
So many things to memorize
Too scared to be alone
So I can not be ostracized
Down by the river too long
Off from a bridge flies the swan
The moment I hit the cold
Was the moment I hit the sediment
It wasn’t very long
Until I was free from all of it
Down by the river too long
Off from a bridge flies the swan
I didn’t think about the danger
Wanted to fit in
I didn’t think about the danger
So I just dove in
Dove in…
Down by the river too long
Off from a bridge flies the swan
I didn’t think about the danger
Wanted to fit in
..Wanted to fit in…
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Somewhere Somehow
03:48
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Rose, I can’t escape
Call me, I need you
Have you forgotten our code?
Maybe there’s someone you’d rather talk to
We made a promise, Rose.
Answer, tell me
I’m living outside time
Don’t give up
Upon that rooftop in the cold
I’m somewhere
…Somehow
Reverend? A liar.
Hotel strangers?
It should be one on one
We are headlines
We are connected
For every trip around the sun
Answer, tell me
I’m living outside time
Don’t give up
Upon that rooftop in the cold
I’m somewhere
And I thought that it had to be easy
You just hold your palms to the sky
Speak all the words that I know you believe
The secret that opens your eyes
Open your eyes!
Answer, tell me
I’m living outside time
Don’t give up
Upon that rooftop in the cold
I’m somewhere
…Somehow…
…I’m somewhere…
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Two Guns
03:38
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I grew up with barely a father
He taught me to shoot and raised my daughter
But she left here the day they claimed the interstate
I stayed here all alone
With Navajo and Apache ghosts
Protecting everything that he tried to save
Tell them boys to drop ‘em
Stop painting up my wall
I got Two Guns on me
And I’ll kill them all
I can see them in a distant frame
But my guns are full of caps
‘Cause I’m 10 years old
Holding back a train
Making money for dad on 66
..those were happy days.
Needing fuel in the canyon of the devil?
Living large on Indian peddle
But I couldn’t buy my way out of my father’s name
So, I’ll stay here and hold the line
While Two Guns lives on borrowed time
I can’t heal enough to wash these sins away
Tell them boys to drop ‘em
Stop painting up my wall
I got Two Guns on me
And I’ll kill them all
I can see them in a distant frame
But my guns are full of caps
‘Cause I’m 10 years old
Holding back a train
Making money for dad on 66
..those were happy days.
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7. |
Tell Her
03:43
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Tell her that I’ve fallen for her
7th floor, the highest order
Tell her that I never gave her up
Tell her if the Square is Red
Then we might as well be dead
Tell her
Can she see me in a dream?
Tell her that my heart is breaking
With every step that she’s been taking
Tell her that she’s NOT to fly away
Tell her that I’ve always loved her
No matter what they uncover
Tell her I wish we met in different days
So, if she runs
If she tries to hide I will find her
Somewhere close
Somewhere far
Oh, have we got ways to save her?
Tell her not to cry for me
When they pull me off the street
Tell her that it only gives her away
Tell her that it’s time to run
Start a family, raise a son
Tell her to name him after me.
Tell her that my heart is breaking
With every step that she’s been taking
Tell her that she’s NOT to fly away
Tell her that I’ve always loved her
No matter what they uncover
Tell her I wish we met in different days
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Océane
01:45
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Oh have you seen my sweet Océane
Tell her that I have been slightly delayed
And remind her that I’m the love of her life
‘Cause I think she’s forgot
Oh if you see my sweet Océane
Selling her flowers on Rue Saint Rustique
Then she’ll probably pretend
She doesn’t know me
It’s a game that we played
Begging for coins on a Saturday morning
The street urchin clothes that I wear
Frightful the sight of me
Words like a winery
They shout “go home!”
I say “where…where?”
So tell me you’ve seen my sweet Océane
The last one I saw when the gendarmerie
Pulled me away beyond my sweet Océane
She said “you’ll get yours one day”
Océane please let me stay
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9. |
In My Old Room
04:52
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Are you for real
Or another hallucination
I’m lost in everywhere
Point me in the right direction
I may never wanna come down
Show me a fractal, make me earthbound again
Just wanna trip inside my old room instead
In my old room instead
I remember falling
Pine trees, mountainside
Now I’m stranded
Across great divides
I may never wanna come down
Show me a fractal, make me earthbound again
Just wanna trip inside my old room instead
In my old room instead
I’ve been pulled apart
And put back together changed
The view different
But I still feel the same
I may never wanna come down
Show me a fractal, make me earthbound again
Just wanna trip inside my old room instead
In my old room instead
Instead
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Curtains
04:08
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Sweet notes, perfect score
Cursed to play forevermore
I see you from the wing
I can hear everything
Who’s this man?
What’s that song?
Has he been here lying in wait all along?
Bury me, move the plot
You’ll never turn me into something I’m not
They will always see
My soul in the melody
Who’s this man?
What’s that song?
Has he been here lying in wait all along?
So use my name to bring him fame
Let him have it all
Look at you in my wake
Pleading for heaven’s sake
“GOD! Let these curtains fall!”
Who’s this man?
What’s that song?
Has he been here lying in wait all along?
So use my name to bring him fame
Let him have it all
Look at you in my wake
Pleading for heaven’s sake
“GOD! Let these curtains fall!”
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I didn’t want to talk to any of you
I can’t decode another word
The one I’m seeking has been pulled away
A star
A dreamer
A seer
Believer
Forever…
I want to know
Even though I’ll never find out
I want to know
Even though I’ll never find out….
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12. |
Only A Light Year Sleep
03:27
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Only a light year sleep away from you
A light year sleep
You time is different from mine
But we’ll reconnect sometime
Sometime…
Only one lifetime away from me
Only one lifetime
You time is different from mine
But we’ll meet again sometime
Sometime…
…I promise
I’m only a light year sleep away from you
A light year sleep
Only a light year…
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Ryan McKay Phoenix, Arizona
Ryan McKay is a singer/songwriter based in Phoenix, Arizona.
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