1. |
I Don't Know
02:51
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I don't know what I want
I don't know what I need
All I know is us
You're the one thing I'm sure of
After so many years
It always comes back to me and you
But what I wouldn't give to let go of you
What I wouldn't give to be able to live without you
What I wouldn't give to say, Sam, just pack your things and go
I don't know
I don't know what I want, dammit
I don't know what I need
I don't know how to let you fly
Could I live without you?
I'd rather not try
Sam, you're all I've got in the world
But what I wouldn't give for you to have a normal life
What I wouldn't give to give you law school, a house, and a wife
What I wouldn't give to say, Sam, I'm fine here on my own
I don't know
I don't know what I want
I don't know what I need
All I know is family
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2. |
Everybody Lives
04:48
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You can't run forever
No matter how hard you try
It's a race with time - through time
Though you know everybody dies.
But when the sky is clear
And the wind is right
And the Doctor comes to call
It's a blessed day
One in a million
No one dies at all.
He remembers every one of them
Though they left him long ago
Just a madman with a big blue box
Always ending up alone.
But when the sky is clear
And the wind is right
And the Doctor comes to call
It's a blessed day
One in a million
No one dies at all.
No one knows better than the Doctor
All lives must end
He's seen ages and ages pass him by
And he has lost every friend he's ever known
He's always known.
But when the sky is clear
And the wind is right
And the Doctor comes to call
It's a blessed day
One in a million
No one dies at all.
'Cause everybody lives
Just this once
Everybody lives
There is a light in the sky today
Everybody lives
Oh everybody lives
Just this once, Rose
Everybody lives
Just this once they all are saved
Everybody lives.
It's a race with time - through time
When the Doctor comes to call
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3. |
Never Homeless
04:32
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You were the wayward sons of an absent father
Grew up on the road with only your brother and your car for company
The devil don't care what kind of car you drive
And sometimes it's all you can do to barely survive
And though you'd lay your head on a motel pillow at night
And though you feared the lives you saved weren't worth the fight
You live and learn and you try to see, though the ending's never easy
But you were never homeless, because family's where you're home
Sometimes you'd have a day - you could go anywhere
Stars above you and road ahead, silence is the only sound you hear
So what was the point of it all? It's hard to say
But I think that you did all right, 'cause at the end of the day
Though you'd lay your head on a motel pillow at night
And though you feared the lives you saved weren't worth the fight
You live and learn and you try to see, though the ending's never easy
But you were never homeless, because family's where you're home
You made your own choice, and that's all you can really do
Up against angels and demons, you did what you had to
You fight the war and you play the game, though you know that there's a price
When God himself is against you, you make the sacrifice.
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4. |
Weather Will Come
02:42
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5. |
Wake Up
04:14
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6. |
Hey Alex
03:39
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7. |
I Call Your Name
05:10
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8. |
Come with Me
03:15
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9. |
Heaven
04:32
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10. |
Let's Slushie Glee!
02:16
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11. |
Be My Vulcan Lover
02:59
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You say you've got no emotion, but I know that can't be true
'Cuz I see the way you look at me when you think I can't see you
Just put your hand in mine and we'll kiss all night long
Oh, why won't you
Be my Vulcan lover
Don't you raise an eyebrow at me
Just be my Vulcan lover
I think your pointy ears are sexy
Be my Vulcan lover
If you don't believe me, try a mindmeld and I think you'll see
That I really want you
To be my Vulcan lover
I'll help you out every seven years when it's time to go through pon farr
We won't have to take you to Vulcan when your behavior gets bizarre
Your higher body temperature will keep me warm at night
Oh, why won't you
Be my Vulcan lover
Don't you raise an eyebrow at me
Just be my Vulcan lover
I think your pointy ears are sexy
Be my Vulcan lover
If you don't believe me, try a mindmeld and I think you'll see
That I really want you
To be my Vulcan lover
You'll say it's illogical, I know
But I can't get over this simple feeling
And even though my heart isn't in quite the same place as yours
It still beats for you
Be my Vulcan lover
Don't you raise an eyebrow at me
Just be my Vulcan lover
I think your pointy ears are sexy
Be my Vulcan lover
If you don't believe me, try a mindmeld and I think you'll see
That I really want you
To be my Vulcan lover
chords here: http://nowinscenario.wordpress.com/chords-and-lyrics/be-my-vulcan-lover/
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12. |
Beautiful
05:08
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13. |
Beautiful (with Leah)
05:08
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14. |
A Memory and Prayer
03:23
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The days seem like lifetimes, a lifetime without you
When will you return to your home and mine?
The hours of my waking slip ceaselessly by
When will you return?
When will you return?
I go through the motions as if I am living
But today, as before, I feel so alone
These rooms are so empty without your sweet light
When will you return?
When will you return?
Daily I watch, daily I wait
Fear in my eyes as the door stays closed
Daily I watch, daily I wait
Every face turned away could be yours
The days seem like lifetimes, a lifetime without you
You’ll never return to this place we called home
Not meant for forever, I still hold out hope
When will you return?
When will you return?
With each day that passes, the road takes you further
A memory and prayer are all that remain
To your vanishing presence I say my goodbyes
When will you return?
When will you return?
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15. |
For You
03:18
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I've never been too good at putting my thoughts into words
Nothing seems to come out like I mean it to
But all the same, I thought I'd give it a try
Just to tell you that I really like you
You don't know it yet, but this song's for you
'Cause I love everything that makes you who you are
And I don't know how to tell you
So I thought I'd put it in a song
You don't know it yet, but this song's for you
I know that you're not perfect, but to me you're pretty close
You can always brighten up what starts off as a cloudy day
I'm not sure how to let you know that maybe I want
To be more than just friends; would that be okay?
You don't know it yet, but this song's for you
'Cause I love everything that makes you who you are
And I don't know how to tell you
So I thought I'd put it in a song
You don't know it yet, but this song's for you
And I want to be the one who holds you close
When you feel like no one understands where you're coming from
And I want to be the one who gets to kiss you standing in the rain
When we don't give a damn what anyone thinks of us
I don't give a damn what anyone thinks of us
You don't know it yet, but this song's for you
'Cause I love everything that makes you who you are
And I don't know how to tell you
So I thought I'd put it in a song
You don't know it yet, but this song's for you
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16. |
Red Shirt's Lament
03:31
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He said phasers set to stun, and I'm gonna do my best
Though I'm just a lowly security officer
I've been doing just fine on this five-year mission
And I know that I can handle whatever comes
But we beam down to the planet
And there's phaser fire all around us
And I seem to be the only casualty
Expendable? Is that all I am to you?
Do I really have to die to show this planet's dangerous?
Expendable? I don't even have a name
I guess I should have known when they gave me a red shirt
I was doomed
I was killed by Gary Mitchell with his psychic powers
I was eaten by a salt vampire
I was pushed over a cliff by an enormous, ugly android
I was killed by a creature called a Gorn
The bridge crew is invincible
But I'm not impervious
To the deadly creatures we meet out there
Expendable? Is that all I am to you?
Do I really have to die to show this planet's dangerous?
Expendable? I don't even have a name
I guess I should have known when they gave me a red shirt
I was doomed
And maybe someday they'll remember
All of us who gave our lives on Starfleet's behalf
And they'll raise a monument
And on that monument
"He's dead, Jim" will be my epitaph
Expendable? Is that all I am to you?
Do I really have to die to show this planet's dangerous?
Expendable? I don't even have a name
I guess I should have known when they gave me a red shirt
I was doomed
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17. |
Look at Us Now
02:38
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18. |
Fill My Sails
03:40
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19. |
Full Fathom Five
00:36
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Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them—Ding-dong, bell.
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20. |
Where the Bee Sucks
00:43
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Where the bee sucks, there suck I:
In a cowslip’s bell I lie;
There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat’s back I do fly
After summer merrily.
Merrily, merrily shall I live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
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21. |
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You set out from England in May '45
With a full crew aboard and no reason to fear
If weather is mild and all goes to plan
You'll be back home in just a few years
You'll be back home in just a few years
Through Baffin Bay you made your approach
Toward the labyrinth channels and desolate climes
No Minotaur waiting for you and your men
But the dark and the cold and time
Just the dark and the cold and time
So how can you sail when the ice closes round
And there's no map to tell where you roam?
You pray that come summer leads will be found
And you'll finally be on your way home
Yes, you'll finally be on your way home
You wintered on Beechey and buried three men
You didn't know they'd be the luckiest ones
In summer you made for Victoria Strait
With no inkling of what was to come
Not an inkling of what was to come
There's no way to sail when the ice closes round
And Franklin's brave spirit has flown
A summer goes by without leads being found
Will you ever be on your way home?
Will you ever be on your way home?
A second long winter, you're still frozen in
With rations for less than a year
The ships are abandoned, it's time to march south
With death looming ever so near
So how can you walk when your bruises won't heal
And you're growing so weak and so slow?
You'd give anything for just one more good meal
For hunger is all that you know
Yes, hunger is all that you know
Oh, how can you live when there's no food to eat?
The breath leaves your lungs in a groan
The men who have fallen are now only meat
You've come to the end all alone
You've come to the end all alone
Your bodies lie sprawled on a far distant beach
Your bones slowly bleaching beneath a cold sun
The passage attempted, but not yet attained
Your vain expedition is done
Your vain expedition is done
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22. |
A Passage
03:06
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Here - beyond vanity
Here - beyond doubt
The blood on our fingers
The blood in our mouths
Our past far behind us
Ahead the unknown
Charting a passage
On hearts and on stone
Here - beyond vanity
Here - beyond fear
Our bodies are fading
But pressing so near
Devotion between us
How quickly it's grown
Seeds taking root
In hearts and in stone
Oh, oh, be with me tonight
Oh, oh, till the first glimpse of light
Oh, oh, never dark, never cold
Drawing near, giving way, growing old
Here - beyond vanity
Here - beyond shame
Awake in the darkness
I cry out your name
Reopening wounds that now
Cleave to the bone
Scars that won't heal
In hearts and in stone
Here - beyond vanity
Here - beyond pain
Our breaths gently rising
Then falling again
Will poets write tales of
The love that we've known?
Etching our story
On hearts and on stone
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23. |
Fill My Sails (2020)
03:26
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Verse:
Last night I heard a voice quietly whispering
Calling my name 'cross the sea
I ran to the window to listen more closely
But the waves crashed silently
Pre-chorus:
I buried my heart in your chest,
On an island that's hidden and far, far away
Betrayal's a knife that you plunged in my spine
But I sail and I sing and I pray
Chorus:
Fill my sails with wind
Make the current strong
Keep my crew at the ready
Make my journey swift
Keep my compass true
I am on my way
Verse:
You taught me the stars and you taught me their names
Now they're bright and they're cold in the sky
They're leading me on past the edge of the map
Though my head keeps asking why
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24. |
Honesty
04:01
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I trusted you so; I was only a child
How could I have known all the lies in your smile?
Your eyes gleamed so bright, always so bright
Though you looked right through me
I thought you were my friend; did you see me as prey?
My heart and my compass both led me astray
I'm lost and adrift, lost and adrift
As the tides change around me
You looked to the sky and you pointed the way
The stars up above were light as the day
Now they're distant and cold, distant and cold
Though once they burned warmly
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Somehow I knew that our hearts were the same
A treasure in gold worth far more than your name
Now lost to the depths, lost to the depths
Deep in the cruel sea
Your kindness to me was a dreadful disguise
I understand now where your loyalties lie
I trusted you then, I trusted you then
I trusted you blindly
I wake in the night from a troubling dream
The moon on the water sparks and it gleams
You're too far to reach, too far to reach
Your boat gliding past me
--
I see tears glazing over the green in your eyes
Is this honesty now, or only more lies?
I'm watching you leave, I'm watching you leave
I'm watching you leave me
Our story ends here, but it doesn't feel right
I can't find my way, though the stars are so bright
I wish you could stay, I wish you could stay
Why didn't you tell me?
But at last I lose sight of your boat on the sea
You think you've returned all the things that you stole from me
I'm standing here
Heart in my hands
Letting you go
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25. |
Toward the Horizon
02:30
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Our home is the starlight, our home is the waves
We're running from demons, a debt we can't pay
The North Star before us, the depths far below
You know I forgive you - the past was so long ago
Our home is adventure, our home is the sea
My home is wherever you're here next to me
Our hands clasp so tightly, the winds catch our sails
Eyes toward the horizon - my love, we'll only prevail
Maybe the years led me here
Someplace I already knew
Maybe I've followed my compass this far
Pointing, as ever, to you
You keep the helm steady, the waters subside
Our ship gliding freely, we're pulled by the tide
Our love is our haven, it guards us from harm
You'll hold and protect me - here, I'm safe in your arms
When we're all through
I'll sail 'cross the ocean, right back to you
The stars guide our footsteps where'er we may roam
We've found our own island - my heart, you're always my home
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26. |
If I Return
02:57
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You polished gilt to brightest gold
With the stories that you told
I was glad to build a life on all the lies
But now I'm standing in our room
Just the memory of you
It's death that finally saw through our disguise
Why did I let you take me and turn me
To someone I never meant to be?
Now you're gone, but your ghost lingers on
In the breeze as it drifts from the sea
Do the breakers still crash on the shores we once trod?
Will I find you there if I return?
I set my bearings to your light
Ever wrong and ever right
The compass from your fingers cruelly swung
I hear your tread upon the stair
Though I know that you're not there
Your voice is always heavy on my tongue
Why did I let you use me and change me?
I wanted you more each passing day
I'm alone in this place we called home
Nothing for me if I stay
Do the years still stand guard over memories so old?
Will I find you there if I return?
Why did I let you fill me and keep me?
A fishhook I couldn't resist
Nothing more on that faraway shore
That treasure no longer exists
If I set out again to that distant horizon,
Will I find you there if I return?
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27. |
The Story
02:56
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I tell myself the story
You're pointing out the stars
With you right here beside me
They don't seem all that far
And we talk about our fathers
And you say you think I'm smart
And you know that I believe you
And you don't break my heart
I tell myself the story
There must be some mistake
'Cause I know that I know you
Is your laughter real or fake?
And the bridge we built is rotten
And you've torn it all apart
Why'd I let myself believe you?
Why'd I let you break my heart?
Now the night is so much darker
I'm a fool, and you're to blame
You've destroyed my blind conviction
Just a pawn in your game
God, I trusted you completely
But you let it go to waste
Did you know that happy endings
Sometimes leave a bitter taste?
I tell myself the story
I watch you sail away
The fog is closing 'round you
You were never meant to stay
This is how it had to happen
And we're back here at the start
And I wish I could believe you
Like you never broke my heart
Why did I believe you?
All you did was break my heart
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28. |
Hell on the Horizon
02:57
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Rose up from my grave with vengeance on my mind
Trouble's what I seek, and trouble's what I find
Can't you hear the sound? Your judgment drawing near
Can't escape it now, the beating of your fear
Walking's not so hard — I've done it all my life
No time for a home, no time for a wife
The desert's all I know, I'm held in her embrace
Sand beneath my feet, and sun upon my face
One foot and then the other
This road ahead is long
In my hand, iron
In my mouth, a song
Do I have a name?
Well, I'd tell you if I could
There's hell on the horizon
A city red with blood
Passing burned-out towns, they've been that way for years
Dried up all the waters, dried up all the tears
The future glows and glistens, it's where I aim to be
You'd better stop and listen, it's never frightened me
One foot and then the other
This road ahead is long
In my hand, iron
In my mouth, a song
Do I have a name?
Well, I'd tell you if I could
There's hell on the horizon
A city red with blood
There's no bullet that can stop me
Though I know that you've tried
Stronger men have quarreled
And stronger men have died
Do I have a name?
Well, I'll teach it to you good
There's hell on the horizon
A city red with blood
So watch over your shoulder
I'd kill you if I could
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29. |
Strange and Dark and New
04:11
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Eyes catch, heart beat
Skin sick, breathe deep
No world, just us two
Say I love you
Say I need you
Say I'd die for you
Secrets I don't know
Stories hid from view
Would you tell me,
Would you trust me,
Like I've trusted you?
Lips bloom blood red
Sharp teeth, soft neck
Fear you? Yes, I do
Think you want me
Think you'll have me
Think you'd kill me too
Tender words you've said
Kisses keen and true
You don't tell me
You don't trust me
Like I've trusted you
Blink fast, wings fold
Hands grasp, arms hold
Strange and dark and new
You can't love me
You don't know me
Though you say you do
Truth I learned too late
Vows I made too soon
Begging, tell me
Begging, trust me
Like I trusted you
Promise me your curse
Make me something new
Say you'll tell me
Say you'll trust me
Like I trusted you
Never tell me
Never trust me
Like I trusted you
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30. |
I Fall
03:56
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I don't do this very often, wear my heart upon my sleeve
Writing songs or writing stories, but they're mostly make-believe
Maybe you can see this coming, though I haven't known you long
Nervous hands upon a keyboard; what if I say something wrong?
I keep wishing, I keep hoping, making plans that won't come true
'Cause I know it's not a fairytale that ends with me and you
I'm not brave enough to ask you, so afraid to push too far:
Won't you be my safest harbor? Won't you be my guiding star?
At least if I put this all down on paper
Maybe it won't be so loud in my head
I want you, I want you, I'm crazy to want you
But I fall, I fall, I fall
Words are slow and hard and painful as I rip them from my chest
What's the rhythm, what's the meaning that I'm trying to express?
Penning verses upon verses to a tune I'll never sing
Crumpled scraps of torn-up paper, but they don't say anything
I'll keep shoving all my feelings in the stupid things I write
Though I worry that it's obvious I lie away at night
Is it one song - or a dozen? In the end, they're all for you
Little pieces of a story that I fear you'll see right through
At least if I put this all down on paper
Maybe it won't be so loud in my head
I want you, I want you, I'm crazy to want you
But I fall, I fall, I fall
You know, I think of you so often, but I'm scared to make the leap
Let me be the one to comfort you and hold you while you sleep
God, I wish that you were closer, want to see you every day
But that's crazy to imagine when you're half a world away
At least if I put this all down on paper
Maybe it won't be so loud in my head
I want you, I want you, I'm crazy to want you
But I fall, I fall, I fall
I fall, I fall, I fall
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31. |
Golden Again
03:32
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I come in a storm on the sea
My waves kiss your shoreline so harshly
It's almost a ghost - white sails off the coast
An echo that rings out too sharply
It's empty and still in your room
A lifetime we barely remember
You don't stop to think - you offer a drink
A spark in the chill of December
You left me so long ago, dared to depart
A curse that you couldn't bear wrapped 'round my heart
Now the wind's blowing cold and our dreams have grown old
But your hair will shine golden again
How bitter the memories rise
The arguments tired and hollow
A darkness inside - I never could hide
You're set on a path I can't follow
I begged and I bartered, you fretted and stared
A treasure's no treasure unless it be shared
There's so much gone before, but I'm here at your door
And your hair will shine golden again
It's a past that we've left far behind
It's a future that ties us together
This heart is a burden I can't bear alone
Don't leave me to it forever
We've come to the end of our tale
My dear, never doubt that I love you
It's hauling a line, it's singing in time
It's one bright star shining above you
You set your course carefully, honest and true
The pull of the tide is a dream we once knew...
You've been too long on land, but you reach for my hand
And your hair will shine golden again
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No-Win Scenario
In academic vernacular, you cheated.
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