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We don't need words to define
How we spend our empty time
A look, a touch, a taste is fine
Especially on the nights I go blind
These empty hours
Are completely ours
The only thing we'll ever need
If we're feeling incomplete
Listen to the voice of the breeze
Whispering the harmonies
Inspiring us to believe
Simplicity can be a luxury
These empty hours are completely ours
The only thing we ever need when we’re feeling incomplete
A remedy to cure our ills
A quiet calm for inner struggles
A soundless word on the tip of our tongues
A soundless world filled with what will come
A silent film of fate’s intent
A narrative of what has always been
An acknowledgement of what is ours
An appreciation for empty hours
These empty hours are completely ours
The only thing we ever need when we’re feeling incomplete
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Iceland
03:29
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Eye, ear, see, hear the ocean
Let it flow, dear, don't forget the notion
of letting go,
Don't forget the notion of letting go.
I am, searching for something,
I don't know, friend
an answer for the wondering
where does it go?
an answer for the wondering as...
The mountain becomes the clouds
becomes the sky becomes the night
and the ocean washes the day away
As the waves settle down
we wonder why these northern lights
Remind us of our place in this ballet
I hear the language of the hidden
It's unclear, but I appreciate the vision in their songs
I appreciate the vision in their songs
We are a mass of insignificance
thrown far
looking for a place we can belong
looking for a place where...
The mountain becomes the clouds
becomes the sky becomes the night
and the ocean washes the day away
As the waves settle down
we wonder why these northern lights
Remind us of our place in this ballet
Steward, protect the things that matter
Let us not forget just what we found
Steward, beware the cling and clatter
The shores are getting battered by the sound
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Strange Fish
02:10
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Strange Fish, deep waters
Evolve, get smarter
harsh life, a dark night
mutate, create light
how about you?
what can you build with your complaints
never too soon,
switch the tracks or get off the train
Strange Fish, keep breathing
grow feet, when needed
walk away, from the waves
want light, see the day
how about you?
what can you build with your complaints
never too soon,
switch the tracks or get off the train
Remember when the world felt new
there was nothing that you couldn't do
if you were just a little taller
just a little older
as the years passed they crushed you
your ego didn't trust you
you were just a little taller
now you're so much older
but it's not too late
to re-evaluate
Strange Fish, deep waters
Evolve, try harder.
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The Moon on a String
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The Moon on a String
many of our problems are just inconveniences
what I mean is these complaints come too soon
we have the future today while technology advances
And old fate dances to familiar tunes
We hear it in our hearts and I swear it's alright
The moon's a balloon on a string we won't lose it tonight
But, Fingers crossed, we won't get lost again
I heard a rumor you were looking for a friend
Maybe we're looking for the same things in the end
Though Our paths are varied and our similarities are thin
We hear it in our hearts and I swear it's alright
The moon's a balloon on a string we won't lose it tonight
Because a half moon is still full, and a new moon isn't new
it's just an alternative and changing point of view
Some things will get lost no matter what we do
we can keep our sense of humor, our logic and the truth
We can keep our sense of humor and somehow we'll make it through
Whoa oh, where does the time go
Cause when the time goes, it's gone
I don't know which is the right road
But let's make the best of the one we're on
We hear it in our hearts and I swear it's alright
The moon's a balloon on a string we won't lose it tonight
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Karma Chameleon
03:30
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A noble hope tossed in the flood
I’m kicking my feet though I can’t swim
Ill-fitted armor and unholy blood
Add weight to the chase, the pursuit begins
Keep me in your thoughts
I ride for you
These schemes seem long shots
But I’d die for truth
Just like the knight of the rueful countenance
I serve a cause the world doesn’t understand
I feign crazy up in these mountains
So I’ll seem sane in the lowlands
Keep me in your thoughts
I ride for you
These schemes seem long shots
But I’d die for truth
The shadows hide beasts
While they prove light
But, I know at least
Which one I will fight
The shadows hide beasts
While they prove light
But, I know at least
Which one I will fight
Keep me in your thoughts
I ride for you
These schemes seem long shots
But I’d die for truth
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I'd Like to Write a Book
02:56
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I'd like to write a book that will one day be burned
it'd conflict with the lessons they'd wish that we'd learned
it'd be filled with the things that we already knew
about our human nature, though we'd denied they were true
I'd like to write a book that somebody would read
instead of letting their mind fade in the light of tv
instead of betting their future on a new revolution
that will use them as fodder and not as the solution
but I do not write books
I can barely write songs
but I can't over look
what we all know is wrong
look deep in your soul
past the wants and the lust
because we're each in control
and know who we should trust
I'd like to write a book that our leaders would cite
an inspiration for progress, a guide for wrong and right
an invitation to unite all castes and all creeds
the same message as ever, we all know what we need
I'd like to write a book, but I know I never will
I'll still live with a hope, that hope can fulfill
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American Mary
02:56
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My my my Mary I have to let you go
Our affair was temporary And upset the status quo
Maybe if you were older And I was less mature
My thoughts still smolder But your soul is so impure
Our love burned like the cuyahoga
But it couldn't change me into something I'm not
The flames melted the fire trucks
But can't convince me to take another shot
My my my Mary, you're such a drama queen
But you don't have a worry as you become one with the machine
Maybe if you could learn, maybe if I didn't care
The fever still burns but I can find that anywhere
Our love burned like the cuyahoga
But it couldn't change me into something I'm not
The flames melted the fire trucks
But can't convince me to take another shot
I wonder where your heart went
Wonder why your life meant more
With every dollar spent
Without thought for consequence
My my my Mary I'm looking for release
I'll take just what I can carry 'cause I've got simple needs
Maybe you'll be inspired, Maybe I'll have regrets
And we can re-kindle the fire But I wouldn't take that bet
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You Near Me
03:27
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We lie awake Because we’re numb to the world
Playing dumb as if we’re twirled
Around the little finger of the ones
Who control the image of the setting sun
And the rising of the tides Our eyes are wide
We lie awake Because we don’t know any better
To feel under the weather As it’s raining down filling up our glass
with The poisons that strip the masses
Of their ability to feel anything And our eyes sting
Could it be we’re walking in our sleep?
Could it be I just need you near me?
Could it be an old opinion as a new heresy?
Could it be I just need you near me?
We lie awake Make no mistake there’s more to be done
With the riddles that plague imagination
We all know we should be moving
Through the haze of the illusion
that We’re all so god damned needy ‘cause
That’s not what our eyes see
Could it be we’re walking in our sleep?
Could it be I just need you near me?
Could it be an old opinion as a new heresy?
Could it be I just need you near me?
Anything more, doesn’t matter if you are
My fatalistic tendencies Tend to get the best of me
And I find myself looking for protection
(caught up in the thoughts of philosophy)
And I find myself awake
(Look up at the stars and think of grace)
I find myself looking in your direction
(I'll hold you in my arms, we'll go together)
To find a safe and holy place
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Daniel Scholl Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Daniel Scholl is not trying to impress you, but chances are he will anyway. The storytelling of his songs, offer simple and catchy hooks in observations of what it means to be human in this day and age, turning plight into poetry and rugged honesty into perfect sense. Like classics penned long ago, the delicate beauty of Scholl’s compositions are hard ignore and even harder to forget. ... more
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