1. |
Face to Face
03:12
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Out of the ashes and there's no looking back
It's the rev of the engine at the end of the track
And it's like waking up in the aftermath
And you still don't know:
You're on the phone with the unknown
Time to pack your bag walk out of the door
You don't live here anymore
You don't know where to go
Pick yourself off the floor
You don't live here anymore
Well the truth is that there's nowhere left to run
And I've spent 40 nights upon the face of the sun
But it turns out I was the one
Behind the barrel of the gun
And I still don't know:
I'm on the phone with the unknown
I was just guessing, nothing was out of the question
I had no intentions, no reservations, no expectations
Cause when the jester is the only one
That's telling you the truth
Keystone is the only thing refused
You've been holding up the wall with your hands, Jack
Better back-track let it fall,
Let it fall down to the ground
Time to pack your bag walk out of the door
You don't live here anymore
You don't know where to go
Pick yourself off the floor
You don't live here anymore
It's time to pack your bags, walk out of the door
Leave your map behind, you can't use it anymore
No more waiting for the encore to save you
I wanna see you face to face, wanna see you face to face
I wanna see you face to face in the morning light
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2. |
Cherry Blossom
02:51
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Everything was going fine; I was dancing in a low light
Rolling with a no-good low life baby; No no no no
Everything was so nice; I was taking up all your time, your time
Sippin on a fine wine, ask me if it feels right; Yea yea yea yea
Nights like this don't mess around me,
Make a dead man walk, make a blind man see oh
Cause you're rolling with a no-good low life
And he looks just like me
Everything was going fine til 11:59
I thought I heard my soul cry; ask me what it feel like:
Canary in a coal mine
Everything was so nice, until I saw the iceberg
Travel through the eons, never thought I'd be one
To forget the feeling
Static feedback
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it way up: All the way up
Just wanna go where it feels right
Last Saturday, baby, I wrote you a song
But I found out in the morning that it was all wrong
The chorus was set in stone
But the verse just wouldn't make the cut back to square one
Don't wanna tell you that it's going fine,
when everything is on the line
Never thought I'd be one to forget the feeling
The only thing between me and the loaded cannon
Aimed down Pennsylvania Avenue
Was the sweet perfume of 30,000 cherry blossoms—
Any one of them would do
Everything was going fine til 11:59
I thought I heard my soul cry; ask me what it feel like:
Canary in a coal mine
Everything was so nice, until I saw the iceberg
Travel through the eons, never thought I'd be one
To forget the feeling
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3. |
Electric Blue
02:12
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I took the first train that I saw
I drew my cards and I played them all
It was the last thing I meant to do
And now I'm swimming in electric blue
You got the magic, I wanna come back for more
You got the magic, I'm knocking at your door door door
You got the magic, I never wanna come down
You got the magic, got the magic, got the magic
I threw the dice just to see what would happen
And I spent the night on the wings of a dragon
And now the only thing that's left to do
Is take a spin on your electric blue
You got the magic, I wanna come back for more
You got the magic, I'm knocking at your door door door
You got the magic, I never wanna come down
You got the magic, got the magic, got the magic
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4. |
Dead Man Walking
03:23
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Shots rang out under the full moon
Snow on the ground
I hear little ones cry, it splits the night
I came running for you
I take the long way home
But I can feel a stone where a heart used to be
And after all my talking he's just another dead man walking
Well the papers would not run the story but the story ran with me
So I walked all night, as far as I could
In the full moon light, and there I stood
Fell down on my knee, wounded for the last time
Was I what you wanted me to be?
The cemetery's filled with your enemies
And they're all dancing with me
CHORUS
Time's running out from the inside,
I was running in from the outside
Time's running out from the inside
I was running in and out, in and out, in and out
Just like a thief in the night, he's taking his flight
A thief in the night he's taking flight
CHORUS
It won’t set me free—
Dead man walking, just another dead man walking
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5. |
Comet
03:29
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I came to with a snake lying on my chest
Little dust in my eyes, little blush in the sky
The sun was rising fast
I laid still for hours, just me and the desert flowers
But I hear howling echoing from where I came
The sweat ran down my brow down to my feet
And I swear I could see
The ghost of my former life chasing me
Vultures fly over my helpless head and I…
See a sight: a blurred line between the land and sky
I still see the guard towers glinting in the distance
If I'm cut down now the coyote's my only witness
And I'm hot like a comet entering the atmosphere
As soon as I hit the sky, I just disappear
Holding onto my shape as I break
After all this time how much more can I take?
When they take, and they take, and they take....
How many miles til the city accepts me?
How many times will the fisherman net me?
How many times?
On the line, out to dry, caught to die
Holding onto my shape as I break
After all this time how much more can I take?
The jails are full, can't take no more
Cause the jails are full, can't stay here anymore
And I won't stop until every wall drop
And I know that we can't stop until every wall drop
And I know that I won't stop until every wall drop
And I know that we can't stop until every wall drop, drop
Cause the jails are full, can't take no more
Holding onto my shape as I break,
After all this time how much more can I take?
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6. |
Saturday Night
03:15
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I know that it's Saturday night
But I don't feel like hanging
I just wanna stay inside, play my guitar all night
Probably get a little high
The time is right, we can pick it up in the morning
I don't wanna stay the night
It's taking so long, but it's right on time
I've always been on the outside looking in
Playing a game that I could never win
I see them laughing and joking and playing and dancing
I think to myself
“I could be doing anything better than this”
So I spend my nights looking at the sky
The time is right, we can pick it up in the morning
I don't wanna stay the night
It's taking so long, but it's right on time
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7. |
Breathing
03:23
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Something told me not to stay
But I did anyway
Next thing I was on the crown of a ship that was going down
Not enough lifeboats to go around but somehow
I'm still breathing
And I still don't know the reason
That nobody saw the beacons
We were on the starboard side looking cross-eyed at the sea
Cause everything that brought us this far
Could not help us anymore
You gotta leave it all at the door
Something inside has to die for a new life to be born
And with the full moon in your eyes innocence died
But Mona Lisa smiled
And all along all you thought:
"Am I still breathing? Yes I'm still breathing.
And if I'm still breathing, I still got a reason."
It's a necessary change that you gotta go through
Even if it's out of the blue
I recall driving you around when you were two
Sipping on a witches brew
But now the water is rising slowly
Your vessel is sinking below the waves
Nothing left to do
But if I make it out alive
I swear I will never turn out the lights
I'll keep singing this song for you
From Damascus to Waterloo
As long as I'm still breathing…
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