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Peregrine
05:38
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November is summer gone brown
Time can never be so bound
The reasons we make in our hearts
Are never as honest as we are
The stars are ghosts in the sky
It's so hard to think of the space and the time
How I long to take wing to the sky
And see for myself the beginning of light
The beginning of light
The beginning of light
And his eyes were sequoia of a century's time
When he spoke, they would listen, the mountains, the pines
Oh I never had thought on the river's demise
But the sound of the ocean rang clear to the sky
Clear to the sky
Clear to the sky
And he pulled his grey hood o'er his eyes
Like the sun in disguise
And he turned back a space, and said, "Bright be your face,
I was always a peregrine here,
I was always a peregrine here."
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2. |
Beyond the Iron
05:33
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You know the way it gets in London
The soakin' streets are filled with nothin'
But the northern wind that comes so suddenly
The bus is come and gone again
I threw a rock into the Thames
And where it sank I will not ever see
And mine the mind of many questions
The learner of a thousand lessons
And the dreamer of a thousand faded dreams
And you the one that kept me guessin'
A silence loud enough to deafen
The melodies that once were life to me
Life to me
Life to me
And maybe someday we will learn
And hear at last the hinges turn
The rusted iron broken in our hands
I'll gather up the hyacinths
And take a turn about the garden
Thinking of these castles in the sand
But now the clouds walk low and silent
A glimpse of blue beyond the iron
As you walk the lonely castle of your mind
And as I live amidst the silence
I dream of days beyond the iron
When speaking isn't such a tragic thing
Tragedy
Tragedy
(Repeat "And maybe...tragic thing")
And as I live amidst the silence
I dream of days beyond the iron
When living isn't such a tragic thing
Tragedy
Tragedy
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3. |
Remember Me
05:53
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A raindrop in the everness
The ins and outs of a grand indifference
A life in boxes sparkles for a time
Another day retiring
I was never afraid of anything
But I think I'll fear the winter when it comes
But remember me when the days are long
And the summer stars are running
I wish I could've stayed around to see the spring
And tell the boy with the dark brown hair
That it never would've worked between us
But I wish I could've seen his face just one more time
And I'd rather take back everything
And say that I was wrong
Than hear again the drip-drip-drop
Of the rain that soldiered on
And I could build a mountain out of metal in the tide
And I could build a universe where only I reside
But remember me when the days are long
And the summer stars are running
I wish I could've stayed around to see the spring
And tell the boy with the dark brown hair
That it never would've worked between us
But I wish I could've seen his face just one more time
So remember me when the days are long
And the summer stars are coming down
I wish I could've stayed
And I would've all my days
But the tears they run like rivers now
Like rivers now
And the tears they run like rivers down my face
The stagelights came up slow and I watched you go
The theatre door let in so much of the deepest winter cold
And I think I'll write about it if the ink will find the page
I'll remember the boy with the dragon eyes and the things we didn't say
So remember me when the days are long
And the summer stars are running
I wish I could've stayed around to see the spring
And tell the boy with the dark brown hair
That it never would've worked between us
But I wish I could've seen his face just one more time, just one more time
I wish I could've heard him play just one more time, just one more time
My name's not on the sheet but can I stand here on the street
Just to hear you play just one more time, just one more time
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4. |
Shadow King
07:26
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Purple dawns that take you to the other
Smiles break the sorrows of the day
Emerald grass can make you think of summer
Of a time that you never thought could fade
And do not act as though you didn't know how to fight
As though not trained from youth in the art of war
And do not act as though you didn't know how to love
The faintest star of winter could've shown you the door
And you lost her with the coming of the wintertime
The shadow king upon his iron throne
When you rested by the linden tree in brighter times
Do not tell me all those things you didn't know
And do not act as though you didn't know how to fight
As though not trained from youth in the art of war
And do not act as though you didn't know how to love
The faintest star of winter could've shown you the door
When kingdoms lie in ruin you'll remember
When voices turn to silence then you'll see
I did not ask for kingdoms or for answers
I asked you for an ounce of honesty
And do not act as though you didn't know how to fight
As though not trained from youth in the art of war
And do not act as though you didn't know how to love
The faintest star of winter could've shown you the door
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5. |
Anything for Rain
04:56
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I can't forget the water, but you never said I could
I didn't solve the riddle, but you never said I would
And I would throw the keys away and leave the open road
And live within the confines of my convalescent hope
Do you think that there's a difference?
Do you think that there's a difference?
I never could quite tell the truth and I'd never tell you lies
The vintage prints and sentiments and faces in the light
The flycatcher reminded you of worlds you thought you knew
His song was so familiar but you always knew the truth
You think that there's a difference?
I really think there's a difference
'Cause I saw the horizon flatline
And there was no more talk of mountains
But how you missed the mountains
And you'd give anything for rain
You think that there's a difference?
I think that there's a difference
'Cause you thought that no one saw you
When you turned back to the mountains
But I saw you turn away
And you were crying for the rain
I saw you turn away
And you were crying for the rain
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6. |
Sandstone
04:28
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I counted all the hours from the midtown to the sea
It wasn't very far to where the dinghies lined the beach
In pebbled rock, in broken glass, across the tiger sea
So many hopes, so many dreams, so many lives to lead
I think I lost direction
And don't look for me in April in the places where I'd hide
The promises of yesterday have somehow turned to lies
And you know
I would only go
Where eagles wouldn't dare to break my heart
Break my heart
I passed the varnished ships that were at anchor in the breach
Their velvet silence weighed like twenty cannons shot to sea
I took the faded vessel with no name upon the stern
I knew my hands were able, I had watched a city burn
I think I lost direction
And I'll write upon the sandstone in a place where you can find
The promises of wintertime that summer turned to lies
And you know
I would only go where eagles wouldn't dare to break my heart
Break my heart (x3)
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7. |
Andromeda
07:07
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A polished shield, a platinum sword
I called my friend a kingly steed
We chased the comets in their orbits
I slew the monsters of the sea
Where is the one of whom they spoke?
Where is the daughter of the stars?
I thought me brave but now I know I'm a broken thing
The mirrors never get you far
But no one told poor Perseus that mirrors are for monsters
But you must look Andromeda straight in the eye
And no one said Andromeda would take so very long to find
They say she can light the stars with the look in her eye
To cross the barrows of infinite space
To spin a bridge between the stars
To find a way to make the world a smaller place
To break the mirrors in my heart
But no one told poor Perseus that mirrors are for monsters
But you must look Andromeda straight in the eye
And no one said Andromeda would take a thousand years to find
They say she can light the stars with the look in her eye
He said, "It would change my world if I could just look in her eye."
"Oh brave Andromeda
Won't you come and set me free
Write a letter, send it to me
Send a rocket over the sea and I'll be there."
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8. |
Suffolk Song
05:39
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I come from a place where the sun first awakes
I come from a place where the sea meets the sun
If you asked, I would say that my home is a place
Where the memories fade into grey
I come from a country I do not recall
Sable dreams and a childhood's wandering thought
I imagine the salt in the air in the fall
The roses in winter's array
When my heart tells me so, I will go to that place
I will go there in satin, with diamonds and lace
If you see me there watching the rise of the sun
You will know that the sky is not grey
Have you heard of the things that they say of my home?
Tell me stories of summer, the way that it shone
Sing a tale of a lady, a minstrel's refrain
Sing the song of an exile's pain
When my heart tells me so, I will go to that place
I will go there in satin, with diamonds and lace
If you see me there watching the rise of the sun
You will know that the sky is not grey
Someday I'll return there, where day first alights
On the inlet that flows to a traveler's road
And perhaps you will see me at sun's gentle rise
Watching sea turn dawn's silvery grey
When my heart tells me so, I will go to that place
I will go there in satin, with diamonds and lace
If you see me there watching the rise of the sun
You will know that the sky is not grey (x2)
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