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Jupiter Girl
03:22
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Oh my, my Jupiter girl
She could throw me from the top of the world
And I would never try to fight it
Darling frankly, I’d invite it
Oh my Jupiter girl
Spins her moons
Like a necklace of pearls
She lets me grab one as they’re flying
And the ride’s electrifying
Jupiter girl
Won’t you come take me away
Release me from the atmosphere
And launch me into space
Jupiter girl
In celestial ballet
Captured by your gravity
And cosmic cabaret
Oh my, my Jupiter dear
Lifts me higher than the stratosphere
There ain’t no sky until she lights it
Ain’t no sun til she ignites it
Oh my, my Jupiter dear
I’ll be spinning in your orbit for years
And I would never try to fight it
Cause there just ain’t no life outside it
Jupiter girl
Won’t you come take me away
Release me from the atmosphere
And launch me into space
Jupiter girl
In celestial ballet
Captured by your gravity
And cosmic cabaret
She shows me what is means
To be free inside your mind
And leave the earth behind
Just for a moment at a time
She gives me what I need
To leap above the clouds
We’re living life out loud
And leave our brokenness behind
Jupiter girl
Won’t you come take me away
Release me from the atmosphere
And launch me into space
Jupiter girl
In celestial ballet
Captured by your gravity
And cosmic cabaret
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2. |
Don't Act
04:26
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Don’t act like is doesn’t matter because it does
Don’t act like nothings different than it was
Everything is changing
Hearts are re-arranging
So here and now, tell me how it is
(but)
Don’t act like you didn’t mean it, because you did
Don’t act like you haven’t worried, you haven’t lived
Rivers will keep flowing
Life is better knowing
Let it go, be alone again
(but)
Don’t act like this is enough
If you don’t believe it, cause I don’t need it
Don’t hold me and give me your love
If I can’t keep it
Just let me grieve it
Don’t act like you are stepping off a cliff
Don’t let me be the reason for what ifs
Flowers will keep growing
Breezes will keep blowing
Let it go, be alone again
Don’t act like is doesn’t matter because it does
Don’t act like nothings different than it was
Everything is changing
Hearts are re-arranging
Don’t act like this is enough
If you don’t believe it, cause I don’t need it
Don’t hold me and give me your love
If I can’t keep it
Just let me grieve it
Don’t act broken, don’t act hurt
Don’t act surprised we didn’t work
If you were always acting when I thought we did
Don’t act caring, don’t act kind
Don’t make me think you’ll change mind
Cause you were never one to call it like it is
Don’t act like this is enough
Cause I don’t believe it…..
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Oh Kathryn!
04:23
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I just want to be near you
I don’t need to endear you
Oh I just want to hear you
When you whisper it’s melodies you breathe
Oh Kathryn
I don’t need you to love me
You don’t need to think of me
Just let me in your proximity
Oh Kathryn
Where have you been
And won’t you come and let me in
I’m yearning for the potion in your eyes
Oh Kathyrn
I’m spinning in
The whirlwind around your grin
Indulge me and concede a little time
Oh Kathryn
I only need some conversation
To put the sun back in the sky
And if you wonder why I’m falling
Kathryn
It may be my imagination
I’ve always been the dreaming kind
But it’d be kind of you to take my calls
Chorus
I’ve tried calling your friends (Oh Kathryn)
I bought flowers to send (Oh Kathryn)
Your roomie won’t let me in (Oh Kathryn)
Your office was a dead end (Oh Kathryn)
No one else can contend (Oh Kathryn)
So even if you could just pretend
Chorus
All I want is just a little
Moment with you non-committal
All I want is just a little
Moment of your time
Let me in
Kathryn
Let me in
I’ll never leave you alone
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4. |
Angel of the Fire
03:36
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I reach for you like the trigger of a gun
Take all that you need
I reach for you like the trigger of a gun
Bring me to my knees
Every drop of me drowns in every drop of you
Come and make me whole
Every part of me died in every part of you
Come and take my soul
Kiss the angel of the fire
Taste her tears as the fall
Both revulsion and desire
Coax you to her call
Conscience won’t proceed, oh but never can I cease
Break my shackles off and free me from the beast
Dress me in a wreath for the Bacchanal release
Lay me facing east
Still reach for you like the trigger of a gun
Once you plant your seed
Ever reach for you like the trigger of a gun
Slung among the weeds
Kiss the angel of the fire
Taste her tears as the fall
Both revulsion and desire
Coax you to her call
I reach for you like the trigger on a gun
I reach for you like the trigger on a gun
I reach for you like the trigger on a gun
I reach for you like the trigger on a gun
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5. |
New Day Begun
04:17
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Hang the heavy coat that weighs your spirit here
Lay the leaden shoes restraining you in fear
They disappear
You let them float up to the sun
New day begun
Cast the shambles of a shattered heart aside
Hope and room to grow is all you need inside
This love is wide
You let it float down from the sun
New day begun
And this time
I’m forgiving the fury I hold
Letting go of the grudge in my soul
It’s getting old
If the stars don’t care
If I gasp for air
Would I ever breathe
Could I ever breathe
If our hearts are one
But they hate and shun
Should they ever beat
And could we ever see
A new day begun
Lift the layers of the liars from your eyes
See the splendor of the love that’s been disguised
By all the minds
Who huddle hiding from the sun
New day begun
And this time
I’m forgiving the fury I hold
Letting go of the grudge in my soul
It’s getting old
If the stars don’t care
If I gasp for air
Would I ever breathe
Could I ever breathe
If our hearts are one
But they hate and shun
Should they ever beat
And could we ever see
A new day begun
But I can see
And I will can breathe
My heart is free
Cause love has won
And there’s a new day begun
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6. |
Laughing Instead
03:35
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I might have flown for my freedom
Had I known what I know now
But twisting trails they led me anyhow
You never know
It never shows
You think you can’t sing it til it’s sung
I didn’t know who I could be when I was young
But I didn’t cry
I didn’t see a reason why
I felt the rain on my head
But I’ll be laughing instead
Cause I can see the clouds roll by
And every minute every day is a chance to wake up
Put something real in my cup
And every second I’m awake I could just interrupt
And say… I’m alright
If a man can be measured
By which matters make him mad
I guess we need to suffer to expand
So blow your smoke in my lungs
Cut me down with your tongues
Take my wallet, steal my keys
Never can you take or shake my peace
I ain’t gonna cry
Don’t even see a reason why
I feel the rain on my head
But I’ll be laughing instead
Cause I can see the clouds roll by
Look we’ve got a beautiful world in tatters
And I don’t matter that much
I think I’d rather be hurled and shattered
Than lie down losing touch
So I ain’t gonna cry
No I don’t see a reason why
If I can stand on my feet
And turn a grin to the heat
And try to let love amplify
Cause every minute every day there are choices to make
Am I living to give or to take?
And if I’m giving then it’s fine when the world claim’s its stake
And I’m…. I’m alright.
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7. |
December Haze
03:00
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Something's different, something broke
Like a wheel without a spoke
I'm peeling from the lines
You touched my arm, my heart awoke
I missed every word you spoke
Tongue tangled in my spine
Mmmm
December haze with hearts ablaze
Winter fog arrest my gaze
We're singing in this maze
So here's my heart to keep or borrow
Well I'm hoping for tomorrow
But take it day by day
Mmmmm
And I think you feel it too....
I know my mind's way out in space
And I know it's not a race
It's something to embrace
So shove my heart back down my throat
Try to write it in a note
To hide inside your coat
Mmmmmm
So we'll pray and wait to see
Where we go from here
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8. |
Figure on the Water
04:41
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There’s a figure on the water out my door
And it reaches out in billows all across the lonely shore
Much too silent to perturb you much too violent to ignore
And I cannot turn my eyes away but wish to look no more
There’s no sign of where it came from, no confining where it goes
Til it seeps into my conscience…. and won’t let go
Wait a minute I ---- I just need to catch my breath
Wait a minute I ---- Maybe I just need to rest
I can’t go out there…. not in the state I’m in
I can’t go out there…. I’ll never win
Dawn comes in the night, for the beasts that dwell within
Far from heaven’s light, cut the spirit from the sin, no don’t ever let it win
There’s a figure on the water, undefined
And I cannot tell if I --- or all the others, have lost our minds
Can’t they see it growing larger, can’t they hear it growing loud
Can’t they feel themselves surrounded by the stench inside it’s cloud
Still the vapor overtakes us, and it darkens as it grows
Till we fall into a silence……. that won’t let go
Wait a minute I --- Well I think I’ve lost my way
Wait a minute I --- Maybe I just need to pray
I can’t go back there, not in the state again
I can’t go back there, they won’t let me in
Dawn comes in the night, for the beasts that dwell within
Far from heaven’s light, cut the spirit from the sin, I won’t ever let it win
I feel something unraveling in me
I feel something unraveling quickly
I feel something unraveling in me
I feel something unraveling
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Life was laid before me
Then suddenly erased
Exposed me in the lifeless life I chased
With my spirit empty
It’s more than I can face
And I don't see the way
But I can kneel and pray
And put a little faith in God
From this world around me
I've become estranged
All that I knew yesterday has changed
But the worries in me
All begin to drain
And I can't see the way
But I can kneel and pray
And I'll put a little faith in God
Put a little faith in God
Put a little faith in God
And I don't see the way
But I'll kneel and pray
And put a little faith in God
Put my faith into God instead of me
Knowing I could never see
Where this life will lead
And a faith that he's called me his own
And I won't ever be alone
All my life
Let me cease my worry
Cause this ain’t my design
And anyways this life was never mine
Just release my hurry
And look out for the signs
And I don't see the way
But I'll kneel and pray
And put a little faith in God
Put a little faith in God
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