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"Taste"

"Taste"


I am alive, I am awake.
I am aware of what light tastes like.
The curtains drawn, the table's set;
I wanna be, I wanna be, at my best.

It's bittersweet, it's poetry.
Careful pruning of my dead leaves.
It's holy ground, a treasure chest;
I'm on my knees and only scratch the surface.

Like fists unraveling, like glass unshattering.
Breaking all the rules, breaking bread again.
Swallowing light, 'til we're fixed from the inside.

Out of the woods, out of the dark.
I’m well aware of the shadows in my heart.
I wanna feel, tectonic shifts;
I wanna be, I wanna be, astonished.
I wanna be astonished.

So I propose a toast:
To fists unraveling, to glass unshattering.
To breaking all the rules, to breaking bread again.
We’re swallowing light, we’re swallowing our pride.
We’re raising our glass, ’til we’re fixed from the inside.

'Til we're fixed from the inside.

We're nothing less than a work in progress.
Sacred text on Post-It notes.
We only speak of a world in pieces.
Let's make a map of what matters most:
Where every fracture is a running river.
Leading us back to our golden coast.

Here's to showing light,
To fists unraveling, to glass unshattering.
To breaking all the rules, to breaking bread again.
We’re swallowing light, we’re swallowing our pride.
We’re raising our glass, ’til we’re fixed from the inside.

'Til we're fixed from the inside.
 
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"Tension & Thrill"

"Tension & Thrill"


The headlines talk
Of sadness and new risk.
Life is deadly,
My finger's to your lips.
We'll send the world in reverse.

Love is tension and thrill
That begs to be ours.

We are diamonds waiting to be found,
Catching light in the corners of our eyes.
We are diamonds waiting to be found.

We are the hunted,
We are the shining northern lights.
We are the nervous,
We feel our hands becoming vines.
We'll dream in color tonight.

Love is tension and thrill
That begs to be ours.
There are cities inside of everyone:
Life within life,
The trembling in our voice.

When I look into your eyes
I see the tip of an iceberg.
When I look into your eyes
I see that love is an iceberg
That throws us into the sea.

We're walking on the ocean floor,
Feeding sharks out of our hands.

We are diamonds waiting to be found,
Catching light in the corners of our eyes.
We are diamonds waiting to be found.
 
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"Tethered"

"Tethered"


We were married by the ocean.
We were tethered by the sea.
We tied string around our fingers
To remember our ideals.

I'll be brave when you are frightened.
You'll be strong when I am weak in the knees.
I'll be calm when you have had enough of these rushing waves.
You'll be the oxygen I need.

We'll take turns to untangle the knots,
Though our hands may be tied,
It's all a part of the plot.
Cat's cradle etiquette, we oblige,
As we learn to enlace for the rest of our lives.

You'll be balance when I waver.
I'll be warmth when you are shivering cold.
You'll be patience when I've had enough of this waiting game.
I'll be the anchor cast below.

We'll take turns to untangle the knots,
Though our hands may be tied,
It's all a part of the plot.
Cat's cradle etiquette, we oblige,
As we learn to enlace for the rest of our lives.
 
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"Thanks For The Memories"

"Thanks For The Memories"


Thank you for every smile and for every memory

Oh, I miss all the times
That we could just laugh
At the way we were
And how we maintained a smile
In the worst of times

And all the simple words you would say
That could make every day beautiful

Thank you for every smile and for every memory

And every time that I looked into your eyes
I knew that we were forever
But I forgot that we were fragile
Every second that you were around
Made me appreciate every moment

In this life
 
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"The Projectionist"

"The Projectionist"


When I was young I fell in love with story,
With the eleventh hour, with the blaze of glory.

The theater lights dim and all goes quiet.
In the darkest of rooms, light shines the brightest.

When hands are tied and clocks are ticking,
An audience convinced: we’re leaning in,
Holding our breath again.

Just when we thought the game was over
The music lifts and our dying solider lives!
And we breathe a sigh of relief.

We’re leaving, we’re leaving our shadows behind us now.
We’re leaving, we’re leaving it all behind for now.

But even dust was made to settle
And if we’re made of dust, then what makes us any different?
I guess we give what we’ve been given:
A family tree so very good at giving up
When we’ve had enough.
Though truth is heavier than fiction,
Gravity lifts as the projectionist rolls tape.
And it makes us brave again
And it makes us brave again
And it makes us brave.

So we’re leaving, we’re leaving our shadows behind us now.
We’re leaving, we’re leaving it all behind for now.
And it makes us brave again
And it makes us brave.
We’re leaving, we’re leaving ‘em all behind for now.
 
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"The Safety Dance"
(originally by Men Without Hats)

"The Safety Dance"
(originally by Men Without Hats)



We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
Cause your friends don't dance
And if they don't dance then their no friends of mine

We can go where we want to
A place where they'll never find
We can act like we've come from out of this world
Leave the real one far behind

And we can dance or sing

We can go when we want to
The night is young and so am I
And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet
And surprise 'em with the victory cry

Say, we can act if we want to
If we don't, nobody will
And you can act real rude and totally removed
And I can act like an imbecile

And say, we can dance, we can dance
Everything's out of control
We can dance, we can dance
They're doing it from wall to wall
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody look at your hands
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody's taking, taking little chance

We can dance if we want to
We've got all your life and mine
As long as we abuse it, never gonna lose it
Everything'll work out right

I say, we can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
Because your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well, they're no friends of mind

And say, we can dance, we can dance
Everything's out of control
We can dance, we can dance
They're doing it from wall to wall
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody look at your hands
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody's taking, taking little chance

The safety dance [x8]
 
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"The Sea Of Atlas"

"The Sea Of Atlas"


Through wires and waves, our voices carry.
Such careful words that we can barely speak out loud.
We found an ocean when we needed land.
We drowned in words when we needed a hand.
So we plead for night, and the sun keeps on spilling light.

There's a fine line, a fine line in between
Our progress and our instability.
We can't help ourselves but hunt for more.
A design flaw? or the olive branch that proves the shore-
The catalyst we've waited for.

We live and die under the thumb of fear,
As though the finish line will merely disappear
If we take one less step, even to catch our breath.

We once felt safe, like no cure was needed.
Our vocabularies had no room for “defeated,”
But we grew up quick and became connoisseurs of it.

There's a fine line, a fine line in between
Our progress and our instability.
We can't help ourselves but hunt for more.
A design flaw? or the olive branch that proves the shore-
The catalyst we've waited for.
 
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"Timelapse"

"Timelapse"


Only the eyes of owls can be seen here;
they are the stars, they radiate.

and every constellation
is a fraction of God's DNA
that we were made to notice and navigate.

as the moon commands the tide
to balance the weight of change,
we must learn to follow all the same.

when the northern lights were born,
the color poured into our eyes,
like tipping a glass with the ocean inside.

into the darkness,
we will send our symphonies -
a shorthand of existence,
a slowly turning key,
the voyager will leave us
with this modest memory of home.

when the sunlight wakes the earth
from its deep sleep,
all creatures bloom.
and through lifted lashes, all is new.

as a newborn recognizes
its mother's voice from inside the womb,
may we remember the warmth of our youth.

the overture was written,
like the calm before a storm.
with hummingbird precision,
we must follow every chord...

time-lapse reveals a slight of hand,
it unties the rules of time and plan.
stillness is only a state of mind,
a blind spot that brightness has left behind.
wet paint is a privilege that we will find.

as the wrist of an artist
pulls the foreground into the frame,
we must learn to focus, all the same.

all these restless conversations
have tied a string to every living thing,
and our illustrations will draw them near.
 
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"Today Has Been OK"

"Today Has Been OK"


Friends tell me it's spring
My window show the same
Without you here the seasons pass me by
I know you were not new
That looked like May and June
All the same I miss you
Today has been ok
Today has been ok
The preacher lost his son
He's known by all in town
He found him with another son of God
Feeding on the prayer
Nevermind what God said
But love has lost its cause
And I thought today had been ok
Today has been ok
Today has been ok
Wind has burned your skin
The lovely air so thin
The salty water's underneath your feet
No one's gone in vain
Here is where you'll stay
This life has been insane but
Today has been ok
Today has been ok
Today has been ok
Today has been ok
 
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"Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
(originally by Bonnie Tyler)

"Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
(originally by Bonnie Tyler)



Turnaround, every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round
Turnaround, every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears
Turnaround, every now and then I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
Turnaround, every now and then I get a little bit terrified
And then I see the look in your eyes
Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
 
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