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Turn Around Baby
03:42
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turn around, baby
it’s all okay
how can I tell you that I love you
if I can’t see your face
turn around, darlin
open those eyes
it’ll be clear now
and it starts here tonight
I know I’ve said before
that I won’t let you down anymore
when they knock on that door
put your feet on the floor
only you, baby
can turn darkness to light
you gotta be brave now
and please stop this fight
everyone’s waitin
and they been waiting to long
someone else could sing it
but babe it’s your song
I know I’ve said before
that I won’t let you down anymore
when they knock on that door
put your feet on the floor
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2. |
Don't Put Up A Fight
02:51
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Cool runnings she said to you last night
Cool runnings please don’t put up a fight
Sometimes it ends too soon
Just when you thought it was beginning
Seems every scene is wasted
Thrown on the cutting room floor
The story hides inside your body
The memory of her skin
tied up in undue reverent quiet
The taste of salt beneath your tongue
Cool runnin’s she said to you last night
Cool runnin’s please don’t put up a fight
The idea of her stays
tightly wrapped in newsprint pages
And while you chase what you thought you wanted
well, to everybody else it’s clear
Cool runnin’s she said to you last night
Cool runnin’s please don’t put up a fight
I’m goin’ now, I’m goin’ now, I’m goin’ now, I’m goin’ now
I’m goin’ now, I’m goin’ now, I’m goin’ now, I’m goin’ now
I’m goin’ now, I’m goin’ now, I’m goin’ now, I’m goin’
Wish I could take you along
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3. |
Do It All
02:49
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you better not walk too tall
everybody likes it better when you stay small
you run run run
yeah you run to the bitter end
you questions whether running is your foe or your only friend
you're too young to know
better figure out the future before you grow too old
you work work work
claw your way up the cold brick wall
you break that ceiling but the glass cuts you as it falls
you're trying to do it all
who made these rules
come on, it's me and you
we must be fools
to think that we can do
everything for everyone
we wage this war that can't be won
let's face the truth
we can't do it all
they're telling you to behave
when you smile you're flirting when you frown you're much too grave
so you hide hide hide
yeah you lie to yourself instead
what you gonna do when all that lying leaves your spirit dead
you're trying to do it all
speak up shut up
too loud not loud enough
burn bright hide your light
down to earth and out of sight
short skirt collared shirt
sway the vote know your worth
are you in are you out
i ain't in or out, still trying to do it all
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4. |
Two Moons
03:38
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Initially the news was like a boulder on my chest
But in that same elastic moment I thought
This could be the best
There’s no telling how I’ll feel or what I’ll do
But I’ll hang on tight to them
If I can’t hang on to you
I spent two weeks praying that you’d leave on your own
Cause I knew I would never be whole
Again
I asked all the questions like why me and why now
And is this how it feels
When you almost drown
But there’s no one here to answer
The room is dry and dark
It’s clear that only I can patch the whole here in my heart
they offer consolation but it washes past my ear
Mixed in with the voices are the sounds of my own fear
When I say
Afterward I watched you floating up beyond the sun
And I believed you when you said
You understood what I had done
Oh
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I closed the bathroom door behind me
The tears they didn’t wait
they were pressing at my eyes the moment I
Turned my face away
My naked body crumbled
to a pile on the mat
And I knew without a doubt it was
The last time we’d do that
I was reaching for you
You were reaching for me too
I was reaching for you
You were reaching for me too
An empty house is standing
Where a cozy home once stood
We both knew it wasn’t awful
But my god it wasn’t good
I kept thinking I was lonely
But you were right there the whole time
Walking circles in the hallways
Pretending everything was fine
I’d have given any damn thing
Just to be seen
Just to be seen
And now I watch you out there
And I’m pulling out my hair
Trying to figure out how it’s fair
That
I was reaching for you
You were reaching for me too
I was reaching for you
You were reaching for me too
I was reaching
I was reaching for you
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6. |
Walk Until
03:37
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It’s true we’ve both been here before
Bangin’ into walls we didn’t build
Tryna pull the meaning out of everything
Desperate for a rescue from the cold
I, for one, am tired of giving all I’ve got
To somebody whose love I couldn’t find
In the end we both know the answer
We’re only victims of the crimes of our own mind
Oh, my love
You can hide your heart from mystery
And live up on the surface of your fear
Or, my love
Come along this trail with me
We’ll walk until the path becomes clear
It seems you’ve touched my face before
Familiar is the refuge of your hands
I’ll try not to protect myself from happiness
With you around I doubt I even can
Truth is often heard before it’s spoken
Our bodies telling stories of their own
No need to ask the robin where he’s goin’
He only really knows where he’s already flown
If this path eventually divides us
Our time together changes with the wind
Say my darlin’ thank you for the journey
Your heart was the best prize that I could win
Oh, hold me now
And let me breathe you in
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7. |
Time Stops
02:35
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you’re on the road again tomorrow
can’t remember the last time
that you listened to your mother
she’s always telling you to see the signs
So I ask you if you’re running
You’re too busy to respond
Too busy running from each other
still hoping that your life is long
Time stops
Everything you thought you knew is gone
All those strung together moments
The invention of your loneliness
From where you’re standing you can feel it
the room is humming all in time
She's in the front row for a second
suddenly the lights all fade to white
is it a blessing in disguise
will you open up your eyes
and realize
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8. |
Monsters
03:34
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There are monsters in the moonlight
They’ve got mud beneath their nails
They’ve been crawling up the cold banks
Of this river that you sail
Now they’re killing all the townsfolk
Taking them out one by one
The only way to stop them
Is to look straight at the sun
Oh, you’re running hard
Yeah you’re trying to outrun the wind
But the answer is here and the coast is clear
And you’re never going back again
There are strangers in the alley
Come to show you who you are
Screaming in another language
Painting poetry on cars
They beat mallets on your eardrums
While you’re shackled to deceit
Say ‘now look inside your pocket
all along you’ve had the key’
There are angels in the desert
Playing a game of hide and seek
All you’ve got to do to find them
Is to wake up from your sleep
They move quietly around you
Dusting cobwebs off your eyes
Fold origami out of memories
Til there’s nothing left but sky
There are monsters in the moonlight
They’ve got mud beneath their nails
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9. |
Surrender
03:55
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It’s the end of the line for me
Can’t think of no more ways to fight
So will you follow me recklessly
We’ll go far away
Oh so far away
It’s cold
Yeah it’s really cold
And my hands they’re tired from grasping
Oh it’s cold
It’s really cold
And there’s nothing left where I’m standing
So I surrender
Now you’ve taken to whispering
Your voice is caught in your throat again
So you wash your hands of this struggle and
You go far away
Oh so far away
It’s cold
Yeah it’s really cold
And your mind can’t see past the ending
Oh it’s cold
Yeah it’s really cold
And there’s nothing left where you’re standing
So you surrender
We’re done scratching our eyes out
The enemy lies down
Before us in fear
And we give up our names for
The sake of each other
Scream “never again!”
And it’s cold
Yeah it’s really cold
And we’re never quite sure where we’re going
Oh it’s cold
Yeah it’s really cold
And there’s nothing left where we’re standing
So we surrender
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