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Capsule
04:05
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CAPSULE
You pray to god it’s a long way to the end
Your gut tells you that it’s all coming crashing down around the bend
With what you fail to justify, with what below the surface lies
It’s no surprise to see you fall in that rut again
My friend
It’s only a billion miles away
Locked in a capsule out in space
But I think it’s coming down
Oh, to go back and fix what we regret
Find the light in what is dark, decipher voices in our heads
See through someone else’s eyes, obtain our wisdom from the wise
Divine our actions by what hasn’t happened yet
‘Cause I’ll bet
It’s only a billion miles away
Locked in a capsule out in space
Don’tcha know it’s coming down
Don’tcha know it’s coming down, and all around
It’s only a billion miles away
Locked in a capsule out in space
But it’s never coming down
I know it’s never coming down
Don’tcha know I know it’s never coming down
It’s always been around
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We Can't Forget Love
04:43
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WE CAN’T FORGET LOVE
For everything we learn, we forget something we knew
It seems you have to weigh old knowledge against finding something new
So many memories falling all over the cutting room floor
Though it’s not our friends or families that we’re likely to forget
And there’s just no need to worry ‘bout what hasn’t been learned yet
Lest we fall into deep regret
We can’t forget love
We can’t forget love anymore
You can memorize dates of little consequence to you
Forget all the faces instrumental in youth
See a great decline of rational behavior all across the board
You can learn the little codes they use to make you blind
But for everything you take, you’ll surely leave something behind
It’s not a cosmic tape we can rewind
So we can’t forget love (can’t forget love)
We can’t forget love (can’t forget love) anymore
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Hideaway
02:28
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HIDEAWAY
We’ve got to get to the hideaway
Travelling both night and day
We’ll get there with time to play, oh girl
We’ve got to get to the hideaway
Got to get there right away
It’s the finest place in the whole world
Traversed a bridge on which we had no business setting foot
We felt the sun come through the trees
Walked through the river and our feet began to freeze
Won’t you help us, please?
Chorus
We hiked eight miles, hit the snow and turned around
We put our feet on solid ground
Her shoes and pack destroyed, we never heard a sound
Can you take us down?
Chorus
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SONG FOR THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
This is a song for the top of the mountain
Singing along from the bottom of your feet
The beauty bubbles forth like a fountain
Where the Earth and sky meet
This is a song for the top of the mountain
Singing along from the bottom of your soul
Something you should not be doubting:
We’re dropping down to the valley below
Won’t you look at how far we’ve come
And how far we have to go
This is a song for the top of the mountain
Singing along from the bottom of your shoes
Sometimes there’s just no way around it
You’ve got to climb to get these views
Chorus
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Ghostly Glow
03:16
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GHOSTLY GLOW
The Sun was melting into the mirror
With clouds it painted the sky
We stared in wonder
As it sank under
Carefully leaving the last traces of its light
Onto the other orb across the ocean
Glowing orange, this giant emerged
It cried in longing
Never belonging
To the daytime, the keeper of the night
Sometimes you see it creeping through the window
Like a widow watching her children play
Her old lover was bound to the day
She tried for hundreds of years to revive him
All her efforts to no avail
But every evening
She swore she’d see him
Then he was gone, he would melt into the sea
Somehow he’d become locked in a limbo
Melting away day after day
He’d never hear her
Two million years
Had passed, her messages in vain, she’d gone insane
Painful loneliness
Endless emptiness
For the one she didn’t save
But the real surprise
She’d never realize
That it was she who’d passed away
And so she’d stare for all eternity
Her acceptance never in sight
Not her lover
Locked high above her
Her ghostly glow was locked inside the night
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The Letter
03:24
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THE LETTER
Tossed inside a case
Lost without a trace
While my words are only simple
My edges rough and wrinkled
I know that your heart is my place
Though I’m put away
Feel the words that I say
Our bond cannot be broken
When this weary engine’s smokin’
The sun will shine today
You may lose sight of the places you wanted to be
Feel the weights tied to your heart
But making this world a brighter place is your finest art
I’m the letter you lost
And if our paths should cross again
My your mind remain open
While these words are read or spoken
And love envelop your thoughts
Never lose sight of the places you wanted to see
Feel the weights tied to your heart
‘Cause making this world a brighter place is your finest art
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Paradise
05:14
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PARADISE
Shiny monuments climb to heaven
Is this our gift to you?
Waters of the Sound will wash them down
As peace and happiness flee, bruised and bleeding
We ask, “What’s in it for me?”
As if results should show by half-past-three
There’s something we can’t see
Oh no
If paradise was staring at you, would you know?
It’s here for us to make, not take our gold and go
Consequences collide with your wisdom
Do we declare it a draw?
Drew the straw, now take your fate in stride
We’re surrounded by the slime
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Flannel Shirt
02:59
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FLANNEL SHIRT
The first time I ran away
Black combat boots down the railroad tracks
Teenage angst and the longing
To be free to float through life
Just like my hooded flannel shirt
The next time I ran away
Set my bible down on the stairs and ran
Up the rocky, moonlit hillside
To the railroad tracks, then I heard my father right behind me
He had torn my flannel shirt
We’ve all made some awful choices
It’s not the same as evil intentions
Now, I’ll never run away
If you run too far, you’re right back where you started
Like the sun shows its face to everyone
Its warming glow can do so much more
Than a flannel shirt
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