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Unstoppable
03:25
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For years, I gave you all I had,
This year, you threw it all right back, a nice day for a Spring fling,
Dear, this can't be how it drops,
I need you in bloodstream or my heartbeat will just stop.
I'm unstoppable in the worst way possible,
I'm unstoppable and you won't believe what's possible,
Don't leave me alone.
My dear, sure good to know you cared,
Enough to make me feel like you could always be here,
Now, as your poison comes up dry,
Then I'll just find a new you that can help me blow my mind.
I'm unstoppable in the best way possible,
I'm unstoppable, believe what's possible,
Just leave me alone.
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Fly
04:15
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Don't you let 'em fire another shot at you,
You did all that you could do despite the city that you flew,
No one told me you'd be everything I dreamed,
Until an Autumn East migration took you away from me,
And this heart is too impatient to wait for summer to breathe.
She said, "I'll cry my eyes out, I'll cry 'em dry,
I'll cry my eyes out, up here tonight".
I could take a train or I could borrow someone's car,
If I could get to where you are then I could burrow in your arms,
You could show me this world is smaller than it seems,
Because I'm not strong enough to handle all the cities between,
And this whole stupid gamble was bigger than me.
Then I said, "I cried my eyes out, I cried 'em dry,
I cried my eyes out, down here tonight."
They said, "Just keep working, just keep working hard,"
But I know staying grounded can only get me so far,
And if we never look up tell me what can we learn,
We've been crunching the numbers on pages without words.
Spring is sprung, the grass is green, and I'm standing where the bird should be,
I want to fly away,
Take me away, get me out of here, just one more shot, one more year,
I want to fly away.
Come down.
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Bartender
03:27
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I lead a life on fire, no shadows here,
From light from what transpires inside of me,
Fuel to keep me wired, fuel to make me sleep,
I lead a life on fire, no shadows here.
You had it all conspired, knew me all too well,
Of the poison I required, I was no angel,
But with every ounce you gave, you took more from me,
You had it all conspired, you were no angel.
You got away with crimes of the worst degree,
Held me underwater, took the life from me,
But when I come up for air, only then you'll see,
That I've got a way with fire, it's inside of me.
You let me down, but I'll take another round,
I'd kill to hear the sound of you drowning too,
You let me down, but I'll take another round,
Bartender.
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4. |
Lullabies
04:08
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Passing the hours in hospital towers,
enduring a loneliness words can't describe,
Your questions unanswered in the clutch of a cancer,
That's conjuring bravery, but swallowing pride.
I can still hear the first time a voice through a phone line said,
Something had changed in your blood, something wrong,
Believe in a future, just scars left from sutures,
When the pain that consumes you has all but moved on.
Don't you call it a life, I can't heal the pain you feel tonight,
It's too much to ask you to shake this off and walk away alive,
But don't you call it a life,
Don't you stop.
And I'll write lullabies with sleepy eyes,
Does it help to know I'm scared at night,
That you might close your eyes,
And not say goodbye?
Brother I'm scared,
Don't you call it a life.
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5. |
Walk Away
04:00
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She'll sing her song to anyone who'll listen,
But she won't give me the time of day,
She's too obsessed with being right and kissing,
The first new boy to take a look her way.
The months they turned to years that I spent hoping,
That I'd not just get left along the way,
Though I worked to mend those nights that left us broken,
It's futile now because she regrets our days.
We go on,
It feels wrong,
But we go on.
Mother, mother, tell me the truth,
Am I wrong to believe that I've wasted my youth on a girl,
Just a phantom of yesterday,
She'll say, "Son, I know that it's hard to conclude,
But in these situations when the hearts break in two,
One always gets shattered and one will resolve to walk away,
My baby, just walk away."
So let her sing her song to anyone who'll listen,
But don't you give her the time of day,
Just go on.
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6. |
Twenty-Two
02:42
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Sing "Halleluja, I'm still alive,"
Only twenty-two, but I'm ready to die,
And if the worst comes true, don't let me tombstone lie,
Say, "He had a good run."
Trust can be broken, tested and tried,
When people we love turn into people who lie,
But I'm proof to me folks that their lessons survived,
Say, "He was a good son."
And if ever there was a place for me,
It's on this bench and it's at these keys,
Playing to friends until their pain is eased,
Because they are the best ones.
Live as though the Earth stopped turning,
Because in the end it's what you've given out that makes it count,
If my tomorrow doesn't come,
It's only hearts that I have won that will keep me singing out when I'm in the ground.
Sing "Halleluja, I'm still alive,"
Only twenty-two, but I'm ready to die,
And if the worst comes true, don't let me tombstone lie,
Say, "He was a good son,
His friends were the best ones,
He had a good run."
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7. |
Our City Blues
04:37
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Smoke fades, the plant stops running,
It cascades, the pilot light is burning out,
Tough breaks, relief is never coming,
Only time can fix what broke this town.
No pay, the bell stops sounding,
This phase, are we ever getting out?
We pray for a swift rebounding,
Are we too astray to come back around?
This town, this city,
Someday I'll leave it all behind,
I know it all comes with me,
You can't get the smokestacks off your mind.
Hearts break, but the blood keeps pumping,
Cold shakes, our legs resort to giving out,
Long days, the end is never coming,
Only certain death will slow us down.
She says, "My heart keeps pounding,
There's no way that our fire is every burning out,"
With her gaze and warmth surrounding,
Our shivers disappear along with doubt,
Of this town, this city,
Someday I'll leave it all behind,
But baby, please come with me,
I just can't get you off my mind.
I believe in a world I've conceived from the hearts and minds of our own broken dreams,
Where they can promise us trust and we'll feel that with time we can heal,
I can promise you love and you'll see that you're safe here beside me.
Heartbreak comes and we forget it,
The names comprise the ending credits,
Tomorrow makes the front page news,
While yesterday sings our city's blues.
They say that this town's depleting and the industry is leaving,
And I should be leaving too,
But you'll be seeing that I'm not leaving,
Not without you.
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