1. |
We Drive On
03:50
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We Drive On
I was drivin’ east on Highway 100
Some SUV approaching from the west
In a flash a doe meandered out, oblivious
A football field away, more or less
She never needed wings thanks to the impact
Head over hoofs flyin’ my way
I was somewhere between terror and acceptance
Too slow of mind to swerve or to pray
I saw that busted up deer in my rear view mirror
Nevermind her motherless fawn
I drove on, I drove on, I drove on, I drove on
Some people live to be a hundred
Some hearts never beat outside the womb
Some bodies burn away to ashes
Others are preserved in splendid tombs
Just yesterday a queen went home to glory
A lot of people cried some didn’t care
They’ll celebrate or denigrate her story
Did she do a lot of good? Was she unfair?
What have I done for heaven’s sake
What difference do you really make
Goin’ here and there and gettin’ gone?
We drive on, we drive on, we drive on, we drive on
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2. |
Let It Ride
04:57
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Let it Ride
Ya put down ten
Now you’re lookin’ at twenty
Hit it again if you’re feeling lucky
You’ve already doubled your money
You don’t gotta take the deal
There’s more than one game in this world
You’re playin’ for real so kiss the girl
And give the wheel a whirl
Let it ride, ride
Go on and let it ride
Ride, ride, ride
Just let it ride
Ya can’t stop the rain
Ya can’t change the weather
Down the gutter drain and gone forever
Bid farewell to that feather
You better hold on tight
To the good things you’ve acquired
Lift your lover up to the sky
Let that kite sail higher
(Bridge)
Float on the river
Blow in the wind
Know you’re delivered from
All of your sin
Throw down doubles
Get out of jail
Ride a fast train outa trouble
Like a hobo on the rail
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3. |
Summon Your Soul
04:16
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Summon your soul
Don’t play in the shadows
Where your demons dance
And the monster sleeps
Let the monster sleep
Don’t swim in the river
Where the current is fast
And the water is deep
Snakes lick your feet
Don’t go where you know
you don’t want to go
Don’t go where you know
you don’t want to go
Consider your heart
Summon your wandering soul
Don’t go where you know
you don’t want to go
Don’t go where you know
you don’t want to go
Stay right where you are
Summon your wandering soul
Summon your soul
The law of intoxication
Is gravitation toward the dark
The alluring dark
The sun rises over mountains
Realize you’ve already come this far
Remember who you are
Don’t go where you know
you don’t wanna go…
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4. |
Heaven
04:16
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Heaven
Is the whole of our hearts
And Heaven
Don't tear you apart
Yeah, Heaven
Is the whole of our hearts
And Heaven
Don't tear you apart
There's too many kings
Wanna hold you down
And a world at the window
Gone underground
There's a hole in the sky
Where the sun don't shine
And a clock on the wall
And it counts my time
And Heaven
Is the whole of our hearts
And Heaven
Don't tear you apart
Yeah, Heaven
Is the whole of our hearts
And Heaven
Don't tear you apart
There's a song on the air with a
'Love you' line
And a face in a glass and it
Looks like mine
And I'm standing on ice when I say that I don't hear planes
And I scream at the fools wanna jump my train
And Heaven
Is the whole of our hearts
And Heaven
Don't tear you apart
Yeah, Heaven
Is the whole of our hearts
And Heaven don't tear you apart
Yeah, Heaven
Ah, Heaven
Yeah, Heaven
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5. |
I Don't Want To Cry
03:41
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I Don’t Wanna Cry
No, I won’t complain, it could be worse
I’m okay residing in this universe
Where flowers lift their faces
Toward the sky to drink the rain
And kiss the butterflies
I don’t wanna cry
I’ve been feelin’ well
I don’t wanna fall under
Any spell
I don’t wanna fly
All the way to heaven
Only to crawl down
On my knees in hell
The heartache I felt has faded some
When tears come
It’s no fun be the sorry one
I’m fine and well enough
And you belong to someone else
So pay no nevermind
I don’t wanna cry
I’ve been feelin’ well
I don’t wanna fall under
Any spell
I don’t wanna fly
All the way to heaven
Only to crawl down
On my knees in hell, no
I don’t wanna cry
I don’t wanna fly
I’ve been on my knees before
I’m not goin’ there anymore
I’m standing in my fortress
Dancing with myself
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6. |
Be My Girl
04:04
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7. |
Angry World
05:21
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Angry World
Look how Venus shines tonight
Under a Cheshire cat moon smilin’
So bright and clear
As though to bring good cheer
And isn’t that Jupiter
Three hundred sixty five million miles
Away from here
Far from the darkness down here
And I’ve been pondering
How much I care for you
And all the ridiculous
Friends I truly love, hey
Come outside and play
Break away from the cable news
Seems everybody is already mad enough
Oh, we’re livin’ in an angry world
Oh, we’re livin’ and dying in an angry world
I’m pokin’ the embers, stokin’ the flame
Wavin’ a cardboard fan
At your backyard fire pit
Smoke is stingin’ my eyes a bit
Better than shakin’ some billionaire's money tree
Starin’ at a screen and screaming at it
I’m so over it
Isn’t it it high time we quit it
There is no glory
In all of your outrage
There is no virtue
In any of my contempt
In the game of animosity we all win plastic trophies
Nobody is exempt
Oh, we’re livin’ in an angry world
Oh, we’re livin’ and dyin’ in an angry world
It takes a brave mind
To reconsider what you thought you knew
It takes keen eye
To see another man’s point of view
It takes a lot more diligence
To grow a garden outa rocky ground
It takes a lot more courage
To lay your weapon down
Hey, that’s enough for today
Come outside
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8. |
Talk It Out
04:06
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Talk It Out
Some ills have no cure
Some wrecks cannot be fixed
Sometimes we don’t know for sure
Never mind any magic tricks
Talk it out, talk it out right now
Talk it out, talk it out right now
My love for you is real
The time did come to walk away
Some wounds are slow to heal
May the sun shine on you today
Talk it out, talk it out right now
Talk it out , talk it out right now
Come on, let’s talk it out, talk it out right now
Talk it out, talk it out right now
I don’t wanna make your heart ache anymore
No, I don’t wanna make your heart ache a second
more
Truth hides in the clouds
It’s alright to speak your mind
Let the healing rain come down
Let it fall down, it feels just fine
Talk it out, talk it out right now
Talk it out, talk it out right now
Come on, let’s talk it out, talk it out right now
Talk it out, talk it out right now
I don’t wanna make your heart ache anymore
No, I don’t wanna make your heart ache anymore
I don’t wanna make your heart ache anymore
No, I don’t wanna make your heart ache a second
more
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9. |
Just Who
03:59
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Just Who
Your spirit is undaunted
Your heart won’t be denied
You break the rusty shackles
In the dungeon of my mind
The dungeon of my guilty mind
And the thing that I love most about you
Is just you
It’s less about what and more about who
The thing that I love most about you
Is just you
It’s less about what and more about who
Just who are you
Just who
You sparkle like the sunshine
That liquifies the snow
That flows into the river and floods
The desert of my soul
The desert of my thirsty soul
The thing that I love most about you
Is just you…
You liberate small spiders
Unseemly to the eyes
Of killers with shameless disregard
For the sanctity of life
The sanctity of wondrous life
And the thing that I love most about you
Is just you…
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10. |
Centrifugal
05:14
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Centrifugal
Enchanted by the ghost of fear
Dark rumination
We’ve got to venture out to hear
The conversation
Please try to understand
Don’t cover your eyes with your hands
Don’t wish I was invisible
Distrust and tribal warfare
Selective blindness
Only courageous children dare
To render kindness
I’m not your enemy
From here I don’t see what you see
But love is not delusional
Resist the law, defy the rule
Centrifugal
Don’t let it pull us apart
Jesters and liars spin the world
For fools
Centrifugal force
Centrifugal
Scattering our hearts
Prophets of doom collect their gold
God’s mercenaries
Brave soldiers summon their true souls
Revolutionaries
We choose what we believe
But we don’t have to be deceived
By wolves disguised in white wool
Resist the law, defy the rule
Centrifugal
Don’t let it drive us apart
Jesters and liars spin the world
For sorry (happy) fools
Centrifugal force
Centrifugal
Scattering our hearts…
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11. |
Alone
04:32
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Alone
I’m just floating
Alone on a midnight ocean
Solitary and blue
Lost and drifting
On a current of emotion
So sad and missing you
Alone, alone, alone and all alone
Under a desolate, lonesome moon
Alone, alone, alone and all alone
Like a loon in the wake of a typhoon
I’ve been pondering
Betrayal and devotion
Hoping our hearts will be true
I’m just floating
Adrift on a midnight ocean
Praying the sun will come out soon
Alone, alone, alone and all alone
Under a desolate, lonesome moon
Alone, alone, alone and all alone
Like a loon in the wake of a typhoon
On the dark open sea
Where the stars look so lonely
Do you feel lonely, baby
Like I do
So lonely
Solitary and blue
Sad and missing you
So sad and missing you
Sad and missing you
So sad, sad, sad, so sad
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12. |
The Ocean (Reimagined)
04:00
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I have tasted poison, still I remain restored
by centuries of saving seas where living waters pour.
I am the ocean, purified by all the tears of time.
I am bitter and sublime.
I am the ocean.
Disregard the wreckage under healing tide.
All the shame in Jesus’ name
was covered when He died.
We are the ocean, glorious and sanctified by pain.
We are blessed by the rain.
We are the ocean.
Acid clouds will threaten but you won’t be defiled.
Cleansing love from God above
will shower you dear child.
You are the ocean, beautiful and driven by the wind.
You are wondrous deep within.
You are the ocean.
I am the ocean.
Purified by all the tears of time.
I am bitter and sublime.
I am the ocean.
We are the ocean.
You are the ocean…
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The Choir Nashville, Tennessee
The Choir continue to explore and reveal, whether crafting adventurous new sonic textures or shining a light into shadowy corners of the heart. With Bloodshot, the Nashville-based alt-rockers push at the borders of their spacefaring sound while uncovering intimate truths, compelling generations of fans to return and relate. ... more
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