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Ball Lightning
04:15
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i'm a weak young thing
but it's this song i sing
that puts the strength back in my bones
puts the feathers on your wings
and it sleeps in your soul
in your heart of gold
it pulls the hymnals out of nowhere
crushes diamonds out of coal
when all i've known
is said or sung
no stone unturned
no rag unwrung
my banner flown
my youth returned
with our lungs void
our voice was heard
and when you left home
did your friends all go
"we were never really here
we were never carved in stone"
so open your window
let your fever grow
for the grace of god go i
and i am never going home
when hands can't hold
the light i see
the first bird sang
this song to me
"with my strength spent
with my heart cold
i put my faith
in rock and roll"
...ball lightning
ball lightning
ball lightning
ball lightning
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2. |
Clearly Again
04:48
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I was bound for
east Chicago
but changed my warpath
let my hair grow
don't worry it will reach your shoulders
don't worry cause the winds are changing
don't worry darling, we'll climb boulders
to reach a place that's never aging, like we are
and I was stuck in
the place that you go
but you came through
and opened up my windows
and suddenly a light filled my bedroom
suddenly I was whole again
suddenly I had found my shadow
and you were ready to let me in to your arms
with my hairline receding
my heart was still beating
my fingernails growing
my arms overflowing
but then a light lit my back walls
the whites filled my eyeballs
and o, suddenly i could see clearly again
and o suddenly i could see clearly again
you were breaking
and i was broken
scratched my vinyl
and said words already spoken like
"suddenly my seams are bursting
suddenly my soul has escaped
suddenly my fingers ungrasping
had let loose all my hateful thoughts"
with my hairline receding
my heart was still beating
my fingernails growing
my arms overflowing
but then a light lit my back walls
the whites filled my eyeballs
and o, suddenly i could see clearly again
and o, suddenly i could see clearly again
and o, suddenly i could see clearly again
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you are a lighthouse
you are what guides my boats to shore
and you are a raindrop
the water that washes my mind pure
and you are a whirlwind
you are the light that fills my spaces
and i'm a disciple
to the patron saint of pretty faces
and i know that i can't be
the cure to what ails you
but know that i stand beneath
if that cure should fail you
cause in my dreams we're alive
in my dreams we don't ever die
you are a long road
but i was born to return home
and you bred a sadness
the kind that sleeps inside my bones
and i know you can't conceive
that someone could love you
but thats just cause you can't see
the light that hangs above you
cause in my dreams we're alive
in my dreams we don't ever die...
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4. |
Lost at Highway
05:43
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baby bird fly home
the wild wind sleeps in your bones
and though your road is long
though your wings are weak your heart is strong
as hell
summer came in on a wind
suddenly i'm a kid again
but this time i won't hide in whispers
this time i won't be scared of cars
this time when we're lost at sea or highway
i won't ask you where we are
cause we're home
baby bird please fly home
i've chipped teeth but i've never broken bone
feeling good, i'm feeling fine
feels like i'm living on borrowed time and
if it feels like the waters are rising
it's just cause the good ones are dying
and if it feels like your friends are all leaving
it's just cause the kids stopped believing
baby bird please fly home
i've chipped teeth but i've never broken bone
feeling good, i'm feeling fine
feels like i'm living on borrowed time and
if it feels like the waters are rising
it's just cause the good ones are dying
and if it feels like your friends are all leaving
it's just cause the kids stopped believing
and if it feels like the good times are ending
it's just cause the kids stopped pretending
and if it feels like your friends are all leaving
it's just cause the kids stopped believing in...
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5. |
Suddenly Suddenly
04:26
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watching your father die
4.9 on a scale of 5
but you keep it locked inside
so when he goes, he goes
suddenly, suddenly
watching my father cry
as my uncle's swallowed by the dark
that's when i learned that i would die
that's when i prayed to god that i'd go
suddenly, suddenly
i know i won't go
quick and easy
i know i'll go down roads
long and narrow
i know i won't go
suddenly, suddenly
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6. |
Until I Open My Wings
06:26
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each day my heart grows fonder
one day i'll be your small wonder
each day my heart grows fonder
one day i'll be your small wonder
i am the moss
that grows on stones
and i am the rocks
that pave your roads
and when you inhale
i fill your lungs
and when you exhale
don't let me out into the world
each day my heart grows fonder
one day i'll be your small wonder
each day my heart grows fonder
one day i'll be your small wonder
and i saw her mouth
protecting her pearl
putting a scar
on the symmetrical
and i used to dream
of such great things
but the moths look like leaves
until they open their wings
each day my heart grows fonder
one day i'll be your small wonder
each day my heart grows fonder
one day i'll be your small wonder
come on henry i'm not-
come on henry i'm not wendy
i am human only in form
and i'll tread lightly
on your light beams
hide them inside to keep me warm
I was the worst of us
my arms let loose the one i loved
and left me standing there
my knuckles raw
my ankles bare
but lady epiphany
whispered a sweetness unto me
what i had always known
"you'll have to do this on your own"
some days my arms can't hold her
but one day she'll be my small wonder
some days my arms can't hold her
but one day she'll be my small wonder
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7. |
Wind Let Loose
05:36
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say it once for me
say it once for me
say
"henry i'm so tired
come and rock me gently
as the wind blows through my window
and i slowly fall asleep
and you can watch me breathe
and you can watch me dream
and you can watch my horrors slowly seep out of my seams
and when the storm comes back to brooklyn
leave the nightlight on for me"
cause i'm scared
that i'm so boring
where's the boy with his heart unscrewed
17 an eyeball sprouted
center of my forehead
showing me what I now stood to lose
it was the wind
let loose
it was the wind
let loose
it was the love i ripped from cold dead fingers
it was the wind
let loose
say it once for me
say it once for me
say
"henry we're so proud
you're stronger than you've ever been
we're so glad to stand behind you
we're so proud to be your friends
you're gonna have to be more brave
you're gonna have to be more tough
but you'll never be alone
because you're nothing if not loved
and when the storm comes back to brooklyn
leave the nightlight on for us"
cause i'm scared
that i'm so boring
where's the boy with his heart unscrewed
21 i realized that i no longer was emptied
of all the things i thought i'd one day lose
like the wind
let loose
like the wind
let loose
like the love i ripped from cold dead fingers
like the wind
let loose
when i was young, yeah i dreamed of horses
let loose on and open road or plain
ran wild with the beasts of burden
made use of my mothers maiden name
"Henry May Wander
but not very far"
i'll be the storm coming back to brooklyn
carried on the backs of broken stars
i'll be the wind
let loose
i'll be the wind
let loose
i'll be the love i ripped from cold dead fingers
i'll be the wind
let loose
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