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The Reconstruction
03:34
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I want some peace of mind
But it's hard living in these times
Everyone's trying to pretend
We're running a race with no end
Oh - where do we go from here
When you all shut your eyes?
How - how do we carry on
When we don't even know how to live our lives?
Leaders keep turning away
While their speeches have nothing to say
Drop your ideals - empty thoughts
With a smile in a ballot box
Oh - when will we free ourselves
From the lies we've been told?
If we can forgive again
Then at last the reconstruction can begin
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Vice and Virtue
04:09
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I fear the window of our patience
Is closing too soon
They've got an everlasting pretense
They apply to you
And you know
It's all a reflection of
Their soul
It will drive you
Out of your mind
Straddled across the line
They define you
Measuring up
All of the vices and virtues
You've lost the grasp on how to handle
The walls closing in
The comforts you might have adopted
They're calling sins
But you know
They've got a collection of
Their own
It will drive you
Out of your mind
Straddled across the line
They define you
Measuring up
All of the vices and virtues
It will drive you
Out of your mind
Straddled across the line
They define you
Measuring up
All of the vices and virtues
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3. |
New Orleans
03:28
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No man is an island
But I'm still trying
Gone from those country comforts
Long in the teeth you're losing
And when you're walking the side streets
Lit up like a pine tree
It's never what you pictured
Take all those dreams and wash them down
Hey, New Orleans
What do you think you see?
That's so naive
But will it come back to me?
You've got to believe it
When you can't see it
On all those rusted ceilings
Are the lights that light the way
Hey, New Orleans
What do you think you see?
That's so naive
But will it come back to me?
My cypress heart
Gets torn apart
Each time I walk
But if I stayed
I could count the ways
That it wouldn't work out
Hey, New Orleans
What do you think you see?
That's so naive
But will it come back to me?
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4. |
Velvet Will
03:04
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Lie awake and you're here with me
In my head where we're young and free
Every action a consequence
Or a reason to start again
Chances come
And pass me by
My alibi is
A velvet will and an aching heart
And I can't finish what I didn't start
Outright
Waking visions build up these walls
As we travel forgotten halls
All the hours spent lying there
All the static's becoming clear
Chances come
And pass me by
My alibi is
A velvet will and an aching heart
And I can't finish what I didn't start
Outright
Drift away
Can't recall
All these visions
All those walls
Chances come
And pass me by
My alibi is
A velvet will and an aching heart
And I can't finish what I didn't start
Outright
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5. |
Bystanders
05:18
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Give me your hands
And I'll try to believe
In making amends
With the powers that be
The weight of the world
As we wait around
Tries to have its way
Wants to hold us down
And though it will try
While we stand by
Once we're gone
They'll sing our song
But they'll forget our names
And the words will be wrong
And the tears we cried
And the wars we fought
Just a memory
Gone
Like a pack of wolves
Trying to catch our tails
Never able to win
But can we really fail
A dose of distrust
And some apathy
And we should probably care
But it's not our scene
And though we won't try
We'll still stand by
And once we're gone
They'll sing our song
But they'll forget our names
And the words will be wrong
And the tears we cried
And the wars we fought
Just a memory
Gone
Once we're gone
They'll sing our song
But they'll forget our names
And the words will be wrong
And the tears we cried
And the wars we fought
Just a memory
Gone
Let it fall on me my darling
Let it all rain down
You're the one I need my darling
Cutting through those clouds
Let it fall on me my darling
Let it all rain down
You're the one I need my darling
Cutting through those clouds
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6. |
Hand In Hand
03:30
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When we're looking back on our life
Ten or twenty years from now
Through the good times and the bad ones
We'll have made it through somehow
Hand in hand
Always together from this day
Understand
I wouldn't want it any other way
All my life
As I'm waiting up here thinking
As I'm seeing you walk in
In this game of life we're playing
Two of a kind will always win
Hand in hand
Always together from this day
Understand
I wouldn't want it any other way
All my life
No matter what life brings
We can do anything
Hand in hand
Always together from this day
Understand
I wouldn't want it any other way
All our life
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7. |
Ambition
03:53
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Things keep going sideways
And I can't hold on
I wish the wind would blow my way
When it does it brings storms
And I don't care
About some useless information
You can give to take me there
Well you know it died
And we lived another life
But the things they tried
Could not be left behind
The marks you leave
The person that's inside
Are you yourself
In someone else's eyes?
I can't quite shake the feeling
That I'm lost in a crowd
At twenty-three I hit that ceiling
And I can't get out
And don't pretend
That you never knew there was a time
You were my only friend
Well you know it died
And we lived another life
But the things they tried
Could not be left behind
The marks you leave
The person that's inside
Are you yourself
In someone else's eyes?
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8. |
Daybreak
03:29
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It is a new day
Good morning
The sun is shining
No warnings
I'd like to tell you all the things
That I've had on my mind
But something in my head tells me
We'd never have the time
So this is our day
And we know it
Your true colors
Will show that
You know what's been happening
But you don't give a damn
You spent so many years checked out
That you became the man
But it's alright - we're doing fine
So take your bow cos it's our time
But I, I believed
Every word you said
Echoed in my head
Now I, I concede
You never really knew
All that we outgrew
This is a new age
Beginning
And all of the gray clouds
Are thinning
Optimistcally I breathe
And step into the dawn
As memories of the days we slept
Are slowly moving on
It is a new day
With no doubts
What started as whispers
Are now shouts
You know what's been happening
But you don't give a damn
You spent so many years checked out
That you became the man
But it's alright - we're doing fine
So take a bow cos it's our time
And I, I believed
Every word you said
Echoed in my head
But I now can see
You never really knew
All that we outgrew
But it is a new day
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9. |
Seashells
01:56
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Before
Your first meal
You're
Starting uphill
But I will try
The best I can do
Through all these changes
I hope seashells are still there
For you
I do
I do
Just
Rest your weary mind
And know
Though I can't slow the tides
That I will try
The best I can do
Through all these changes
I hope seashells are still there
For you
I do
I do
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10. |
Marigold Garden
06:00
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The times that we had
I want to give back
Cos you know those memories
Ruin even my best dreams
Just take them away
Each night and each day we had
With all those eyes watching you
There's no escape from the truth
You can't mean what you say saying it that way
Propped on your altar
I believe a storm's headed our way
For all the broken-hearted
I saw those closed blossoms today in my
Marigold garden
Just take two steps back for a change
Now
We planted the seeds
Of those fever dreams
And watered by cruel words
They turned into monsters
It's true I believed
Your usual routine
I finally broke free
Your chains can't control me
You can't mean what you say saying it that way
Propped on your altar
I believe a storm's headed our way
For all the broken-hearted
I saw those closed blossoms today in my
Marigold garden
Just take two steps back for a change
Now
You can't mean what you say saying it that way
Propped on your altar
I believe a storm's headed our way
For all the broken-hearted
I saw those closed blossoms today in my
Marigold garden
Just take two steps back for a change
Now
You can't mean what you say saying it that way
Propped on your altar
I believe a storm's headed our way
For all the broken-hearted
I saw those closed blossoms today in my
Marigold garden
Just take two steps back for a change
Now
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11. |
Nomad Summer
03:09
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I know I never said the right words
But still in my heart I knew that you heard them
Days grew shorter, rain kept falling
As that season slipped away
Through it all you just kept moving
Further from the games that we played
But now and then I try my best to rewind
To memories and the comfort there I might find
All I wanted was a chance
At reaffirming things unsaid
But the fading sun had set
And twilight signaled summer's end
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Steve Thompson Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Steve Thompson is an independent songwriter and musician currently based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To date, he has released five albums showcasing a broad spectrum of influences and sounds ranging from bleak electronic music to sensitive folk songwriting. ... more
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