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Legacy
04:28
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Tracing sentiments
That aren't even out there
Chasing moments
Down rickety old stairs
Feigning relevance
You burn, you burn
Changing real events
We learn, we learn
I wanna hear both sides
Before I make up my mind
I won't go along with this you see
Til I've exhausted the possibilities
Of what I know, and what I don't
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Bones
04:51
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If I told you the story of the good man's fight
It'd be me to not get it right
But it's only a fight in myself I'm hoping to learn from
I could tell you the story of a righteous heart
But I just wouldn't look the part
And your faith in the truth is a matter of how it's presented
So...
Take of the bones of this place
Get gone with those resentful little epithets
Eat all the shame an overactive mind brings
Greet love beneath the grave and raise the bones again
He told me the story of a world so low
Where we've all got our shit to throw
When we're only a few we blame many and many will blame
Just a few
I could tell you the story of a future bright
But the touch would have to be light
And it's only a sketch, an impression
Something within I can do
So...
Take of the bones of this place
Get gone with those resentful little epithets
Eat all the shame an overactive mind brings
Greet love beneath the grave and raise the bones again
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Column & Row
04:20
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Could say something about
The cursing of a fig tree
But that'd be no concern of mine
Could feign and tiptoe around
The obviously empty
But I'd rather just stare it down
I'll take more time this time
Better I know that I'm less than a saint in this life
Than train my pride on column and row
And row and await the slow tide
Could blame this hand-me-down
Philosophy of envy
But honestly it wears me out
Could feign and tiptoe around
The irony of plenty
But I'd rather just stare it down
I'll take more time this time
Better I know that I'm less than a saint in this life
Than train my pride on column and row
And row and await the slow tide
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Roses
02:04
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You don't have a monopoly on compassion
This won't last, what you're saying is all the fashion
From where I stand
Far from the front lines
Saving my sprains and splinters
Seems you tread too hard
On the roses we've grown
Upon the graves of everything
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5. |
Gift of the Dead
04:18
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The gift you gave
You gave to me today
Is lost again
I frittered it away
Away far
The curse you put
You put on me today
I thought I would prefer it
Just to stay away
Away far
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The Call
05:24
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We who lived in love
And the world we had in mind
We who took this trust
And put a stranger on a smile
Friend...
Could I take you aside?
I noticed all the pain in your eyes
We who tilled this land
With any old thing that happened to come to hand
Then we made the call
We intercepted not a caller
But a dead line
Friend...
Could I take you aside?
I noticed all the pain in your eyes
Friend...
Could I take you aside?
I noticed all the pain in your eyes
And the ash in your mouth
What was it that quenched the fire?
Friend.
Does it eat you alive?
That no-one sees the pain you hide
Down inside
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We're taking back the old fort
From sycophants to discord
With checkered pasts for pitchforks
And a kick in the ass
We're checking round the old haunt
It's gone bottom up, the eyes have walls
The kids are into blood sports
But they don't have a plan
What was that song again?
You used to play that song...
What was that song again?
We're scouting round the old school
It's all different now they just make fools
Forgotten all the old rules
And they're kicking the can
What was that song again?
You used to play that song...
Tell me what was that song again?
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8. |
Any Last Words
04:52
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Look
But don't touch
Take
Careful you don't take too much
Breathe this holy atmosphere
Rest your head my dear
Track
Stay on track
Give
Something there's no taking back
Breathe through a hole in the atmosphere
Holding on to fear...
Ignorance will fall when it's ripe
Intransigence makes fools of us all in time
Diligence will strive to do what's right
But loneliness can kill more often than you think it will
Rush
What's your rush?
Think
Be careful you don't think too much
Heal this hole in the atmosphere
Rid yourself of fear
Ignorance will fall when it's ripe
Intransigence makes fools of us all in time
Diligence will strive to do what's right
But loneliness can kill more often than you think it will
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Steven Butler Belfast, UK
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