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Night Danger
05:13
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When we set out on this road it was half past dawn
Instinct called our names, yeah it called us on
Cymbals crashed like thunder to warn us so,
Of the Night Danger coming: heed ho, heed ho.
Mothers warn your daughters, fathers tell your sons
Night Dangers coming for everyone
Promise me now to love your lover
For love without heart will break one another
Deep debt to pay in each other’s wake
Night Dangers coming, your hearts will break.
Oh mythical creature
Oh fancy being
Tell me not that you are true
That it’s reality I am seeing
Your temptations for my own
Are draining on my soul
And your charms suck my life
Oh be gone now with all your strife
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2. |
The Storm
03:36
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The sky was static, asymptomatic
And I stood breathing for a while
The heavens opened, they cracked and opened
A great rumble echoed out
I contemplated, oh I weighted,
Death, life and in-between
And the essence of the lessons
That had made their way to me
And I screamed,
God! Oh, can you hear me?
And the sky retorted low
Angry, and striking brightly
In sympathy with my woe
And I whispered, oh I whispered
That I did agree,
As a storm, wild and furious
Came to engulf me.
And if love was really wealth
I would be a poor maid
For my investments, poorly chosen,
Returned no interest paid.
Well I was never much for bankers,
More for men of books
For I envisioned a love with intellect,
A deep soul and good looks.
I thought I had it, I thought I’d found it —
Like a dream heaven sent —
But upon waking, confused and shaking
Wondering where he went
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3. |
Light & The Load
05:22
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Would you sing me a song, oh troubled one?
You are reckless in defeat, harsh as the noonday sun.
By the light & the load we are one.
There’s a darkness in your soul, untapped and unexplored
There’s a fire in your mind it’s burning at the door.
By the light & the load we are one.
I would sing you a song, oh troubled one
If I thought it would mend all that’s become
If a song could ease all of your pain
I would write you the sweetest refrains
But by the light and the load you’re undone.
And so all that once was has too become
So for now we shall part like moon & sun
But by the light and the load once we were one.
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4. |
Ship Will Ride
04:52
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This ship will ride on this moonless night
Past the banks of kings in modern times
Gifting I give an attempt to relive
For a moment that dream which was so sublime.
The air here is dense,
The wind shaking my sense
But still it appears
As though heaven were near
Forget your follies
Give into me only
Remember you know me
You don’t have to be lonely
No Delilah ever was I
Still yet to part, how it weighs in our hearts
Leaving only for us a moment of time
Aware that it seemed, we’d slipped back to our dream
As for now our fates were so aligned
But lo you’ll deny me, refuse and decry me
Oh love never you felt
Addled and shaken, alone and forsaken
Oh fatal blows have you dealt
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Locked and loaded and she’s ready to go
Engines rumbling on an iron road
Picking up speed, going fast as the wind
Midnight Train coming ‘round the bend
Midnight Train going all the way down
Tearing through the night in a sleepy town
Goin’ whoooo…
Whoooo…
The tracks were laid a hundred years ago
And still run beside the road
But don’t be caught on those rumpled ridges
When the whistle begins to blow
This train don’t stop, she takes no breaks,
No telling her to “whoa”
She takes her freight all through the night
‘Till the morning light does glow
Midnight train going all the way down
Tearing through the night in a sleepy town
‘Cross the lake now, she’s coming around
Goin’ whoooo…
Whoooo…
And all the cars were stopped on the highway.
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6. |
There's A Mountain
04:14
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I dream that I am cold and my shoes won’t fit my feet
I’m tugging at the ties; I’m tugging at the ties.
My sight cannot be trusted; this seems that it’s unreal,
I’m sorting the truth from lies, I’m sorting the truth from lies.
So tell me what poison you drank
To turn your heart from mine
There’s a mountain here for us to climb
And you won’t go alone, but you won’t take my line.
And oh, weren’t we so beautiful in the late afternoon sun,
When you held me close and our bodies were one?
There’s a mountain here for us to climb
And you won’t go alone, but you won’t take my line.
Now your shoes won’t fit and you know not who you are
Pulling yourself apart, pulling yourself apart.
For now you’ll go and hide from a world that needs your fire
Seeking what’s in your heart, seeking what’s in your heart.
But tell me what poison you drank
To turn your heart from mine
Tell me what path I should take
Tell me where an antidote I will find.
There’s a mountain here for us to climb
And you won’t go alone, but you won’t take my line.
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7. |
Night Danger (Reprise)
01:29
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When we set out on this road it was half past dawn
Affection called our names, yeah it called us on
We answered to the summons having shed our fears
And knowing that the feeling was pure and clear
At least that’s what I wait for
At least that’s what I pray for
At least that’s what I hope for
Oh I pray, and I hope.
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8. |
No Room For Company
03:19
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Spent the summer waiting for you to come on home
Patient in the evening, content to be alone
And oh anticipation did silently condone
A wild-eyed hope and wonder for a love that was postponed
And oh, how I should have known
That you would prefer to be alone
Do you know what it is you ask of me?
Lovers to friends is something I just cannot be
Wasted at the hands of your epiphany
That a journey lies before you
With no room for company
For you I wrote an album’s worth of songs
Carefully crafted, singing love ever long
And oh, I’m not your songbird
And no, I never was
You silenced me forever
Your own words were the cause.
And oh, while those sentiments remain
To sing for you now would be in vain.
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Silver & Gold
03:22
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Lay it down slack on the backs of these waters
And I will tarry on home
We blazed these trails through mountains and valleys
Called the paths we made our own
Well ours was a bridge of silver and gold
Ours was a bridge to home
The piper piping his sweet reverie,
“Come to places you have known.”
So follow his tune ‘cross a desert dune
Cross-country you shall roam
In the smoke of the fire, in the wake of the deluge
Your weaknesses were shown
When the journey leaves you tired and bleeds you
Trust your soul to home
And you know you can run
Yes you know, you can run
But one day you’ll have to come on home
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10. |
Heal My Soul
03:44
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Give me a country road
Past pastures green and gold
Give me a half hung sun
Just before the day is done
Give me a warm fast wind
To sweep away my sins
And I will
And I will heal my soul
Give me a cool clear lake
Its beauty teems with grace
Its surface shining
Like a perfectly cut diamond
And oh how its waters will
Wash away my ills
And I will
I will heal my soul
And I won’t give myself to endless pining
Caught on the shores of poor designing
No I won’t give in, oh I won’t give in
This time,
This time
Give me a warm heartbeat
To partake in all my feats
Give me a steady friend
On whom I can depend
Give me a fellow ally
To share my days by and by
And we will
We will heal our souls.
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11. |
Farewell
06:43
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I put my pen down, I’ve finished here
For you it’s a chapter, the end of the year.
But I’ve filled these pages to the brim
Time to crack a new spine and start over again.
I wish you’d taken that letter
I meant to tuck inside your neatly folded sweater
And drop it at your door
A steadfast, silent declaration of war
It went like:
Dare I ask you, what are you so afraid of?
I hope the North will treat you kind
And when you’re back downtown think of me some time.
You left without a goodbye
It broke me a little on the inside.
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