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What's Behind
04:13
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What if the mountains are lying
What if they just got so good at hiding
All the fragile things hidden underneath
They hide their history
What if the oceans aren’t as deep
As the shipwrecked stories lead us to believe
And if you could sink far down below
You’d find it’s all a show
What’s behind those careful eyes
What’s behind your fabricated smile
What’s behind behind
Your comfortable disguise
What if the king is not as bold
As the fairy tales have far too often told
And if you could sit and talk with him a while
You’d find inside a child
What’s behind those careful eyes
What’s behind your fabricated smile
What’s behind behind
Your comfortable disguise
Why don’t you just breakdown
Don’t be afraid to breakdown
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2. |
Dreamer
04:36
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Walkin' down a lazy road
Feel the sun on my skin
You see the birds they sing a different song
When you hear the things I hear
The stories I could tell you
Of a life you’ve never known
The word is written on my heart
And there’s music in my soul
'Cause I’m a dreamer
Just a crazy, crazy dreamer
Yea I’m a dreamer I’ll reach for the stars
I’m a dreamer
Just a crazy, crazy dreamer
Yea I’m a dreamer I’ll reach for the stars
And I don’t look back
Some people try to laugh at me
They try to tell me that I’m wrong
If only they believed magic
Like I believe in love
'Cause I’m a dreamer
Just a crazy, crazy dreamer
Yea I’m a dreamer I’ll reach for the stars
I’m a dreamer
Just a crazy, crazy dreamer
Yea I’m a dreamer I’ll reach for the stars
And I don’t look back
No matter how I try
No matter how I feel inside
No matter where I go
I can I will go
'Cause I’m a dreamer
Just a crazy, crazy dreamer
Yea I’m a dreamer I’ll reach for the stars
I’m a dreamer
Just a crazy, crazy dreamer
Yea I’m a dreamer I’ll reach for the stars
And I don’t look back
So won’t you take my hand
Let me teach you how to fly
If you want to taste the impossible
Just look into my eyes
'Cause I’m a dreamer
Just a crazy, crazy dreamer
Yea I’m a dreamer I’ll reach for the stars
I’m a dreamer
Just a crazy, crazy dreamer
Yea I’m a dreamer I’ll reach for the stars
And I don’t look back
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3. |
Take A Chance On Me
04:04
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See you across a crowded room
And I don’t know why
But I swear there’s something about you babe
That caught my eye
And as you pass me by I think I caught your eye
I’ve never been here before
But I noticed when you walked right through that door
I know this is crazy but I can’t deny
There’s something in your smile
My friends they are all telling me to ask you for a dance
But I’m afraid I'm just to scared to take this chance
But if you take a chance on me
I’ll show you all that I can be
And if you ever need me to
I’ll take a chance on you
I don’t even have to try
I know that you’ll leave me tongue tied
But if you just walk on over here
I don’t care what I hear
My friends they are telling me you're just too shy
But I promise you darling if you give it a try
But if you take a chance on me
I’ll show you all that I can be
And if you ever need me to
I’ll take a chance on you
And if you need me to take a chance now
Baby please just show me how
And if you need to be the one I take away here
Just please don’t disappear
Yeah if you take a chance on me
I’ll show you all that I can be
And if you ever need me to
I’ll take a chance on you
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4. |
Because I Love You
03:51
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Before I go too far
And wish upon a fallen star
Before I gather all my strength
And try too hard
Before I run away
Before I can’t see straight
Before it is no longer my
Choice to make
No I’m not your free fallin' fool
I don’t do the things that good girls do
But because I love you
I won’t try to take you
I love you
And I won’t make or break you
Before your mind is swayed
And you decide you want to stay
Before I lie and tell myself
Your heart is safe
No I’m not your free fallin' fool
I don’t do the things that good girls do
But because I love you
I won’t try to take you
I love you
And I won’t make or break you
You don’t know me very well, darling
But I’m just like quicksand and you’re falling
This time I promise it won’t end like the rest
To you it might not make sense but I know this is best
Because I love you
I won’t try to take you
I love you
And I won’t make or break you
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5. |
Love Song
05:52
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I know you said it would be easier this way
And time is still running out, it’s running out
And I know you think that I don’t understand
But I think I do
Oh, I think I do
You are a ship tossed around the stormy sea
You’re looking for a harbor for your dreams, your many dreams
And I know you think you’ll find it somewhere else
That she’ll come through, come through for you
Do you see who’s standing right in front of you
Are you blind? Do you feel your heart falling for me too
And I know I can’t ask you if you’ll stay
And let the whole world fade away
I am a steam engine racing down the track
I’m moving fast so fast I can’t look back, I won’t look back
But you make me want to stop and take it slow
And God knows with you, with you I do
‘Cause I see who’s standing right in front of me
I ain’t blind, I can feel my heart falling for you too
And I know you can’t ask me come and stay
And let the whole world fade away
What does it mean, you staring right at me?
What does it mean, your hands holding mine?
I’m trying hard to believe you when you said
That you want someone else instead
Do you see who’s standing right in front of you
Are you blind? Do you feel my heart yearning for you too
And I know I can bend and I can break
But I can’t watch you walk away
I just can’t watch you walk away
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6. |
Mankind
03:20
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The stories say I’m a fool for loving you
They say that I will die if I try to
With knife in breast I’ll die
But if that’s the cost of loving you I’ll die
Not stuck in a tower fast asleep
The prince must turn back time to rescue me
But every time they try
They take my heart and leave me only lies
Mankind won’t you stay away
Know you nothing but your own
Will you ever leave this broken heart alone
Caught in a web with broken wings
You don’t know you have long forgotten me
Perhaps someday with time
I’ll forget you and learn again to fly
Mankind won’t you stay away
Know you nothing but your own
Will you ever leave this broken heart alone
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy, I’m better off alone
Will you spare me, will you spare me,
Will you spare me and leave this heart alone
Mankind won’t you stay away
Know you nothing but your own
Will you ever leave this broken heart alone
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7. |
Giving Up Slowly
04:28
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Breathe in
And then breathe out
Take it one step at a time
I know I’ll figure it out
Maybe I
Should be used to this by now
Leaving and getting left behind
These are tears I can’t allow
And I know what I have to do
But it’s so hard, it’s so hard, it’s so hard
It’s like giving up slowly
It’s like letting you let go of me
And I’ll go my own way and let you go yours
Close another door
Save yourself
There’s no reason to delay
So get out while you can ‘cause this hurts too much
More than I can say
And I know what I have to do
But it’s so hard, it’s so hard, it’s so hard
It’s like giving up slowly
It’s like letting you let go of me
And I’ll go my own way and let you go yours
Close another door
Don’t want to give you my heart
Don’t want to give, don’t want to give it away
Lovin' you is so hard when I know I’m going to leave you
I don’t know if I can do this again
‘Cause it’s so hard, it’s so hard, it’s so hard
It’s like giving up slowly
It’s like letting you let go of me
And I’ll go my own way and let you go yours
Close another door
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Tell Me A Story
05:09
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Dirt roads and iPods
Playing our favorite songs
Yeah we’ll take the back roads
‘Cause it’s all we’ve ever known
Brakes hit the car floor
As we’ve nowhere left to go
Do anything to forget that we
Can’t bear to go home
Give me a reason
To leave this all behind
Help me believe that there’s
Something out there left to find
Oh tell me a story
Let me slip into your words and fly away
Oh tell me a story
Get me out of this town and this place
Oh tell me yeah
Over and over
We rise with the sun
Put our nose to the grindstone
Like we have always done
We’re bruised and we’re broken
And we’re worked to the bone
So why do we cling to
This hell that we call home
Oh tell me a story
Let me slip into your words and fly away
Oh tell me a story
Get me out of this town and this place
Oh tell me yeah
Playing with fire
Like we have our lives to spare
No one to tell us no
As if we’d even care
The lost will forget their worth
And the ones who’ve gone away
Well someday we’re hoping
They’ll have stories of their own to say
Oh tell me a story
Let me slip into your words and fly away
Oh tell me a story
Get me out of this town and this place
Oh tell me yeah
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Goldfish
04:18
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Waves they crash on me
Heavy enough to drown the sea
Everyday a new set of eyes
To stare at my gold and my lies
Your secret's not as safe as it seems
These castles hoard many broken dreams
God only knows how many more will hold
Before the cracks start to form and shatter this glass bowl
For my time you'll pay an awful price
That's ten thousand lakes to make me turn away
Trade me the skies for any of my smiles
That's one diamond ring to make me sing
Some say they "don't mean to pry"
But who and whose secrets do you hide
These eyes contain the rages of the sea
And you can't afford all that they've seen
For my time you'll pay an ugly price
That's ten thousand lakes to make me turn away
Trade me the skies for any of my smiles
That's one diamond ring to make me sing
When the eyes go home
The secrets they unfold
And the water turns to sand
And runs right through my hands
No time is bought or sold
And the price is for my soul
And tomorrow's gold
Will never make me whole
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Lay Me Down
04:07
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Sleep now while you’re still young
Don’t cry now the night’s just begun
It don’t make make make sense to wait in the end
But I don’t care I’m too far gone to mend
You’re right and wrong but you’re well on your way
Cant you see the dawn that’s beginning to break
So don’t loose loose loose heart you have to find strength
But I’m so tired of running this race
Lay me down
I can’t stand while the earth spins me ‘round
Lay me down
Seems I’d rather be lost than be found
Why don’t you just breathe, breathe in and out
You’ll win and lose just don’t give up now
They all take take take from you till your heart bleeds
But it don’t matter that much to me
Lay me down
I can’t stand while the earth spins me ‘round
Lay me down
Seems I’d rather be lost than be found
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
And my body will rest in the ground
When you lay me down
To heaven and home I am bound
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11. |
Through The Ashes
02:51
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Leave your darkness and your pain
You don’t have to stay
Step from night into the day
Let your heart escape
Through the ashes
Through the ashes
They all use and they all take
Don’t know the price you pay
It’s not alright it’s not okay
But do not be afraid
'Cause through the ashes
Through the ashes
Through the ashes
You were made to rise
Made to rise
Made to rise
Made to rise
Feels like more than you can take
Suffocating in the flame
I know you wish you could escape
But you’ll fly press through be brave
(Through the ashes)
Oh there’s gonna be no more crying no more tears
Oh I’m gonna be oh free
‘Cause when the Son it shines on what’s dead inside
Oh I’m gonna be oh free
‘Cause through the ashes
You were made to rise
Made to rise
Made to rise
Made to rise
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Maria Nickolay Belfast, UK
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