1.Starting
We could start tonight
Slide back the deadbolts
Let the pictures down
They hold no life
And if you've got some faith then you are faithful
You fall down on your face
You got a face full
We could start tonight
Pull down the plastic
Light the gasoline
Erase the lines
And if you want to live
Then go on living
If you want to give
Gotta get it right
A ceiling was beyond the world I could afford
You'll never knock your head or chip your teeth
If you won't take some more
Or just keep dancing with your chin a vacant stare
The promise worth in very movement was proceeded in your chair
And here we are
Saints and sightseers
The light bulb phosphorescent flash and then we're gone
And there we were all full of fever
A million shakes until the leaves have drifted on
And here we are
Far beyond reason
A million fires a million holes put in the sky
And there we were
Saints and sightseers
A million runway lights to bring us through the night
We stand on ledges, kick our feet and throw our shoes
I tried to move a little closer, nothing left for me to lose
There is no argument to get me going hoarse
Misplaced my mind and now I do not have to worry about before
Less talk, more arms, more legs, more swinging back and forth
Lights on, lights off, I know that I want to be adored
First hips, then knees, then feet, don't think anymore
Make no mistake, there's no blood when the words are gone
Less talk, more arms, more legs, more swinging back and forth
Lights on, lights off, we know we want to be adored
First hips, then knees, then feet, don't think anymore
Make no mistake, there's no blood when the words are gone
2.Running Wild
in bare feet, in back yards
in brown grass and blood
a piece of the high life
digs into my heel
give back to the soil to see
what can come up from the spring
the red of the last light
goes down with your words
from brooklyn to hawthorn
the planes fill the sky
you tell me about death
i tell you, the cardinal, crepe myrtle and the call
with your chest, you believe
we're not fast enough to sleep
through the night, a million miles
we're both smashing windows running wild
the power line branches
make shadows of trees
i'm still in the wet warmth
where muscles are faithful
i tell you about death
you tell me, the cardinal, crepe myrtle and the call
with your chest, you believe
we're not fast enough to sleep
through the night, a million miles
we're both smashing windows running wild
and break all the dishes
and tear down the curtains
and throw over tables
and rip all our clothes off
in love so completely
in love so completely
in love so completely
3.Specks
up above i see specks of silver in the evening sky
specks of gold in the river running from the deep moonlight
see us shake in the wild distortion of te water's waves
still i know you the darkness shining from a mile away
when the sun starts coming through
or when the cardinal chides the moon
i believe in energies that no one has to see for us to prove
i believe in you and me and everything we'll ever see and do
hear your voice come across the pillows whisper sweet and low
in the dark we're disappearing, in the dark we'll go
up above i see specks of silver in the evening sky
specks of gold in the river running from deep moonlight
when the sun starts coming through
or when the cardinal chides the moon
i believe in energies that no one has to see for us to prove
i believe in you and me and everything we'll ever see and do
the rain comes down
in a million rivers
all through the sand
with the silver slivers
and it keeps on coming
how it gives my heart blood
how it gives my heart blood
oh when the sun starts coming through
or when the cardinal chides the moon
i believe in energies that no one has to see for us to prove
i believe in you and me and everything we'll ever see and do
i believe in you and me and everything we'll ever see and do
4.Remains
I can't remember what movie taught me purpose
I can't remember what movie taught me pain
I would of been the one baptized in all your water
I would of been the one submerged in all under your rain
This is not how I want to be forgotten
This is not how I want to leave Remains
I'll give you everything that you need
If you want my blood, let me bleed
If you want a ghost, then that's what I'll be
5.Sparrows
and when that white dust fails
and life starts drifting off
into a shaky heaven
to see each day begin
the shadows metal make
i know i must know better
the night is never lost
there is a way across
the mirror lines up clearly
and when that white dust falls
smoke pours from the sun
i know i must know better
the sparrows in
the rafters make
a racket when
the morning breaks
reaching out
with open wings
there's life inside
of everything
i can see the blankets cover
all we've ever been
i can see the winter
and wildness deep within
glowing down
in the frozen ground
the sparrows in
the rafters make
a racket when
the morning breaks
reaching out
with open wings
there's a life inside
of everything
the sparrows in
the rafters make
a racket when
the morning breaks
reaching out
with open wings
there's a life inside
of everything
6.Brooklyn Fawn
there's a fawn with brown eyes
a broken hoof from brooklyn stars
a summer night
i dreamt i learned how not to speak,
let go of words,
let go of her - to let her be
there's a fawn in all my dreams,
i guard the sun,
i guard the moon - i don't need sleep
with my mouth i shake the leaves
your eyes get wide you want to leave
when i write my clumsy heart
will crack it's cage, shoot stars apart
last night i tore through the cupboards
the medicine already gone
i stumbled past the discovery
willing and waiting for dawn
i believe i know what's right
what comes into long brooklyn nights
with belief the moon will rise,
give to the shore then turn the tide
there's a fawn of city trees,
of sidewalk trees she won't belong,
no not to me
there's a fawn with brown eyes
a broken hoof from brooklyn stars
a summer night
7.Ruins
were you just being funny
when you cut down my tree
i was hanging my hat there
on a bent knee
were you just being clever
there's so much i don't know
i'll be tracing my outline
in the sunshine
i got hit with the handle
when you split through my coat
now i'm searching through empty pockets,
they fill me up with your ghost
i'll make a ladder
i'll climb these words here
take it higher
oh have mercy
were you just being funny
when you put me to sleep
i was staring the sky down
deep in the dark leaves
i'll make a ladder
i'll climb these words here
to take it higher
oh have mercy
if it matters
i'll knock the dust off
i'll clean my curses
oh have mercy
you make and break me
a million pieces
le'em shine, let 'em shine
you push, you tear the walls down
ruins in the starry skies
you make and break me
a million pieces
let 'em shine, let 'em shine
you push, you tear the walls down
ruins under starry skies
were you just being funny
now we're disappearing
strictly speaking the vague lines of ghosts
you were talking bout heaven
all i see is unknown
through clouds surrendering reason
the emptiness keeps us afloat
you were talking bout heaven
all i see is unknown
8.Winter Fawn
out the door at dark
gone collecting wood for fires
seeing by the stars
snow, a deep deep blue
makes a path back to my home
the weight of winter wind
push against my legs, my arms
a brave explorer's face
i'll pretend the distance easy
a million miles away
high above the trees
smoke flies south through river valleys over where you sleep
when the sky lets go
path is covered
all those footsteps
memory takes hold
mouth is moving
with your eyes,
it tells me where to go
somehow through the trees
somehow i make out to follow
the shape our eyes create
i may be wrong
i could be off
the path is dark
i could be lost
but i might've found
a winter fawn
to lead me home
9.The Dark Leaves Theme
maybe live for the dark leaves
shake the floor, the seeds come spinning down
all night, let's go all night
through your hair giving me those green eyes
life kills me, life kills me
finally we've found teh seetness
turning heaven over upside down
the first light, seeing the first light
through your hand i can feel the green mind
life kills me oh life kills me
praise be, live for the dark leaves
shake the floor swinging rough and round
all night let's go all night
in the air, we can breathe our belief
life kills me oh life kills me
life kills me oh life kills me
10.First Song
i've found a way
beyond the dark
filthy and humble
hands strike the spark
from cardboard cones
through screen door squares
my pockets of smoke
roll down the stairs
long braids of leaves
printed on knees
we fought through slep
those wars were sweet
i've fed my lines
blank gutted words
our shadows running
filled up with thirst
i found a way
the curtains part
failed song sung loudly
through holes in hearts
and i can't tilll why i'm sure
i am poisoned and i'm pure
these secrets we all share
keep our breath inside the air
the fint might slip
and streams could stall
a twisted compass
still finds the dawn
i found a way
beyond the dark
failed songs sung loudly
through holes in hearts
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