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Breakdown Sunrise
05:35
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some people wear their suit of golden armor
in a rolling fortress made of glass and steel
but when that chaos engine shudders breathes its last and dies
they curse into the useless steering wheel
for the road is long and the night is dark
and the stars cannot be found
from beyond those hills i can see a spark
see the sun rising from the ground
we slay the clock by riding iron horses
to insulate from others private hell
but when the fallen courser is crying coolant tears
we weep our own electrolyte as well
for the road is long and the night is dark
on the highway that leads back to you
from beyond those hills i can see the spark
see the sun rising ever true
the power of the cockpit is our castle
a fire powered beast at beck and call
a kingdom in the driver's seat but when that fire's gone
the monarchs are no longer standing tall
for the road is long and the night is dark
and there are no signs to point the way
from beyond those hills i can see a spark
see the sun rise to bring the day
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2. |
I Won't Kneel
02:16
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you called the situation what it wasn't
you claimed the crowd thinks something that it doesn't
although i understand the way you feel
i'll bend
i'll compromise
but i won't kneel
you tell me not to speak the words i ought to
you say that art is something i should not do... here
your fear is based on something that's not real
i'll bend
i'll compromise
but i won't kneel
a concept one to be held in derision
to guard the ears of those who will not listen
to this i cannot choose to put my seal
i'll bend
i'll compromise
but i won't kneel
i won't kneel
i won't kneel
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Powers
05:20
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oh powers can't you see
the world you built is falling down
oh mothers can't you feel
the hatred that's growing all around
oh brothers unless you act
i know our time it isn't long
oh children you surely know
the lies that your parents taught were wrong
and love
love
the only way
acceptance of the other
take him as a brother
be to him a mother
and bring a brighter day
oh fathers you must now learn
to renovate the pathways where we fell
oh leaders i hope you know
the names of the things we shouldn't sell
oh sisters what you now see
are sorrows which cannot be undone
oh shepherds now you must act
to bring the scattered army into one
and love
love
the only way
acceptance of the other
take him as a brother
be to him a mother
and bring a brighter day
oh chosen why do you sleep
when there are those who need a helping hand
oh heroes i see you weep
for the hardship all through this barren land
oh children pick up your tools
and help us build the highway out of here
oh outcast come swell the ranks
the time of your deliverance is near
and love
love
the only way
acceptance of the other
take him as a brother
be to him a mother
and bring a brighter day
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6. |
Carrion Dogs
03:06
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we run our pack of carrion dogs
the game is set we greet the day
await the cry of dying deer as arrow spent brings down the prey
the dying gasp of shattered hearts
to our long faces smiles bring
as sustenance for us is found
in death to every living thing
the hearth and home that once were warm
lie shuttered empty barren still
we crawl through ruined love that was
to draw within and drink our fill
and by the dying breath we live
and from the living breath we flee
to be one of your carrion dogs
my friend is not the life for me
another place i'll seek to find
as one that builds or one that heals
forget your pack of carrion dogs
although i'm sure i'll be your meal
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7. |
Without You
04:43
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without you
my paths are no longer straight
and i am no longer true
without you
i'm free from the hands of fate
and i don't know what else to do
and never was it said
to use your heart and not your head
but by you i was undone
and always it's been told
that in love you must be bold
but by you i was unmade
i laid down my guard
it wasn't really heard
and i learned
i laid down my defense
it didn't make much sense
and i burned
without you
my paths are no longer straight
and i am no longer true
without you
i'm free from the hands of fate
and i don't know what else to do
and never should you give
the very thing you need to live
but for you perhaps i would
and forever it's been known
that man shouldn't be alone
but if it's you maybe i should
i did what i did mostly out of some kind of generosity
i was a fool i was a fool
i gave what I gave while hoping for some kind of reciprocity
i was a tool i was a tool
i was a tool
i was a tool
without you
my paths are no longer straight
and i am no longer true
without you
i'm free from the hands of fate
and i don't know what else to do
and i don't know what else to do
and i don't know what else to do
without you
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8. |
What You'll Make of Me
03:36
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The Widow's Mite
05:15
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i was downtown late one evening
there were guitars ringing in our hands
and from our voices there came the music
to feed a dry and desperate land
i was singing on red clay halo
for a beauty i had just met
though there beside me there stood the angel
i was trying to forget
and all those rich folk there on the sidewalk
who passed by instead of hear
it was a black man in ragged clothing
who sat down to lend an ear
he spoke no words of admiration
but with a smile upon his face
from his old cup he drew forth a penny
and laid it in our guitar case
i know that bluegrass was not his music
i doubt that banjos gave him thrills
but as he left to folsom prison
he left a quarter in with the bills
i know i'll never know his story
i doubt i'll never even know his name
but of all those with whom we shared the broadway
it was he who made me glad i came
and like the widow there in the temple
who gave everything she had to give
a humble stranger an unassuming person
shows what it means to truly live
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10. |
The Road Brings Clarity
03:06
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come all you wary children to a tale that isn't true
of a hero and his brother and a stranger passing through
the hero is a villain the stranger is a hiker
the brother strikes a friendship with a scary looking biker
and the road the road brings clarity
the brothers both are broken as the open skies unfold
one is seeking knowledge and one is seeking gold
the hero's running cocaine for a dude who's quite sadistic
while facing family troubles with his brother who's autistic
and the road the road brings clarity
the hero loves the stranger but his brother's in the way
the fellowship is broken as the miles fall away
the highway brings the truth out near a tree that's hung with shoes
while the biker guards the hero from the thing he shouldn't choose
and the road the road brings clarity
the hero's sin discovered the stranger leaves that day
and the brother is abandoned as the hero goes his way
the hero leaves his brother to a grief too great to bear
he goes to do his villainy as if he didn't care
but the road the road brings clarity
the guilty seeks the stranger but she sends him on his way
the blind can't heal the naked or at least that's what they say
but the brother saved the hero from the things he did that day
autistic isn't crippled though a fool might think that way
and the road the road brings clarity
the biker let the brother save the hero from his fate
the hero runs to rescue him but almost comes too late
the brothers join together to help bear each others load
the stranger comes to see them and they head back on the road
and the road the road brings clarity
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11. |
The Waiting
05:22
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amidst a sea of faces
sit within the garden under open sky
eyes and ears intent
i wait to hear your voice and down the road we'd fly
and i don't mind the waiting
and i don't mind the waiting
and i don't mind the waiting
if it's not in vain
waiting for the morning sun
to come and light the day and open petals furled
or do you bloom but once a year
i wonder if to me you would reveal your world
and i don't mind the waiting
and i don't mind the waiting
and i don't mind the waiting
if it's not in vain
but now i stand with empty hand
to leave the garden so it won't become my tomb
setting sail for distant shores
chasing after stars to find where flowers bloom
and i don't mind the waiting
and i don't mind the waiting
and i don't mind the waiting
if it's not in vain
and i don't mind the waiting
and i don't mind the waiting
and i don't mind the waiting
if it's not in vain
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12. |
Hold Back the Night
05:32
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i still remember clearly as if they were here today
the strangers with the tidings of messiah on the way
the long awaited savior born in humble dire straits
an infant still unknowing of the trial that awaits
i laid aside my pattern and grabbed my shepherds staff
and hastened then to follow in that word-marked angels path
i found him where they said he was amidst the sheep and cows
and before him and his father and his mother i did bow
he was
born to
hold back the night hold back the night
set everything aright
the son of god is coming to the world
hold back the night set heart and soul alight
the son of god is coming to the world
i longed for him to break the roman yoke from off our back
for vengeance to our enemies and wealth to fill our lack
the chosen unmolested while the others live in fear
the promises would happen now that our messiah's here
we looked to find a general but a healer found instead
and the yoke that he was lifting was the one inside our head
acceptance for the outcast healing for the blind
forgiveness for the fallen with no one left behind
he was
born to
hold back the night hold back the night
set everything aright
the son of god is coming to the world
hold back the night set heart and soul alight
the son of god is coming to the world
and eventually they killed him for speaking truth to power
religion and the government both slew him in that hour
but the words with which they scourged him came back at them instead
their weapons shown as useless when god raised him from the dead
but all that it was later than the story i now tell
of a child born to lift us from the pit in which we fell
and through the dark we struggle bound by forces that we fear
the nightfall can be canceled by the savior who is here
he was
born to
hold back the night hold back the night
set everything aright
the son of god is coming to the world
hold back the night set heart and soul alight
the son of god is coming to the world
the son of god is coming to the world
the son of god is coming to the world
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14. |
The Stars Will Pause
01:59
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