Альбом Caedmon's Call

Words will ride upon the wind
Like the leaves dance in the fall
Forever gone and back again
There can be no greater call

Take the time
Think it through
Walk in wise
Leave the fool
And it can betray
Sometimes a beggar, has more to say

Angels sang with her sweet voice
A siren song from heaven
To entice a man who had no choice
Before he too was fallen

Take the time
Think it through
Thirty coins can bury you
And it can betray
Sometimes a beggar, has more to say

And you can search for what to sing
Or you can let it come to you
It doesn't matter either way
As long as you can speak the truth

Take the time, think it through
Walk in wise, leave the fool
Take the time, think it through
Thirty coins, can bury you
And it can betray, sometimes a beggar, has more to say

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Everybody follows her around
She takes up their burdens like a crown
You're invisible when she's around

She's got it all together
And she has no alibi
She's lighter than a feather
And she never tells a lie
She gives it up so easily in love
She's got it all together

She does everything you know you should
All your chivalry does her no good
She's undoing all the things you've done

She's got it all together
And she has no alibi
She's lighter than a feather
And she never tells a lie
She gives it up so easily in love
She's got it all together

Whether you love
Whether you hate
You have to deal with her
She'll ruin your life
She'll stay by your side
So she can pour the drink
She knows who you are
She'll argue your case
If you confess to her
And wear her dress tonight

She's got it all together
And she has no alibi
She's lighter than a feather
And she never tells a lie
She gives it up so easily in love
She's got it all together

[Verse 1]
He's on the run from a bad break
His soles are worn down to the skin
He's got the scars of a heartache
So you can see everywhere he's been

And where he was he was the only one
So he went looking for his mother's son

[Chorus]
And with my family around me now
It takes me to a new place
When my family surrounds me now
You see it on my face

[Verse 2]
But his own people didn't know him
They couldn't take the bad with the good
There's just so much he couldn't show them
It left him sneaking ‘round the neighborhood

He just wanted to be known and loved
And sometimes flesh and blood is not enough

[Bridge]
Who's my sister, who's my brother
Who's my father, who is my mother
Those who I cannot sell anything
Those who cannot buy my love

[Chorus]
And with my family around me now
It takes me to a new place
When my family surrounds me now
You see it on my face

[Verse 1]
He was her first love
She was his first heartbreak
She didn't trust him
That was her second big mistake

She took a lover
She took the medicine
She took another
But all she thought about was him

And the smile that was on his face
As she walked away

[Chorus]
I miss you
I need to
‘Cause when I'm back in your arms it's twice as sweet

[Verse 2]
She threw her hair back
In a prophetic turn
It was expected
It was a swift and lovely blur

And compelled as she was to leave town
She was turning around

[Chorus]
I miss you
I need to
‘Cause when I'm back in your arms it's twice as sweet

[Bridge]
Love is calling my name
Love keep calling my name
Love

[Verse 1]
She spent her days never breaking her gaze on his face
She knew every line
She whispered to him but only to make him give chase
It worked every time

He was the one when it came to the son that they saw
And he showed ‘em how
They called him earnest, his wife called her mother-in-law
Asked her “what now”?

[Chorus]
Living in God's hometown
I'm standing here in my wedding gown
Living in God's hometown

[Verse 2]
So with everyone watching she stole all the clocks from the walls
And charged for the time
But what could she do, she's just telling the truth after all
And that's not a crime

When earnest comes knocking she jumps in the closet
And stays just outta sight
It's there she confesses, surrounded by dresses
That make her feel alright about

[Chorus]
Living in God's hometown
I'm standing here in my wedding gown
Living in God's hometown

[Bridge]
Both of them guilty of the same crime, same crime
Only believing it would save them

[Verse 1]
Sirens sing sweetly songs so soft saying
Come with me
Innocent listen, green shore sweet beckons
Come with me

Glory and wisdom, your foes at your feet
While you are resting in peace

[Chorus]
My hands are bound and my heart is tied
Enslave me, you'll save me
Come with me

[Verse 2]
Taste these lips dripping with honey sweet, listen
Come with me
Sweet coupled airs singing and secrets safe keeping
Come with me

Take your relief from these stones and this fame
Your fall will be broken with faith

[Chorus]
My hands are bound and my heart is tied
Enslave me, you'll save me
Come with me

[Verse 1]
I've got debts that I can't pay
I won't see another dime today, oh yeah
And the rain falls down this government line
While the suits get a room at a hotel wasting time

And it's easy to fall down hard
It's easy to fall

[Chorus]
But I know I'm walking tomorrow
Paved on streets of gold

[Verse 2]
And this car I drive, it's a little worn
But I've got to make it to Houston in this storm
‘Cause what little peace that I can find
Is flowing through the bayou, not this vine

And it's easy to fall down hard
It's easy to fall

[Chorus]
But I know I'm walking tomorrow
Paved on streets of gold
And I know my time in the valley
Can only save my soul

[Bridge]
They say not to worry about tomorrow
Does that mean I should live for today
‘Cause right now I can't find
The peace of mind to stay

[Chorus]
But I know I'm walking tomorrow
Paved on streets of gold
And I know my time in the valley
Can only save my soul

[Verse 1]
She makes a masterpiece, shoestring and paper
She tucks it safe in my bag as I go
It's like a piece of her, I take it with me
She opens my heart to see beauty she makes with her hands

Down by the water, her mind full of wonder
Creatures in our hearts are so full of life
Blurring the lines between student and teacher
She captures my heart like she captures the bird in her hands

[Chorus]
Turning time inside out
Ever after, ticking like a watch on my wrist
Flashbulbs forgetting while eternity breaks in
Turning time inside out

[Verse 2]
Little boy prince with his crown and his castle
His coy invitation, his eyes like my own
Imagination untamed and unfettered
He wins my heart with a sword and a kiss to my hand

[Chorus]
Turning time inside out
Ever after, ticking like a watch on my wrist
Flashbulbs forgetting while eternity breaks in
Turning time inside out

[Bridge]
And the youngest with her fire
Dimple and blues
Sings her own tune
Little souls are...

[Chorus]
Turning time inside out
Ever after, ticking like a watch on my wrist
Flashbulbs forgetting while eternity breaks in
Turning time inside out

[Verse 1]
Down to the wire of words that aren't said
And I'm building the pieces together in my head
To make a place I sleep soundly
A place I think clearly
Oh, where do we go
Where do we go from here

There's a sign in the yard and a lump in my throat
A new plot of land and fresh lumber is in tow
Two kids in their car seats and hope for our history
And letting it go
Letting it go from here

[Chorus]
I need a builder, a better design
A house with more windows and more ways inside

[Verse 2]
We're leaving behind all that our parents wrote
We're replacing the past and all our fathers' hopes
With a new street address and a new bag of tools
To make room as we grow
Room as we grow from here

[Chorus]
We need a builder, a better design
A house with more windows and more ways inside

[Verse 1]
Put your head upon my shoulder
Lay the hammer at your side
Storms inside this tiny artist
Dream in marble, shapes and light

Forging through to what's becoming
So much wearing at your heart
Though the knife and chisel break you
There will be a work of art

[Chorus]
You are throwing yourself at the stone
‘Cause you see the shape and the form of his face
What your hands cannot break
And David waits

[Verse 2]
Speaking words over the darkness
Like the artist of the earth
In the image, daughter, father
Your creation your rebirth

[Chorus]
You are throwing yourself at the stone
‘Cause you see the shape and the form of his face
What your hands cannot break
And David waits

[Bridge]
On the other side of brokenness
The way your heart connects to his
Both must be free for the beauty to be revealed

[Chorus]
You are throwing yourself at the stone
‘Cause you see the shape and the form of his face
What your hands cannot break
And David waits

She just wanted someone to fight
It helped to make her feel alive
Someone to hit, someone to love
Who couldn't exist so high above

And she is waiting for the day
When he comes to her to say
That he's not a voice in her head
He's raising up the dead

She'll drive her car into the lake
Hoping she might see his face
If he's everywhere, then why not here?
Why navigate? why even steer?

And she is waiting for the day
When he comes to her to say
That he's not a voice in her head
He's raising up the dead

Alone under the stars
She's walking off the night
When you don't know where you are
Following the light
Is not a choice

And she is waiting for the day
When he comes to her to say
That he's not a voice in her head
He's not the father who fled
He's not the things that they said
He's raising up the dead

[Verse 1]
Around my neck is a beautiful stone
I made it from the good that I've done
It is close to my heart with a meter of its own
But the weight it bears on me from the good I want to be
It cuts me in half, a blade, a sword, a golden calf

[Verse 2]
Now I am sinking under the load
I see it was only fool's gold
And it falls on me, brings me low
Around his neck he carries the stone
He takes my burden, makes it his own
And it takes him down, the bread, the wine, the golden crown

[Chorus]
Free

[Verse 3]
A rose shoots up from the ground
The sky cracks open, sun through the clouds
The old has changed, the earth, the bride, the family name

[Bridge]
Broken down and shot through, all the good I mean to do
The prison shakes, the man goes free, I am him and he is me

[Chorus]
Free