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I. The Ballet Of The Impact
(I) Prelude To The Past
(II) The Ultimate Quiet
(III) A Blizzard Of My Memories
The windshield explodes
Like a bomb packed with diamonds
There's a deafening silence
Time flows to a crawl
As the ballet of the impact
Spreads out across the blacktop
Angels dancing down like raindrops
In the air as they fall
So this is how it goes
So this is how it ends
A flatbed runs a red light
No time to comprehend
As a blizzard of my memories
Lights up like fireflies
In the sliver of an instant
In a flash before my eyes...
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II. I Wouldn't Let It Go
I was just a boy
A rough and restless child
All skin and bones and thistles
A tough weed growing wild
Someday I'd be an astronaut
And make my way up to Mars
But I was like a monkey
With my hand stuck in a jar
I was holding on to something
That I couldn't make my own
At times it seemed so hopeless
But I wouldn't let it go
No I wouldn't let it go
No I would not let it go
Once I took a penny
Placed it on the track
When the freight train flattened it
I couldn't change it back
I was never lost
In my little town
But I remember hoping
That someday I'd be found
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III. Surfing Down The Avalanche
I had a mother chasing planets
Shopping doctors for her Vicodin
A weekend father absent
Searching dungeons for some discipline
School was like a prison
The zombies ruled and the masses just gave in
I had to run - breakout - I had to run
I didn't see the world like the others did
Cause I couldn't see that world
I had to run - break out - I had to run
Break out - break out - break
I am invincible
No one can stop me
Not even mom and dad
They never had a daughter
But I bet they wished they had
I feel like I can walk through walls
I'm fearless and shocking
You're looking at the face of evil baby
Comin' to ya at the tender age of thirteen
The tender age of thirteen
But I'm mean...
I lived high on a hill
Until the ground gave way
I felt a wave of my debris
Pick me up and carry me
And the rocks started rollin'
The rocks started rollin'
Surfing down the avalanche
Surfing down the avalanche
Surfing down the avalanche
Surfing down the avalanche
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IV. She Is Everything
(I) Strange What You Remember
(II) Words Of Forever
The first breath of summer in warm morning rain
Where crimson flowers covered the ground
The world faded 'round us
We fell to our knees
Amazed at the love we had found
She is everything
The sacred, the pure
The fix, the addiction
The vision, the cure
She rings down the years
'Round the corners we turned
An ember still burns to this day
But now it's all fading away
She is everything
With words of forever we'd paint through the night
Pictures of life we would share
Then we joined together with all that we owned
A promise
A ring and a prayer
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V. Climbing Up That Hill
Finally got caught up
We thought we had it made
Then life stepped in and sent another mouth to feed our way
Once our world was more than fighting traffic kids and bills
Working all day straight into the night
No time for chasing thrills
Dancing through the landmines
Right down to the wire
Walking through the fire
But we're
Climbing up that hill
Breaking for the blue skies
Someday we will find our real life
On the other side
On a map let's find a place we've never been before
Pack our bags and book a flight
We'll walk right out that door
Guess that's just a dream
Since we grew roots and settled down
Wonder if we'll ever leave this tired little town
Home up on the high wire
No net down below
There's one thing that we both know
We are
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Dancing through the landmines
Right down to the wire
Walking through the fire
But we're
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VI. Letting Go
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VII. Of The Beauty Of It All
(I) If I Could Paint A Picture
I am drifting on the water
Far out from the land
Moving through my memories
As I try to understand
If I wake tomorrow wiser
Or it's time to shed my skin
And let go of a lifetime
That I can't have back again
All the love we leave behind
All the work we leave undone
All the words we leave unspoken
All the things we won't become
But there's little I would change
In the life that I've recalled
If I could paint a picture
Of the beauty of it all
(II) Into The Great Unknowable
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These days are drifting through me
Like faces in the clouds
Memories lift me up
Stare me down
I open a window close the door
And watch the shadows cross the floor
Never talk too much about it
There was a time
When all of our dreams were spun like sunshine
Through a kaleidoscope
Lit the corners of our minds
There was a time
Love found us clear as diamonds
With eyes as bright as stars
Never thought that we'd
Fall that far
Our world was turning back around
And soon our feet would touch the ground
Never talked too much about it
There was a time
When all of our dreams were spun like sunshine
Through a kaleidoscope
Lit the corners of our minds
When I held her close on the day she left
And she wished me love and happiness
Now I wonder if I ever cross her mind
There was a time
Well I held her close on the day she left
She wished me love and happiness
Now I wonder if I ever cross her mind
Now I wonder if I ever cross her mind
Now I wonder if I ever cross her mind
There was a time
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Living life at ease
He tries to keep it straight
Filling all the cracks
Unlocking all the gates
Heart - Style - Grace
He gives a little back
Makes it very nice
Never runs away
Rolls his dirty dice
Everybody's got to do what they got to do
From him and her to me and you
Right or wrong, he keeps on movin' his own way
Likes to wear a surly frown
Even when it's the sunniest of days
Thinks he owns the world
Feels compelled, hates to tell anything about himself
Tryin' to find his reason why
Tryin' to make his way up off the shelf
Hypnotized by the planet's hum
Eyes fixed hard on a silent sun
There was a time he'd get out
Get out of his own way
Let it fly, let it ride in the face of dismay
Safe to say he'll try
Is he shy, is he crazed
Gossip knows its way around
Once it starts it builds a bomb of sight and sound
Fireworks light the sky
"Sorry!!" he shouts out loud
"I don't live my life so every one else can feel proud "
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Give it all this time
Stop the waiting, lights are fading
Don't get left behind
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Watching the tide roll in again
Right now the ocean's my true friend
Pouring my heart out
She listens to me
I wait for her answer
Time flies so fast
It's hard to just keep up
I'll find patience with a little luck
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I've cried like a child
Where's the man in me
Too low
What cost
I'll gladly pay the fee
To stop me runnin' round
Her and there and nowhere
I want to love again
Feel used and empty
It's hard to just keep up
I'll find patience with a little luck
I'll come runnin' home
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I wait for her answer
Give me an answer
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Let's get this engine started
Pack up the trunk with all we own
No lookin' back we're our way
We're restless and open-hearted
Flowers in a junkyard garden
Can't think of a reason we should stay
As long as we ride
Readin' the road
Doesn't even matter
Where we're gonna go
Cheatin' signs
Jumpin' our load
Sittin' in the back
Sayin' something funny
And we'll all be doin' fine
As long as we ride
We'll follow the dashboard dancer
Chasing a postcard-perfect moon
We'll crank up "The King" and sing along
Well maybe we'll find the answers
Or maybe we'll just keep drivin'
With a full tank how can we go wrong
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I stand by the bed watching her sleep
Trouble in mind
Still waters run cloudy and deep
Down to the core of our small world
Sure as the sun burns under dawn
There comes a time
A time when the last straw breaks
A bad choice turns easy to make
When nothing seems quite right or wrong
When she's gone
Who won't believe
That she put me out of her dark misery
Bullets made of ice leave cold evidence
I can bury the rope but not the loose ends
When she's gone
We danced to the edge flirting with hell
When we turned back
She lost her way stumbled and fell far down
And she never looked up
Closing my eyes isn't enough
To ease her pain
Maybe I should turn and run
From what I have become
Maybe one day I'll be that strong
Chorus
Is there another way out
Look back to the beginning again
Forget about where you've been
My sanity I will defend
The past has found the future
Latched on like a cancer
Chorus
The past has found the future
latched on like a cancer
There is no answer, there is no strategy
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A lost man draws his final card
Then leaves the Land of None
The sun's last light dies in the west
His journey's just begun
To where the faithful form a line
To join the dream parade
A slow dance with the sandman
Where promises are made
I'll melt into you he says
If you fade into me and
Follow me to sleep
Close your eyes
I'll lead the way
The fall will not be steep
Forever we will stay
Where twilight meets tomorrow
The wonders we will see
Forget your fears
Forget your sorrows and
Follow me to sleep
The rain man writes a symphony
For an orchestra of clouds
The first drop falls as thunder rolls
A hush sweeps through the crowd
The watchman in a coat of dust
Then suddenly appears
And with a jeweler's steady hand
Unwinds the clock of years
I'll melt into you he says
If you fade into me and
Chorus
As his words ring true
You're hesitating
Thinking that he might be crazy
Still they're haunting you
And you're facing
All the time that you've been wasting...
The world where you belonged
You realize it's gone
Time for dreaming
Time for leaving now...
I'll melt into you he says
If you fade into me and
Chorus
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Put on your game face
Move to a better place
Floating in deep space
There is no real escape
Leave it to your fate
Try not to get irate
No talk no live debate
All in there's no escape
You're movin' like a star
Come on don't be late
You can alleviate
Good for goodness sake
I've got some real estate
Put on your game face
Move to a better place
Floating in deep space
There is no real escape
No matter where you are
The promise land's not far
Put on your game face
Move to a better place
Floating in deep space
There is no real escape
Leave it to your fate
Try not to get irate
No talk no live debate
All in there's no escape
Move to a better place
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A murder of crows
On an old phone line
That runs along the road
Lean and hungry
Poised to dive
Dinner's in the ground below
Come on down
Walk a crooked mile
With your open hearts in hand
Shake the years off
Make your way
It's straight line out of
Broken promise land
Broken promise land
Lost alone
I'd walk the world
Beneath forever skies
Cold and dusty
Sun so bright
Not a shadow could survive
Chorus
A murder of crows
On an old phone line
That runs along the road
Lean and hungry
Poised to dive
Dinner's in the ground below
Chorus
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