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If I could open my arms

And span the length of the isle of Manhattan,

I'd bring it to where you are

Making a lake of the East River and Hudson

If I could open my mouth

Wide enough for a marching band to march out

They would make your name sing

And bend through alleys and bounce off all the buildings.

I wish we could open our eyes

To see in all directions at the same time

Oh what a beautiful view

If you were never aware of what was around you

And it is true what you said

That I live like a hermit in my own head

But when the sun shines again

I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in.

Chorus

x4)

Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole

Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound

But while you debate half empty or half full

It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown

Your love is gonna drown [4x]

Your love is gonna...

Soul Meets Body

Intro

I want to live where soul meets body

And let the sun wrap its arms around me

And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing

And feel, feel what its like to be new

Cause in my head there’s a greyhound station

Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations

So they may have a chance of finding a place

where they’re far more suited than here

And I cannot guess what we'll discover

When we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels

But I know our filthy hands can wash one another’s

And not one speck will remain

And I do believe it’s true

That there are roads left in both of our shoes

But if the silence takes you

Then I hope it takes me too

So brown eyes I hold you near

Cause you’re the only song I want to hear

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

Where soul meets body

Where soul meets body

Where soul meets body

And I do believe it’s true

That there are roads left in both of our shoes

But if the silence takes you

Then I hope it takes me too

So brown eyes I hold you near

Cause you’re the only song I want to hear

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

Summer Skin

Intro

Squeaky swings and tall grass

The longest shadows ever cast

The water's warm and children swim

And we frolicked about in our summer skin

I don't recall a single care

Just greenery and humid air

Then Labor day came and went

And we shed what was left of our summer skin

On the night you left I came over

And we peeled the freckles from our shoulders

Our brand new coats so flushed and pink

And I knew your heart I couldn't win

Cause the seasons change was a conduit

And we left our love in our summer skin

Different Names For The Same Thing"

Alone on a train aimless in wonder

An outdated map crumbled in my pocket

But I didn't care where I was going

'Cause they're all different names for the same place.

The coast disappeared when the sea drowned the sun

And I knew no words to share with anyone

The boundaries of language I quietly cursed

And all the different names for the same things

There are different names for the same things

There are different names for the same things...

"I Will Follow You Into The Dark"

Intro

Love of mine some day you will die

But I'll be close behind

I'll follow you into the dark

No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white

Just our hands clasped so tight

Waiting for the hint of a spark

If Heaven and Hell decide

That they both are satisfied

Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you

When your soul embarks

Then I'll follow you into the dark

In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule

I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black

And I held my tongue as she told me

"Son fear is the heart of love"

So I never went back

If Heaven and Hell decide

That they both are satisfied

Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you

When your soul embarks

Then I'll follow you into the dark

You and me have seen everything to see

From Bangkok to Calgary

And the soles of your shoes are all worn down

The time for sleep is now

It's nothing to cry about

Cause we'll hold each other soon

The blackest of rooms

If Heaven and Hell decide

That they both are satisfied

Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you

When your soul embarks

Then I'll follow you into the dark

Then I'll follow you into the dark

"Your Heart Is An Empty Room"

Intro

Burn it down till the embers smoke on the ground

And start new when your heart is an empty room

With walls of the deepest blue

Home's face: how it ages when you're away

Spring blooms and you find the love that's true

But you don't know what now to do

Cause the chase is all you know

And she stopped running months ago

And all you see

Is where else you could be

When you're at home

Out on the street

Are so many possibilities

To not be alone

The flames and smoke climbed out of every window

And disappeared with everything that you held dear

And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need

'Cause you knew you were finally free

'Cause all you see is where else you could be when you're at home

Out on the street are so many possibilities to not be alone

And all you see is where else you could be

When you're at home

There on the street are so many possibilities to not be alone

"Someday You Will Be Loved"

Intro

I once knew a girl

In the years of my youth

With eyes like the summer

All beauty and truth

In the morning I fled

Left a note and it read

Someday you will be loved.

I cannot pretend that I felt any regret

Cause each broken heart will eventually mend

As the blood runs red down the needle and thread

Someday you will be loved

You'll be loved you'll be loved

Like you never have known

The memories of me

Will seem more like bad dreams

Just a series of blurs

Like I never occurred

Someday you will be loved

You may feel alone when you're falling asleep

And everytime tears roll down your cheeks

But I know your heart belongs to someone you've yet to meet

Someday you will be loved

You'll be loved you'll be loved

Like you never have known

The memories of me

Will seem more like bad dreams

Just a series of blurs

Like I never occurred

Someday you will be loved

You'll be loved you'll be loved

Like you never have known

The memories of me

Will seem more like bad dreams

Just a series of blurs

Like I never occurred

Someday you will be loved

Someday you will be loved

hmmm....

Cause I built you a home in my heart,

With rotten wood, it decayed from the start.

Cause you can't find nothing at all,

If there was nothing there all along.

No you can't find nothing at all,

If there was nothing there all along.

I braved treacherous streets,

And kids strung out on homemade speed.

And we shared a bed in which I could not sleep,

At all, woo, hoo, woo, hooOoOo.

Cause at night the sun in retreat,

Made the skyline look like crooked teeth,

In the mouth of a man who was devouring, us both.

You're so cute when you're slurring your speech,

But they're closing the bar and they want us to leave.

And you can't find nothing at all,

If there was nothing there all along.

No you can't find nothing at all,

If there was nothing there all along.

I'm a war, of head versus heart,

And it's always this way.

My head is weak, my heart always speaks,

Before I know what it will say.

And you can't find nothing at all,

If there was nothing there all along.

No you can't find nothing at all,

If there was nothing there all along.

And you can't find nothing at all,

If there was nothing there all along.

There were churches, theme parks and malls,

But there was nothing there all along.

"What Sarah Said"

And it came to me then that every plan is a tiny prayer to father time

As I stared at my shoes in the ICU that reeked of piss and 409

And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself that I'd already taken too much today

As each descending peak on the LCD took you a little farther away from me

Away from me

Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines in a place where we only say goodbye

It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend on a faulty camera in our minds

But I knew that you were a truth I would rather lose than to have never lain beside at all

And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground as the TV entertained itself

'Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room

Just nervous pacers bracing for bad news

And then the nurse comes round and everyone will lift their heads

But I'm thinking of what Sarah said that "Love is watching someone die"

So who's going to watch you die?..

"Brothers On A Hotel Bed"

Intro

You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I'm not who I used to be

No longer easy on the eyes but these wrinkles masterfully disguise

The youthful boy below who turned your way and saw

Something he was not looking for: both a beginning and an end

But now he lives inside someone he does not recognize

When he catches his reflection on accident

On the back of a motor bike

With your arms outstretched trying to take flight

Leaving everything behind

But even at our swiftest speed we couldn't break from the concrete

In the city where we still reside.

And I have learned that even landlocked lovers yearn for the sea like navy men

Cause now we say goodnight from our own separate sides

Like brothers on a hotel bed

Like brothers on a hotel bed

Like brothers on a hotel bed

Like brothers on a hotel bed

You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I'm not who I used to be

"Stable Song"

Intro

Time for the final bout

Rows of deserted houses

All our stable mates highway bound

Give us our measly sum

Getting the air inside my lungs is heavenly

Starting out with nothing but crippling doubt

We'll rest easy justified

Suffered a swift defeat, i'll endure countless repeats

The gift of memory is an awful curse

With age it just gets much worse, but i won't mind

I won't mind

I won't mind

I won't mind

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