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I stayed up all night
And tried to find new ways
To tell you that I'm leaving
It's the sequel to a story that we once had
When we were still believing
That the ghosts that come to haunt us
Are bearing gifts that we will never be receiving
You already went to sleep
The smile upon your face
Means that your anger had now found a rest
But I had more things to say
I'll guess they'll dissipate
Into the morning air they'll never resurface
And by the time we will return to them
We will discover that they have been meaningless
The morning will come
Sunlight will wash my sins from under her
And we will never remember
The things we've argued for
Tomorrow
So for now I'll let sleep engulf me
And drown in dreams
That I was never able to decipher
How peaceful the sleep of monsters
Or...
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It's not like I want to
It's not like I need to try it on
This feeling of solitude
I brought it with me from home
And every night when I wonder out
To find this elusive song
Maybe it's hiding
Maybe I'll find it soon
I brought some compassion
I thought you could use some here
But now that I got here
I see that I forgot to pack fear
And every night
When I'm calling you on the phone
It's sounds like you're weathering
Weathering away
Why did you come here
To fade away?
Tonight the stars scream your name
And everywhere I turn to
You
A friend in a foreign land
Is in need of change
I try to believe in things
Then I toss them aside like broken rings
This chill that has gotten to my soul
It broke through the bones and the skin
And try as I might
I don't get it right
I don't even remember what my success is
Measuring
Measuring against
Why did I come here
To fade away?
Tonight the stars scream my name
And everywhere I turn to
You
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3. |
Innocent Bystander
04:23
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I found myself in a cloud
But I have been this way before
I know these houses
I've pummeled on these people's doors
This place had changed
It's unrecognizable
But I can tell these people's fears
I see it flashing in their eyes
As they are passing me by
Making their way
Down
Down
Down to the water's edge
And drown
Drown
And drown their river's worth of tears there
Doesn't make them any happier
I want to share some of their grief
My hands outstretched for them to see
But they don't notice me
They just walk right past through me
I want to tell them that I bring back
The thing that they've waited for all these years
But they seem to have given up hope
Having shed their share of tears
Making their way
Down...
I tried to find a way
To make them see all these things that I've been seeing
To make them believe all the things
That I've so struggled to believe in
But they don't seem to see the whole picture yet
They can raise their eyes up to the sky
And see me make my way
This time that I'm ascending
I am never coming back
So you can go
Down...
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4. |
Allemagne
04:49
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I'll believe it
When I see it
When I see it
With my own eyes
I'll believe it
When I see it
With my own eyes
Allemagne
I've been waiting
For the landing
Please don't wake me
I'm alive
I have come to find
My peace of mind here
And I'll be singing hallelujah when we land
I'll be singing hallelujah when we land
I have come to find the skyline frightening
When I was gone from here
I was a child
Now these images that come to haunt me
They are a fiction
Left behind
When the plane touches down
Down on the heartland
I'm on my knees then
I'll kiss the ground
I have come here
I've come to die here
And I'll be singing hallelujah when we land
I'll be singing hallelujah when we land
Please don't try to understand me
You are a young man
My time has passed
But understand that in the land
Spread underneath us
There is the only place
Where I can find my rest
Please don't wake me
Until we get there
Then stay and tell me
My dream is done
I was a child here
Now I must die here
But I'll be singing hallelujah when we land
Yeah, I'll be singing hallelujah when we land
I'll believe it
When I see it
When I see it
With my own eyes
I'll believe it
When I see it
With my own eyes
Allemagne
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Harm
04:59
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Look how well you walk through the fire
All these delicate steps
That you took in advance
I wouldn't be the one to say
But all the words are taken anyway
But if I can't bring you calm
Then no one will
So here it goes
Those sleeping pills won't help you
Get the rest you need tonight
These dreams you have
Will be keeping you awake
But when the darkness comes
Creeping away from the sunlight
You'll be left
With but one choice to make
Whatever choice
Whatever outcome
What ordinary minds
I hope I haven't done any harm
I hope I haven't done any harm
I don't think I've done any harm
Oh, how could I've done any harm
I hope I haven't done any harm
It won't be an easy choice to make
Giving everything away for some happiness
But there are times in life when
Brevity must call upon you
You have to answer all the same
when there's no one left to blame
You'll have to settle for the last one
No ordinary calm
I hope I haven't done any harm...
I hope I haven't done any harm...
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