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Subconscious Heart
04:39
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Subconscious Heart
Because I don't know you, for now I will place you
Inside of the hole in my subconscious heart
And I don't know what I want, in spite of my yearnings
But then again, who ever does?
I woke with a fright in the middle of the night
Saying what if the world ends?
He woke with a fright in the middle of the night
Saying what if the world ends?
She woke with a fright in the middle of the night
Saying what if the world ends?
What if the world ends today?
My body's been battered by billions of billboards
Which promise a product to better my life
With a sword by my side, I drive through the scene
Catching all the eyes I dare not meet in dreams
CHORUS
With a far away ring there's a stirring of wings
Waking up, releasing from this tethered string
Oh say can you see? Oh now have you heard?
There's nothing we have to fear
There's only this fire to burn
CHORUS
If someday the world ends,
This is how the world will end
Never just how we thought the world would end:
Not with a bang, but with a whimper
***Inspired by “Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot:
“Eyes I dare not meet in dreams
In death’s dream kingdom
These do not appear…”
…..…
“This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.”
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2. |
Palindrome
04:11
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Palindrome
I was falling before your eyes
And you were rising to my disguise
All just to find some paradise inside this life
As cold as ice
Backwards and forwards now we're not alone
Spinning like a palindrome
Backwards and forwards now we're not alone
Life is like a palindrome
I walked against the windy storm
With pain so old and tired and worn
Back to the place where I was born
I saw you there and gave a warning
CHORUS
I was convinced of this major discovery
I thought that I knew the truth
I refused to see all of the signs that surrounded me
Blocking my view, blocking my view
CHORUS
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3. |
Set Me Free
04:21
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4. |
Black Moon
04:01
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Set Me Free
Words won't say it - how I feel
I get so tongue tied
Time flies, time flies, time flies
I get so lost in your eyes
Baby set me free
Set me free
What if we're wrong?
Would we know it?
Could we see it?
There's a sea of madness
Brewing in my bones
Oh, can you take it?
Quite possibly, I've never known no one like you
You've never met someone like me
CHORUS
Ain't no use in prophesying
CHORUS
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5. |
Another World
04:19
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Another World
You, you, you
You make me feel so blue, blue, blue
I know we've been through all this before
I, I, I
I know what I've implied, lied, lied
Repetition's got me high, high, high
All odds are down
Keep the sound down
I'm not listening
Keep the sound down
I'm in another world
Can't get through
The words I've always found absurd
Are the ones that you have heard on lips of lovers
And deep are the secrets that they keep
Silently they creep like ticking time bombs
CHORUS
Love can turn to hate
Just like heaven to hell
Let's turn hate back to love
Can we come down from the cloud?
Keep the sound down
Come down from the cloud
Keep the sound down
I'm in another world
(Can we come around?)
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6. |
Heartbeat
04:50
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Heartbeat
Once again, I find I am
Pacing these streets and thinking
Of how we play that game
Once again, I'm falling for the things you say
…How did we get here?
What can we say when we say what we don't mean?
These words in my ears mean nothing but sound sweet
My eyes to the ground, they stare at my feet
But from a million miles away I can feel a heartbeat
Oh I know it
Once again, I find I am
Building up walls between us
Like a dream, once again
I'm holding back - but I wanna believe it
…It's time to wake up
CHORUS
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7. |
Wait it Out
04:18
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Wait it Out
I wanna know what's going on
I've got my eyes open
But I'm in the dark
Said you can't decide
It's weighing on your pride
You're so stuck in the middle
Of this lover's high
I can't leave you
But I can't have you
Don't want to lose you
What am I after?
So you come to me
Confess everything
And now you're out in the open
But my heart's still pumping for ya
Why do we feel so afraid?
Why do we hesitate?
Rocking love like a cradle
Till that poor bough breaks
CHORUS
I'm gonna build an ark
I'm gonna wait it out
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8. |
That Ain't Me
04:52
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That Ain’t Me
When will the clock stop ticking?
When will the time be right?
When will my mind stop running circles round my life?
You never ask those questions
Though I can tell you've had your days
Now when everything seems crazy
You smile and ride the wave
That ain't me, baby
No that ain't me
Another word won't do it
Another promise won't prove it
One more day won't get us through this
Tomorrow's not today
Over and over again I've said it
Over and over again I've met it
Over and over again I've tried to deny that I'm a wild bird
You can't hold me down
CHORUS
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9. |
This Bright Before
03:55
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This Bright Before
All the way around the world and back again
But not quite where I started
Is where I am
A new beginning
Every time we talk
I feel the distance wrap around your voice
I wish you were here
I wish you were near
Oh, I have never seen a sun this bright before
Oh, I have never seen a light this bright before
Home is not where I began
It's far from where I thought I'd land
But I think you know:
Things never go as planned
Finding fuel in past concerns
Projects me to the future
I don't know where I'll be tomorrow
But it's where I want to go
CHORUS
I can feel it
I can see it
I can be it
If I want, if I want
And I want
All the way around the world
And back again
But not quite where I started;
A new beginning
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10. |
Those Days
04:28
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THOSE DAYS
By Nicole Berke
The spinning world makes growing trees
Whose branches rise with falling leaves
That bend and sway seasons change
just as the night turns to day
strangers come and lovers go
until your heart could over flow but that’s the way the way it goes
the way it goes
sometimes I find that I still think of you and I want to know
where are you now it’s been so long
who are you now that you’re not with me
do you ever think about the time that we were one?
Those days are done. Those days are done.
The new born child is a stranger first who all the things upon the earth
But when she feels a touch of fear someone appears to bring her near
Then she’ll learn her mother’s face when to give and when to take just like a smile that was meant for
me now it’s just a memory
sometimes I find that I still think of you and I want to know
where are you now it’s been so long
who are you now that you’re not with me
do you ever think about the time when we were young?
Those days are done. Those days are done.
With each day we’re moving forward
Never backwards so fast
But in my mind I can rewind to find
All the things left behind
And I remember
How we use to be
How we use to be
Where are you now?
It's been so long
Who are you now that you're not with me?
Do you ever think about the time that we were one?
Those days are done
Those days are done
Those days are done
(c) 2013 Nicole Berke Music ASCAP
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