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Stars/Dusk
04:12
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Instrumental
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Anthem
08:22
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Love Comes Calling
05:15
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HE SLEEPS AND DREAMS IN CIRCLES
SHE GIVES HERSELF TO MY TOUCH
IMAGINES HYBRID ANIMALS
SHE NEVER ASKS FOR MUCH
THE KISS OF HER LIPS IS ELECTRIC LIGHT
THE SHAKE OF HER HIPS SO SEDUCTIVE
THE DEPTHS OF HER SOUL CALL OUT TO MINE
AND I BECOME A WILLING CAPTIVE
FOR WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING
YOU DON'T GO RUNNING AWAY
WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING
YOU MUST YIELD TO ITS EMBRACE
WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING
THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN SAY
WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING
YOU GOTTA MEET IT FACE TO FACE
TAKE ME INTO YOUR VELVET LINING
LET YOUR BREATH RISE AND FALL
THE TASTE OF YOUR FLOOD IS LIKE THE SEA
I CAN HEAR THE BOATMAN'S CALL
AND THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED DOWN LOW
AND ALL THE SHADES ARE DRAWN
I CAN FEEL THE WARMTH OF YOUR GLOW
COME OVER HERE BABY WHERE YOU BELONG
FOR WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING
THERE'S NO TIME TO SAY NO
WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING
THERE AIN'T NO TAKING IT SLOW
WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING
IT CANNOT BE DENIED
WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING
IT MUST BE SATISFIED
WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING
YOU DON'T GO RUNNING AWAY
WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING
YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO OBEY
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Gravestones
02:23
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WE POURED OUT OUR SOULS TO THE UNIVERSE
TO THE UNIVERSE WE CRIED OUT
AND THEN CAME AN ANSWER
THEN CAME “NO”
THEN CAME THE WORDS WE WANTED
THEN CAME ANSWER
THAT SAID “LETS GO
ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE HAUNTED.”
WE POURED OUT OUR SOULS TO THE UNIVERSE
TO THE UNIVERSE WE CRIED OUT
AND THEN OUR CAME OUR HOPE
BUT OUR HOPE WAS GONE
AND THEN WENT OUR DREAMS
AND WE CARRIED ON
AND THEN CAME THE ANSWER WE WANTED FROM GOD
BUT THE ANSWER APPEARED TO BE NO.
WE POURED OUT OUR SOULS TO THE UNIVERSE
TO THE UNIVERSE WE CRIED OUT
AND WHAT WAS LEFT AT THE END OF THE DAY?
NOTHING BUT WORDS BUT NOTHING TO SAY
AND WHAT WAS LEFT AT THE END OF OUR LIVES?
JUST MEMORIES, WE TRIED, WE TRIED.
WE POURED OUT OUR SOULS TO THE UNIVERSE
TO THE UNIVERSE WE CRIED OUT
AND WHAT WERE WE LEFT
WITH WHEN WE WENT HOME?
WE WERE LEFT TO BURY OUR BONES
AND WHAT WERE WE LEFT
WITH WHEN WE WENT HOME?
NOTHING BUT GRAVESTONES.
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In the Desert
02:45
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WHEN I WAS IN THE DESERT LOST
YOU BOUGHT ME AND SET ME FREE
THEN FAR AWAY FROM THE WORLD
THAT WAS ROAMING
THE WIND THAT WAS BLOWING
THE LIGHT OF THE DAY
I FELL ON MY KNEES
AND I LONGED TO BE
WITH THOSE WHO WERE FREER THAN ME
AND SOMEWHERE JESUS IS SMILING
AND BUDDHA IS SMILING
AND THE LORD IS SMILING ON ME
BECAUSE I LOCKED YOU ALL AWAY
IN A BOX TO PLAY
AT THE END OF THE DAY
WHERE I READ WHAT I SAID
AND I DID WHAT I SAID THAT I WOULD DO
AND I DID UNTO OTHERS AS I'D HAVE THEM TO DO
AND I FED ALL THE POOR THEN I RAN TO THE ZOO
AND I SET OPEN THE LIONS
AND I SET OPEN THE TIGERS
AND I SET OPEN ALL THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD
WHEN THEY RAN OUT ON ME I WAS SHOCKED
BUT NOT SHOCKED
TO SEE THAT I'D BROKEN THEIR LOCKS
WHERE I FELL AND I SAID
“FUCK ME I'M NOT WORTHY”
AND YOUR MAJESTY'S BROKEN SHIP
CAN SAIL ALL THE WAY TO HELL
I WON'T BE RIDING FOR I'VE ALREADY ARRIVED.
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Black Crow
03:11
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WHEN THE BLACK CROW FLEW TO WHERE THE MORE FICKLE BIRDS
WERE LYING IN WAIT FOR THE READING OF THE WORD
CAUGHT UP IN A RAPTURE THERE'S FIRE IN THE SKY
LIKE THE BLACK CROW I WANT TO FLY
IN THE GRAY HAZE OF AUTUMN FOG ROLES DOWN THE RIDGE
WE WERE SO YOUNG THEN ON THAT SWINGING BRIDGE
AWAITING THE MORNING THAT WOULD CARRY US HOME
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT OF THE SUN'S EARLY GLOW
WHEN THE BLACK CROW FLEW TO WHERE THE MORE FICKLE BIRDS
WERE HIDING THEIR SECRETS ALL THOSE DIRTY WORDS
HE PICKED OUT A FEATHER FALLEN FROM THE SKY
LIKE THE BLACK CROW I'M NOT AFRAID TO DIE.
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SEVERED HANDS STILL ARE REACHING
REACHING REACHING REACHING OUT
SEVERED HANDS STILL ARE REACHING
PRAYING HANDS SO FULL OF DOUBT
AND WHEN THE DOOR CLOSES
THE LAST LANTERN BLOWN OUT
THE DEVIL SURELY KNOWS HIS
DAYS ARE RUNNING OUT
SEVERED HANDS STILL ARE REACHING
REACHING FOR THE LIGHT OF DAY
SEVERED HANDS STILL ARE REACHING
THEY HAVE NO MOUTHS WITH WHICH TO SAY
THAT ALL THAT HAS COME BEFORE
IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SHADE
AND ALL THAT PROPELS US FORWARD
IS THE SAME FROM WHICH WE CAME.
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Morgan and Main
02:30
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Instrumental
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It Still Moves
05:10
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IN THE CORNERS OF MY HEART IN THE DARKNESS OF MY DREAMING
WHERE THE FLOOD WATERS PART THE RAINBOW LOSES MEANING
YOU KNOW I LOVE THE TATTERED WAY THE VIOLIN OF YOUR HEART WEEPS FOR ME
GET OUT THE WAY I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY I'VE GOT SOMEWHERE TO BE
IT STILL MOVES THOUGH I DON'T WANT IT TO
IT STILL GROWS IN THE SPACES OF MY SOUL
IT STILL WALKS AND IT STILL TALKS
AND IT WON'T LET GO OF ME TONIGHT
IN THE BED WHERE LAY WHERE YOUR BODY MOVES SO GRACEFULLY
YOUR DARK EYES THEY TAKE ME HOME AND FOR JUST A MOMENT I AM FREE
BUT YOU KNOW I'M STILL A MAN BABY AND YOU KNOW I'VE STILL GOT NEEDS
SO LET ME PEEL FROM THE SCABS FROM MY SCARS AND SIT HERE SILENTLY WATCHING THEM BLEED
IT STILL MOVES THOUGH I DON'T WANT IT TO
IT STILL GROWS IN THE SPACES OF MY SOUL
IT STILL WALKS AND IT STILL TALKS
AND IT WON'T LET GO OF ME TONIGHT
TALKING TO THE GHOSTS THAT HAUNT MY EMPTY HOME WAITING FOR THE BREAK OF DAY
THE NIGHT IS SILENT LIKE A TOMB THE DAYS ARE HARDER WITHOUT YOU IN THE WAY
I'D GIVE THE WORLD JUST TO GET A LITTLE SLEEP
I AM LIAR I AM A THIEF I AM A COWARD I AM A CREEP
IT STILL MOVES THOUGH I DON'T WANT IT TO
IT STILL GROWS IN THE SPACES OF MY SOUL
IT STILL WALKS AND IT STILL TALKS
AND IT WON'T LET GO OF ME TONIGHT.
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Demons
04:41
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EVERYWHERE I GO
WALKING ON AND TRUDGING LIKE A SOLDIER THROUGH THE SNOW
LOOKING FOR THE LIGHT OF THE DAWN'S EARLY GLOW THAT ALMOST NEVER SHOWS
STANDING UPON HILLS WHERE FREEDOM REIGNS
WAITING FOR THE SOUND OF AN ONCOMING TRAIN
STANDING WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO EASE MY PAIN
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
EVERYWHERE I TURN
IN THE SHADOWS IN THE AUTUMN LEAVES THAT BURN
EVERYWHERE I TURN I'M SPURNED
FOR I SEE YOU AS I SEE ME I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY
I AM JUST LIKE YOU YOU SEE
EVERYWHERE I TURN I SEE DEMONS
LORD WON'T YOU SEND ME A SIGN?
HERE I AM I PEEL IT OFF THE FRUIT THE SOUR RINE
LEAVING ON JET PLANES ACROSS THE SEA
I AM JUST A LOWLY GRUNT I'M NOT THE ONE YOU SEEK
A PAWN IN A GAME OF CHESSBOX LOOKING LIKE I'M LESS, MA
FEELING LIKE I'M LESS THAN WHAT I WAS YESTERDAY
FOR I SEE THEM
I SEE DEMONS
YOU ARE JUST A SHADOW I AM JUST THE LIGHT
COME WITH ME MY DARLING INTO THE COLD NIGHT
WE'LL CHASE DEMONS.
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The Breath
02:00
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A CLOUD DESCENDS AND TAKES A TURN
TOWARDS THE BUSH THAT BEGINS TO BURN
AS THE GROUND CRIES OUT FROM THE MOLTEN SOUL
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND THUNDER ROLLS
AND WHOSE BREATH IS IT THAT RESIDETH WITHIN YOU
IF NOT THE BREATH OF THE SOVEREIGN GOD?
FALLING DOWN ONTO THE STREET
CHAINED, WHIPPED, AND BROW BEATEN DOWN
INTO NOTHING MY CROSS IS LIGHT
INTO NOTHING BUT HEAVEN'S SIGHT
AND WHOSE BREATH IS IT THAT RESIDETH WITHIN YOU
IF NOT THE BREATH OF THE SOVEREIGN GOD?
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Wordsworth
07:14
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WHILE FLOATING ON THE SEA
WITH THE WAVES BENEATH ME
I DREAMT A THOUSAND DREAMS
MY SAILS TATTERED INTO REAMS
YOU DON'T KNOW ME AT ALL NOW
YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT I SEE
YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT I CAN ALLOW
YOU CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I BELIEVE
WHILE WAKING AT THE SIGHT OF DAWN
A THOUSAND DREAMS A THOUSAND GONE
I SPIED A VULTURE OVERHEAD
AND I THOUGHT OF THE WORDS YOU SAID
I CAN'T HELP YOU AT ALL NOW
I CAN'T BE THERE WHEN YOU FALL
I CAN'T BE THE SWEAT UPON YOUR BROW
I CAN'T BE AT YOUR BECKONING CALL
BECAUSE THERE WAS A MOMENT A SPOT OF TIME
LIKE AN OLD POEM IN THAT IAMBIC RHYME
NOBODY QUESTIONS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE
THEY JUST WALK DOWN THE ROAD OF LIFE THEN THEY DISAPPEAR
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN
BUT I CAN'T SHAKE THIS FEELING THAT WE'LL MEET AGAIN
WHILE FLOATING ON THE SEA
WITH THE WAVES BENEATH ME
I DREAMT A THOUSAND DREAMS
MY SAILS TATTERED.
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The Last Question
04:18
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ONE DAY THE WORLD END IN A BRIGHT FLASH OF JOY AND PAIN
AND SURPRISE US ALL AGAIN WITH THE STARRY SKY'S REFRAIN
AND ALL THE KNOWLEDGE THAT'S BEEN KNOWN WILL BE THROWN UPON THE HEAP
WITH HISTORY'S BURNING TOMES AND THE SILENT DEAD WHO SLEEP
I CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT BUT THE SUN CANNOT BE FOUND
I CAN FEEL THE RIVERS THEY ARE RISING FROM THE GROUND
LET IT RAIN.
THE LAST FLAME FLICKERS OUT AS THE LAST MOLECULE EXPLODES
THE LAST MAN WALKS ABOUT ON THE LAST NATION'S LAST PAVED ROAD
THE LAST SONG IS BROADCAST HEARD ON THE WORLD'S LAST RADIO
AND THE LAST QUESTION ASK BY THE FINAL THOUGHTFUL
I CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT BUT THE SUN CANNOT BE FOUND
I CAN FEEL THE RIVERS THEY ARE RISING FROM THE GROUND
LET IT RAIN.
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Seven Trumpets
06:03
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ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE I WALK WITH SHUFFLING FEET
AND THE STARS ABOVE ME GLIMMER LIKE YOUR EYES
MY HEART IS MADE LIGHT BY THE GIFT OF INNER SIGHT
I KNOW HEAVEN AIN'T NO PLACE BEYOND THE SKIES
WHERE IS GOD? WITHIN
WHERE IS LOVE? IT'S ALL AROUND
WHERE IS YOUR SOUL? WE ARE ONE SOUL
AND IN YOUR BROTHER IT IS FOUND
CAN YOU KNOW PEACE WITHOUT A WAR?
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT'S IN STORE?
STOP TRYING TO STAY SO FIRMLY PLANTED ON THE GROUND
IN A MOMENT I CAN'T DESCRIBE I FELT MY HEART COME ALIVE
CHRIST AND HIS MOTHER SAT BENEATH THE BUDDHA'S TREE
AND THE PROPHETS ALL REJOICED AND PROCLAIMED WITH ONE VOICE
THAT THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND WERE CAST INTO THE SEA
WHERE IS GOD? WITHIN
WHERE IS LOVE? IT'S ALL AROUND
WHERE IS YOUR SOUL? WE ARE ONE SOUL
AND IN YOUR BROTHER IT IS FOUND
CAN YOU KNOW PEACE WITHOUT A WAR?
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT'S IN STORE?
I'M WAITING FOR THE SEVEN TRUMPETS TO SOUND
AND MY HEART IS BLACK TONIGHT
BUT OH GOD I'M REACHING FOR THE LIGHT
AND MY DAYS ARE GROWING LONG
BUT I KEEP SINGING THIS SONG OF SONGS
WHERE IS GOD? WITHIN
WHERE IS LOVE? IT'S ALL AROUND
WHERE IS YOUR SOUL? WE ARE ONE SOUL
AND IN YOUR BROTHER IT IS FOUND
CAN YOU KNOW PEACE WITHOUT A WAR?
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT'S IN STORE?
STOP TRYING TO STAY SO FIRMLY PLANTED ON THE GROUND
SHE WAS JUST NOW WAKING HER BODY MINE FOR THE TAKING
YESTERDAY'S MASCARA SMEARED AROUND HER EYES
AND THE SUN HAD JUST THEN RISEN THE FROST ON THE GROUND GLISTENED
AND I FELT THAT IN THAT MOMENT I COULD HAPPILY DIE.
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Stars/Dawn
02:18
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Instrumental.
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Rance Garrison Norton, Virginia
Rance Garrison is a singer-songwriter and music producer from the Appalachian region of Virginia. He has released several albums of original music including 2017’s Deplorables and 2015’s The Fireside Season which Whurk! Magazine called, “Virginia’s most secret weapon: a moonshine-swilling, snake-handling, junk-shooting, redemption-seeking opus.” ... more
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