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Wild Messiah
03:37
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Dragged my body out into the heat
Through kids dancing out in the
Fiery eyes, see a great big end
Getting closer every day
Well, I rushed down to the station
But didn`t have no place to go
In city filled with flower painted poverty
Running through it just to see what will become
Big spirit called my name
But someone cut him off
Big love raining over us
Lit the light between you and I
All fucked up in the sunshine
But we were put back together at night
And way out in the distance
Sweet silence, sweet time
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Mexicali Boots
02:45
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Big ol fur coat, windows down
Yeah, i`ve come to take them out
And it`s easy, so easy to see
Could fill you up with whatever you need
And when night comes rolling round
Might just wish you were dead
Why hang in that midnight growl
Piss on darkness and dread
Well I might`ve gone crazy, but I never got down
If there was a price to pay, well then I didn`t see it
Might`ve gone crazy, but I never got lost
Yeah, I’ve known my direction all along
Move so steady, yeah I get it done
Can`t feel their destruction and pain
See them hold up, withering eyes
I might`ve stumbled but I never got stuck
But when the night comes tumbling down
You might just forget your name
Light of freedom, light of life
Yeah I`ll be swimming in godly grace
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3. |
Sea of Faith
03:56
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The world was young when you first sat your feet outside
Inhaling the fumes of morning
Saw you moving past a river in a stride
But it was just a little dream I had
Every time I saw the sun shine bright
It felt as real as I needed it to feel
Running around as the godhead sang
This is the place to be
I was asleep when you died
In the middle of winter
Now you`re lying in the ground
Not much to do about that
Man it`s cold, and it`s hard
But we weren`t like this from the start
Shield the devil from your eyes
We were made for better times
Pick me up from the rubble and the glass
Spread out in every direction
Well, I’m not looking for an easy way out
We`ll take our time to see this through
When we were walking in the shadow of the sun
Never saw a night come down so fast
But I felt the warmth as the godhead sang
We`ve found our place to be
I was asleep the night you died
In the middle of winter
Now you`re lying in the ground
Not much to do about that
Man it`s cold, and it`s hard
But we weren`t like this from the start
Shield the devil from your eyes
As we`re rolling through this life
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4. |
Southern Comfort
03:10
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Man, I really hate to feel this way again
thought I went past some point I couldn`t get back from
Yesterday was just a flood in which I was always drowning
Tripping through dying lights
Well, I can`t stand such a lonely sight
I need a shelter from your tomorrow
Well my love is a true one
Cast a shadow on a ray of light
Try one more time
My love is a real one
Marching through endless days
Wildly oblivious
Heavy crosses, leather shoes
A vision weighing heavy
Well I keep on dreaming I keep on dying
Night has shut its doors on us
Stranded on our own
Can`t find our way back to heaven
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Nightbound
03:28
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The ship was coming into port
While you were stranded on some ancient shore
The world was feeling restless and cold
Yeah it was time for something new
Man, you forget how dark it gets
Light up the sky above the Atlantic then disappear in the night
All our dirty lives must become one
Well my old friends couldn`t tell a lie from a wish
Burn for a second and disappear in the sky
All our broken lives must become one
Always hanging out of windows, painted the ocean floor in green
I`mma try to see if I can get it right
Heard he died of a fever, drenched in dreams
Yeah, i`mma gonna try to set it off
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It`s been a long way to heaven, it`s been a long ride home
Well, I used to know how to get there, but I don`t anymore
Bottled with beer and cigarette ashes, driving on hot summer nights
Yeah, why ever bother going to bed when we`re all passing through the light
Among the ruins of sleep, in a life outside my own
It`s morning in the ruins of our world
Yeah, it`s only ever mentioned in passing, but it stands there just the same
When it`s morning in the ruins of our world
Walk with a stagger, head stuck in a beat, a pair of golden eyes
With boundless love for everything, yeah, I’ve come to love your name
The sun the heart of tenderness, the sun the heart of life
The earth beneath you, resting and old - Yeah, it breathes with just one big sigh
When the sun has set on the wooden cross and it`s time for us to go
I`ll drag out every second, warm my hands in the afterglow
Though my head feels dark and heavy, I`m steady like never before
Standing naked at the exit of some kind of gilded dream
Traded away every second for a life outside my own
It`s morning in the ruins of our world
Yeah, and it`s only ever mentioned in passing, but it holds up just the same
When it`s morning in the ruins of our world
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7. |
Built a Broken Vessel
03:49
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The world sleeps in smoke
Bleeds from its trees, hides sorrow in ochre and gold
Sad country
Take me home
Walk through the streets in ecstasy
before morning hits
but the sun don`t ever come around
we`re shadows just the same
wild river
lay your flowers on my head
come inside where it`s okay
to be a shadow just the same
wild river, yeah it`s real now
it`s not a joke that`s still untold
yeah, I hear that growl so clearly
like a chorus about to drown
silver green song of freedom
passes through in the night
a sound as big as thunder
come closer, come get high
stood in shallow waters
yeah, out there on my knees
begging for salvation
but who’s going to give it
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8. |
My Sweet Underground
02:56
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I had the blues but I shook it loose
And found a dream where I can stay
But even with all our drinking
Well I just can’t seem to get off
I’m counting blues, I’m counting stars
I see a pig on every corner with their eyes turning restless
Yeah, the world can feel so sorry
And the universe so large
Well tonight, not spending it on anyone, but I`ll spend it on you
We`ve got everything to want but I`m not so sure I want it
Well, I’m stranded on the moon again
And I drank its waters dry
Whenever I find time for it
I dream about your light
Different spirits, different lifes
Yeah one day, I swear I’ll just run away
After one last act of devotion
Like giving away all my love
Well tonight, not spending it with anyone, but I`ll spend it with you
We`ve got everything to want but I`m not so sure I want it
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9. |
Morning Drum
03:53
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Well there`s a sign that`s just been hanging
Around us like some cosmic joke
Feels like a hunger that`s not been spent right
And that we`ve lost something we had before
Now the whole world is quiet, and we`re perfectly still
Lying on the floor in prayer
But all this talk of the holy ghost
It don`t do me like it did before
Keep me around
I am your morning drum
Keep it around
I am the morning drum
As we`re coasting through the nightlife
There`s a darkness that won`t let go
But we`ve been riding for so long now
It doesn`t matter where we go
Keep me around
I am your morning drum
Pass it around
I am the morning drum
I am the man that you see before your eyes
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Empress
03:50
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Cleaning up darkness in a golden field
Rain on, steady as a train
Speak the same language but we don’t talk the same
Your body way up in the sky
Share the peace pipe, bag of hash
My body deep down in the ground
Ancient sweetness, come on down
From above and onto the dirt
And the light keeps you awake
Well there`s no sleeping on a night like this
And now that we`re older and still the same
Well, who`s to blame for our troubles?
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Roman Torches
04:10
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Well, I’ve been coming up with a plan
Digging a hole straight through the underground
when it`s way past midnight
And the subway is asleep
Yeah it`s so quiet and cold
Nothing like it was before
I’m asleep in the kitchen
Drunk and dreams, but still alive
The garden it grows
And the summer gods are fumbling through our stuff
Trying to find a bone to chew on
But they`ll never get enough
I hear the sound of a piano
Ringing like a bell of joy
and I’ve been starving for that godly imperfection
Getting closer every day
Every cloud is bursting open
and the mountains coming down towards you and I
yeah it feels good to awake again
thought I’d be drifting in the dark
And the ocean rolls
And the summer gods are fumbling through our stuff
Trying to find a bone to chew on
doubt they`ll ever get enough
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Sleep so heavy, wait for a call
Might pick up a thunderstorm if I find one
Time to spit the night out, tired as can be
Put my feet down on the hardest road to follow, take my time as pay
It`s good to feel this heavy
Wish I always could
Nice to hear you sing so sweetly
Wish you always would
Street organ cries calling you back outside, after weeks away
Kick your boots through a street flooded with vacancies
where houses don`t look much like homes
rolling under streetlights, awake and dreaming
well, I slipped into darkness again, must`ve looked like rain
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