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Onward
01:12
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2. |
Homeward
03:09
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Lyrics:
In the first light of day
A mere wisp of smoke remains
In the cool, damp, vernal air
The acrid smell of nearing rain
At once, what was lost is truly gone
Yet, as the ice retreats
A path is revealed
Just as the trickles merge into a stream
The veil as opaque as stone gradually lifts
Among the burnt and bent debris
A glint of old, an enduring prospect
There still is time to revive, to build
A promise of mending
No illness, no hurt
Onward
With a purpose guiding homeward
To a new beginning
Onward
The course is set homeward
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3. |
Stead
03:05
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Lyrics:
With two able hands
I carve this wood
Fixed furor my blade
Festering memory my gauge
I will seal in and nail down
That which consumes me whole
I let loose the rampant flame
A black worm gorging on the rot
Let it burn through the clearing
Where your foundation once stood
With these two able hands
I work this wood
Blind yearning my hammer
Every image evoked a nail
I will seal in and nail down each detail
I will build you in
Until you are once again whole
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4. |
Bird of Prey
03:11
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Lyrics:
How long has it been?
A lifetime along an aching artery
On this path lined by trouble
Yet paved with such gracious intent
A hunter’s moon
The dulling stillness
All is the same
As on the night it came
It made its way above the leaden clouds
From cover to cover
A somber bird of prey
For a while it waited
Yet grew impatient
On the night it came
A faceless bird of prey
What little was left
It tore and took away
A hunter’s moon
The numbing silence
A cold white light
Its blinding candor
All is the same
As when that somber bird of prey
Took my everything away
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5. |
The Cold Trail
03:45
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Lyrics:
It grips my chest
The nausea spills over
Breaking in sweat
The piercing drone grows louder
As with a thread unraveling
I come undone, distraught and shivering
From the corners the guilt comes crawling
Through the cracks the regret is seeping
It grips my chest
The nausea spills over
The trail goes cold
I hear your voice no longer
Walls draped in white noise
Close in to claim me
Leave me this loss
If only to chain me
Forgive me
I tried
Forgive me
I was not enough
Forgive me
Forgive
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6. |
Gold at Your Feet
02:56
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Lyrics:
The smoke hangs heavy today
But the waterfront keeps the flames at bay
So align your course with the receding moon
Fix your eyes on its light and don't look away
Row, with gold at your feet
You only ever take what you need
Deaf to the mounting blare
Row, row, row
Row, with gold at your feet
What you take is yours to keep
Never mind the nearing brink
Row, row, row
The pillars plunging down
Breaking the water
Waves rushing forth
Concussive and barren
Stay the course
Steadfast and true
Hold your breath through the dust
And row through the swell
Row, with gold at your feet
What you take is yours to keep
Never mind the nearing brink
Row, row, row
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7. |
Beyond the Pale
04:09
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Lyrics:
Trampled I stand
The lone witness at the wake of our world
Fata morgana
Reverie collapse
In your name I have gone beyond the pale
In your name I will forever remain in place
Disarmed I stand guard
The lone witness at the wake of our world
A foiled existence
Bound to the face of a tomb
On this shore of a lake with no name
I see far past the waves
A fleeting flicker
Once, twice, gone
Fata morgana
Reverie collapse
In your name I have gone beyond the pale
In your name I will forever remain in place
A fleeting flicker
Once, twice, gone
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8. |
Adrift
03:45
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Lyrics:
In your name I have gone this far
A witness, a keeper no more
I walk my feet into the water
Until no light touches the bottom
Only to hear the stones speak:
”We have no quarrel with you”
I drop the torch and climb the pyre
I wrap my fist around an ember
Out of which there comes a hiss:
”My strife lies not with you”
I scale the cliff and lean into the wind
Where a voice soon carries:
”Here there is nothing for you”
I lay myself on this frozen ground
My fingers running through the paling grass
I hold my breath so as not to miss
Those words I know will never come:
”Your place is here right beside me”
”Your work is done”
”Your place is here”
”Your work is done”
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9. |
Shrine
06:33
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Lyrics:
Past the gate cold to the touch
Over the threshold of needle and rock
Into the starlit hall of windthrown pines
And across the marsh in its veil of white
On and on towards the glare of the shore
Until the even and calm forest floor
Through the shroud of fevered sleep
I hear the walls absorb the door
With the twisting of the windowsill
Shards of glass come bursting in
Here is where warmth once lived
Where days were spent confiding in
The unyielding hope of things to come
Of which there now survives none
I lie and I wait
I lie and wait and the air stands still
I lie and wait, it shall not be long
I lie and wait for our reunion
This design soon shall reach completion
At last I watch the roof collapse
The weight engulfs the room below
In a cloud of dust the last light drowns
Swallowing the air within
I can see it now
We are almost there
Here is where through toil and strain
Rest can quell all woe and blame
Here is where now stands a shrine
To that which shall never die
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