The Break (It's Been There All This Time)

In dreams, it's a one-way trip to devotion
A streaming jet to the ocean
It's the break you've been searching for
Read it, a joyous letter finds a troubled one
A big perspective on what you want
But what you want's not good enough, for me
In dreams, I tried to guide you to the light
But all you want to do is fight
You can watch me run away
It's easy, it could have been so simple
But then you bit my head off
And now I'm taking time off, for me
In dreams, I sing the way I want to sing
I pick the lines in everything
But it's still the same
Tell me, is this the way it has to be
The melody's inside of me
It's been there all this time.

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Shields

As I paint these shields
I am reminded, each must be used only once
And to re-use it is a lazy lazy afternoon brunch
Yes recently
I've been doing that quite a bit
Measuring, painting and building
Faster than the hits can affect me
I have made a decision
To continue spending time building shields
To get closer to you
Beyond my vision
The wardrobe of finely crafted steel
Could have been larger
At least from where I'm standing right now
I have been careless
I would like to accelerate
This major task
Is an essential part of life
I have made a decision
To continue spending time
Building shields
To get closer to you.

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To Forgive Your Enemies

You can.

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Bands 1

She said playing in bands won't make you well.

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Inside My Mirror

You've got a lot
I know you want to share
The freaks are out
Everywhere
There comes a time
Where bend does break
Another sign
That you can't take
Clearer
Your face inside my mirror
Your face inside my mirror
And in that I saw
Exactly what I got
In vanity
You spoke outside
The audience
Did so preside
It was late at night and all I could see were the outlines
What I heard was no surprise
To trust in blue eyes
Clearer
Your face inside my mirror
Your face inside my mirror
And in that I saw
Exactly what I got
Clearer
Your face inside my mirror
Your face inside my mirror
And in that we found everything we'd lost.

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Walls Covered in Hope

Look between the lines and rows
There's a place I always go
To find the one that I knew best
To find a place where I can rest
No one can follow me here
Through the lines and the curves of my fear
And the walls covered in hope
Are the words I once spoke
My heart was pure
But I could not see
You are the one
That discovered me
Bare and cold I did lay
And I did not ask to be saved
And I did not ask to be saved that day
My heart was pure
But I could not see
You are the one
That discovered me.

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Do You Know What You Mean to Me

Yeah.

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The Dreamers Song

It's our turn to write the Beatles song
So you can sing along
And I can leave this
You've said far too many things to let me sleep tonight
I didn't want to put your picture, in that place
With all the other faces
I can train myself to not think about your smiling face
Got saved, can't seem to find my way around this sing-song place
This sing-song place
Two weeks on the road and you don't even seem the same
Such a shame that patience took the stars out of that smiling face
Lost your grace
And I've found it doesn't matter
And I've found it doesn't matter
The advice you get from others
They just want your name
It's our turn to write the Dreamers song
So you can sing along
And I can leave this
It's our turn to write the Beatles song
So you can sing along
And I can leave this place.

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Ease the Curtains Down

Ran around in a circle for a time
Hit the ground and fell back into line
So I am lying right down next to you
Here we are this is exactly what I want to do
Moon did fail to provide any light
So I grabbed your hand and pulled you over tight
Nothing now, but tears in your eyes
But I knew that everything was alright
It's always nice to see you late
After I've cleared the shadows away
Now she's a bet and you're the betting line
She touches the water and looks you in the eye
And you can see your hero play along
Ease the curtains down
Moon did fail to provide any light
So I grabbed your hand and pulled you over tight
Nothing now, but tears in your eyes
But I knew that everything was alright
It's always nice to see you late
After I've cleared the shadows away.

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Brave

I left you hid behind
Two blue eyes, open wide
Hid inside
And nothing could have changed you
I wanted to despise
Every look, old and wise
Every fear brought me here
But you followed
But it was grace that found me
And it already is a curse
And now your face surrounds me
Let me finish with this one first
Over and over
The road takes me closer
Over and over.

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She Saves/Now I'm Where I Need to Be

She saves
Can't you ever save
Anything you write down
Those drapes
Out from behind those drapes
Come talk to me about the world around
The paints
You wasted all your paints
Capturing what you thought you'd found
Front and center
Turn on all the lights and let them shine
Focus on the ones you left behind
The last time, the last time.

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Bands 2

Reaching across my back
I promised not to scream
And break you up again
But you know I will cause I always do
And I stay in town to depend on you
Well I signed up quick and went somewhere else
She said playing in bands won't make you well.

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