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Century
03:40
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when the emperor said yes
he really said yes
"do you know what it means?
they rewrote the book
over the centuries"
I wanted the beginning
and you gave me the end
I only want the beginning
of what the emperor said.
Even divided by time
you could have asked me what my...
you could have asked me what my priority was
It is a different sun
I am the only one
who knew
and now there is you...
rewriting history in the most exquisite way possible
adding endings where
endings formerly weren't plausible
I had wanted to see the dawn of a new age
but now we're wondering
why?
why bother bringing up the past?
even if a culture didn't last?
even if a culture didn't ask?
down in that crypt
we're wondering what script
they left for us
and you and I must abide by
consent of the old world
even in the new world
we're just the next scribes
of over a lifetime's work
Even if you can't deny
the desire to try
even if that page
could be erased
or changed
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Seabirds
02:15
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before the birds came in, I saw
your letter saying you're leaving
that's early morning in this season
before the birds came in
I watched the sunrise
and
I thought of my old friends
where are you going now that
we've got something left
but not enough to keep
the sun up?
were you asleep
when I became aware?
or are you waiting out there?
who's awake?
can we break without the other?
classic question for the morning birds
hello?
we wanted this but did we know?
it's low tide and I thought you'd go
at high tide
somewhere they're skipping stones
somewhere it's calm
somewhere in my bones I know
that different shapes
are coming home
to rest in me
but now,
alone
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3. |
Eternity
01:35
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it's not the company that I bought
it's not what I sought
when you got notice of the word
I came into your galaxy
wanting eternity
didn't think things would be this difficult to say
but in essence, you've got the presence that pleases
but not the balls to say
effort, that you have made
effortless as we have been
I'm wondering if you could come again
my king and queen
don't mean the same thing
as your country or century
I wanted to make something beautiful
you wanted to make something powerful
now, we've got ourselves in quite a state
and I don't mean what you do when you say "state"
I want emotion
you want revolution
you come from something
I have never seen
I want the best and
you just want something
not quite as painful as the centuries have been
I want the stars to talk to you directly
you don't expect me to actually believe
that you don't see
what I see
when I come back from
eternity
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4. |
Even Steps
02:43
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even steps
brought me here
even my sense of duty
would not have
brough such a path
just even steps
it's the heartbeat that makes a life
one full life
any road I ever walked
even when it seemed to be a new moment
every single road
even if I knew
where I thought I was going
was just another step
and now I see
it
on the rails
on the way
such smooth path
in and out
every day
I was coming to this place
coming to this place
and now I see you
and how you are so travel-worn
we are each uniquely born
and you've got such a dragon's stride
that dragon's stride
that jagged way of coming to
even the most important possibilities
with a fire and a tooth
I can see those mountain paths in you
something I haven't done
but could I do?
could I do?
could I do?
even steps
have brought me to the precipice
I'm seeing now
there's more than this
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5. |
If You Came Home
01:59
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if you came home
to a lily or a rose
heaven knows
and I'm glad heaven knows
if you came home
to a lily or a rose
it's cause heaven knows I love you
and if heaven knows
I love you
then heaven knows
a thing or two
and heaven help us
on our way
if I came home
to a lily or a rose
I'd know heaven had a word
and knew
I'd know heaven had a word
with you
I'd know heaven had a word
or two
and heaven knew
what to say
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6. |
Not The Same
01:59
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short words make me want to
ask you for more meaning that I can't believe
difference makes me haunt you
over and underneath
how can we see through this veil?
when we're divided?
by decades and by the double-sided?
you died twenty years ago
and I continue to live
you came into my room
and I couldn't believe you
for about five more years
now we live in this apartment
just the way it sparks
I'm asking you, please
on this night
listen to me
death was such a suprise
but not the way the light changed
I thought you would be gone
but it's just not the same
it's just not the same
I want to tell you something brilliant
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