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I Am a Small Adventurer in This Great Big Universe
wandering through the black and blue
armed with only my words
but look out, the saints are coming through
and though they tell me what to do
i'm not afraid to let my mind grow
for i am a small adventurer in this great big universe
I Am a Small Adventurer in This Great Big Universe
traveling on until the dawn
to escape from the earth
but look out, they're shouting my name
in my fever dreams of fame
i'm not afraid to let my mind grow
for i am a small adventurer in this great big universe
i am a small adventurer in this great big universe
tumbling past the fields of ash
past a long forgotten girl
but look out, there's no fear in my eyes
it's not a joke, it's not a disguise
i'm not afraid to let my mind grow
for i am a small adventurer in this great big universe
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2. |
Song For Forgiveness
03:23
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i just want forgiveness
for my aching mind
find me in ashes
leave me behind
yeah i'm afraid
of what you'd tell me
but can i be forgiven
for the things i've done to you
maybe not
i just want forgiveness
for my body and my soul
find me in ruin
leave me alone
but i'm afraid
of being lonely
but can i be forgiven
for the things i've said to you
maybe not
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3. |
Deathless
02:25
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my dream is to be deathless to you
to be the sun, not the moon
i just want my face on the screen
my words to flood all your dreams
my thoughts engraved in stone
that comes deep from my soul
i want to be deathless to you
i want to be deathless to you
yeah to not fade into the blue
i just want a tear rolling down
from your cheek and to the ground
i just want you to feel
the side that i conceal
but i would have been deathless to you
i would have been deathless to you
if i had always been this true
but your thoughts of me might fade
when you find a love that stays
but i still think in my mind
that i’m too far behind
but my dream is to be deathless to you
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i confess, i had lost hope when i was standing in the rain
and i found that the light i had seen
turn into only my dream
but it’s a shame to know
there’s no longer that glow
and in the end, i just lost hope
i confess, i had lost hope
i confess that i lost hope when i was searching for the sun
and i found that my body was broke
but after all, it’s just a joke
well it’s not where you go
it’s how far you have grown
but in the end, i just lost hope
i confess, i had lost hope
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5. |
Today is Bright and Good
02:37
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today is bright and good for it might be my last
when the eyes i felt glowing are the darkness of my path
and though it seems like an ending
i've felt this way before
today is bright and good
today my spirit soars
today is bright and good for it might be my last
i could not lift the weight with my heart of glass
and though it seems quite tragic
no tears will fill these eyes
today is bright and good
today i wave goodbye
today is bright and good for it might be the first
when i find i can't change you with dreams or with words
and though my soul should be trembling
with the fear and the guilt it holds
today is bright and good
today, my spirit goes
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when Mr. Joe taught me of love and fear
he said my worries will just disappear
and that shadow that will wrap itself around your mind
won’t make you human and you’ll be confined
but when Mr. Joe taught me of fear and love
he said that this one fact will be enough
to get you through the hate that lingers on this earth
and it will open up your universe
when Mr. Joe taught me of love and fear
he said his words would guide me through the years
to somewhere that the nomads call the promised land
somewhere that you’ve still got me in your hand
but when Mr. Joe taught me of fear and love
he said although the truth right now seems tough
the choices that you make are in a smoky haze
but you’re here to make this world a better place
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one day i will be fantastic
one day i will be sublime
you’ll see right through my eyes
right into my mind
and for my heart, yours will melt
for one day, i will be fantastic
one day i will be fantastic
one day i will be wonderful
you’ll hear my aching voice
and you will rejoice
for an angel rises today
for one day, i will be fantastic
one day i will be fantastic
one day i will be astonishing
you’ll feel my pointless words
they’re your cure, they’re my curse
but i will be what you want me to be
yeah one day, i’ll be fantastic
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it’s the hardest thing, it’s reaching for the light
to not cave in and be swallowed by the night
but carry me back to your burning light
and it’s the hardest thing, it’s reaching for the light
to close your eyes and ease your troubled mind
but don’t let me die, i want to feel your bright
but don’t let me go
it’s the hardest thing, it’s reaching for the light
when you can’t go out and your’s enemy’s inside
i don’t want my body to burn, i want to soul to just ignite
it’s the hardest thing, it’s reaching for the light
if you only wish that you could turn back time
yeah don’t let me fade, i want to stay in sight
but don’t let me go
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i’m not a fire if i’m not golden
and i won’t be yours if i’m not chosen
and i shall be depleted to nothing in your eyes
and i’m not a fire if i’m not burning
and i won’t be yours if i forget what i’m learning
but i shall be depleted to nothing in your mind
and i’m not a fire if i’m not glowing
and i won’t be yours on this road i’m going
because i shall be depleted to nothing in your eyes
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10. |
Things I Never Said
04:18
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i never said that i miss you
for i’m not a path that you would choose
maybe i’ll wander back into the blue
but i find your legs can’t walk the miles
for i’ve been waiting here a while
with my heart hauntingly still
and i never said i love you
i’m afraid i never will
i never said that i was wrong
i have never been that strong
i should have known all along
you count the storms, i’ll count the hours
digging graves for all my flowers
died from those lonely chills
and i never said i love you
and i'm afraid i never will
i never said that i apologize
i could not bear to see your eyes
now i see i caused my own demise
i’m sorry if you’re looking back
i’m sorry for haunting your past
i’m sorry if i was unkind
i’m sorry for waving goodbye
i’m sorry i could not see
i’m sorry for making you bleed
i’m sorry for living here still
and i never said i love you
and i'm afraid i never will
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11. |
Eden, Take Me Back
03:44
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i’m losing my light no matter how hard i try
to live and breathe with you still in my eyes
it’s cold where i am, yeah it’s pitch black
so can you Eden, can you take me back
well the sun ash left me stranded with the moon
if it won’t come back, i’ll never bloom
although i shout your name, you don’t react
but can you Eden, can you take me back
i’m finding i have wandered from my trail
i’m either lost, or my ship has not set sail
can you be here when my soul’s attacked
can you Eden, can you take me back
and the sun will disappear now from my life
and slowly everything turns black and white
but i don’t know if my spirit’s still intact
but can you Eden, can you take me back
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12. |
To An Island
03:07
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when my soul has had enough
of the lies and plastic love
my soul retreats to an island
when my brain has seen the earth
kill itself with its own curse
my brain retreats to an island
where i can’t be seen
i can’t be heard
i won’t feel pain
i’ll have no words
the sun will shine
the sun will shine
on me and my little mind
when my eyes are finally filled
with the glowing of dollar bills
my eyes retreat to an island
and when my mind has thought up its last
of the girl whose heart is glass
my mind retreats to an island
where i can’t be seen
i can’t be heard
i won’t feel pain
i’ll have no words
the sun will shine
the sun will shine
on me and my little mind
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13. |
Of a Fire
05:31
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is that a sad clown or Romeo
who’s pounding at my door
he’s telling stories to me of his life before
from when his skies weren’t grey
when he was strong and brave
when he was howling at the moon in his glory days
but now his words can’t make a sound
and his thoughts are buried in the ground
his mind can’t handle his desires
it’s only dreaming of a fire
i’m dreaming of a fire
it’s growing ever higher
it engulfs like a hurricane my aching soul
but is it heaven sent?
is it an accident?
is it shouting at my heart: “regain control”
but now his words can’t make a sound
and his thoughts are buried in the ground
his mind can’t handle his desires
it’s only dreaming of a fire
but i’m feeling far away
too far to hear you say
this loneliness will one day take its toll
but if you knew my curse
it’s buried deep in words
well i hope it dies before it grows old
but now his words can’t make a sound
and his thoughts are buried in the ground
his mind can’t handle his desires
it’s only dreaming of a fire
is that a siren or Juliet?
condemning her regrets
and screaming for her soul love to acquire
well she is drifting off
dreaming of what she lost
but the only thing she dreams is of a fire
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Destroy Your Phone
02:15
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could you destroy your phone?
and see you’re not alone
crawl away from the screen
and wake up from that dream
and look someone in the eye
like you do when you say goodbye
live in the real world for a day
that screen will turn you grey
if i promise you won’t be alone
could you destroy your phone?
could you destroy your phone
be a person and not a drone
and find that there’s more in life
to staring at that light
be strong and brave and change
wasted hours and wasted days
no eyes for you to see
only words for eternity
so if i told you you’re just a drone
would you destroy your phone?
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Please forgive me if I wait
I need some time to kill the hate
But I am not a good person
I’m still in love, but i'm not worth searching for
Your ghost told me late last night
The truth comes only in black and white
But I am not a good person
I don’t know what I am working for
Coiled up next to a sleeping bear
My life looks so bleak down there
But I am not a good person
Still your warmth is the one I’m burning for
could you maybe listen to me when i plea
"It’s not death, it’s eternity
But I am not a good person
You are what I am hurting for"
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Please forgive me if I wait
I need some time to kill the hate
Your ghost told me late last night
The truth comes only in black and white
Coiled up next to a sleeping bear
My life looks so bleak down there
Please forgive me if I wait
I need some time to kill the hate
Please forgive me if I wait
I need some time to kill the hate
could you maybe listen to me when i plea
"It’s not death, it’s eternity
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17. |
Conquer Your Fears
02:06
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darling, conquer your fears
if not for you, then for me
conquer your fears
yeah let your spirit grow
let me be your home
if you will
darling, conquer your fears
if not for you, then for me
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one pale siren calling to me
one pale moonlight moving through me
one for the money and two for the show
three for the angels and the people who you know
two pale sirens take me over
two pale choices for this soldier
two for the absence and three for my past
four when the sun will leave me in black
it’s either one for the heartache or for the fear in my eyes
or for waking up each morning in a place you despise
three pale sirens moving past me
three pale visions tightly grasp me
four for the memories and five for the smiles
six for the sunlight that’s been gone for a while
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four pale sirens do embrace me
four pale actions do erase me
but it’s one for Billie Holiday and two for Ezra Pound
and three four the poison that put you in the ground
five pale sirens pull me under
five pale sunshines killed by thunder
but it’s one for the mockingbird and two for his song
and three for the holy book that tells me I’m wrong
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An Adventurer:
i’ve tried so hard to follow you
but there’s not a thing that i can do
if you can’t light my path
surely i’ll fade to black
and you’ll find me no more
but i saw them dancing in the sun
i saw them dancing everyone but me
The Sun:
i will steer you right
An Adventurer:
i tried so hard to see your face
but all i see is a cloudy haze
why can’t you reveal yourself
just one time before i melt
and you love me no more
but i saw them singing in the light
i saw the earth turn slowly bright except for me
The Sun:
i steer you right
An Adventurer:
i tried so hard to hear your words
but nothing sounds like you on this earth
can you come to me soon
before i’m swallowed by the moon
and you can save me no more
but i saw them loving just the same
i saw them loving in the rain without me
The Sun:
i steered you right
All Together:
please steer me right
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22. |
Ugly Weight
05:40
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i can’t lift the ugly weight of the world
i can’t be what you want me to be
i can’t be the savior of my generation
if i can’t be the savior of me
i can’t lift the ugly weight of the world
if i can’t even lift up my head
i would if i could, i know that i should
but the dreams you have for me are dead
i can’t lift the ugly weight of the world
if my mind can’t make me act
i could fill you with my voice if i had the choice
but it’s strength that i lack
i can’t lift the ugly weight of the world
if i can’t be strong and brave
i would give my heart and soul, for that’s all that i own
if it would just end my days
i can’t lift the ugly weight of the world
if you’re not looking for the truth
i would fill you with my words, my heart, and my curse
but it would not be any use
i can’t lift the ugly weight of the world
if my voice is never heard
in my dreams i’m alive when they cheer and cry
but awake, that would be absurd
i can’t lift the ugly weight of the world
yeah i’m just too damn small
i can feel it in my bones that i’m truly alone
but who would care at all
i can’t lift the ugly weight of the world
if i have to lose who i am inside
i feel the claws of the earth kill the song that was heard
i feel the truth turn into your lie
i can’t lift the ugly weight of the world
if i just can’t make a sound
my head’s in the sky, my heart waves goodbye
but i want my body underground
i can’t lift the ugly weight of the world
i can’t be what i am in my dreams
i can’t save you i wanted
i can’t even save me
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