Right now my world is far below me
Pushed underneath by all the colors I see
Rainbow mountains just beyond my reach
Black lava holds me up and cools my feet
Aroused by the dark as she tip-toes away
She’s out of my league is what she turned to say
Heard from a bird that knows where I belong
I feel kind of numb but, no there’s nothing wrong

While this great big orange cloud is floatin over me
Stalks keep on burnin
World keeps on turnin
Great big orange cloud floatin over me
As I contemplate the ways of man
Ashes fallin in my hand

Red, white, and blue
Are we missing something tried and true
Primary colors, just a few
Have we bleached the colored son
Was here before the world begun
Misuse the fruit
Sacrifice the root
Create the day that it all blows away
In the name of peace is how they make their play
Cash in the earth as we jump very high
Searchin for pseudo redemption in the sky

So I hold my breath so I won’t touch the ground
Liquid chimes blown by the moon are all around
My eyes are red but I see very clear
In this red and yellow atmosphere
Come fly away with me today
Orange clouds might help you see this way
Love what yellow and blue have made
Don’t throw away what creation gave

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Is that your best, you’ve got me wondering
Now you may even think I’m worn out
But I’ll be watching for a little bit more
Cause we’ve known each other for so long
I never understood your ways
But now I treasure all the days that we’ve been through
And though my words are soaked with pain I have to say
I’d be nothing without you

You gotta know that it just ain’t right
The way we fuss and fight
Throughout the darkest night
I try to walk away you try to hold me tight
I’ll soon be steppin to the morning light
Though it ain’t too cool
I’ll probably be with you until my life is through
I try to see the good in all the things you do
Trouble, girl you hurt me so
I just had to let you know

We play the roles of dominance and submission
You know just how to get my attention
Reverse the roles. Get in a better position
You like to put your weight down on me and I’m feeling you
Although you make me wanna holler
I prefer to be on top so let me stay
We separate but you don’t ever stay away
Let me make it through another day

And at my lowest times, I hate you so much
You torture me and make me wanna throw it all away
Wisdom won’t let me deny the strength you’ve given with every touch
Truth is I’d only miss you if you ever stayed away

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I was a stone formed through the night
In lonely reflections you’re the light
You’re the twelve tribes of who I am
My voice in anguish, I’m a lamb
They never knew the pain I feel
I never knew their lives were real
You are the chaser for my broken dreams
You can say anything

And I, I gave you everything
Even my life for you
Stretched along some lonely roads somewhere
Traded my world for yours
Your voice is in everything
Don’t think I can breathe without you

A loaded weapon in my hand
Losing concern for where slugs land
You were the siren in my head
When I was lost, cold, and mislead
You are the body in my grave
Pushing up flowers that I crave
I couldn’t eat without your reign
Ruling my world

Until the sun swallows the sky
I won’t trade you back
Until my eyes cease to cry
I won’t trade you back
I’d scratch it all in my cardboard wall
I won’t trade you back
I would sing your tune in a concrete room
I won’t trade you back
You’re a gift from my god
I won’t trade you back
I’ll wear you out. Exploit you to show gratitude
I won’t trade you back.

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We are in love
And I can see its real
Inside of every tear
That’s fallen from your eyes
But is it enough
Sometimes it hurts so much
We can’t agree and touch
I just wanna say goodbye

Well its hard, so hard
Cause the greatest love can bring the greatest pain
But its good, so good
When you release your heart there’s so much you can gain

Tonight we’ll be forever
There’s nothing I won’t do
I would break my heart forever
Just to have a piece for me and you
Last night we fell from heaven
To a hell within my soul
From a joy that passed eleven
To a pain I’d never known
Tonight there’s no more me or you
Cause we’ve melted into one
Making love until the rent is due
‘Till all that hurts is gone
Last night I know I made you blue
But tonight that seems unreal
Still tomorrow I’ll be away from you
Only to question what we feel.

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Now if I could walk on air
Would you say I had to wash my feet
Before I could come down
Am I trampling on your space
Moving too close to your holy place
I’ve got the strangest feeling
That no matter how I live
I will never have enough to give
Your aim is to complain
Not to make the wrong things right
Just to justify your fight

I think you wanna fight forever
Don’t believe you really wanna live together
Pushing toward our last days
Sometimes I wish I could make it all go away
You turn a firecracker to a mine
Stretched beyond the limits of space and time
How much more can we take
How far can we go before you make it all blow away

I wonder how it all just might go down
Will it be with a familiar sound
Will it catch me by surprise
Will it be one of those times
I think everything is fine
And you’re accusing me for nothing
Will it devastate my friends when it all comes to an end
Will my family share my pain
Will it matter who’s to blame when the fire drops like rain

Feels like our rage can tare down a mountain
Boil my blood and melt off my skin
Seems like our screams will gush like a fountain
If all is lost then how can you win

Stuck in the middle of the fussin and the fightin
Everyday me see a heap a poor people dyin
Say dem negotiate fi peace dem a lyin
And me never see a lick o freedom dem supplyin
Nah go satisfy with what you give
Cause dem only want the very life you a live
Don’t be deceived not everybody a fi peace
You wan be free, first thing your mind haffi release
Cause dem a blind you everyday

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You said you were a lover
You said you were a friend
You turned into another
I can’t trust you again
I can’t trust you again

Trust is what relationships build on
When I feel weak, you make me strong
And you will never fall alone
Hey, love is something you can give for life
Eliminates the hate and strife
Makes living in this world seem right

I could never love what you do
Have a trail of blood leading right back to you
I could never love what you say
Ugly truth is that you tell me lies everyday
I could never love what you do
Have a trail of blood leading right back to you
I could never love what you say
Ugly truth is that you tell me lies everyday

You said you were a lover
You said you were a friend
You turned into another
I can’t trust you again
I can’t trust you again

We can go through the fire
We can make it through the rain
I can walk through the jungle
With all the scars and the pain
But when the day turns to night
And you lay by my side
And you think about tomorrow
Will you be doing me right

Try fi understand your reason, reason
Me understand you commit treason, treason
Rights of the people dem you seizin, seizin
Constantly deceivin
Hustlin the people with a god you don’t believe in
Take me freedom in the name of fear
You no me can’t believe a thing me hear
For I security you strip me bare
Shocked, me can’t believe a thing me hear

You said you were a brother
You said you were a friend
You turned into another
I can’t trust you again
I can’t trust you again

Hold on. Don’t add to what you’ve done
Now push has come to shove
And we’re losing so much love
But if we could put a stop to the greed that brings us grief
I have a strong believe in loving you

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No Haters in Zion
No Haters in Zion
No Haters in Zion

I’ve traveled on the mountain high
I’ve traveled through the valley low
Seems like there’s been trouble every step of the way
I see them coming with their smiles
But they scandalize me when they go
My god reveals the truth when I kneel down and pray

Although when they come they embrace me
I can see them working against me
I don’t know why they want my progress to be over
Depending on my god to protect me
The more they tear me down, more he’ll bless me
Haters want to see me stumble and fall

So we’re saying, Haters can’t hold us down
Not even in Babylon
That’s why we keep on fighting everyday
Until we get to Zion
Haters can’t hold us down
Not even in Babylon
We’ve got to keep on moving on our way
Until we get to Zion

So I gotta keep it strong
Even when I’m falling
Keep on holding on
With this heavy burden
I’ve been struggling for so long
Trying to move up higher
They treat me like that’s wrong
The haters wanna fight
Coming with deception
To keep me from the light
But I seek the wisdom
To always do what’s right
And keep on moving forward
Until my final flight

It’s funny how you clutch me with your smile
Dissolve my heart and lighten my head every time
It’s funny how you crept into my dreams
You’ve always been here in my life now it seems
I tilt down my head and I give God the glory
For the blessing that he sent to me
More than I could imagine and it keeps getting better
I know what love is from what I see in you
I could never turn my back on you
So there is no question for now or forever

Love is the relief I feel when you arrive
Fulfillment I get each and every time you smile
Love is when your happiness is everything that matters
My reason when there is no other reason for life
Love is in your eyes, it makes me lose control
Love is in your voice and it can pierce my soul
Love is the energy released by you touch
That makes me week but makes me so invincible

Its funny how you walked right through my pride
Releasing all emotion that I tried to hide
And when I felt I was weak, you put me first in all your life
I could never doubt what’s between you and I
It’s like I was blind till the moment I saw you
I couldn’t breathe till I kissed you
I was lost till I found you and now I’ll never be the same
There is no other feeling than the love you brought with you
I couldn’t live if I lost you
So there is no question for now or forever

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Sometimes the rain won’t fall
Until the days of summer
Some birds don’t sing at all
They don’t even fly
How come I can feel alone
When the whole world is mine I wonder
Why for some there is no home under the sky

One thing that’s real
Is nothing’s for sure
At least not until
It knocks at your door
Some stand and fight
Some people go down just holding the light
I can’t say who’s right

I’d worship your smile
If there was no more heaven
I’d live in your eyes
If there wasn’t a dream
I gave you my heart
Cause there’s nobody else but you
Nobody else but you

They build their walls so high
Guarding their hearts from the love that feeds them
With so many questions, why.
Still in themselves they trust
We’ve found a way to fly
Yet when they reach the ground, their grateful
We’ve found a way to fly
Just between us.

One thing that’s real
Is nothing’s for sure
At least not until
It knocks at your door
I choose to hold on
To all the things that are keeping me strong
Can’t say I’m wrong

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So many miles before me
So many miles behind
How can I cross this river
Endlessly flowing through my eyes
I left the past behind me
I opened my heart and swallowed my pride
Let this love grow inside me
Now you’re telling me you’re walking out of my life

I don’t wanna live my life like a rolling stone
Trying to ease the pain of a distant love
I don’t wanna taste a love I can never own
It seems I’ll be missing you forever

We planned our lives together
I would always be yours, you would always be mine
It seems like our always has turned into never
Why you wanna go away
I know you said you’re coming back

I would wake up to your smile the morning after forever
The road wouldn’t be easy but we’d travel together
Don’t tell me its not over when I’m still standing here alone
My heart’s a rolling stone
Cold, hard, and never home cause you’re gone

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Thought I was dreamin when I told you it was over
You turned your head and stared at cars passing by
Silence had left me numb but your tears, they made me sober
This car is driving itself

We left in Spring I got the door for you.
You slid to my side
Wanted to be as close as possible
You claimed fear of pain
But it was of revealing all you had to hide
Wanna forget you if it’s possible

Emotions creeping in. I wish I could just walk away
Silence is breaking. Cockpit’s closing in fast
I can’t feel sympathy for I’m shocked you even shed a tear
Just today I thought that we might last

We left in Spring. I got the door for you.
You opened my side
Wanted to be as close as possible
The pain, memories, and guilt from all your tears
Will not change my mind
Wanna forget you if it’s possible

Can we just get home
I don’t wanna see you cry
It makes me weak
It wrecks my mind
Where is all that meekness when I’m down
Don’t wanna live this way
Don’t wanna hear a word you say
I wanna leave your presence now

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Daylight sky greets the moon
The sun has beat the gloom
I think I’ll face the world again
My couch is tired
My bed is sore
These walls can’t take no more
I think I’ll face the world again

What this glass reveals
Is a shame to pity
As my cup refills
The deluge can flood the city
I can’t hate my past for
All it’s brought me over
For all it’s brought me over

I left my heart in your hand
As you did demand
Now I think my blood will flow again
I will lift my back from the ground
For another round
Think I’ll go toe-to-toe again

I can face the rain
With wrinkles in my fingers
I still feel some pain
But I won’t let it linger
Never hide my tears
‘Cause it hurts to hold in sorrow
I gotta make room for tomorrow

Ooh, it feels so good to be over you
Sometimes Monday mornings feel so new
When I open my eyes and I’m right back at the top of my dreams
Storm rinsed skies are Monday morning blue

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