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The Lion and the Lamb
16:34
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In Sight
04:00
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I will take a chance and look into your eyes
All your sudden happiness took me by surprise
Intensity of Saturdays burning through my face
I will take another chance to keep it in it's place
It's in sight, I'm alright, take some time to make it right
I'm taking time, tonight
What will it take today to let someone in
What good is faith if all that's left is sin
Is there a fire lit, anywhere in sight
Is there a chance to pretend, everything's alright
It's in sight, I'm alright, take some time to make it right
I'm taking time, tonight
Why are we not living, in undeserved forgiving
Take another chance to be loved, understand the question above
It's in sight, I'm alright, take some time to make it right
I'm taking time, tonight
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3. |
Escape
04:58
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Ignore the dance in the firing line
Reload intention in a word refined
Escape the sentence of a torn life
Resolve intention in a dream
Create relation with a scream
Pretend imitation means anything
Escape the pity of sudden sting
Don't rely on your demons
Resist the change of the reasons
Love can change with the seasons
Escape the feeling of only breathing
This is the last world, This is the fire held
This is the last escape, This is an end
This is the last escape, It's just a slip away
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4. |
As We Know It
03:59
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When I peek at consequence, nothing is ever shown
All this talk of cowardice leaves me wanting more
So what if you don't understand what I want to say
Is there any crawling back from yesterday
Are all these days empty, Should I dial back and see
Would you jump all over me, Could you call it back for me
So much for that try, Say goodbye to life, as we know it
When I was a shadow, I never cried
When I was a hypocrite, I only lied
So what if you don't understand the meaning of it all
We're lit inside a soda can, rolling down the hall
Are all these days empty, Should I dial back and see
Would you jump all over me, Could you call it back for me
So much for that try, Say goodbye to life, as we know it
Are all these days empty, Should I dial back and see
Would you jump all over me, Could you call it back for me
So much for that try, Say goodbye to life, as we know it
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Shine, Sun
05:16
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I've been praying for change, I've been lost in a rage
But I came upon you, and life was renewed
I've been wishing to know, but knowing means nothing
I wonder why it's as if we've never seen the sun shine
I hope you know, it's as if we've never seen it snow
I can't explain, it's as if we've never seen the rain
It's on my mind, I just want to see the sun, shine
But I'll leave it alone, unless a truth is shown
I can keep it alive, while I'm dying inside
Will we ever know, or is it lost in the snow
I won't rely on the unknown
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6. |
Spells
04:01
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Another wilderness has led me to your door
Skipping steps in chance, stumped by the floor
I already know the path, there is no need to ask
It's a plain and simple truth, I already know what to do
Isn't it in my eyes, Could it be a simple life
Casting spells while blind, It's always running through my mind
Could I satisfy the fight, do I even have the right
I already know the truth, I have seen all the proof
I already understand, I already know the plan from here
Isn't it in my eyes, Could it be a simple life
Casting spells while blind, It's always running through my mind
I already know the truth, I have seen all the proof
I already understand, I already know the plan from here
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7. |
I Will Remember
04:54
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In twilight coves, remembering times in the rain
Lost alone in the tree tops, pretending we're floating in space
We would waste the afternoons, singing our songs to the sky
Feigning death with wooden swords, nothing but life in our eyes
I'm making up time, to keep the promises made
I'm waking up live, to spend one more day in the shade
Walking along the sea shore, skipping the stones in the sea
Racing home with the street light, hoping to make it for free
Staying out late misbehaving, Driving around aimlessly
We swore somehow that we'd make it, before life took our breeze
I'm making up time, to keep the promises made
I'm waking up live, to spend one more day in the shade
I will remember you
I'm making up time, to keep the promises made
I'm waking up live, to spend one more day in the shade
I will remember the child that I used to be
I will stay warm, with the sun that's inside me
I will remember you
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9. |
The Knife
05:48
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Why are you giving this to me, In fascination of the deep
There is nothing wrong with me, stabbing at the glory deceit
Why are you ignoring the knife
You are just a tourist in this life
Why are you ignoring the knife, hold on
There is nothing I have to understand, There is nothing left to plan
I am not an agent in this dream, I am not a reason to believe
Call it a draw all you want, I will never hear your taunt
I am not the actor you adore, I am not a demon you ignore
Why are you ignoring the knife, You are just a tourist in this life
I am not the actor you adore, I am not a demon you ignore
Hold on, I'm next
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Supernova
04:30
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The ice is finally melting for me
The sun feels too good to believe
I wish I knew this was clear
Something is pulling me to open up my eyes
Gravity of smiling faces take me by surprise
I know that stardust is in my family tree
I run fast to catch the blast meant for me
I step outside my foggy life to get a better look
As sunshine blinds me to what this life took
I wish I knew you were here
Something is pulling me to open up my eyes
Gravity of smiling faces take me by surprise
I know that stardust is in my family tree
I run fast to catch the blast meant for me
Supernovas in my brain, Complicate the categories I maintain
No one is safe
Something is pulling me to open up my eyes
Gravity of smiling faces take me by surprise
I know that stardust is in my family tree
I run fast to catch the blast meant for me
Supernovas in my brain, Complicate the categories I maintain
No one is safe
I'm going home tonight
I wish I knew what it means
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Lucky 7
02:56
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Now I've got you running, just another trap for you
Now another's gunning, gunning down the guilty for you
And you realize, it's not for your eyes alone
And you compromise, and they left you here alone
Another lucky seven, it'll be heaven for you
But just because you're lucky, don't think they won't catch up to you
And you realize, it's not for your eyes alone
And you compromise, and they left you here alone
All alone
Boy you think that nothing, nothing's gonna take you down
You'll just keep on dreaming, right up till you hit the ground
And you realize, it's not for your eyes alone
And you compromise, and they left you here alone
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It's Not So Much
05:41
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What hidden meaning obscured by a kiss
Could bring clarity to this
I only wish I had a choice
What is the meaning of this trial
Is it just a sense of denial
I only want to hear your voice
A silent figure stands alone waiting for the calm
In a state of grace removed by a bomb
Explosions of resistance burning through the mind
Stand alone in ignorance, running out of time
Where is the meaning in this crime
Hallucinations stuck on rewind
I only see one way ahead
Where is the life that was promised
Have all opportunities been missed
I only want what I want, it's not so much
A silent figure stands alone waiting for the calm
In a state of grace removed by a bomb
Explosions of resistance burning through the mind
Stand alone in ignorance, running out of time
A silent figure stands alone waiting for the calm
In a state of grace removed by a bomb
Explosions of resistance burning through the mind
Stand alone in ignorance, running out of time
I only want what I want, it's not so much
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Sting
03:43
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I can't find a need to see what life has in store for me
I prefer to let it be, cuz nothing ever surprises me
I can't always play the game, I won't always be this way
I never stay the same, and I'll never know the name
None of my troubles mean a thing, I've gotta give love to everything
I prefer to feel life's sting, cuz nothing ever surprises me
I can't always play the game, I won't always be this way
I never stay the same, and I'll never know the name
I can't always play the game, I won't always be this way
I never stay the same, and I'll never know the name
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Awaken
03:34
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It may be time to awaken, no more reasons to be faking
I've been living in this fog, I've been asleep for too long
I may know my name, but I don't know who I am
I can't always be floating on, a sea of desires gone
There is still a life to live today, time keeps marching in relentless ways
I may know my name, but I don't know who I am
Is there ever an end to it all, when we sing and dance and forget it all
In a slumber for way too long, with no reason to move along
I may know my name, but I don't know who I am
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I Won't Let It Go
02:46
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I know what I saw, when the curtain fell, it's not crazy
I know what I know, I just won't let it go, in hazy days
There's a hell of a lot to prove, I'm pretty sure I know what to do, it's crazy
Try to build a castle in the sky, it's pointless to even try, I won't let it go
I just won't let it go
Are you paying attention, to my intention, I'm not crazy
Slipping on the bones of saints, returning to a child born in hazy days
I just won't let it go
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Veils
03:48
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Close your eyes and suffer the arrows of this sound
Stay a while and wonder where we ran aground
Think it over
We see life as newborns, blindness in our eyes
No one wants to see this world as it really lies
The darkness we perceive as light gives us surprise
Forgot to check the paths leading to the skies
It's not over
I'm in my light forever
Is there a laugh to be had, dancing in disguise
There's nothing but distraction floating through your eyes
I'm not over
I'm in my light forever
Can we make it fall away tonight
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Dream Sequence
03:34
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Can we bring a smile to the sadness in your eyes
Can we take our time to bring back another life
When we were younger than this
When we never missed
It's not wrong to close your eyes
When sleep always hides
I guess it's really not the same
When we forget our own names
We will find a way to leave this world behind
In a simple slumber with no tether tied
Float away in an endless sea
There are no words revealed in what it means
But we float away
Sing a lullabye and in dreams we'll always fly
Sing a lullabye and in dreams we'll always fly
When we were younger than this, we never missed
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German Dance Robots
03:19
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Sometimes it is impossible to determine the correct path
Sometimes all you can do is dance
Dance all night and forget how horrible life is
War. Famine. Disease. Rape. Murder. Slavery.
All is forgotten on the dance floor
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Take
04:40
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Fire chains me underneath the heavy words of your belief
I am Saturdays in your dreams, I am Mondays while you wake
I am tied to a world I cannot see, Is this a deluge of dreams
Is this really a war I can win, Our firestorm is silenced
Take this from me, Give me peace
Take this from me, I need release
Take this from me, please
I don't wish to recognize your hate, I am not held in your fate
Exorcise the demons you hold dear, This path is not the way
Take this from me, Give me peace
Take this from me, I need release
Take this from me, please
Take this from me, Give me peace
Take this from me, I need release
Take this from me, please
Take it all from me, Take this from me, please
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Dawn of Spring
03:46
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Wake up to the sun, we will rise as one
This is the dawn of spring, we reveal everything
Without meaning to, resist the rules
We've come for you, you know what to do
There is no fading light, We fire out insight
This is a life renewed, This is the answer skewed
Without really trying, We still feel like flying
We've come for you, You know what to do
This is everything you need
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Of Lines Powered
03:57
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*your guess is as good as mine...
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Take A Day
03:39
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We'll just turn our heads and plug our ears
All our eyes snap shut, when you show us what is what
Why don't we take a day and breathe
We don't have to fight Leave the bullets in the bag
Let's sit out this dance And look to the skies
Why don't we take a day and breathe
I can't explain, how it feels To win the war, I don't know
Why don't we take a day and breathe
I can't explain, how it feels To win the war, I don't know
Can you crawl out of the mire today
Will we rise above the desire of folly
Can we call the ghosts home
It's not worth the fight
Why don't we take a day and breathe
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The Rest
03:56
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I am just an alien in this foriegn world
In synthetic flesh circling the drain
I won't ever be impressed by this rotten mind
Maggots devouring former genius kind
We don't care what you have to say
You're just as lost and ignorant as the rest
You're a nightmare, You're a promise lost
You're just a number, A function of cost
We don't care what you have to say
You're just as lost and ignorant as the rest
I am just an animal stalking human kind
If you see a smile, it's already too late
Caged idiocy in your decaying skull
It looks like you're the fool in this fairy tale
We don't care what you have to say
You're just as lost and ignorant as the rest
Are you finished yet?
We don't care what you have to say
You're just as lost and ignorant as the rest
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It Will Be
03:58
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I've got a lot of life to live, I've got another mission here
Good luck to all the pillars of salt, I'm never looking back
It's just one more reason to feel the sun
It's not an excuse to run
I'm feeling conquest is in my cards tonight
I'm seeing color-blind animals in my heart
Good luck to the sycophants, I'm never looking back
It's just one more reason to feel the sun
It's not an excuse to run
I'll call in every favor owed, I am every word known
I'm doing well enough to laugh, I know every step on this path
In the fields I'll always be alive, this is the way it will be, it will be
It's just one more reason to feel the sun
It's not an excuse to run
I'll call in every favor owed, I am every word known
I'm doing well enough to laugh, I know every step on this path
In the fields I'll always be alive, this is the way it will be, it will be
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Lucky Man
04:00
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I find myself dreaming of another point in time
With images formerly unknown
I walk in a world I created
But it's nothing that I own
I have been a poor but lucky man
All my days could have been worse
I am an example of what I used to be
I am a warning to my kind
I could elaborate on what I chose
But I'm tired in my mind
I have been a poor but lucky man
All my days could have been worse
I see everything, I know what it means
I have been a poor but lucky man
All my days could have been worse
I find myself talking to rocks and walls
It's as if there are no ears
Forever talking to those who will not listen
They've been deaf all my years
I have been a poor but lucky man
All my days could have been worse
I see everything, I know what it means
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Hideaway
03:30
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Where were you, where you thought you'd be
Your love alive, what did you see
Cover me in kisses, cover me with dirt
I'll never wish you harm, never wish you hurt
Oh, no no no, hideaway
Why did you leave, did they treat you bad
Led you by the sleeve, made you go so mad
Cover me in blankets, cover me with leaves
Wonder if we'll make it, all possibilities
Oh, no no no, hideaway
Where will you go, stay here with me
Oh, now I know, what's missing from me
Cover me in roses, cover me with thorns
All their bleeding noses, we told them, they were warned
Oh, no no no, hideaway
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I'm Right
02:54
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I think it's gonna be a two pint night
Chomping at the bit to start a fight
There ain't no way to stop it cuz I know I'm right
There ain't no way to stop it cuz I know I'm right
I try to calm my brain but it's fighting back
It's just another trick to make them laugh
I try to calm my brain but it's fighting back
It's just another trick to make them laugh
I won't fall for it
I think I found a reason to stay alive
If it slips away I won't revive
There ain't no way to stop it cuz I know I'm right
There ain't no way to stop it cuz I know I'm right
I try to calm my brain but it's fighting back
It's just another trick to make them laugh
I try to calm my brain but it's fighting back
It's just another trick to make them laugh
I won't fall for it
I guess you think you've won this round
I guess you think you're pretty funny now
I try to calm my brain but it's fighting back
It's just another trick to make them laugh
I try to calm my brain but it's fighting back
It's just another trick to make them laugh
I won't fall for it
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(Instrumental)
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Sha're I've been searching for you
Sha're I've been searching all these years
Through the desert I've crawled
Waiting for you to come around
Sha're I won't force you
Sha're I won't force you to be mine
I've been walking through a wilderness unalive
I've been standing here waiting for you to arrive
Since that demon took you, I've been standing here
Since I've stopped to think, It's all been clear
Sha're I won't force you
Sha're I won't force you to be mine
Sha're, I'll love you, till the day I die
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Too Far
03:30
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Alone in here, with nothing left to win
No more fear, and life keeps sinking in
And I'm alive, but who knows for how long
We run away, too far
We get along, the best way we know how
So what's so wrong, with living it up right now
Cuz we're alive, so why not burn out right
We run away, too far
We don't want what we don't need
At least that's what we tell ourselves
We can't help wondering why, we think there's something more
We run away, too far
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We Believe in Cubby Blue
02:35
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We believe in cubby blue, we have no fear
We believe in cubby blue, this is our year
We've been in Wrigley for one hundred years
From rooftops to the bleachers we will always cheer
Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go!
This is our year, it's here
We believe in cubby blue, we have no fear
We believe in cubby blue, this is our year
We always listen on the radio
To WGN they always have the show
It's Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go!
This is our year, it's here
We believe in cubby blue, we have no fear
We believe in cubby blue, this is our year
So when you go to Wrigley Field be sure to always cheer
Come on guys let's get some runs! This is our year!
Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go!
This is our year, it's here
We believe in cubby blue, we have no fear
We believe in cubby blue, this is our year
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Matt Sams Chicago, Illinois
Matt Sams is a singer/songwriter and producer from the Chicago area. He has been performing music and writing songs for over
twenty years. Influenced by classic and alternative rock bands like: The Who, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Big Country.
Matt has written and recorded over 800 songs and continues to create every day.
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