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Lyrics:
Black and white, are the colors we’ve spread
Right and wrong have seemed to be the first threat
To the waters that are calm
To the dove in our palms.
I know you want to understand me
I know you don’t want me to just agree
I know you’ve got your stand
And I know you want more than just peace
You want the truth
But it’s got sides
We argue there’s only one
We get lost in the night sometimes
Can we keep on trying
To see left and right
Can we keep us together
Can we shed a little light
Can we see the whole picture
Can we reach a greater height
Can we talk this out
Can we talk it all night
Cause we want the same things
That’s why we fight
Isn’t it crazy - we want the same things
We gotta talk until it’s right
We want the truth
And its got sides
Let’s find what’s in me and you
All the love between the lines
Let’s talk about our pain
Share our fears
Talk about hate
And feelings of love and tears
Can we talk this out, can we talk this out
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2. |
This Is Beautiful
03:26
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Lyrics:
If feeling good is thinking of you
Then thinking of you’s what I’ll do
As deep as the sky I see
That’s the room you give to me
To breathe
There’s nowhere I need to be but here
To look you in the eyes melts my fear
The things that turn out all the lights
Now bring the stars out at night
And it’s still bright
And I feel free
Cause it’s all in this moment
And it’s so sweet
To know this
And it’s so beautiful
Instrumental break
And I feel free
Cause it’s all in this moment
And it’s so sweet
To know this
Now I’m floating singing this song
Knowing that you’re listening along
Makes me know that I’m alive
Makes me not afraid to die
Cause I’m living life
And I feel free
Even if for a moment, cause it’s all in this moment
And it’s so sweet
To know this
And it’s so beautiful
This is beautiful
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3. |
So Damn Cool
02:43
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Lyrics:
I can’t admit that I’m wanting you tonight
I can’t believe that I feel the need to be with you
Just be with you
I never let someone in even though I’ve tried
I find a way to pretend so I never feel at night
It’s an easy life
But ohh
Something changed
Somehow you found a way
To get in my brain
What did you do
How come I’m thinking of you
You’re so damn cool
It maybe soon to assume that I’m falling here
But clearly I’m in a stumble you’ve caught my legs by surprise
Hope I’m hypnotized
There was a moment between us that just flipped a switch
And now the future seems friendly what a pleasure to lie in this
Sublime infinite
This is something I just can’t ignore
Something crazy that no words can explore
There’s something not explained
I just need
To get to you
See you tonight
Woah
Something changed
Somehow you found a way
To get in my brain
What did you do
How come I’m thinking of you
You’re so damn cool
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4. |
As You Let Go
03:03
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Lyrics:
Please don’t be so hard on yourself
I wanna hear what you have to say
and I know you gotta lot on your mind
so let’s lay down and stare at the sky
til you start to spill your secrets
til you forget that I’m listening
til you start to bloom like a rose
driving down those sweet old roads
And everything comes
As you let go
The sun has just begun to shine its rays
And together with the clouds it was worth the wait
The more you say your dreams they come awake
To hear you smile makes my day
and as you start to spill your secrets
I’m loving every single minute
and as you start to bloom like a rose
I’m with you trav’lin yellow brick roads
And everything comes
As you let go
And as your spilling all your secrets
Everything in my heart starts singing
And your soul is shining like it knows
Where the gold is under every rainbow
And everything comes
As you let go
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Lyrics:
Why say ‘I love you’ when you clearly don’t
only say you want me
when I try to go
you’ve got all I’ve given
I don’t have much left
picking up torn ribbons
trying to clean up my mess
I’m not the one for you
Can you please make these words feel true
So my heart can make its way
so why drag this out
why stretch this lie
I want to believe it
but my tears still aren’t dry
I’m not ashamed that I’ve lost this game
but we both know it so why you still trying to play?
My hand’s waving bye to you
but my heart still can’t leave the room
as my body walks away
ooohh
I’m on my way from you
but I keep looking back at you
I swear I’m not the one for you
It kills me please just say it’s true
And let my heart leave
ooh even though I know
why can’t you let me go
Oh oh why can’t you let me go
Oh oh why can’t you let me go
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6. |
Back To My Place
03:18
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Lyrics:
Round hole I was always the square peg
I thought I always needed to change
Smiles got heavy and broke my face
I only - showed the sides - I needed to hide my shame
But up became down, right felt so wrong I got lost - and though
Night stole the day and clouds killed the light somehow I woke up in time
To find my way back to my place
To hear the boy that was always amazed
To taste, smell, feel all the wet in the rain
See-the-colours, fill-my-hope as fireworks retraced my name - in the sky
Now everything’s changed, I’m not the same but I’m back right
I’ll stay myself, and let whatever else wants to come my way come
And I will stay in this beautiful place
Sing my song and let it fill me with grace.
I will grow in my beautiful place
Sing my song and let light in, there’s no other way
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7. |
What A Beautiful View
03:33
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Lyrics:
The way that she looks at him makes me want her
But I know it’s not her I want / She's glowing with pride
Cause all his love for her shines
And I’m jealous cause I WANT what they’ve got
Her heart’s floating in the air / And his heart is too
Like a scene from a Disney cartoon
And I’m right in front of this / There’s no way I can’t notice
But it’s such a beautiful view
To see what it looks like / Reminds my eyes
To be right in front of them / Melts me like spring does to ice
Somehow this has woken some hope / Deep in my soul
Maybe this could happen / Somehow I just don’t need to know
Now as I drive home alone / Lights guiding where I go
I can’t help but feel good inside
There’s nothing more that I’m wanting / Nothing less that I need
The most important part me’s back alive
To feel what it looks like / Reminds my mind
Frees my attention / To take in little things in this big life
Somehow this is something I know / Deep in my soul
I know this can happen / Somehow I feel like I know
Love is a crazy thing, that changes your view
I know this is nothing new,
what a beautiful viewwww
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8. |
Good Strong Boat
02:51
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Lyrics:
There’s nothing I know and nothing I need to know
To find my way
My heart is my home I’m sailing this good strong boat
Pointed away from the shore
As I stare at the stars
The lights not lost on me
Floating through the Milky Way
Somehow the lines just fade away
And how am I supposed to know
A place where I’ve never ever been
And whether the earth is round or flat it all remains, remains to be seen
And why would I ever go back I know it like the back of me
There’s nothing I know and nothing I need to know
To find my way
My heart is my home I’m sailing this good strong boat
Pointed away from the shore
I’m learning
I know nothing
And this learning tells me something
Yes I’m learning
There’s nothing I know and nothing I need to know
To find my way
My heart is my home I’m sailing this good strong boat
Pointed away from the shore
I’m losing my way into a bigger space
Of what I don’t know
My home is my heart that’s where I’ll always start
To make my way home
Make my way
Make my way home
Make my way
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9. |
No One Dies In Vain
03:25
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Lyrics:
No one dies in vain
Love can never be erased
Love continues to work its way
No one dies in vain
When someone’s taken away
Nothing remains the same
Light slowly seeps through the ground
Til it finds our darkest place
Eyes console and heal and open
Arms stretch out and hearts connect with another side
Dark skies cry for light
Bright stars need night
Peace needs the fight
Love sees no wrong or right
And love will save us
Love will save us
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10. |
It Just Kills Me
04:08
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Lyrics:
Out of my dreams out of my day
Into my room she sang
But I couldn't bare to see
What might run away from me eventually so I
Use her and lose my way
Oh she’s not safe
Use her cause I've lost my way
The song I sing's always the same
It’s melancholy melody colours her face
Falsetto so soft it uplifts the whole place just for awhile
Just for awhile
Guess I'm still asleep
Not sure if I can wake up
It's so comfortable - and I'm not sure if I should be scared
Maybe some people aren't meant to be paired
Cause over and over I
Use her and lose my way
Oh she’s not safe
Use her I've lost my way
Kills me every time
I let my dreams float on by, I'm shocked
By the state of my careless denial
Of all my lies
And I keep on putting it off
Just for awhile - Just for awhile
It just kills me everytime
I love her and leave her
I use her, believe all my lies
It just kills me
The song I sing's always the same
I paint a big bright sun and then burn in the rain
Apologize and run and then try to regain
Her softer side and it all starts again..
It starts again...
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11. |
Bad Attitude
02:21
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Lyrics:
I've got a bad attitude
It’s just my point of view
the way I look at you
its dark and cold and cruel
There's nothing you could say
I've gone and thrown you away
you never had a chance to stay
and you were perfectly made
there's nothing in my heart
nothing in my hands that I can give to you
all I ever see is what I really need
and what you can give to me. X2
I've got a bad attitude
It’s just my point of view
it keeps me feeling blue
when I look at you
I'm past the point of return
don't think I'll ever learn
I play in fire and burn
feels good when it hurts
I'll never get my way
I've got no cards to play
pathetic bluff gives my eyes away
and like always I just run away
there's nothing in my heart
nothing in my hands that I can give to you
all I ever see is what I really need
and what you can give to me. X2
and it’s never enough, no never enough
I've got a bad attitude
the way I look at you
it’s just my point of view
I've got a bad attitude
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12. |
Anything But Over
02:56
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Lyrics:
Twist and turn in my maze
Lost control of my body and place
Close ghosts of my past
Caught up with me and made me crash
You know, you know, you know my path
You know, you know you know the way to me
I’ve come to the end of the road
There’s no more signs to where I wanna go
Lights are out and it’s dark
Nothing in my way but a great big wall to start
It’s anything but over
I can tell you now it’s anything but over
Even if you know
Nothing but the walk will get you to go
Even if there’s nothing to say
Everything is said at the end of the day
You never give up on me
You let me find my way
I’ve got all that is needed
So I can’t lose my place
There’s something deep within me
That keeps me in this race
I never think that it’s over
Cause over and over its me you save
You already know that I’ve made it
But I’ve got so much to prove and nothing at all
You know that I’ll do this over
Ask the question why and say its anything but over
It’s anything but over / It’s anything but over over
It’s anything but over / It’s anything but over over
It’s anything but over / It’s anything but over
It’s anything but over
Even though I’ve been down
I know you wouldn’t let me drown
I’ve been meaning to pray
No more can I run from you away
You know you know you know the way
You know you know you know the way to me
You’ve gone and stripped away my clothes
You may have taken my shelter, shelter
And I am
standing in the rain
And this is anything but over over over
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13. |
Quietly Loving
03:53
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Lyrics:
The nickname I call you
The moment we met
The places we’ve been to
Keep our love in my head
I’m not much of a writer
Wish there were words I could steal
A choir to sing them
From a mountain top so you could hear how I feel
Dreams that we both still share
Roads that have led us there
Still can’t believe you’re mine
Well past this simple life
Forever and always
You know I love you
Though I struggle to tell you
I hope you can feel me
When I’m looking right at you
I want you to know this
Notice my heart in my hands
Know when I’m quiet, I’m quietly loving you
Don’t need to remember, where we haven’t been yet
Cause where we are going, we will never forget
You know I love you
Though I struggle to tell you
I hope you can feel me
When I’m looking right at you
I want you to know this
Notice my heart in my hands
Know when I’m quiet, I’m quietly loving you always
Always, always, always
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Lyrics:
Black and white, are the colors we’ve spread
Right and wrong have seemed to be the first threat
To the waters that are calm
To the dove in our palms.
I know you want to understand me
I know you don’t want me to just agree
I know you’ve got your stand
And I know you want more than just peace
You want the truth
But it’s got sides
We argue there’s only one
We get lost in the night sometimes
Can we keep on trying
To see left and right
Can we keep us together
Can we shed a little light
Can we see the whole picture
Can we reach a greater height
Can we talk this out
Can we talk it all night
Cause we want the same things
That’s why we fight
Isn’t it crazy - we want the same things
We gotta talk until it’s right
We want the truth
And its got sides
Let’s find what’s in me and you
All the love between the lines
Let’s talk about our pain
Share our fears
Talk about hate
And feelings of love and tears
Can we talk this out, can we talk this out
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David Blair Vancouver, British Columbia
David is a hugger, conversationalist, dancer, athlete, lover and adventure junky! Maker of music videos and video blogs you can find some of his adventures on youtube along with his videos at www.youtube.com/davidblairmusic
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