YOUNG WATER

If you wait in line, you may find that time won’t stop for anyone
Not even you

Brand new, no looking back at that little room that you kept yourself inside 
Fade out on a life and leave it far behind

Like Young water, hey hey
Flowing for the first time
Like Young water, hey hey
Flowing for the first time

Step out of every mold they’ve breathe in
It doesn’t feel the same, it’s so nice to finally be free.
And I — feel it rising
And I feel it coming

Like Young water, hey hey
Flowing for the first time
Like Young water, hey hey
Flowing for the first time

Spotlight, don’t think to hard about every move
Trust yourself, the moment is one before you ever knew it was yours 
I’m in the middle of something, moving fast and always worrying about everything

Young water, hey hey
Flowing for the first time
Like Young water, hey hey
Flowing for the first time

Young water, hey hey
Flowing for the first time
Like Young water, hey hey
Flowing for the first time

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I’ll try to say you’ve won.
The good has come undone.
I tried to give you all you wanted and
still we went down in flames.

Look up. who have we become.
Too much. And all at once.
Until now we’ve been drowning inside our  skin
Surface we need the air.

Hold my breath and maybe you’ll come back,
We can forget the past and be one again.

Your tears, the sharpest blade.
Both sides, we bleed the same.
Fighting now won’t help it only makes things worse.
Sit down, please drop the knife.

Hold my breath and maybe you’ll come back,
We can forget the past and be one again.

I’ll try to say you’ve won.

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PLANS

When I fall down I, I look to you
When I grow tired I go home with you
It is so simple, when we collide.
Cling to these moments side by side

I don’t see anything wrong with trying to fly.

Just for the evening
Forget your past
I’ll do the same so we can make it last 
We take off through the night
With roses in hand and a lifetime of plans
We’ve made for the rest of our days

I don’t see anything wrong with trying to fly.
I don’t see anything wrong with trying to fly.

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RIGHT / FAIR

It’s not right to take it out on you
It’s not fair to do what I do
And I’ve thought so hard about how I effect you
No it’s right
No it’s not fair
It’s not right
No it’s not…

It’s not right to fight about it
When you have gone through so many things I could only dream of
No it’s not right to go on about useless things that only tear us apart

It’s not right
It’s not fair
No it’s not right 
It’s not right…

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OVER AND AGAIN

No one will be home for another several / seven hours
What are you gonna do?
Someone’s always forgetting someone, forgetting someone
What else is new?

And I’m freezing, I’m so cold.
But I love you, so what the hell does this mean?

Sitting on the front porch, flowers tucked beneath my arm
And my heart, extended towards the door
I know it’s not what you wanted, but I hate to ask for just a little more

Yeah, I’m still freezing, and that was so many years ago.
But I still love you, I thought that you should know

Over and over
Again and again

It may not be your fault, but I’ve told I need to find someone to blame
Latchkey kids keep coming up through the seams in the space of our father’s dreams

And I’m freezing, yeah I’m so cold
And I love you, but what the hell does that mean.

Over and over and over and over

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AROUND THE BEND

I’m through. I don’t have anything to prove, I’m done.
I’ve tried to hold you close but now my hands are tied behind my back.
There’s nothing left to do. Oh why…

On and on we go down this winding road
We’ve lost what we had found.
Let’s turn this car around.

This ride has taken more than it ever gave, and I’m through with it.
Another time around the bend again we hit the curve and lost control.
We never found the road. Oh why…

We’re spinning out.
We’re headed for the for the cliff
An impending crash where two hearts are bound to split.

On and on we go down this winding road
We’ve lost what we had found.
Let’s turn this car around.

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GLASS BOX

Watching closely as they avert their eyes.
Ignore the boy lost in space. 
Let him drown in his own thoughts unkind.
Drain all the hope left in his mind.

The only remedy is to shut the door.
Pull closed the curtains, and hear no more.
All the joy that comes from love… it suffocates
Wonder if I’ll ever feel that way.

Because a look from the outside
feels like I’m trapped in a box on the wrong side.
A look from the inside and I feel it is my fault.

Stand tall and be strong these wall won’t let you fall
until, of course, you do.
Cracked under pressure, the water pours right in
Catch your breath and submerge

Because a look from the outside
feels like I’m trapped in a box on the wrong side.
A look from the inside and I feel it is my fault.

Inside this room I feel like I can’t hardly breathe
Fog up the glass inside this box
Hope one day some time soon I will talk to you
But until then I’ll just push on through… 

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THOUGHTFUL INTROSPECTION

I have found a place where I can restart
Somewhere safe to rest and mend this broken heart
For too long I’ve lived in a cage of my own design.
Now, I see it clear — a life I can call mine.

Let me stay here just a bit longer.

Wished it all away just to beg for it back
Funny how life just slips through your hands
Face to face with all my deep seeded ghosts
I left my family there, and they love me the most.

I can’t believe you keep coming back to me
Cause I’m so concerned with myself
I . . . 
And I . . . 

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IS THIS FOREVER?

Please find a place for me to go
It’s where I’ll run to, say goodnight
Take me there, so far away from everything I love 
like a lion too shamed of all his pride.
Just give me a moment to rest my eyes.

Push all the fear aside
Make space inside your head
It wants to surface just as fast as you can drown it out filter out
All the noise that keeps you buzzing through the night
Perhaps it is useless to try hide

Take a breath, it might be over soon.
When I wake I may ask myself: Is this forever?

Please find a place for me to go
To make sense of all this mess of mine. 
Why can’t it be so simple?
Why can’t it be so simple? 
Why can’t it be…

Take a breath, it might be over soon.
When I wake I may find: this was all just a dream

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TRUTH

Stepping stones, of a rather small size
Deflect my wayward glances. The wonder in your eyes

So cut me down and send me on my way.
All of these old skeletons dwell on yesterday.

There’s no turning back
It’s close to half past two. 
I’m further from my failures and closer to the truth.

The truth…
(Hey now)