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On This Roof
02:16
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we worked on the roof all day / climbin up was kind of scary but i still felt mostly safe / my dad, from the front lawn, took a picture of me / I waved down from a high peak, that moment made me happy / i did an okay job / i was feelin kind of lazy so i didnt work that hard / i was sick all last week / caught me somethin nasty / though im feelin better now im still a little bummed out / there's this thought buggin me / what if everything that's happened is the best it'll ever be? / i know i shouldnt think too much / but i feel i'm getting old and old is older than it was / i know im wrong, i should be glad / on this roof i'm close to God and God is good so i'm not sad / i'm not sad / on this roof i'm close to God and God is good so i'm not sad / i'm not sad
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i tripped and i fell off the roof / luckily my body's dying proof / when i hit my skull won't crash in / i'll stand like nothing happened / even if my brains fall out of me / and it's my turn to walk into eternity / i am not scared of heaven cause i heard that it's grand there / how pretty is pretty / when you're livin' in god's gold city in the sun / how lucky is lucky / when the shinin light is touchin / your new face / i hope i hear the choir / who's singin Hosanna in the Highest / i wonder if they sing it forever? / if they do they better sing something better / i hope they have a couch there / so i can take a nap there / i'm sure i'd get real tired
of listenin to that choir / how pretty is pretty / when you're livin in god's gold city in the sun / how lucky is lucky / when the shinin light is touchin / oh how pretty has my pretty face become? / i heard of a ritual passing / in some little holy passage / they strip your clothes right off of you / and drape you in light that's bright and new / i heard they take your face away / and mix it up with a lump of clay / cook it in a little oven / till the flaws and the scars fall off it / well, take it away / i don't like mine's current shape / it's getting older and it is losing its place / oh give me a face / bright and new like your grace / make me a photograph / in your whole holy name / how pretty is pretty / when you're livin' in god's gold city in the sun / how lucky is lucky / when the shinin light is touchin / oh how pretty has my pretty face become? / how pretty has my pretty face become?
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oh, i am stayin' out the heat / the shinin' light is killing me / the air conditioner's calling me inside / weren't you at my house last week? / you knocked but i was fast asleep / i'll leave the door unlocked for you next time / there you were, brand new face / shinin' bright like christmas day / what a miracle you showed up at my door / there is always a space for you in my favourite place / i do love you, i do love you / in my home
today i woke up early / i'm hopin' that you'll come to me / i'm cleanin' up it looks real good inside / weren't you at my house last week? / well, come again i'm not asleep / i left the door unlocked for you this time / there you were, brand new face / shinin' bright like christmas day / what a miracle you showed up at my door / there is always a space for you in my favourite place / i do love you, i do love you / in my home / come around more often, you're my home
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Dirty Room
03:24
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dirty room looks like me / be a shame to keep it clean / for right now it'll stay on the floor in its right place
its right place / so much stuff around and it's part of me / i lay on the ground and i fit perfectly / when the carpet takes me in its perfect palm / my mess is a tomb and my love is embalmed / there's so much hiding under the floor / socks that i've lost and clothes i've ignored / all that has left is still here with me / old friends in hiding and old moments still living / all that has left is still here with me / nothing's ever gone and why would it be? / stuff always goes missing but it can't just leave / all that has left is still here with me / all that has left is still here with me / all that has left is still here with me / all that has left is still here with me / i'm surrounded by what used to be / it comforts me / it holds me tight / whispers to me sweetly almost every night / all that has left is still here with me / i'm surrounded by what used to be / it comforts me / it holds me tight / whispers to me sweetly almost every night
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The Train
04:03
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at the end of a long day / i'm digging up long ways till i poke out the ground / and i could let out a long sigh
or scream for a long time / and let it all out / but we had neighbors we had neighbors / who could hear me shout / and they're on neighborhood watch / so they'd just call the cops to come and check it all out / coulda told ya it would be okay / but there are some lies I just won't say / like there's sunshine after the rain / or that tomorrow is a better day / oooooooo / when we cry it sounds like a train / oooooooo / on the way to the corner store i see furniture set out / and it could open its mouth up wide like a boat horn / and let it all out / but we had neighbors we had neighbors / who could hear us shout / and they'd throw buckets of rain outside / to make mildew and quiet us down / coulda told ya it would be okay / but there are some lies i just won't say / like there's sunshine after the rain / or that tomorrow is a better day / oooooooo / when we cry it sounds like a train / oooooooo
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It Had You
04:28
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the sidewalk hit me like a comet / knocked my teeth into the air / i asked if you still loved me with no teeth / you said you didn't care / and i rolled off of that sidewalk / where my blood lives now with its new job / all without me / there's something in the air today / i know that you can feel it, too / it's shinin bright and swallowing me whole / i hope it don't get you / now you're screamin / and you're cryin / but my love I am not dyin / i am held by the horizon / that is rising above the mountain sea / like an orange grove / moving through me / something changing, peaceful and pounding / i'll be better than i had been / when i gave you fear like a fountain / when it had you / and it had you / there's something different in the air / it's me, my body in the wind / i live here now with my new job / and i can't wait to tell you where i've been / i hope you're listenin to me now / both hands cupped open beside your ears / if you would close your eyes
and be so quiet / you can hear me comin' in / like a rose topped / by a dew drop / spilling open and letting my love fall / into your heart / like a fountain / like a word foaming in your mouth when / when you're sleeping / sleeping near me / hold me closer and hear my heart beating / do you hear that? / that's forever / and when i say that i mean forever / i am not here / but i'm with you / spread your arms and i'll fall over you / just like last week / could you see me? / i was the air moving through your bedsheets / when it had you / it had you / it had you / it had you / oh, and it had you
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My Lord
04:10
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well, heaven came down fell with the rain / went & crashed right in the ground like a choo-choo train / i didn't have no sense about me so i went & checked it out / i got out of your bed, fell through the air / i floated till i got to heaven waiting there / it was flat as hell, musta crushed itself / it's a long long long way down / what a great secret / there's a mountain where the sea lives / and it's growin in front of me from the floor / someone on the peak speaks, / "i'm so happy you can see me" / I know you are, but what am I, my Lord? / well, terror came down fell through my veins / went & sank into my chest like the SS Maine / i didn't have no feelin in me when my feet stepped off the ground / i flew into the air up the mountainside / the wind kept blowin' up till we were high as high / i was soft as hell, like a newborn held / by a long long long long life / what a great secret / there's a mountain where the sea lives / and it's holdin me close up against its shore / someone next to me speaks, / "I'm so happy you're here with me" / I know you are, but what am I, my Lord?
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Waving Down
03:14
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here's what was said / "off with his head now / he needs a face / bright as a day now / throw it in the cold / cook it till it's warm now / drape him up in light / bright that he shines now" / here what I said / "I need my head now / what a pretty place / but i can not stay now / throw me down below / i wanna go home now / take me to the roof / and i promise you now / that i'll hold you forever / i'll hold you forever" / i'm not sure what happened / but as i'd hoped and imagined / i'm living up back on the roof / i'm waving down to ya / i'm waving down to ya / and i can't believe that it's you / there's a home in your center / wherever you're sittin / and my home is inside you, too / i'm waving down to ya / i'm waving down to ya / and when i get back home to you / i'll hold you forever / i'll hold you forever
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