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 [Verse 1]

Time isn’t kind

To the few who stay gentle

It’s a game of cruel pretend

Making victims an example

Well I’m not made of stone

I’ve got hopes high as heaven

And I know why angels fall

God gave wings but not attention

[Chorus 1]

Do you hear my silent screams?

All the songs I never sing?

If this life means anything

Let it ease my mind

[Verse 2]

Gold changes truth

And the truth loses value

If the price remains the same

Will I lose my better virtue

Chasing fools so in love

With the frauds who play as wise men

While their goal remains in vain

Find a diamond in the coal bin 

[Chorus 2]

Do you hear my silent screams?

All the songs I never sing?

If this life means anything

Let it ease my mind

Every choice leaves paths untried

No matter which, it’s do or die

When the morning breaks the sky

Will it ease my mind? 

[Bridge]

Is the man inside the mirror

A friend to me or foe?

Are the friends I meet for dinner

Spectators at my freak show?

Do I see the blade before me

Or the green glow on the bay?

Can anybody show me

My own yellow brick way?

If life is but a tale we tell,

Please tell me mine is good

While I’m in this living hell

They call a path toward sainthood

I have too many questions

For god to fit in verse

So please don’t give suggestions

You’ll only make it worse

[Chorus 3]

Do you hear my silent screams? (If you hear my screams)

All the songs I never sing? (In every song I sing)

If this life means anything (It won’t mean a thing)

Let it ease my mind

Every choice leaves paths untried (Every path I try)

No matter which, it’s do or die (Leading where I’ll die)

When the morning breaks the sky (To the morning sky)

Will it ease my mind?

[Verse 1]
Translucent spirits, they appear
Through the fog of my own tears
I cry for you, but you don’t care at all
Your indifference, it haunts me still
Like raindrops on my windowsill
Were you only mesmerized by how I fall?

[Chorus]
Is it flying? Is it falling?
Is the ghost of you still calling?
Plaguing me with all the with heartbreak
‘Cause I gave my trust in vain
Is it feeling? Is it trauma?
Does the ghost of you still wanna
Pop champagne
And toast to my mistakes?
Is it you I miss or is it just the pain?

[Verse 2]
Delusions gave me peace of mind
The time you turned my tears to wine
I was drunk on every miracle and hoax
Tainted by every shade of you
The specter fades like memories do
Now I see you as you are, not how I hoped

[Chorus]
Is it flying? Is it falling?
Is the ghost of you still calling?
Plaguing me with all the with heartbreak
‘Cause I gave my trust in vain
Is it feeling? Is it trauma?
Does the ghost of you still wanna
Pop champagne
And toast to my mistakes?
Is it you I miss or is it just the pain?

[Bridge]
My hallways still recall your scent
L’Homme Fantôme decadence
You linger in the air, but it won’t last
I’ll exorcize you from my bones
Shake you from the shadows of my home
You promised me a future
But present me with past

[Chorus]
Is it flying? Is it falling?
Is the ghost of you still calling?
Plaguing me with all the with heartbreak
‘Cause I gave my trust in vain
Is it feeling? Is it trauma?
Does the ghost of you still wanna
Pop champagne
And toast to my mistakes?
Is it you I miss or is it just the pain?

[Outro]
Maybe the ghost of me
It haunts you the same way
Please let these ghosts fade away
God bless these ghosts to fade away

[Verse 1]
No more letting my guard down
No more faith to no end
No more putting out fires for the liars
Who pretend they're my friends
No more saying I'm sorry
No more trying to prove
That I'm not the extra spare
You just don't know how to care
Like I do

[Chorus]
Oh, and I say it's not enough
To pretend that were golden, we're not
You showed me that behind your shine
There's rust
Oh, and I say it's not too late
To admit that you made a mistake
Time can erase, and I can place my trust
In you

[Verse 2]
So there's no going back now
So you've written me out
So it's time to cut ties, say goodbyes
Learn how to live without
No remedial treatment
There's no miracle cure
No forgiveness for your crime
I'll forget I called you mine
Someday I'm sure

[Chorus]
Oh, and I say it's not enough
To pretend that were golden, we're not
You showed me that behind your shine
There's rust
Oh, and I say it's not too late
To admit that you made a mistake
Time can erase, and I can place my trust

[Bridge]
Just like that old music box
I bought for you back in Austin
You left it in the rain one night
It never played the same
Rusted tines, corroded cogs
The dance is done, the music stopped
You left me in the rain that night
Hoping in vain
You broke me into pieces
Shattered my resolve
What's the use in fixing things
You never took care of?
I'll head back on the Highway
Take the road out west
Let the Sunset bring me closure
But I won't forget

[Chorus]
Oh, and I say it's not enough (it's not enough)
To pretend that were golden, we're not
You showed me that behind your shine
There's rust
Oh, and I say it's far too late
To admit that you made a mistake
(admit you made a mistake)
Time can erase, but I won't place my trust
In you

[Intro]

Fair skies for the Bay Area

High today of 70 degrees for the City

Low tonight of 55

Currently 75 in San Jose

70 in Oakland

66 in San Francisco

[Verse 1]

Summer highway heat keep my windows down

I'd drive a thousand miles to hold you

Never felt a thing before you came around

I'd drive a thousand miles to know you care

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Like I do

Share this with me

What I find in you

Makes me believe

[Chorus]

That someday soon the world will find some room

For me and you to build a life like lovers do

You and me believe so differently

But darling boy, you alone can bring me joy

[Verse 2]

Keep it in my mind, set the words to song

Perform it for the moonlight till the dawn

Suddenly I find the old story's wrong

Love doesn't take a moment—the journey is long

[Pre-Chorus 2]

And with you

The road winds through clouds

Take in this view

Take in the sound

[Chorus]

Of someday soon the world will find some room

For me and you to build a life like lovers do

You and me believe so differently

But darling boy, you alone can bring me joy

[Verse 3]

Summer highway heat leads me to the coast

I never thought I needed, but I need you the most

I'll bring the rain if you'll raise a toast

The universe is happier and more than I hoped

[Pre-Chorus 3]

It to be

Your love in my hands

All at once I can see

And I understand

[Bridge]

And if they say my heart needs reinvention

I'll shrug it off without contention

All my life and all inside

Begins and ends with me by your side

I have no qualms nor inner turmoil

My heart is calm, my blood don't boil

Anymore

It's you that I adore

And we'll be okay

We can reach that day

But until the way is made

We'll say

[Chorus]

Someday soon the world will find some room

For me and you to build a life like lovers do

You and me believe so differently

But darling boy, you alone can bring me joy

[Outro]

And the joy, it grows

And the heavens know

That someday soon we'll show

The ones we'll have to have and to hold

[Verse 1]

If I can't have love

Let me have song

I need something to believe in

When my better days are gone

I'll show you good

Restore your peace

Somehow make you see the beautiful

And hide the worst of me

[Chorus]

Take time to understand

I'm passing like a train

I'm made of insubstantial promises

Constellations gone unnamed

I'm losing sleep on foolish dreams

Crossing lines I couldn't see

Please watch yourself 'round wishing wells

Still water hides what lies beneath

And don't look too deep

Don't look too deep

[Verse 2]

If my days were short

Would I have more drive

Does the summit feel much closer

Once you've lost your fear of heights

If eternal youth

Were a genuine thing

Would I squander my forever

Chasing other fantasies

[Chorus]

Take time to understand

I'm passing like a train

I'm made of insubstantial promises

Constellations gone unnamed

I'm losing sleep on foolish dreams

Crossing lines I couldn't see

Please watch yourself 'round wishing wells

Still water hides what lies beneath

And don't look too deep

Don't look too deep

[Bridge]

Oh

Make up your mind

Do you want power or to be kind

Keep

Oh

Keep the porch light on

Till it burns out

I'll be searching this little town

For truth or fiction

New religion

Find my solace

In the causeless

Make it better

With a letter

That I'll never

Deliver

Words won't fix what never worked

Love was never meant to hurt

[Chorus]

Take time to understand

I'm passing like a train

I'm made of insubstantial promises

Constellations gone unnamed

I'm losing sleep on foolish dreams

I'm crossing lines I couldn't see

Please watch yourself 'round wishing wells

You don't know what lies beneath

And don't look too deep

Don't look too deep

[Verse 1]

The sun sets through the fog

I can’t see much at all

But the golden light on your face

Steals my breath away

This scene feels like a movie

With unruly people moving

Through the dark, it’s unsettling

But babe you’re a blessing

To me

[Chorus 1]

Can you see me in the passing glare

Of the midnight traffic, my dear?

Can you hear me when the sounds of the city

Drown out my songs to your ear?

Whenever you’re near

We’ll find paradise here

[Verse 2]

A rigid mountain town

Where there’s nobody around

Who believes in our story

And what you mean to me

Our kisses kept in secret

Like we’re Romeo and Juliet

But I know that ending

So let’s stop pretending

Break free

[Chorus 2]

Can you see me in the ghostly reflection

Of moonlight on crystalline snow?

Can you hear me when I whisper “I love you”

So none of the neighbors will know?

Whenever you’re near

We’ll find paradise here

[Bridge]

Be it mountains or valleys or miles of coast

In the jungles of concrete or general stores

I’ll make you the prime destination of mine

Who needs a vacation when you’re paradise?

Be it highways or chemtrails or winding dirt roads

So long as I’m with you wherever we go

Will be my favorite town

San Francisco or Yellowstone

Who needs a vacation

When you are my home sweet home?

[Chorus 3]

Can you see me in the cinnamon glow

Of the light spilling under our door?

Can you hear my promise

“I’ll love you forever

My darling, you’re all I adore”

Whenever you’re near

We’ll find paradise here

Whenever you’re near

We’ll find paradise here

[Verse 1]

Don't you forget I love you

It's the love I try to hide

But it's too real to pretend otherwise

When the dark doesn't hide your golden eyes

I'm trying not to fall

When it's all falling at my feet

I'm done watching the ceiling

When the sheep won't let me sleep

I'm cutting through the masking tape

From boxes in the hall

I'm watching stars alone at night

And maybe one will fall

[Chorus]

Maybe

You'll come back to me

Maybe

You'll come back to me

[Verse 2]

Do you regret that moment

Picking apples in the rain

Knowing things won't be the same anymore

It's your tenderness inside I adore

Don't tell me not to hesitate

'Cause it's not up to you

If I move too slow it's on me

I've got a lot to lose

I'm packing up my sleeping bag

And heading out the door

There's criminals and Gabriels

Along the road before me

[Chorus]

Maybe

You'll come back to me

Maybe

You'll come back to me

[Bridge]

Don't you forget I love you

I showed you how I felt

Tryna chip away your shell

But maybe you're solid stone

Maybe I don't have a bone

To pick with you and that's alright

That's okay

I love you anyway

[Chorus]

And maybe

You'll come back to me

Maybe

You'll come back to me

[Outro]

Maybe

Maybe our love is gone for good

Maybe it never should have been

Maybe it won't

Maybe it won't

Maybe it never will come back to me

But maybe… maybe

[Verse 1]

I guess I took issue

From the moment he kissed you

Double cross my heart and hope to die

He promised you clover

You wrote me "it's over"

You sold your peace and spent all mine

[Chorus]

So don't say hello if you see me again

You left me for dead in the rubble

Elicit my world's insurmountable ruin

And go your merry way untroubled

[Verse 2]

I saw you in London

In the face of a gunman

Only yours was free of ashes

Accosted by memory

And the wish you were with me

Buff the rose tint off my glasses

[Chorus]

So don't say hello if you see me again

You left me for dead in the rubble

Elicit my world's insurmountable ruin

And go your merry way untroubled

[Post-Chorus]

Never mind my peace of mind

My wasted time, my boundary lines

I lost on you, my faithless kith and kin

I'd never faced this kind of rage

A Great War waged in love estranged

I lost to you, but earned my peace again

[Bridge]

Rest my soul, I'm lavender blue now

Without your insensible gray

Let the sun go down on me tonight

I won't miss the warmth of its rays

[Chorus]

Don't say hello if you see me again

You left me for dead in the rubble

Elicit my world's insurmountable ruin

And go your merry way untroubled

[Post-Chorus]

Never mind my peace of mind

My wasted time, my boundary lines

I lost on you, my faithless kith and kin

I'd never faced this kind of rage

A Great War waged in love estranged

I lost to you, but earned my peace again

[Outro]

I'd never faced this kind of rage

A Great War waged in love estranged

I lost to you, but earned my peace again

[Verse 1]
I hung from your lips
Like Peter on the cross
Something 'bout the taste
Made me feel less lost
I wasn't innocent, I needed something different
You came around
With the promise of today
I knew all too well
How the heart gets played
I wasn't innocent, I needed something different

[Chorus]
Poisoned words, iced moonshine
Go down easy, but get worse with time
I'm drunk on you like a fool
Prison breaks on a moon-drunk night
Cowboys flickering in firelight
I'm drunk on you like a fool

[Verse 2]
I met you in the summer
When the days tarried long
In the heat of passion
Well, your touch felt wrong
I didn't know it then, you'd be my bitter end
My ultimate regret
Made me feel like a man
You built me up then broke me
Like the good ones can
I didn't know it then, you'd be my bitter end

[Chorus]
Poisoned words, iced moonshine
Go down easy, but get worse with time
I'm drunk on you like a fool
Prison breaks on a moon-drunk night
Cowboys flickering in firelight
I'm drunk on you like a fool

[Bridge]
Satiate my thirst
Give me all your worst
And I, I'll give you mine
Sunday school
Taught me 'bout that Golden Rule
But I, I guess iron is fine

[Chorus]
Poisoned words, iced moonshine
Go down easy, but get worse with time
I'm drunk on you like a fool
Prison breaks on a moon-drunk night
Cowboys flickering in firelight
I'm drunk on you like a fool

[Outro]
And I, I'll be alright (I wasn't innocent, I didn't know it then)
I'll be alright (I needed something different, you'd be my bitter end)
Just one more drink tonight

[Verse 1]
I've been a man without honor
Living only for the day
Bound to patterns of desire
Burning out my candle flame

[Chorus]
But it's alright now
I found my way to air out
All the skeletons in my closet
Said my secrets out loud
Living for tomorrow
Living for next year
All the time I borrow
Settles all my fears
Enter my golden age
Enter my golden age

[Verse 2]
I wanna live without drama
Find my peace in the now
Got a few dozen traumas
But look what healing allows

[Chorus]
It's alright now
I found my way to air out
All the skeletons in my closet
Said my secrets out loud
Living for tomorrow
Living for next year
All the time I borrow
Settles all my fears
Enter my golden age
Enter my golden age

[Bridge]
So give me your heart
Make it real, make it last
Make it through all the good
And the bad, and the blessed
Make it out of this town
Give it all, give all we've got
We've got each other
And who'd have thought you'd be mine?
You'd be my always
You'd be my golden age, my glory days
You'd be mine
My golden age, my glory days

[Chorus]
It's alright now
I found my way to air out
All the skeletons in my closet
Said my secrets out loud
Living for tomorrow
Living for next year
All the time I borrow
Settles all my fears
Enter my golden age
Enter my golden age (it's there on the horizon, a better day arriving)

[Outro]
So give me your heart
Make it real, make it last
Make it through all the good
And the bad, and the blessed
Make it out of this town
Give it all, give all we've got
We've got each other
And who'd have thought you'd be mine?
You'd be my always
You'd be my golden age, my glory days
You'd be mine
My golden age, my glory days

 [Verse 1]

Saturday morning  

Every hand you’ve held is here

You’ve cheered our spirits you’ve calmed our fears

Even in mourning

We can’t help but smile through the tears

Now you’re gone, but we feel you here

[Pre-Chorus]

You’ll rest by the wayside

Blessed by the way you loved in stride

American story of a good man who died

[Chorus]

You leave a legacy of love

That carries all of us

We’ll meet again in that good day

Thank you for your legacy of love

You’ll watch us from above

And we will follow you in your way

[Verse 2]

We tell the stories

We heard a thousand times before

Wonderfully strange, yet somehow true

We know the magic

Our sense of adventure comes from you

Beautiful father, we miss you

[Pre-Chorus]

You’ll rest by the wayside

Blessed by the way you loved in stride

American story of a good man who died

[Chorus]

You leave a legacy of love

That carries all of us

We’ll meet again in that good day

Thank you for your legacy of love

You’ll watch us from above

And we will follow you in your way

[Bridge]Sometimes I’ll still talk to you

Speaking to the sky knowing you’re nearby

I’ll go through the books you wrote

You’re in every word, kept in each verse

I’m humbled by the man you were

I’m grateful for the lessons I learned

A dedicated instrument, you were God’s hands

And in the times when life gets hard

I’ll think of you, and where you are

I’ll follow faithfully, the best of plans

You’re not far, and I hope someday

To be where you are

[Pre-Chorus]

You’ll rest by the wayside

Blessed by the way you loved in stride

No empty chairs in our heavenly home, abide

[Chorus]

You leave a legacy of love

That carries all of us

We’ll meet again in that good day

Thank you for your legacy of love

You’ll watch us from above

And we will follow you in your way