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Orion
03:01
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Mortals, can they love again?
All hope, once dead, now it takes a breath.
In the mist, there is your kiss,
waiting for sunrise.
Caught inside diamonds of time
in the light of Orion.
Can you feel the moon make the waves?
And we glow.
Trials, passion, blinding
Omens, darkness on the lips, beckoning.
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2. |
Waking Up
03:52
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Riptides in her bloodstream,
and she feels she's losing her grip.
Pulse like a drum, it is pounding in her ear,
still as a stone.
Oh tell me now of your visions.
What do they say?
It's something more than the physical.
She's waking up.
Her body a sea of her hopes and fears.
She could taste the salt that night, the desire
for something more than the old ghost.
She's not the same. They say, "You've changed".
Heart-broken, she carries all the weight
of the world in her.
Come to me all who are weary, and I will give
you rest for your souls.
Oh, I've come to know
love makes all things new.
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3. |
Deja Vu
03:17
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Flecks of sunshine in her eyes
in the Atlantic summer night.
I loved you once, Victoria.
Kissed you in a park in Philadelphia.
Hoped for more, but it's not your fault.
It's deja vu, and I'm a fool for you.
Kissed her again in a dream.
Tell me what it means.
I could see your face
in the smile of a stranger
passing by today, oh
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4. |
Sunshine
03:22
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Summer fades softer
than the subtle things you say.
Up so late,
until the first autumn day.
And I search your soul's surface
for a faint vibration of home.
You were gone so long.
And you call back call back
just to ask what was wrong.
When you know so well,
it's you leaving the country country.
And you won't like this song
cause you only like happy ones.
Baby, I can't always be your sunshine sunshine.
She still dreams of a day when her heart is at peace.
Years of war, they pull her back out to sea.
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5. |
Ides of March
03:11
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Won't see you next year,
or probably ever.
Another walk, to try to walk it off.
Confessing everything in the driveway.
Did you see a future you wanted most?
Such a relief to go.
She follows her ex's on Instagram
just to make sure they're ok.
Had to tell her, "We can't talk, I still love you".
Every edge sharp
on the Ides of March.
In the aftermath,
I know we're square.
You can chase the wind.
It won't take you home.
Bless and release,
talking with phantoms of grief.
How did it feel
to call your dad, saying
we're calling off the whole damn thing.
Do you remember when you were young,
and you would dream of someone almost like me?
I knew the drive home would be awful,
but all the same, you were worth the pain.
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6. |
Sleepwalking
03:40
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Passionate, why do you hide it?
Swallowing all of your questions,
and you've been sleepwalking for years.
Had the same dream on the west coast.
Does distance mean anything?
In your heartbeat, there was something
you shouldn't be feeling.
On the runway, you were screaming,
"Promises bind me. They always find me"
Familiar fears, bars on a window to your eyes.
Your spirit's longing to go deeper than what feel safe.
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7. |
Spring Break
03:17
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All the memories that mattered most.
All the notes that said you loved me.
The way you held my hand in the car.
Oh, I know I'm in love with the last good moment.
The final time we kissed, neither of us knew it.
Oh, maybe someday, I'll make sense of it.
So how's your quarantine heartbreak going?
When you said you'd take my name,
I believed it with my whole heart.
And I know that you meant it
at the time.
I wrote it down, a letter of farewell
that never reached your door.
Cancelled your flight over spring break
to get your money back.
Pain became the placeholder
I still wake up to.
At least you always told the truth.
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8. |
Ashes of Eden
03:28
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I want to be your Adam,
and share your suffering.
As we limp away, away from Eden.
I want to be your Boaz,
and praise your integrity
at the city gates
with the wise men listening.
They say fire purifies.
I will, I will help you remember
the taste of rain
on the endless desert days.
And I will, I will be there
be there when nothing is left
but ashes of Eden.
I want to be your David,
and dance before the Lord.
And keep evil at bay
when the wolves are hungry.
I want to be your Solomon,
and sing of your beauty.
Captivated by
your soul and body.
Let's tear down the false gods.
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9. |
The Falling Knife
04:19
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I'm still not sure what you are,
the way your eyes pierce in this light.
Her letter said "Truth is a blade of ice
in your hand. It just melts away".
My father said, "You never want to try,
try to catch a falling knife."
Your voice makes me forget the wisdom
of experience.
Has love deceived me?
I'm never ready to look you in the eye.
We know there's questions
we're not asking late at night.
She said, "I've grown so much from our love.
But I confess- I don't need you now".
Artifacts burning in my mind.
Can I trust all my heart desires?
Oh, oh your spirit hovers over my body.
Oh, oh I'm learning love- it is resurrection.
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10. |
Outside the Gate
02:39
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Looking back to the start,
now that you're at the end.
Every day serendipitous.
You used to lie awake at night,
waiting for the dawn.
Her soul Heaven's light.
Adrian, you loved her all her life.
And she will wait outside the gate
of Heaven for you.
Fifty years, what can you say?
Countless joys and pain,
still kissing your weary hands.
Every time that you fell,
she would hold you fast
with the strength of her heart.
What kind of love is this?
She gave 'til she bled.
Still the love flowed on.
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11. |
Song in a Storm
04:18
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Last night I dreamt of a storm,
and in the middle, dancing, a girl.
Beams of light passing through her
in a pearl dress.
In the storm, all the cracks of your heart
washed clean by the rain.
Isn't that what you need? Oh
Her voice is taking me
oh, to a place of glory.
She will sing everything she dreams
when she walks through the valley.
Every time she appears,
a tremor in my bones, delirious.
She's got a song for every fear,
Sparks under her tongue.
She sings all her dreams
when she walks through the valley.
Her voice, it takes me
to a place, a place of glory.
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Tigers of Youth Salem, Oregon
Tigers of Youth is the Oregon-based music project of songwriter/ guitarist/ vocalist Dave Wentz, flugelhorn/ trumpet player
Sean Gley, drummer Philip Spencer, and bass player Jacob Jones.
TOY creates bright-edged jazz/fusion/rock with high energy beats and passionate lyrics.
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