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Jefferson Bible
02:57
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Well I’ve been working like hell to remember a truth
Like some star I could fix in the sky
Like a magnetic pole, it would pull me and I would know right
And I've been racking my brain to remember the words
Like some spell I could say and be whole
It was the simplest sound of a word written down in a book
But if the essence of fact could be harnessed like that
Well, I could boil down God like a broth
Then stay out half the night drinking soma with all of the boys
But does coherence exist in the world as it is?
Can a man find some sense in this life?
“What is truth?” Pilate asked on a Friday as black as the night
Oh but you can’t simplify when you're reasoning why
No, you can't sip your supper like that
You feel strange, you have changed who you were when you had your first draught
Oh you can sharpen your cynical sense of regret
You can cut out all the parts you don't like
You and your Jefferson Bible to lull you to sleep at night
Or you can choose to be careful and take in the whole of existence.
Oh God, what a sight!
But baby, I want you to tell me
About all the dark things that hide in your heart
Show me what makes you so lonely
Did somebody hurt you, did somebody lie?
Baby, I want you to tell me
About all the dark things that hide in your heart
Show me what makes you so lonely
Did somebody hurt you, did somebody lie?
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2. |
We Moved in the Dark
04:15
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We’ve done something awful
We’ve broken your heart
Tongue-tied and disheveled
We moved in the dark
I needed to see you
Without any doubt
‘Cause all of my mistakes
Are finding me out
Oh, what a blessing you’ve been to me this year
I can’t remember who I was before you were here
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Wake up, darling, I need you to listen
Share my sorrow, share my condition
On the weekend we struggle like lovers
Then come Monday, we don’t know one another
Wake up, darling, I need you to listen
Share my sorrow, share my condition
On the weekend we struggle like lovers
Then come Monday, we don’t know one another
We don’t know one another
We don’t know one another
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Tell Me You Are
04:18
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A fire goes out, a pressing doubt
You claim to be my friend
Your promises sometimes eclipsed
By tears and empty dread
I believe in everything you said when we were young
But tell me, can you energize my eyes and tired tongue?
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
The empty thought of fear and loss
The angry empty chair
A race well run seems troublesome
And I doubt you're even there
But I believe in everything you speak to troubled hearts
Tell me, can you take me in and heal what falls apart?
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
Tell me you are
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Fear & Trembling
04:27
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Take the son that you have waited for
Bind his hands and bind his feet
Draw your knife and put it to the boy
As a sacrifice to me
Just blood and bone
In my age, I have begun to doubt
All the promises you’ve made
But I’m not wanting, I can do without
Are you still the one who saves?
Or are you just blood and bone?
Just blood and bone
Are you waiting ‘round the corner?
Are you just now out of sight?
Did you catch yourself in the thicket
So you could save my life?
Or are you just blood and bone?
Just blood and bone
God of Heaven, please have mercy
God of Abraham, come near
You will have to be my Father
For I have no father here
Just blood and bone
Just blood and bone
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5. |
This Is Love
05:37
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I was trying to remember the last thing you said
As you walked up the stairwell that led to your bed
And I laughed, all alone
At the words never mentioned, but often rehearsed
Like an expectant mother, with only stillbirth
And the sun rose
I was walking aimlessly
I was lonely
And the sun rose, just for me
I was under the incline and under your spell
And those half-hearted love songs I never sang well
I will sing, all alone
I wish you’d come down the stairwell and take me by the hand
And we'd scream to the darkness as loud as we can
This is love, I will never be alone
This is love, I will never be alone
Walking aimlessly
I was lonely
And the sun rose, just for me
I was walking aimlessly
I was lonely
And the sun rose, just for me
Just for me
(I wish I wasn't a wreck since you left, since you left)
(Deliberate practice is still really hard
You tell me you love me and catch me off-guard
Take my advice and I'll try to take yours
In a moment of silence face-down on the floor)
(A light behind the door, tell me what it's for)
(I'm swallowing poison, hope my enemies die
I'm making decisions I can't justify
But I'm not alone in this big awful mess
‘Cause I've got a friend and she loves me the best)
(I am holding onto something
Greater than myself
Hope is hard to come by these days
Calling for some help)
(I’m counting my blessings by twos and by tens
I’m seeing my life through a scratch on the lens
I’m leaning in close to the people who ache
The Lord’s present in weakness and all my mistakes)
(Would you say, would you say, would you say?)
(It’s bitter in winter, the cross of our king
The knowledge that darkness affects everything
You’re quick to be angry, your grandmother's gift
All people on earth, from the cup we all sip)
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6. |
Last Night I Had A Dream
03:44
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Last night I had a dream
That you were walking home with me
To the house your brother made
And we both shared the same last name
And everything was true
We were talking like most lovers do
And all the promises we made
When we were both sixteen had stayed
It doesn’t seem like much
But it’s enough to set me off
It’s been a year this spring
But I can still remember everything
You were with me all day long
But by midnight, you were gone
So I poured myself a toast
To long lost friends and familiar ghosts
It doesn’t seem like love
Because love would learn to trust
I wish I could explain
Why you are still in every song I sing
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