Lyrics
SIGNAL FIRE
Too long I’ve waited And stayed away Sun rises, warms the stones Bringing life to the grayDistant bells ring Cupping hands to my face I shout across the valley Of the most familiar place
An illumination round A flare in the sky Anxious I wait Uncertain of reply
It’s her face again With all its stories Firing my mind instead As I travel through my journey
It’s a hurricane bell Set out on the shore Warning me of danger As the storm gathers more
An illumination round A flare in the sky Anxious I wait Uncertain of reply
Sparks and embers Light a signal fire
Sparks and embers Light a signal fire
Sparks and embers Light a signal fire
I AM A WAVE
In the hour, hold your breath In that delicate way The water washed all the rest Floating farther in the wakeTry to stay with me Try to hold on Follow the brightest star now Pinholes fading in the dawn
I am a wave A breaking wave Rolling thin across the sand I am a wave A breaking wave I am defeated
Diamonds on your fragile hands Morning mist upon your lips Spirit lost, my heart falls With the weight of a sinking ship
High upon the shore so long The sea’s reflection shown With the sun, far and gone Silent cannons call me home
I am a wave A breaking wave Rolling thin across the sand I am a wave A breaking wave I am defeated
Hold our secrets Long beyond ourselves
SOMETIMES DREAMS
I found the wings Now there are none left She said to me She said to us both It’s time It’s time to leaveI want to glide In silence Without my wings Above the trees Above the trees
Sometimes Dreams Steal away In the night I can say Sometimes Dreams
We helped the city Hide the bones Hide the bones Only we can light them I want to leave Like the rest of them Put them on The breeze
Sometimes Dreams Steal away In the night I can say Sometimes Dreams
RIVERS
Two up Overhead Wear black Green sea stretched outDon’t talk Move on Be silent Kings will count you
Throw now Light up Shout it Youth will unite you
Close down Go home Faith will always fail you
Rivers Rivers Rivers Rolling to the ocean
Angel A lifetime ahead One in a war of numbers Too young Don’t know Hearts are never faithful
Leaving the world from our hands peace has finally found you Your name is gone Tears will always blind you
Rivers Rivers Rivers Rolling to the ocean
Lift up, spirit Tomorrow comes despite them Sky blue, eternal Light will shine upon you
Eyes down, faith is found in the ones that know you Endless days Home is where they find you
Rivers Rivers Rivers Rolling to the ocean
HEAVY DAYS
It’s time Again It’s time To run again It’s time Again To run againThese days are heavy On your hands These days are heavy On your hands There’s no way to jump Out the window This time
It’s time For new life This life Born tonight This life After the fall To run again After the all
These days are heavy On your hands These days are heavy On your hands There’s no way to jump Out the window This time
We are gone now There’s no way to fix it At all There’s no way To fly or fall To fly or fall To fly or fall To fly or fall
SCARLET
Scarlet lips sliding past my window Twisting words that only I know Every word breathing life to A mist that hangs for days in my mindDistant hands making light move on Across my face, the sky, and the dawn Every move reminding me of when We stood to face the sun again
You, me, under passing streetlights She, we, buying borrowed time You, me, under passing streetlights She, we, buying borrowed time
Evening eyes drawing me in near Saying word after word that only I hear Every hour sinking lower Till both the light and I are gone
You, me, under passing streetlights She, we, buying borrowed time You, me, under passing streetlights She, we, buying borrowed time
You and me Passing lights She and we Borrowed time You and me Passing lights She and we Borrowed time
How does it feel?
You, me, under passing streetlights She, we, buying borrowed time You, me, under passing streetlights She, we, buying borrowed time
HOPE AND PRAY
It takes two eyes To see both things The way they are What both can bringTripping down Without knowing it Like two fools in love Chomping at the bit
For all the time we spend On all the ways to defend Our notions of what’s right They’ll never be that way again
The day I choose to lay my head And the day that thieves approach my bed I hope and pray they’ll never be the same
Time ticks down Fast as sand It’s life making no sound As it passes by your hand
Wanting, waiting Run into the dim light Sight unseen Toward whatever feels right
For all the time we spend On all the ways to defend Our notions of what’s right They’ll never be that way again
The day the tides roll out at last and the day I am forgiven my past I hope and pray they’ll always be the same
GHOSTS
This house is not mine There is no talk of home But these skies are mine These skies are mineOne-time I harbored fear Through the light she appears But these thoughts are mine These thoughts are mine
We ran to the edge In the summer sun In love, in love, in love, in love, in love All will be undone, all will be undone
Two shadows, two shadows cross paths A moment in time
My friends they failed me In younger times But these times are mine These times are mine
We ran to the edge In the summer sun In love, in love, in love, in love, in love All will be undone, all will be undone
TAKE THE PLACE OF LOVE
Take the place of love Take the place of love No regrets to escape from Is how you like to think How could you be so dumb When your standing on the brinkHe said, she said It’s all about here and now
Thoughts left in her bed Wanting to stay, forgetting how Send it away Drive it all down Let it go missing Like a face With a frown
Look a little longer at what’s underneath try to escape by the skin of your teeth Look a little longer at the black, and the red It’s everything to the eye when it’s your life you’re trying to shed
The fragile thoughts Of loss and grief take the place of love like a desperate thief
Replace it with wonder An innocent’s mind But look a little longer Its everything to the eye
Send it away Drive it all down Let it go missing Like a face With a frown
Look a little longer at what’s underneath try to escape by the skin of your teeth Look a little longer at the black, and the red It’s everything to the eye when it’s your life you’re trying to shed
BROKEN WINDOW CLAUSE
The trail of the sun Reflected in the glass Peering through holes Going down, but taking noneTo slip beyond our sight Too black before too long Shadows climbing walls Bathing us in night
Long beyond ourselves To unknown landscapes Last rays before the night Like fleeting faith
She’s a rag tag girl In a flash pot world No thumbs to the nose for the queen of the pearl when light is flashing down from twenty years away
