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Ages
03:14
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Heard of coming of age stories
Don't know I've had mine yet
Cause I keep acting the same way
No matter how much older I get
I've been walking away from more than I should
Pretty great at getting gone while the going's getting good
The years all tell me it's time I act my age
Still young enough now to allow myself to change
I'm in a city of roses
Or so I've been told
If I just picture the garden
Maybe I'll find room to grow
Cause I'm tired of coming up short as half the man I want to be
Longing to better myself so my faults don't define me
The years all tell me it's time I act my age
Fill my cup and better my days
Think I'm old enough now
It's time to make a change
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Faith
03:04
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A self critical mind keeps telling me
That this is not enough
And neither am I
But I know it lies
A point of view that could use direction
At times I feel so lost
Constantly selling myself short
One day I'll find out the cost
What's the cost
Cause we're missing bits and pieces we gave to someone else
How much faith does it take to believe in yourself
To believe
Faith, pain, and sacrifice
Do I have what it takes
I must amount to something more than
The sum of my mistakes
My mistakes
Cause we're missing bits and pieces we gave to someone else
And how much faith does it take to believe in yourself
To believe
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Common Thread
02:55
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The absence of an able mind
Oh how you love to play the fool
A common thread in your life
That you'd never dare to pull
More excuses everyday
None of which you believe
Your bed of vice is awful nice
And far too comfortable to leave
You keep saying someday somehow
You're gonna make yourself so proud
But you still don't know how
To turn someday into now
Couldn't stop yourself from walking out
Cursed with winged heels
Sounded great to be alone
But that's not the way it feels
So you keep drawing blood from a bitten tongue
With nothing nice to say
Afraid that if you spoke your mind
They'd all walk away
You keep saying someday somehow
You're gonna make yourself so proud
But you still don't know how
To turn someday into now
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4. |
A Few Years Ago
02:54
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I should remember to forget about you
More often than I do
Cause we never quite saw eye to eye
I should have changed my point of view
What's the weather like where you are
I wonder what you're doing now
You're not the one that got away
I'm just not one to stick around
It's easier now to look back and see
There's no reason to hold on
To what used to be
Once had a neighbor who loved these songs
She used to listen through the floor
But we've all changed from what we used to be
And I don't live there anymore
It's easier now to look back and say
The hardest part of moving on
Is getting in your own way
We should have never got so close
I shouldn't have gone so far away
A few years down the line
I wonder what we'll have to say
It's easier now to look back and know
It was good while it lasted
But at last I am letting it go
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5. |
The Loft
03:23
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The bed is in the loft
Although it's just as soft as when it was in our old room
I'm sleeping far less often wrapped in sheets
And thoughts that I get lost in
If I pick myself up when I fall
Maybe I don't need to share a room after all
The pictures on the wall are all mine
And I'm trying to make the most of my time
But I can't sleep
After your side of the bed got cold
I sprawled out under covers
Oh what a wonder to find
That the bed was so big
But I feel too damn small
To share a bed with anyone at all
Someone told me in due time
That I will get to rest just fine
But I can't sleep
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6. |
Again
02:56
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Try again
Even though I might not win
Each loss a lesson I aim to comprehend
Don't worry about the things that could have been
Still I will try again
Woke up feeling weary
But still I choose to rise
Yesterday fell from my shoulders
When tomorrow filled my eyes
There is no should or shouldn't
With where I ought to be
No one knows any better
So why not believe in me
And try again
Each heart in pain soon will start to mend
Days that hurt eventually come to an end
As every now turns quickly into then
Still I will try again
Try again
Even though I might never win
Each loss a lesson I'm taking in
Don't worry about what might have been
Still I will try again
Try again
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Dusty Lion Portland, Oregon
A musician in Portland, OR
These are the songs alive enough to leave the nest.
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