walk the earth: lyrics

HOLY DAYS

Your life still beneath the knife
With everywhere and nowhere left to turn
So kind but still the ties that bind
are a golden chain that cuts right through your soul
How will you know, how will you know

These are holy days the only days
that tell you what you are, you’ve come so very far
Right there where you stand, a stranger in this land
it’s where you need to go, and you will know

Lie down your heart beneath the ground
For all the times you looked into the sun
Shine through there’s nothing else to do
And now the time has come for you to rise
In your own eyes, in your own eyes

These are holy days the only days
that tell you what you are, you’ve come so very far
Right there where you stand, a stranger in this land
it’s where you need to go, and you will know

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IN MY LIFE

Here I am, turning one more page of time
Once again, I need something to ease my mind
And though I pray, I don’t believe the words I say
Anymore to my god, Still I call out your name

I’m still here, I don’t need you to be strong
I’ll stay near and help you carry on

In my life, help me when I lose my way
Lay your hands, over me and ease the pain
When I go, across the fields I use to know
Will you love me so well in your way

When I rise, I feel a shadow over me
In these eyes, the churning of a restless sea
Dark and cold, still somehow I need to know
What I lose in this world, lives somewhere in my soul

I’m still here, I don’t need you to be strong
I’ll stay near and help you carry on

In my life, help me when I lose my way
Lay your hands, over me and ease the pain
When I go, across the fields I use to know
Will you love me so well in your way

(solo)

and I don’t know anymore, still I call out your name

Raise your eyes, in the distance you will see
Those dark skies, don’t go on endlessly…

In my life, help me when I lose my way
Lay your hands, over me and ease the pain
When I go, across the fields I use to know
Will you love me so well in your way…
Will you love me in your way…

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NORTHERN LIGHTS

Saw the northern lights through the window in my room
Lying in my bed
Were you calling me singing sweet surrender I,
I look away instead
I know you think of me in shades of blue
Living in a world you’ve tried so hard to understand
And all the times I should have run to you
But there’s only one way to run I know
and so the cold winds blow

Under the northern lights, under the frozen sky
Across the silence that’s standing in the way
Under the northern lights, it’s been a long long time
I only hope that I find myself one day
Under the sun, under the sun

You would peel away the sanctuary of my pride
A little every day
And you would burn through me, leaving embers deep inside
A little hell to pay

And now I feel you coming close to me
Bringing back the dreams that I’d forsaken in the night
And if I let you in what would you see
Deep inside this heart I’ve never shown I’m standing all alone

Under the northern lights, under the frozen sky
Across the silence that’s standing in the way
Under the northern lights, it’s been a long long time
I only hope that I find myself one day
Under the sun, under the sun

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Galahad’s Lament

Born beneath a lucky star, in the shade
trying too hard, a stranger in the golden age
a troubadour miles from the stage

And who said the worst was done
like shadows pass before the sun
it feels like I’m the only one, who’s here now

I’m breaking down, running scared, looking for shelter
for the soul I bared, to a world that doesn’t have a place
for innocence, anymore…I’m breaking down, losing heart
no I’m no good at trying to play the part, but that isn’t what
the people want to hear you say, anymore…

I’m okay, what’s done is done, it hurts sometimes
but I’m having fun, don’t get me wrong, the future’s bright
just sometimes I, don’t stand in the light.

And how could I understand, that good and bad
go hand in hand, like losing in the promised land
they told me…

I’m breaking down, losing faith, if I could tell you
what I want to say, is it only going to make you want to
walk away, anyway…I’m breaking out breaking loose
I don’t have time for one more bad excuse, but they never
tell you what it is you’re fighting for, anyway…
(solo)
But how could I understand, the life I’ve known
but never planned, the world inside a grain of sand
they tell me…
I’m breaking down, girls and gents, I know it doesn’t
make any sense, I’ve so very much in life to look forward
to, is it true… I’m breaking through, breaking stride
I can’t begin to tell you what’s inside, but I know it’s nothing
that you haven’t seen before, yes it’s true…
oh oh oh…

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UNDER THE SUN

Sorry, everybody is so sorry
and I can’t help but think it’s funny
and at the same time oh so sorry
If life was on your side
and all your fortunes multiplied
then if still, there was no peace of mind
where else could you go

And so we live another day- under the sun
And for the good life we all pray- under the sun
And though nothing’s the way we planned
See the flowers coming up, right there where you stand

Rolling, in no particular direction
and when it’s closing time we wander
to our misguided dull perfection
The forest for the trees
so hard for all of us to see
And it’s strange wouldn’t you agree
knowing all we know

And so we live another day- under the sun
And for the good life we all pray- under the sun
And though nothing’s the way you planned
See the flowers coming up, right there where you stand

(and so we live another day- under the sun
another step along the way- under the sun
and now’s the time to understand
everything is what it is, and everything is grand)

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LUCKY DAY

You came in my life, looking like a dream come true
My head was spinning, what else could I do
my friends they said boy you better walk the other way

Saw you on the street, walking with a long lost friend
He sure looked friendly, how long has it been
You broke my heart it turned out to be my lucky day…

I always had a problem knowing what was good for me
And when someone yelled timber to watch out for the tree
Cause sometimes hearts need breaking
When they’re on the wrong side of town
And what you thought you needed is gonna bring you down

Five foot forty two, what you might as well have been
Cause I can’t reach you, you said can we be friends
You broke my heart it turned out to be my lucky day…

(solo)
Thinking about the times, you said I was the only one
You had me going, I guess you had your fun
You broke my heart it turned out to be my lucky day…

…I wouldn’t have it any other way…

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ANGEL

Knew an angel with a broken wing
Child of favor had the best of things
She never had a worry at all
She was young and yet so very wise
I wondered what had passed before her eyes
She never had a bad thing to say, to say

Oh, oh, oh…

Said she found a way to paradise
Told that she’d seen it once or twice
I now I guess she’s leaving for good
She was always the hopeful one
Always looking for the midnight sun
I wonder if I knew her at all, at all

Oh, oh, oh…

(solo)

Did anybody know her at all, did someone try
At all…

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MADELEINE WHY

She came floating like a feather into my room
wearing gossamer and rosewater sweet perfume
like a moth I touched the flame
hoping she would do the same
she’s wide awake, but she’s hiding love
cause she can’t be sure if she’s got enough

Madeleine why won’t you let me know you
maybe you’ll never tell, but when you run dry
I’ll be here by the wishing well, waiting…waiting

She came home late and then she slept by the open door
she brought me roses and she left them out on the floor
I don’t listen very well, is she breaking I can’t tell
well it’s all so strange is it just a dream
I don’t care much, it’s the same to me

Madeleine why won’t you let me know you
maybe you’ll never tell, but when you run dry
I’ll be here by the wishing well, waiting…waiting…

(solo)
I don’t listen very well, is she breaking I can’t tell
well it’s all so strange is it just a dream
I don’t care much, it’s the same to me

Madeleine why won’t you let me know you
maybe you’ll never tell, but when you run dry
I’ll be here by the wishing well, oh…oh…

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NO WAY HOME

Now here I stand, along the way
What lies ahead, in shades of gray

Maybe my heart woke up one night
and understood the sound, the sound
Maybe my feet were
never really that close to the ground

Ooh ooh…

Some close their eyes when shadows fall
One way to turn or not at all

When is it time to
Follow what lies further down the road, the road
When is it clear that
There’s no other way that you can go

Cause there’s no way home, there’s no way home…

(solo)

There’s no way home…

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GOOD LOVE

If Cupid’s arrow falls, in my direction
I wouldn’t know if it’s friendly fire
If Venus cast her spell, I’d go on sleeping
Riding alone on a magic carpet
And oh, the stories I could tell
Of what slipped through my hands
But if there’s still a way…

Give me your good love, good love will you know me
Give me your good love, good love will I know you
Give me your good love, good love will you know my name

She likes my point of view, but in small doses
Spinning around I can see her fade away
And so I wished her well, as if she noticed
Millions of miles in the air between us
And oh, if up among the stars the one I never knew
Could hear me when I say

Give me your good love, good love will you know me
Give me your good love, good love will I know you
Give me your good love, good love will you know my name

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LONG WAY DOWN

This is the season of alone
through wilderness and parts unknown
Didn’t make a sound was I sleeping
no ones ever found what I’m keeping
hidden far away in the restless night

I never dared to think out loud
in striking distance of the crowd
Wondered where the wind could be blowing
lost among the clouds never knowing
if I had a ship which way I would sail

Looks like a long way down
I don’t like what I see,
without you coming around, around
What am I going to do, what am I going to do…

I live a long way from the sun
for things I wish I could have done
Where am I going to find my salvation
somewhere down the road if I’m patient
I don’t understand why it takes so long

Looks like a long way down
I don’t like what I see,
without you coming around, around
What am I going to do, what am I going to do…

What am I going to do…

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ANYTHING

You’re going to love me, and never know the reason why
And you’re going to hurt me
No you don’t even have to try
If I thought I could find a way
To get out of this place alive
I’d cast the first stone, not too big of me…

Anything, anything but that, no anything
Thought I told you, anything
Anything but that, no anything at all

The sky is turning a darker shade of blue today
and I’m still dreaming of everything I didn’t say
and I never believed you
would take me on to heaven high
but I’d still go with you, if you want me to…

Anything, anything but that, no anything
Thought I told you, anything
Anything but that, no anything at all

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