ASH & STONE

Oh here I stand
On the edge again
But I will not fall, I will not move at all
Let the rocks come crashing down

Oh hear my voice
Low beneath the noise
Begin to rise from so deep inside
For I have no doubt
That your time’s run out

And I will carry on
I will rise with the dawn
Set a fire in my bones
Behind the ash and stone

Oh here I stand
With my outstretched hands
And I feel the blaze
Beneath the dust and clay
Oh the thorns shall burn
And the tides will turn

But I will carry on
I will rise with the dawn
Set a fire in my bones
Behind the ash and stone

AT ALL

Oh I’ve heard the sound of angel’s wings
Slow and sweetly, softly, fluttering
But it’s been some time since I believed
At all, at all

Oh Ive heard the sound of devil’s tongues
How their whispers burned me more than once
All my disbelief is not enough
At all, at all

And if ever I could make this up
If ever I could make this up
If ever I could make this up
At all, at all
At all, at all

BEHIND THE LIGHT

There is more here than meets the eye
There is something here to behold
Crimson sunsets and violet skies
Mixed with amber and waves of gold
As the light fell underneath the dark
And the whole time
I wondered where you are

I remember the sweeter days
The summer’s that never end
Diving headlong below the waves
As they break the horizon bends
But I still don’t seem to understand
Now it’s over so here I go again

But oh, it’s harder than I thought
Oh, giving more than I have got
More than I have got

Well, there is something I can’t explain
Something burning behind the light
No, it’s not that I spoke in vain
Just my words never came out right
In my heart I know I’ve played the fool
But that was alright
When I was playing it for you

CARRY ON

There’s a light that’s shining down
From above and it’s over me now
There’s a light growing in my mind
Leads me on to the strength I might find
To carry on, carry on
Carry on, carry on

There’s a song I long to sing
It’s beyond words and their dull offerings
There’s a song growing in my heart
Picks me up with the courage to start
To carry on, carry on
Carry on, carry on

There’s a hope that’s hard to see
But you can hear it in the right melody
There’s a hope deep in my soul
Lays me down with the patience to grow
And carry on, carry on
Carry on, carry on

COLD WIND

Everything that I have said
There are moments I regret
But in your time of hope and hollowness
Don’t give up yet

Everything that I have known
All those night’s spent on my own
But if I get this wrong and off you go
Then I am alone

But when that cold wind comes
If all you do’s undone
And you don’t understand
I will wait for you

When I don’t know what to do
When I’m searching for the truth
And we don’t talk as much as we used to
And I miss you

COME AWAY

Come away with me
To the outside of what I believe
Take it slow and fill me again
I want to believe

Well it’s a long way back
From hope to the hopeless
I will leave this all behind
And in that ebb and flow
from pity to patience
I will let your heart be my guide

Come and burn me down
Set a fire in my heart, scorch the ground
Wipe my tears and dry them again
I will be found

It’s a long way back from fate to the faithful
I’ve got nowhere left to fall
And I don’t feel the same
For the beautiful or broken
I’ve been numb for far too long

It’s a long way back
From here to the other side
I’ve got no one I can call
And I remember days
Before love gave me nothing
I will wait for you to say, come away

DO NOT LET ME GO

There are moments in this life
When you can’t fake it
There are moments I would walk another road
There was something in
The broken way you said it
Singing, “Please, oh god, do not let me go.”

From the moment I was born
I have been dying
Yeah, we walk along
Towards the great unknown
Is it love if I have given up on trying?
Singing, “Oh my god, don’t leave me alone”
Singing, “Please, oh god, do not let me go”

If you’re up there
Could you lift my heavy burden?
’Cause I cannot seem to make this on my own
Though I’m not sure you can hear me
I’m still begging
Singing, “Oh my god, don’t leave me alone”
Singing, “Please, oh god, do not let me go”

DOWN THE LINE

Well high time lingers on
You can feel it in the wind
And though we may be gone
Our paths may cross again

I saw the rising sun glitter in your eyes
If the golden days should come
I’ll see you down the line

Spring is coming up
You can hear it in the fields
As the river rolls along
Oh, how could this be real?

A howl at the moon will catch you by surprise
And the golden days will come
I’ll see you down the line

But it’s all been said before
Nothing’s certain
That’s for sure
So honey take good care
And you’ll be fine
Whoa, I’ll see you down the line

I saw the rising sun glitter in your eyes
Oh, the golden days will come
And I’ll see you down the line

EVERYTHING UNSAID

For everything unsaid
There is a flourish of my pride
It is deep and dark and wide
And I can’t tell the weeds from vines
And If I had the strength I’d move the mountains in my mind
But it’s taking all my time just to start to realize
That I’m not the man I’d hoped to be
And though I’m not alone, I still feel so lonely

Come Monday I’ve forgotten
All those promises you said
All your holy words in red
Wreathed in guilt and golden thread
And if I had the strength
To be who others say I am
I wouldn’t look into my eyes
And see the shadow of a man
Well I’m not who they say I have become
For I know the things I’ve said
Won’t compare with what I’ve done

Now all of these monstrosities
Are choices I have made
And they will not go away
I’ve made my bed and here I lay
And is there still forgiveness
If we know what we have done
Woe, to every single one
Who spared the rod and blamed the son
Well it’s not just the day that needs the night
Seems to me it’s in the darkness
We can finally see the light

FADED COLOURS

There are moments we cannot know
there are days I will fall
you say give what you’re able though
I’ve been giving my all

And I know I’ve been here before
faded colours will serve to remind
that it was safety I left them for
when the blues were impossibly bright
how they dim in time

Feel it move in the atmosphere
like the air that I hold in my lungs
face to face with my deepest fear’s
where I find all the words that I’ve sung

But it’s not like it was before
I run openly into the night
and as the clouds roll away once more
I see beauty in front of my eyes
how the dim ignites

And I know I’ve been here before
faded colours will serve to remind
that it was safety I left them for
still the blues are impossibly bright
how the dim ignites

FALL

This is not the end it’s the start
When all that’s broken mends
All that came apart
I looked into your eyes
And I saw fear of hurt because of me
Love, but with uncertainty
I looked into your eyes
And you lied

If you fall, you fall
I will never let you go

So you start again pick up where you stopped
You beg to be let in but still refuse to knock
And I heard you when you called
Oh, I heard you saying
”Hope in what you cannot see”
But hope is not some guarantee
I heard you when you called
But do you hear me?

And you fall, you fall
But I will never let you go

FALLING

When it all starts coming
When it all starts crumbling down
As the water through the canyon
It weaves and wanders all around
I will take the least resistance
I will keep my eyes on the ground
It’s been a while since we’ve spoken
Still, I haven’t got the words right now

I’m falling for answers
To questions that I cannot face
The reason I always look away

In the middle of this moment
If we should rise and fall again
If uncertainty surrounds you
And you cannot seem to catch your breath
Oh, remember our intentions
How we’d lift our eyes and hope for the best
We are weathered, we are broken
But we haven’t reached the end yet

FIRST LIGHT

Am I not what you want?
Who should I be if I’m not what you want?
Is there more inside?
Or does what meets the eye say it all?

Who should I be?
Who should I be?
Who should I be?
At the first light of dawn
I’ll say goodbye
It’s not right, it’s not wrong
So then should I have known all along?
Well, if it matters I tried

THE FLOOD

Here comes the flood again
Watch it fall from the sky
Feel it soak through my flesh and my blood
Feel it burn in my eyes

When I say how much more can I take
I know the water’s rising up
Watch the waves crest and break
And though I’ve made not but a sound
I fear that I may drown I fear that I may drown

Here comes the wind again
Cold that cuts to the bone
Pack my bags and I’ll head out the door
Here I am on my own

When I say how much more can I stand
I know my walls are falling down
I left the rocks and chose the sand
And though I’ve no one left to blame
Still, I cursed your name I cursed your name

So now the end
What I’ve been running from
Though I’ve tried I cannot lift my head
Oh what have I become?

When I say how much more can I take?
I know my time is running short
I am broken and I’ll break
And though I’ve worn myself so thin
I’m coming home again
And though I do not know my heart
Well, I know myself down to my bones
But if my bones should come apart
Then I’ll have nothing left to give
But if you take me in I’m coming home again

GENTLE HEART

Oh, gentle heart
Oh, simple soul
You have come so far on your own
Do not turn back, do not lose hope
Who can say how far is left to go?

And all the night’s you’ve walked alone
You followed lights to guide you home

But should the dawn refuse to rise
Should the darkness close on all sides
May you find your heart next to mine
For we found hope in a hopeless time

Oh, gentle heart
Oh, simple soul
There is still so much left to know
So plant your seeds and watch them grow
And keep on moving on down the road

And through the night’s the wind shall blow
And all our lights are burning low

Should the dawn refuse to rise
Should the darkness close on all sides
May you still find your heart next to mine
For we found hope in a hopeless time

GONE

It’s a long and lonely road
When you are on your own
All by yourself
Emptiness that lays deep within your bones
To love somebody else

‘Cause when you’re gone
Lord knows you’ll be gone
When you’re gone, you’ll be gone

I am not a stranger to the dark or to the cold
I know them well
All the pride hidden deep inside my soul
Oh, to be somebody else

But when I’m gone, lord knows I’ll be gone
When I’m gone, oh, I am gone

HALLELUJAH

Love break me down
Pick me up off the ground
Oh let me out from where I have gone
Unlock my heart
I don’t know where to start
Love break me down and take me back home

Look at the clouds
As the rain falls down
Oh wash away my sorrow and pain
And now I can see
The lost look a lot like me
From dust I was born and dust I shall be

Hallelujah

All that I’ve done
All that I should have done
All I’ve become and all I should be
Well, I’ll let you down
I’ve not quite figured out
What I will say when death’s at my door

Hallelujah

You were not there on my loneliest day
And I don’t understand now why it happened that way

Hallelujah

HARD RAIN

There must be more to this
And some way of finding it
But if all we know is all there is
That would be enough

Now a hard rain’s falling down
And every drop calls out
I am just a part of something else
Right where I belong

Right where I belong
Oh, oh, oh
Right where I belong

If the questions stay the same
Then how could the answers change?
For what quickly burns quickly fades
And leaves you in the dark

And so uncertainty
Is just humility
When you face the vast infinity
Who could know at all?
Who could know at all?

Oh, oh, oh
Right where I belong
Right where I belong
Right where I belong

HAVE YOU HEARD?

You have come along
Provided thus far for yourself a song
That will guide you in health
You don’t know
This heartbreaking hell that I know
But I promise you will

You have strung along
Your thoughts on the side
You have laid awake
At night and you’ve cried
It’s not fair, but then tell me what is
If he’s there, well then why’s there all this?

Have you heard
What they are calling you now?
Have you seen all the unsaid and somehow
Should I stand up for a god I can’t feel with My hands, if I long for what’s real?

And if we could see the deeds that we’ve done
We would stand ashamed
And know we’ve not won
Who are we to expect anymore when we lie And then walk out the door?

HEARD A VOICE

I have always seen a face
In the bright sky, in the fields of grain
I have always hoped for a place
Where my heart could rest a while
If I should stay

Now I have always heard a voice
Heard the rainfall and the ground rejoice
I heard the wind call as a boy
I knew my heart must be the one
To make my choice

So carry me on through the void
Guide my hands if I cannot find my joy
For I have always heard a voice
As a whisper on the wind
In a world of noise

Now I can’t say where I’ll go
And I won’t lie and say I know
What I’ll become, or where I’ll roam
When we cross the line
Does it end alone?

Oh, Carry me on through the void
Lift my head for I could not find my joy
And I have always heard a voice
As a whisper on the wind
In a world of noise

HOME

In the dark, in the quiet now
It’s too much for me to take
To feel alone as if there’s no way out
Oh give me peace of mind today

When the night’s are long
And the day’s go on
I don’t feel the same anymore

In the dark when every light’s gone out
And there’s nothing left to say
I hear a voice softly calling out
To go the depth and feel the weight

When the night’s are long
And the day’s go on
I don’t feel the same anymore
When the night’s are long
And the day’s go on
You feel like home

HOW THIS STARTED

In the dark
For the last time
You moved on
I promise I tried

Do you know how this started?
Was it pride of a fool?
Do you know that I loved you?

All my days
Bleed into one
I’m afraid
Of coming undone

But I know how this started
Call it pride but it’s true
Well I know that I loved you

Well I know how this started
Just a glance through the room
Oh, I know that I loved you

HOW YOU’VE BEEN

Well, come gather round children
It’s time that you heard
What the devil is after
And how you’re concerned
How it’s hard for the living
On the edge of a knife
And you, you take your shot
But you won’t be swinging twice

Well, come hell or high water
And we ain’t got none
In one hand’s a bottle
In the other there ain’t one
Oh, it’s hard for the living
So you put out both your eyes
But it’s two for the boatman
And you will not pass him by

Now it’s not what you’re saying
It’s not what you’ve said
It’s how you’ve been living
Not alive, not quite dead
Well it’s hard for the living
At least it is for most
But it’s for fear of judgement
You cry “Father, son and holy ghost”

I WISH I WAS

Oh, darling, it’s been so long
Throw on your old self
I’ve seen what’s going on

Oh, darling, what are you dreaming of?
I was much younger then
And you were in love

And I said, “oh, oh, oh. I wish I was”
I cried, “oh, I wish I was”

Time keeps on changing
You lose those you love
And hearts keep on breaking with the memories of
The pain of tomorrow that you don’t know yet
The lonesome forgotten people you’ve met

They say, “oh, oh, oh. I wish I was”
They cry, “oh, I wish I was”
You said, “oh, oh, oh. I wish I was”
You cried, “oh, I wish I was” I wish I was
I cried, “oh, oh, oh. I wish I was”

IF I WAS A BETTER MAN

If I was a letter man
I would write this all to you
Part of me would understand
Part of me would be confused
Did you know me better then?
And did I ever know you?
What else do I have to say?
What else do I have to do?

When someone’s got something on their mind
There’s not much that you can do
Everyone’s got problems on the side
We could help each other through

If I was a better man
I would stay and work this through
I would make it all okay
See it from your point of view
Do you want to start again?
Did you think of something new?
What else do I have to say?
What else do I have to do?

IN DEEPEST BLUE

Go slow, my dear and feel no fear
You’re not alone
Speak soft to me and let me be
Your warmth in cold

Well, if that’s the answer
That you’ve been looking for
And you know it’s true
Then, oh take the reins
Begin steering this again through deepest blue

As days go by
It doesn’t matter what you hope for
As long as hope’s alive, days go by

It always stays the same, the same
We know not why
Everyone of us becomes jaded or mistrusts
Yet we long for lies

Well, if there’s an answer
Then I’m still looking for to rest in truth
And though storms will rage
It’s underneath the waves in deepest blue

And days go by
It doesn’t matter if we made it
But that we tried, days go by

INTO THE DARK

Forgive me my folly I know not my heart
I’ve reached out to find it in vain
I’ve wandered away, I’ve broken apart
But I will be whole once again

Oh brother’s, oh sister’s
Would that you may hear
Let no one look down on your age
Oh mother’s, oh father’s
Speak not from your fear
You once were as young and as brave

Now hold your hands up to the fire
And feel as the years burn away
And do not go quietly into the dark
Against the cold night you must rage

Oh, justice come swift as a thief in the night
And apathy, lay down your head
Oh, mercy be sweet as the fruit on the vine
And drink from the well once again

Now hold your hands up to the fire
Be nevermore eager to blame
And do not go quietly into the dark
Against the cold night you must rage

Now hold your hands up to the fire
And nevermore revel in shame
And do not go quietly into the dark
Against the cold night you must rage

LAST TRAIN HOME

I have tried my best to find you
Through the fields and forest floors
I have waited in the silence
For knocks upon the door
I have stumbled in the alleys
In a place I did not know
If it’s all the same to you, love
I will take the last train home

I have cursed you in the morning
I have laid awake at night
I have begged for your forgiveness
To avoid a fight
I have held on to my anger
Watched the sun set on my pride
If it’s all the same to you, love
Leave and pass me by

Honey, don’t you listen
Though the waves beneath us roll
Fills the air around us, let it go
Honey, hear the silence
Oh, be still that you may know
You’re not on your own

It was as if in a nightmare
Hoping this would disappear
There was no one else around me
As it became clear
There is nothing worse I know of
Then to spend our lives alone
If it’s all the same to you, love
Take the last train home

LET IT GO

Well I’ve loved, I’ve lost
But I still can’t find
The way to the middle of my heart
And I open my eyes and I don’t know why
But I feel so old
You don’t know what you’ve got
But you’ve got to let it go

Let it go, let it go, let it go
You don’t know what you’ve got
But you’ve got to let it go

Well the sun will set on my sins tonight
But the weights been lifted off my heart
And is it all that much just for me to ask
That the truth be told?
You don’t know what you’ve got
But you’ve got to let it go

LET IT RAIN

I’ve been waiting for a sign
To come along and shed some light
Tell me which way I should go
’Cause I can’t stay here anymore
I’ve been looking all around
Seen the changing of the clouds
But the skies been growing cold
I can’t wait here anymore

But if it rains, oh let it fall
Let my heart be open wide
Through the storm, through the storm
If it rains, oh let it rain
Let it pour, let it pour
Let my heart be open wide now and evermore
Let my heart be open wide now and evermore

Oh, the silence comes and goes
With the truth that I have known
Not in fullness just in part
These days are getting dark

But I’m not going down
No I‘m not going down
No I’m not going down

LIGHTER THAN A STONE

I don’t feel it anymore
The anchor holding me in place
I’ve come untethered to the shore
To anyone I can relate

Oh I am lighter than a stone
And I go wherever the wind blows
And I am always on my own
So I’ll be on my way before too long

I don’t hear them anymore
The voices that congratulate
I’m taking less and giving more
To everyone to love or hate

Oh I’ve been laying out my soul
And I’ve gone wherever the wind’s blown
And I fear I’m on my own
So I’ll be on my way before too long

I have found that you can lose who you are
When no one’s around
I’ve come to know it’s the ones you love
That bring you home

Oh I am lighter than a stone
And I don’t know where the wind may blow
But I am out here on my own
Singing, oh oh oh

LITTLE SPARROW

Little sparrow sing your song
All day long
Through the summer and the fall
When winter calls
Who will write down what you sing
When the winter turns to spring
Who will cast the first stone at me
For what I’ve done to the least of these

Little robin rest your head
The sun is dead
From the shelter of your tree
May you be
Safe and warm when you are cold
Through the night your story’s told
To the lost and the loneliest souls that search for love and still grow old

LIVING & DYING

Watch as the world falls away
Here we are lying
At sunrise the moon starts to wane
Living and dying

And the oceans echo out their deep refrain
And the river answers “I’ll make you whole again”

Well, come away, come away
There’s no use staying
You’ve been living just for today
But tomorrow’s coming

And the lightning strikes
And breaks apart the night
But the sparks will burn out
Long before they light

Well the teeth cut the truth from our mouths
Here we are lying

LONG WAY DOWN

This is not what we wanted, I am lost again
How I thought you would be the one
To guide me in

I wake at dawn on a cold morning
To find you gone, you slipped away
And I belonged but now I feel so out of place

Well it’s a long way down
When you fall in love and out
It’s a long way down, down, down

What was once so familiar
What stood strong began to sway
And I felt at home but now I know
That home is just some place I stay

And it’s a long way down
When you fall in love and out
It’s a long way down, down, down

MORE THAN THIS

What more can I offer this time
When I’ve given it all of my life?
Been feeling it slowly pass by
And I’m hearing them clearly inside

And they say give it up, give it up
You’re out of time
They say give it up, give it up
At least you tried

I know there is more yet to find
But I’ve been here before in my mind
So I know I’m just going round
Oh, I know I’m up and then I’m down

But I’m not giving up, giving up, on this now
No I’m not giving up, giving up, not right now
No I’m not giving up, giving up, on this now
But I’m not giving up, giving up, not right now

No I’m not giving up
No I’m not giving up
Ooh, ooh

There could be more than this
There could be more than this
There could be more than this

THE MOUNTAIN

It’s funny now you’ve gone
All the words have come
But if I reach the end before I’m done
May I be the only one

To watch it in the wind
What may be and what has been
For though the rain will fall down upon us all
The sun will come again

From the mountaintops
Where my sorrow always stops
I will see you there to let go of your cares
Carried off in the raindrops

NO STOPPING NOW

Heart, it takes heart
To believe in yourself from the start
In time, in good time
You’ll learn all that you’ve lost in the fight

And on the days you can’t stand on your own
Through the nights when there’s nowhere to go

How long til you open your eyes
And see all that you hold inside?
How long til you shrug off that doubt?
There’ll be no more stopping now

Lies, all your lies
Are an excuse to live half of your life
And hate, no more hate
For all it gives there’s so much more it takes

And on the days you can’t stand on your own
Through the nights when there’s nowhere to go

How long til you open your eyes
And see all that you hold inside?
How long til you shrug off that doubt?
There’ll be no more stopping you now

NOWHERE LEFT TO GO

So never say it’s unfair
Confidence is not there
For everything I know is everything I’ve sown
Father, give me freedom, providence and wisdom
For when I am alone, when I am alone

I guess you caught me dreaming
Though all of your deceiving
Was water to my soul, underneath it all
I’ve never really known how
All of this would work out
With nowhere left to go
Nowhere left to go

So where am I meant to wander now?
If you were there
Then you’ve left without a sound
And I was lost
I’m not sure I was ever found by you

OLDER

I am older now
I am a stranger in my skin
Seen this all play out
And I don’t know where it all fits in

Time plays its part
You try to dodge it at the start
Time plays its role
And you’ll learn it as you go

So how is love meant to exist
When it only seems to slip
Where can you go to find some rest
When it’s all inside your head
I do not know
I will not guess again

I am older now
Oh, I can feel it deep within
My light has not burnt out
But it’s grown dangerously dim

Time’s played its part
Like a soldier’s perfect march
Time’s played its role
How I’ve begged for it to slow

Still how is love meant to exist
When it only seems to slip
Where can you go to find some rest
When it’s all inside your head
I do not know
I will not guess again
I do not know
I will not guess again

ONE MORE DAY

Another night’s gone
Another day
And I can’t seem to find the words
Of what it is, dear, I want to say
I just need to find it first

But if it’s too late now to turn around
If you’re on your way
Please don’t say it out loud
Just lay me softly down
And give me one more day

Well, it’s alright honey
It’s okay
I know you have done your best
I know you lose some
And some you win
I just don’t know about the rest

But if it’s too late now to turn around
If you’re on your way
Please don’t say it out loud
Just lay me softly down
And give me one more day

ONE SHOT IN THE DARKNESS

The stage is set like always
Won’t be long before I‘m gone
See them coming through the doorway
Wondering whose side they are on
So I take one shot in the darkness
And move along

I was on the way to Memphis
Got no love from the Caroline’s
How much longer can I do this
Leaving half my heart behind
When it takes one shot in the darkness
To change my mind

And the years are passing by me
Oh, the years roll on and on
The fire below is coming it won’t be long

Got enough left just to get there
Not enough to make it through
If I cannot live without this
I don’t know what I’m gonna do
So I’ll take one more shot in the darkness
And aim for you
I’ll take one more shot in the darkness

PIECES

It’s the little things that hold me now
It’s the sunlight through the door
The way the gold pours through the glass somehow
The way it moves across the floor

And, oh just like that I fall to pieces
Beneath the light of the glow
And I can’t go back over all the reasons
I’m at the end of my road

It’s a slow walk through the garden now
It’s the flowers in the wind
It’s the carefree way they grow without
Any fear of what has been

And, oh just like that I fall to pieces
Beneath the weight of a rose
And I can’t go back over all the reasons
I’m at the end of my road

I can’t go back, no
I can’t go back
I can’t go back, no, no

Oh just like that I fall to pieces
Beneath the weight of it all
But now I’ve seen that there is strength in weakness
It’s not the end of the road
Oh just like that I fall to pieces
Beneath the weight of it all
When you’ve come through that
Then you find a reason
It’s not the end of the road

PINES

Tread soft and light
Leave no path among the pines
Greet the morning as it comes
So clear and bright
All the melodies reside
In the rising of the sun
Runs

Oh, oh, oh

Now the scene unfolds
And the endless story’s told
And we simply play a part
But my soul implores
Have I not been here before?
As the rhythm of my heart
Runs

Oh, oh, oh

Such beauty in
Our impermanence
How we rise and fall

Oh, oh, oh

REFLECTIONS

Oh, I saw the setting of the sun
Over frozen fields last night
And I know that Christmas day will come
With the early morning light
But, may it be forever in our hearts
May we not forget when it grows dark

Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas

Oh I heard the ringing of the bells
Sounding out so clear and bright
And all the voices chiming in as well
Singing, “Holy, holy night”
But, oh let it be more than words we say
May we be reflections everyday
Let us not forget to live all year
With the eyes to see and ears to hear

RUNS & WINDS

I’m sitting by the river
Let the water come and wash away my fear
I listen to the water
All the harmonies fall upon my ear

Let my eyes see through illusions
Let my heart be wild and free
Let the truth come down from the mountain
As the river runs and winds it’s way to me

I wrestle with my demons
With my weakness, with my insecurity
I know they come in seasons
But it’s clearer to me now
That they won’t leave

Let my hands be used for lifting
Let my lips speak naught but truth
Let my feet be swift and certain
As I walk along the path searching for you

Let my eyes see through illusions
Let my heart be wild and free
Let the truth come down from the mountain
As the river runs and winds
The river runs and winds
As the river runs and winds it’s way to me

SAY IT AGAIN

Say it again, say it again
Maybe you will believe it
Say it again, say it again to my face
In the end, oh in the end if I don’t believe it
In the end, should I fall from grace?

Well, I don’t know
How to bring myself to hope
No I don’t know you at all

Oh my heart, it’s going places
Oh my god, I’m going down

Over and over again I don’t believe it
Over and again you say
”Still and silent!” “Still and silent!”
Well, still, I can’t find it
What if silence just means you’re alone?

SIMPLE SONG

I watch the snow come down
I watch the snow come down
And it falls quietly
And it leaves nothing out
And I watch the snow come down

I feel it in the air
I feel it in the air
Oh, this time of hope
And the memories we share
I can feel it in the air

I’ve heard it in the trees
I’ve heard it in the trees
It’s the gentle sound
Of love and joy and peace
I can hear it in the trees

So I sing a simple song
I sing a simple song
May your hearts be full
And may your days be long
Merry Christmas to you all

SOMEDAY

I was just a boy and I traveled on
I knew not where I’d lie
Oh, my ma was gone my pa’d moved on
But I’d seen that blinding light
And a fire burned so deep and wide
My heart was clear and bright
And I said, “Someway, lord please, someday let me kneel before your sight”

Now the light that shines
Through the smoking pines
Tells tales of days gone by
Of my wife who left
Of the tears I’ve wept
How I drink more than I’d like
And that fire burned all through the night
The flames took up the sky
And I said, “Someway, lord please, someday give me peace that satisfies”

Well, the years have come
And the years have gone
And I’ve seen this all before
If there’s nothing new underneath the sun
What has been shall be once more
And that fire burns but it’s not as bright
And it gets harder to recognize
But I’ll learn someway lord please, someday
Not to seek instead to find

SOMETHING MORE

I am my beloved’s, beloved are you mine?
Oh if you asked it of me I’d tear this down
And leave it all behind
I have searched for ages
Down every single road
And though the path I’ve followed
Has led this far I fear it’s growing cold

So I’ll start a fire, feed the flames
So they grow higher and higher
But I know my doubt
Strong enough to put a fire out
Oh, I’ve seen them all
Seen them rise and then seen each one fall
But I can’t ignore
The answer I am searching for
I want something more

Who is this that gathers
Around me like the sun?
If everyone who knows you is counted blessed
Will I be counted one?
Who is this that shimmers
Brighter than the moon?
How could I have looked for it all my life
And still have not found truth?

Should I bite my tongue?
Simply hope that only hope’s enough
Or look for the light
When it’s easier to close my eyes
When I called your name
Not in anger but in fear and pain
How the silence roared
How it echoed down the corridor
I want something more

THE SPARK

Come on, it’s too late tonight
You’ve been kicking at the wall
You’ve been looking for a fight
Come on, hold fast again
Wipe the dust from your eyes
’Cause you’ll need a steady hand

Honey, I don’t know
If we’ll get through the night
’Cause we’re barely holding on
And we’re losing the light
Honey, all I know, all that keeps me alive
Is the hint of a spark
To set our hearts on fire

So come on, we could turn this around
But you cannot give up
When you get knocked down
Come on then and give me your hand
I will lift you back up
Oh, and hold fast again

Honey, I don’t know
If we’ll get through the night
’Cause we’re barely holding on
And we’re losing the light
Honey, all I know, all that keeps me alive
Is the hint of a spark
To set our hearts on fire

Come on, oh I know you are tired
But the hint of a spark
Could set our hearts on fire

STAND YOUR GROUND

As you walk through the shadow
Feel your weight on solid ground
As you tremble in the darkness
In the midst of silent sound
As you search for your answers
But no answers have been found
May you stand, stand your ground

When you come to the table
To lay your burdens down
As you wait upon the weary
For whom no rest was found
As you search for to lean on
But find no friend around
May you stand, stand your ground

May you stand, stand your ground
May you stand, stand your ground
When the last step is before you
And you feel like falling down
May you stand, stand your ground

As you kneel in the garden
When no one is around
As you raise your hands above you
And from your lips cry out
”Oh, father forgive me
For I could not see through my doubt”
May you stand, stand your ground

May you stand, stand your ground
May you stand, stand your ground
When the last step is before you
And your light is burning out
May you stand, stand your ground

SUCH BITTER ENDS

So say the words you’ve longed to say
And cast this off again
And you’ll find something deeper and
More genuine

From the shadow of your wings
I found truth but truth was suffering
Oh my weak and drunken heart
Has come so far apart

Though the night repeats itself
I wait with bated breath
For sunlight’s warming fingers and
Another chance

From the shadow of your wings
I found truth but truth was suffering
Oh my weak and drunken heart
Has come so far

All the errors of my age
May the bridges burned be remade
All the arrogance of man
Oh, god damn such bitter ends
Again and again

THIS IS HOW IT GOES

Standing on the steps
Thinking I could try again
Or I could tear this all apart
I don’t need you now like I did back then
I just don’t want to fall too hard

But this is how it goes when you let it back in
This is how it goes, this is how it goes
When you’re defined by it this is how it goes

I can be alone I could be myself again
I don’t have to play a part
Getting off at 6th
Even though you’re waiting at 7th
I just don’t want to go that far

But this is how it goes
You’ll lose lovers and friends
This is how it goes, this is how it goes
When your means become ends
This is how it goes

I hear the voice as sweet as before
It’s been the same from the start
”Oh, just this once and just this once more”
Now watch this all fall apart

But this is how it goes when you let it back in
This is how it goes, this is how it goes
When you’re defined by it, this is how it goes

TIME ALONE

Time alone can’t save you
If that’s what you’re waiting for
It’s the end of all your battles
As you’re walking out the door
And you wear that face so bravely
And gather up your clothes
And you say you have to go
You say you have to go

Time alone can waste you
If it’s where you place your hope
With all my uphill struggles
How long could you cope?
And you wear that face so bravely
And stand out in the rain
But honey, I take all the blame
Honey, I take all the blame

Time, they say, can heal you
But that’s harder to believe
When you meet the brokenhearted
You see what it meant to leave
And with all my misconceptions
Of what it takes to change
I guess I’ll end up just the same
I guess I’ll end up just the same

TONIGHT

In the hour of my confession
When no one else can see
In my deepest of depression
Do you know me?
When the light was on the surface
Before the land was born
There was beauty in the darkness
No soul had been torn

But tonight if I slip, I fall
And this cannot be
Oh tonight if I should call out
Would you catch me?

No man is an island
But maybe some are stones
And the water wears them down
Until they are alone

But tonight, if I start to sink
If I cannot swim
Oh tonight if I start to drown
Would you jump in?

THE VEIL

When the last leaf falls
When the organ calls
When the sky is fading into red
And the bells all toll
For those who go
Many miles on ahead 

In that evening light
By the riverside
As the water rises up its song
Well, no sparrows fly
When the lilies cry
Soon the stones shall join along 

Oh, to glimpse those shores
Oh, to fear no more
Oh, to see behind the veil
For the night must come
But through it gleams the sun
May your light shine on as well 

And now as you go
Into the unknown
And I am left to cry out in the air
Well, my voice will strain
Underneath the weight
Of my hope to find you there

THE WAY YOU CAN

I cannot hear it
The way I did
The silence fully
Encompasses

And it’s overwhelming
I don’t understand
I just can’t hide it
The way you can

There’s something broken
Somewhere within
The more I hold it
The more it slips

And if it’s over well I’ll
Try and understand
But I just can’t hide it
The way you can

Will someone tell me
Is this all there is?
Will someone show me
Where to begin?

I know it happens
That good things end
It’s all around us
Yet unexpected

Still it’s overwhelming
And I can’t just start again
I cannot hide it the way you can
No, I, the way you can
The way you can

WE HAVE SEEN

No I’m not in line to get to heaven
I don’t know what I’d find
No I’m not in a rush to meet my maker
And if I was would he be kind?

We have seen too much
We have built our hope on a crutch
We have broken wings
We have learned that we don’t know everything

No I’m not thinking about forever
I can’t get past today
No I’m not going to join you in the river
With the sins of yesterday

We have seen enough
Truth is there but we don’t care enough to love
We have broken wings
We have learned that we don’t know everything
We have broken hearts
Though it hurts it’s no excuse not to start
We have got to see
What we do is what becomes history

WELLS

This was both of us together
Every part was joining in
Oh, like solitary feathers
Move with purpose through the wind

When so many of us forfeit
For we simply lose the plot
This was everything I’ve wanted
And I gave everything I’ve got

Well, there’s not much that I can say
To make you change your mind
You drifted further everyday
And the well ran dry
Runs dry, runs dry

Was it overcomplicated
Making mountains out of dust
Does it leave you feeling jaded?
I’d imagine that it must

WESTWARD

There’s something about the winter’s down in Texas
Something in the wind that burns my eyes
No way that I could keep from being reckless
When nothing but a drink can ease my mind

Now I’ve had enough of wanting to be wanted
I’ve had enough of living in despair
They say that brighter days will surely find me
But I’ve never seen the sun like I did there

So I’m packing up my bags and heading westward
Looking for a place to call my own
And I know I could find peace down in the valley
But something about the water calls me home

Well, in my heart there’s two roads that diverge now
And I’m sorry I can only travel one
But living’s only living once you’ve chosen
To stop wasting time wondering what you might’ve done

So I’m packing up my bags and heading westward
Looking for a place to call my own
And I know I could find peace down in the valley
But something about the water calls me home

WHAT HAVE I DONE?

I have surrendered my hopes. my dreams
For all of these things, they are yours
Whatever they bring, they are yours

I don’t remember what it was like
To look in your eyes and feel loved
To feel no surprise, for it was enough

What have I done?

WHAT’S TO COME

Now I raise my head up slowly
From the east down to the west
Somehow past mistakes that plagued you
Now are gone
And I close my eyes so tightly
Beneath the weight of old regrets
And I’ll hide behind the words I write
And bow my head again

But I owe myself a little more this time
Oh, I’ve raised my head
But I held it up just a little too high
And in the night who will be with you
If your fears are realized?
There’s a light that shines on what’s to come
Burning deep inside

So I’ll meet you in the morning
Beneath the pale blue of the sky
And the choices that we make will linger on
And I would not say “Don’t worry”
For not every fear is blind
All the lines I’ve made across my face
Are echoes of my life

And I know myself a little more this time
Oh, I’ve walked these roads before
But I fell a little behind
And in the night who will be with you
If your fears are realized
Oh, the light that shines on what’s to come is burning deep inside

Now I don’t know where I’m going
But I know where I have been
And the light that shines on what’s to come
Is burning deep within

WHEN WE COME BACK DOWN

You and I set the world on fire
Rose above the sun
Took it even higher
But now it feels like dancing on a wire
Well honey I ain’t scared
And I ain’t tired

When we come back down
From where we are now
We’ll still be flying with our feet on the ground
Maybe we’re hopeless
And up in the clouds
But love’s gonna hold us
When we come back down

Every night a sky full of stars
And there’s no way we can go too far
Some might say we’re stumbling in the dark
But that’s okay
Who cares where we are

WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE VALLEY

Where the mountain meets the valley
Where the river meets the sea, I will run
Where the fields begin to flower
As the rain waters the seeds, I will run
And time is not your friend, you will see
For all that’s young shall end eventually

When the winter rains are falling
And the riverbeds will swell, I will run
And when all that you have hoped for
And all that you have loved comes undone
When faith in what you see is not enough
Don’t say that you believe but do not love

WHO AM I?

Forget what you thought
And all that you want
And all that you said
Went straight to my head

Forget what you heard
And all that we were
And If I could say
What it means to me
What it means to me

But who am I that I should gain?
If it was given free then why do I complain?
Who am I that I should boast?
Though I did hold you close
I did hold you close

Forget what we thought
And all that we want
And all that we’ve said
About what this meant
About what this meant

Who am I to dream so high?
If I have learned one thing it’s that all these dreams die
And who am I that I should boast
Though I did love you most of the time
I did love you most of the time

WINTER’S NIGHT

Gather round the logs and start a fire
It’s cold and crisp and wrapped in wire
The ending of another summer’s here
We’ll sing the songs and drink the wine
And smell the burning boughs of pine
And think of loved ones as we gather near
It’s almost here

With families round and stories old
We’ll bring the tree in from the cold
And count the days until the coming morn
With chocolate melting in our mugs
And children sitting on the rugs
We’ll tell the story of the baby born
On Christmas morn, on Christmas morn

All the stars are shining down
This silent snowy night
And sleep is hard to find but for the time
The hills and all they valley’s round
Are blanketed in white
Tomorrow we’ll be up before the sun
It’s Christmas, it’s Christmas

WISH YOU WELL

Oh my love I hold you near
If only I was unafraid of all my fear
I wish I did not have to go
But I’ve already compromised more than you know

When the taste of love has gone stale
What you’re dreaming of, you won’t tell
But if you’ll soon be gone then I wish you well
I wish you well

Oh my heart it’s still the same
Yeah, a little older now, but it won’t change
There is love left in me still
Though I may not feel it now, someday I will

But it seemed so real to me then
Now it’s gone, it has faded again
For the love you scorn there will be an end
Here it comes again

WRONG SIDE OF TOWN

Well nobody can reach me
With my head in the clouds
I know I’ll be somebody
No matter how hard they try to pull me back down

Saying you were born on the wrong side of town
Born on the wrong side of town
So quit your daydreaming for crying out loud
You were born on the wrong side of town

And so I’ll pack up my suitcase
And go sing for the crowds
And I hope fortune will find me
So I don’t get lost before I am found

‘Cause when you’re born on the wrong side of town
Born on the wrong side of town
You can leave if you want to but there’s no getting out
When you’re born on the wrong side of town

And now somewhere behind me
I hear them whistle and shout
They’ll go and tell everybody
He grew up right here and we are so proud

Oh, when you’re far from the wrong side of town
Far from the wrong side of town
They’ll cheer when you’ve made it and say they had no doubt
When you’re far from the wrong side of
Wrong side of town
When you’re born on the wrong side of
Where are they now?
You were born on the wrong side of town