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Heavy Lid

Sweep that ever ordinary look from off the front page
and I hoped it was a bigger world than ever thought to be

fitting into meter and to silent silhouette she did
as a game and as a way, remembering another day

Keep a heavy lid
Keep a heavy lid

held in a kind of chemical reaction
borne in the way it softened the light
dark on the street there falling down, falling down
wake another night

keep a small momento of the year and seal away we did
all the afternoon, the evening, sleep away and nothing here

Keep a heavy lid
Keep a heavy lid

chime of a chance, so tremulous a time
when rooms of the day were broken and bright
once in a word was ever forgettable
fell upon another sight

a hand on the heart was never accidental
nor was the tone of many a voice
all in a moment, terrible, terrible
never saw the other boys

Keep a heavy lid
Keep a heavy lid

Love Is Not the End

It's another kind of wrong
and not the time for holding on
heaven knows tomorrow morning
will be clear and bright
but now you're on your own

so like it didn't seem to be the other open door
give it once around the block to be sure
on and on and on

and you were on in daylight
come in to say it's all right
but never once was it the end
love is not the end

and here and now it's not the ever of before
but something anything like the anyone of the light
and love an ordinary light
on and on, and keep the fight

keep the low light in your eyes
you could almost hear the words and now the
sound of something burning in the trees

and you were on in daylight
come in to say it's all right
but never once was it the end
love is not the end of it all

and you were on in daylight
come in to say it's all right
but never once was it the end
love is not the end of it all

and you were on in daylight
come in to say it's all right
but never once was it the end
and on and on and on

Hide Away

The symbol or the sign
never knew a way
they'll stay between the lines
and through the quiet day
but I could fill the room
with my thoughts of you
and keep you in the passing of the day

Hide away, hide away, hide away
somewhere I can find you
and when you wake up I won't make a sound
Hide away, hide away, hide away
and when you wake up
I'll still be around

So take another turn
and dream away the day
the many things they'll learn
will follow as they may
but I could fill the room
with my thoughts of you
and keep you in the passing of the day

Hide away, hide away, hide away
somewhere I can find you
and when you wake up I won't make a sound
Hide away, hide away, hide away
and when you wake up
I'll still be around

Resolute Lament

It sounded like some solemn hymn or resolute lament
when I read aloud that half-hearted message that you sent
you said we don't understand anything we do
cross the hall, don't think at all, you know it's nothing new

Your red sky burning through
wind blown those windows open, too

it's more than just an accolade
it's more than just a sin
more than ever wondered why
to let each other in
they said we'd rather be ignored than misinformed
stop the rail, stop the rail, I loved you once before

your red sky burning through
wind blown those windows open, too

don't dare, don't dare, it's treacherous and deep
she looks so soft and welcoming but
silently she'll seep into your heart

your red sky burning through
wind blown those windows open, too

you said we don't understand anything we do
cross the hall, don't think at all, you know it's nothing new

Wide World

Keep an eye upon the brightest light
it's still in sight
it's been too long, too late, it's a wide world
I sleep outside now, it's a wide world

You thought you had it all upon your back
this is the weight you were laboring under
is this your hard-fought, hard-won simple life?

You said someday the light
will dawn on your life
and the chorus will swell
I didn't need you to tell me
I knew it well
I knew it well

Though the air is cold and getting dark
the lines are clear
it's been too long, too late, it's a wide world
I sleep outside now, it's a wide world

Slide away beneath the diver's skin
it's a moment too quick and a shade too bright
but the chorus will swell
and again it's the same
we knew it well
we knew it well

you said someday the light
will dawn on your life
and the chorus will swell
I didn't need you to tell me
I knew it well
I knew it well

The First of the Light

You've been out walking lately
It's something about the time of year
and the sense that there's nothing to prove

that weekend haunted you
it was something about the sound of her voice
and oh, how she moves, how she moves

and you're not one to let yourself down

Home has never seemed so far away
as the lack of the sound in the night
Home was never quite the thing to say
she's the blue of the first of the light

You were born into
the kind of life it could have been
or at least what you thought it could be

And you can't be blamed
she was soft and understandable
as the sound of the wind through the trees

And you're not one to let yourself down

Home has never seemed so far away
as the lack of the sound in the night
Home was never quite the thing to say
she's the blue of the first of the light

And you can't be blamed, it was underestimated
And you're not one to let yourself down

Home has never seemed so far away
as the lack of the sound in the night
Home was never quite the thing to say
she's the blue of the first of the light

What it Should Be

Wake up
go to sleep
wake up
go to bed, make it count
It's a new week

Philosophy
and life is so sweet
but never to fear
never to fear, we never knew

stumble down
upon that moment
when you know
that it's all
Despite
what it should be

wake up
it's on me
you're here
and I see

but whitewashed walls
and silent nights
are something from
another life

stumble down
upon that moment
when you know
that it's all
despite
what it should be

wake up
go to sleep
despite
what it should be

Let it Fall

We all stood
stock still
turned away
toward the wind
and the moon

catch the scent
hear the howl
steel yourself
and remain
in tune

Let it fall where it may
it's a fair way to play
and here we will stay
it's a long, long way

this will not break your heart
this will not break your heart

make the way
too much
too soon
were the wheels
and the lull

and this is not a dream this time

Let it fall where it may
it's a fair way to play
and here we will stay
it's a long, long way

this will not break your heart
this will not break your heart
this will not break your heart
this will not break your heart

Sweet Soliloquy

So you say you'd like to stay forever
You say the sun don't rise where you're from
but with your hand on the door
and your eyes out the window
was there something else that needed to be done

such a sweet soliloquy
when you hide away and stay
fast asleep

so will you keep my picture by your bedside
keep my letters in the pages of your books
and if you chance to see my face
in the window of a train
will you still love me?
Would you steal a look?

Such a sweet and tender pain
will you stay inside
and stay far away

as the daylight in your darkest hour
when you know it doesn't mean a thing
but you told me why
and you knew that I
was never once what I wanted you to think

so sweetly we'll pass by
dream a million dreams and never bat an eye

so will you keep me on your windowsill
just a little quiet thing, I hope you will
and we'll never bat an eye
we'll never need to lie
about the time
we waste

Come In, Come In

Hold it up high
here comes the morning, running dry
but still outside
it will be waiting, by and by
nearly all the time
nearly all the time

and once or twice
you hear the clock tick several times
and maybe sigh
but not entirely in the lines
it's something new to love
something new to love

come in, come in
I'll leave the door unlocked again
whatever crumbles down
it only fades away
through, through it all

so don't be shy
the little looks between the lines
are sometimes right
and every now and then
you get it all set up
then lose the light

once again, once again
it's just another way to say
I want you here
I only ever wanted you
to stay
to stay

come in, come in
I'll leave the door unlocked again
whatever crumbles down
it only fades away
and I want you
to stay
through
it all

The Course of a Day

how in the open know you
to ever find a way
to say in the end it's over
but ever and ever again

and love in the way it holds you
and keeps away the dark
the fields and the flowers know you
to be as the night and the never

how in the way keep off from the hold
to sleep in a sound and a way
keeping the maybe well in mind
all in the course of a day

so sing to me hallelujah
and wait for better days
holding the hand and close it comes
to being the easier way

how in the way keep off from the hold
to sleep in a sound and a way
keeping the maybe well in mind
all in the course of a day
all in the course of a day
all in the course of a day

One and Only

Slowly
one and only
as an evening in the park

Leave me
like you see me
squarely in the dark

Fold the edges in
make it simple
make it neat

lamplight
makes a nice white
on the clean sheets

Morning makes
a clean shot
in the heart

But love, I think I know
what you meant
to say

You love me
one and only
and it's only for
a day

You love me
one and only
and it's only for
a day

Fold the edges in
make it simple
make it neat

lamplight
makes a nice white
on the clean sheets

and love, I think I know
what you meant
to say

You love me
one and only
and it's only for
a day

You love me
one and only
and it's only for
a day

Walk Me Down

On the way back down
on the lam
but it's a perfect place to go
where you stand

soft but in there in the moment
it's a day

keep quiet
salt like
and under it's not such a perfect light

walk me down
walk me down
Take the long way to the front room
give in

walk me down
it wasn't such a simple state
love and such and for the end

sweet and plain
sweet and plain

walk me down
walk me down
I don't know

walk me down
walk me down
I don't know

walk me down
walk me down
I don't know

walk me down