1. |
Monsters In The Dark
03:15
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(Hold me higher. Hold me high)
(Hold me higher. Hold me high)
There are monsters in the dark.
You’ve got to find them on your own, and then
We said, we said, last words over the phone.
We road the interstate, while she would drive I’d narrate
Singin’ our old songs from back home.
Come on, come on, that’s it now, Pick up, we’re gonna hit the town.
Come on, come on. (Whoa!) Come on, come on. (Whoa!)
We’re not gonna stick around, Better put on your dancing gown.
Come on, come on. (Whoa!) Come on, come on. (Whoa!)
There are monsters in the dark! / They’re not gonna keep us apart
(Hold me higher. Hold me high)
I’ll search with all of my heart
(Hold me higher. Hold me high)
There are monsters in the dark!
And a single step is all it takes. Over oceans, all emotions, I feel trapped under the weight.
(Can’t keep my) Head above water, long enough to say, that I love and miss you dearly,
More and more after each day. (What’s in the dark?)
And I start to feel like one of them. I keep waking up beside her every time a different bed,
Woken by strangers, no word from friends. Well there’s some evil ones just haven’t found them yet.
Come on, come on, that’s it now, Pick up, we’re gonna hit the town.
Come on, come on. (Whoa!) Come on, come on. (Whoa!)
We’re not gonna stick around, Better put on your dancing gown.
Come on, come on. (Whoa!) Come on, come on. (Whoa!)
There are monsters in the dark! / They’re not gonna keep us apart
(Hold me higher. Hold me high)
I’ll search with all of my heart
(Hold me higher. Hold me high)
There are monsters in the dark!
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2. |
The Diver & The Girl
03:52
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(oh’s)
Give me your hand. Let me come down, feel your hair’s silhouette.
Jump the landing, jump the ocean.
Whenever it gets hard. The search continues in the dark searching for ships to light the spark inside my heart but we can, jump the landing, never stop dreaming.
This is the tale of the Diver and the Girl.
And this is the search for the diver’s missing girl.
(oh’s)
Body holds secrets guarded with a key. Ghost of dreams unfortunately, search the high seas trying to stop me.
There’s no use in complicating my overall plan to search the ocean floor for my little sliver of land where I’ll, find my baby, never stop dreaming.
This is the tale of the Diver and the Girl.
And this is the search for the diver’s missing girl.
(oh’s)
Submarines and manned machines cause life to see us differently. Of all the obstacles I’ve seen, you’re by far my greatest leap.
(oh’s)
Give me your hand. Let it all fade away my friend. Again.
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3. |
The Beach
03:49
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Stay up late to watch the stars. Sneak away to amusement parks. Autumn leaves, summer nights, carousels for two, and I said hello mister ticket man. I’d like two tickets for this one, too.
Floral tees and cut up jeans. Glasses with the glass missing. Movie theaters never seemed to be so goddamn boring. Before I ever heard you say I love you. Well I love you too.
And I will wait, for you.
And I will wait, for you.
And I will wait, for you.
Oh on the beach yeah I will wait for you.
We get lost in amsterdam. We tour the east side holding hands oh your eyes filled with the city, university, some day we’ll be, lucky, enough to call this home. Dinner out and breakfast in. I watch your hands draw where we’ve been oh I’ve been a fool in this carnival for two, I remember when, you held my hand and said I love you. Well I love you too.
And I will wait, for you.
And I will wait, for you.
And I will wait, for you.
Oh on the beach yeah I will wait for you.
Behind that crooked smile. I feel a little sad, haven't talked to you in a while. But still I say, and I’ll repeat myself one day. It’s funny how this little town turned out okay.
It’s funny how, for you.
It’s funny how, for you.
It’s funny how, for you.
Oh on the beach yeah I will wait for you.
Oh on the beach yeah I will wait for you.
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4. |
Technicolor Carnival
03:49
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Don’t be shy my angel. Your secret’s forever safe with me when you walk away from what seems to be the solution. Those lips are meant for speaking of which I can never do with you so cut short the banter and let loose all emotions.
However, I see you against the wall. Telling me to join, to join them all.
Well you’ve been a fool for me, oh. Let’s never return to our technicolor carnival.
Who’s that knocking at the door, I can’t wait one minute more, something’s spreading through the air and I feel it in my bones. One courtesy call could of been all that I need.
I wish that I could understand love. I wish that I could understand our love in times of trouble could make us better believe.
However, I see you in my head. Telling me to try and try again.
Well you’ve been a fool for me, oh. Let’s never return to our technicolor carnival.
I wish that I could understand love. I wish that I could understand our love in times of trouble could make us better believe.
(Oh’s)
Let’s never return to our technicolor carnival.
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5. |
Higher
02:27
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Higher when the wind blows, I will be higher when the wind blows.
Higher when the wind blows, I will be higher when the wind blows.
Higher when the wind blows, I will be higher when the wind blows.
I don’t need what don’t come for free. But it hurts so deep. I don’t ever sleep.
When they tell me not to live this way. Believe me I’m hearing all the things you say.
Y’all keep on dreaming just to feel okay. Put more reason to words and we will make it some day. Cause I’m.
Higher when the wind blows, I will be higher when the wind blows.
Higher when the wind blows, I will be higher when the wind blows.
Don’t believe what they’re feeding you. You’ve got jealousy and I’ve got nothing to lose.
And they still tell me not to live this way. Believe me I’m hearing all the things you say.
Y’all keep on dreaming just to feel okay. Put more reason to words and we will make it some day. Cause I’m.
Higher when the wind blows, I will be higher when the wind blows.
Higher when the wind blows, I will be higher when the wind blows.
(Higher when the wind blows, I will be higher when the wind blows)
(Higher when the wind blows, I will be higher when the wind blows)
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6. |
Kayla
02:42
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I’d rather sit alone and sit with a beer. Find myself a corner, you find me up here.
Won’t you like to dance? Show me how to dance, and I’m in.
Holy shit it’s fun just to jump up and down. Pick me up and I’ll swing you around.
I thought you couldn’t dance. Take a chance.
So Kayla won’t you hold on to me
You keep on looking around the room
I’m fine with nothing more than what I see
It sends me spinning around the room
I reach across the room. You already knew. You crack a little joke as the fire grew.
The wind blows it away. Will I see you again?
I don’t know what this is. What could it be? I’m not looking for love but love’s lookin for me and it’ll do what it might. But this is just for tonight.
So Kayla won’t you hold on to me
You keep on looking around the room
I’m fine with nothing more than what I see
It sends me spinning around the room
spinning around the room
spinning around the room
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7. |
Why Baby Why
02:27
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What do you mean god gave me two left feet?
Shooting me glares from the passenger seat.
Come on baby we got all dressed up, won’t you dance with me?
Why baby why do you come with trouble?
I’m trying to hide as not to be seen.
But I know you mean well, step on my feet, and come dance with me.
Come on, try to have a good time, there’s a punch bowl but you brought red wine.
Come on baby show me what’s a good time, why baby why?
Why must you play me like I play the guitar?
She made me jump into the reservoir.
And go running till we fade to black, Like the movies do.
Why baby why do you come with trouble?
I’m trying to hide as not to be seen.
But I know you mean well, step on my feet, and come dance with me.
Come on, try to have a good time, there’s a punch bowl but you brought red wine.
Come on baby show me what’s a good time, why baby why?
(Solo)
Come on, try to have a good time, there’s a punch bowl but you brought red wine.
Come on baby show me what’s a good time, why baby why?
Come on baby show me what’s a good time, why baby why?
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8. |
Tattoo
03:03
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I’ve never been tattooed. No reason to put one on. Like a favorite song,
I tend to wimp out and never go through.
And everyday I see, all the pretty girls around me,
and all their tattoos and many questions they receive.
I wish I was a tattoo, so I’d know I meant something to you.
I want to be the words written down your side, I want to be the secret you have to hide.
I’d settle for the one you’d rather erase but I’d rather be the flowers wrapped around your waist. I want to be the arrow, the heart, the name. I’d even be the cover-up to hide your shame.
I wish I was a tattoo, so I’d know I meant something to you.
(so I’d know I meant something to you).
I wish it could be so black and white, a moment in time you remember for life.
I want to start conversations that wouldn’t otherwise, encourage you to roll up your sleeves all night. I want to be the reason fingers meet. I want to catch tears rolling down your cheek.
I wish I was a tattoo, so I’d know I meant something to you.
(so I’d know I meant something to you).
It may be silly, but it’s one way to your heart.
We had our good fun, but it’s time for us to part.
It’s times like these, that sends me to my knees.
And wish I was a tattoo, so I’d know I meant something to you.
(so I’d know I meant something to you)
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9. |
Isabella
03:18
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Isabella you’re the one who keeps me on the run between my homes.
It’s so hard to be away but in my heart I know you’ll grow up strong.
Singing songs, magic wands, right from wrong, driving cars.
Acrobat, brand new cat, softball bat, hide the tat.
Through it all you know I’ll be there.
I love you Isabella, oh all the places we-will go.
I love you Isabella, I’ll teach you everything I know.
I love you Isabella, I’ll be here with you till I go.
I love you Isabella, there is so much I have to show you, Isabella.
Isabella I can tell you’re like a shooting star in the dark.
I know some magnets don’t connect but they can’t pull ours apart.
Winter Summer, Spring and Fall, friends you’ll trust and friends you won’t.
Lots of do’s, lots of dont’s. Lots of don’t forget your coat.
And through it all you know I’ll be there.
I love you Isabella, oh all the places we-will go.
I love you Isabella, I’ll teach you everything I know.
I love you Isabella, I’ll be here with you till I go.
I love you Isabella, there is so much I have to show you, Isabella.
I’ll take the heat for what’s behind. I do believe what I’m doing is right.
I know these things need time. Stars, please align.
Isabella you’re the one, hold you in my arms and I feel home.
Know that as long as I’m around, I promise you will never feel alone.
I love you Isabella, oh all the places we-will go.
I love you Isabella, I’ll teach you everything I know.
I love you Isabella, I’ll be here with you till I go.
I love you Isabella, there is so much I have to show you, Isabella.
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10. |
Maybe I Was The One
04:28
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Where oh where could my baby be? There’s no one here but me but that could change. Where oh where could my baby be? Maybe I was the one who sent her away.
Where oh where’d the grass ever go? I think back to when we’re walking in the rain. The feelings from within send the tides rolling in cause maybe I was the one who sent her away.
And I will always be your diver as you will be my girl and every time I made you smile I wouldn’t trade it for the world. When you tell this great old story you start crying like a fool cause maybe I was the one and you were too.
Where oh where has our love gone? The night I first fell deep into your eyes I could see the stars in the dark and with a heavy heart she told me I was the one who sent her away.
And I will always be your diver as you will be my girl and every time I made you smile I wouldn’t trade it for the world. When you tell this great old story you start crying like a fool cause maybe I was the one and you were too.
(Oh’s)
And I can you whisper all the words you told me last. And I will keep your promise not to ever look back. Maybe there’s a time and a place to meet again. Maybe I’ll be the one from the water to ascend and I will always be your diver as you will be my girl and every time I made you smile I wouldn’t trade it for the world. When you tell our great old story you start crying like a fool cause maybe I was the one and you were too.
(Oh’s)
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11. |
Ups & Downs
03:10
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Shirt sleeves get complicated when your words sound more like what the TV says
How come the days spent locked away never cause a freight train a comin’ through my head. My baby don’t, pick up the phone, gonna wait for that dial tone. And when I do, you know I best hang up, but nevertheless I keep pressing my luck
You & I we’ve got our ups and downs. Turn the radio up we keep drivin’ on
Hoping it’ll blow over by the next song. Every time we got our ups and downs.
I turn the radio up we keep drivin’ on. Hoping it’s all gone by the next song.
Never heard another word again, maybe it’s better this way, I should have never hit send,
I’ll give you room with no opinion how bout me as a friend, I’ll take it all over nothing, he’ll be mine till the end, My baby don’t, pick up the phone, gonna wait for that dial tone. And when I do, you know I best hang up, but nevertheless, waiting to hear that (Beep).
You & I we’ve got our ups and downs. Turn the radio up we keep drivin’ on
Hoping it’ll blow over by the next song. Every time we got our ups and downs.
I turn the radio up we keep drivin’ on. Hoping it’s all gone by the next song.
You & I we’ve got our ups and downs. Turn the radio up we keep drivin’ on
Hoping it’ll blow over by the next song. Every time we got our ups and downs.
I turn the radio up we keep drivin’ on. Hoping it’s all gone by the next song.
We don’t want what we got now. We don’t want to figure it out.
Turn away from that hand you’re dealt. Baby, you gotta love me without a doubt.
We don’t want what we got now. We don’t want to figure it out.
Turn away from that hand you’re dealt. Well you gotta love me without a doubt.
(Baby) We don’t want what we got now. We don’t want to figure it out.
Turn away from the hand you’re dealt. Baby, you want love without a doubt.
We don’t want what we got now. We don’t want to figure it out.
Turn away from the hand you’re dealt. Well you gotta love me without a doubt.
(Ups & Downs)
(Ups & Downs)
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12. |
Quitting You
02:16
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What’s the word when I’m not around? Everybody’s got their head kept down.
Looks to me we’ve got words to share. I miss our love and it don’t feel fair.
You’re in my bones and in my phone. Now and then I can feel you moan.
Steal my time and spend me broke. I’m quitting you jack hit the road.
I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. Hit the road jack. I’m quitting you.
I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. Hit the road jack. I’m quitting you.
Time flies when you’re not alone. Your true friends feel right at home. When you put yourself out in front of multiple crowds I feel a love holding me higher when the wind blows.
I don’t recall hotel rooms a few bathroom stalls. Baby without you I feel ten feet tall.
Maybe be the athlete I never was. Let’s take a drive. (Oh where we going?)
To say goodbye. (Baby please don’t do this)
Oh I’m in love with a woman who can’t stop won’t stop killing me.
Let’s take a drive. (Just stop the car) We kiss goodbye. (see you next time)
There ain’t gonna be a next time and mark my words I bet this’ll be the last time you ever heard.
I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. Hit the road jack. I’m quitting you.
I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. Hit the road jack. I’m quitting you.
I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. Hit the road jack. I’m quitting you.
I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. I’m quitting you. Hit the road jack. I’m quitting you.
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13. |
Running With The Wolves
04:18
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Is that the sound of your heart strings strumming for me?
Or have they quieted down to set you free?
Oh for now we’ll hold on. Let your heart inside you run away.
Long after your eyes turn laughter to tears. What matters most after all these years.
Oh for now we’ll hold on. Cause you’re the spark inside. We’ll run away.
With the wolves. With the wolves.
Lights flicker. Your quick triggered smile grows bigger after driving for miles.
And all I wanted was for you to know. I’ll be beside you no matter where you go.
Oh for now we’ll hold on. Cause you’re the spark inside. We’ll run away.
With the wolves. With the wolves.
(Whoa)
Allow us to be our own leap in the unknown.
I know it’s hard but sometimes these things figure themselves out to be,
So clear to see. I hope you’ll trust me. Cause’ you’re still my key.
Oh now, we’ll hold on. We’ll hold on. We’ll hold on.
(Ooh’s)
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14. |
Like I Used To
03:27
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I poured my heart into you. To the very last drop my eyes produced.
But you kicked me down, you kicked me down, you kicked me down.
I hit the ground, I hit the ground, without a sound.
I’m gonna love you like I used to. I’m gonna love you like I used to (I swear).
I’m gonna love you like I used to. If it takes my life to get used to.
I’m gonna love you like I used to. I’m gonna love you like I used to (I swear).
I’m gonna love you like I used to. If it takes my life to get used to.
You turned my world on upside down.
You make me want to leave my town.
But we don’t talk, we don’t speak, haven’t heard from you in weeks.
Until now. Baby you’re a tease.
I’m gonna love you like I used to. I’m gonna love you like I used to (I swear).
I’m gonna love you like I used to. If it takes my life to get used to.
I’m gonna love you like I used to. I’m gonna love you like I used to (I swear).
I’m gonna love you like I used to. If it takes my life to get used to.
I can’t fight feeling this high. When hellos mean goodbye.
I feel so afraid at night. I don’t think what I did was right.
So you packed your things and moved away. Far from us in another state.
Thought I would be okay by now. But this is how it turned out.
I’m gonna love you like I used to. I’m gonna love you like I used to (I swear).
I’m gonna love you like I used to. If it takes my life to get used to.
I’m gonna love you like I used to. I’m gonna love you like I used to (I swear).
I’m gonna love you like I used to. If it takes my life to get used to.
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15. |
Untitled Unloved
03:26
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Are you gonna love me? Like I know you do.
Are you gonna love me? Like I love you. X2
I’m diving in blind. You test my limits with no reply.
Have you been hurt and need some time? Has something else been on your mind?
I may come off a bit too strong. Haven’t felt real love in so long.
Baby take your time. I’ll stay up all night. (But)
Are you gonna love me? Like I know you do.
Are you gonna love me? Like I love you. X2
The TV goes black at 1. Takes 2 people to feel like somethings
Pulling us together like a magnet does. 3 2 1 you missed the gun.
And what’s a little bit of practice? Nervous, since the girl you were last with.
You teeter on a fine line with me, but fall deep and there will only be sheets in between.
What’s keeping you out of reach? I’m in your arms but you’re keeping what you feel discrete.
I need to know what this all means. Before you go to sleep -
Are you gonna love me? Like I know you do.
Are you gonna love me? Like I love you. X2
From the window watch you leave. You go walking down the street.
Keep my phone on to believe that you’d come running back to me.
With my eyes I watch you leave. But you keep walking down the street.
All I want is to believe, could I be wrong? (Or)
Are you gonna love me? Like I know you do.
Are you gonna love me? Like I love you. X2
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16. |
Faces
04:44
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Eyes and ears open to whom I may meet. Questions and answers, smile and repeat.
Tattoos form stories we all can endear, but I’d much rather hear what you love and you fear.
A personal list caused by one little kiss, a tear from a loved one, a glare to a fist,
All have their endings and I’ve had my share, it’s too bad I sing to repair.
Sometimes I walk just to see who passes me by. Passes me by.
Faces and places they go become things that I write, Things that I write.
Sometimes I feel like a ghost who longs for a life. Longs for a life again.
But then I remember the faces that put out my light the faces that lied.
And then I know why.
An outfit that falls by the waist, a plan in it’s place, my heart won it’s very first race.
Held but I feel out of touch. Enough is enough. Every why needs a what. And every what needs a
Who what where why is it I sit by quiet while lives live their lows, and the highs are all blown by the wind. If you sing from within, tears roll your chin and you feel it again.
Sometimes I walk just to see who passes me by. Passes me by.
Faces and places they go become things that I write, Things that I write.
Sometimes I feel like a ghost who longs for a life. Longs for a life again.
But then I remember the faces that put out my light the faces that lied.
And then I know why
Sometimes I walk just to see who passes me by. Passes me by.
Faces and places I’ve lost. All left behind. Frozen in time.
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