1. |
The Deeper You Get
03:30
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The Deeper You Get
December 5, 1988
Has he written a song for you?
Well, this makes five from me.
You say you get along, you two;
well, we’ll see
if he is all he’s cut out to be
or if he changes in a while.
People aren’t always what they seem
when they smile.
The deeper and deeper you get, the more you’ll find
the truth to be just what I said; and then you'll see
that you have been wasting your time. You’ll come to me,
‘cause I have been waiting so long for your love to be mine.
Does he think of you all the time
or only when you’re there?
You are with me everywhere I go.
And one more thing: I’d like to know
if he has written a song for you.
My inspiration is so strong
that I feel the sixth one coming on
and it won’t be long before
the deeper and deeper you get, the more you’ll find
the truth to be just what I said, and then you’ll see
that you have been wasting your time
with a man like this,
the deeper, and deeper, and deeper, and
deeper you get the more you’ll see in me.
He looks good now, but given time he’ll sink
to what he was without your love
and then you'll see, you’ll see...
The deeper and deeper you get, the more you’ll find
the truth to be just what I said; and then you’ll see
that you have been wasting your time. You’ll come to me
‘cause I have been waiting so long for your love to be mine.
The deeper and deeper you get.
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2. |
Toothpaste
02:24
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Toothpaste
February 14, 2014
1. Have you lost faith?
Have you lost heart?
Has what is left grown tired and hard?
Has it been hard?
Has it been long?
Has it been going on and on?
Would it kill you
to not treat the toothpaste
like something you were trying to strangle?
2. Has it gone too far?
Has it gone too wrong?
Has it just worn you down?
Are you left with rage
when all your love is gone?
Are you left with nothing left at all?
Would it kill you
to not treat the toothpaste
like something you were trying to strangle?
Are you left with nothing left at all?
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3. |
Palestrina
07:33
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Palestrina
June 20, 1998
1. Palestrina, what would you do
if there were so many voices all louder than you?
Palestrina would you find a way
and the will to go on though no one’s listening?
Palestrina, please give me some hints.
Shed some light on my path so that it all makes sense.
Palestrina, would even you fail
to create balance and beauty of the things in my head?
2. Palestrina, did you know that you’d be
considered a master after centuries?
Or did you just live day to day,
writing note after note, page after page?
Did you feel the fire in your head,
by candle at night when your wife was in bed?
Did you wake up tired, but glad
that in the silence of night you’d given birth to a mass?
Are you listening? Can you hear me?
Will my voice reach through the years?
Am I touching your spirit,
through your soul, through your heart, through your head,
through your ears?
3. And here I stand today
before a jury of masters staring down at me.
What else can I say
after Beethoven, Bach, and Debussy?
Palestrina, I pale in your light.
Though I’m burning today, tomorrow you’ll still shine.
But even as I flicker and fade,
I plea for permission to ply your trade.
If I were a plumber it would be easy
to make my case understood.
I've got no illusions of my stature:
I'm not a genius, but I'm good...
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4. |
What's Real
03:09
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What’s Real?
February 17, 2017
We’ve all got this disease
and sometimes it feels
like it is the only thing
growing
inside me.
Is any of this real?
Is this just a dream–
a series of scenes
and cycles of feelings?
How do we know what’s real?
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5. |
Idiot
01:23
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Idiot
2005/2011
People are likely to be idiots.
Everyone I know but me
is bound to be stupid.
I can see, predictably,
that you will disagree.
And that would make you...
an idiot.
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6. |
Have I Gone Too Far
03:36
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Have I Gone Too Far?
May 27, 1990
1. Have I gone too far?
Will there be no turning back?
Today I follow my own star,
will I find that only I see it tomorrow?
Have I gone too far?
2. Who have I become?
What is it I’m looking for?
When I look into my eyes
all I see is blood and sleepless nights and manuscript.
Have I gone too far?
3. Have I lost the crowd?
This time have I pulled too hard?
Has the fragile thread I led them by
begun to fray or even broken in two?
Have I gone too far?
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7. |
Silent Star
05:29
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Silent Star
December 8, 2004
1. Strange angels in the sky
interrupt this lonely night
singing peace on earth.
But what’s that worth
when they sing it from the sky?
2. No angel will never know
what it’s like living below.
They sing of birth,
but that just means more hurt
as another woman cries.
Born under a silent star.
Live under a silent star.
Die under a silent star,
a million miles away.
3. 2,000 years passed since that night
and the only light that fills the sky
are the rockets red glare
and bombs bursting in air
under the gaze of satellite,
above this maze with restless eye.
Born under a silent star.
Live under a silent star.
Die under a silent star,
a million miles away.
A silent star, while all the angels sing:
Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo.
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8. |
So Far From Home
04:00
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So Far from Home (Psalm 137/Mukachevo)
July 28, 2015
1. We sat by the river and played our guitars,
dreaming of better days.
If memories are fires, then songs are the spark—
but they’re both starting to fade. They are starting to fade.
How can we sing the songs of the Lord
here on foreign ground?
How could we raise a song of joy
when we’re so far from home?
2. We sat under willows and taught them our songs;
the wind played the branches like harps.
Tears in our eyes, laments on our tongues,
and such sadness in our hearts. Only sadness in our hearts.
How can we sing the songs of the Lord
here on foreign ground?
How could we raise a song of joy
when we’re so far from home?
3. God damn the slave traders, pimps, and the wars
that have taken our sons and our daughters.
God bless the children huddled for warmth,
‘cause the night is getting colder. Oh, the night’s getting colder.
How can we sing the songs of the Lord
here on foreign ground?
How could we raise a song of joy
when we’re so far from home?
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9. |
I'll Be Around
02:01
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I’ll Be Around
1997
I'll be around
when your friends are gone and you’re feeling down.
I’ll be around
when all your luck is through.
I’ll be around
and I swear my love will astound you.
No better friend can be found,
I’ll be around for you.
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10. |
When I'm Dreaming
03:53
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When I’m Dreaming
February 10, 2011, 8:47am
1. Who knows of the ever after?
Who wants to arrive there faster?
I’m not sure about forever—
I only know I want to be together.
2. Who knows what our dreams are made of—
hopes or fears or fairy dustings?
All I know is when I’m fading,
there’s another world there waiting.
And when I’m dreaming, I’m dreaming of you.
3. When this sleep is finally ended,
I’ll wake up and I’ll remember
something, someone, somehow waiting
just beyond what dreams are made of.
And when I’m dreaming, I’m dreaming of you.
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