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Our eyes connect for the first time
And immediately she brightens my life
This sounds like a corny love story
But it involves me,
It involves me
I never tried to impress her
I even played hard to get but she kept chasing me around
All of my life I never would've thought I'd fall in love
Cause in all of my life loneliness beat me to the ground
All these love stories only involve me
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2. |
40th Street
05:33
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Here we are
Just the two of us
All alone, on the beach
On 40th street
This is a night that I will not forget
And our love is still full of innocence
And to keep it like this would be the greatest gift from God
Because He showed you all His plans for us
Does His plan consist of you and me playing in the sand under all the stars?
And then the fireworks burning through dark skies as we kiss for the first time
Is this a sign?
I swear right here, right now
I could vow my whole life to You as our love blooms
It's the perfect story for my life
And I will never forget this night, this night
We're silhouettes dancing on the moonlit shore
And the moon shines a spotlight on us
As if God were looking straight down at us
To witness His masterpiece of this night
Paint this picture, make it last forever
I thank you for filling this void in my heart
Cause she's a blessing to me
But I want to hear Your voice speaking to me
Does Your plan consist of me and her playing in the sand under all the stars?
And then the fireworks burning through dark skies as we kiss for the first time
Is this a sign?
I swear right here, right now
I could vow my whole life to You as our love blooms
It's the perfect story for my life
And I will never forget this night, this night
Fireworks exploding at a distance
Falling into the black ocean as our lips kiss
I don't want to wake
We will never break
And I will never leave her
She says I saved her from the life she's lived
She's filled with sadness and I'm here, I'm here to fill her up with love
And I would die before I ever leave her
She saved me too and this night proves
That we'll never break
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1 John 4:18
03:57
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Years ago I thought,
"What could possibly happen to me if I
Never find you, girl of my dreams?"
It would be a living nightmare
If I lived a lifetime searching for you
I was washed ashore onto the sands of your love
Can't ask for more
There is no fear in love, no fear in love
Perfect love drives out fear
I'll drive it till we hit E
No fear resides in me
I never believed in love at first sight
But that story became mine once you came into my life
I never thought that someone else would try to find love from me
My expectations were fulfilled when you said that you love me
I was searching for love years ago
Then I suddenly stopped and gave up
I never realized it was looking for me
My search is over
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4. |
4-10-02 You Love Me
03:39
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You touch me to know if I'm real
I'm not an illusion, but how can you be real?
Everything I wish for is all in you
You touch me to make sure I'm real
I feel your soft skin
It assures me that my skin my flesh is real and so is yours
Wake from this dream
How ironic is our story so far?
I know it's right
I swear I've known you my whole life
I sing songs to you about being color-blind with the coffee black and egg white
And how you're a blessing in my life
It's hard to hope for so much but I believe
Your statement of "I love you"
Reached my ears April 10, 2002
Filled my body with electricity
It could light up a city
I'm as real as this love I feel
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As dawn breaks and the sun rises up
I start thinking about us
How are we gonna break through this day
Without a fight and nothing left to say?
Just talk to me
That's all I want, baby
I'm not in control but please listen to me
I think it's abnormal that we can't share our lives with each other
What does it take?
I don't want to make a mistake
That will crush both of our lives
I'm patiently waiting for that day
When I get you and you get me
I can't wait for that day
Until then I'm gonna love you
The best that I can
Do I wait too long for it?
When I'm driving I love to hold your hand,
But sometimes the passenger's seat is empty,
But I still reach
Will it be like that when I need someone there
Or will you be the one that I dreamed of?
"That's in God's hands"
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We argue about these stupid things
I don't know where this conversation leads
You are the imposter of the girl in my dreams
You hang up the phone abruptly
Is there something wrong?
I dial you up again this phone tag game is useless
Endless, but it manipulates my mind
What's wrong girl in my dreams?
You're about to burst everytime You talk to me
Didn't mean it, I'm sorry, let's talk about it
But you don't, you never do
I do so much for you
All I'm asking for is a cure
To this infested problem that keeps on growing if we don't fix it
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7. |
No More Fake Love Titles
04:36
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Love hurts us all
It takes us all
For an emotional flight of hope
So let your story unfold
Gaurd my heart from these temptations
Her eyes are the keys to opening that door I never dared to be in
O God, it's not my intention
But her hands are blind now and don't know where they're leading
How did we ever come to this?
I'm a novice in our game of pain
So let's play
You keep me warm, it's natural,
But not as natural as the love we make
It makes us look fake
Gaurd my heart from these temptations
Her eyes are the keys to opening that door I never dared to be in
And passions unfold before my eyes
And all I can see are the lies we tell our friends
STOP FOLLOWING ME
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8. |
The Next Rest Area
02:37
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Come on now baby you're dragging behind
I look back and you're sitting there with a smile
How can I leave a face like that?
I feel compelled to just pick you up and take you on this ride
Seems so close but it's so far away
(We can make it
One more step
If you're tired I'll pick you up)
With so much on our backs and you in my arms
(I'm getting weaker
that I might drop
If I do, we'll lie in one place again)
Retrace my footsteps cause now we're crawling in the sand
Trying to desparately stand back up
We keep moving forward with so much on our backs
It does us no good, it does us no good
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9. |
Prelude
00:38
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(time approaches, constant rate.
argument spurts, quickens the pace...
the music of the night, stars and space
collide all at once in this dreary place...)
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10. |
July 1st 2004
05:56
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Come into my arms tonight
We need to talk about our problems
But everytime I try, you show your back
Again you're walking away from the problems unsolved
I do most of the talking which makes me not know exactly where you're coming from
Tonight I'm sorry I can't take anymore
This time, this time around
It hurts to know this is the last time I drive away
From your house
And see you the way I remember you
You sit there lips sealed and hide it inside
What's the point in hiding this when you've exposed everything else of you to me?
Again you're walking away from the problems unsolved
The Yankee Candle Company seems more important than me
It's my turn to walk away
I'm not gonna grab you this time
It's my turn to walk away
I don't know where all these years went
But they're an echo in eternity
These memories will last for a lifetime
It will take too much to forget them
What did you do to forget them?
What did you do to forget all the problems unsolved
And treat them like nothing the next time you saw me
On my day
I don't want to know
But these voices are telling me
That night I was bawling in my car
Throwing curses straight up to God
Because he had this so-called "plan" for us
Did you like how it worked out for us?
That night I was sorry
Couldn't take it anymore
That time around
It hurt to know that was the last time I drived away
From your house
And saw you the way I remember you
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11. |
In Circles We Go
03:37
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That night is always on the back of my mind
It never leaves
It never goes away
Take breaks and in circles we go
Nothing ever adds up and we both know
We weren't meant to be what we dreamed to be
I wonder how I ever got here
And I wonder if this for real
I saw it coming, yet I did nothing
I found out too late that love makes me a fool
You say I hurt you then
But look at me now
Blisters on my fingers playing music for you
You still hurt me now
But I will keep playing to suck all the venom out
Unleash the beast of "I love you's" to cool things down
Make history repeat itself
We'll stay in one place of fakeness
Cause you're not willing to help us
Can you honestly say you tried
To stop the constant scenes of me breaking down
On my way back home?
You call me and think there's nothing wrong
Then in circles we go
You wonder how you ever got here
And you wonder if this for real
You saw it coming, yet you did nothing
You found out too late that love makes you a fool
I used to have no common sense when it came to this
Love makes people do stupid things
But sometimes even things extraordinary
Tell me now in the name of love what did you do to try to save us?
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I know you had to go
But you threatened me to the bone
I can't forget how you did it
Heartless you were
I hope you didn't forget
But it's in your blood
It's in you blood
I feel unloved
So unloved
Hope is tied to my heart
I pretend that everything goes right
But it won't this time, it won't this time
I cut off the string myself
Now hope is dropping from my heart
It's over now
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Please take no offense
If you ever listen to this
I don't intend to right the wrongs
The past is past, I know
And so do you
Life goes on
And our lives completely different now
Millions of pieces and one is yours
But I try to hide this one away from my life
Now I'm piecing together a shattered heart
It's not complete without you,
It will stay glued here forever
Don't worry about me, I'm fine
It seems that you are too
I'm over everything now
Time stitched my wounds closed
No hard feelings my dear
O how you changed my life
I'm accepting the fact that you'll always have a place in my heart
Doesn't matter if you feel the same way or not
It's something I have to live with
We have to live with for now
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14. |
Fate, I Guess
14:18
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How long will it take me?
How long did it take you?
Tonight I feel like a child
Waiting for a ride back home
You're anywhere or everywhere but where I am
My legs are weak from standing still too long
Pick me up, or leave me
Cause maybe I am destined to fall
This must be easy for you
It's hard to keep on hoping for nothing
Because nothing is the outcome of us after all these years
And this winter is colder as I chill in my sheets
I miss yours with you underneath
But I hear you're warming now
I'm left here freezing
My legs grow weary, I stood for too long
Will you pick me up, or leave me down?
Answer now before I fall
It's fate I guess, but it's hard to keep on hoping for nothing
Because nothing is the outcome of us after all these years
And now all these buried tears erupt from these eyes of mine
How long will it take me?
How long did it take you to forget me?
[proceeded by the extensive healing process inside the mind of a maniacal madman]
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Piecing the Shattered Vision Virginia Beach, Virginia
A collection of songs dealing with experiences that have helped grow and shape the person I am today.
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