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Burdens
04:00
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As I stand in place in my tailored suit, I look at the crowd then back at you. I swear to God you never looked so beautiful. My hands begin to tremble and shake as you read the vows we made. For better or for worse, to have and to hold, "I do." I love her to death, 'til death do us part, As I reflect on the past, no love will fix this broken heart. To fill the void of a boy running from home. A burden too complex for my young mind to hold. Only time will tell, only time will tell what we have lost. Only time will tell, only time will mend this broken heart. Only time will tell, only time will tell what we have lost. We must beat the sands of time before we find ourselves buried underneath. Now that light that brought you such hope haunts me every night. And those docks we passed on our walks, send shivers down my spine like the fog off the coast. I never deserved to take the place of a man who died to keep his family safe. His daughter looks to me to be the father that I'll never be, a husband to the wife who's love died at sea. A burden too complex for my young mind.
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Tides
02:55
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The clearest skies and the calmest seas, I breathed the same air in that you breathed. But I'll never feel that same pain he felt, on those same harsh rocks on which you knelt. You pray to your God, Ill never pray to mine. By that same light that you swore you'd find him by. "We'll meet at the docks where we watched the boats come in," we shared our first kiss but he never did. She screamed for you, and she sang to me, "Oh hear us cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea." Nineteen, and he swore he'd never leave. You watched the tide roll in, the sun set so peacefully. That flask pressed up against your lips, that pain came on so easily. You read each letter down to his last words, "I miss your touch, your smell, and our small town." Then you cast each letter, every picture and the wedding ring to those waves that brought you such suffering. One more glance through fog, one more drink and a prayer, "Tell him I waited, tell him I still care." But you couldn't wait forever so you took another man. Your love crashed with the waves, my life was born with the tide.
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Skeleton
03:37
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The seasons are changing, but I remain the same. Bitter like the wind on a cold November day. I've seen love and hate but death is my only friend in this foreign place. So I've counted my blessings, only memories are left. And those pictures of you, I keep close to my chest. I'm just a skeleton lost in the dark, shine light on my bones, shine light on my heart. I'm just a skeleton lost in the dark. I'm trying to find my way, but my memory has faded. I fear I've come to an end, I can't fit into my skin. I'm just a skeleton lost in the dark, shine light on my bones. You whispered in my ear, "Come back to me alive." I would rather hold your hand then a rifle meant to take a life.
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Deploy
03:52
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The sea has always been a calming place for me to die. And even though we're all dead, I can still feel you standing here right in front of me. Like I'm living in a constant purgatory. I'm just a ghost living in a constant state of purgatory. A distant memory, please don't forget me. The water fills my lungs as I take my last breath. The water covers my head as I sink to the depths, to the very bottom. I made my home in the dark. As I sink to the depths, please don't forget my name, please don't forget me. As the incitement of my demise, I close my eyes and realize that this is goodbye. The water fills my lungs as I take my final breath. I've come to terms with my fate, this is the end. Put two coins over my eyes, the ferry waits on the other side. Put two coins over my eyes, I've lost my will to live. It's the calming and the comfort that I call my home. I'm no longer living in suffering. The sun cast it's shadows down on me. I'm walking with the tides on the shoreline. I can feel the sun's rays beating down on my chest. The rising tide and the setting sun, I close my eyes to see the love that once was.
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Eulogies
02:52
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Hold my head. Hold my head under water so I can be at peace. It's always easier losing myself in my mind where I have no recollection, nor perception of time. You gave up on me for no good reason and now I'll pay for my sins, as you create sins of your own. Until we have nothing left, because you found hell in our home. I'm no man of jealousy, just a man lost at sea. So I can be at peace for a better tomorrow, I'm still right here sinking to the gallows. I made the sea my home, buried at the bottom. This entire time, in search of what I left behind. In the back of my mind, this will all work out for a better tomorrow. I swear we'll meet again, I swear. So hold my head, hold my head. So hold my head under water so I can be at peace.
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