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It's not meant to hit you
or tear you apart,
holding a hand is like holding a heart
But the sky is breaking
and bleeding its blood,
reflections in the water are being beaten in the mud.
Take it slow
when you're feeling tired,
for next you know
teeth to metal for the wire
It gets you down to the way it had to be
It feels so sad the way you had to leave.
You're not much for thinking
or hitting on bricks,
the walls are yelling something
stay away from the skids.
But you're just a beauty queen
and a teacher too,
Napoleon was fire by the captain of his crew.
So take it slow
when you're feeling tired,
for next you know
teeth to metal for the wire.
It seems so sad the way you had to leave
It gets you down the way it had to be
I feel so bad you really set me free
Don't fall apart you'll sink in the sea.
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Burning in the Fire
04:59
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The hurt don't last so long, if you only got the right song
Pain will go away just don't give it a place stay
And ill be feeling fine, hide you in a place in my mind
Luck don't turn me bad, take away the joy I never had
Wander in my head, remember all the things I never said
And ill be feeling fine, hiding in that place in my mind
Always wondered why, you never came to visit me at night
And oh you can see fire burning in the fire
Love is all you have, take it in your heart each chance you get
Nights all sleeping fast, living for the dark will never last
And ill be feeling fine, having you beside me in my mind
I'm always feeling fine, never to forget that you were mine
And oh you can see fire burning in the fire
And oh you can see names melting in the flame
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Following You
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I was following you, but didn't you see
I was following you, and you were following me
In the sun to sing your song
In the garden for anyone
But you can tell when you're alone
Time to find a better home
I was following you, outside the great big ocean
I was following you, behind a deep dark notion
In the flowers you can smell the wind
I was wondering where its been
Seen the water rush past the stream
Seen a life in my own dream
I was following you, just to catch your motion
I was following you, behind a deep dark notion
And so you can rest up your tired mind
take some time
to take in the ocean.
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Basement Song
02:36
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When up above the water, look right down
Say if you just can't see it, it's all around
Too indirect the waving sea
and it's too strange to talk with me
I'm fighting in confusion, just lay right down
Give you my next delusion, how does it sound?
You'll never know how I feel the room
it's consuming you
and you're laughing too.
It's no fun to grow apart
but you can sit there laughing through the winter
It takes cold hands to hold my heart
I guess it never felt so real.
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Christopher Atkins British Columbia
Vernon / Victoria BC
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