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Shattered
04:00
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Shattered
Broken, I lie spread across the floor…
Won’t be long until I’m back at your door
Just as soon as I’m able to pull myself up, you’ll see
that I’m just not the same in this shattered state you left me
Well I thought you were the one and I took you for granted
Now things aren’t working out the way that I planned them
Thought you’d quietly date him, I heard
I used to feel whole, now I’m feeling shattered
I can still smell your hair, still taste your neck
I can still recall the times you took my breath
I remember when your face was all I could see
Now I look away every time you’re near me
Well I thought you were the one and I took you for granted
Now things aren’t working out the way that I planned them
Thought you’d quietly date him, I heard
I used to feel whole, now I’m feeling shattered
You talk to me and tell me I matter
Then begin this awful new pattern
You make amends, and then date my friends
Then just take shots at me til I shatter
And I can’t say why, it’s just something I do
Take the broken pieces of me and give them right back to you
It must be the glow, the feel, the scent of your skin
But I should know, you’ll just set me up to shatter me again
Well I thought you were the one and I took you for granted
Now things aren’t working out the way that I planned them
Thought you’d quietly date him, I heard
I used to feel whole, now I’m feeling shattered
You always seem to tell me I matter
But you can’t get enough of your favorite pattern
You ask me in, but your dating my friends
You love taking your shots so you can watch me shatter
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Horizon
04:44
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Horizon
I saw her in a dream yesterday
I caught my breath as she turned my way
Her eyes blue as the clearest skies
I broke the moment her gaze met mine
She is mesmerizing, stopping time
All is well, all is fine until
The scene slips from my mind
This dream girl has got my heart racing,
My mind’s restless, I’m running around saying
Bring me a girl from the waves
Give me oceans, love, and someone to save from a lonely life
Bring me a girl from the horizon,
A blue-eyed blonde whose eyes can hypnotize
She could be my wife just as long as she likes to smile
She likes to smile
I’m chasing after her but losing ground
I start to think that she can’t be found
But I don’t ever want to give up on this dream
I’d chase eternity if that’s what it takes for her to find me
And in the meantime I’ll hope and pray
If you can help me God just listen when I say
Bring me a girl from the waves
Give me oceans, love, and someone to save from a lonely life
Bring me a girl from the horizon,
A blue-eyed blonde whose eyes can hypnotize
Oh I didn’t know if she even lives
But in my moment of doubt I see the beautiful smile that she gives
The room gets bright and I realize she knows just why
I look at her the way I do, she knows she’s my dream come true
Now I say, I know this girl and the way she looks at me can make my day
And at times I need to dry my eyes because I’m so thrilled she is mine
Don’t need to read a page for me to know the role she’ll play
She’ll save me from this lonely life
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Soul Lover
03:23
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Soul Lover (feat. Audrey Bounds)
I used to sit around and wait, ask if I’d find my soulmate
I think that I may have touched her when I went to her place
She reminds me of myself and all that I used to be
I thank my stars, my luck, and my God she found me
But now the questions that I ask are not my own to speak back to
So I have to ask you, I need to ask you
If I went out to California,
would you wait for me,
you know I’d wait for ya.
Soul lover, would you
take just one more year for me
to recover your love?
My life is calling me away and you know I can’t stay,
But I’ll see you in my mind’s eye each and every day.
And if you need proof I’m yours I’ll give you this,
I’d already drive hours just for your kiss
And now asking what I need to know isn’t going to be
an easy thing for me to do
But I have to ask you, I need to ask you
If I went out to California,
would you wait for me,
you know I’d wait for ya.
Soul lover, would you
take just one more year for me
to recover your love?
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Yours Alone
02:22
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Yours Alone (feat. Laura Melcher)
By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered
And confidently waiting come what may
We know that God is with us night and morning
And never fails to greet us each new day
Yet is this heart by its old foe tormented
Still evil days bring burdens hard to bear
Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation
For which O Lord, you taught us to prepare
And when this cup you give is filled to brimming up
With bitter suffering, hard to understand
We take it thankfully and without trembling
Out of so good and so beloved a hand
Yet when again in this same world you give us
The joy we had, the brightness of your son
We shall remember all the days we lived through
And our whole lives shall then be yours alone
Lyrics for "Yours Alone" taken from "By Gracious Powers." Words by Fred Pratt Green. Copyright 1974. Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. ASCAP.
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Turn Down
03:41
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Turn Down
Turn down, tumble, watch her
Fade out, out of your life
Wait now, as the sirens sound
Struck now, can’t believe it
Think, how could this be real
She’s gone
She might not be here now, but she will forever be in my heart
Can you face this, dear
These quiet fears that prey on you
I’ll pray for you up here
No, mother, please, don’t leave!
It’s hard for me to conceive of a life without you near
I’ll pray so He might hear
Take her in your loving arms,
Grant that she may feel no harm,
And I’ll try to wait patiently
until I see her face again
She might not be here now, but she will forever be in my heart.
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