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All My Happiness
03:43
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When I walk away, will I be alone?
Will the darkness drown me, soak everything I own?
Will I get no comfort, will I find no rest?
When I walk away from all my happiness.
Will there be more questions, just an endless cosmic test?
Will I get an ending or will I have to guess?
What will happen to me, at least what will happen next?
When I walk away from all my happiness.
And when I walk away
From everything I've ever known
All the stories I was sold
That I thought were truth be told
Will you stay?
Or will you leave it all behind with me
See what we can find
Sometimes happiness can make you blind
When I walk away, will I wander long?
How far will I walk until I find where I belong?
What will the streets of all the cities that I pass through ask of me?
When I walk away from all prosperity.
And when I walk away
From everything I've ever known
All the stories I was sold
That I thought were truth be told
Will you stay
Or will you leave it all behind with me
See what we can find
Sometimes happiness can make you blind
When I walk away, what will I walk into?
Another covenanted world, another damaged view?
Just don't you let the rumors rage, but tell them why I left
Why I walked away from all that loveliness
Yeah why I walked away
From all my happiness
Oh all my happiness
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Maybe I need more time to heal
Try to unpack the things I feel
Battles I’ve lost and wars I’ve won
And all of the hurt that has been done
Maybe I need more time to heal
Maybe I need just a little more space
Distance myself from the troubles I face
What would it hurt to just lay low
Maybe I need more time to grow
Maybe prayer is just letting go
All I want is for this setting sun
To show me how it’s done
And show me how far I’ve come
All I know is life’s not what it seems
Yeah it’s much more illusory
Less ground more uncertainty
Maybe I
Maybe I need more time to heal
Try to unwrap all the worst I feel
Words I’ve been hearing myself say
Stories I tell myself each day
Maybe just let them slip away
All I want is for this setting sun
To show me how it’s done
And show me how far I’ve come
All I know is life’s not what it seems
Yeah it’s much more illusory
Less ground more uncertainty
Maybe I
Maybe I need more time to heal
Maybe I need more time to heal
music/lyrics Kim Taylor
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3. |
The Hard Way
04:29
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Is that the way you feel
Like you’ve lost all your hope
Like you’ve been burned away
Nothing but ashes
Have I described you
Maybe exposed you
And is that all you got
Barely can raise your head
Oh after all these years
I hardly recognize you
Once you were a fighter
Prized for all your strength
But now you’ve gone and given up
I have no words to say
No wise advice to give
Sometimes it’s difficult
Sometimes you’re cynical
What I can offer you
Is I’ll gladly sit right here
We’ll take it day by day
We’ll learn the hard way
Look in the mirror
Tell me what you see
Are you just an outline
What’s left of all your empathy
Does that even bother you
Or are you too numb to feel anything
I have no words to say
No wise advice to give
Sometimes it’s difficult
Sometimes you’re cynical
What I can offer you
Is I’ll gladly sit right here
We’ll take it day by day
We’ll learn the hard way
music/lyrics: Kim Taylor
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Raise Me From the Dead
02:52
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Raise me from the dead
Bring me back to life
Roll away the stone
Let me see the light
Help me change, undo
All of the things that I can
Show me something new
That I should be
That I should be
Pull me from the dirt
Then come wash me clean
Heaven knows I’ve tried
I’ve tried everything
Bow my head, stay low
And let my mouth feel the ground
I’m just flesh and bone
What should I see
What should I see
What should I see
Raise me from the dead
Bring me back to life
Roll away the stone
Let me see the light
Roll away the stone
Roll away the stone
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5. |
Pearly Gates
03:19
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When I get to heaven
I’ll unlock the pearly gates
I’ll let everyone escape that’s inside
And if they try to stop me
I will stand and not back down
Burn the whole thing to the ground
Set everybody free
Oooh I will stand and not back down
Oooh burn the whole thing to the ground
Oooh I’ll let everyone escape
I’ll unlock the pearly gates
When I get to heaven
I’ll tear up the golden road
Give away the precious stones to the meek
Let the weak be heard
Let all the doubters lead the way
Let the righteous be the last ones
Oooh I will stand and not back down
Oooh burn the whole thing to the ground
Oooh I’ll let everyone escape
I’ll unlock the pearly gates
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Cover Me
04:43
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Cover me, cover me
Cover me, cover me
All the leaves, all the trees
Storms and seas
Just cover me
Cause I’m troubled by this world
I’m troubled by this world
I’m troubled by this world
Walk with me, talk with me
Sing with me, love with me
Let it go, let it flow
From up above to down below
Cause I’m troubled by this world
I’m troubled by this world
I’m troubled by this world
Cover me, cover me
Cover me, cover me
All the leaves, all the trees
Storms and seas
Just cover me
Cover me
Cover me
music/lyrics: Kim Taylor
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7. |
The Long Line
04:11
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Don’t wait for the day to arrive
I’m sure that you will survive
The long wait in the long line
Your drawn out fate
And the short time
We get to hang around
I want to hang around with you
Come back, at least you will know
Sit down, watch the rest of your life’s show
And the long wait in the long line
Feel your drawn out fate
And the short time
We get to hang around
I want to hang around with you
With you, with you
The long wait in the long line
Your drawn out fate
And the short time
Yeah the long wait in the long line
Your drawn out fate
And the short time
We get to hang around
I want to hang around with you
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8. |
The Abyss
03:52
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Darkness is always around me
But darkness is nothing to fear
I walk alone by the ocean at night
Just the stars and me out here
Just the stars and me out here
I’m driving fast down a back road
Shaped like a poisonous snake
There are winners and losers
And those who keep making
The same goddam mistake
The same goddam mistake
So we jump off, hope we don’t miss
Nobody’s paying no mind
Go and jump off into the abyss
Nobody’s watching this time
There’s nothing like wind through a tall pine tree
Howling and shaking its arms at me
I’m still a kid way down deep inside
I am insecure, full of youthful pride
I am insecure, full of youthful pride
So we jump off, hope we don’t miss
Nobody’s paying no mind
Go and jump off into the abyss
Nobody’s watching this time
Darkness is always around me
But darkness is nothing to fear
I walk alone by the ocean at night
Just the stars and me out here
Just the stars and me out here
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9. |
The Last Temptation
04:18
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I bought you a dress
So that you could dance
I feel no regret, I felt only that
Your body should sway
Your feet they should move
Your eyes look away
But I can hear them singing
Oooooh
I tore out a page
Left prints on the wall
I’m not acting my age
I’m not acting at all
Nobody will see
Nobody will know
I’ll stand by the door
You tell me when to go
Oooooh
And it’s an odd sensation
That’s dragging my heels
To an old location
I thought I had sealed up
A last temptation
Before I must climb back down
Before I must climb back down
The last time I saw you
The last improvise
I held all the pieces
Then we said goodbye
My body will sway
My feet they will move
My eyes look away
But can you hear them singing
Oooooh
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Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred let me bring love
Where there is injury, your pardon Lord
And where there's doubt, true faith in you
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there's despair in life let me bring hope
Where there is darkness, only light
And where there's sadness ever joy
Oh, god grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
It is in giving to all that we receive
And in dying that we're born to eternal life
Make me a channel of your peace
Make me a channel of your peace
Words attributed to St. Francis
Melody: Sebastian Temple
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Kim Taylor Cincinnati, Ohio
Songwriter
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