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A Door Ajar in Dreams
06:29
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Transom
01:54
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A door ajar in dreams
When they come.
Its transom tilted open
First catches our eye.
An unexpected light
A pinpoint beam
Like an arrow
That briefly illumines.
A momentary twinkling path
Aglow just long enough
To guide us across the threshold
And into the next room
Before the shadows
And most eerie silence
Overtake us once more.
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Far Away From Fate
03:52
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Take me take me up
In the middle of the…
Take me take me up
In the middle of the night…
Take me take me up
In the middle of the…
Take me take up
In the middle of the night sky
And so very high
Where it’s not too late
And we’re far away from Fate
Can’t touch us now
And when I wake up
Make it better better
And when I wake up make it better better
And when I wake up make it better better
We’re far away from fate
We’re far away from fate
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Under Night's Cloak
08:53
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Bad Dreams
01:27
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Through the Night
05:29
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All of the pain
And all of the shame of it all
All the dark games
Need someone to blame it on
And it’s not me
The dreams that hurt and haunt me
In the hours left til dawn
Through the night
They find and bind me
To a wall of all done wrongs
All of the pain
And all of the shame of it all
And it’s not me
It’s not me
It’s not me in the corner
And it’s not me in the hall
It’s not me you can’t recognize
Don’t even know at all
The dreams that hurt and haunt me
In the hours left til dawn
Through the night they find and bind me
To a wall of all done wrongs
The sins of every father
And the son he was before
Wrongness, regret and sorrow
Still tomorrow
Carry it all
All of the pain
And all of the shame of it all
All the dark games
Need someone to blame it on
And it’s not me
‘Cause I’m nothing.
It’s not me.
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7. |
Across the Water, part 1
12:27
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Night
And her daughter, Sleep,
At her shoulder.
She pulls a lighted star from within her cloak,
From within her breast,
Like the Sacred Heart, itself.
A sentinel astride the silent hours of the world…
Night
And her daughter, Sleep,
Ever watchful.
Guardian
Protectful
Guiding the quiescent as we make the crossing in the darkness.
Whatever fearsome visions might visit along the way
Leaping out of the shadows to consume us
Her compass drawing us instead
To safer waters.
Buoying us up
Toward the tranquility of first light
And kinder shores.
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A Late Arrival
04:28
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Sufficient are the evils of the day
Worn and torn intemperance
Come what may
Direct our gazes skyward
Take us ever higher
Like a penitent, we offer up our fate
Out of sight, out of time
Beyond our grasp
Left behind
You said remember
Remember
Running headlong into the fray
The shadows lengthening each day
Mournful survivor
A late arrival
Come to curse and weep
To fall and pray
Out of sight, out of time
Beyond our grasp
Left behind
Remember
You said remember
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10. |
Montparnasse
07:54
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11. |
Between the Raindrops
02:54
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“Between the raindrops
Inside a door ajar in dreams
Among the empty, lonely spaces
Lay memory and the newly seen.
Trace back a second time
And find me there,”
She whispered.
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All the way to go over
All the way to go home
All along the way to go over
Didn’t get this far the first time, but today
The departure board behind me
Like before but not the same
And the echoes through concourse
Of your name
All the way to go over
All the way to go home
All along the way to go over
A breadcrumb trail of stars to light my way
From the highest peak of Heaven
To the deepest ocean floor
And the echoes through the concourse
Of your name
All the way to go over
All the way to go home
All along the way to go over
Didn’t get this far the first time, but today
And when at last I see you
And the tears begin to come
I run to you
Toward echoes of your name.
All along the way to go over
A breadcrumb trail of stars to light my way
And when at least I see you
And the tears begin to come
I run to you
Toward echoes of your name.
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13. |
Crossed Lines
10:51
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Leap
03:06
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The leap of faith that lay in sleep.
The leap that dreaming was.
As like to traverse, sightlessly,
The length of a cavernous darkened gymnasium
As he had once as a child
Following his father, without guidance, to the other side.
Frightened because he couldn’t see the floor.
The echoing thud of the crash bar door slamming shut behind him.
All light at a sudden extinguished.
Rooted to the spot and afraid to venture further
As it felt there was nothing to bear him up should he take another step.
That he would fall and fall forever
Into the abyss.
That light might never return.
He remembered now how like this, that was.
As a child alone having to find his way.
The leap of faith that dreaming was.
To find her
To find all that had been lost.
And carrying the new, bringing it all along
Together.
The belief that slipping inside the dreams
However dark the journey
Would lead him there.
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15. |
Second Time
03:45
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This time from inception
This time from the start
Cast aside all other thoughts
And listen to my heart
Try my best to find you
Try to find the way
Try my best to tell you
All the things I need to say
Before…
Been down this road before
Don’t know where it leads
If not for you
The trail grows cold
With bitter memories
Try my best to tell you
Try to find the way
Try my best to tell you
All the things I need to say
Before…
Say a prayer for the faithful
Say a prayer for the true
Say a prayer this second time
To guide me back
To both of you
Try my best to tell you
Try to find the way
Try my best to tell you
All the things I need to say
Before
I die
Try my best to tell you
All the things I need to say
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16. |
Matins
07:46
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17. |
Across the Water, part 2
07:51
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18. |
Gift
05:50
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The cool breeze like a blessing
The summer swelter, too
Took me years just to realize
Everything you already knew
A peal of bells after midnight
Your secret sweet scent in the air
Come to me in my dream life
And I know that you must be there
The morning light as it wakes me
When day breaks and it’s true
How well I know I’d be nothing
If not for the gift of you
Sometimes it still hurts so bad
Sometimes I’m still so sad
Sometimes, sometimes…
Love and our souls are forever
Eternal in the mystery of blue
Just like the sky above me
Just like the gift of you
Sometimes it still hurts so bad
Sometimes I’m still so sad
Sometimes, sometimes…
So close my eyes ever grateful
From the quiet of my room
And know how well I’d be nothing
If not for the gift of you
There’s wonder all around me
Even alone, it’s true
How well I know I’d be nothing
If not for the gift of you
If not for the both of you
If not for the gift of you
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19. |
The Amber Light
05:52
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20. |
Awakening
06:30
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21. |
A Dove and a White Horse
02:33
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A white bird - was it a dove? -
Fluttered overhead and then alighted upon the mane,
The muscular back of a white horse,
As it suddenly appeared in the middle distance.
And slowly, together, they approached like friends,
Eying him unblinkingly as if they might, incredibly, speak.
The gentlest of breezes kicked up around him
And he heard his name,
Something,
Someone calling to him on the wind.
A voice he knew but could not immediately recall.
Just as was this place: at once known but never seen
- had he been here before? -
Except, perhaps in dreams.
Known.
And safe.
And home.
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22. |
Heaven
07:47
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Heaven is here, now
How in every way and every day I’m falling
How every day the realization’s dawning
Heaven is here, now
And everyone is running home to you like Christmas
The ones you loved and lost
The dearest ones - the true
Heaven is here, now
The night we slept outside together in the garden
When morning broke we heard the angels calling
Heaven is hear, now
A miracle twice found across an ocean
The three of us ‘come one been set in motion
Heaven is here, now
With every message you can send as I lay dreaming
To tell me you’re alive and always here
It’s just the mortal blind I find in light
That wipes clean
The knowing we’re forever
Not the fear
Heaven is here, now
And I could never know until I lay there dying
I didn’t quite get there or find that room
But now I know it’s waiting there, only hiding
Beyond the veil I’ll pass
At last see you
Now everywhere I am I find you’re around me
And every moment we ever had is now
Not even one second of the past is left behind me
Time is all at once, forever, here and now
Heaven is here, now
Heaven is here.
Arrived!
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