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Prelude
Hearts beating
Blood moving
Spirits rising
Lay down these burdens
We had it all along
The road to freedom
Is uncertain
Oh those hard times
Wont take us down…..no, no
These walls, the back and forth
Walking these halls
We need a reason to trust
Shed the light now
Breathe it in
Head, heart, soul
Let the love be the fire
Head, heart, soul
Let the love be the fire
Head, heart, soul
Let the love be
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Old Shoes
03:02
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Old Shoes
I've got one foot out the door
My old shoes and an empty suitcase
You won't rag me no more
I won't be around when you wake
I've given all there is to take
CHORUS:
If you can't change it
can't carry it, leave it behind
It's too heavy, get it off my back
Lift these burdens
I've got one hand on my heart
And it starts with a mess of courage
You won't rattle me no more
I feeeeeelt the weight and now no more
Said all there is left to say
CHORUS:
If you can't change it
can't carry it, leave it behind
It's too heavy, get it off my back
Lift these burdens
Lift these burdens
Lift these burdens
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Chasing the Light
03:01
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Chasing the Light
Everybody wants love
Even if it hides behind
The fear of a broken heart
Everybody wants peace
Just a little line between
the light and the dark
CH:
Crashing in my sinking heart still
Chasing the light
There are borders in between the strength and the fight G
That first waking moment
chasing the light
pull the covers over or rise
Everybody wants Time
But it could pass so slowly
And still leave it all behind
Everybody wants gold
But it's the last thing
We'll remember when we go
Bridge:
Those I love won't get to far
I promise I'll never leave you
But when you hold me, I believe you
CH:
Crashing in my sinking heart still
Chasing the light
There are borders in between the strength and the fight
That first waking moment
chasing the light
pull the covers over or rise
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The Less I Have
VS:
Each time I leave, I roll up my sleeves
Start again and tragedy
Feels like dying, so much beauty
In the heart that won't stop trying
CHORUS:
The less I have the less I have to hold
Let the wind take me wherever she may blow
Freedom, oh freedom
Be my glory
VS:
I packed up my bags, held my head high
As I walked away I laughed and cried
I set my sights, couldn't hold it in for long
Now give me a power stronger than belief
I said give me a power stronger than belief
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
I'm was going, now I'm gone
I'm far away from the one who chained me down
give me the strength, now I'm moving
Freedom, be my glory
I'm was going, now I'm gone
I'm far away from the one who chained me down
give me the strength, now I'm moving
Freedom, be my glory
CHORUS:
The less I have the less I have to hold
Let the wind take me wherever she may blow
Freedom, oh freedom
Be my glory
Freedom, oh freedom
Be my glory
Be my glory
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All Along
03:45
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All Along
VS:
Metal in the moonlight skin like tinfoil
Rusted out and statue still
Cried in the shadows, stood frozen
Old soul couldn't even scare a crow
A man without a mind has got nothing
They'll carry him home to you in pieces
A whole life spent without thinking
Rag doll torn at the seems
CHORUS:
Ooh ooh ooh the/that road leads to nowhere
You take the trip to feel like you belong
Ooh ooh ooh you find out when you get there
You had what you were seeking all along
VS:
Where's your brave gone, you gonna cry now?
Shrink away while they count your tears
Walking for miles to find what's inside
A Broken heart still full of hope
You can lead us back home
CHORUS:
BRIDGE: 2x
Faith in spite of lies
Look ahead
Keep going, going, going
CHORUS:
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All That Matters
04:05
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All That Matters
VS:
strip me down and lead me blind
You make the truth so hard to find
I've had enough I'm standing ground
I'm not the fool you think you found.
CHORUS:
Hide all that matters away from your heart
Will you ever notice, it tears me apart
I'm feeling so helpless, I'm going insane
Just give me a reason........to remain
VS:
Shed the light
between us now
begin again
don't know how
can't go back
from where we came
We're older now
its not the same
CHORUS:
Hide all that matters away from your heart
Will you ever notice, it tears me apart
I'm feeling so helpless, I'm going insane
Just give me a reason........
To believe..........to trust you again
BRIDGE:
Don't ever forget what I mean to you
I can't……….give up
So Please don't
CHORUS:
Hide all that matters away from your heart
Will you ever notice, it tears me apart
I'm feeling so helpless, I'm going insane
Just give me a reason........to remain
Give me a reason
To believe..........to trust you again
to trust you again
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Watching Wasps
Today, I am not afraid to be stung, to be hurt Pain is an emotional teacher, and if it is knowledge we seek
then why are we afraid to experience everything?
For in experience we may truly know,
this is the best teacher....LIFE.
In living we will become aware,
in awareness we, as persons will find that these glass houses
in which we live, are those walls that have been built.
Break the glass? NO.......why, when there is a door?
but now the door is locked from the outside,
and the world is strolling by and we are calling,
"hey somebody let me out!"
but out there the world is the same, and in here our reality is changing,
so we give up, and we grow hungry and tired, and we starve,
and we wither away.
Once upon a time I awoke to find myself
torn and tattered.........but I could see until the ends of the earth.
and I stood and looked upon a whole new world,
a place of possibility where so much more could be done by
everyone.
and I turned to see the glass was now a mirror and there was me.
and I looked into my own eyes, and saw that which is truly me.
and I ran.... towards the image, towards the glass
shattering,
I fell to the other side
into the world
unlocked
FREE.
With the scars of my imprisonment, I stepped into life,
and now I am ready, and I am ecstatic.
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Crumble
02:46
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Crumble
VS 1:
There's a house built of fire
It makes cities and mountains move
And we're working to make the ends meet
What else can we do
These times they are uncertain
we wake up everyday
this heaviness upon us
It's only the beginning of this business
CHORUS:
How come all the people need to
pay for your bad deals
With thoughts and fear and ignorance
While you just let them
VS 2:
There's a house up on the hill
And the energy trickles down
They're giving us just enough
To make us feel like it matters
These times they are uncertain
But we're doing the best we can
To live a life made of something
It's the end and the beginning
CHORUS:
How come all the people need to
pay for your bad deals
With thoughts and fear and ignorance
While you just let them….crumble
VS 3:
Lonesome, we're just voices
But together we get heard
Standing tall and reaching
Carry on the word
These times they are uncertain
There's one thing that's for sure
Change is always coming
Coming back for more
CHORUS:
How come all the people need to
pay for your bad deals
With thoughts and fear and ignorance
While you just let them….crumble, crumble, crumble
How could you just let them
Crumble
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Twisted
03:00
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Twisted
VS 1:
Melancholy I've let go,
crushing and wrecking my heart and soul
I can't hide the fact I'm cryin'
If I could lord knows I would
Stand here and tell you I'm fine
CHORUS: E
Shattered, it doesn't matter
What I'm after, after all
Twisted, how I missed it
The instant, so came the fall
VS 2:
Hard up and there's now start up, this engines in deep despair
It was running just fine and now it's going nowhere
Got a dollar and change and no credit
I'm broke just like my ride
It's been hard times, it's been hard times
CHORUS 2x:
Shattered, it doesn't matter
What I'm after, after all
Twisted, how I missed it
The instant, so came the fall
Tag:
It's been hard times, it's been hard times
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Stone Cold
03:31
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Stone Cold
VS:
We're not made of stone
don't have to be cold
everything broken
only leaves a scar
if were not feeling, only thinking
are we living or are we sinking
CHORUS:
you know I can/can't feel you through the walls
and when every answer needs a problem
too many last words, apathy sets in
We've gotta fight it, cuz we've walked away from better that moments than this
VS:
Everybody needs a rock, can't do it alone
We need each other, now, more than ever
If were not feeling, only thinking
are we leaving or are we sinking
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
But there's the pushing and the pulling and the back and forth
The stopping the starting and the pushing back
Oh you knooooooowwwww
CHORUS:
TAG:
We're not made of stone
Don't have to be cold
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The Road
03:50
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The Road
I’ve wanted to tell you this story, oh so many times
But the light seems to fade out the moment I’m about to say
There’s something that lies, buried and hides
From what I could be for you.
My darling, my child, take all that I am
And make you’re life better, you know
I’ve tried and I’ve tried, but worry I won’t
For the love that I have and now hold
CHORUS:
The road that walks carries me
I can clearly see
It’s now or never
For the last time, I say
VS: I’d like to take it all away, but it’s just something that had to be
And I see you smiling just as tall
I wanna wake to your color, think I’m dreaming
And realize, we’ve always had it all
For today is the day I’ve wished it to be
And nothing can hold us back
I’ve tried and I’ve tried
But worry I won’t
For the love that I have and now hold
CHORUS:
The road that walks carries me
I can clearly see
It’s now or never
For the last time
OUTRO VAMP:
I’ll hide away from your beauty
Now you can come back
I wouldn’t change a thing
Come back, you can come back
For the last time
Come back, you can come back
Cuz I wouldn’t change a thing
TAG: The road that walks ------- Carries Me
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Astra Kelly San Diego, California
With a lyric-based, melodic sound and soaring vocals, Astra fuses her Chicago roots in blues and soul
with indie folk
and alt-country. The lyrics read like poetry, speaking of emotional transformation and freedom. She's been nominated for nine SD Music Awards, her music video was showcased in the SD Film Fest. She wears many hats in the industry including helping others find their music mojo.
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