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Campfire Song #1
01:15
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Sing me a campfire song.
Teach me, and I'll sing along.
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On the Ground
03:01
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I can't watch the news today,
But I can't turn it off
That won't fix me feeling this way
That won't make it stop
So just how many more do we have to lose
Before finally we admit there's no excuse?
So when the firing won't stop,
I think it's time that we talked
To clean all our hands of this blood
So lay your guns on the ground
There's no need for them now
Though I'm not sure there ever was
I can't read the news today
But I can't put it down
That won't take this feeling away
So I'll carry it around
So gun control, that's fine with me
If you can't be safe, what's the use of being free?
When living here means we live in fear,
Enough is enough
If we can't change, then we die in vain
Enough is enough is enough
So when all this arguing is done, who can say who has won?
When all I can see is who's lost
So lay your guns on the ground, there's no need for them now
Though I'm not sure there ever was
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Gentle lies and jagged truths
Which should I whisper to you when both can cut you?
I chose the first and hid the truth
I thought it best to protect you from pain
I wouldn't make that choice again
I know I'm often wrong
But I never claimed to know it all
Sure, I've got my vices and faults
But know, I never meant to do you harm
When all your tears, an ocean make
I promise whatever it takes, I'll do
To make it up to you
But it’s not so plain, not so simple
When each mistake leaves a ripple
I know I'm often wrong
But I never claimed to know it all
Sure, I've got my vices and faults
But know, I never meant to do you harm
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4. |
The Whaler
04:05
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A warning to those who would sail the seas,
If it's whale that you're after, listen carefully
Some say he's a ghost, some say he's make believe
But there’s no doubt in the trail that he leaves
They say from a young age, the sea was his home
Aboard a whaling vessel, not unlike your own
'Til one fateful night, something attacked from below
And from that sinking ship, escaped he alone
From the deep, the beast did rise
'twas a whale of enormous size
And the last he could recall, it swallowed him whole
He awoke, safe on the shore
Now, surely you have heard, the talk in the town
Once in a moon now, a ship runs aground
Some choose to believe that in a storm, they've all drowned
But no crew is ever found
One by one, they go to their resting place below
He looks each in the eye, shoves a spear in their side
And sends them to their salty sleep
There’s no way to tell where he is today
No one knows his name, no one knows his face
He could be anywhere, he could be any old place
Planning who next he’ll erase
Don't think that you can outswim
If you're one on his list, there's no escaping him
Don't think that he won't come for you
He's already on your ship, yes he's one of your crew
He's looked you in the eye, seen how you will die
And he can't wait to see it again
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5. |
Doppelganger
04:56
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My heart, it can change at the drop of a dime
My head, it just tries to keep it in line
My heart is a swing, my head is a strong wind
Try as I might, to see things through
I slip, falter, I always do
When my head is at work, my heart is the weekend
When things fall apart, my heart knows the pain
To lift me back up, it’s up to my brain
My heart’s under attack and my head’s an escape pod
Because my heart, it knows what it is to yearn
But you need some sense to make sense of the burn
When my heart is a storm, my head is a lightning rod
Far too often, they disagree
And i’m left with the feeling there’s two of me
Changing my clothes or changing my mind
Feels like the same thing some of the time
Try this one on, see how it fits you
Consider the options, pick what feels right
Change several times ‘fore you leave for the night
My heart is a swing, my head is a swing too
My head is not so easily swayed
But my heart won’t quit, it keeps pulling away
My heart is the moon, my head is the ocean
They share the same victory, the same defeat
And it takes both to lie and to cheat
My heart’s playing games, but my head is coaching
Only too often, they disagree
I’m left with the sensation there’s two of me
Though they may clash, they meet the same fate
To get there, they have to cooperate
My head is the map, my heart is the compass
My heart’s got ideas, it does what it can
But my head’s got other plans
My heart’s laying eggs, my head’s making omelettes
My heart, it keeps searching for what it ain’t found
My head sometimes tries just to shut it all down
My heart is a migrant, my head is a brick wall
But walls, they can fall and ladders are cheap
Holes can be dug in the ground underneath
Heads and hearts find a way, no matter how tall
Oh how often we disagree
And I'm not talking respectfully
But we've all got heads and hearts
Yeah, we're all made of the same parts
Same desire, same fear as well
Constant conflict in our heads and our hearts
Our own picture hangs where we're throwing darts
We're all just at war with ourselves
So think with your heart, love with your head
It’s not one or the other, it’s both ‘til you’re dead
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6. |
So We're Leaving
04:30
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Doesn’t it feel so strange, so very strange?
That when we have gone from this place,
The house remains, the house remains
Just as it was, but not the same, no
Never the same, never the same
Now we are packing our things,
Yeah, we’re packing our things
Saying hello to that old, familiar sting
That leaving brings, yeah, leaving brings
Saying goodbye to a place that we love, it always stings
It always stings
I know home is where your heart is
And a heart needs more than a roof and a floor
So the house is just where your stuff sits
But I was happy here
We’re walking away, ‘cause we have to
Saying few things mean less than your current address
But i’ve grown somewhat attached to mine
There are more important things
Than the numbers on the box that you sleep in
And I don’t want to leave, but they’ve asked us to leave
So we’re leaving
Now we must be moving on, yeah, moving on
It’s over so, better get gone
Move along, move along
From a place where we love and we grow
Now just a place that we used to call home
We used to call home
I know home is where your heart is
And a heart needs more than a roof and a floor
So the house is just where your stuff sits
But I was happy here
We’ll keep our heads up, ‘cause we have to
Saying few things mean less than your current address
But i’ve grown somewhat attached to mine
There are more important things
Than the numbers on the door our slip your key in
And I’d like for us to stay, but we can’t afford to stay
So we’re leaving.
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7. |
Campfire Song #2
01:49
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Throw another log on the fire
I'm too young to feel this tired
In that humbling peace of the forest
I know that I am but a tourist
Throw another log on the fire
I'm too young to feel this tired
In that humbling peace of the forest
Can I be more than just a tourist?
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