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1. RISE

You can choose to walk away

But you must live with that decision every day

You can learn to understand

But their is darkness in the heart of every man

Rise, rise again

Until the fear the drives your weakness turns to strength

And come on rise, rise above

If you can find yourself you’ll always be enough

You can breathe through any pain

But the scar it leaves behind will still remain

And you can climb above the hate

Find a world beyond the walls that they create

Rise, rise again

Until the fear the drives your weakness turns to strength

And come on rise, rise above

If you can find yourself you’ll always be enough

Rise again Rise again

Rise, rise again

Until the fear the drives your weakness turns to strength

And come on rise, rise above

If you can find yourself you’ll always be enough

Don’t you wanna know? Don’t you wanna know?

Don’t you wanna know just who you are?

Don’t you wanna know? Don’t you wanna know?

Don’t you wanna know just who you are?

Don’t you wanna know? Don’t you wanna know?

Don’t you wanna know just who you are

Don’t you wanna know? Don’t you wanna know?

Don’t you wanna know just who you are?


2. CATCH YOU BACK

Northern body, southern soul

I used to spend my days dreaming my way out of this hole

Take a number take a ticket take a chance 

Barely sleeping or sleeping hard

I never planned on anybody taking over my heart

Complicated overrated romance 

But you were the summer

You were the dreamer

You were the reason

If you can catch me baby, maybe I can catch you back 

You were playlist

You were the cold drinks

You were the whole thing 

If you can catch me baby, maybe I can catch you back 

Have my body, take my soul

And how I spend my days waiting for your face to come home

How I love to hear your key in the door 

Now You are the summer

You are the dreamer

You are the reason

If you can catch me baby, maybe I can catch you back

You are the playlist 

You are the cold drinks

You are the whole damn thing

If you can catch me baby, maybe I can catch you back

Hold out your arms, and be my safety net 

Hold out your arms, and be my safety net 


3. LANTERN

Lost in a sea of remorse, strange winds have blown me off course

Battered and bruised by the force, and I’ve never known this before

And there you go with your light

Slicing your way through the night

A beacon of hope in an otherwise hopeless design

You’re my lantern, you’re my lantern,

Guiding me back to the shore, so I’m not alone anymore

Wood takes the weight of the steel, my fingers are tight to the wheel

Rain cuts its way through my hands, as you wait for me on the sand

And there you go with your light

Slicing your way through the night

A beacon of hope in an otherwise hopeless design

You’re my lantern, you’re my lantern,

Guiding me back to the shore, so I’m not alone anymore

And there you go with your light

Slicing your way through the night

A beacon of hope in an otherwise hopeless design

You’re my lantern, you’re my lantern,

Guiding me back to the shore, so I’m not alone anymore


4. NO WAY HOME

Joanna came from old LA

Where the sunsets fade to grey

And life moves slow inside the fantasy

I think old Einstein called it relativity 

They took what they wanted The physical damage

And now she’s lying in the street

And there’s no way home

She made her protection The chemical weapon

And now she’s broken in the street 

And there’s no way home

Her momma knew lots of famous men

They used to call on her at ten

They left white lines upon the table 

Joanna slept when she was able 

They took what they wanted The physical damage

And now she’s lying in the street

And there’s no way home

She made her protection The chemical weapon

And now she’s broken in the street 

And there’s no way home

Rain keeps falling down 

(Tell me child where you find your angel wings?)

They took what they wanted The physical damage

And now she’s lying in the street

And there’s no way home

She made her protection The chemical weapon

And now she’s broken in the street 

And there’s no way home


5. AIN'T NO LOVIN' YOU

No matter where I go or what I do

You take my colours and you paint them blue

This mess is beautiful and so are you

There ain’t no lovin’ you

It’s complicated yeah I know that’s true

 And no one complicates it more than you

The complications of the complex two

There ain’t no lovin you 

You keep me hanging around for days

Just to catch a glimpse of love

You got me crawling on my knees, please don’t tease me

You leave me hangin by a thread of dignity yeah

No matter where I go or what I do

You take my colours and you paint them blue

This mess is beautiful and so are you

There ain’t no lovin’ you

You keep me hangin’ around for days

Just to catch a glimpse of love

You got me crawling on my knees, please don’t tease me

You leave me hangin by a thread of dignity yeah

It’s complicated yeah I know that’s true

 And no one complicates it more than you

And if you’re leaving me can I come too?

There ain’t no lovin you

There ain’t no lovin’ you


6. NEW YORK CITY LIGHTS

Across the water Past the harbour

Follow the river Into the danger

Behind the shadows Of faded buildings

That once belonged here They left behind a ghost

And the New York City lights

Reflected in the rain

From the sidewalk to the skyline

From the neon to the flame 

The New York City lights 

They seem to know my name

But I’m a stranger to this island 

And I need to find my way 

Through the New York City lights 

As fallen angels Preach the gospel

From empty bibles To all the sinners

I found Dakota  Where shots were fired 

But not one flower Was laid upon the ground 

And the New York City lights

Reflected in the rain

From the sidewalk to the skyline

From the neon to the flame 

The New York City lights 

They seem to know my name

But I’m a stranger to this island 

And I need to find my way 

Through the New York City lights 


7. BROTHERS

I know I’m not innocent I played my part

We were dealing in the currency of broken hearts

As we try to compensate for all the things we lack

And hide from all the wasted time we can’t get back

But I still remember

How it used to be

Why do brothers Turn to strangers ?

How do lost souls Bridge their distance ?

When do closed hearts Learn to listen ?

You’re my brother, help me fix this !

You and I are so alike yet not at all

The first to jump, prepared to fly, afraid to fall

But when it comes around to holding out 

the olive branch 

We think we see a knife held in the other hand

Oh and I still remember

How it used to be

Why do brothers Turn to strangers ?

How do lost souls Bridge their distance ?

When do closed hearts Learn to listen ?

You’re my brother, help me fix this !

I sing it once for you now sing it back to me

Knocking on doors and we’re running thru streets

Jumping over walls on the way back home

Mama gonna yell when the lights come on

Why do brothers Turn to strangers ?

How do lost souls Bridge their distance ?

When do closed hearts Learn to listen ?

You’re my brother, help me fix this !

I sing it once for you now sing it back to me (x4)

I still remember


8. SAVE ME

A restless soul never compromises

Hide my age from around the eyes

I see, I got a little bit older 

Throw my coin in the wishing well

And It won’t come true if I ever tell

You see, I got a little bit wiser 

Oh .. save me, from myself

I get lost in my own head 

Oh and save me, from myself 

Cos I get lost in my own head 

I Trip and fall as I runaway from 

Recurring dreams that I can’t awake from

Sleep, got a little bit harder 

Eyes wide open counting stars

And I reach for the keys from behind the bars

I keep, myself the prisoner 

Oh .. save me, from myself

I get lost in my own head 

Oh and save me, from myself 

Cos I get lost in my own head 

Save me, save me, save me from myself


9. LOVE SOMEBODY (TOO)

Love me if you love me leave me if you don’t

And you can always keep me in the pocket of your coat

Take me out whenever you need a little time

If I am just out of sight and just out of mind

Carry me to shelter hold me in the rain

Soak me to my spirit and won’t you dry me out again

The broken intuition in the ruins of your lies

You were just out of sight and just out of mind

Cut me if I’m bleeding cut me if you could

Or cut me off completely like you never gave a

Falling out is all we ever do now

Its in the fractures of our smiles

We were all out of sight and all out of mind

Don’t you think you better love somebody

Love somebody

I think you better love somebody

Before you run out of time

Don’t you think you better love somebody

Love somebody

I think you better love somebody

Before you run out of time

Don’t you think you better love somebody

Love somebody

I think you better love somebody

Before you run out of time

Don’t you think you better love somebody

Love somebody

I think you better love somebody

Before you run out of time


10. YOU"LL HEAR THE OCEAN

When I was a lad oh my Grandmother said

Hold a shell up to your ear

If you listen close and you keep your eyes closed

You’ll hear the ocean my dear

You’ll hear the ocean you’ll taste the wind

You’ll feel the cold of your feet in the sand

So lets buy us a boat and we’ll move to the coast

You’ll hear the ocean my dear

When I was a youth all I craved was the truth

I replaced magic with fear

So afraid to grow old as my heart became cold

And I miss the ocean my dear

I miss the ocean I miss the wind

I miss the cold of my feet in the sand

So I’ll buy me a boat and I’ll move to the coast

And I’ll hear the ocean my dear

You’ll hear the ocean you’ll taste the wind

You’ll feel the cold of your feet in the sand 

So lets buy us a boat and we’ll move to the coast

You’ll hear the ocean my dear

When I was a lad oh my Grandmother said

Hold a shell up to your ear

If you listen close and you keep your eyes closed

You’ll hear the ocean my dear

(Close your peepers and go to sleepers)