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Permanently True
03:34
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I would bring you flowers, all the bright colors
Like oranges and reds
I would take your photograph but it’s already
Hanging in my head
I’d like to be to you someone who is permanently true
Like an old mixed tape you can’t replace or exchange for something new
I’m trying to tell you with the simplest three words
The way you look at me makes me wonder if I’ll ever get through
That I love you
I would be your lover if you’d let me love you
In the broad daylight
I would cover you with kisses in the morning
And into the night
I’d like to be to you someone who is permanently true
Truer than your mother the first day that she laid her eyes on you
I’m trying to sing to you the simplest of songs
I’ve made myself a fool just trying to get you to sing along
Would you just sing along?
If you were a sparrow then I’d be a sparrow
Just to be close
And if you were a mouse I’d find a way to squeeze
Into your mousy home
I’d like to be to you someone who is permanently true
So darling you could run away, but you best be sure
I’d be running after you
Oh, you say I’m just a picture on your wall
You joke with my name but, darling, remember I called
I’ll call again for you
I’ll call again for you
Permanently true
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2. |
It's Obvious
03:19
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Each headlight portrays the perfection of your face on an interstate freeway, backseat with you
I can’t believe myself, right outside of the café I walked away but now I’m here kissing you
No one’s ever gonna love you more than I love you, I do
Watching the IV, as you’re drifting off to sleep I kiss your cheek and then say a prayer for you
The clothes I wore all week, the nurses laughed with you at me, to pass the time we played Pictionary
No one’s ever gonna love you more than I love you
Well, that’s obvious
It’s obvious
That’s obvious to me and you
Today’s my favorite day, I lift the veil and see your face
No one’s ever gonna love you more than I love you, I do
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3. |
Jacob
04:16
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Many years now, he had be restless
Each accomplishment, lacking purpose
Perhaps it was time to see family
His brother though, made him nervous
Peace might be bought with the right offering
Divide his lot in two companies
At night he woke, his body trembling
What price could repay Jacob’s treachery?
He wrestled the angel
He wrestled ‘til morning
He wrestled the angel
He asked for the blessing
When the morning came his hip had been displaced
Esau came with his four hundred men
Jacob went out alone to meet him
At last Esau his judgment would pass
With laughter and kisses, weeping
He wrestled the angel
He wrestled ‘til morning
He wrestled the angel
He asked for the blessing
When the morning came his hip had been displaced
His name had been changed
He had seen the Face
The Face
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4. |
Letters
03:33
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When I came home with flowers from the market
My love was gone
Her dresser drawers were emptied on the carpet
My wife was gone
Her wedding ring had been discarded
By the sink with the note she left
Keep breathing, keep breathing, keep breathing, breathe
I pulled from the floor an old box of letters
We had written when we were young
The pedal floored, I had only minutes
The airport, it was just ahead
Keep breathing, keep breathing, keep breathing, breathe
The woman at the checkpoint did not understand as I pushed past her
Racing towards the gate
Everyone shouting, “Security! He has got a bomb!”
Baby, when I said I loved you
I meant that I’d love you always
Baby, I am pinned here screaming,
my love for you in black ink spilt on the floor
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5. |
Jesus Is Mine
03:51
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Fade, fade each earthly joy
Jesus is mine
Break, break each tender tie
Jesus is mine
Dark is the wilderness
Earth has no resting place
Jesus alone can bless
Jesus is mine
Farewell ye dreams of night
Jesus is mine
Lost in this dawning bright
Jesus is mine
All that my soul has tried
Left but a dismal void
Jesus has satisfied
Jesus is mine
Farewell mortality
Jesus is mine
Welcome eternity
Jesus is mine
Welcome o loved and blessed
Welcome sweet scenes of rest
Welcome my savior's breast
Jesus is mine
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When you and I collide
I'm as dark as you are light
Our muscles and our bones
Both quake with human pulse
But it seems you're a different kind
I need angel wings sewn on with strings
I need angel wings
So take your needle and thread
Let it pierce my shivering skin
The cells and fibers tear
The blood and the feathers smear
Until I am completely one
I need angel wings sewn on with strings
I need angel wings
Oh, I must be
Made to see so much more
Than I can see
Standing on my two feet
I need angel wings sewn on with strings
I need angel wings
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7. |
Refracting Light
03:10
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What could I say
To make you see?
What could I do
To prove to you
That you don’t understand me
If I were there would I
Write my name
Like a jet in the sky
With a smoke stream?
What language should I use?
And what would be my ink?
Would you be surprised or would you just classify it
Like calling a sunrise ”a sunrise” so you can understand it
When you don’t understand me
Yeah, you won’t understand me
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8. |
O Little Town
02:39
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O little town of Bethlehem
How still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by
Yet, in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight
O holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to us we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born in us today
We hear the Christmas angels
Their great, glad tiding tell
O come to us, abide in us
Our Lord Emmanuel
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9. |
It's Obvious Dance
03:12
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Each headlight portrays the perfection of your face on an interstate freeway, backseat with you
I can’t believe myself, right outside of the café I walked away but now I’m here kissing you
No one’s ever gonna love you more than I love you, I do
Watching the IV, as you’re drifting off to sleep I kiss your cheek and then say a prayer for you
The clothes I wore all week, the nurses laughed with you at me, to pass the time we played Pictionary
No one’s ever gonna love you more than I love you
It’s obvious
It’s obvious
It’s obvious to me and you
Today’s my favorite day, I lift the veil and see your face
No one’s ever gonna love you more than I love you, I do
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10. |
Jacob Vs. The Machine
01:57
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For many years now, he had been restless
Each accomplishment, lacking purpose
Perhaps it was time to attack the machines
The androids though, made him nervous
He wrestled the androids
He wrestled 'til morning
He wrestled the androids
He fought for the blessing
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The Eyes Seattle, Washington
We believe in "do-it-yourself" and "use-what-you-got". Music has to be a hands on experience. It's creation over consumption. It's the book we just finished, the friend we just met, the laundry and the dishes. It's every sunset and celebration - sung out loud. Grab a banjo or a pan from the kitchen. This is a free-for-all. ... more
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