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God, I don't understand what all this is about.
Making plans to understand,
While this world just falls apart.
God, I can't see the humanity in pictures on the screen
No share and care, just break and bruise,
Shaping up to live and lose.
This is an ode to her.
She would have loved your people to sing
Praise to you, Father
You are everything.
I know you've got her,
Your darling daughter
Heaven must be filled with laughter
As I sing this ode to her.
God, I know your heart breaks whenever silence shatters grace.
Tears fall down to the sound
Of a world where evil's found.
God, you say that you'll repay wipe away our tears someday.
Justice and mercy, tie up the story
Grace unleashed to bring you glory.
This is an ode to her.
She would have loved your people to sing
Praise to you, Father
You are everything.
I know you've got her,
Your darling daughter
Heaven must be filled with laughter
As I sing this ode to her.
It seems this world's in mourning.
Longing for an end to this story.
And for once I heed the warning;
Help me leave this world with something more.
This is an ode to her.
She would have loved your people to sing
Praise to you, Father
You are everything.
I know it hurts you that's how I trust you
Hearts breaks more than any ought to
As I sing this ode to her.
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Roses (YouTube version)
05:11
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Roses, she brought them everyday.
Roses, love had come to pay.
The desperation clouded you, my friend.
Loving gifts aren't always heaven sent.
Samson, can't you see?
No strength can set you free.
Her face may be divine
But it's the hidden pain behind that you can't see.
Like roses, her thorns aren't what you need.
Roses are never what you need.
She says, a secret's only weakness.
She says, give it all to me.
But don't you be confused of her intent.
She doesn't have the same moral sense.
Samson, can't you see?
No strength can set you free.
Her face may be divine
But it's the hidden pain behind that you can't see.
Like roses, her thorns aren't what you need.
Roses are never what you need.
And some say, love is easy
But when your back's against the wall
Left with no choice at all.
It doesn't seem that way,
Someone has to pay so you've one last chance to tear down the enemy.
Samson, can't you see?
No strength can set you free.
Her face may be divine
But it's the hidden pain behind that you can't see.
Like roses, her thorns aren't what you need.
Roses are never what you need.
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I never thought I'd learn to say
What's really on my mind today.
The words, a million miles away
Just never seemed to start.
I guess I should be brave today
It's all that you deserve, and may
I hold on to you always, I pray
We will not depart.
A thousand words are blowing in the wind.
What dream is this, the life I've entered in?
Don't let the morning come; I'd like
This night to never end.
How strange that I could feel this way
The words appear lit up in flames.
And now this happens day by day
Why this change of heart?
A thousand words are blowing in the wind.
What dream is this, the life I've entered in?
Don't let the morning come; I'd like
This night to never end.
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Went walking down town to the old record store.
Met a man sitting down on a dusty wooden floor.
He said “I ain't gotta clue what we do this for-
One more day's gonna kill me, even one day more.”
I said, “Mr, I hear, and I feel your pain.
Been walking round these same old streets once again.
Seems to me this life goes on in vain.
He said, “You're preaching to the choir, don't it drive you insane.”
He said trains come through here 100 times an hour, at 100 miles an hour.
It's no joke dear,
Think it's gonna stop? Well you'd better think again.
Check out the schedule up here in your head.
No we don't stop for weekends
Not a single day off.
Once you get on
No you're never getting off.
He said.
The man grabbed a light and drew a cigarette out.
Just in time to hear the shopkeeper shout.
“Outta here, don't want no stinking, scrounging layabouts.”
And as he left I said “I just wish you'd let me hear him out.”
[Chorus]
Now it's been four months, but I'm feeling years behind.
Trains keeping rhythm like clockwork up inside.
And as I spot the old man playing chicken with his time.
I said, “you're right it won't keep quiet in this stupid old head of mine.”
I said trains come through here 100 times an hour, at 100 miles an hour.
It's no joke, hear-
I thought that it would stop, but now I've thought again.
Checked out the schedule up here in my head.
No we don't stop for weekends
Not a single day off.
Now that I'm on
No I'm never getting off.
I said.
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Firelines in the sky
Burn into my eyes.
Fire flies, climb so high
Buzzing through my mind.
And we've battered through the ages
Torn apart the walls to sleep.
But now the crashes have broken in
And silence is just a dream.
Symptoms of design
Desire fate to align.
Mumblings of a broken soul
Alive but forgotten how to breathe.
And we're scattered through the ages.
Thrown off the need for heat.
But loudness shakes the time divide
And silence is just a dream.
And when he holds you do you still feel nothing?
When she hurts you do you feel no pain?
It's a strange world where love is real
But life is just a game.
Life is just a game.
And we're scattered through the ages.
Thrown off the need for heat.
But loudness shakes the time divide
And silence is just a dream.
Silence is just a dream.
Silence is just your dream.
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Now it seems your pain is my pain
Nothing that I do is able to contain
This feeling inside when you're away.
It's keeping me up, keeping me awake.
It seems that our lives have become intertwined
Bones disconnected, you've broken inside.
Now we may as well be rocket men on a mission to Mars
But these stars speak straight into our hearts.
All I want to have, is have you near
But the miles in between us grow into years.
It's killing me inside to be here one more night
While you'll be hurting, healing out of sight.
It seems that our lives have become intertwined
Bones disconnected, our emotions coincide.
Now we may as well be rocket men on a mission to Mars
But these stars speak straight into our hearts.
Time is stretching, seeping into corners
A pretty picture but a lonely desert view.
And if I'm honest sometimes I'm just scared it's you I'll lose;
Still can't believe it's me that you would ever choose.
It seems that our lives have become intertwined
Bones disconnected, our emotions coincide.
Now we may as well be rocket men on a mission to Mars
But these stars speak straight into our hearts.
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There's something about this cold, empty house
Which pulls me further to you.
A life lived alone
Is a life I'd rather not do.
Please, I can't take it, can't shake off this feeling
That I am the one who's at fault.
And now I'm so scared
This sweetness is turning to salt.
Make your way back to me
Make your way back to me.
The thunder outside is seeping inside,
speaking straight to this cold, empty heart;
To have loved and then lost
I understand now we are apart.
Make your way back to me
Make your way back to me.
Did you say, why did you say
Take it now or leave it pray
As if there were ever a choice?
You know all I ever wanted
Was all you ever wanted
Was all we ever wanted in life.
Make your way back to me
Make your way back to me.
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8. |
Alex (YouTube version)
03:47
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I messed up bad, got it all so wrong.
Tangled you up in the words of a song.
I guess my apologies got lost in the post
Or maybe I just never had the strength and had to let it go.
Alex, oh Alex, didn't know what you were thinking of.
Alex, oh Alex, I never said enough is enough.
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I should have had the guts to say.
But I was young and held my tongue, I knew no other way
I'm sorry to say.
Sometimes your brain likes to play games.
Tell you you want what you don't really want then run and hide away.
I felt so bad for leading you on.
Maybe it's nothing but sometimes I worry so here's my sorry in a song.
[Chorus]
In all honesty I never believed
Someone would want someone like me.
Caught up in denial that old vicious spiral
Took the best out of me.
I was the frog and you were the prince
You handled it well so I flinch.
'Cos I treated you bad and I'm sorry for that
But you're a love I would never have had.
[Chorus]
One day you'll see this sorry I sing
Or maybe it'll pass by you completely.
You might forget but I will regret;
How could I be so mean to say no through a screen?
Alex, you come back to haunt me.
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Working late, my head's a mess
But right now I couldn't care less
Cause right now, life is good.
One strike down, another to come
These days I work for fun
But these days, life is good!
Did you ever get the feeling this is where you're meant to be? Ohh...
Crazy, maybe
Maybe hazy
Full on, tell me
Worth it completely.
Sometimes lonely
Often scary
But when all's said and done
Life is good!
Up too early for my brain to catch on
Up too early to put my thinking cap on
But God knows, life is good.
I guess it's a just a deal I made
Happiness in a single trade
You see me now? Life is good!
Did you ever get the feeling this is where you're meant to be? Ohh...
Crazy, maybe
Maybe hazy
Full on, tell me
Worth it completely.
Sometimes lonely
Often scary
But when all's said and done
Life is good!
We're walking in the footsteps of the best
And we won't be overshadowed by the rest.
Crazy, maybe
Maybe hazy
Full on, tell me
Worth it completely.
Sometimes lonely
Often scary
But when all's said and done
Life is good!
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I want to love those tendrils
Of vanishing thoughts that won't stay still.
Tell you I'm home
When we align.
I want to love those grey cells,
Tell you I love them as well.
That's what I want
But only for you.
One thing led to another.
Now we have each other.
I promise I won't wander.
They say that love can conquer so let's test it out
Forever and longer.
I want to love those blue eyes
Get lost in the red of sunrise.
That's what I want
But only with you.
I want to love our timing
Because I found a friend worth finding.
That moment in time
Now forever entwined.
One thing led to another.
Now we have each other.
I promise I won't wander.
They say that love can conquer so let's test it out
Forever and longer.
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Life is a gift; don't take it for granted
Or squander it looking for faith
At the bottom of a bottle
Or looking for love in his eyes
Because he just can't satisfy.
So you what?
You got lost looking for love?
Well now that you've been messed around
Don't you think you're worth so much more
Than a smooth talking liquor
Who only shows his face
When it's too late?
Irresistible pleasures
That can't repay.
Life is a gift; don't take it for granted
Or waste it looking for redemption
In a lie that tangles quickly.
Or looking for revival, to find
The emptiness of a knife.
So you what?
You got lost looking for love?
Well now that you've been messed around
Don't you think you're worth so much more
Than a smooth talking liquor
Who only shows his face
When it's too late?
Irresistible pleasures
That can't repay.
Admit you've been looking
In the wrong place.
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Sitting on your white and fluffy cloud
Don't know what you're doing don't wanna come down
I hate to tell you this is what you left behind.
Well yes, life's a mess but I would have thought
That someone would have showed you how it worked
Hiding your head has never solved a thing.
Oo-oo-h, just take a step back, oh
Grab your life back.
Shut out the crushing dark
Take a good old look inside your heart
It doesn't take much to feel afraid,
It's just the way we play the game.
Floating in your blue lagoon
Just drifting where the world pulls you
What's your purpose when all you do is stare?
Oo-oo-h, just take a step back, oh
Grab your life back.
Shut out the crushing dark
Take a good old look inside your heart
It doesn't take much to feel afraid,
It's just the way we play the game.
Games, games, games, just play the game.
Games, (don't you want to play the)
Games, (come along and play the)
Games, just play the game.
Oo-oo-h, just take a step back, oh
Grab your life back.
Shut out the crushing dark
Take a good old look inside your heart
It doesn't take much to feel afraid,
It's just the way we play the game.
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Mirror (YouTube version)
04:02
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I know you're set in your ways
And I know that you think that that's okay
But I don't.
'Cause there's too many people who walk this earth
Everything in their hand but a sense of self worth
I know.
But one day you will look into that mirror and see
The person who you were designed to be.
Don't lose sight of her.
Mirror, mirror.
The devil will use it to get to you
But you gotta be strong don't let him through
'Cause you're strong girl
You're stronger.
I know you think I don't understand
That life is hard and nothing goes like planned
But I do.
'Cause too many times I've heard you say
That for once in your life you don't want to run away.
Mirror, mirror.
The devil will use it to get to you
But you gotta be strong don't let him through
'Cause you're strong girl
You're stronger.
You look on by you don't let it show
How much it really hurts you don't want them to know
But I'm never going to let you sink that low again. (x3)
Mirror, mirror.
The devil will use it to get to you
But you gotta be strong don't let him through
'Cause you're strong girl
You're stronger.
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Words (YouTube version)
06:32
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Words, words, words.
Words don't suffice when this city divides.
We're stronger when peace is alive.
The cold battle cries still rip through my mind.
Though I know the war's won in time.
Tell me simply why war exists.
Tell me gently how love can miss.
Tell me slowly why a world like this exists.
Words, words, words.
In the waiting I find my sadness in life.
And an endless stream of 'why's.
It's a trust exercise in the God who's on high
As we love, yet lovers die.
Tell me simply why war exists.
Tell me gently how love can miss.
Tell me slowly why a world like this exists.
Tell me simply why sorrows list.
Tell me gently how trouble hits.
But tell me slowly 'cause I can't control a thing...
But tell me simply how I'm loved like this.
Tell me gently how I am His.
Tell me quickly 'cause I need to hear of this. (x2)
Words, words, words.
It's a trust exercise when this city divides.
Seems impossible yet so worth the fight.
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Emily Fox UK
Emily discovered the guitar at the age of 15 and never looked back. Some years on and she now has three self-produced albums
under her belt, over 100 YouTube videos on her channel, and even a performance at the Royal Albert Hall to her name.
By day Emily is a software developer/tech lead for a UK-based software company.
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