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Mad in Berlin
04:20
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We leave early in the morning
You got a map in your hand
We take the long way to the river
So we can see all of Berlin
Walls filled up with madness
We pretend that we are lost
Until we’re no longer certain
If we’re pretending anymore
But let’s say tonight
That we could meet here
And imagine the rest of our lives will begin again
The way we’ve always pictured them
At night we play music
In some little café
You say it feels just like Brooklyn
If all the people went away
We pass a suicide circus
On our walk across the bridge
We’ve been looking for the moonlight
It’s like it doesn’t exist
But let’s say tonight
That we could stay here
And imagine the rest of our lives will begin again
The way we’ve always pictured
Let’s say tonight
That we don’t go home
Cause darling I know that I could get used to this
I could get lost in this sky with no moon in it
Let’s say tonight
That this is our home
If we could just hold on tonight without any fear
I know that we could both go mad here
We could be mad
We could be brave
We could be bright
We could be mad
We could be brave
We could be bright
Tell me I’m mad
You may be right
I say we should get married
There’s a cathedral down the road
Behind the old cemetery
Where you saw one shoe out in the meadow
You just laugh and cry madness
Say I’ve got a head full of stars
I pull the map out of my pocket
Because we don’t know where we are
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2. |
Listen Love
05:04
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Listen, Love
I just want to say that I’ve been dreaming of
An old familiar place where we can see the stars above
And we don’t give up
By the way
By the way you look at me, I know your face
Your lost and lonely eyes all opened wide with grace
I know your touch
And all along the road
I’ve seen the signs and they have told me
That my life will change
Listen, Love
I can’t let go, I can’t let go
Listen Love
I can’t let go, I can’t let go again
I can’t let go again
First of all
First of all you’re listening for your number to be called
I’m just simply listening to hear anything at all
And it’s been a long time
Worst of all
Worst of all is screaming til my throat is raw
Heart stripped bare and bleeding
With my back against the wall
Is this too much?
And all along the road
I’ve seen the signs and they have told me
That my luck will change
Listen, Love
I can’t let go, I can’t let go
Listen Love
I can’t let go, I can’t let go again
I can’t let go again
And all along the road
I’ve seen the signs and they have told me
That my life has changed
But nothing’s changed
Listen, Love
I can’t let go, I can’t let go
Listen Love
I can’t let go, I can’t let go again
I can’t let go again
Listen, Love
I just want to let you know I’m dreaming of
A place that we can go where we can see the stars above
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3. |
This Time
04:37
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Goodnight then
This time we take the baguettes, and
Break towards the promise of everything new
That we said we would do
If we had second chances
You’d probably go dancing
But I am
I am still waiting through silence
That deafening din of the things you won’t say to me
The sins that you’ll never set free
From your memory
Set it alight
Burn all control
Stay through the night And carry me home
It keeps us alive
But it cuts to the bone
You tell me you’re right I tell you I know
Goodnight then
This time we’re after most everything
To keep us distracted for hours on end
And I still remember
The first thing you said on the first day we met
You know, I guess
I am still reaching for anything
To keep me from feeling that way again
The failure, the fears
It’s been 35 years of it
Set it alight
Burn all control
Just stay here tonight
Just please don’t go home
You tell me I’m right
I know that I’m wrong
But it keeps me alive
And it drags you along
Show me a sign
That we can move on
Cause I need to find it before it’s all gone
You tell me “goodnight”
I tell you “hold on”
Because darling tonight we’re
Tonight we are waiting for something
To help us reclaim our whole lives again
This time we’re gonna take everything
This time I’m ready to try again
Tonight we are waiting for anything
Tonight we are playing our final hand
This time we’re gonna take everything
(This time I’m ready to try)
Set it alight
Burn all control
Stay through the night
And carry me home
(This time I’m ready to try)
It keeps us alive
But it cuts to the bone
You tell me you’re right
I tell you I know
Goodnight then
This time we’re waiting for something
This time we’re ready to try again
This time we’re gonna take everything
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4. |
Act of Breaking
03:44
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After all the shattered walls that start to fall and break for me
Are wearing me out
Well I was a lot like your friend, a lot like your friend
And wearing you around
After all the alcohol, the final crawls that call for me
Are wearing me down
Well I was a lot like the end, a lot like the end
Before we begin
But wait, I could have changed
I’m trying to feel my life’s refrain
And caught in the act of disguising my name
But it will not be the act of breaking down
After all the empty space you violate and break for me
And carry me down
Well I was a lot like your man, a lot like your man
A lot like your man
And then we break down
But wait, I could have changed
I’m trying to feel my life’s refrain
And buried in cycles that spin 'round your brain
And carry a lie like some secret shame
But there is a time for us still to create
To fill the blank canvas, the empty space
And we’re caught in the act of disguising our names
But it will not be the act of breaking down
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5. |
Half Keys
05:42
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My father's song
Sung in half keys
You used to sing it to me
When we were young
And here we sing
You're a stubborn thing
But maybe it's the wrong key for this song
The notes have all been lost
Your key's been broken off
You're a long way out of touch
Sometimes, Sometimes, Sometimes
The half keys you have lined up
Still don't make a whole
My mother's gone
I'm a cold man
Maybe for the first time I've seen the sunshine
And here we sit
I'm an old, grey man
Maybe it's the wrong time for us
The locks have all been shut
Your keys have all but cut
You're a long way out of touch
Sometimes, Sometimes, Sometimes
You're a long way out of touch
Sometimes, Sometimes, Sometimes
The half keys you have lined up
They won't unlock the door
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
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6. |
Some of the Time Girl
04:14
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Could we make this rift recover?
Could we step back now?
Would I be your friend, your lover?
Would I be left out?
Maybe you found that in this cold
You were alright without it, right without it
And I wish I had told you
I just hide around it, hide around it now
Bury all the thoughts that scare you
I could show you how
Cause I have never been prepared to
Let my insides out
Maybe I found that in this cold
I was alright without it, right without it
And I wish you had known
We could have laughed about, laughed about it now
Some of the time girl’s really sure that we’ll be fine
Some of the time girl reassures me that she’s mine
Some of the time
And I’d like to show you what your life’s about, life’s about
And I would like to know you
But your eyes still doubt it, and I still doubt your eyes
Some of the time
Could you make your heart surrender?
Would you even try?
Keep it held like buried treasure
Sinking with the tide
And all of the times I think I’m clever
We just fight about it, fight about it
And I don’t think I’ll ever
Get it right, can’t get it right, can’t get it right
Some of the time girl’s really sure that we’ll be fine
Some of the time girl reassures me that she’s mine
Some of the time
And I’d like to show you what your life’s about, life’s about
And I would like to know you
But your eyes still doubt it, and I still doubt your eyes
Some of the time
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7. |
Rise/Fall
04:54
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Time waits for no one
And our time was fleeting
Your heart keeps on beating
But I keep on falling
I thought I knew how to keep the ship sailing
But our ship was failing
And you keep on letting go
Yesterday’s plans are tomorrow’s misgivings
And you keep on living
But I keep on falling down
I never knew you
Our hearts weren’t ready
To keep the ship steady
Oh, I keep letting you fall
Rise and fall
Did we say enough?
Did we pay too much?
To rise, just to fall
Cause we saved our love, but you gave it up
Time casts a shadow
On both of our faces
In ten thousand places
Where you go and I follow
I thought I knew how
To keep above water
But the current was stronger
Than we could have ever known
So leave me alone at the cold end of autumn
You’re someone, you’re no one
And I keep on falling down
I never knew you
And we weren’t ready
To keep our hearts steady
Oh, I keep letting you fall
Rise and fall
Did we say enough?
Did we pay too much?
To rise, just to fall
Could we save our love, when you gave it up?
The world doesn’t spin how we need sometimes
But you like the way that it looks in your eyes
No one can see your light
When you shine it behind
No one can see your light
When you start to rise
When you rise
When you rise, you fall down
When you rise
When you rise, you fall down
Rise and fall
Did we say enough?
Did we pay too much?
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8. |
See Your Breath
06:26
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Breathe the air
Feel it leave your body as the memory appears
And spreads upon the glass
Like a fog, with your finger, trace the outline of your past
And when you go outside
You see your breath, you see your breath
And it’s so cold outside
You see your breath, you can see your breath
You can see your breath
If love can fade
Push it down into your body
Where you keep the chill away
Cause it’s hot inside
Like a burning in your belly
Where the fire still survives
And when you go outside
You see your breath, you see your breath
And it’s so cold outside
You see your breath, you can see your breath
You can see your breath
Ooh, Ooh
This cannot be it
Is there nothing left?
If love can die
Push it down into your body
Where the air is still alive
Cause the thing you crave
Is the thing you lose
When you try to hard to save
And when you go outside
You see your breath, you see your breath
And it’s so cold outside
You see your breath, you can see your breath
You can see your breath
You can see your breath, you can see your breath, you can see your breath
You can see your breath, you can see your breath, you can see your breath
You can see your breath, ooh
This cannot be it, is there nothing left?
You can see your breath
This cannot be it, is there nothing left?
You can see your breath
This cannot be it, is there nothing left?
You can see your breath
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9. |
This Darkness on Us
06:00
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But when the night comes
I can hear you coming back in waves now
Climbing up a steep and empty staircase
Shouting out to no one, save your own face
But you are leaving
And I can read the writing on the ceiling
You should know my dark and dirty secret
I’d tell you but I know that you won’t keep it
And it’s a lie that spreads
From the blankets of our beds
And you’re just like a knife that dreads
To be raised
But there’s your laughter
The kind that sticks around forever after
The kind where you’re reliving former glory
If you ask me it just sounds like a good story
But with the lights out
It’s time for you to crawl back to your wasteland
I heard from someone that you’re headed westbound
If I know you you’re more likely going straight down
Where there’s no seasons
And time for you to hide
It stands to reason
In time I’ll hear you calling me and pleading
But that will only tear us both apart
And it’s a lie that spreads
From the blankets of our beds
And you’re just like a knife that dreads
To be raised
Are you still alive, or dead
In that corner of your head
Where you shut out the lights instead
And brought this darkness on us
On us...
But when the night comes
I can hear you coming back in waves now
And I can see, I can see you clearly
The only promise you ever held dearly
But you can’t hear my secret
I’d tell you but I know that you’ll repeat it
And I can hear, I can hear you calling
You know this will just tear us both apart
And it’s a lie that spreads
From the blankets of our beds
And you’re just like a knife that dreads
To be raised
Are you still alive, or dead
In that corner of your head
Where you shut out the lights instead
From the blankets of your beds
And you are just like a knife that dreads
To be raised above your head
Where you shut out the lights instead
And brought this darkness on us
On us...
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10. |
Carried Away
05:07
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Leave the rush, the lies
The darkness of your eyes
Your touch, your skin
The wandering of your mind
Within, the feel,
Of wanting to survive
For something real
To find a new disguise
To replace your armor
You reach above for the sign
That tells you it will not be
And carries this away from me
Kill your cares, your aches
And leave the other parts
Your prayers, you’ll take
To seek another start
To lift the weight
That feeds you in the dark
Until the day
The beating of your heart
That suffers in silence
Belies your careful deceit
It tries too hard not to beat
And carries this away from me
Ooh, ooh
Make the best, the rest
Will pass on in the night
And fight the sense
Of emptiness in light
You bend and break
And cower in her eyes
You shake and spin
Ignore your own advice
You cannot take
A simple compromise
It’s time to wake
And find a different life
In the arms of another
Cause we lost the part of the dream
Where we finally start to believe
So carry this away from me
Please carry this away from me
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