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This night will see my pen
These dark clouds will know my mind again
As I lie quiet
In the cradle by the sea
Our past will live again
And the stories will warn of what portends
And what lies hidden
In the cradle of the sea
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The Quiet Season
06:45
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It's quiet, as another leaf falls from the tree
Things are falling down all around me
Colors are changing from red to gold
What was once new has now grown old
I hear the sound of the gathering leaves against my door
Don't have the will to rake them anymore
Change has come early without reason
The world is out of time, and out of season
The machines are all in place for the harvest
The deeds have all been prepared for the unrest
A new star shall rise up in the West
And the people shall kneel together and confess
A mob has gathered beneath my window
Their torches are lit with a mortal cry
It's too late for words, it's too late for prayers
It's time to say goodbye before we die
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Nevis Mirage
09:03
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Cynthia Cries
05:43
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Dismissed from the table she sits by the window and cries
Her intricate fantasy comes apart before her eyes
Come back to the world Cynthia and leave your playthings behind
It’s time to grow up now abandon your nursery rhymes
Cynthia cries
yeah, Cynthia cries
The dragons have all gone the sea serpents have all drown
Lost in her tower the princess can never be found
And where she once stood now lies a rose
A perfect symbol of a love now frozen
In a place where only she can be
In a time where only she can feel
the wonder, the movement of her heart
The princess cries as the cities fall to ruin
and the dreams of children grow strange
with visions of a multitude
with visions of a pleasant cage
And they fly away to escape a certain doom
They find themselves in a darkened room
But there, a light, beyond the dark hills
Stay awake, stay awake
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Like the Winter Tree
05:57
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People live in pain
People die in shame
People fall asleep in desperation
Another lost generation
You're all I can see
When you smile I believe
Your love grows inside of me
like the winter tree
People change their ways
People change their faces
And people cry when they're happy
People take honor in disgrace
You're all I can see
When you smile I believe
Your love grows inside of me
like the winter tree
Spring's embrace a gentle grace
I push into the times
Upon my skin a reckoning
with sunshine
Cold is gone
A new day dawned
You're all I can see
When you smile I believe
Your love grows inside of me
like the winter tree
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Catnap
02:30
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When I Start to Go
04:00
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Some roads lead you back home
tired beat down and broken
Some roads lead you astray
forever on and on
When my hands start to go
I pray my work will be done
When my hands start to go
I'll still be there to hold you up
So much for consolation
So much for consternation
So much for thoughts I'll never own
Don't fear to run dry
Don't fear to show a tear in your eye
And don't fear to try
When my heart starts to go
I won't have to feel the pain I've caused you don't you know
When my heart starts to go
I'll still be there to hold you in my arms
When my mind starts to go
I won't have to remember the pain I've caused your soul
When my mind starts to go
I'll be content with just a smile
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The Sea of Crows
05:58
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There's a black smoke coming across the water
The end is come, everybody knows
It's too late to ask forgiveness
Death has come with the sea of crows
The city long since been deserted
Thick smoke rolls in like fog
Nothing left to eat
Streets empty, left for the dogs
I can see them from my window
My weakness grows and grows
They circle high above me
The ravenous sea of crows
Lord knows, how I fear the sea of crows
Lord knows . . .
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The Wall of Kings
11:09
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The wall of Kings, the world is fading before the wall of Kings
Our bloom has found an ageless partner, in the wall of Kings
Their faces held in canvas along the tarnished hall of frames
Words and deeds now long forgotten, all but for the names
They fell in love they fell in war, and they fell with mortal cries
Courage and valor have paid the price, you can see it in their eyes
And their eyes sear into my soul
I surrender to their story
The wall of Kings, the world is fading before the wall of Kings
Our bloom has found an ageless partner in the wall of Kings
There's an empty frame upon the wall where someday I will hang
There's an empty verse yet written by those who never sang
I go to the hall of my fathers whom I serve eternally
I go to the seat of my fathers with love and fealty
In the wall of Kings
The world is fading before the wall of Kings
Our bloom has found an ageless partner
In the wall of Kings
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I am a simple man, I am a simple servant
I ply my trade in service to the King
My hands are kept busy with the labors of my craft
While my mind is free and lost in wandering
But at night my shutters rattle from the cold wind out to sea
And my thoughts are beckoned forth with words that haunt me
The stars and the moon I made to help you serve
Another night of restlessness as my dreams form into words
A single candle wavers before my eyes
As my vision returns and the fog begins to fade
It is more than I have ever realized
But at night my shutters rattle from the cold wind out to sea
And my thoughts are beckoned forth with words that haunt me
The stars and the moon I made to help you pray
Someone's speaking in my ears, but the voice is not my own
I know this voice, I know this man, even though I am alone
Someone's standing there in front of me, getting closer to the dream
It has come to life ex nihilo, nothing is ever as it seems
But at night my shutters rattle from the cold wind out to sea
And my thoughts are beckoned forth with words that haunt me
The stars and the moon I made because I love you
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The Book of Sorren Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dan and Scott are brothers who share the same appreciation for music and literature. Their love of the old, the forgotten, and the ancient, is supplemented with modern technology, including computer-based software.
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