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Only As Strong
01:43
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Highway 95, cutting through the trees
On the border of North Carolina, paper mill on the breeze
Here I took my first ten steps, dreamed by first big dreams
In this milling town full of dying dreams
This house is where I saw my family transform
From a circle of support… to something else
Unemployment hanging low… racism on the breeze
Cocaine out by tracks where I used to play
Neighbors used to wave and smile, now their raided by the DEA
This quiet col-de-sac, has quickly been replaced
By a circle of despair, sidewalks cutting through the overgrown trees
Men who held their palms outstretched, now a shadow of who they used to be
So we packed ourselves, put our things in the rental truck
And moved to the north…
When I see you, don’t look upset
At this life that some call wrecked
We’re only as strong as we imagine ourselves to be
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2. |
Close To The Tree
02:01
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We write our present, on the back of the past
We dream of the future, but don’t think it will last
When your dragging baggage, from something that you did
It’s hard to imagine something, other than what you’ve lived
Do you want to be a simple man?
Do you want to be the one who changed?
Do you want to make something better for them?
Do you want to fall so close to the tree?
We write our present, on the back of the past
We dream of the future, but don’t think it will last
When your dragging baggage, from something that you did
It’s hard to imagine something, other than what you’ve lived
Do you want to be a simple man?
Do you want to be the one who changed?
Do you want to make something better for them?
Do you want to fall so close to the tree?
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Colder
01:25
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He’s got a wind that never runs out, From Halifax to the eastern shore
Drives a diesel that never runs low, On his way to see her
He got a fight that never runs dry, Fifteen years at the redline
Heart so heavy it seems it might, break from beating
Fucking Mountains, Fucking Horror
It’s like you don’t count your blessing till the day their gone
Afghan winters are so much colder
When the love that warmed your heart, just ain't there no more
She’s got a mind that never ran right, always up for a battle cry
Kick you in the face and smash your teeth, just to meet you
She’s got a price but it’s never paid, hold your hand then walks away
Stab you in the chest then spit in your guts, just to kill you
Fucking Mountains, Fucking Horror
It’s like you don’t count your blessing till the day their gone
Afghan winters are so much colder
When the love that warmed your heart, just ain't there no more
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4. |
18 Years
00:43
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Eighteen years, Eighteen years, Eighteen years…
She was only eighteen years…
Eighteen years, Eighteen years, Eighteen years…
She was only eighteen years…
Tell me the reason why she’s gone
Tell me the reason we lose the one’s we’ve loved
Eighteen years, Eighteen years, Eighteen years…
She was only eighteen years…
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5. |
Did you know
02:03
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Do they know?
The concept of loss
Do they know
That she was all ya got
Do they understand
That broken can be too broken
Do they know
The pain of their taking
Do they know?
Do they care?
Is it a better world
Up there?
Do they know
That his narrative was half empty
Do they know
That this was all we could gather
Do they understand
That the beating will beat the broken
Do they know
That were looking to the air
Do they know?
Do they care?
Is it a better world
Up there?
Did you know?
My grandma and her husband
Did you know?
My best friend
Did you know
A thousand people a minute
Did you know them
Did you help them
Did you love them
Love them
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