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Theory of Ruins
05:26
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Have you ever heard the theory of ruins?
A design for more than life, extending past the fall
Gratefully crumbling into legend
What’s left behind never-ending
I have seen the burden laid on the human race
Everything is beautiful when considered in its prime
Eternity’s placed into our human hearts
No-one can fathom the path to the end of time
When I’m taken by the flames
What will I leave behind?
How many souls will I have touched?
That’s what stands the test of time
The theory of ruins
The theory of ruins
The days of kings have long since ended
The heart that fed besides a broken mocking hand
Look upon my works you mighty and despair
Two legs of stone standing in the sand
When I’m taken by the flames
What will I leave behind?
How many souls will I have touched?
That’s what stands the test of time
The theory of ruins
The theory of ruins
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Roamer's Rest
06:41
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I've been travelling for many a year
Never had a place to call my own
Friends come and go but the road stays the same
There's a comfort and safety in being alone
The earth is my pillow, the wind is my song
I pass through prairie and canyon
Sun burns by day, night is the time
The moon's my light and companion
But I'm tired so tired
My bones they ache and I'm turning to dust
But I'm tired so tired
My soul won't stop walking, but my body must
Met a lady at a watering hole
Her heart was wild and free
So we settled down and I worked at a ranch
She said there's a comfort and safety in being with me
Hair gold as fields of corn, eyes brown as the soil
Proud and strong as a cherrybark tree
Her love as wide as the dusty planes
She became the world to me
But I'm tired so tired
The vista's staying still, with the same old sky
But I'm tired so tired
My feet are getting restless, no matter what I try
But I'm tired so tired
Highway stretched before me horizon full of haze
But I'm tired so tired
Heading south, three hundred miles, dry wind fills my days
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Old John
05:37
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The Simplest Test
09:01
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It's true I am a traveller
Of plains across these lands
And of my mind-forged turrets
I've tread 'cross boundless sands
You know I've touched such beauty
No other eyes have seen
Such sights would shame and humble
Those hanging gardens green
I've held apart with bravery
The fiercest lion's jaw
I've known the love of strangers
But somehow wanted more
I've fought for countless victories
I've shouldered heavy loads
Such feats would strip the honour from
That ancient guard of Rhodes
Looking back across these memories
They all fail the simplest test
Out of all these marvels
It was you I loved the best
Trust me I've had struggles
I've felt the masters whip
With the beating sun burning my back
Lord knows I didn’t quit
I've tasted of the sting of death
Destruction in its wake
I've seen the mausoleum of old
And I know that I can't break
Looking back across these memories
They all fail the simplest test
Out of all these marvels
It was you I loved the best
I’ve experienced dreadful power
I take it in my stride
I heard the rise and fall of Zeus
And watched as his love cried
I’ve been a witness of the light
I'm basking in the glow
Never broken like that ancient house
Through me, from Him it flows
Looking back across these memories
They all fail the simplest test
Out of all these marvels
It was you I loved the best
I’ll admit I had ambitions
Crafted temples with my toil
Your words, your deeds are fruitless
What I have, you can't spoil
Looking back across these memories
They all fail the simplest test
Out of all these marvels
It was you I loved the best
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Heart of a Wolf
02:53
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Like most things in life, I can hide it away
Or show it off proudly, the scar of the day
Like most things in life, it’s hard to explain
Geri is swinging from a fine silver chain
You can’t shame me - I don’t want to know
You can’t scare me - I’ve known worse than you
You can’t take me – I don’t want to go
Cos I’ve got the heart of a wolf
Like most things in life, it started off small
My body’s rebellions started the fall
Like most things in life, the end isn’t clear
The journey is far, but each step is near
You can’t shame me - I don’t want to know
You can’t scare me - I’ve known worse than you
You can’t take me – I refuse to go
Cos I’ve got the heart of a wolf
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Black Dog
04:51
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Black Dog is coming for me
Blood red eyes and teeth like a knife
Feel his breath on the back of my neck
Been stalking me all the days of my life
I see a movement from the corner of my eye
But nothing’s there when I turn
The smell of fuel is rising high
Come on now, gonna watch you burn
Watch you burn
Black Dog is coming for me
Dragging his chain, haunting my nights
Pinned in a corner, he won’t let me leave
Snarls and howls, he claws and he
bites
As the days go on I’m starting to see
His bark is worse than his bite
It’s fear and dread that’s clouding my mind
He may be strong but I’ll put up a fight
As the flames lick higher the fog recedes
My pulse slows and my mind begins to clear
I look around me with glistening eyes
I begin to realise
Black Dog was me
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When It Comes to You
07:52
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When it comes to you, I’m like an open book
My mind is not my own
When it comes to you, there’s not a word I’ve said
You haven’t already known
So I’ll keep on running
Till I know my own heart
And I’ll keep on running
Till I get back to the start
When it comes to you, you’re like that locked-up gate
In the fence at the end of the park
When it comes to you, I can feel something else
Hidden deep in the dark
And I’ll keep on wondering
As I go with the flow
And I’ll keep on wondering
If you even know
When it comes to you, at the end of the day
It’s got to be your own choice
When it comes to you, the decision is yours
What to hide, and what to voice
And I’ll keep on loving
If you hide it away
And I’ll keep on loving
If you open that gate
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Jane Grey
05:19
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Lying in the Rain
05:32
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I lied last night in the rain
And you cried last night all the same
If I could do it all again
I’d lie through my teeth and be damned
You would have gone away all the same
But these things happen when you don’t have a plan
So I lied last night in the rain
I gave you my coat and you gave me a smile
A brief flash of triumph, like you’d passed a trial
Hunching my shoulders, shirt stuck to my back
Trying not to shiver, soaked to the skin
But you made me laugh, you always had the knack
Of summing up my life in that crooked grin
So I gave you my coat and you gave me a smile
You broke open a kit-kat and gave me a half
As you ate yours in one mouthful, I started to laugh
That platform for a second became a shrine
To what we’d once had, and what might still be
The chocolate was blessed, our bread and wine
A show of faith, we believed in you and me
So I lied last night in the rain
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