CRACKS IN THE WALL
It’s a long road, and we’ve been walking blind
Chasing dreams that seem to fall behind
But there’s a fire that never fades
Even in the coldest of days
Shadows may fall, the road may bend
But this is not where our story ends
‘Cause there’s light through the cracks in the wall
A whisper that says that we won’t fall
When the world feels too heavy to hold onto
When the weight comes down I’ll carry it with you
We’ll turn the dark into something new
I’ve danced with demons and kissed them goodnight
Woke up bleeding but still ready to fight
Took every ‘no’ and built us a throne
Yeah, these broken souls, we don’t do it alone
Shadows may fall, the road may bend
But this is not where our journey ends
‘Cause there’s light through the cracks in the wall
A whisper that says that we won’t fall
When the world feels too heavy to hold onto
When the weight comes down I’ll carry it with you
We’ll turn the dark into something new
We have words that tear open the sky
We have bruises that hide in plain sight
Every scar ’s a life we’ve earned
Every fall ’s a lesson learned
And when that sky forgets to shine
A single star can still survive
Hope isn’t soft, it’s a battle cry
It’s broken fists to just feel alive
‘Cause there’s light through the cracks in the wall
A whisper that says that we won’t fall
When the world feels too heavy to hold onto
When the weight comes down I’ll carry it with you
We’ll turn the dark into something new
‘Cause there’s light through the cracks in the wall
A whisper that says that we won’t fall
When the world feels too heavy to hold onto
When the weight comes down I’ll carry it with you
We’ll turn the dark into something new
We’ll turn the dark into something new
We’ll turn the dark into something new
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2. ECHO
You left your coat on the back of the chair
Still smells like cedar and the Fall in your hair
I tried to move it, but it felt like a crime
Like I’d erase a piece of you just one more time
The kettle still whistles like you’re coming back
And I keep setting two plates, I can’t face the fact
That silence is louder than your last goodbye
And I’m still asking ghosts to tell me why
You were the storm, and I was the wire
You lit me up and let me burn down to fire
Now I’m just ashes, but somehow I breathe
Haunted by the echo you left in me
It’s not the leaving that breaks my mind
It’s the echo you left behind
Well I talk to the moon like it’s got something to say
It just stares back with same damn face
You once said love was a wilderness call
Now I’m lost in the woods with no map at all
You were the storm, and I was the wire
You lit me up and let me burn down to fire
Now I’m just ashes, but somehow I breathe
Haunted by the echo you left in me
It’s not the leaving that breaks my mind
It’s the echo you left behind
Maybe you never meant to stay
Maybe two hearts just drift away
But I gave you the parts of me I don’t show
Not I’m learning to live with what I don’t know
You were storm, and I was the flame
You passed through me and left me changed
I reach for you in dreams that I can’t find
Still held by the echo you left behind
Oh, you were the storm, and I was the wire
You lit me up and let me burn down to fire
Now I’m just ashes, but somehow I breathe
Haunted by the echo you left in me
It’s not the leaving that breaks my mind
It’s the echo you left behind
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3. RIGHT WHERE I SHOULD BE
Too many years spent crying
Too many years spent hiding
Too many years spent giving
Myself to things that couldn’t be
Too many years not laughing
Too many years of wishful thinking
Too many years of not wanting
The many years I haven’t seen
Here I stand
More naked than I’ve ever been
And it feels like the world’s coming down on me
And here I am
With no more of a perfect plan
It leaves me speechless, leaves me feeling
I’m in the right time at the right place
In the right mind on the right way
Of a one way street I’ve always missed so easily
It was the wrong ways of a wrong heart
Lost mind looking for the parts
That fill the void of a black hole consuming me
And here I stand
More naked than I’ve ever been
And it feels like the world’s coming down on me
And here I am
With no more of a perfect plan
It leaves me speechless, leaves me feeling
I’m right where I should be
It was the carrying of those memories
On shoulders not built for strength
And weakness exposed by my tendencies
But my worst moves are my living proof
That I’m more than just a broken heart
I can find that start with my feet grounded under me
And here I stand
More naked than I’ve ever been
And it feels like the world’s coming down on me
And here I am
With no more of a perfect plan
It leaves me speechless, leaves me feeling
I’m right where I should be
And here I stand
More naked than I’ve ever been
And it feels like the world’s coming down on me
And here I am
With no more of a perfect plan
It leaves me speechless, leaves me feeling
I’m right where I should be
But my best moves are my living proof
That I’m more than just a broken heart
I can find that start with my feet grounded under me
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4. RISKING THE CHAMBER
We got ourselves here
On one hell of a highway
Still standing, still spinning
With the odds never kind
We got so good at playing
Russian roulette with the world
We kept pulling that trigger
Like we had something to find
Still risking the chamber
One day at a time
There were nights full of thunder
And mornings full of lace
We held on through some winds
Just so we could see the same face
When the sun rises and paints
Our silhouettes on the wall
I know it will hold us up
When trouble starts to call
We never asked for mercy
Never begged the wins to stay
Poured gasoline on fires
Just to make shadows fade away
We’ve yelled louder at night
Than anyone ever should
Built a life out of maybes
Hell, we’ve done the best we could
We got ourselves here
On one hell of a highway
Still standing, still spinning
With the odds never kind
We got so good at playing
Russian roulette with the world
We kept pulling that trigger
Like we had something to find
Still risking the chamber
One day at a time
Well we’ve danced in the ruins
We’ve slept underneath our doubts
Said things that we regretted
Then we just rode it out
There’s a grace in the aging
A fine line in the fade
And I still chase you
At the end of the day
‘Cause we got ourselves here
On one hell of a highway
Still standing, still spinning
With the odds never kind
We got so good at playing
Russian roulette with the world
We kept pulling that trigger
Like we had something to find
Still risking the chamber
One day at a time
‘Cause we got ourselves here
On one hell of a highway
Still standing, still spinning
With the odds never kind
We got so good at playing
Russian roulette with the world
We kept pulling that trigger
Like we had something to find
Still risking the chamber
One day at a time
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5. BREAK AT THE KNEES
The haze behind these tired eyes
Helps hide my mind from
All the reasons I said goodbye
I know there were words
That slipped out too quickly
But my lips couldn't stop them they tried
But his love was so strong
It made me feel weak
And if I stared too long
I'd break at the knees
Given the chance
I'd try it again
Repair all these memories
Erase those I can't
And he'd stay with me
In a heated moment
Turned cold by the thought of
Him ever leaving my side
If jealousy had a face
I wore the mask unwilling
To give another look a try
But my love was so strong
It made him feel weak
And if he stared too long
He'd break at the knees
Given the chance
I'd try it again
Repair all these memories
Erase those I can't
And he'd stay with me
And he'd stay with me
The shadows moving slower
Without a name or a voice
Reaching away from the sunset and me
I swear I feel his breath
As he whispers my name
From a place that I can't see
'Cause our love was so strong
It made us feel weak
And if we stared too long
We'd break at the knees
Given the chance
I'd try it again
Repair all these memories
Erase those I can't
And he'd stay with me
(Yes he'd stay with me)
(Yes he'd stay with me)
'Cause our love was so strong
It made us feel weak
And if we stared too long
We'd break at the knees
(Yes he'd stay with me)
Given the chance
I'd try it again
Repair all these memories
Erase those I can't
Yes he'd stay with me
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6. TINY WINDOWS
A father's love can be too much
Too overwhelming
And a mother's love can be abrasive
Cause misunderstanding
She said
Mom it's like looking through a tiny window
I don't know what there is to see
And you're like a suffocating blanket
Wrapped too tightly 'round me
And I would rather get lost in a crowded room
So I can try to be
Alone without being lonely
A man's touch can be welcoming
And warming
And a lover's hold can be too tight
Too safe, too controlling
He said
Your eyes are like tiny windows
I know there's so much to see
And I want a wrap you in my blanket
So you can be close to me
And I wanna stay away from the crowded rooms
So we can try to be
Alone without being lonely
Without being lonely
On a summer night the lights cut through the dark
The hopeful cries are echoing, they're echoing
Little girl you should have listened to your mother
Told you to stay away from those angry boys
And now you're calling, you're calling, you're calling out
Yes you're calling, you're calling, you're calling out
'Cause a midnight get away can be mysterious
Be inviting
And a starry night is romantic
And enchanting
A young girl's idea of love
Can be lost in fantasy
And a silent scream, a fading dream
Can be lost to the night too quickly, yea
So they gave her a tiny window
She had nothing to see
And they wrapped her in her favorite blanket
To keep her warm, obviously
And she laid in front of a crowded room
With her friends and her family
Alone forever lonely
Forever lonely, oh
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7. SKY DIVE
I saw you standing there,
Underneath the neon glow
Leather jacket with blue eyes,
That always still the show
You had a restless heartbeat
Like a runaway train
I felt a spark ignite
It ran straight through my veins
I’ve been misguided
Felt the weight of broken dreams
But with you beside me
Nothing’s ever as it seems
…as we chase the sunset
In a car that’s seen better days
The stereo making me fall
In a reckless kind of way
The night pulled us close
Like it already knew
Just two shooting stars
Colliding on the open road
‘Cause love with you is like a sky dive
A little bit dangerous and a whole lot of wild
It’s whiskey kisses in a backroom dance
Our hearts on the line in this
Blind romance
That I don’t need taken sweet or slow
I want your wildfire
That’s in your arms to take me home
I’ve been misguided
Felt the weight of broken dreams
But with you beside me
Nothing’s ever hard as it seems
‘Cause love with you is like a sky dive
A little bit dangerous and a whole lot of wild
It’s whiskey kisses in a backroom dance
Our hearts on the line in this blind romance
‘Cause love with you is like a sky dive
A little bit dangerous and a whole lot of wild
It’s whiskey kisses in a backroom dance
Our hearts on the line in this blind romance
‘Cause love with you is like a sky dive
A little bit dangerous and a whole lot of wild
It’s whiskey kisses in a bedroom dance
Our hearts on the line in this blind romance
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8. STEP OUTSIDE
You open your eyes
Knowing life is gonna hand you
More than you can hold onto or desire
You fell asleep
Well knowing you’d wake up to
All the errors before all of your trials
Open the door, step outside
Let the light fill you from inside
Take it in and it will be alright
Give yourself, chase that dream
It doesn’t matter
Who tells you that you’re wrong or that you’re right
Take yourself
To whatever height you’ve been watching
From the ground you can’t fall if you don’t climb
Save yourself
The trouble of one step forward
Two steps back gives you perspective without the fight
Open the door, step outside
Let the light fill you from inside
Take it in and it will be alright
Give yourself, chase that dream
It doesn’t matter
Who tells you that you’re wrong or that you’re right
If you trip you at least gotta try
To make it part of the dance
Laugh it off like every fall ’s
Just giving you another chance
Keep pushing past the point of doubt
That’s where you’ll come alive
But you won’t know until you step outside
Open the door, step outside
Let the light fill you from inside
Take it in and it will be alright
Give yourself, chase that dream
It doesn’t matter
Who tells you that you’re wrong or that you’re right
Open the door, step outside
Let the light fill you from inside
Take it in and it will be alright
Give yourself, chase that dream
It doesn’t matter
Who tells you that you’re wrong or that you’re right
Open the door, step outside
Let the light fill you from inside
Take it in and it will be alright
Give yourself, chase that dream
It doesn’t matter
Who tells you that you’re wrong or that you’re right
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9. THE GATEWAY
He sits back and looks past the pictures on the wall
As if he’s lost to their memories
He’s hearing laughter from the faces trapped inside
In the silence of his mind
At 19 he fell in love with his wife
Before he even knew her name
The same night their lips touched for the first time
News he’d be leaving his love to fight came
He said
If I was gone tomorrow
Would you still feel me here
From the gateway I’ll send a message of where I’m going
But until then just hold me near
At 27 they learned what heartbreak really was
Who knew to love a stranger could be so hard
And when no cries were heard after she was pushing through
They knew they’d lost their one true love
His wife said
If I was gone tomorrow
Would you still feel me here
From the gateway I’ll send a message of where I’m going
But until then just hold me near
At 52 he walked her down the shortest isle
All but strangers watched in this room
And though her arms were wrapped so tight he could feel her shaking
He knew he’d have to let go of her soon
His girl said
If I was gone tomorrow
Would you still feel me here
From the gateway I’ll send a message of where I’m going
But until then just hold me near
At 94 his face can tell all of his stories
But she doesn’t recognize him at all
And as a reminder, he squeezed her hand so gently
Her last breath was like a long distance call
I’ll be gone tomorrow
But you’ll still feel me near
From the gateway I’ll send a message of where I’m going
But until then just hold me here
But until then just hold me here
He sits back and looks past the pictures on the wall
As if he’s lost to their memories
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10. GRAND REVEAL
I forgave myself for not being strong
For staying too late, for holding on
It's not a movie scene, there’s no grand reveal
Just me, learning how to slowly heal
I’m not there yet, but I’m on my way
Some nights still hurt, but most feel okay
I don’t flinch when somebody says your name
It still burns a bit, but it doesn’t burn the same
You read me like the spine of a broken book
One aggressive bend is all it took
To take a piece of me, some of my sanity
That’s been trapped, that I can’t seem to set free
Not every goodbye needs a door to slam
Not every ending needs a broken hand
So here I stand
I’m not there yet, but I’m on my way
Some nights still hurt, but most feel okay
I don’t flinch when somebody says your name
It still burns a bit, but it doesn’t burn the same
Not every goodbye needs a door to slam
Not every ending needs a broken hand
So here I’ll stand
I’m not there yet, but I’m on my way
Some nights still hurt, but most feel okay
I don’t flinch when somebody says your name
It still burns a bit, but it doesn’t burn the same
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11. FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
Have you ever wondered who’s listening
when you wish on a shooting star
Is it just the voices in our heads
echoing we’re not alone where we are
Even though the world is feeling dark
the sun has always followed the night
And if you reach deep inside of you
you can pull yourself back into the light
Hey yah, hey yah, hey yah
This is a song for the lost and found
for the fighters the lovers
the sisters, the brothers
Hey yah, hey yah, hey yah
For all the people hey!
There’s no denying we call came from the same place
with different faces and color of skin
If we all looked the same it’d be a shame
love would get lost in the mix and hate would win
Hey yah, hey yah, hey yah
This is a song for the lost and found
for the fighters the lovers
the sisters, the brothers
Hey yah, hey yah, hey yah
For all the people hey!
Live with no regrets ‘cause when you hit the bottom
you’ve got a clearer look up at the sky
And when you rise back up carry your fellow human
Without a rhyme or reason as to why
Hey yah, hey yah, hey yah
This is a song for the lost and found
for the fighters the lovers
the sisters, the brothers
Hey yah, hey yah, hey yah
For all the people hey!
You are wanted you are loved
from the ground from up above
You are wanted you are loved
from the ground from up above
You are wanted you are loved
from the ground from up above
You are perfect now go shine your light
Three little birdies once told me I shouldn’t worry
All of my life away
It’s a lesson I carry and I’m sharing
So that when you wake up in the morning
everything will be ok
Hey yah, hey yah, hey yah
This is a song for the lost and found
for the fighters the lovers
the sisters, the brothers
Hey yah, hey yah, hey yah
For all the people hey!
Hey yah, hey yah, hey yah,
This is a song for the broken and down
For the strong and the proud
for the silent and loud
Hey yah, hey yah, hey yah
For all the people hey!
For all the people hey!
for all the people hey!
For all the people hey!