1. 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!