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Farewell
02:10
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I dreamed of the mountains
But never got close enough to feel
That they were part of me
I remember the river
But I never went back
Every day I could be a step closer
Every day I could give myself the gift
In every way I know just what I need
And what I want
But I just keep walking the other way
So farewell to the visions
Farewell to the hope
And farewell to the moment
That I knew I'd never get home
Farewell to the love
Farewell to the hate
Farewell to you, my beautiful
I won't ask you to wait
Any longer
Because I know how that feels
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2. |
Delancey Street 1993
04:55
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The lights go down on Delancey street
Rain wet pavement beneath our feet
Our muted steps are the only sound
That we hear for miles
I try to read your thoughts
I've been wrong before, it came at a cost
You see I drank that poison willingly
I think I’ll drink again
And maybe I can save us both
Or at least a single day
I could just leave it up to chance
But I can never
I can never walk away
We are tethered to an unstable string
Perhaps by stars aligned, or earthly things
Destined for an eternity
And a moment from collapse
I call your name hoping you'll hear somehow
Hope shades loneliness but just for now
I know you're near, and I know your gone
And I’ve known it all along…
But maybe I can save us both
Or at least a single day
I could just leave it up to chance
But I can never
I can never walk away
Silence tears a hole
In a heart yet broken
Stillness touch is cold
In anticipation of it over now
And the pieces that will forever circle out of reach
Little promises you can never catch
But you can almost hear them laughing
I sit cold on a stranger’s steps
On Venice or Adams, I can only guess
I spend my thoughts looking for my home
Trying again to make it real
The sun will rise soon on you and St. Marks Pl
And over initials carved in central park
The length we both go to justify
A continent away
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I guess I should’ve seen it coming
I should’ve seen the writing on the wall
I should have it no longer mattered
Looking back I saw it in their face
This is the failure that keeps failing
Where is that breath I struggle for
I’m having trouble forgetting to remember
So one more time around the lake
Mr. sun I rise with you and sleep only when you do
Bring me to my feet
My tomorrows I share only with you
I think I am the question with no answer
And I’m the rising tide that does not fade
I am the king that leads no one to nowhere
Abandoning bed every bed I laid
Where is the love I could not measure
Though I said the word 1 million times
Maybe I can find the definition
One more time around the lake
Mr. sun I rise with you and sleep only when you do
Bring me to my feet
My tomorrows I share only with you
There are no pieces to pick up
There’s not another sign to see
There is not search for a new beginning
It’s not a shout , it’s not a plea
Somewhere three hearts beat together without me
67 years brings this reward
As I wait for journeys end, the journey continues
One more time around the lake
I’m not looking for redemption
I’m not hoping to camouflage the guilt
I just keep staring at that same reflection
One more time around the lake
Mr. sun I rise with you and sleep only when you do
Bring me to my feet
My tomorrows I share only with you
Will this be the cut that bleeds forever
Even after I’ve prayed “God take me home”
I need to find something to at least kill my memory
One more time around the lake
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4. |
King Of Kings
05:39
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Fighting all the mornings after
The tears that hid behind the laughter
The years you run away from
Time that ran like waterfalls
Onto your shoulders the pressure falls
How could you not see it coming?
King of kings, fool of fools
Your sunny day is turning soon
Funny how a life of lies
Will always will always lead to the truth
See all the pretty little innocent eyes
Those looks that kill they are disguised
So try harder , ‘cause i’ve been fooled before
There’s a line i read in a book I've forgotten
“the tortured soul blames the world around him”
When in truth, the torture is of his own hands
King of kings, fool of fools
Your sunny day is turning soon
Funny how a life of lies
Will always will always lead to the truth
Love i know I've kept you waiting for
A promise i cant keep
I kept you waiting because i knew you would
I wrapped deception in a bow and paper
And handed it to you smiling
Sometimes the devil smiles
When he needs you to feel safe
Pull your hair back and dry your eyes
But leave your deception where it lies
Out in the open for both of us to see
I wonder when you step out into the night
Will you look back believing you got out
With all of your secrets still safely hidden
King of kings, fool of fools
You're sunny day is turning soon
Funny how a life of lies
Will always will always lead to the truth
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5. |
Into Our Escape
04:51
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She shows me pictures of her broken dreams
Scattered in pieces on the floor
And she arranges them as she needs
To tell the story that she needs to tell
To be the martyr
To show the wanderer
Whatever she needs to be now
Light the candle
Let if flicker slowly
As we fall into our escape
Into our escape
She's selling this idea of a perfect love
I can do nothing but agree
I know I’m just a willing victim
The next in line who chooses to believe
To be a savior
To be a greatest love
Whatever I need to be now
Light the candle
Let if flicker slowly
As we fall into our escape
Into our escape
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6. |
Another Crash
05:09
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There’s been another crash
She can’t remember who to call
Got a number somewhere she took
Never planning to ever call
Its hard to wake its hard to sleep
Its hard to step its hard to breathe
And its all because i care too much
I’m part of you , you know it too
Maybe not just now
And maybe not for many many lives
Been a wife a child, a beauty a beast
Sinned every sin, given and taken the purist love
She wants to cry again
But there are no more tears
She thinks to scream again
But she finds noones ear
All the open doors now shut
She wonders what will take
To force another open now
The anger in her eyes the desperation in her voice
The little girl disguise no longer works
Been a wife a child, a beauty a beast
Sinned every sin, given and taken the purist love
Its been too long you danced on the wire
Without concern
Without understanding why
Did you consider the damage
Or did you even plan to be here?
Been a wife a child, a beauty a beast
Sinned every sin, given and taken the purist love
There’s been another crash
She can’t remember who to call
Got a number somewhere
Will she ever call?
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The whitest glow left blind,
Feeling safe though in its hold
Your touch sends shivers to my soul,
Baptism of a different order
When I see her beauty I do feel,
And it's the first time
And without knowing I know,
This world will never be the same
I see pictures in albums I've not lived
Yet I know that I took every one
Her skin feels like I touch my own,
And it feels like forever
Oh in her eyes I feel,
Beauty never known or imagined
I've shown everything I am
In just this single moment
To the glory to the pain,
And for a love I try to explain
For the moments ever rare,
Gone in a flash let them live here
Hold this day let it live,
You may write about it one day
As the years stack up beside the fear,
Holding signs that say "I wish I'd, if I'd"
Brought my hand to her cheek one more time
Or listened closer to I love you
And maybe not let what I don't understand
Keep me guarded or running scared
To the glory to the pain,
And for a love I try to explain
For the moments ever rare,
Gone in a flash let them live here
The silence breaking still,
Either with or without warning
I ride the river I mind the tide,
Mostly now in silence though I
Walked with you in dream again last night
I woke, and you were still there
I need you to stay in these pages for a while,
I need to be on my way...
To the glory to the pain
And for a love I try to explain
For the moments ever rare,
Gone in a flash let them live here
To the glory to the pain
And for a love I try to explain
For the moments ever rare,
Gone in a flash let them live here
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8. |
Sometimes
05:31
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Sometimes it’s hard to hear
Though you hear every word,
Though you hear every word
Sometimes it’s hard to hear
Even your own words
Even your own words
Sometimes it’s hard to feel
And sometimes it’s hard to know
It’s hard to know it
Play confused, play a role
As long as no one knows
As no one knows it
I’ll pretend
To forget
To let go
To forgive
Something lies
Behind the truth
Behind my eyes
I think I’ll let it through
Sometimes it’s hard to love
Sometimes easier to run,
Sometimes easier to run
But you can never run so far
To escape love
You never escape real love
I’ll pretend
To forget
To let go
To forgive
Something lies
Behind the truth
Behind my eyes
I think I’ll let it through
Sometimes it’s hard to trust
Even harder
To admit it
Sometimes it’s hard to forget
Sometimes though you find a way
Then one day you realize
You can never forget
I’ll pretend
To forget
To let go
To forgive
Something lies
Behind the truth
Behind my eyes
I think I’ll let it through
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9. |
I'm Looking
04:17
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I'm looking for someone, someone to hold
I'm looking for someone from a story old
Looking for someone to walk along
Walk with me everywhere I walked before
I'm looking for wisdom, I'm looking for change
Looking for someone, to help re-arrange
I'm looking, I guess I'm just looking for someone to blame
I'm looking for the magic while I'm looking to hide
I'm searching all the same places
For something never mine
I'm looking to right, to right a wrong
I'm looking for salvation, left to search alone
I'm looking, I think I'm just looking for someone to blame
This is all that there is left, I see how it could confuse you
But like all that came before, this is just a single moment
I know I still love you, but I simply hate the thought of "that" love
Because it mattered I stand facing love and hate
I'm looking for something, something new to feel
And for someone to tell me, what's fake or real
I'm looking toward the heavens, but I just see a sky
God help me I think I forgot to look inside
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10. |
February 10th
05:19
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I'll meet you just outside of Reno, let's make it February 10th
It's funny...'cause it's a long, long way from the swings in New York
It's a little dusty here, a little desolate, I was picturing something like Sidewalk
Sometimes things feel that they could never change
But we couldn't know then, that it changes with every breeze that blows
And I see, the white dress, and your eyes staring at me
I patiently wait, nervously glancing
Through the smeared plate glass window
I wonder if I"ll see the same face, will you feel the same me
And I'll ask, did you really wait for me that day like you told me you did?
From time to time I think about it, and how I didn't even think to go
And what if I had?...
Oh, now I see us walking hand in hand again on Avenue B
I patiently wait, nervously glancing
Through the smeared plate glass window
Let's not talk about how we would change things, or throw out any apologies
And let's agree not to pretend that there are any more chances
I patiently wait, nervously glaning
Through the smeared plate glass window
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Human Drama Los Angeles, California
HUMAN DRAMA-2020
Since their formation in the early 80s,
singer/songwriter/guitarist Johnny Indovina has guided Human Drama through over a dozen critically acclaimed albums and countless spectacular live performances, creating a beautifully intense collection of work, while gathering the band a deeply devoted following in America, and most notably Mexico.
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