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The Story For The Record
03:22
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We were standing on the precipice
On the border ‘twixt the reservoir and the park
And the sun was in your eyes
And the wind was in your heart
We were overlooking Jackie O
And the city spires that set the sky apart
I was swimming in your eyes
Gasping and diving,
narrowly escaping the ever-leery hooks of
the fisherman of Central Park
And you were bouncing into Graceland
And I was the only living boy in New York
This is the story, for the record
Of the way we found each other in the dark
We were standing on the canopy
Of the island in between the rivers cold
And the stars were in my eyes
And a song was in my soul
I was holding you in renaissance
With the city spires far, yet ever-bright
And I dreamed we could become
Sculptures of stone,
Gnashing and twisted, rushing back to relive this moment every night
And you could be my bodyguard
I could be the one to love you like a rock
This is the story for the record
Of the way we found each other in the dark
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Sink til the water warms your bones
Stay til your bones are river stones
And when the water's lost the light, you can burn a little fire
And get high with the family that you chose
Sink til you'r underneath the earth
In a tunnel that was built before your birth
And when then lights go out, even though you know you're low
You get high with the family. that you chose
Sink let the fires melt you down
Let them burn through the walls you built so proud
You've been here before more times than you can know
Getting high with the family that you chose
Sink til you're breathing in with those
Your tiny baby mouth and baby nose
And for the very first time, once again into the light
To get high with the family that you chose
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3. |
Take My Fire
04:28
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You take the furniture
You take the cat
I'll take the interstate
I'm not looking back
You take the house plants
You take the house
You take your time, love
I'm moving out
And I know that
This time I won't lie, I won't cry
This time I won't fight, I won't sigh
I know that you're gonna take
This time, It's alright I'll be fine
This time I've got mine
There's nothing more that you can do or say
'Cause honey, honey
You're never gonna take my fire
You're never gonna leave me broken
I'm going through a big long line of hard times and far cries
And I'll still shine
Let me tell you something
You're never gonna take my fire
Have all the lovers that you wanna have
I'm not getting dragged down
I'm not feeling bad
Have all the dishes
I'll order out
I'm not gonna linger
I'm not gonna pout
Because I know that
This time I won't let my heart die
This time I'll get right, I'll make light
I know that you're gonna take
This time I won't cry, I'll be fine
This time I've got mine
There's nothing more that you could do or say
You're never gonna take my fire
You're never gonna leave me broken
I'm going through a big long line of hard times and far cries
And I'll still shine
Let me tell you something
You're never gonna take my fire
I've finally learned to let it burn
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4. |
Couple of Astronauts
03:13
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Just a couple of astronauts looking for space
Does your whole life feel like a countdown babe?
We had the burning of love to keep the feeling of flight
Until we fell like a steam-powered satellite
Now we're working these jobs and even bleeding the tax
Paying return to a world that'll never come back
Tell me you'll be the softness into which I'll scream
When the whole damn thing's got ahold of me
Now I'm looking around and everyone's looking down
Oh, are they trapped in their screens?
Please tell me what does it mean?
Does anyone want to sing, dance, revel or fight?
Is this the fizzling end into the infinite night?
'Cause I don't really want to end this story
I don't really want to face the future alone
You're the only other one from outer space
Love me like it's for the sake of the human race
Have they lost all common sense or just the smell and the taste?
What a sensational river of unfortunate waste
I know that you see it too, they're bringing death to your door
And the deliver is free if you buy two or more
Now I'm looking around and everyone's looking down
Oh, are they trapped in their screens?
Please tell me what does it mean?
Does anyone want to sing, dance, revel or fight?
Is this the fizzling end into the infinite night?
'Cause I don't really want to end this story
I don't really want to face the future alone
You're the only other one from outer space
Love me like it's for the sake of the human race
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5. |
Christmas in a Storm
04:00
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There are Christmas lights in windows
Over Malcolm X in Harlem
And the rain is falling like a poem
Taxi cabs with advertisements, idling and empty
And the drivers still don't know where they are going
There are children walking home
Past homeless men who once were children
I can see it all from my fourth floor window
It feels like someone came around and stole the ghost of Christmas
Maybe that's because I'm drunk and I'm alone
Anybody you could ask would have to speak up through a mask
To tell you no one's going anywhere this year
It's not the money or the cold
Or the fact we're growing old
It's that the danger of the moment's far too clear
And yet there's nurses in the night
Looking out at city lights
Working overtime in spite of any fear
And I'm sure some folks have the luck to feel so fortunately stuck
With friends and family who are happy that they're here
It's Christmas in a storm
I'm praying that you're safe and that you're warm
It's Christmas in a time
Where nobody and nothing feels right
Christmas or, you know, any holiday you make to fill your soul
Because we need a little love to help us go any farther down this road
There are singers in the choir
Who are hungry and are tired
While the midnight masses fall on empty pews
The presents underneath the tree are feeling light and lean
The only Santa that we'll see is on the news
But I don't think we'll let this beat us
Discourage or defeat us
We've had hard times in holidays before
If you're like me you're rattled
This might not be our battle
But, together we can carry on the war
It's Christmas in a storm
I'm praying that you're safe and that you're warm
It's Christmas in a time
Where nobody and nothing feels right
Christmas or, you know, any holiday you make to fill your soul
Because we need a little love to help us go any farther down this road
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6. |
Many Loves
04:22
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Many loves
I have got, many loves
And it took me a long time to learn that's ok to say
Many dreams
Each night I dream so many, many things
And not a one of them chases the others away in order to stay
If I've love for the sun and it's true
Shall I cast out the earth and the moon?
If I've love for the mountain, the desert, the highland
How could it be honest to chose?
Either way I'd be standing to lose one of you, my
Many loves
Oh my heart can hold, many loves
And it took me a long time to learn that's ok to say
If I've love for the sun and it's true
Shall I cast out the earth and the moon?
If I've love for the mountain, the desert, the highland
How could it be honest to chose?
Either way I'd be standing to lose one of you, my
Many loves
Oh my heart can hold, many loves
And not a one of them chases the others away in order to stay
And it took me a long time to learn that's ok to say
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7. |
Bells of the Millennium
04:27
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When the bells of the millennium rang
The money god spoke and the money god sang
I stood to my father's shoulder
Watching fireworks in the middle of a crowd
Watching fireworks in the middle of town
My mother was in San Anton'
Gone to help her mother die at home
She flew there on the money god's plane
We could hardly afford the pain
We mailed her a picture of me
Smiling and a-waving by the Christmas tree
I don't know that it was helpful
But it helped, if you know what I mean
There are some things that I can't reach through all the time
Times were tall
And the world was bought and sold
And the money god rolled
When the bells of the millennium tolled
Pretty soon it all went dark
And the family flaked and fell apart
I sat up listening to my parents
Fighting, standing on the stones of our driveway
I could hear every angry word that they would say
Until my father packed his bags and moved away
September was my freshman year
That was when I learned to disappear
I convinced all of my demons
It was easier for everyone that way
And the money god cried when the towers fell
Sent his sons with guns to the oil well
And I listened to my walkman
As many hours as I could each day
Until the family had run dry of double-A's
There are some things that I can't reach through all the time
Times were tall
And the world was bought and sold
And the money god rolled
When the bells of the millennium tolled
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8. |
Brighter Days
04:35
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When are we gonna see brighter days?
Or have the songs all been written?
Does the future still remain?
Will we ever reach the kingdom
With no malice and no pain?
Love, show me the way to brighter days
When are we gonna see brighter days?
Or have the stories all been written?
The horizon still unchanged?
Will we learn to raise our children
With no lying and no shame?
Love, show me the way to brighter days
We've come so far and for so long
Our ancestors looking on
Will we learn from all their lessons
And turn this earth into heaven?
Will we learn to give the richer and the poorer
All the same?
Love, show me the way to brighter days
We've come so far and for so long
Our ancestors looking on
Will we learn from all their lessons
And turn this earth into heaven?
Will we learn to make the kingdom
With no malice and no pain?
Love, show me the way to brighter days
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Julian Wild
Julian Wild is a singer/songwriter from New Mexico, residing in New York City. He spends his days making music, theater and poetry with the people that he loves.
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