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Go
04:08
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oh, the things our eyes have seen
and we're still wasting our time chasing dreams
‘cause you’re either more alive
or slowly dying
the only thing we know is we know nothing
but we still try
we’re ready to go
say goodbye to our home
and now our bed is where we make it
out on the road
we’re ready to go
and we don't even know
whatever way the wind will take us
but our eyes are aglow
and we’re ready to go
oh, our destination’s old
tribal drums ring in the distance
mark 400 years of friendship
and the path we take is older still
all our ancestors traversed it
trading comfort for wilderness
‘cause every savage is
someone’s brave
and every path to life
goes through the grave
it’s just one broken link
to break the chains
words are spoken and then
chaos is arranged
go, say goodbye to your home
and make your bed in any place
that isn’t part of the show
you’re ready to go
when you don’t even know
whatever way the wind will take you
but your eyes are aglow
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2. |
To the Ocean
03:36
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east in june
trade the brightest of greens of summer
for the dreams of navy blue
east in june
leave the calm pacific breeze
for an atlantic rendezvous
‘cause I’ve been driving for days
on down a dusty road
(we’re gonna get there, we’re gonna get back home)
can’t wait to dive in the waves
can’t wait to lighten my load
(we’re gonna get back to the coast)
and as the sun dips down I know
(we know)
no matter where my body goes
(we go)
every road eventually leads me back home
(to the ocean we know)
every road eventually leads me back home
i am gonna see if I can get to tennessee and write a song
about the sea that we can sing along to
i am gonna see if I can get to tennessee and write a song
about the sea to cure my landlocked blues
to the ocean
to the ocean
my hearts tied to the coast
if I stay I’ll be a ghost
you wouldn’t like me anyway
to the ocean
to the ocean
I take my air with salt
I hear the wind and waves a-calling
it’s not my fault it’s dna
thats the way its got to go
when I drive back through nashville
gonna stop and say hello
just long enough to write a song
that will get me to seattle
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3. |
Out of Order
04:39
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all that’s new comes from chaos
when the old is out of order
and the final series of layoffs
sends the workers out to the borders
and there’s still no comfort that comforts
all those who stay within the frames
because whatever it is that keeps them stable isn’t
able to give them their names
for every fifty half-known faces
there is one acknowledged soul
who walks within the waste of
of mysteries untold
while they’re still singing
work, buy, use, die
for every five of the ones who travel
there is one who returns to their home
to tell a story that over time unravels
’til it’s canonized in their tomes
I make my decision
out past the door
no ammunition
into the war
there’s no protection
where good souls are born
wind shifts direction
here come the wolves
here come the wolves
here come the wolves
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4. |
Time Travel
03:46
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haven’t slept in days
mind is in a maze
happens when you paint
outside the lines
they say
I keep losing track
I’m moving too fast
time to travel back
into the past
into the past
I’m starting to crave
some wide open spaces
happens when your cave
is pierced with light
they say
I keep losing track
I’m moving too fast
time to travel back into the past
into the past
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5. |
One Step Further
04:26
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what could I offer
what could I gain
everything always
staying the same
except the degree to
which it decays
everything always
staying the same
and I don’t know how
we ever walked this road alone
so let us lead the way home
somebody suffers
someone elates
somebody starving
food on my plate
guilty fill coffers
innocent chained
everything always
staying the same
and I don’t know how
we ever walked this road alone
so let us lead the way home
but I can see now
we’ve got to let our burdens go
so let us lead the way home
we’re not going one step further
without giving up what we’ve known
we’re not going one step further
til we find the faith to let go
we’re not going one step further
without giving up what we’ve known
we’re not going one step further
we’re not going one more alone
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6. |
Stay
04:52
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missing months of time
following behind
planning day and night
for where we would fly
slow to settle in
fixed in position
windows in our minds
dare to draw their blinds
in one moments time
into conscious light
I can see whats mine
I forfeit the fight
so what is today
if we’re not awake
and how can we save
the moments at stake
If I keep moving
I’m gonna break
what are we losing
by choosing to stay
we moved far too fast
what we were is past
vision clouds inside
in blind spots you hide
in one moments time
in your tearful eyes
I can see whats mine
I forfeit the fight
So what is today
if I’m not awake
and how can I save
the moments at stake
If I keep moving
we’re gonna break
what am I losing
by choosing to stay
why don’t we stay
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Vocal Few Seattle, Washington
Matt & Kristie MacDonald make pop/folk songs that tell stories of travel & change & dreams & struggles. Life's a trip. A roadtrip.
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