DAMAGE
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DAMAGE
I found the way
By the sound of your voice
So many things to say
But these are only words
Now I've only words
Once there was a choice
Did I give you much?
Well, you gave me things
You gave me stars to hold
Songs to sing
I only want to be loved
And I hurt and I hurt
And the damage is done
You gave me songs to sing
Shadow and sun
Earthbound, starblind
Tied to someone
Why didn't I stay?
Why couldn't I?
So many lives to cross
Well I just had to leave
There goes everything
Everything
Can I meet you there?
God knows the place
And I'll touch your hand
Kiss your face
We only want to be loved
We only want to be loved
I only want to be loved
And I hurt and I hurt
And the damage is done
You gave me songs to sing
Shadow and sun
Earthbound, starblind
Tied to someone
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BLINDING LIGHT OF HEAVEN
(worked out by the list-members)
I count the tables, she counts the
trees
I tell her stories, she speaks of everything she sees
I'm in the shade, she's in the blinding light of heaven
Her fire raised my paper boats
Now she stands before me, opening the buttons of her
coat
I find myself wrapped in the open arms of heaven
She's giving me everything she owns, electricity
He has worked with idle hands
I've turned my back, once she's done everything she can
I've lied awake eaten by the poverty of anger
She's giving me directions home, I don't see a thing
You told me of the grace I lacked
You clipped my wings, but now my strength is coming
back
I'll lay my case before the open heart of heaven
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THE FIRST DAY
Bring out the stars
And fade to silence
Let the heart decide
And watch it grow
Ring out the bells
Trading in blindness
Fooled by kisses
Touched by wings
Shadow-fall
And water fills the room
Bathed in moon grey blue
Baby came and spoke her name
With promises to call again
Swimming gold in a blackened sea
She troubles me
She troubles me
Counting the ways
To fall without landing
Stumbling into flight
Descent and slide
Compressing sound
From coal to diamond
Words are knotted tight
To chords that bind
Shadow-fall
And water fills the room
Bathed in moon grey blue
Baby came and spoke her name
With promises to call again
Swimming gold in a blackened sea
She troubles me
She troubles me
Received by the eye, believed by the
word
Be seen to make haste, when the soundings are heard
Don't discourage me
Whittling down the wood with the
stone
If the boundary breaks I'm no longer alone
Don't discourage me
Bring out the stars
On the first day
The first day
The first day