1. |
Liberate Your Love
03:06
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I have seen the centuries of
Glimmers soaked in frightened dreams
Of stooping underneath the rooftops
Hiding beneath the canopy
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To block out all the light, easier to close our eyes
Live and die in the shadows of night
And tie down the mystery in the name of certainty
But tell me, when do we decide to shine?
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Do we even know what this light is all for?
Do we even know that this time is all ours?
I know how to fly and I know how to fall I can’t
Bear to deny it anymore
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And I have watched the wasted years of
Walking within the city walls
Of enemies and cannonballs
Never to fly for the fear of falling
*
But we have waited too long in the shadows
All the safe rides never going where we belong
And I’m gonna let my song fly in front of me
And if I fall it won’t be in the place I was born
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Do we even know what this light is all for?
Do we even know that this time is all ours?
I know how to fly and I know how to fall I can’t
Bear to deny it anymore
*
So liberate your love
Obliterate it all
Open up your eyes and see
Become who you were born to be
Liberate your love
Turn it all to dust
Step out of the shadows
Nothing else is needed but the moment we can sing it out
*
Do we even know what this light is all for?
Do we even know that this time is all ours?
I know how to fly and I know how to fall I can’t
Bear to deny it anymore
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2. |
Uncomfortable
02:53
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I’m uncomfortable in this world
I don’t know how they do it
I’m uncomfortable in this world
Am I gonna get through it?
‘Cause it’s cold outside and dark as night, and everything I do
Is only good for messing up the world that I once knew
I’m uncomfortable in this world
I don’t know how to do it anymore
*
I’m uncomfortable in this world
How long can I do it?
I’m uncomfortable in this world
I can’t bring myself to pursue it
‘Cause I’m tired of hearing all the lies, particularly mine
The only thing I still believe is belief cannot outlive time
I’m uncomfortable in this world
I don’t know how to do it anymore
*
All the effort comes to naught
All the work and clever thought
Screw it, I don’t need it anymore
I’ve battled the world but the world is winning
I’ve battled beyond a tale worth living
Take this thing and let it go
This thing called “me” I’ll watch it go
*
I’m uncomfortable in this world
I don’t know how they do it
I’m uncomfortable in this world
And I’ve tried and tried to get through it
‘Cause it used to be I owned my shit, but now my shit owns me
The only thing I can control it seems is playing me
I’m uncomfortable in this world
And I don’t know how to do it
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I’ve battled the world but the world is winning
I’ve battled beyond a tale worth living
Take this thing and let it go
This thing called “me” I’ll watch it go
And look what’s left, it’s just so—
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3. |
Knocking On An Open Door
03:51
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I’ve tried to fill the hole in my heart
But each time wound up at the start
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And oh, what’s whole, is whole, that’s all
That is all
Nothing’s wrong
*
And I have had so many names, I watch them fade away
‘Cause I have searched so many worlds, afraid I was too late
And I have told so many lies, but mostly tried to fool my own eyes
And still everything I cried out for, well I was knocking on an open door
*
And oh, what’s whole, is whole, that’s all
That is all
Nothing’s wrong
*
And all this sound is singing out and echoing in everything
And even though I’ve run forever still I find it waiting for me
And all this sound is raining down and I cannot say what it is for
But I’ve been knocking on an open door
That is all
*
Freedom’s like love on Halloween
Dressed for a horror scene
Waiting in the deepest dark, to tear apart
Everything we know
*
And oh, what’s whole, is whole, that’s all
And oh, what’s whole, is still whole, that is all
That is all
Nothing’s wrong
That is all
That is all
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4. |
A Four-Letter Word
03:09
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Sky elevators
A four-letter word
Lie by the pavement
Down here on earth
Half-finished castles
Blueprints for change
We’ll leave them behind here as we
Forget our names
*
If I could fly I’d take us only where the light is found
And never come back down, never have to hit the ground
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Would all of the planets
Spin twice as fast?
And would all of the boundaries
Shatter like glass?
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If I could fly I’d take us only where the light is found
And never come back down, never have to hit the ground
If you believe then I’ll believe in what we’re fighting for
(All the waiting stars will sing out)
That this is real, not a dreamer’s world anymore
(Shining just for you and me now)
*
And we would fly for all the world, show them how
And nothing more would keep us here on the ground
For every voice unheard
Live a four-letter word
A four-letter word
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If I could fly I’d take us only where the light is found
And never come back down, never have to hit the ground
If you believe then I’ll believe in what we’re fighting for
That this is real, not a dreamer’s world anymore
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Sky elevators
A four-letter word
Lie by the pavement
Down here on earth
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5. |
No Solid Ground
04:43
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Is there a place where the ground won’t move?
A carefully organized, single room
I’d search every corner, exposing my lies
So nothing is left as a nasty surprise
*
I will admit
As much as I would like to get it right I’m still mystified
And I will admit
Even with all I want to be I might just end up me
*
I’ve been here before I never thought I’d return
As if I had learned all I needed to learn
But what a beautiful surprise to find, that what is found is too big to be held
Saying once more there’s no solid ground
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I will admit
As much as I would like to get it right I’m still mystified
And I will admit
Even with all I want to be I might just end up me
*
Why does the earth seem to fly without having to try?
Why does the sight of the mystery, move too fast to be seen?
And why is the moment I find what’s here, the moment it disappears?
So I sit down and stop; and look around and see,
What am I trying to be? If only it were me
*
I try not to try but tonight any more seems like less
And I feel the sky laughing as each mountain-top reveals the next
And I wish I could tell all that I wanted to say
And I wish I could just hold it all
Here in my arms and kiss it all today
*
Chorus
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6. |
Find
04:14
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All this time
All my life
Waiting here for you
Never knew it, only now
Didn’t, but I hoped somehow
I’d find something true
All these days
All these ways
Whispering of you
Don’t know if you’ll remember me but
I know I will remember you
I always do
*
I’ve tried to fight my way
I’ve tried to hide but only your eyes I find
Only you I find
*
All these years
All my fears
Everything I knew
It was another life that
Dreaming, half-awake I
Fell into
*
I’ve tried to run away
I’ve tried to lie but only your eyes I find
Only you I find
*
All this time
All my life
Waiting here for you
I only see it now
In every moment how I
Somehow knew
Have your way
Erase my name
Nothing else remains
It’s never been so clear
Every sound I hear
Has so much to say
*
I’ve struggled all this time
I’ve fought the fight but only your eyes I find
Only you I find
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7. |
Today
03:13
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There’s more to today than it seems
There’s more to a life than it dreams
And I’m not gonna run away from here
There’s more to today than we know
There’s more to today than it shows
And I’m not gonna run away from here
*
And if the sky falls down with a crumbling sound I won’t go, I won’t go
And though I might wish it hadn’t all come to this I won’t move, I won’t move
I’ll stay right here, I’ll stay right here
*
There’s more to today than we know
There’s more to our world than it shows
If we only hear an echo of a future that is born today
*
And if the sky falls down with a crumbling sound I won’t go, I won’t go
And though I might wish it hadn’t all come to this I won’t move, I won’t move
I’ll stay right here, I’ll stay right here
I’ll stay right here, I’ll stay right here
*
Stay with me stay with me while the center of it all unfolds
Uncovering what’s whole
Every moment, every random happenstance is part of this, somewhere we know
*
The world is waiting for the hero under every face
To come alive and see with open eyes our rightful place
*
There’s more to today than it seems
There’s more to a life than it dreams
*
And if the sky falls down with a crumbling sound I won’t go, I won’t go
And though I might wish it hadn’t all come to this I won’t move, I won’t move
And if the sky falls down with a crumbling sound I won’t go, I won’t go
And even then I’m waiting here right until the very end, and I won’t move
I’ll stay right here, I’ll stay right here
I’ll stay right here, I’ll stay right here
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8. |
The Blue Pill
03:04
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I’m too honest
I’m too honest
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Maybe now it’s about time
I start telling myself some lies
And living in disguise
‘Cause I’m too honest
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And honesty hurts, it’ll burn
It’ll cause a lot of trouble
Why don’t I tell a lie,
And live inside a bubble?
*
You know it’s easier to never know what you’re missing
So when you hear me say ‘only truth matters’
Well don’t listen
No don’t listen
*
Throw your inspiration out the window
And drive along the streets that you already know
It only ever made your life difficult
So just stop listening – yes, you can do it!
*
You’re just too honest
You’re too honest
*
And one day you will finally see
That you don’t really want to be free
So much nicer instead to be happy
So why bother?
*
Yeah, maybe I’d rather laugh at my heart some day
And all the silly things that it used to say
And maybe now’s the time I’ll start telling some lies
*
‘Cause I’m too honest
I’m too honest
*
Maybe now it’s about time
I start telling myself some lies
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9. |
Turn Away
03:00
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I dreamed I saw your face in another place
And all our words lit the sky
And on them we could fly
We found a burning light
And saw beyond any horizon we had ever known
And it had just begun
And all our chains lay shattered far behind, out of sight
*
Why’d we have to throw it away?
Why’d we have to throw it away?
Why’d we bust our way through the gates, just to turn away?
*
We saw a scarlet bird
And then a second and we soared as we watched them dance
Then – gasp –
They grew twice our size and, scared,
I pushed you safe behind
And wrestled with magnificence
And battled innocence
We fled and tripped and fell our way back down, to the ground
*
Why’d we have to throw it away?
Why’d we have to throw it away?
Why’d we bust our way through the gates, just to turn away?
*
Why’d we have to burn alive the only thing that ever shined?
*
I dreamed I saw a world
Where freedom rose above the shadows of our history
And all were listening
To stories of the chosen ones
And how it had begun
With throwing off the shackles then refusing to pretend
And all the walls to which we once had bowed, hit the ground
*
Why’d we have to throw it away?
Why’d we have to throw it away?
Why’d we bust our way through the gates, just to turn away?
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10. |
Whisper From The Dark
03:49
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Sorry I’m too late for you
It’s taken all this time to move
And how long have you waited here, but I never heard my name
I’ve been in love with photographs while you fade
Like a tourist in a gallery, keeping two feet away
But long have we been free?
*
I should have known better than to break a heart
I should have known better than to tear it apart
I should have but I couldn’t and it’s beating without a sound, not a sound
*
I saw a glimmer of a shadow and it was shimmering
I’d like to know how to get to where it was living in
And the soul of the world took a big deep breath it was hovering
In a song that washed over it all
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And if I had it all over again I wouldn’t wait until the end
We’re here, we’re leaving it bare
I won’t miss it once more I’ll never miss it again
*
I should have known better than to break a heart
I should have known better than to tear it apart
I should have but I couldn’t and it’s beating without a sound, not a sound
I should have known better than to break a heart
I should have known better than to tear it apart
But now I hear it in a whisper from the dark, singing out
*
Call my name once more out loud
So I can hear a forgotten sound
And a touch I never knew
A hand is opening
I’ve been staring at silhouettes
But I won’t miss it again not again
And I’ll never say, Not too close to me
And you can set it all free
*
And if I had it all over again, I wouldn’t wait until the end
Whatever I was trying to find was a wasted life
There’s no safety line this time no
*
Chorus
*
I’ve been in love with photographs
I’ve been in love with photographs
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11. |
Light Survives
03:06
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I could never have seen
What love would mean oh no
I could never have known
The price would be total, no
I would never have thought
I’d choose to surrender
I would never have known
That love is a fall that goes
*
On and on and on, never leaving here till you’re gone
Leaving everything of me behind
Take a little more, go ahead you can melt it all
And nothing but your light survives
*
There’s nothing else to do
But let you have me
I can’t run away from you
It’s already ridiculed everything I knew
I’m starting to feel love is
Hollowing me through
So much bigger than me, it goes
*
On and on and on, never leaving here till you’re gone
Leaving everything of me behind
Take a little more, go ahead you can melt it all
And nothing but your light survives
On and on and on, never leaving here till you’re gone
Leaving everything of me to die
Taking all I got, taking all I am, till it’s gone
There’s nowhere left to hide
*
I’ve been holding on
I’ve been holding on
I’ve been holding on until I cannot stop the fall
*
Into the heart of it all, there’s nowhere left to hide
Into the darkness I fall, and leave myself behind
Love doesn’t wait till it’s safe, to blow it all away
Leaving itself in your place, and nothing else remains
*
On and on and on, never leaving here till you’re gone
Leaving everything of me behind
Take a little more, go ahead you can melt it all
And nothing but your light survives
I had it all together before love, yeah, I, had it all down and wise I was but,
The deeper it goes, the deeper it hurts, the deeper it shows – it shows
*
And I’ve been holding on
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12. |
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I’ve tried to fill the hole in my heart
But each time wound up at the start
*
And oh, what’s whole, is whole, that’s all
That is all
Nothing’s wrong
*
And I have had so many names, I watch them fade away
‘Cause I have searched so many worlds, afraid I was too late
And I have told so many lies, but mostly tried to fool my own eyes
And still everything I cried out for, well I was knocking on an open door
*
And oh, what’s whole, is whole, that’s all
That is all
Nothing’s wrong
*
And all this sound is singing out and echoing in everything
And even though I’ve run forever still I find it waiting for me
And all this sound is raining down and I cannot say what it is for
But I’ve been knocking on an open door
That is all
*
Freedom’s like love on Halloween
Dressed for a horror scene
Waiting in the deepest dark, to tear apart
Everything we know
*
And oh, what’s whole, is whole, that’s all
And oh, what’s whole, is still whole, that is all
That is all
Nothing’s wrong
That is all
That is all
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Simon Spire Durham, North Carolina
Simon Spire’s songs traverse the ground between layered alt-pop and singer-songwriter introspection, investigating individual and collective transformation. A three-time award-winner in the USA Songwriting Competition, Spire has been featured on MTV, NPR, NBC, AOL, Voice of America, and radio stations throughout the U.S., while also featuring in the Top 20 airplay charts in New Zealand. ... more
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