1. |
Choose to Love
04:46
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Do I really love you for who you are
Or who I want you to be?
Have these preconceptions gone too far
Till they wind up deceiving me?
'Cause I see through our facade
And you see us for who we really are
Chorus:
When the newness wears off
And your patience grows thin,
Can we try to start again?
I ask myself and God above
'Cause I choose you and I choose to love
Has the magic started to wear off?
(A division so deep we can’t make amends)
Have we really used up all of our love
To where we can no longer be friends?
'Cause I see through our facade
And you see us for who we really are
Repeat chorus
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2. |
Be Still
03:37
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In a world that’s always changing
One thing remains true
Even as our beauty fades
There’ll always be beauty in you
Chorus:
We’re running just to keep time
Working so hard to sur-vive
Moments take us where you will
So we can close our eyes and be still
Close our eyes and be still
As the world turns, seasons change,
Keep things fresh and new
Just like seasons, so must we
To keep our love always in view
Chorus:
We’re all human and broken
Only with love are we healed
We’re freed from early burdens
So the next world can be revealed
Chorus:
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3. |
The Divide
03:12
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When I wake up in the morning
Tired of the face I see
I only see the faults
In the mirror staring back at me
While I know that I’m not perfect,
I’m trying hard to be
A man in your image
Chorus:
I’m reaching out to you
I can almost be the good you see in me
If I let go of my pride
You’ll heal the divide that cuts me inside
It’s so hard to pass the test
When the answer's right in front of me
It’s so hard to be good
When that’s not the only part you see
This is my confession
Of all the unlearned lessons
I’m trying now to learn
Repeat Chorus:
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4. |
Common Sense
04:50
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It ain’t practical, it ain’t logical
But it’s something that I can’t do without
It takes sacrifice to keep it in my life
Yet it’s something I can’t do without
I can’t fight this feeling it’s too intense
Love runs counter to common sense
It ain’t tangible, yet it’s reachable
And it’s something I can’t do without
It ain’t compartmental, yet it’s essential
It’s always something I can’t do without
I can’t shake this feeling it’s too intense
Faith runs counter to common sense
Oh common sense,
You’re supposed to come with experience
Now I’m older and no more the wise
Oh common sense,
I’m speaking with absolute confidence
These are the things
That bring meaning to my life
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5. |
Ghost
04:40
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It's stranger to me now
These things we let time allow
Makes it harder to accept
How we let these wounds simply manifest
Chorus:
You were in my heart
Now you pass through me like a ghost
You were in my soul
Now you pass through me like a ghost
You were someone oh that I loved most
Now you pass through me like a ghost
The chase is such a thrill
As the embers fade against our will
A life in stasis
Has become so commonplace
Chorus:
Bridge:
Our lives are not our own
We are bound to each other
You were someone oh that I loved most
Now you pass through me like a ghost
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When my thickest skin is wearing thin
I‘ve gone all threadbare from within
When I drop the shield of disguise
You’re only seeing what I let you see through my eyes
Chorus:
You might think you know my heart
Perhaps you’ve found the place to start
Maybe you think you see my point of view
But you read the lines then come in off cue
And you might think you know my heart
As I have never known you
When our love is just implied,
Everything that we had died
A blanket of safety for a time
Is not a talisman for the storms on the rise
Repeat chorus
BRIDGE
Sha-la-la-la-la ...
If you see beyond this mess of me
The beauty in the ugly underneath
If I let you get the best of me
We could drink a toast to my defeat
Repeat chorus
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7. |
Will I
06:21
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It’s raining on a Thursday
Maybe it‘s rained your entire life
With so much love to give each other
Let’s not bury our hearts in spite
When the weight of the world is upon your shoulders
And it leaves you feeling down
It may seem reckless to give your heart away,
But you’ll never be lonely as long as I’m around
Chorus:
Sometimes love don’t come easy
And sometimes it comes fast
I tell you now what I feel is true,
Let’s leave the bitterness in the past
We need healing answers to things that take time
When it’s time to respond a solution we’ll find...
Will I
I could give until I bleed
On this spinning wheel of time
I could spread myself so completely thin
Until there is nothing left that’s mine
I could sell myself for almost anything
When I don’t know what I believe
Then you come and reveal yourself
In spite of all my greed
Repeat chorus:
BRIDGE:
I could have the world,
But what would I do with it?
Maybe I already do
And it’s just something I can’t admit
Something I can’t admit
We’re all starving for the truth
Mixed with the lies on the cutting room floor
We’re all reaching through the darkness
Calling your name we must implore
For these things that time cannot kill,
For these things that earth cannot age
We’re no longer wrapped inside of ourselves
We’re finally freed from our cage
Repeat chorus:
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8. |
Understated
03:03
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I’m getting down to the essence of you
I want to know the sum of all your parts
You’re getting down to that part of me too
That’s where the complicated part starts
Chorus:
Maybe I’m starting out in earnest
In my perpetual pursuit of purpose
This feeling won’t be left unabated
When lies are so real,
And the truth so understated, yeah
I’ve been looking for self satisfaction
But temptation made me feel more alone
By compromising myself in all these empty actions
And try as I might there’s no way to atone
Repeat chorus:
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9. |
Would You?
04:30
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If my world was built on soft sand
Would you wreck me with a flood?
If my sins screamed out against you
Would you drown me in your blood?
Would you trip me up with mercy
If I danced about in my lies?
With death strip me naked,
peel off the layers of my disguise?
Would you make me wholly acceptable,
An unholy wretch like me?
Let your blessings come in spite of myself
And its own self-seeking needs?
And would you love me dearly,
Let me be a son of yours?
Let me come to be completely known
Not just someone who everyone ignores?
Bridge:
And when the earth has passed away
Will you draw me to your side/
I’ll crucify my empty heart at last
And in your loving fullness
I will abide
So tell me you’ll love me dearly
Let me be a son of yours
Though by no means do I deserve it,
The chance you offer to be reborn
And tell me we’ll dance together there
At that feast of greatest joy
Tell me everyone will partake of the love
That you so graciously,
You so graciously,
Oh that you so graciously employ
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10. |
The Tracks
05:07
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With constancy as my loyal friend,
There’s no Judas in our midst
We’d watch those trains go rolling by
As the secrets would begin
Let it be known as the truth beholds,
Confess our sins to the wind
Chorus:
So let us go to the tracks,
Talk of love and we’ll find our way back
We talked about
Life, the universe, and everything
Hey, I know why the caged bird sings
And why the grass is green
Cause we all had something to share
The price you pay and the cross you bare
Sometimes we talk so much
and say so very little
I guess some things are better left unsaid
Than words can ever say at all
This was our summer home in the woods,
We’d find a new home in the fall
Repeat chorus:
Bridge:
During this quiet hour
I’ve felt your power
When throwing rocks in a stream,
I felt redeemed
Sometimes the things I hear,
I turn around
And you are near
Outro:
Oh the river runs...
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Euphoric Kansas City, Missouri
Euphoric creates music from the heartland. Together since 2011, our Kansas City area band writes folk-tinged jangle rock about relationships.
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