1. |
The Train
04:30
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Apple Valley is a suburb of Saint Paul
the land is flat and the wether is predictable
theres a spot to smoke up on River Valley Churchs roof
if you care to watch the storms over County Road 42
He’s well versed in the way he aught to be
from a distance you’d think that he agreed
he got a car and a job when he turned 16
quit the job and drove down 42 to think
We all get lost from time to time
even with that painted dotted line
you double back, retrace your tracks
and things look different from before
-that’s where those ancient train tracks are
He’s mulling over his discrepancies
pedal down to his beginnings
lost the time and lost who he should be
had a smile as they drained out like an oil leak
(Todd Dies finds where CR42 ends accompanied with a train station.
He is forced to abandon his car and board a train
which he’s told will lead him home.)
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2. |
Track 2
04:02
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Cobwebbed ancient train tracks
slum stations, over priced tickets
it’s a long way home
smiles wrinkling, waiting
towers erect over stations
persuading most to settle down
We’re held by the desires, which cling, but we long for
gold buttons, blue uniforms to pay that debt off
while days pass like the rain drops that seep through the ground
“We hear that whistle blowing
calls us to keep on going
taking us deeper than our wants
we set off for a vacation
now we’re broke at the station
and we’re in deeper than we thought
cars packed with people all half alive half their teeth are
missing every penny took for the next track
by men in nests growing fat
but I’ve been called
I’ve been letting it all
now I’m getting on
Can I be a light?
can I be alive?
Promised I’d arrive by a voice gently spoken
warned bout the hauntings and tauntings sure to come
“keep on the train track to arrive at home”
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3. |
Track 3
03:18
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“Make the necessary changes when you’re on your own
make the necessary changes
make the necessary changes, boy you’re on your own
make the necessary changes for yourself
But you’re not alone
you’re not alone
your struggle is timeless
it’s felt by the masses so
Make the necessary changes when you’re on your own
make your necessary changes for no one else
Make the necessary changes when you’re on your own
Make the necessary changes for yourself
Now you can
and now you must
You’re not pretending
No reason for pretending
You’re not pretending
while you’re on your own
Trust that you’re not pretending
your prayers on pretend
you’re not pretending
while you’re on your own - it’s not all in your head”
can you?
will you?
It’s not all in your head
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4. |
Track 4
03:06
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Tracked by the spirits of misfortune
I’m haunted by each bad decision
pulls me deeper in to ‘self’
all the needs I can’t get a leg up on
Start aiming my thoughts, shoot through the clouds
just one lucky shot might melt these sounds
If the sunset streets are foggy grey, that’s not up to me
You’re the lamp to my feet
But what does one do when the books not like you
do you hold on to truth, or do you hold onto your self?
wring my flesh or spin me gold, that’s not up to me
just don’t leave me be
You’re the solid rock that I stand
my reality is quick sand
this mirror is dimly lit
so my Fathers word I’ll trust over it
Creator made my eyes to see my heart to touch my blood to bleed
He knows how to work this earth lets agree not to take it personal
when life isn’t what we want lets agree to die to self
when faith doesn’t rise the dead lets consider what our faith’s in
You’re the solid rock that I stand
It’s not in where I get my bread
this mirror is dimly lit
so my Fathers word I’ll trust over it
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5. |
Track 5
05:35
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You thank God that you’ve been saved
but why don’t you show it?
according to Romans 8:13 sin is killing it
and you’re wallowing
but the Lamb that has been slain
does cover every plain
yeah the kingdom of God has spoken
You thank God His blood is pure
well it’s not like you know it
if you were clothed in Redemption blood
you wouldn’t even mention it
But the time is done away
I am now who I will be
cause the Kingdom of God is eternal
I am the man I aughta be
clothed in redemption eternally // free
I’m not bound
Little Samuel raise your head
the lamp of God has not gone out
He’d raise the hairs on Israels neck
if you would say, ‘Lord speak, here I am.’
You have no authority
It’s taken back // He takes me back
by the blood
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6. |
Track 6
02:59
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Sing me the softest melody
one to forget my self and sing
lai lai lai lai lai
Capture my mind from this earth
with your right hand pleasures
lai lai lai lai lai
Your power is infinite
and I am your affection
help me to get a grip
on the trust of your provision
He knows all our wants!
Your desire is the good of this world
you are infinitely powerful
Adjust my eyes and heart to see
true love not according to me
I will suffer long
I will suffer long
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7. |
Track 7
04:54
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How far must I go
to feel you in my skin and bones
the way I know you in my head
with all those truths that don’t seem to fit
I wanna be righteous like that righteous man
but who am I fooling?
it was never in my hands
You’re as with me as the air I’m breathing in
but tell me the truth with
my senses and not just my head
Jesus Christ son of God
became sin upon that cross
severed ties with our Father
the psalm you uttered was far graver
I’m not righteous like that righteous man
who am I fooling?
is it just in my head?
but if I crossed into that other land,
through faith not through working
I’d be as with you as I am
Bone-of-my-bone, Flesh-of-my-flesh
You are my robes of righteousness
I choose to cling to the reality
Your spirit is inside of me
Bone-of-my-bone
Cournerstone
I am Yours
and You are mine
Jesus Christ
One, glorified
You are mine
and I am Yours
Your promises are always
cause you are What-you-say
You say a lot of Words to me
I trust every Word you say
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8. |
Track 8
04:43
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Give me beauty from the other side
where there’s too much, it goes around
where there’s too much, it goes around
Make me love me, from the other side
where there’s too much, it goes around
where there’s too much, it goes around
Someone pinched me from the other side
they put a dose of locomotion on my insides
It’s not contingent on the things I see
cause the Kingdom of God comes out through me
So give me purpose from the other side
where there’s too much, it goes around
where there’s too much, it goes around
And forgiveness from the other side
where there’s too much, it goes around
where there’s too much, it goes around
Read my destiny from the stories end
the tell me bout this rut you say your stuck in
there’s a wormhole to the everlasting
share the Spirit of God become One-with-the-King
Holy flesh from the other side
where there’s too much, it goes around
where there’s too much, it goes around
Give me pure blood from the other side
where there’s too much, it goes around
where there’s too much, it goes around
Pull me deeper to the other side
where there’s too much, it goes around
I know where there’s too much, it goes around
Give me Yourself from the otherwise
It’s too much! -nah where there’s too much, it goes around
where there’s too much it’ll go around
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9. |
Track 9
07:11
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all the good parts are pretty much just the poem
“The Man Watching”by Rainer Maria Rilke.
It’s good, read it
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10. |
Final Track
02:59
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Keyhole eyes and a barren door
It’s interesting how you get along
yeah it’s interesting how you get along
when you feel like you’re not getting at all
“Self-Esteem” shouts the mocking geese
got off the path of the sunset streets
now it’s interesting to see the streets
when the light strikes looking from the other side
And I don’t care how I burn to get there
In fact I’m happy for it all
You swung my door in the nick of time
when my heart was dying inside my mind
it’s interesting how the two will merge
it’s like you planned it all with great concern
Freedom is a simple pasture
not mastered by conflicting desires
It’s interesting who you will become
And you don’t need to fight yourself
to get what you think you want
never never again
I don’t care how I burn to get here/there
Burning is part of it all
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