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Beethoven
01:35
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2. |
Warp
04:45
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Parallel shadows on my path
Cutting me in half
As I stare into the sun
I see the people
Smiling from the outside
I'm not wondering who locked this cage
Do you know the meaning of freedom
Do you know how to
Break me out
Shattered in the rain
But I am whole again
Break me out
Criticism overridden
I'm not my own prison
Bend the pillars of the earth
Nothing can hold me
Blue hot and razor sharp
Do you understand the reason why
Our desire to escape
Kills what we cultivate
No, I'm not afraid
I know this house is going to crumble
Foundations crack and the walls are caving in on me
Do you know the meaning of freedom
Do you know how to
Break me out
Shattered in the rain
But I am whole again
Break me out
Criticism overridden
I'm not my own prison
Bend the pillars of the earth
Nothing can hold me
If you cannot break the lock
Then you'll have to warp the bars
If Atlas has shrugged
Then I guess we're going for a ride
If you look in the mirror
Did you give yourself those scars
If you cannot break the lock
Then you'll have to warp the bars
Break me out
Shattered in the rain
But I am whole again
Break me out
Criticism overridden
I'm not my own prison
Bend the pillars of the earth
Nothing can hold me
Nothing can hold me
Nothing can hold me
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3. |
Dreams
04:08
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I'm daring to close my eyes again
Same rush beneath my skin
Will carry me away
Knowing and consciousness escapes
Abandoned to my fate
And I'm falling
Piercing light
Fills my vision
Calls me every night
Come away
Filled with dread
And it seems that I'm awake
Tides awaken, all misshapen
Full moon lights my nightly haven
Peaceful slumber drowned in thunder
Rolling from my dreams tonight
Haunted, hunted I'm the prey
My own mind will betray
A worry-shackled id
Colors never seen before
Are standing at my door
I'm welcoming the vultures
Carve me up
Make me see and
Guide my searching hand
Heed the call
After all
There is no rest for the damned
Tides awaken, all misshapen
Full moon lights my nightly haven
Peaceful slumber drowned in thunder
Rolling from my dreams tonight
Swallowed alive and I'm terrified
The world I know isn't real
Tides awaken, all misshapen
Full moon lights my nightly haven
Peaceful slumber drowned in thunder
Rolling from my dreams tonight
Hellfire in a haze
Rolling from my dreams tonight
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4. |
Dancing with Death
05:39
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When the moon is on the horizon
And the nights are getting long
We are suddenly becoming aware
Of what's been there all along
We'll be swaying as our leaves break free
We'll be singing as the light recedes
And we dance
We're dancing with death
And we dance
Waltzing with oblivion
On and on as the wheels are turning
On and on as our lives are fading away
Like leaves of the fall
We are dancing with death
When the earth opens her arms to us
And the sky is cracking open
The world will hear the song
Of our final dying hope and
We'll be swaying as the noise dies down
We'll be singing as they put us in the ground
And we dance
We're dancing with death
And we dance
Waltzing with oblivion
On and on as the wheels are turning
On and on as our lives are fading away
Like leaves of the fall
We are dancing with death
This is not the end
This is not the end
This is not the end
And we dance
We're dancing with death
And we dance
Waltzing with oblivion
On and on as the wheels are turning
On and on as our lives are fading away
Like leaves of the fall
We are dancing with death
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5. |
Witching Hour
05:12
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I bleed by candlelight
The moon is bright
It strips away my sight
I feel it burning down
A lunar sound
It shatters sky and ground
A low and humble awe
I take the fall
Retrieve my senses
All I feel is frailty
It's casting me
Into the roaring sea
Bitter longings stain the heart but
You are not my soul incarnate
Road abandoned, air electric
Light me up - I'm always born again
I met a devil fair
With jet black hair
He smelled of mountain air
As tempted to my vice
He named his price
And gave me this advice
He said, Don't hesitate
Just contemplate
A brand new life without
No more sweet lullabies
Or midnight cries
Turn your heart inside out
Now I stand at command
With pen in hand
That's shaking at the thought
He thinks I'd give it all
To have it all
But poets can't be bought
Two souls tangled on the open road
Dying to be what neither could see
Bitter longings stain the heart but
You are not my soul incarnate
Road abandoned, air electric
Light me up - I'm always reborn
Bitter longings stain the heart but
You are gone, you're nothing for me
Road abandoned, air electric
Light me up - I'm always born again
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6. |
November
04:10
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7. |
Fly
04:26
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Fly away
Oh, fly away, high above
Solo of a caged bird
Sings in the dark, a voice unheard
Song of the never-ending tide
Song of the fragrant wind she rides
In dreams and fantasies
Grows her wings while she's chained down
Like an angel with broken bones
Flies away until daybreak
Wakes to find she can never
Fly away, my little tune
Oh, escape the bonds and broken heart
Reach out and take the hands of fate
Look up and marvel the pearly gate
Guess it was all a beautiful lie
Chains lock the door to the sky
Until we dream and dream again
Grows her wings while she's chained down
Like an angel with broken bones
Flies away until daybreak
Wakes to find she can never die
Ooh, I found her voice in the shadows
Ooh, I found her voice and set it free
Grows her wings while she's chained down
Like an angel with broken bones
Flies away until daybreak
Wakes to find she can never
Fly away
Fly away
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8. |
The Resurrection
03:56
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Come close and tell me a story
Do you remember how it goes
It was perfect in the crucible
Before we started to burn
Still water and an open world
Closed on a winter's day
Do you remember what you said
You resurrect memories
Of the way it used to be
As if you touched
The flames that burned it all
Let go
And it tears at my soul again
When I see where we used to play
And we'd sing
For we were young and unhurt
Do you remember how we laughed?
I resurrect memories
Of the way I used to be
As if I could
Pull back from fire that has
Gone out
Summertime, and it doesn't get easy
Don't you cry; you can't turn back time
You resurrect memories
Of the way it used to be
As if I could
Burn it all away, at last
Let go
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9. |
Love
02:59
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You are my only love
The only one that makes me feel alive
I give you wings
They give me my wings to fly
Little love, you're just a candle, a candle for me to light
Before heart and soul and flesh should ignite
You're in my brain tonight
The black kisses bought with red
I can see you now
All of you know
Beautiful in my bed
Little love, why must you be so fragile, so fragile instead
I wanna hold you forever
She's a girl, she's a woman
The mirror reflects her maturity
The bloom is a blood sacrifice
Decay veins through its purity
I need a fire under my skin
And a man between my legs
I need Christ under my skin
And the devil between my legs
Feeling it all (slip away)
When I sing my song (severs your)
Lifeblood (save me)
God, you're really perfect now
You were my only love
One day I woke to find you gone with the wind
I gave you wings
They ran out of steam
And died
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10. |
Crimson
03:51
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Cold and gray
The lie behind your smile
Promises
Dark waters in your eyes
Crimson red
An amorous serpent weaves
A painful tale
I can't get away
It's washing around me
Ooh, come to me, my stolen pride
Denied your salvation
Not afraid to see the other side
Lie awake
And lying in your dreams
Haunting me
A kiss for every tear
Crimson red
Denied my last escape
Mourn my love
Incapable of hate
Ooh, come to me, my stolen pride
Denied your salvation
Not afraid to see the other side
Walk me to the edge
Daring me to fall
I could love like angels
Or I could lose it all
Ooh, come to me, my stolen pride
Denied your salvation
Not afraid to see the other side
Eyes to the heavens
Stand and face the crimson tide
Betrayed by my devotion
Cross the line
Won't let this die
On the other side
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11. |
Lily
03:04
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Lily, dear, please dry your tears
We only have but so many years
Don't you watch the running sand
How I hate to see you cry
When time, it only passes by
Your dreams are all that can
Be nurtured in your hands
Lily, oh, are you let down
Your punishment is over now
You're not caught up in fantasy
But you read the warnings once before
That dream did ever darken your door
So please just see
It was never meant to be
Seasons wipe away the sorrow
So real now, but tomorrow
Are but visions in a smoky mirror
You've been captive to the past
But in these chains you cannot last
Make your life start over here
You can no longer live in fear
Say you loved and say you died
The only way to be free from time
You'll have the answers very soon
But I am looking from above
And maybe when this time is up
The things still left to do
Are the things I leave to you
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Veronica DaVanzo Carrboro, North Carolina
Singer. Songwriter. Pianist.
Fly - Single available January 1, 2017!
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