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Like birds
We fly
Together
Just like before
Into the unknown
Maybe far from home
I know
When all is said and done
All that's left is home
We'll emigrate
A little further north
A little close to shore
Like Birds
We fly together
What will
I leave behind
Is it right to ask
All these questions now
A chasm lies between
Who I am and who I’ll become
how many dawns are left
I gotta cherish them
Before they run away
Like birds
We fly
together
We look down
Bird's eye view
to a place brand new
Built from memory
It's familiar
It’s a promise made
A riverbed
A holy hill
A place to rest
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2. |
Hometown
04:03
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Hometown
I've been running from you
Ever since my early childhood
Sometimes
when I drive by you
I wonder
how I still remember you
For how long
Will I need to carry you
so heavy on my back
my history book
Sometimes
when I think about you
I remember
how deep are the roots
that tether me to you
Three brothers
Just kids
North, South
moving together
are we from here,
or are we form there
Where do we go now
Where do we go now
Just three brothers
spreading farther
like galaxies expanding
but don't stay idle
keep a fire
until we meet again
Hometown
I've been running from you
but these state lines
brought me back to you
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3. |
Real Love
03:07
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On the day we met
the sun was shining
we stood there
in the heart of downtown
I had the feeling
I knew her all along
I would've wasted my time
always running
searching blindly for love
on another coastline
but when she called me home
I took the 10 straight there
I wouldn't ask for more than this
Baby, I’m already blessed
What we got is enough (is enough)
It's real love
Looking back to our winter in Central Park
or chasing the sunset in a cable car
Doesn’t matter where
As long as I’m with you
I wouldn't ask for more than this
Baby, I‘m already blessed
What we got is enough (is enough)
It's real love
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Bodies of Water
03:47
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You are a river
Just flowing downstream
all life keeps teeming inside you
I am the mountain
you use to travel
I'll carry onward
to where you go
You are the rainfall
in February
no sign of stopping soon
I am the desert
I'm always waiting
for your downpour
What are we
Just bodies of water
Just a drop
Or the blue of the globe
I don’t know
I don’t know
You are the ocean
so fierce, so peaceful
and all encompassing
I am a sailor
across the Atlantic
or am I the lighthouse
calling you home?
or am I the lighthouse
calling you home?
What are we
Just bodies of water
Just a drop
Or the blue of the globe
I don’t know
I don’t know
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5. |
Leaving LA
03:15
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I left LA
Where I came of age
in the 2010's
I packed all my things
in my old van
and I just couldn't look back
But in a heartbeat
I'd do it all over again
In a heartbeat
I'd do it all over again
Leave everything
and do it all over again
just to see you
at the end of the day
I used to ride the train
From East LA
to see where it led
I couldn't see it then
but I was searching
for a place to call my own
But in a heartbeat
I'd do it all over again
In a heartbeat
I'd do it all over again
Leave everything
and do it all over again
just to see you
at the end of the day
In my youth
I never understood
the cost of all things
all the noble things
I got my parents to thank
a compass in hand
now I'm heading to where the
sunset sleeps for the night
But in a heartbeat
I'd do it all over again
In a heartbeat
I'd do it all over again
Leave everything
and do it all over again
just to see you
at the end of the day
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6. |
Baker Beach
03:57
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Baker beach in the morning
overcast
The Golden Gate Bridge in the distance
watching over us
a million questions arise without answers
will we make it out all right?
How uncertain these days
when the light wont shine
But just give it time
Sunlight will break through the clouds
to warm your face and mine
A flower blooms through the concrete
and colors paint the sky
I see my face in your eyes
and a paradise of city lights
Let's walk through the city
Continue our journey
we will make it out just fine
How uncertain these days
when the light wont shine
But just give it time
Sunlight will break through the clouds
warming us in time
Baker Beach
How I wish we could reach you now
Drive to you for a change of scenery
To write our names in your sand
I'd wish we stayed in you
If only just another day
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7. |
Autumn
03:29
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It was autumn when you came home
I'd never seen your face before
But I loved you right away
You arrived on time
To steal my heart away
I got to hold you then and there
Amid flood lights and hospital sounds
Your heart beating on mine
The moment I'd been waiting for
All of my life
That September
You made my life brand new
You got some kind of smile
It's so you, shows your very soul
A horizon lies ahead
You can bet that
I'll be there every step of the way
That September
You made my life brand new
That September
You made my life brand new
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Rain
04:08
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Woke up
Sunlight falling gently on your face
Don't wanna waste it
Winds of change
singing right outside the window pane
of our apartment
9 to 5
You're on my mind every minute of it
I can't help it
What a life
watching the American dream
through my cellphone screen
can that be right?
Dark clouds
Don't hang so long over me now
I'm just saying
Though I could use the rain
We’re on a plane
Outside a skyline shines as bright as day
did we dream this?
How much longer
until we get to do what we were born to do?
Don't mind the waiting
Dark clouds
Don't hang so long over me now
I'm just saying
Though I could use the rain
Dark clouds
Don't hang so long over me now
I'm just saying
Though I could use the rain
No I won't ever complain
about the state I'm in
Cuz in this rain
I’ll feel renewed again
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9. |
Here We Are
02:59
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Our plans were different
But paths, they cross sometimes
Indifferent to individual plots
I couldn’t have pictured
A better story than this
Here we are
On our own
Here we are
After all is said and done
You were my rock all along
I didn't doubt it
though I'll admit I took a little long to come around
Just look at us now though
building a garden in the desert
Here we are
On our own
Here we are
Safe from harm
Here we are
On our own
Here we are
Building a home
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10. |
California
03:54
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I'm sleepless tonight
A billion thoughts surround me
I'm not questioning why
Just figuring out how I'll make it there
To where you are
The promised land
That's where you are
I'm praying tonight
Countless of stars as witness
I'm surrendering now
Gonna trust you that you will take me there
To where you are
The promised land
That's where you are
Still got a long ways to go
Still got some room left to grow
A little more wisdom won't hurt
And better eyesight to see you
standing there
Where you are
The promised land
That's where I wanna be
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