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Triumphs of Another Time
05:18
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There is someone you remind me of
if my memory serves me well
a child I knew so many years ago
though lately it’s harder to tell
Every prayer with your name on my lips
offered up so faithfully
I question where they all came to land
were they just whispered in futility?
You shined so bright in your youthful age
free of worries free of cares
but now I weep for the choices you made
and the cross that you have to bear
It’s the memories I want
the former glories I’ve stored away
as I’m unwilling to confront
the man that you’ve become today
It’s the victories I hold
the triumphs of another time
everything that I can still control
and live out safely in my mind
There are moments when you let me see
a glimpse of what we were
a shared laugh or a stroke of your hand
perhaps a delicately chosen word
now the faces smiling back at me
in a faded photograph
look unfamiliar to the discerning eyes
of this outsider looking back
The beaming faces of a bride and groom
since eclipsed by life’s demands
now world weary and grasping to cling
to what they once held in their hands
See it’s the memories I want
the former glories I’ve stored away
as I’m unwilling to confront
the people we’ve become today
It’s the victories I hold
the triumphs of another time
everything that I can still control
and live out safely in my mind
How you savor who you were back then
So vibrant in your prime
It all seemed to come so naturally
now it’s just face lifts and hair dyes
You’re not too proud to admit you loved
that constant chorus of the camera’s flash
your face on the cover of the magazines
men lining up for your autograph
now it’s hard to find an honest man
who will take you as you are
a woman who can no longer rely
upon her looks to take her so far
it’s the innocence of youth
that fountain that never runs dry
though it tells only half the truth
while we let life just pass us by
sometimes it’s just the memories we want
the former glories we’ve stored away
when we’re unwilling to confront
the people we’ve become today
it’s the victories we hold
the triumphs of another time
everything that we can still control
and live out safely in our minds
everything that we can still control
and live out safely in our minds
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2. |
Come to Me
04:44
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Woman I never wanted it to end like this
Having to leave you without a kiss
You left me waiting when I needed you the most
Now you’re far away and I’m just living with your ghost
And so I say
Come to me come quickly, I haven’t got much time
Come to me come quickly though you’re not still mine
Come to me come quickly I haven’t got much time
Come to me come quickly so we can say goodbye
So we can say goodbye
Woman my feelings for you still haven’t changed
Even though our lives have been rearranged
I never thought we’d go this way
Don’t you know that I still had so much left to say
And so I say
Come to me come quickly, I haven’t got much time
Come to me come quickly though you’re not still mine
Come to me come quickly I haven’t got much time
Come to me come quickly so we can say goodbye
So we can say goodbye
Woman you were the first
And how I wanted you to be the last
But I can’t change what’s already passed
I’ve accepted that we ended long ago
Yet I’m still holding on to something I can’t let go
There’s a shadow hanging over us
Although it’s far from view
There is sinking sand below us
We’re sinking me and you
Come to me come quickly, I haven’t got much time
Come to me come quickly though you’re not still mine
Come to me come quickly
Come to me come quickly
We never said goodbye.
No we never said goodbye.
We never said goodbye.
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3. |
Will to Abide
05:28
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I find that love is like the great sea
looks so pretty from afar
but when consumed by its mighty waves
there’s no return once you’ve embarked
you can struggle just to breathe
feel you are drowning underneath
like you can’t see any light up above
like you’re face to face with some kind of beast
but love is like a gentle breeze that comes and redirects the tide
and it can be a sturdy anchor that keeps you on the path that’s right
it can carry you so far along and raise you to the heights
Oh Woman won’t you carry me along with you
I find that love is like a tunnel
you never know what lies ahead
when wandering lost within its maze
unsure where you’re being led
You may fear what you may find
and stumble as you take each step
often doubting whether you should
continue forward or turn back
But love is like a candle shining in the distance bright
bringing warmth and giving guidance as you move closer to its light
it will lead your steps so well if you keep it in sight
Oh Woman help me keep my sight on you
I find that love is like a bitter war
two sides on the attack
well you may forget what you’re fighting for
but neither one pulls back
and the recollections of what you did
the things you said, the things you've seen
stay with you till this very day
leave you aching from the sting
But love is for the wounded warriors a healing balm that soothes
it’s refreshing peace amid the dissonance for the broken and the bruised
it’s the humble surrender when there is nothing left to lose
Oh Woman help me surrender myself to you
Love’s not merely what you feel inside
it’s the grit and determination
it’s the showing up when you just wanna hide
it’s no light hearted invitation
no love’s not merely what you feel inside
it’s the promises so hard to keep
it’s the daily will to abide
the treading water when it gets too deep
we sow these seeds today that tomorrow we will reap
Oh Woman won’t you carry me along with you
Oh Woman help me keep my sight on you
Oh Woman help me surrender myself to you
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4. |
An Affirmation
06:03
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Remember how we once held those words
Seldom spoken cautiously reserved
Shared only with a chosen few, they were
Unsurpassed in their magnitude
When those words we first confessed
To one another so effortlessly and sweet
While valuing their power and weight
And all that they anticipate
Then proclaimed before a crowd
Standing before one another so proud
I said I love you as a solemn vow
To look beyond the here and the now
To commit myself to you
And every day my promise renew
I said I love you as a solemn vow
For as long as time will allow
To lose a little of myself for you
To leave what’s behind to enter into
When I said I love you as a solemn vow
Later as the shine begins to fade
We doubt the wisdom of the choice we made
When nothing seems to come easily
A greater purpose hard to see
When our patience is wearing down
The road ahead overcast with clouds
When we resemble actors in a play
Repeating lines we are only expected to say
When the words are hard to find
And only whispered like a sigh
I say I love you as a prayer
To summon strength when it’s not fully there
To point to what lies out of my reach
To call for aid in my time of need
I say I love you as a prayer
When living feels just like gasping for air
When my heart is cold and my will is weak
And I cannot own these words I speak
I say I love you as a prayer
And some days you will need to hear it more
To hear it as you did long before today
To be reminded of what still remains
To hold onto when everything is changing
So when you see a stranger in my eyes
A foreigner you do not recognize
When you waver in your trust in me
When you see me as an enemy
I ask that you bring to mind
The man you’ve known for all this time
When I say I love you as an affirmation
In the uncertainty a confirmation
To testify to what is true
To bring myself back to you
I say I love you as an affirmation
To give our memories validation
To show you where we once began
To reassure you where we still stand
I say I love you as an affirmation
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