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Catch Me If You Can
03:20
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Catch Me If You Can
J.Faulkner
I was tired, strung up and lonely
Hauled on up inside for weeks
I was struggling with direction
Allen keys and broken bits
I called up for some assistance
But they put me straight on hold
They assured I was important
But I didn’t fit the mould
When I go
Lord catch me if you can
When I’m gone
Will I reach the promised land?
When I go
Will you take me by the hand?
When I go
Lord catch me if you can
I went searching for some answers
But I failed to understand
You couldn’t show your inner workings
Tell me did you have a plan?
They spoke of all your greatness
Like a God that walked the halls
They’re selling direct lines to Jesus
But he as yet ain’t heard my call
CHORUS
Catch me, Catch me if you can
Catch me, Catch me if you can
All the times missing in action
Half assed gifts or one off calls
All the milestones and the moments
The ups, the downs, the rise, the falls
I barely made your acquaintance
Before you swam out from the shore
Left me stranded holding on to hope
Trying to make sense of it all
CHORUS
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
J.Faulkner
Come on, baby, come on
We got so much to live for honey
Or so they say
Ain’t that right?
Not from where I lie tonight
Hold one, baby, hold on
Two fools digging for gold
No we ain’t stopped all day
It’s dark and I want out
Oh it’s getting dark and I want out
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
You ain’t put a foot wrong
That’d hold up in court
If the stench it weren’t so strong
Turn heads from a mile away
Clear to me as the light of day
Water welling in your eye
Wrong again, unloading on you my worried mind
I ain’t cried since I was a child
Suck it up till it is out of sight
Chorus
My head is throbbing, oh it’s breaking in two now
I look to you but you look away
I’m blacking out and I can’t come to now
I cannot deal I’ve got nothing to say
Chorus
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3. |
This Masquerade
04:11
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This Masquerade
J.Faulkner
In the light
I’m a freak
I am broken beyond belief
I’m a plagiarising, low life, beggar man, thief
I’m a fool for you
I’m alone
And It takes two
I’m damned if I don’t
I’m damned if I do
Oh Oh Oh
Haven’t you heard?
They broke the speed of sound today
For what it’s worth
I’ve long been giving it away
And I’ll walk the road I’ve paved
‘til judgement day
This masquerade
There’s a chance once in life
Take in breath or take flight
Take an eye for eye
But that just don’t feel right
It’s a road to peace
Rewinding yesteryears
That will only serve to sinking further down deep
Oh Oh Oh
CHORUS
Oh Oh Oh
There’s no time for disbelief
There’s a heart on my sleeve
I am so far gone from where I want to be
CHORUS
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Weight Off My Shoulders
04:47
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Weight Off My Shoulders
J.Faulkner / J. Schroeder
Oh my love
I’m falling
Out of touch, out of reach, out of something
Although my pulse is dull yet steady
My will is getting weak
I no longer see the beauty in the fall of golden leaves
Oh my, my love, I’m falling
Will you sit with me tonight
As the moon is riding high
Sing to me
Let the words fall honestly
Let them go where they may lead
Like a weight off your shoulders
Breathe it in
To feel the rise and fall again
To know I’ve got you ‘til the end
Is like a weight off my shoulders
Oh my lord
I'm drowning
Everyday at the foot of the mountain
I am burdened by the wreckage
I’m blind from all I’ve seen
And down here in the valley
The river bleeds out to the sea
Oh my, my lord
I am drowning
May I sit with you tonight
As the moon is riding high
And you’ll sing to me
Let the words fall honestly
Let them go where they may lead
Like a weight off your shoulders
Breathe it in
To feel the rise and fall again
To know I’ve got you ‘til the end
Is like a weight off my shoulders
Chorus
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Burning Love
03:08
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Burning Love
J. Faulkner / D. Mescall
How was I supposed to walk away
When my heart had already decided to stay?
How’s a man supposed to draw the line
When he’s past that point at least a thousand times?
Oh a love like this
It’s gonna leave its scars
That I already know, since we’ve come this far
And I can’t rest, ‘cause it terrifies
The very thought that you could up and change your mind
Even if its just for a minute
What I wouldn’t give just for a day
Girl you take me right to the limits
Burning Love
Oh a woman like you, you don’t compromise
For a woman like you I would stand in line
On everybody’s lips, you’re the talk of the town
And it’s all I can do just to ever track you down
Chorus
How many times I gotta prove to you?
How many things that you have gone and put me though?
Why don’t you tell me what you’re looking for?
Trust your intuition, I could give you so much more.
Chorus
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High Time
04:25
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High Time
J. Faulkner / J. Schröder
Ain’t it sweet
Chase the horizon
Tryin’ to get higher
With every breath you breathe
Shy away
You pay no attention
Pay no mind to redemption
When you’ve everything that you need
And there ain’t no use to hold your feet to the fire
Cause nothing good has ever came from it
Oh don’t you think it high time?
High time that we let you know this free ride
Only gonna get you so far
Oh we kneel
Send our thoughts and prayers
Tell me where is your faith now?
Is it enough to believe?
And will Freedom
Once the storm
Blows on by
By us all
Will it find its place back into our hearts and our souls?
If there was ever a time
To hold your feet to the fire
Cause we cant simply walk away from this
Chorus
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7. |
Wildfire
04:48
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Wildfire
J.Faulkner
Oh dear child
I pray for something better than we can give unto you
Anything’s better than this
But ignorance is bliss
We played into blood red hands
Of a grinning man
Who took the stand to govern for the few
Oh dear sirs
Please know that we have noted your concerns
Sit back
Find comfort in these automated words
You can rest assured
We are doing all that we can
God Almighty’s plans
Sending thoughts and prayers
personalised for you
Wild fires are burning my home to the ground
We’re on the wrong side of history now
All that we’ve fought for
Is being drowned out
We’re on the wrong side of history
Full moon harvest
Water from the stream to quench our thirst
A time when we walked hand in hand upon the Earth
‘Til someone got in first
And decided to lay the plans
To shake the hands
To frack and dam
To mine and to pollute
Chorus
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8. |
All Roads Lead To Rome
05:15
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All Roads Lead To Rome
J. Faulkner
Sometimes you’re waiting on the phone to ring
Sometimes you don’t pick up at all
Sometimes the Winter seems to have no end
Then Spring shines bright upon your door
Sometimes I’m wrestling for the both of us
Sometimes I win, sometimes I fold
I never was that good at opening up
At least that’s what I have been told
You dreamt I once got down on bended knee
The ring I thought of buying, sold
Is it enough that you don’t have these things
When you’ve got me, to have to hold?
Sometimes you don’t care to talk about
The weight you carrie is a heavy load
You’d rather sit until it wears away
Until that sorrow overflows
Sometimes I do not know what day it is
For me the nights have always called
It’s times like these I lose track of everything
And I retreat within these walls
Sometimes I’m so torn up in anger
I want to use my words to hurt
That ball of anger sits heavy on my chest
I feel my heart it will implode
But now it ain’t just about the two of us
And we ain’t never stood so tall
Sometimes we cannot help but get it right
Sometimes, all roads they lead to Rome
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9. |
Sunrise Over Water
04:44
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Sunrise Over Water
J. Faulkner
There’s something on the rise
Like a sunrise over water
It’s peaceful and it’s precious
It’s occupying up my dreams
It’s weighing on my mind
I’m like a kid just ‘fore Christmas
Who caught glimpse of his own presents
Wondering what the day will bring
And I’ve been spending all my time
Thinking how I will be different
with every step and every gesture
Open ams, there to receive
Oh how I could never be
Just like my own father
Who got word of my arrival
And then got up to leave
I don’t wanna be anywhere other than where I am right now
I ain’t never took for granted where I am or where I’m bound
All I wanna give is Love
Now you and I we’ve both been trying
To hold this thing together
With all the joy and all the laughter
Right now it seems to be
That every day it brings its hurdles
When we’re not sleeping we are fighting
Making up it ain’t that easy
But we’ll make it through, you’ll see
I don’t wanna be anywhere other than where I am right now
I ain’t gonna take for granted where I am or where I’m bound
Chorus
I felt the change, long after you did
But all good things, they come in their sweet time
Ain’t nothing changed when I told you I do, I did and I will
Chorus
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Picking Up What I’m Putting down
J. Faulkner / J. Schroeder
I don’t need an ocean
Rolling hills abound
If you’re picking up what I’m putting down
I cant find no reasons
No tears in which to drown
If you’re picking up what I’m putting down
I don’t need no saviour
No prophet or the crown
When you’re picking up what I’m putting down
I don’t need no judgement
No words that seem profound
If you’re picking up what I’m putting down
Carry me through times of change
Like lost leaves on the wind
Hold me when the lights grow dim
No, we won’t want for anything
I don’t need no riches
Promise or a vow
When you’re picking up what I’m putting down
I don’t need no seasons
To reach no hallowed ground
When you’re picking up what I’m putting down
To feel you when the daylight breaks
Your warmth upon my skin
Fate to guide is all it takes
No, we won’t want for anything
Rules for breaking
Love’s for making
And faith is to believe
Air for breathing
Light to guide
You’re lost until you’ve found
The one that’s picking up what you’re putting down
I could sit in silence
Watch the stars come out
Are you picking up what I’m putting down?
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11. |
You & I
06:24
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You and I
J.Faulkner
You and I
A kind of heady love
You and I
Two ships in the dark
Not for want of trying
We just miss the mark
You and I
Forever falling apart
Oh my days
Oh my days
Coming back to you
I find ways
I find ways
For me to kill these blues
And it’s all I can do
To see each day through
Time and time again
Chorus
Count the ways
You count the ways
That I miss the line
Tally up
You tally up
Misdemeanours, petty thefts and crimes
And it’s all I can do
To see each day through
Time and time again
Chorus
Where we gonna go from here?
Where we gonna go?
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
Cinder block and stone
Build it up
Just to knock it down
And to watch it burn once more
Just when I think that you
Have called this thing through
here we go again.
Chorus
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