1. Big Picture Show
If you and I have been blessed, we don't know it
we can't know everything
You and I have been pressed to think above it
to see the way it goes
push through the doors, kill the lights, and start the picture show
Transcending time and space
to get the story right on grace
Pretending happy faced
there will be stars out tonight, that there will be stars out tonight.
You and I, from on high, we say goodbye
to tiny details
you and I would imply and the beauty dies
to spend the day alone
push through the doors, kill the lights, here comes the picture show
(CH)
So many books, so little time
lost in the corners of my mind
do you close your eyes and glow?
I don't know, I don't know
Lock the doors, kill the lights, here comes the picture show
(CH)
Stars tonight
Stars tonight.
we can't know everything
You and I have been pressed to think above it
to see the way it goes
push through the doors, kill the lights, and start the picture show
Transcending time and space
to get the story right on grace
Pretending happy faced
there will be stars out tonight, that there will be stars out tonight.
You and I, from on high, we say goodbye
to tiny details
you and I would imply and the beauty dies
to spend the day alone
push through the doors, kill the lights, here comes the picture show
(CH)
So many books, so little time
lost in the corners of my mind
do you close your eyes and glow?
I don't know, I don't know
Lock the doors, kill the lights, here comes the picture show
(CH)
Stars tonight
Stars tonight.
2. Please Forgive Me
For memories that seem to fade away, please forgive me.
For everything that I tend not to see, I'm so sorry.
For thinking the latest is the greatest thing, my apologies.
And please forgive me, wars, when I bring flowers.
Please forgive me, every moment, when I count the hours away.
For gentle laughter, for what comes after, in a cold, dark world.
When you cry as I play my favorite records, please forgive me.
When your giant questions, have tiny answers, I'm so sorry.
That I can't be everywhere and everything to everyone, my apologies.
(CH)
Truth, don't pay much attention to the words,
and soul, don't be offended, if it hurts.
I've only got you now and then.
I've only got you now and then.
Please forgive me.
Please forgive me.
For everything that I tend not to see, I'm so sorry.
For thinking the latest is the greatest thing, my apologies.
And please forgive me, wars, when I bring flowers.
Please forgive me, every moment, when I count the hours away.
For gentle laughter, for what comes after, in a cold, dark world.
When you cry as I play my favorite records, please forgive me.
When your giant questions, have tiny answers, I'm so sorry.
That I can't be everywhere and everything to everyone, my apologies.
(CH)
Truth, don't pay much attention to the words,
and soul, don't be offended, if it hurts.
I've only got you now and then.
I've only got you now and then.
Please forgive me.
Please forgive me.
3. Collide
Open window in the center of the heart
Spirit bursting at the seams as they come apart, they come apart
Sense of wonder from beginning to the end
Lightning flashes, can you feel the heat come rising up again? Rising up again.
Watch stars collide
Dreams will never die
Just open up your eyes
Look up to the skies
Watch stars collide
Angels dance, people rise up proud to sing
coronation of a warrior, there's a brand new king. There'll be a brand new king.
Fire tested strong and mighty to the bone. Suddenly you see the atmosphere explode.
(CH)
The road we traveled was hard alone, and now I feel like we're close to home.
A hero's welcome is waiting, home. We're coming home.
(CH)
Spirit bursting at the seams as they come apart, they come apart
Sense of wonder from beginning to the end
Lightning flashes, can you feel the heat come rising up again? Rising up again.
Watch stars collide
Dreams will never die
Just open up your eyes
Look up to the skies
Watch stars collide
Angels dance, people rise up proud to sing
coronation of a warrior, there's a brand new king. There'll be a brand new king.
Fire tested strong and mighty to the bone. Suddenly you see the atmosphere explode.
(CH)
The road we traveled was hard alone, and now I feel like we're close to home.
A hero's welcome is waiting, home. We're coming home.
(CH)
4. 4 A.M.
Night splits from the day, toss shifts from the turn
30-somethings are awake.
Light shines out for none, you're sleeping on the train
we all fall down.
The world takes back it's warm embrace.
Do we survive or vanish without a trace?
The world takes back it's warm embrace.
Do we survive or vanish without a trace?
The dark feeds emptiness. And night loves loneliness.
Pacing back and forth.
The sleep keeps you awake. The world is far and gone.
How much can you take?
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Sweep clean the hour, for the rising of the sun.
Sweep clean the hour, let 5 o'clock come.
Sweep clean the hour, for the rising of the sun.
Sweep clean the hour, let 5 o'clock come.
(CH)
30-somethings are awake.
Light shines out for none, you're sleeping on the train
we all fall down.
The world takes back it's warm embrace.
Do we survive or vanish without a trace?
The world takes back it's warm embrace.
Do we survive or vanish without a trace?
The dark feeds emptiness. And night loves loneliness.
Pacing back and forth.
The sleep keeps you awake. The world is far and gone.
How much can you take?
(CH)
Sweep clean the hour, for the rising of the sun.
Sweep clean the hour, let 5 o'clock come.
Sweep clean the hour, for the rising of the sun.
Sweep clean the hour, let 5 o'clock come.
(CH)
5. Dreams
In my dreams, I can paint like Matisse.
Fluent Greek, with the dead I can speak.
Voices not faint, I hear justly, as any venerable saint.
I'm so free, always wake before I die
landing on my feet, when I fall from the sky
you and I, in my dreams tonight
you and I, in my dreams tonight
In my dreams, I can fly, kiss the world goodbye.
Swim below ocean tides, breathing the whole time.
My guitar would delight you, on my way to be a superstar.
(CH)
Oh, I can't complain, I've found Atlantis
It's too hard to explain, unreal to trust this.
Oh, I can't complain, I've found Atlantis
It's too hard to explain, unreal to trust this.
(CH)
Fluent Greek, with the dead I can speak.
Voices not faint, I hear justly, as any venerable saint.
I'm so free, always wake before I die
landing on my feet, when I fall from the sky
you and I, in my dreams tonight
you and I, in my dreams tonight
In my dreams, I can fly, kiss the world goodbye.
Swim below ocean tides, breathing the whole time.
My guitar would delight you, on my way to be a superstar.
(CH)
Oh, I can't complain, I've found Atlantis
It's too hard to explain, unreal to trust this.
Oh, I can't complain, I've found Atlantis
It's too hard to explain, unreal to trust this.
(CH)
6. Mansion
This is where he worked
this is where he lived
this is where he died
This is where he thought
this is where he slept
this is where his dreams would come alive
Would you or I be happy here? So much space.
Could life likely interfere?
Would you or I find greatness here? Oh no,
you reach for it and it disappears.
you reach for it and it disappears.
This is where he swam
this is where he laughed
this is where he grew
This is where he played
this is where he wrote
this would be all he ever knew
(CH)
In my father's house, there's a place for me
floating off the ground, gotta see to believe
at the very end, that is where I'll be
bricks and property, just a memory
(CH)
this is where he lived
this is where he died
This is where he thought
this is where he slept
this is where his dreams would come alive
Would you or I be happy here? So much space.
Could life likely interfere?
Would you or I find greatness here? Oh no,
you reach for it and it disappears.
you reach for it and it disappears.
This is where he swam
this is where he laughed
this is where he grew
This is where he played
this is where he wrote
this would be all he ever knew
(CH)
In my father's house, there's a place for me
floating off the ground, gotta see to believe
at the very end, that is where I'll be
bricks and property, just a memory
(CH)
7. Love @ First Sight
Boy and a girl looking through the glass of a revolving door
Hand and a hand touch the very same shelf in an old bookstore
Fingerprints and angel's wings
dance the dance and pull the strings
and in the space around
true love is found.
Arm hits an arm, apologies fly through a frenzied crowd
voice hears a voice for the very first time on a bus ride home
(CH)
Chance it was that played with them
day to day, year after year
Barricading sensibility
Destiny's path made clear
Wrong number spoken, unfamiliar tones, through the telephone
Finally one night, the same happy dream all alone.
So soon they'll see.....that.....
(CH)
Hand and a hand touch the very same shelf in an old bookstore
Fingerprints and angel's wings
dance the dance and pull the strings
and in the space around
true love is found.
Arm hits an arm, apologies fly through a frenzied crowd
voice hears a voice for the very first time on a bus ride home
(CH)
Chance it was that played with them
day to day, year after year
Barricading sensibility
Destiny's path made clear
Wrong number spoken, unfamiliar tones, through the telephone
Finally one night, the same happy dream all alone.
So soon they'll see.....that.....
(CH)
8. When It's Over
Murdered girl gets up from her chair
It happened fair and square
passersby, they stop and stare
Killer quickly takes his leave
She stands up and cannot believe
how the silence fills so suddenly.
When It's Over, it's over
we aren't meant to atone her
When It's Over, it's over
leave her there in her chair
When It's Over, it's over
there's no prayer card or clover
that can save her from the edge of despair.
In the fire she burns the traces
photographs, happy faces.
She will cry long into night
she may show signs of life.
(CH)
She gets up, turns on the light, just like you and me
Walks the night, just like a ghost, so silently
She doesn't haunt the cold night air
She sings alone and combs her hair, which still grows.
Can't believe it still grows.
(CH)
(CH)
It happened fair and square
passersby, they stop and stare
Killer quickly takes his leave
She stands up and cannot believe
how the silence fills so suddenly.
When It's Over, it's over
we aren't meant to atone her
When It's Over, it's over
leave her there in her chair
When It's Over, it's over
there's no prayer card or clover
that can save her from the edge of despair.
In the fire she burns the traces
photographs, happy faces.
She will cry long into night
she may show signs of life.
(CH)
She gets up, turns on the light, just like you and me
Walks the night, just like a ghost, so silently
She doesn't haunt the cold night air
She sings alone and combs her hair, which still grows.
Can't believe it still grows.
(CH)
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9. Wedding/Funeral
"When it happens this quickly, no one sees it coming"
"She looks so peaceful and so beautiful"
"We gather together now, cause we need God's blessing"
"She must be happy" and "the roses are meaningful"
"So hard for a father to let his daughter go"
"She's just too young" or "it's about time"
"Things will never be the way they were before"
"Say Goodbye" "Say Goodbye" "Say Goodbye"
"Say Goodbye" "Say Goodbye" "Say Goodbye"
"I had a dream recently that this day was coming"
"It's all over now, and I could use a drink"
"I wish deep in my heart that I could tell her something"
"but life never works out the way you think"
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"Say Goodbye, as she closes her eyes"
"Say Goodbye, metals all loose their shine"
"Say Goodbye, wait for what comes next"
"Let them have rest, and let them be blessed"
"Let them find rest, and let them be blessed"
(CH)
"She looks so peaceful and so beautiful"
"We gather together now, cause we need God's blessing"
"She must be happy" and "the roses are meaningful"
"So hard for a father to let his daughter go"
"She's just too young" or "it's about time"
"Things will never be the way they were before"
"Say Goodbye" "Say Goodbye" "Say Goodbye"
"Say Goodbye" "Say Goodbye" "Say Goodbye"
"I had a dream recently that this day was coming"
"It's all over now, and I could use a drink"
"I wish deep in my heart that I could tell her something"
"but life never works out the way you think"
(CH)
"Say Goodbye, as she closes her eyes"
"Say Goodbye, metals all loose their shine"
"Say Goodbye, wait for what comes next"
"Let them have rest, and let them be blessed"
"Let them find rest, and let them be blessed"
(CH)
10. Sky
I should have begun with this.....
Sky, wide open in the
Sky, encompassing
Sky,
Sky, no side.
(CH)
Don't wanna wait for a starry night
needn't move around to catch the sight
bind me tight off my feet tonight
Steep mountain peaks and space below
don't have much more than this to go
It's all I know, It's all I know.
Sky, blue liquid in the
Sky, cut perfectly
Sky,
Sky, blown open inside.
Divide the light, the sky, the earth
line that crosses over death and birth
I wish that I were here to contemplate...
the Sky, grain touching in the
Sky, specs falling from the
Sky, before my eyes, alive!
Sky, wide open in the
Sky, encompassing
Sky,
Sky, no side.
(CH)
Don't wanna wait for a starry night
needn't move around to catch the sight
bind me tight off my feet tonight
Steep mountain peaks and space below
don't have much more than this to go
It's all I know, It's all I know.
Sky, blue liquid in the
Sky, cut perfectly
Sky,
Sky, blown open inside.
Divide the light, the sky, the earth
line that crosses over death and birth
I wish that I were here to contemplate...
the Sky, grain touching in the
Sky, specs falling from the
Sky, before my eyes, alive!
11. One in a Million
One out of every two
wished there was something they could do
to go back and get the one that got away
and one in every five
laments a dream that died
a life of hope that was kept at bay
Everyone dreams impossible dreams
but what good are they, if you're not there to share them with?
Cause you, you're one in a million, girl
you're one in a million, girl.
One in a hundred took a shot
on love at first sight on a city block
a fairy tale they could tell someday
And one in a thousand heard the sound
of loves lost dancing all around
and swore they'd never let it get away
An entire crowd, too broken too proud
to say that nothing would ever be the same, without you, without you
(CH)
And how many would say they knew better
if they had predicted a break in the stormy weather
and how many are worthy of compassion
when everyone out there will take it all, and cash it in someday
(CH)
(CH)
wished there was something they could do
to go back and get the one that got away
and one in every five
laments a dream that died
a life of hope that was kept at bay
Everyone dreams impossible dreams
but what good are they, if you're not there to share them with?
Cause you, you're one in a million, girl
you're one in a million, girl.
One in a hundred took a shot
on love at first sight on a city block
a fairy tale they could tell someday
And one in a thousand heard the sound
of loves lost dancing all around
and swore they'd never let it get away
An entire crowd, too broken too proud
to say that nothing would ever be the same, without you, without you
(CH)
And how many would say they knew better
if they had predicted a break in the stormy weather
and how many are worthy of compassion
when everyone out there will take it all, and cash it in someday
(CH)
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