Grace Hearn and Michael Savage

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History

Capsized
Closed eyes
Floating downstream
I want no one to rescue me
No boat
No coat
Happy to be
Ha ha, ha ha
Tempted
Repented
Here's where I lay
Constantly rolling with each little wave
The build up
The break down
It all depends on how you see it
You feel it
In between the where I was
And the where I want to be
Is the place where now I am
Reaching for history
Shining in slow motion
Ready to breathe
All this life into the body I'll need
To hold up
To carry
Hope against hope
I see it
I feel it
In between the where I was
And the where I want to be
Is the place where now I am
Reaching for history

Dream So Big

Early one morning
Before she woke up
She had a dream she touched the sky
There was no ending
No beginning
Life eternal before her eyes
Had she been good?
Could this be heaven?
If she's been bad she hopes this is Hell
Or better yet that space in the middle
Will finally be filled
Dream so big
Life so small
How to rescue her
From fading into the wall
You can imagine her disappointment
When she woke to find herself
Lying in bed
Staring at the ceiling
Instead of the clouds
Dream so big
Life so small
How to rescue her
From fading into the wall
Early one morning
Before she woke up
She had a dream she touched the sky
There was no ending
No beginning
Life eternal before her eyes

Wasting Away

Too complicated a role for you to play
You're not so good at disguise
You don't believe it
While all the others grab hold
Their voices stick
Yours wavers and bends
You see yourself in the eyes of a stranger now
Instead of deep in the arms of your lover
Dissatisfaction has grown too tall to climb
You can't see your way through
There is a ladder
There is a wall
Step by step you will crawl
Out of the wasting away
Temptation at every step
They're calling you
It's getting hard to say no
You won't deny it
Every touch, every thought
Each little tick
Sends you screaming - say yes
There is a ladder
There is a wall
Step by step you will crawl
Out of the wasting away
Too complicated a role
For you to play
You're not so good at disguise
You don't believe it
Every touch, every thought
Each little tick
Sends you screaming - say yes

Stutter

All this time he's been talking backwards
Thinking he was two steps ahead
No one understanding
Others barely listening
Now he will disconnect
Words in different shapes
Different sizes threaten
They tease him in a language so strange
He had a life
He has a life
Now he will disconnect
He cannot find the tongue he's tripping over
It's growing bigger and so wide
He stutters
If every one of us has a life worth telling
Who speaks? Who remains silent?
He has a choice
He had a choice
Now he will disconnect
He finds he owns the tongue he's tripping over
It's getting bigger and so wide
He stutters
If every one of us has a life worth telling
Turn on the TV
The remote control will be God

Bouncing Ball

It makes her nervous
All this scattered noise
Sucking the silence
From inside her head
In the pouring rain he stands
Arms out, spinning 'round
Trying to feel each drop before it lands
He knows he never will
Oh, but it's fun to try
She wonders if this makes him lighter
This knowing he hasn't far to fall
He sings the words Sweet Halleluiah
He holds the world, for a moment
Like a great big bouncing ball
He takes his overcoat
Lays it on the ground
Politely, she takes the long way 'round
She gives him all her change
Smiles then turns away
He lingers
Holding his fortune out to all who pass him by
So many pass him by
She wonders if this makes him lighter
This knowing he hasn't much at all
He sings the words Sweet Halleluiah
Then holds the world, for a moment
Like a great big bouncing ball
Nobody knows the why, where or when
All we can do is try
She wonders if this makes him lighter
This knowing he hasn’t too far to fall
He shouts the words Sweet Halleluiah
And holds the world, for a moment
Like a great big bouncing ball

Weightless

Lifetime breaking
We stand confessing
We hold nothing
But our last clear thought
Memory lost
And now repeating
Kisses taste new
Anger soon forgot
And there was the pool of laughter
In which we could spy ourselves
Surrounded by kin and strangers
Let's dive in
Happy union
Silence beating
The rhythm speaks
Rub our bodies clean
And there was the pool of laughter
In which we could spy ourselves
Surrounded by kin and strangers
Let's dive in
Lifetime breaking
We stand confessing
We hold nothing
But our last clear thought

Mother

Twice high, she said jump my daughter
Twice high, she said, jump
But mother I can go no higher
Try harder
Bar the men from the door my mother
Bar the men from the door
They are welcome here no longer
‘Cause I've a suitor
Do you forget dear daughter?
Lest you forget
We've ourselves a deep dark secret
And I will tell it
Is there not a God who can see sure disaster?
Oh, where is the God who can see sure disaster?
We will take you in dear mother
We will treat you fine
Buy you goods and gifts for comfort
Keep silent
But you've no fine goods to give me
He's a working man
You will spend all your days toiling
And mine in ruin
Is there not a God who can see sure disaster?
Oh, where is the God who can see sure disaster?
So while the mother lay there sleeping
And the daughter grieves
Gently she lay the pillow
To stop the breathing
You have given birth dear mother
After all these years
For each breath I took from you
Has made me stronger

Breathe

Breathe
Nobody taught you how
Reach
It is an instinct
Cry
This is your language now
And we'll come running to you
Rest
When your bones are tired
Feed
When you are hungry
Smile
And the world is yours
And we'll come running to you
Wide-eyed me
Wide-eyed you
Wide, wide world to see
Grow
From the inside out
Feed
When you are hungry
Crawl
Soon you'll be walking away
But we'll come running after you
Wide-eyed you
Wide-eyed me
Wide, wide world to see
Wide-eyed me
Watching you
Wide, wide world to see

Ring the Bells

Ring the bells and rock the cradle
He's come to town
To give mercy
To get money
To relieve us somehow
He's been ten times around the world
Got stories one mile long
But his search has ended
He says this is the birthplace
To the end of the world
With this man we will surely go down
But with the good book
We will rise up again
He'll rid us of the guilty eye
Run goodness through our veins
No need to worry
We're sitting on time here
All we need to do is pray
"The devil's got him, won't let go"
Doubtful tongues will talk
We do not listen
He is our lifeline
Our Prince of Peace
With this man we will surely go down
But with the good book
We will rise up again
He takes us to the river
And washes us clean
We can't cross over
But we will return again
Ring the bells and rock the cradle
He's left this town
He says he made a mistake
It came in a vision…

Heavy

He meant to say
I hate to see you going
Instead he fumbles with the lock on the door
The less he tries the easier to open
Like light she travels through him
Onto the other side
Heavy the world
One slip, it pulls you under
Heavy the girl
Who needs to know
He has a name
For almost every action
Except the one that keeps him from acting
One color gray
The sky, her hair, the leaves on the ground
As she walks into the vanishing
Heavy the world
One slip, it pulls you under
Heavy the girl
Who needs to go

Go

Lay your body down
Replace yourself
Can you reinvent yourself?
Keep your senses warm
Survival depends on this
It won’t be temporary
This is the life you'd become long ago
Carry the light and go
Promise meets the maze
Meant to confuse you
Don't be
You know the way
Don't repeat yourself
Denial, it feeds on this
It’s only temporary
Here is the life you'd become long ago
Carry the light and go