Kina Grannis Album

I've been walking down this road too long, too far
And I'm thinking it's time that I turn back.
I'm losing myself in my own confusing rhythms
In the path from heart to brain I lack.

Wish the things I felt were clearer
Like the moonlight over me tonight.
You know all I want's to have you nearer
And a love so high that we'd take flight.

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So long my ways, I wont miss you
I'll be all right this time.
Follow the lines and dreams can come true.
Just feel my way and shut out the light.

Don't understand how I can know
Just how and why I ought to feel
And then when it comes to feeling that feeling
My head stops it from being real

I wish that I could see right through you
To see just what you see in me
I get so scared someday I'll lose that, lose you
When you look inside and I'm empty

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Bridge:
But I won't forget
That first time I said those words
Though in my head, I know
It meant something more than this
Find my feelings, save them from the part of me
That confuses everything, when i knew all along
That my heart was never wrong

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Clock unwinding, she had waited
Far too long, sky turning to the night.
"Am I alone?" she contemplated.
"Is this real? Is this right?"

If I tried to come back down
to where I can see it, there's no return.
And I know should I be the one to fall
I might as well beat it.

Step by step she elevated,
Climbing clouds and pulling with all her might.
Closing her mind to the ill-fated,
She sighed.

Could this leap be overrated?
Could she prove she had control of her life?
She had for so long anticipated
This test of courage this test of pride.

If I tried to come back down
to where I can see it, there's no return.
And I know should I be the one to fall
I might as well beat it.

And I, what I have found
Is that I am real
Free to be just the way I am
And if what I am
Is troublesome for you
Go on and ignore me.

If I tried to come back down
to where I can see it, there's no return.
And I know should I be the one to fall
I might as well beat it.

Well I believe in a land
A land where fairy tales await
Where kisses hang on hooks like bait
And swing slowly back and forth before the faces of two lonely souls

This land, in which I'm singing of
Houses such hatred, grief and love
So many wild and crazy things, emotions you would never dream of
yet they're tearing through your burdened heart, your soaking eyes

and I think it's time I realized the strange reality
that this life, this land, is here and now and this person is me
so I am not gonna waste this moment
next time

now when, the night has found its end
you're sitting with that special friend
a pause it drifts between then and you're departure

don't walk away, that's unwanted space lingering in between you and the other
move in , move in, move in for the kill

and I think it's time I realized the strange reality
that this life, this land, is here and now and this person is me...

you will not forgive yourself
you will not move gracefully forward
you will dwell, oh will you ever its hell, let me tell you
and I will not waste this moment
no I will never waste this moment
I will not waste this moment
Next time

Try

Having nowhere else to go
He was lonely, she was cold.
Whenever they went out
It seemed as though the world began to grow
The two they both had not felt big enough
to take in something of their own
And they kept moving along, singing a song
a sad song, of how they'd never learn
and they'd never know

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To try.
They've been paralyzed by fearful eyes
And realize you can move along
Write your own song
And be on your way

He had always dreamed to change
The world around him,
Rearrange the mess
Because through his eyes it all was beautiful
But not to all the rest
He had so much to say, he had so much to show
But he kept moving along, singing a song
a sad song, of how he'd never learn
and he'd never know

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She was unsure of many things
But disregarding all the others, she loved to sing.
But she was too scared to fail
too scared to give it a go
And she kept moving along, singing a song
a sad song, of how'd she'd never learn
and she'd never know

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Bridge:
So I'll stop running away
If you start learning to stay and speak your mind
And I'll keep writing my songs
If you stop thinking you're wrong today.

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Boy wakes up to face the facts
Not a moment to relax
Another day
Gets he and his sister both to school
Riding on another rule
Another day

Boy is working constantly
Trying to hold up his family
Another day
His selfless acts consume his life
And yet he goes on without strife
Another day
Another day

CHORUS:
Come on world
Throw another battle in my life
It hurts, but I've learned it makes me stronger
Come on world
Give me all you got and I'll pull through
Love is my fuel
And I won't be losing that any time soon

Daddy's slowly wearing down
Boy jumps up to help him around
Another day
Momma's body's aching too
She's been so tired, but she pulls through
Another day

This life's not fair at all for him
But still he sacrifices on a whim
Another day
Keeps up a smile and peace of mind
Just hoping for a better time
Another day
Another day

BRIDGE:
Don't waste your tears on what has come
Or what must be
Use your efforts for a cause
And what you'll see
Is things are better
When you're stronger and happy

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Swarms of people they move in every direction
Some eyes they wander while others are just glued to their feet
And how I wonder what goes on behind those eyes,
There are lives, growing older and they're growing wise

So amazed by all the many different faces,
Searching for traces of emotion wondering places they have been
And on occasion, someone will take a look at me,
But do they see a unique person, or am I part of a vast sea

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Sing me your song, solve my mystery
I wont do you no harm, just wanted to see
Sing me your song, solve my mystery
I wont do you no harm, just wanted to see
That you're a person just like me

They are they background of your everyday situation
Look all around you start to wonder really who these people are
They might be watching, wondering quite the same of you
So break this auto pilot path and try to start something new

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