The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise Album Lyrics

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Rebirth

A sinister slide resounds
From the fountainhead found
When fortune aligned

The roots that ripped had run too deep
Left to dig in the weeds
And climb up the vine

Your mind is only echoing
What your heart wouldn't say
I'll be me, in time

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The Old Haunt

Hints of a higher hand lost on the somme
Past deeds would never lead the mischief to a christening and
Gears twist and grind away spur to speed
While echoed silhouettes deliver to an early dream
Held out of love but gripped to tight
A breath left hanging in the air

You want to leave your home
But you don't want to lose control
And there's far too many ways to die
Far too many ways to die
You want to keep your soul
Above the ocean floor
But there's far too many waves to try
Far too many ways to die

Take a tip from me I swear I've seen it all before
The fear of what could be
Will keep you from wanting more
Held out of love
But gripped too tight
Left up, hung In the air

You want to leave your home
But you don't want to lose control
And there's far too many ways to die
Far too many ways to die
You want to keep your soul
Above the ocean floor
But there's far too many waves to try
Far too many ways to die

Never could we keep these things from happening
Never found a way to keep the love in me
Took too long to speak, and never stop to breathe, to breathe

We read the risks hand in hand
A ruined rest but now we wake up
We cut our teeth on foreign plans
Then cursed the air, but now we wake up
Wake up...

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Waves

I thought that I knew love
But it was just a wave crashing over us
And in the breaths between the ones we meant to be
I had my head under my feet
you knew the way things were
you knew the way they would be
we knew exactly how it'd end

Strays on a stale sea
Oh anchor the engine to a canyon far beneath
Water rushed out from the boards below
So I started slicking my hair with the kerosine
you knew the way things were
you knew the way they would be
we knew exactly how it'd end

And I'm preparing for a burial in sea
But I can't see the lighthouse
Yet I'm praying that these waters don't take me
Cause I can't see the lighthouse

I was screaming that the ship was sinking
but you were telling me to just keep drinking
Corded in the parts again
arms and legs at the bottom of the ocean
and the thing that made it so much harder
was the fact that you were someone's daughter
I knew the way things were
I knew the way they would be
I knew exactly how it'd end

And I can't see the lighthouse
And I'm preparing for a burial in sea
But I can't see the lighthouse
Yet I'm praying that these waters don't take me
Cause I can't see the lighthouse
Yeah I can't see the lighthouse

I thought that I knew love
But it was just a wave crashing over us

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At The End Of The Earth

I've waited so long just to hear you breathe
That your voice could lead me
Back from the grave
From the slowing breath
Of a sleep like death

Now morning comes
But I'm brokenhearted till we meet again
At the end Of the earth

I never had known such a fragile hurt
Of a lover's curse
And the echoes of you
Rhyme like a distant verse on forgotten words

Now morning comes
But I'm brokenhearted till we meet again
At the end of the earth

I'll keep moving on out of harmony
Until i see you again at the end of the earth
I lost my love down below and
I'd swear you'd never know
So give me death or set me free
Just return my soul to me

Now morning comes but I'm brokenhearted
Till we meet again at the end of the Earth
I'll keep moving on out of harmony
Until I see you again
At the end of the earth
Till we meet again at the end of the earth

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Remembered

Left your face on a map
Sturdied up boulders
And loosened the river
To fork where it finds the best
Passage

Met your life before us
Left them your necklace
And brandished your ashes
Like stars peaking out in the gloam
Envy

Every choice that you made
Lost before cause had effect found in babel
Like pieces Of puzzles belong shackled
Gave myself to the war
Damned if I didn't demand that they sing such a sensible baring of your
Mystery

The flame might be gone but the Fire remains
And I'm stuck on a path to my own ruin
Did you see me behind the wheel?
Did you see me behind the wheel?
And the flame might be gone but the fire...

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A Night On The Town

I've been misplaced in so many ways
Broken battlegrounds, hiding veils of delicate deceit
Yet here I breathe
Teeth still gleam from holy water
While millions of lambs migrate to the slaughter
My head in a bag and my hands are bound to my feet
And voices sing:

"Were we erased like common thieves?
Tossed in a cell to feast with the fleas
All because we never had written a word."

What will I see, tonight in these eyes
And what will i know when the morning comes?
What will I see, tonight in these eyes
And what will I know when the morning comes?

Must we remind of exchanges existing so long ago?
Would we arrive at agreeable musings
Sentimental or just confusing
We lost what we had but we took it back
Friends in the gutter, enjoy one another
Just give yourself to the dust and the dirt where you stand

What will I see, tonight in these eyes
And what will i know when the morning comes?
What will I see, tonight in these eyes
And what will I know when the morning comes?

I'm not who you think I am
And even if I thought you'd known
I never would have told you so
And more alarming
I would have done the very same
Would have stole more than your name
Would have cursed and bought the world on your shoulders
I was in the wrong place
At the right time

And what's the worst I'd see
By giving myself to the earth below me
Not knowing how far I'd fall, by casting away the ordinary
Just how long can I stay in illusions formed here long before me?
And how long can I breathe this stolen breath here underneath?

There's that subtle smile that did me in
She moves...
An agony reminds where I've been
She breathes
"I'd never let this happen again."

Where's your heart?
Mimicking the patriarch

She's naive...

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Is There Anybody Here?

I lay my body down
To rest my weary head
I think I left Someone there;
I left myself for dead

Is there anybody here who can tell me where I am
Or at least where I have been?
Because I fear I'm lost
And I cannot be found
Again

I left my soul exposed
To frail hands who hold
My fate up in the air
And through their fingers fall
The meaning of it all
Down to the floor it goes

So is there anybody here who can tell me where I am
Waking in the afternoon
A captive in a passive tomb
Moments turn to long Decembers
Stoking fires from dying embers
I try To move a limb
But there's a disconnect within
A devil in the alchemy
A phantom staring back at me,
It's you

So is there anybody here, who can tell me where I am
Or at Least where I have been?
Because I fear I'm lost
And I cannot be found again

Just waking in the afternoon
A captive in a passive tomb
Moments turn to long Decembers
Stoking fires from dying embers
I try to move a limb but there's a disconnect within
A devil in the alchemy
A phantom staring back at me

A pain I simply can't express
From troubles I have long repressed...
...and then, there's you

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The Squeaky Wheel

There's my suitor, struggling to find his footing
Lost, awoken alone, after sleeping off inebriation
I forget that I've been holding my tongue for so long
Cause we had a run, so don your Sunday best and wake up

You went missing, never mind the life I was wishing for
Cause you'd had enough, but at least you got enough to fake it
I'll keep smiling, optimistically denying what I feared the most
That you disappeared and leave me wondering

Was I just a playful pawn, a trophy you had won?
Someone who could lift you when you're low?
Innocence to prey upon, or allies in the sun?
Heaven sent, or just hell bent on love?

Darling liar, always running through the brier
What, the cuts aren't enough?
Just an aggravation you'd forget like
Promised patience, halitic alleviations of
What I should've known was a sign of future expiration

Was I just a playful pawn, a trophy you had won?
Someone who could lift you when you're low?
Innocence to prey upon, or allies in the sun?
Heaven sent, or just hell bent on love?

So will I marry a myth? Or is there room for second chances?
The lust lives in the dark and may never show

Well, the battle ended years ago
Now this is how you say hello
Well where'd you take your leave?
Or would you rather keep another trick up your sleeve?
Do you remember love?
How you said you really never could feel enough?
Well did you give it a try?
Why don't you open your eyes and let me know?

Was I just a playful pawn, a trophy you had won?
Someone who could lift you when you're low?
Innocence to prey upon, or allies in the sun?
Heaven sent, just hell bent on love?

What will happen to us?
Do you think we'll make the cut?
Should we give it a try?
Give an eye for an eye?
Give ourselves to the lie?

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The Bitter Suite IV And V: The Congregation And The Sermon In The Silt

[The Congregation:]
They come in crowds to hear him speak
And he will greet them in a Smile that sticks like Vaseline
So do your best to keep your distance, in this instance
You're a stranger in the weeds
Some things are better left unseen

Commanding listeners to believe
Manipulations of narrations 'Anno Domini'
Not with a whimper, but a bang
He'll take the stage and leave their jaws upon the floor
Begging for more

So Father, won't you tend your flock and save us now?
Won't you save us now?
Come and save us

[The Sermon:]
I hear you're looking for god
Well I can show you the way just as long as you can pay
But the price is going up...
And like a prayer to the air
We deliver you to glory (Pay up')
I swear you'll get what you need
And we Can lead you to salvation
With the right denomination
It all lies in your hands
Or in your pocketbook to be more demanding

Don't you tread too close to the line this time
Don't get lead too close to the light this time
You went far too close to the line this time
Line this time

Hey! Hey kid! Hey kid - get a god!'
Hey! Hey Hey Hey! Hey Kid Get A god!

So you committed a sin?
Well, we can rid that with a remedy
The bidding starts at $70
Sold!
To one and all now
Get your hands ready to make a withdrawal
You've got no other way to find what you Want
If it's a saving that you're craving
And your confidence is fading
Be calm
The Doctor's in
I got the cure, because I know where you've been...

Don't you tread too Close to the line this time
Don't get lead too close to the light this time
You went far Too close to the line this time
Line this time

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If you wanna get up
Reserve a Room on high
Put your coins in my hat
And don't ask why

Don't you tread too close to the line this time
Don't get lead too close to the light this time
You went far too close to the line this time
Line this time
Line this time

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The Bitter Suite VI: Abandon

Strangers in the soil
So hide your enmity
Are you living up to ghosts or
Does virtue disagree?

(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Use your gifts for good
Rescue them from greed
Find a proper voice
As the thistle in the wreath
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Move them to Truth
Far from ruin
Barricade the myth I made the wolves at bay
I know that History fades
And sympathy dithers away

The city's son living under my thumb
You couldn't compromise
So keep playing with fire
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh-oooooh)

Move them to truth
Far from ruin
Barricade the myth I made the wolves at bay
I know that history fades
And sympathy dithers away

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King Of Swords (Reversed)

Gears turning that no wrench can attack
Consideration
Or pause had their time come and pass
No gloves bet you can't get enough
Make a fine parade so the public sways in your wake

I just thought that I would go
Till the money's gone
I never wanted to fake it
Now I can't stop till everyone
Who ever done me wrong
Knows I'm not willing to take it

Boy, you've got a Hard time
Bring yourself to glory

I never wanted my name up in bright lights
But I think that I might be there soon
I owe it all to you (I owe it all to you)
I was never Looking for fame or the limelight
But I think that I might be there soon
I owe it all To you

No one ever told me what it meant to be alone
I had to learn on my lonesome
Now every feigning flame I chance upon
I put the fire on
I keep my wheels in motion

Boy, you've had a hard time
Bring yourself to glory

I never wanted my name up in Bright lights
But I think that I might be there soon
I owe it all to you (I owe it all to you)
I was never looking for fame or the limelight
But I think that I might be there Soon
I owe it all to you

Boy you've had a hard time
Bring yourself to glory
You've had a hard time
Bring yourself to glory
You've had a hard time
Bring yourself to Glory
And here's those spoils of war that you asked for

I never wanted my name up in bright lights
But I think that I might be there soon
I owe it all to you (I owe it all to you)
I was never looking for fame or the limelight
But I think that I might be there soon
I owe it all to you

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If All Goes Well

Was it logical lusting after fame
When ambition had never ended well for us?
Now everything that you lost is surely coming to you
Every catastrophe has shaped me into something new
Just don't get carried away
Making those same mistakes
I know my limit but I'll push
Yeah I'll push it good

I'll give em a hold and a break to breathe (never forget who picks you up when you fall)
And if they can't play nice I won't play with em at all
I'll give them a kick when I learn to lead (you're getting over your head once again)
And if they don't get out, Then I'll just bury them all

I swear my motive can still remain sincere
And I can remedy all who've wronged before me
Now everyone that you lost would come back Crying to you
Abandoned memories of family trees I've buried too deep
Just don't get carried away making those same mistakes
I know my limit but I'll push, yeah I'll push it Good

I'll give em a hold and a break to breathe (never forget who picks you up When you fall)
And if they can't play nice I won't play with em at all
I'll give them a Kick when I learn to lead you're getting over your head once again)
And if they don't Get out, then I'll just bury them all

Will you carry us to Eden
Someone to believe in
Breaking down the walls which kept us locked away
Lead us into brilliance
Born by your resilience
Love us all in spite of what we'll do to you

I knew that I did this for a reason

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The Line

Heartache buried down below
With your hands tied tight around it
Have a hard time letting go
Like it never even happened

It's the end of the line For you and I
Don't make believe we even tried
It's the end of the line for you And I

Spring had gone and clipped your wings
And the summer led astray
Autumn left a bitter sting
But the winter froze away

It's the end of the line for you and I
Don't make believe we even tried
It's the end of the line for you and I

Now we dream
Of bigger things
Now we sing
To set us Free
Was lost in limbo long enough for two (Now we dream)
But my identity was wasted on you (Of bigger things)
Cast out the past like demons ritually removed (Now we sing)
Make way for the awakening, so long overdue (To set us free)

It's the end of the line
It's the end of the line
It's the end of the line for you and I

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Wait

I lost my faith when I was young
I clenched my fist to bite my tongue
I leave awake from all the things that I had done
Cause there wouldn't be a thing when I moved on

Then I said wait
Are our bodies really piles of dirt?
And is the soul just a metaphor?
I keep my eyes from looking too far up
I fear that there is a heaven above

I stood in lines to bow my head
I'd fold my hands and speak in tongues
To whisper worries to the dead
But I could tell no apparition heard a single word I said
But I'd still call my fear in to the air

Then I said wait
Is my body really part of the earth
And is there blood running through my veins?
I'll know when I turn to dust
But I fear the answer isn't enough
So, will I never know heaven or hell?
Or is eternity something worse?
I keep my eyes from looking too far up
I fear that there is a heaven above
(heaven above, heaven above)

I want to give it up
I want to give it up
I want to give it up
But I just need it too much

Wait
Is my body really part of the earth?
And is there blood running through my veins?
I'll know when I turn to dust
But I fear the answer isn't enough
So, will I never know heaven or hell?
Or is eternity something worse?
I keep my eyes from looking too far up

A fear that there is a heaven above
A fear that there is a heaven above
A fear that there is a heaven above
I hope there's not a heaven above

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Ouroboros

I bet you thought that you'd succeed
Pulling the wool right over me
Hard to believe this snake stayed in the grass
just long enough to catch your Rabbit's feet
With telescoping glances
Hands romanced enticing you to keep
Laboring against the clock in spite of secrecy
You couldn't know revealed itself
To me the second you decided to compete

I fell down then I fell apart
"I never wanted to hurt no one.
I never wanted to be your city's son"
I cried out to his crooked heart
"I Never wanted to hurt no one. No one but you"

I bet you thought that you could breathe
A satisfied sigh of relief
A terrible thing, forgetting where you came from
Or have you trouble when you fall asleep
I've seen you fabricate, manipulate and here, you masquerade
But if we're poaching ghosts, you know I've got a few that I would raise
Settle yourself
As long as I'm protected
You can bet your secret's safe with me

I Fell down then I fell apart
"I never wanted to hurt no one
I never wanted to be your City's son"
I cried out to his crooked heart
"I never wanted to hurt no one. No one but You"

Lost my soul
In the place of the great deceiver
Foolish hearts led foolish plans Awry
They told me don't veer far from your home
Try never to leave her
Near I Landed; here I'll live and die
Travelled too far from the river's side
It wasn't long before I felt nothing below me
And all of the ground I thought I'd gained
Taken away
Thought I was strong; not strong enough;
My mettle was bending
Foolish plans kissed Foolish hearts goodbye
Travelled too far from the river's side