My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall Album Lyrics

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Believe (Nobody Knows)

Time to roll
The answer floats on down
The farthest shore
Of the mind

Roll the dice
That sail the ship
And all the doors will open
On down the line

Turned to wrong
A lesson learned
And then forgotten over
In our time

In that moment
I awoke among the
Smoke and mirrors
I was blind

Believe, believe, believe, believe
Nobody knows
Believe, believe, believe, believe
Nobody knows for sure

It begins and on and on
A baby's born
The elder's down
All in their time

Start a door, the setting sun
The day has come
My mind is open
My oh my

Believe, believe, believe, believe
Nobody knows
Believe, believe, believe, believe
Nobody knows for sure

Believe, believe, believe, believe
Nobody knows
Believe, believe, believe, believe
Nobody knows, nobody knows

Time to go
The answer floats on by
The farthest shore
Of the mind
Roll the dice that sail the ship
And all the world will open
All this time

Believe, believe, believe, believe
Nobody knows
Believe, believe, believe, believe
Nobody knows, nobody knows

Nobody knows
Nobody knows

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Compound Fracture

[Verse 1:]
Compound fracture gonna ring the gong
And sound a warning of what's to come
If we ain't careful as to where we step
Paradise calling or untimely death

Compound fracture gotta set the bone
Wrap it up let it heal on it's own
Don't walk on it, give it time to rest

[Pre-Chorus:]
There's no evil, there's no good
Only people doing as they should
There is life in love and sound
Get as much as you can keep around
Before they put you into the ground

[Chorus:]
For who knows how long
(Paradise Calling)
How long
(Paradise Calling)

[Verse 2:]
I know you're young, that's the time to learn
If we're too soft on you, you will get burned
Fill your skull with what you want

[Pre-Chorus:]
There's no evil, there's no good
Only people doing as they should
Or as they shouldn't in the light of day
"God" and "The Devil" were made up anyway
But their meanings so real and so plain
There is life in love and sound
Get as much as you can keep around
Before they put you into the ground

[Chorus x2]

[Bridge/Outro:]
Till the next go round and around
Till the next go round

Compound fracture gonna ring the gong
And sound a warning of what's to come
If we ain't careful as to where we step
Paradise calling or untimely death

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Like A River

Breeze has blown
Leaves have fallen
Days grow short
River flowing
Bird has flown
Misty morning
Half well-worn
River flowing
Finally home
Sun is shining
Where the sweet
River winding

[Chorus x4:]
Like a river flowing, like a river winding it's way

Time has come
World in motion
Heart of man
Swept into the ocean

[Chorus:]
Like a river flowing, like a river washes away [x2]
Like a river flowing, like a river winding it's way
Like a river

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In Its Infancy

Again
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The idea was always there, in it's infancy
The seed took root, over many years
An idea grows before it walks
And as it walks, it learns to run
And as it runs, it feels it's form
The waterfall, can it be stopped?

Again
Again
Again
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Again
Again
Again

Again I stop the waterfall by simply thinking
Again I stop the waterfall before my breathing
Again I stop the waterfall by finally feeling
Again I stop the waterfall by just believing
Again I stop the waterfall by simply thinking
Again I stop the waterfall before my breathing
Again I stop the waterfall by finally feeling
Again I stop the waterfall by just believing

Again
Again
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The idea was always there, in it's infancy
The seed took root, over many years

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Get The Point

[Verse 1:]
Well we talked and talked and carried on from
Sundown till the break of dawn
We put the needle on the line
It just kept skipping

And then I realised all the time I was wasting
Trying to mend a broken situation
Day dreaming of leaving I only had to do it

And now it's done, you still call every day
To no avail
I never have an answer, I never seem to be there for you

[Pre-Chorus:]
But there's only so many ways one can
Look at a given situation
And I wish you all the love in this world and beyond

[Chorus:]
I hope you get the point
I hope you get the point
I hope you get the point
The thrill is gone

I hope you get the point
I think our love is done

[Verse 2:]
Well I was feeling sympathetic
But still sorry for myself
Flying blind I really wasn't listening

So I'm trying to tell you plainly how I'm feeling day to day
And I'm so sorry now that you ain't feeling the same way

[Pre-Chorus:]
There is only so many ways that one can
Look at a given situation
And I wish you all the love in this world and beyond

[Chorus:]
I guess you get the point
I guess you get the point
I guess you get the point
The thrill is gone, gone, gone

I hope you get the point
I hope you get the point
I hope you get the point
The love is done

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Spring (Among The Living)

[Verse 1:]
Boy, I was ready
Boy, I was ready for spring
It's beauty changes
Changes everything
Done hibernating
We animals roam
Out of our holes
Then we spend all Spring
Looking for the next one to go down

[Chorus:]
Among the living
Among the living again
Out in the light of day's warm embrace again
(One, two, three, four)

[Instrumental]

[Chorus:]
Among the living
Among the living again
I didn't think I'd make it

[Chorus]

[Instrumental]

[Verse 1]

[Instrumental]

[Chorus x2]

[Outro:]
Ooh yeah
Among the living again, yeah
Again, oh yeah

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Thin Line

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Big Decisions

Sit'n round wondering just what the hell to do with your life
Only get one chance but you seem to always think twice
And I'm getting so tired of trying to always be nice
You're sweet and sincere, but so ruled by fear

What do you want me to do?
Make all the big decisions for you?
Cause I can't
Well I can't

I don't quite feel like faking it again tonight
Don't really feel like saying everything is alright
You're sweet and sincere, but so ruled by fear

What do you want me to do?
Make all the big decisions for you?
What do you want me to do?
Make all the big decisions for you?
Well I can't
Well I can't

Go on do it
If you really, really mean it
Oh don't just hold back then regret it
You're sweet and sincere, but so ruled by fear

What do you want me to do?
Make all the big decisions for you?
What do you want me to do?
Make all the big decisions for you?
Well I can't
Well I can't

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Tropics (Erase Traces)

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Only Memories Remain

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Hillside Song

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Compound Fracture

[Verse 1:]
Compound fracture gonna ring the gong
And sound a warning of what's to come
If we ain't careful as to where we step
Paradise calling or untimely death

Compound fracture gotta set the bone
Wrap it up let it heal on it's own
Don't walk on it, give it time to rest

[Pre-Chorus:]
There's no evil, there's no good
Only people doing as they should
There is life in love and sound
Get as much as you can keep around
Before they put you into the ground

[Chorus:]
For who knows how long
(Paradise Calling)
How long
(Paradise Calling)

[Verse 2:]
I know you're young, that's the time to learn
If we're too soft on you, you will get burned
Fill your skull with what you want

[Pre-Chorus:]
There's no evil, there's no good
Only people doing as they should
Or as they shouldn't in the light of day
"God" and "The Devil" were made up anyway
But their meanings so real and so plain
There is life in love and sound
Get as much as you can keep around
Before they put you into the ground

[Chorus x2]

[Bridge/Outro:]
Till the next go round and around
Till the next go round

Compound fracture gonna ring the gong
And sound a warning of what's to come
If we ain't careful as to where we step
Paradise calling or untimely death

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I Can't Wait

Livin in these continental
United states I fall
In with the sentimental
Lovers who want it all
They make all their faces pretty
They take every stride tall
But I just want to get back to my city
In no time... I'll have them all

But I can't wait
Ohh I can't wait
I can't wait anymore
But I can't wait
No I can't wait
I can't waiit anymore

Movements that make me shiver
Knowin that there's no pause
Wonderin if I'll deliver
To someone who's had it all
Knowin that there's no way
To get back if I should stray
So I guess I'll give the old boys a call...

And I'll act like I don't know you at all...

But I can't wait
Oh I can't wait
I can't wait anymore...
I can't wait no
I can't wait
I can't wait anymore...

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Only Memories Remain (Jim Demo)