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Switchback

by Big Sky

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1.
Open 02:27
2.
2009 01:45
To reparate the cost, give back everything I lost Or should I say, “just go away, I never want to see your face again”? The door, it opens, I step into the sunlight And ahh, the feeling of freedom There is a star I look at every night I’m able But every night the clouds cover the sky, I can’t seem to find my way And the world seems to crumble around me And by the time the season’s change, all that remain are memories Not to be depended on, the warmth and sunshine better be enough
3.
Sun breaks the sky Blazing glass and steel And I, gaze up out as a face in the crowd A rock set ablaze Thoughts fill my head And live and die inside As I pause to sit and unwind Take my time All of my senses Open up, take it in My mind drifts back to this natural state A place where I am free On this meandering river, courses detour And they are cut off, as a channel begins Breaking the boundary The story of a man is his mark it seems From the hammer, the book, or a dream But my pages have always turned Towards a place unknown to explore, towards the land Towards the strands of red earth reaching up Civilization ought to take a page from your book Though eras pass, still here you stand, an echo of that which truly lasts Sometimes when the river speaks to me All I hear is babbling Listen, let the voices carry me, On their way Break away (Run past the edge of the world) A silent roar from the sight before, an expanse, vast and remote It seems a land, a world apart, the home I no longer know At least this place will always have wonders to show It's never too late to reach out and say hello Stand up and break on out
4.
Belgrade 05:51
The road is long and lonely, and home is far away We’ve been moving slowly for the past couple days So now as the sun sets over this unfamiliar place We sing and dance aloud to attract a friendly face And now I see the way your lyrics spoke to me As we make our way across the plains For every single car that passes us by I am more grateful for the scene that remains Our dreams, though a wondrous sight to see Can never compare with the beauty of our reality (x3) Our dreams, though a wondrous sight to see Can’t satisfy, I would die, if my life were that easy Breathe in the air from far away Dreaming of long ago, but it feels like yesterday A creaking weather vane, rain soaked window panes My past seeps into view From this vantage have I changed, and become someone completely knew Or as the years pass by do I remain the same All well traveled roads lead to homes that we’ve forgotten New cut paths sing aloud to those who’ve lost their way Settle down, or blaze a trail, there is no one direction Old worlds and those built from scratch will always be connected
5.
2010 03:59
Thousands of miles, and hundreds of stories to tell from that time So when did I get to this place? Somehow I can’t get over this one And the burden of leaving is too much to bear, so I’ll choose to stay And keep letting my excuses build up, they’ll cave on me soon enough Days pass me by, and turn into weeks, into months, into years And I am quick to forget all the things that have built up my life And brought me to where I am now I feel so far-gone from so many people that I had once grown up to love It feels strange to say, but it’s time that I went on my way So I can start living again Fight through the wind, and the rain, to the other side I can’t afford to forget that my life is mine
6.
Sea Legs 05:02
Through mists we ride with sails held high, searching for the wind. O’er wave and froth we’ve traveled far, for chance, for favor, for whim. I want to feel the wind beneath my feet But the winds gone stale I can feel the water calling me Falling on empty sails It grabs my heart inside my chest The spray: A salt incense And with a gale’s forcefullness a storm rolls into port on every breath Feel the breeze Feel it moving you Hold this new breath in Feel the power of being impaired Each step is like falling into thin air Took off my shoes with intent to go swimming Each lace a knotted mess Hoist up the sails and got lost in the rigging Minutiae that anchors us into the depths Feel the breeze Feel it moving you Hold this new breath in Feel the power of being impaired Each step is like falling into thin air
7.
Pass On 06:39
Look at me, can you see the deterioration beginning to let itself in Every day another mark makes itself at home Rigid back, lasting pain A mysterious loss of energy, a growing sense of apathy A darker cloud rolling in, a deeper scar growing in Anxiety presses so hard on my chest I’m struggling with all my might to find my breath My thoughts can only rest on my regrets You’ll never understand until you experience it for yourself And by then it will be too late anyway Memories display my past, and show me a time rich and full Flowing with dreams and plans of what I could be The distraction kept a troubling feeling at bay And in the end, it was this very sense of freedom that did me in As my life fades behind me, my expectations drift away, and into history Is there any way to grant me an extension, there’s still so much to be done If only I’d recognized through all of life’s distractions that I would not remain Strong bright and free, there is no end to a path you can’t see Will I lose everyone when I die? Or will my fears make everyone turn away? Don’t dwell on death, but on life It’s my only one One day we will all pass on
8.
2011 01:52
Could it be said that we tried to rekindle our light with the ashes that were left, or Should it be said that we never should have touched this? A product of our desperation I guess I should have known the possibility of this lasting for very long If it doesn’t end now, it will end someday anyway The pain may have just begun But one day I’ll wake up and think the same of you as I’d think of anyone One day I’ll wake up and think the same of you as I’d think of anyone

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released January 23, 2015

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