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Doing the Best I Can
04:18
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I was afraid of the flames
So I went underwater
I wanna live forever
That's what I told the Father
but I was a young boy
and I didn't understand
the weight of that moment
as I held my daddy's hand
Now I'm doing the best I can
Now I'm doing the best I can
Now I'm doing the best I can
and in a lot of ways
I'm doing better than I was
When I was twelve years old
I cried as the preacher spoke
when he told me where I'd be
if I died in disbelief
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2. |
Permanent Headspace
04:20
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Life is a daydream
Don't you think we waste it
We worry what tomorrow brings
Before we live today
But I wanna live for right now
I know my days are getting shorter
My kids are growing older
and they won't need me anymore
If time is a commodity
Why do we often throw it away
We look at where we used to be
Can never settle in a permanent headspace
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Sometimes I have to bite my tongue
to tell it that I can control it
Other times I let it run without a leash
Sometimes I have to cage up my emotions
So they don't go tellin on me
Other times I wear em on the edge of my sleeves
But I will never be the one to say
that every time it has to be this way
Sometimes I have to sit around in silence
Just to hear my own thoughts
Other times I wanna yell above the noise
But I will never be the one to say
that every time it has to be this way
cuz it's a balance every single day
to understand this conflict has to stay
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4. |
Young Believer
04:46
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Hey young believer
are you better off?
with those blinders on the side
of your narrow focused eyes?
Hey young believer will you follow through?
on those prayers that you had promised
to those just beyond your view?
Cuz I see just how unaware we all can be
and you will be standing right beside me
but beyond my reach
Hey young believer
can you sing a song?
with a voice full of compassion?
where unloved ones sing along
You say
do you even see me?
Can you even see at all?
do you even see me?
Can you even see at all?
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5. |
It Just Takes Time
04:45
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I offer my words
but keep my heart to myself
I can say all the right things
keep my soul somewhere else
most times I believe
I'm my own best help
but I know you never can tell
If my past indicates
where my future will be
I'll continue my wanderin
following my own feet
only thinking I'll change
when my filth is neck deep
but I know it's not what you see
this morning I had a crazy thought
that I won't live my life like
someone that I'm not
I know it just takes time
If I live in the shadow
of who I know I should be
and these dark clouds keep coming
and covering me
I'm only stopping to look
when it's too dark to see
but I know that's not what I need
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