The Acoustic Sessions
01
Maze
Lyrics
Maze
Hey now, here I amI’ve seen this place before
A different face, a different name
But in this maze, they all end up the same
Hey now, how’d I come
To double back again?
In this maze of broken loves
Another door to nowhere tempts me to step in
Where I go is where I’ve been
I circle round and I come back again
Where I go is where I’ve been
Will this maze I’m in never end?
Never end...
Hey now, one more time
I stumble into this den
The monster in this labyrinth of tears
He chews me up and he spits me right back in
Where I go is where I’ve been
I circle round and I come back again
Where I go is where I’ve been
Will this maze I’m in never end?
Where I go is where I’ve been
I circle round and I come back again
Where I go is where I’ve been
Will this maze I’m in never end?
Never end...
Everywhere’s another wall
Can’t get out, I run and fall
Everywhere’s another wall
Here inside I call and call
Hey now, here I am
I’ve seen this place before
02
Cold Wind
Lyrics
Cold Wind
On a table in a small forgotten townA clock ticks. It’s ticking down
Outside a cross burns deep into the night
While broken bodies swing in a cold wind
Rain come down on all these sins we’ve wrapped ourselves in
Rain come down and wash us clean
Cold wind blowing
Love is choking
Tears of angels falling in a blood stained sky
In the streets outside great halls of power
A dream breaks. It’s bleeding now
Toward hands raised up in fear and bodies on the ground
Another bullet flies and lead pipes swing round
Rain come down on years of sins we’ve wrapped ourselves in
Rain come down and wash us clean
Cold wind blowing
Love is choking
Tears of angels falling in a blood stained sky
Angels cry
Wash us clean
Angels cry
Wash us clean
This tragic empire is burning
I watch as it burns to the ground
We walk through the valleys of shadow
Where the untruths grow
And the dollars blow
In the cold wind
In the cold wind
The blind leading the blind
In the cold wind
Anger like a badge of pride
In the cold wind
How many more?
How many more must die?
Cold wind blowing
Love is choking
Tears of angels falling in a blood stained sky
Cold wind blowing
Time is closing in
How much longer must the angels cry?
In the cold wind
03
Here in the Dark (Silent Tears)
Lyrics
Here in the Dark (Silent Tears)
Here in the darkI lie awake and watch the stars go
Shooting by my window
Here in the dark
I light a cigarette and wonder
What makes this world keep spinning round
Here in the dark
I dive into the pool of my mind
And I’m scared of what I might find
Here in the dark
When there’s too much noise in my head
The words you said cut through it loud and clear
In here, here in the dark. I’m so lost and broken
In here, here. if you were only near
Would I stop crying?
Here in the dark
All the faces you have shown me
Make my empty room less lonely
Here in the dark
Your eyes, they burn like bonfires
And they guide me through the shadows and the fear
In here, here in the dark. I’m so lost and broken
In here, here. if you were only near me
Would I stop crying?
When I see the sky spin outwards
I can feel so small
Sometimes I don’t feel a thing at all
In here, here, here in the dark. I’m so lost and broken
In here, here. If you were only near
Could I stop crying all these tears?
Silent tears
Silent tears
04
Forever Fell Like Leaves
Lyrics
Forever Fell Like Leaves
Time came to me, sat on my shoulderWhispered his name
She said, "Unmoor your heart, the days are rolling"
I ran toward the clearing, I ran through the trees
Seeing all around,
Forever fall like leaves
Deep in a dream, I saw the moon rise
In that cold light, his eyes met mine
I fled, but still his gaze pursued me
I pushed out from the shoreline, I pushed off in the breeze
And where I looked back
Forever fell like leaves
Forever fell like leaves
Forever fell like leaves
Time on my own, I’m gone now
I turn my face toward open sea
A thousand miles of waves stretch out now
But still the wind lifts leaves around my feet
Where fate meets choice, the tides are shifting
You set a course. But can you hold the helm
When chance upends you?
I steered straight forward, I steered into the breach
Knowing just behind
Forever fell like leaves
Forever fell like leaves
Forever fell like leaves
Forever and ever
Fell like leaves
05
When You Let Me Go
Lyrics
When You Let Me Go
In the blush of morningMy eyes are filled with you
I see your face, can smell your hair
Can almost touch your skin
But you’re not really there
When you cried, it was like a thousand storms
When you looked my way, how the sun tried to come out
When you let me go, all the stars fell from the sky
I look out through the curtains
Of the years we’ve been apart
To find it’s raining memories
That trickle down the pane
And still can crush my heart
When you cried, it was like a thousand storms
When you looked my way, how the sun tried to come out
When you let me go, all the stars fell from the sky
The bars that lined my prison were built of love so strong
That I could never hope to break them down
So I dug my way out with a spoon
Only to want to find my way back in, my way back in...
I couldn’t live beside you
But without you, I was lost
You’d mixed a drink, a poison cup
Of passion laced with fear
And you drank up every last drop
When you cried, baby, it was like a thousand storms
When you looked my way, how the sun tried to come out
When you let me go, all the stars
One by one
They all fell from the sky