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No Other Path to Follow

by Josh Howard

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Blood and Bone 04:50
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This body lies broken These walls will not come open now My fate is sealed The numbers flash before my eyes I know that every single word Will be revealed Just say my name Just hear my voice I was not the one who made this choice Like silence, like sorrow I'll use the time I borrow To pay this debt Rain falls down like blood drops The pain calls, my hearts stops And I place my bet I know I've done this to myself Beat the odds and played a losing hand I count the sixth, I count the twelfth And I hope that things will go as planned So foolish so you see What's gotten hold of me? What will it take, what's gonna give So foolish so I say Messed up in every way It's gotta stop, I gotta live Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it bleeds Sometimes it's exactly what I need Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry And I'm still afraid to tell you why The stillness of the wind has blown And the sun burns icy on its throne There is no flare to quench despair Freezing deep within the Blood and bone
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Don't Follow Me 03:07
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Said your love is sad and strange And it ain't worth mentioning And some things don't ever change, so Don't follow me Every time you turn around Every time I walk away Any fool like me could see That things are just like yesterday Didn't know that it would hurt this long I didn't want to think that I was wrong So won't you please forgive me For this song I sing To myself right now? I can't do anything And we all know how it ends In a drunken, bloody smash, And the world around us spins While evil spirits clash Close your eyes and bow your head Tell me what you think about Did your mind see what you said Or did it all just fizzle out? Never had the guts to change my mind Never had the trust to be so kind And now you're gone forever I don't know what to say I never thought I'd be The one to walk away
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Midnight Again 02:57
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All the stars are falling down News is spreading far and wide across the town Sits and waits upon the wind Can't you hear Him calling? it's midnight again Sometimes I think I seen it all before And still I dare to press my luck once more But every time I see your face I know it'll fade away Where does it go and why does it take so long? I thought you would know I thought you could not be wrong The 99 call on their shepherd As Lucifer falls down from heaven Wrath poured out in blood and sulfur As we reach the final hour A thousand angels sound their trumps on high Caught up in the twinkling of an eye But every time I see this place I know it'll fade away Where does it go and why does it take so long? I thought you would know I thought you could not be wrong They say the king will come Just like a thief in the night So let Him fill your lamps with oil And wash your garments white
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Things Mundane 04:18
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To walk through time indifferently, I’ve lost my sense of change Every step I thought I’d take behind me now, how strange I seek a sign in things mundane as waves erode the shore But everything repeats itself; I’ve seen it all before Slipping into lifeless rest, awakening, the rest is life The ocean waves now form a crest, the daylight figure wields the knife He reaps the comfort that I keep in my imagination And watching me while I’m asleep, he gives me sweet sedation Sometimes I think that my life is a trap, and the darkness inside of my mind is a map I swallow it and start to starve to realize it is hollow Now every thought begins to fade, and I'm the one who wields the blade Sometimes I see no other map, no other path to follow Still I'm fighting, still I'm falling, still I hear the darkness calling Here's my story, write it for me, I'll sign my name
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Long Time 02:18
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It's been a long time and it's been steady on my mind Picked the wrong time, tried to leave it all behind You know that life moves fast Can't be stuck in the past Sometimes I sit and I wait And try to get things straight It was too late, I was already gone You just sit and wait, soon you'll always come along When can I see you again? I thought that you were my friend And tell me is this how it ends? Cause I still wanna know Somedays it all seems like it should be Next thing you know, I can't set myself free I'm gonna stay here a while I might think you won't know But it's just my problem And I can't let go
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Applesauce Lullaby 01:22
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October 04:04
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Shadows fall upon you shoulders And I hate to see you cry But your eyes are growing colder And the echoes pass you by I remember last October When I finally fell apart But my friend, those days are over Man, I never thought they'd start You wait so long to have your turn And now you wanna watch it burn There's a voice calling out to you Whispers the words that I wanted to And I waited all my life for this moment Why didn't you? Do you ever feel conflicted When you're looking at yourself? Cause your thoughts seem so restricted And you act like someone else Have you found the deepest answer? Have you felt the purest pain? You my friend, the tongue-tied dancer Dodging glances in the rain So nobody gets to see If the movement sets you free There's a voice calling out to you Whispers the words that I wanted to And I waited all my life for this moment Why didn't you?
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Well of Sorrow 03:54
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His eyes were looking down a well of sorrow And happiness they say, is just a stone’s throw away If I could reach you now, what would I tell you? I hope there is an end to what you’ve been through And if it seems right now, I got a lot on my mind, and not much to say, Then please carry on til the moment you’re gone, but don’t be carried away It seems that we've lost touch, I don't see clearly It all becomes too much, and I feel sickly And you should know by now, I got a lot on my mind, and not much to say, So please carry on 'til the day you’re gone, The words that you say, they will not last long Please carry on 'til the day that you’re gone, But don’t be carried away I saw within his eyes, a well of sorrow The kind that cuts strong ties, the same kind I’ve known Another well runs dry, these thoughts won’t die instead Another day goes by, I keep them in my head One day I swear I’m gonna show that I care And live the words I said Some days I still look down a well of sorrow Sometimes I think I’ll drown, I keep my eyes closed And you should know by now I got a lot on my mind, and not much to say, So please carry on 'til day that you’re gone, The words that you say, they will not last long Please carry on 'til the day that you’re gone, But don’t be carried away, away, away

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released June 20, 2022

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