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The Great Divide
13:13
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So close
So close now
And yet so far
We stand on cliffs so high they bleed
A space between us hard to read
Your words a bridge I cannot cross
This chasm grows at such a cost
[Chorus]
The great divide it swallows whole
The pieces left of what we stole
A canyon carved by time and pride
We scream across the great divide
Your shadow dances on the wall
A ghost of you I still recall
The echoes linger in the night
But vanish with the morning light
We built this gap with hurt and blame
A quiet war no one could tame
The cracks ran deep the fault lines wide
We crumble near the great divide
[Chorus]
We tried to walk on this High Line
But can we make it work this time?
Where iron rails and flowers grow
Our story told in ebb and flow
You can run but you can’t hide
The doubt is always there inside
You cannot swim against the tide
We won’t escape the great divide
Footsteps tracing someone’s rhyme
We walk on pages torn from time
Do we decide to love or hate?
Who holds the pen that writes our fate
But what if we could steal the pen
Rewrite the script begin again
A footnote in the margins wide
Just echoes in the great divide
We climb so high and fall so low
The more we try the distance grows
The great divide it tears apart
The fragile seams that make a heart
A canyon carved by time and tide
We scream across the great divide
So close
So close now
And yet so far
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2. |
Storm Warning
09:41
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Thunder clouds are rolling in
A warning in the skies
Feel your heat upon my skin
Lightning in disguise
Feel the danger; light the spark
Your love’s a hurricane
If I break before the dawn
There’s no one else to blame
In darkness stars are born from chaos
Bursting into light
[Chorus]
Burning. Out of control
Craving. Take my soul
Yearning. Bodies collide
Missing. Hearing you sigh
Chasing. The storm we ride
Save me. Save me from myself
You’re the fire, you’re the rain
You’re the fragile sky
When I question everything
You’re the reason why
Let the winds howl out your name
Let the heavens break
A primal force I can’t outrun
The risk I’ll always take
[Chorus]
I can't resist the whirlwind’s thrill
You’re the storm I’m chasing still
Can’t turn away you’ve got my soul
You’re the storm I can’t control
In darkness stars are born from chaos
Bursting into light
Save me
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3. |
Runes
07:36
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Shadows creep on broken ground
Ancient sigils without sound
Wisps of smoke and whispers cold
Mysteries in letters bold
Silent woods the runes appear
Spoken truths and hidden fear
Elder trees in twilight's grasp
Words of old in shadows cast
[Chorus]
Read the runes hear the call
Lost in time we fall
Echoes of the ancients' cry
Through the veil we sigh
Moonlit paths and hollow speech
Hidden meaning just out of reach
Voices from the past proclaim
History is born of flame
Symbols burn on weathered stone
Secrets carved upon the bones
Glimmers in the midnight hour
Unveil the darkened power
[Chorus]
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4. |
Leaf to Blade
05:36
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Stake a claim on stolen ground
Take what’s theirs; new kings are crowned
‘Make it Great’ just like before
While generals meet behind closed doors
Building a throne with broken trust
This kingdom of lies will turn to dust
Ghosts of empire as people rage
Acted out on a global stage
[Chorus]
Ambition's fire, cold hearted schemes
Whatever happened to American Dreams
Voices silenced
Hearts betrayed
From the maple's leaf to the cactus blade
They roll out maps with coffee stains
New oil fields on frozen plains
Intimidating, still wanting more
Lines in the sand on a distant shore
Midnight tweets like warning flares
While diplomats are running scared
Wave the flag in a cold white fist
While truth gets lost in the broadcast mist
[Chorus]
Loyalty’s a currency that don’t hold weight
When ambition decides your fate
Keep building walls
Building walls
Building Walls
So, claim the sky, the rivers wide
‘Make it Great’ while lands divide
Wear the crown but it cuts too deep,
The higher you rise the less you sleep
Ambition's fire, cold hearted schemes
Is this the price for American Dreams
Voices silenced
Hearts betrayed
From the maple's leaf to the cactus blade
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5. |
This Jewel Was Ours
08:46
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Does it fret the saints in heaven
Cycle shadows move on the ground
Passing college gown and tourist
A broken spinning wheel in Summertown
Jericho feels strange and distant
Curious victim buried in a plot
Jealous rage, revenge, desire
Coffee may be instant, death may not
[Chorus]
Quads, cobbled lanes
Doubt remains
Silent worlds
The settling of the sun
This scholar’s maze
Unknown ways
Dead on time
The twilight of the gods
Like crossword clues everyone a suspect
Each missing piece a mystery to find
Knowing that all puzzles must have answers
Pressure starts to grow, solve the crime
A glass of ale helps imagination
A symphony of memories drift past
In his heart one mystery still lingers
Sweetest songs never meant to last
[Chorus]
A solitary life is chosen
Emptiness with feelings unexplored
Looking for the answers to questions
A poet’s mind never finds reward
The story soon unfolds
A haunted past is now disclosed
All the darkest secrets told
Crimes of passion
Loyalty in evidence
Friendship and intelligence
Duty and remembrance
Sunlight setting
Trinity and all the saints
Listening to grand debates
Lamb and Flag, The Turf awaits
Dreaming spires
Far from the madding crowd
Sits the Eagle and the Child
Where noble writers meet and drink
Share their stories
This jewel was ours
Lost from sight
Slipped through fingers
Gone into the night
Whispers and sighs
Linger still
And reveal the
Last remorseful day
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Sandcastles
04:54
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A space is all we shared
Voices drown in thin air
The ocean’s deep and your rage is just as wide
We’re lost at sea and I’m wrecked inside
[Chorus]
Sandcastles swept out into the sea
Just like a memory of what used to be
Dance on the edge looking down from above
I called it chaos; you called it love
Fractured dream, house not home
All that’s left, flesh and bone
And harmony is a place I’ll never know
Lost to the undertow
[Chorus]
Promises broken no heart left to give
No place to hide, no way to live
I feel the ground fall away from below
Shifting like sand and I’m losing control
This house of sand
It won’t hold, it will fall
Watching the waves
Just taking it all
I thought we’d built a world of our own
The shifting of tide has just left me alone
[Chorus]
Overwhelmed, underscored
Like the sun on the shore
You took the warmth
But you always wanted more
I won’t give anymore
I won’t give anymore
I won’t do it anymore
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7. |
Art and Craft
09:17
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Upon the Clyde fog rolls in low
Four minds let their visions grow
As new colours danced and played
In every stroke their spirits stayed
Toshie led with flair and style
Rose motifs stretched across the isles
Margaret’s friends broke all the rules
Francis and James creating jewels
[Chorus]
Oh, the Glasgow Four they dared to try
On a canvas wide where dreams could fly
New language formed with pastel grace
To seek the soul in every space
Wooden halls and shining glass
Every piece has timeless class
Stencils black the roses red
Designing worlds inside their heads
Stained glass visions still survive
Wood and metal so alive
A captured tapestry of care
Truth and beauty always there
[Chorus]
The Glasgow four they guide us still
Creation is an act of will
And their message clear and true:
Find beauty’s hand in all we do.
Oh, the Glasgow Four lit fires in rain
As old and new were forged again
Reject machine’s cold iron glare
To a world where art and craft are shared
The Glasgow Four lit fires in rain
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