Lyrics
Learning to Let Go
Smith/Calvert/Federal
My past holds me in its grip
A shadow
Things that I did
In another time
Who I am is hard to find
Who I can be's
A hill to climb
Pre chorus
Karma's a bill
That I have to pay
Even if it's all in my mind
What does that change?
Chorus
I want to go
where the water's clean and cold
And wash these demons
From my soul
And I'm shaking
Yes I know
Not from the cold
I’m learning to let go
Verse
On board a sinking ship
I'm surrounded by
Things that were done
Once upon a time
Who I am's changing all the time
Who I may be, I've yet to find
Pre-chorus
Karma's a bill
I have to pay
Even if it's all in my mind
What does that change?
Chorus
I want to go
where the water's clean and cold
And wash these demons
From my soul
And I'm shaking
Yes I know
Not from the cold
I’m learning to let go
Bridge
I don't hear the storm I only feel the thunder
If my ship should sink, then I will greet the water
I'm gonna find
it flowing over rocks, I once threw as stones
Our Defense
Smith/Calvert
Wrap your arms
Around me like a blanket
A suit of armor
Protecting me
These are strange days
The likes I've never seen
I will lean on you
If you'll lean on me
A father and a son,
a sister and a mother
Though apart, ever connected
Searching for footholds
On the face of this mountain
Now my lifeline
Once neglected
These days
Blend together
Through the looking glass
Where time seems to bend
Hold tight
To one another
This is our defense
I pulled back
On an arrow
And let it fly to
My enemy's heart
A red rose bloomed
In my shirt pocket
I cried out
From the shock (x2)
Chorus x2
Surrender
Calvert/Smith
Part of me's wondering
Are you here to save me
The other's thinking only
With the tables upended
And the setting shattered
Will I be satisfied
Where did our good times go, darling
We'd dance all night till the morning
Light would shine through the bedroom window
Hearts beating faster
Chorus
If I could just get a sign
Something spelling out "we're alright"
A white flag wavin'
On the ship your sailing
To the harbour of
These loving arms
You give me your hand
And ask that I follow
Maybe that was asking too much
But still I squeeze tighter
I'm not giving up
I see the storm
Gather baby
The sky is dark and looks like rain
Forgive my sins and trespasses
Let me be your shelter
Chorus
Surender baby
To these loving arms
To my loving arm
Sunday Drivin’
Smith/Calvert
Wake up in the morning
Straight to your door
You step outside,
Take a ride with me
Sunday afternoon
The weather's fine
Nowhere to be
Sometimes you get a feeling
Deep inside
You can't decide
What it means
But there's someone who's
Always on your mind
Without them you can't breathe
Chorus
Sunday drivin'
Clear blue sky'n
Just where I need to be
Country rid'n
Side by sid'n
Where you are I wanna be
Lay me down in a sea of blankets
Rock me anyway you please
Just a little closer
Hand on my thigh
Stealing kisses
At every stop sign
And the passersby
Blow their horns
They don't know love's alive
Chorus
Lay me down in a sea of blankets, honey
Rock me to sleep
Wake up in the morning
Straight to your door
You step outside,
Take a ride with me
Sunday afternoon
The weather's fine
Nowhere to be
Turns Out
Calvert/Smith
I rehearse the lines
Telling you I never was
The one you wanted me to be
Why do I tell myself lies
Even when I'm talking
To the one
Staring back at me
The mirror always abuses
Pre Chorus
If you only wanted a show
With an ingenue
Everybody knows
Chorus
You turned out for the wrong one
Turns out I'm the wrong one
For you
Verse
If together isn't
Just a word
But what we want to be
Why am I so lonely
If someone's dreams
Must be
Left out on the street
It can't be mine only
Chorus
Bridge
If someone’s dreams
Must be left on the street
It can’t be
Mine only (3x)
Verse
Trimming phrases
Free of
What I need to say
Tailored to your feelings
Never been one
to be
Stuck inside a box
Held down by low ceilings
DOUBLE CHORUS
Wrong one x3
Burn Slow
B. Griffin/Smith/Calvert
A glowing ember in a dying fire
The softest voice in an unknown choir
A backwards feather on a broken wing
Sad birds still sing
Sad Birds still sing
A thread of smoke from the ashes rise
burned away your grand disguise
Glory in what you’ve always been
Rise, be yourself again
Pre-chorus
Warble sweet and low
fly high, burn slow
Chorus
Out along the horizon
Sing your song to the silence
Pull yourself from the cold
Touch the fire, let it take hold
All lyric copyrighted by Michael Smith, Leah Calvert, and any others who helped write these songs