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TEA PARTY

by Walker

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1.
ROME 08:10
ROME © 2009 by Mark Walker I know, I know This isn't how we planned it Our best intentions hit the ground and fell apart I know, I know We worked so long to save this But now it's only suffering; just set it free to die Our souls leave outlines on the place We were before we lost the race We've wallowed here for a thousand years The sinking sand up to our ears You've pissed upon your bleeding crown And watched your empire crumble down And I can see the river rising again I know, I know This grand design was altered We set the fire and walked away and closed our eyes I know, I know We led the lamb to slaughter We turned our backs and left the babes for wolves to find Bring them home, and share their lives Was on your list of things-to-do But it's too late, they've grown and moved on They've gotten used to life without you They wonder why you even try To touch them as you say goodbye And I can see the river rising again Is this all? Trying to find my place in a time of need Is this all? Anaximenes in a world that has ceased to be... Where the will of the new Comes to rise once again Around us lies the home we held so close It is this that kills me most But we never stopped because we once believed In the writing in the sand
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Throwaway 03:52
Throwaway © 2004, 2009 by Mark Walker If the breed tears us apart Will we still remember in our time Instead of Making time a casualty Losing all the memories that we hold Instead of Dragging our dead weight behind Spirits drowning in the undertow Instead of Blind compassion for the ones Who locked our doors and shut out all the light But someone set us wrong We're only screaming at the walls It's come too far to fall We never leave here after all But I can't help but look back To where we were surrendered And although you were forsaken Your face I still remember (You have no idea) But someone set us wrong We're only screaming at the walls It's come too far to fall We never leave here after all What we see is never coming... Because somebody set us wrong
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This Mind 05:37
THIS MIND © 2003, 2009 by Mark Walker Long, faithfully, And ever so slow Drifting to sea A life left this soul Something was lost You don't even know Setting a sight on nowhere This is where I go I don't think you know this mind... Know what is wrong And leave it to die Calling a dark and lonely place There's a reason why Apathy drowns out any light Worth getting to know Blow out the candles one by one It's the end of the show I don't think you know this mind... Is it so hard to know what went wrong? Is it so hard to know just what went wrong? I light a fire on this floor just to see you I light a fire on this floor just to see you burn Is it so hard to know what went wrong? I light a fire on this floor just to see you burn Long, faithfully, And ever so slow Live just to see One light lift this soul I don't think you know this mind... Something was lost You don't even know Setting a sight on nowhere This is where I go You don't even know What goes on there where you are... You don't even know
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Eulogy 04:11
EULOGY © 2012 by Mark Walker And so they say That you and I were meant to pass this way And cross the sea's uncertainties That bring us to this day When we let go of hands we hold And fade to memory And reminisce of those close to our hearts And so you say In stories told our heroes never die And trophies made from picture shows Give comfort with a sigh And smiles will grow before we know our tears No time to see you all The time just got away Some faces disappear Before you have your say So when the wind appears and blows a little colder Feed the fire and know I'm at your shoulder And so they say That you and I were meant to pass this way To revel in the smiles were shared And drink until the dawn And kick each other in the ass On days we brought it on And on our names the weeds will grow And roses break away So let's all raise a glass and praise this day And we will say goodbye Goodbye
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The Gift 07:11
THE GIFT © 2006 by Mark Walker Someone incoming, must be a falling star From out of the sky, you fell at my feet Where are we going? You shouldn't ask me these things A worse-suited angel, none more than me Humility I've fallen at the sight of you To say goodbye The hardest thing that I can do I guess what's left to say is I sure am glad I met you No I'll never wonder why I sure am glad I met you Chaotic monster, I send you spinning down But still you followed, never to lose your faith in me A saving grace you were to my sanity Now keeping your distance you watch from my open door Humility I've fallen at the sight of you To say goodbye The hardest thing that I can do I guess what's left to say is I sure am glad I met you No I'll never wonder why I sure am glad I met you I know that this takes some effort I know it takes such a long long time I know that we'll rise above it all We'll make it home this time You couldn't come at a worse time This doesn't get any easier And I swear that I'll try forever I wouldn't leave you behind I guess what's left to say is I sure am glad I met you No I'll never wonder why I sure am glad I met you
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SCHOOL ISN'T FUN ANYMORE © 2002, 2009 by Mark Walker Watching, waiting, She sees me and she comes my way Together, we're learning That school can be a scary place And as we grow, we share our laughter and our tears The roles we play make our escape We always said we'd change the world one day I can't believe that it could be this way Now school isn't fun anymore Flushed and berated He's burned by words that tear at his pride Pulling his trigger The shots ring out a sudden surprise And blood would rain by name of "Vengeance" or "Justice" or some damn thing Those simple minds he'd lay to waste We always said we'd change the world one day I can't believe that it could be this way Now school isn't fun anymore It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie Yes, it's really happening Take a life, not tonight, make it right Is anybody listening? A lifetime goes by Her face forever etched in my mind Don't know if it's better To be taken or left behind Someone once said That everything is meant to be Watching, waiting, She sees me and she comes my way... We always said we'd change the world one day I can't believe that it could be this way We always said we'd change the world one day I can't believe that it could end this way School isn't fun This isn't fun This isn't good It's just no good
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The Diviner 05:59
THE DIVINER © 2011 by Mark Walker I've come to tell you why And let me demonstrate Why no one ever feels the need A single bearing line That runs across the state Disappears beyond the wake One face will never know Who sent us on this ride Throwing stones at pearly gates These markings on the course Of where we choose to ride Will bring those who've come for us to see And flame deep inside you Brick walls hold setting sons Take what you deserve This is only good for me Outside there is no light and no apology Shadows fall on your embrace And no one is left for you to see And flame deep inside you
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On the hill there's a house overgrown with vines Where we used to live Fill the boxes with the pictures of who we used to be The smiles will just break your heart A final kiss and an embrace of those we left behind There's no turning back now And don't believe what they say, keep your blinders on This is how we survive Close your eyes, the trouble fades as long as you don't see The victim calling your name Well I know that we had everything But we're alone now… Sedatives hide the pain and get us through each day We're all buried alive Stimulate when it's late and gaze into the screen In the absence of love Steal away whenever we can if it serves us well And leave the losers behind Out of hate eliminate the ones who do us wrong This is how we forgive And all the hope we're given I can't believe in it anymore And all the lies we're living I don't believe in it anymore And now a soul is lost and left in danger And now we know that we've become the stranger… We lost what we believe in...
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Sostenuto 07:03
SOSTENUTO © 2000, 2009 by Mark Walker Watch out, you'd better watch out... (What can I say?) So unfolds the mystery A spark of light I choose to see And now the promise love campaigns Leaves me only burned remains But the time has passed with no way of showing And all the faces disappear without knowing From a line I cast before Take me to forgotten shores And I'm confined by memory Of love untouched, I'll never see But the time has passed with no way of showing And all the faces disappear without knowing I've got a train coming... Watch out, you'd better watch out... So for love to show I pray And should it ever come to stay I know I'll beat a path to hide When in the end, love only dies But the time has passed with no way of showing And all the faces disappear without knowing And if you should trip my line I'll make it up to you next time A bleeding heart is left to see Just what love has done for me But not again in my lifetime Not again in my life I've got a train coming... What was here is empty now It's showing... (What can I say?)
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AFTER THE WAR © 2000, 2009 by Mark Walker Oh, can you see them Rolling in the dark A train heads for tomorrow Not far from where we are A heartbeat chasing across the sky Carves mountains from the sun And when it comes to the end A star for every man Roll away We leave here tomorrow... A stone will stand Where no one can see you again Broken and scattered Glass covers the floor Where the nightmares and madness Live and breathe no more The Earth will turn and bury Poisoned harvests where they stand And flames that breathe in agony Vanish in the wind Ghosts on the horizon See how they're smiling... Roll away We leave here tomorrow... A stone will stand Where no one can see you again From the ashes of wheat fields The rays of hope are born Parting thunder and gray stone The blinders have been shorn Roll away We leave here tomorrow... A stone will stand Where no one can see you again... Ghosts on the horizon See how they're smiling... Roll away We leave here tomorrow...

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released October 1, 2012

Music and lyrics, all instrumentation by Mark Walker.
Special musical guests where indicated.

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