She wakes at dawn to the same rising sun, that shone so oppressively in her hometown of Metapán. She travelled so far, just to be put behind bars, Freedom never felt so close yet so far. They gave her a coin so she could call who she wants, Instead she cries by herself hoping we will hear. She’s callin’ from the Rio Grande, yea and no one is listening, yea yea x2 Many are called, but few ever make the cut Sell the prayer of the Migrant just to make a buck. Oh, she’ll try it again and again and again, There’s no savior for her in Salvador. She’s callin’ from the Rio Grande, yea and no one is listening, yea yea x2 She'll try it again and again and again, She'll try it again and again and again. She'll try it again and again and again, She'll try it again and again and again.

How many thousands of beggars must I be, Before you will love me? A hundred lives I’ve lived before, They left me wanting more. I’ve wandered many distant lands, So that I could finally ask your hand. Shall I recite all our history? You’ve seen it all along, I just want you to know, These are the days that we have longed for, So many lifetimes have come before. Gotta want it, gotta need it, I've been dreamin’ of you for so long. Gotta want it, gotta need it, I've been dreamin’ of you for so long. We were there in the first light, Peaceful in the blinding white. Part of me and part of you, Made of something new. I prayed for you in the darkest of hours, And dreamt of you while at war, Passed you on a city street, And here we finally meet, and I know for sure, These are the days that we have longed for, So many lifetimes have come before. Gotta want it, gotta need it, I've been dreamin’ of you for so long. Gotta want it, gotta need it, I've been dreamin’ of you for so long. Lookin’ back on eons long ago, when we were just echoes in another’s eye, Waiting to grow. I want to know. I want to grow.

Take these arms, watch them grow, into the man who'll keep you warm. Hold these hands & listen close, They sing a quiet song. As a child, I dreamed of you, And never knew if you’d love me too. Last in line, I thought they’d steal ya, First to go because they do not hesitate. Talk of love when they don’t mean it, All the while you don’t know I am thinking of you. See you there, flirting with Steven, How could I be his even? He makes you laugh with just a smirk on his face, Like Dorian he hides his picture. As a girl you didn't fall for that, And grew into the woman I love. Last in line, I thought they’d steal ya, First to go because they do not hesitate. Talk of love when they don’t mean it, All the while you don’t know I am thinking... now your mine & we both know it. It took so long, but I loved every single day. One year becomes a million, Happy tears they fall because you're thinking of me.

The clammering from the pews did offend, the mantra of the seven hens. Each proclaimed that they had come before the egg, and the beginning had an Eye & Head, And massive Hands made of all the elements, which pushed forth endless sediment. Rolling, then coming to a crawl, Bright stars & galaxies. Don't close your eyes thinking that you know it all, It's gone in a moment, just like a dream it will be over. Sitting on a mountaintop of wrinkled earth, the skin of which I peeled back to the core & it revealed golden, molten burning heart, That counted time & played the part. While the people screamed & they ran from the flood, And lovers said goodbye to the world. A ghost appeared over the pool, And ash began to rise. Don't close your eyes thinking that you know it all, It's gone in a moment, just like a dream it will be over. The weight of the world, the time that it takes til it’s over. X4 Don't close your eyes thinking that you know it all, It's gone in a moment, just like a dream it will be over. It will be over, don't you know?

I just wanna take it slow, I feel like you are pulling me in every direction, and when it’s not this, it’s that, I’m tired of all these over-corrections, yea I don’t think you understand, why people do not fit into your perfect plan, I don’t mind being open-ended, but you wanna keep things closed. I’m taking my time and I am feelin’ fine, I was thinkin’ you and I could see eye to eye, hey hey hey You are always one step ahead, why don’t you share the moves of your Type-A Tango, I would gratefully learn the turns and show how much I care. I’m taking my time and I am feelin’ fine, I was thinkin’ you and I could see eye to eye, hey hey hey I’m taking my time and I am feelin’ fine, I was thinkin’ you and I could see eye to eye, hey hey hey Further along we just may, but until that day, hey, hey, hey I can do the dance if you really want me to, just don’t drag me along. I just wanna take it slow, I’ve got no other place to go. I just wanna take it slow.

Heavy eyes, I think too much, Distracted by my endless appetite, I wish it’d fade away, but it’s here to stay, Day by day, it’s all the same & moving much too fast, Don’t you know that you and I won’t last? Heavy heart, it’s hard to part, Two cowards clinging to a sinking raft. Both too hedonistic, much too realistic, Neither knows how to let go, holding onto the past. Don’t you know that you & I won’t last? Don’t you know that everything must pass? Heavy head, I think instead, I’ll try something new, something new, Before I realize that I’m caught in a life, Of back and forth with no true north, a ship without a mast. Don’t you know that you and I won’t last? Don’t you know that everything must pass?

Further down San Simeon,walking by the ocean, A strange sound reached my ears, beckoning me, The green dunes echoed with shouts of ecstasy, And I came upon a party, of skeletons in finery. Moving to a steady beat, crashing trumpet & tambourine, Their counterpoint haunting & deep, as night fell upon a blackened sea. Oh, lighter & lighter, Come float above the ties that hold you down Oh, higher and higher, rising until our feet don’t touch the ground A nobleman spoke to me, with tears in his eyes, Of stories countless as the stars, and truth laced with lies. A bright-eyed girl took my hand, and we danced until dawn. As first light came, the on-shores breathed anew, and she turned to dust in my arms. Oh, lighter & lighter, Come float above the ties that hold you down, Oh, higher and higher, rising until our feet don’t touch the ground Gimme one more chance & I’m gon' shake it loose, To the break of day I ain’t got nothin’ to lose, here we go, Gimme one more chance & I’m gon’ make it right, To the break of day fill up my appetite, here we go. Oh, lighter & lighter, Come float above the ties that hold you down, Oh, higher and higher, rising until our feet don’t touch the ground. Oh don't hesitate now, no, for you will join them in the end, Oh faster and harder, yeah, it don’t make a difference. Gimme one more chance, gimme one more chance.

Don’t know where I’m going, or where I’ll be, I’m just trying to pass the time livin’ in peace. The forces have gathered underneath, They come with the dark tide darling, washing over me. I can see they’re twisted, don’t hold true, I stay with the departed, closely holding onto you. I can still feel you, your fragile warmth, Sun eyes shine so brightly, onto everyone. Where have you gone now? Not sure I know, When the horizon fades, that’s where I’ll go. And when I see you there, I’ll be resting my bones, Floating in the deep end, with the sinking sun. On and on, it goes too fast, too slow, nobody knows That’s why I miss you darlin’, that’s why I miss you girl. On and on, it goes too fast, too slow, nobody knows That’s why I miss you. I can see they’re twisted, don’t hold true, I stay with the departed, closely holding onto you. And when I see you there, I’ll be resting my bones, Floating in the deep end, with the sinking sun.

everyone's got a reason you were my reason I buried you inside my heart and everyone's got a feeling you were my feeling they say I need to find a way of letting go everything wasn't right before but now it's all fucked up sailing to a different shore tell me how to get to you you can't have gone too far follow you to the other side I am wading in the sea wading in the sea everyone's got a favorite this was your favorite i come out here all by myself to let you know i left a note on your pillow stared out the window it's going to take some time to learn to pretend everything wasn't right before but now it's all fucked up sailing to a different shore tell me how to get to you you can't have gone too far follow you to the other side I am wading in the sea wading in the sea

She’s always on my mind, Yea, she's always on my mind. Even when I’m lost in time... Wait for the silence & wait, wait for the silence, hey hey, Wait for the silence as I lay you down with the stars. My love, I feel bold as the night, I feel fearless as the day subsides. As we dance, as we move like the leaves in a parking lot. We ask ourselves not to move for as long as we can, Taking in every breath and smile, as we fog up the glass. Wait for the silence & wait, wait for the silence, hey hey, Wait for the silence as I lay you down with the stars. My love, we hold out our hands, tracing shapes in the field of lights, The city moves and sleeps and drinks and weeps, And I imagine what it would be like to wander through the skies, Wake up, pull you close only to let you go, when we are finally home Wait for the silence & wait, wait for the silence, hey hey, Wait for the silence as I lay you down with the stars. Wait for the silence & wait, wait for the silence, hey hey, Wait for the silence as I lay you down with the stars. I wanna be a fire in the sky, Past the outer waste, we’ll find our rest, with all the dying stars, And I’ll wait for you there, And I’ll wait for you there.