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I Want to Live
03:34
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I just want to live
I want to know what that feels like
It's just something you hear about
It's just something we dream about
But we don't know it
But we don't know it
I just want to see
Without this shroud in front of my eyes
Death always lurks in the background
And life just fades from the foreground
I can't see through this to a better way
I can't see through this to a better place
I just want to live
I want to feel connected to everything
Is it just something you read about?
Or is it something real?
All around us
All around us
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Wherever You Go
03:53
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River of Tears
05:22
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Proud isolated city on the great lake so wide
Where the colonial and ancient will always collide
Where Reggie, Kyle, and Curran, and others of so few years
Met a lonely death in the river of tears
Oh, in the city of Thunder Bay,
All this country’s shame will not be explained away
Oh, in the city of Thunder Bay
All our apologies won’t wash the suffering away
Barbara Kentner was a mother on Ojibwe land
Viciously killed by an occupier’s hand
“I think I got one,” someone yelled as they took her down
Another blow for white rule in this divided town
Oh, in the city of Thunder Bay,
Racism and hatred can’t be explained away
Oh, in the city of Thunder Bay
All our false remorse can’t erase the pain
And we say that we’ve learned
We’ll deal with you as equals
But they say no, no, no
We just can’t believe you
After hundreds of years of tears
And broken promises
Why won’t we be better?
Trust is long gone now in a land of broken dreams
How can you strike a bargain with liars and thieves?
Stand up for each other if you believe in what’s right
Let’s drag this country forward, into the light
Oh, in the city of Thunder Bay,
All this country’s shame will not be explained away
Oh, in the city of Thunder Bay
All our apologies can’t wipe the suffering away
Oh, in the city of Thunder Bay,
Racism and hatred can’t be explained away
Oh, in the city of Thunder Bay
All our false remorse can’t take the pain away
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The Calvary Cross
04:30
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Edge of Insight
03:07
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Heal You
03:54
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The years race by
You start off slow, but then it's over
And the ones you love
All struggle through the same way
But then there's those left behind
Those with lives coloured a deep blue
They never got started
Suffering fills their days
I wish with all my heart
There was something I could do for you
I wish with all my heart
I could just wave a hand and heal you
People come and go
But I always tried to be here for you
Even when you made it hard
I never forgot that I love you
Oh there's pain everywhere
So much pain mixed with beauty
There has to be some peace
Beyond these endless tears
I wish with all my heart
There was something I could do for you
I wish with all my heart
I could just smile and heal you
I wish with all my heart
There was something I could do for you
I wish with all my heart
I could just take your hand and heal you
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Unfortunate Commando
04:23
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Hurt in Your Heart
04:16
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Magic Blues
03:20
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The Story of You and I
02:58
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Clouds turn pink in the sky
The story of you and I
Waiting for that perfect moment
Waiting for that perfect day
You were always satisfied
Just to be in this life
Just to try to be good
While I had this hunger burning inside
And it made me do wrong
It made me lose myself
And I had to find a way
Back into your soul
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Freedom Fighter
03:08
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The October Country
05:12
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Red leaves, brown leaves on the ground
As the year dies and the days grow cold
I think of all the ones we've lost
And I wonder what it was all for
In the flood land, rising waters
On the highland, looking downward
All that I see is drowned
All that we were is lost
The years lie heavy, meaning won't come
The wisdom I was promised, yet to manifest
Yet there's something in the pulse all around me
That tells me everything is one
In the desert, flaming sunset
In the heat, merciless penance
All that I see is wrung out
All that we were is lost
In the sky, such indifference
Glowing down, the eternal
All that I see is wonder
All that I see is one
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