Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
All my kingdom's gone
It's burning to the ground
Reason leaves me
As future sits upon a solitary throne
A treasure is sinking
Seems now long gone
The desert takes away
Our fears and dreams but they
Always will return
Be the moon and sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
Be the moon and be the sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
Seeking patterns
Envisaging pictures of a dying dream
Fallen prison
The facade of wisdom in old scars
Be the moon and sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
Be the moon and be the sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
Breathe in the air (breathe deeper)
Don't lose the stare (keep sinking)
The old spirit dwells (perceiving)
Speaking within (conceiving)
Show me the way (old spirits)
Uncertainty (deceiving)
Feelings arise (believing)
Take what is mine (retrieving)
Breathe in the air (breathe deeper)
Don't lose the stare (keep sinking)
The old spirit dwells (perceiving)
Speaking within (conceiving)
Show me the way (old spirits)
Uncertainty (deceiving)
Feelings arise (believing)
Take what is mine (retrieving)
As I've been forsaken
My veins feel unshaken
In the skies (the universe is all around us kept in motion)
A secret lies (alleviate our pain and fear, test our devotion)
Well disguised (the universe is all around us kept in motion)
Before my eyes (alleviate our pain and fear, test our devotion)
In the skies (the universe is all around us kept in motion)
A secret lies (alleviate our pain and fear, test our devotion)
Well disguised (the universe is all around us kept in motion)
Before my eyes (alleviate our pain and fear, test our devotion)
Breathe in the pain (keep breathing)
You won't break these chains (keep digging)
For what you've foreseen (believing)
Was only a dream (deceiving)
Give me what's yours (retrieving)
You've dug your own tomb (keep digging)
Your kingdom is gone (keep grieving)
It's burned to the ground (defeated)
All my fears have drowned
All my fears have drowned
Seems now long gone
The ocean took away
My fears and dreams but they
Never returned
Be the moon and sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
Be the moon and be the sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
The universe is all around us
Read the writings in the stone
The universe is all around us
Read the writings in the stone
It's burning to the ground
Reason leaves me
As future sits upon a solitary throne
A treasure is sinking
Seems now long gone
The desert takes away
Our fears and dreams but they
Always will return
Be the moon and sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
Be the moon and be the sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
Seeking patterns
Envisaging pictures of a dying dream
Fallen prison
The facade of wisdom in old scars
Be the moon and sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
Be the moon and be the sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
Breathe in the air (breathe deeper)
Don't lose the stare (keep sinking)
The old spirit dwells (perceiving)
Speaking within (conceiving)
Show me the way (old spirits)
Uncertainty (deceiving)
Feelings arise (believing)
Take what is mine (retrieving)
Breathe in the air (breathe deeper)
Don't lose the stare (keep sinking)
The old spirit dwells (perceiving)
Speaking within (conceiving)
Show me the way (old spirits)
Uncertainty (deceiving)
Feelings arise (believing)
Take what is mine (retrieving)
As I've been forsaken
My veins feel unshaken
In the skies (the universe is all around us kept in motion)
A secret lies (alleviate our pain and fear, test our devotion)
Well disguised (the universe is all around us kept in motion)
Before my eyes (alleviate our pain and fear, test our devotion)
In the skies (the universe is all around us kept in motion)
A secret lies (alleviate our pain and fear, test our devotion)
Well disguised (the universe is all around us kept in motion)
Before my eyes (alleviate our pain and fear, test our devotion)
Breathe in the pain (keep breathing)
You won't break these chains (keep digging)
For what you've foreseen (believing)
Was only a dream (deceiving)
Give me what's yours (retrieving)
You've dug your own tomb (keep digging)
Your kingdom is gone (keep grieving)
It's burned to the ground (defeated)
All my fears have drowned
All my fears have drowned
Seems now long gone
The ocean took away
My fears and dreams but they
Never returned
Be the moon and sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
Be the moon and be the sun
Be the wind and cross the storm
See the stars begin to swarm
Read the writings in the stone
The universe is all around us
Read the writings in the stone
The universe is all around us
Read the writings in the stone
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64, edited by sokorny
Pareidolia Lyrics as written by Diego Tejeida Charles Griffiths
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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