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SIXTY WATT SHAMAN LYRICS
"Reason to Live" (2002)
1. Nomad
2. Reason to Live
3. Blind by Morning
4. Horse You Rode in On
5. Our Name is War
6. The Mill Wheel
7. Long Hard Road
8. The Evil Behavior of Ordinary People
9. My Ruin
10. Breathe Again
11. One Good Leg and a Bottle of Booze
12. All My Love
13. Distance
14. When the Morning Comes
15. When I'm Alone
16. All Things Come to Pass
1. Nomad
Holy, lord you lead me
Heavy vibration, traveler
Soul becoming
Circle round the sun
And I'm gone, moving,
Down that open road, Lionize
And eye the prize
And wear the crown of chrome
Holy, lord you lead me
Passage round the sun, traveler
Sky and valley
Born before I run
Now I'm rollin high
I'm holding congress with the grave
Freedom run and hail the sun
And find the better day
Every color grows,
Dressed in shroud, wear the crown,
Nomad knows the road
Dream aloud, sacred ground, glory found
Shine the crown of chrome
Holy, lord you lead me
To that salvation, traveler
Chain of being
See now where I'm going
And I'm gone, moving,
Down that open road
Venerate
And love my fate
And shine the crown of chrome
2. Reason to Live
Cryptic, claws of the season
Grip like the sun with a glare
Blinding bend the horizon
Helmsman chart me through the despair
Live
I think I want to live
Give
There's nothing left to give
Bos'n, squall she is comin
Set us a break from the quay
Latitude where the horse is swimming
My spirit will jump in the wake
Live
I think I want to live
Give
There's nothing left to give
We must scour the world for a sign
And a reason to live
The motive's hard to find...
3. Blind by Morning
Listen to the grass grow
Lay me down
The eye of god upon us
Shake the very ground
Play for me the smoke rain
Grass will always grow
Ground beneath the mill wheel
The saddest song I know
Low and to the left
This soul hung by a chain
Wings of the lion
Rays of distant pain
The higher that I climb
The closer to the sun
Keys to the temple
Are buried in the ground
Winter lingers long
Solstice soon will come
Now I need your light
Come morning I'll be blind
If I receive your light
I'll be blind by morning
4. Horse You Rode in On
I got cornbread
In my gunny sack
My cornbread isn't done too well
I got a mind
To drink me a tumbler
Barkeep another one from the well
I got a sixgun
With my saddlebags
My sixgun is a-ready to roll
I done some jobs
And I'll rob a bank, well,
I'll rob a man when I damn sure will
I got an evil secret
Five years on the run
Soons I sees that I gotta hand in
I'm stealin the horse that you rode in on
I got a sixgun
With my saddlebags
My sixgun is a-ready to roll
I done some jobs
And I'll rob a bank, well,
I'll rob a man when I damn sure will
I got an evil secret
Five years on the run
Soons I sees that I gotta hand in
I'm stealin the horse that you rode in on
5. Our Name is War
Evil seeds
From your lairs where you ward
Disseminating on a bleak swollen world
Deviant breed
Economic control
But, have we mentioned the rebellion is born
Steeped in greed
Reinforce the control
Replacing freedom with confusion and woe
Wounding, bleed
The herd of all they should know
Oh Lord
World is torn
We gotta warn
Our Name is War
Empires fall in the midst of the dream
Pale black wisdom puts the thread in the seam
Brave men live who bring the death to the kings
Bone of contention
6. The Mill Wheel
Spinning on an axis
The mill wheel goes round
Universes lost in its wake
Raceways take me down to a distant cove
Cold river drift me away
Grind stones
Make dust of memories
And my bones
Come the machinery
Drifting through the cosmos
The mill wheel goes round
Atoms in the fabric of space
Spilling water back into the rippling tides
On crests we see what light yonder breaks
Grind stones
Make dust of memories
And my bones
Come the machinery
See you walking on the shore
Your dress in the breeze
Summer sun it shines on your face
Spilling light across the water
Glitters as gold
A new tomorrow ushers his way
Grind stones
Make dust of memories
And my bones
Come the machinery
7. Long Hard Road
Just a change of mind away
Waiting on the sun all day
Hands can bring about this change
Why'd we ever come this way?
Born into a masquerade
Working towards a shallow grave
Blood and fear, an endless race
Just to be mindless slave
I passed the harbinger
The reaper's call in tow
I labored through the harvest
To walk this long hard road
Looking for a destiny
Can you feel it gathering?
Welling up inside of me
Chakra to enlightening
Fighting for the light I seek
Challenge that will set me free
God is out there on the street
Go to him, you come to me
I've climbed these hills before
I've voiced a sad hello
I've heard the echo return
Down this long hard road
I passed the harbinger
I've rode with death in tow
I labored through the harvest
To walk this long hard road
What if wanting wouldn't
Wait to be
Darkness coming over
You and me
Shadows shatter twilight
Lingering
Sun set moon light crimson
Killing me
I passed the harbinger
I've rode with death in tow
I labored through the harvest
To walk this long hard road
I've climbed these hills before
I've voiced a sad hello
I've heard the echo return
Down this long hard road
8. The Evil Behavior of Ordinary People
If it bleeds it dies, it's said
I may be crazy if I am.
And if a vitrified can realize
Than that's just what I am.
A glass jaw breaks
While bellies ache
And talk is cheaper when
Loose lips bleed
The flame of kings
So secrets never end
So, feed the beast that always needs;
It's hard to swallow sand
Of the hourglass.
What comes to pass.
And the hunger never ends.
The fires burn and liars learn
The art of encryption
We come from mud
And dragon's blood
And teeth for talisman
Lies
Hard to swallow,
I am learning
Evil in the mouth
... tastes like burning
Symbol
Slight of hand,
Tables turning,
Evil in the mouth
... tastes like burning
Truth. Sacred, not for men.
Please use whispers near the thieves
Posture of fire when you can
Till scorched earth, cleanes,
Can be retrieved
These things I have not said
Must be allowed to speak...
9. My Ruin
Wretched red tooth and the claw
The tables stick to the floor
Dirty flies and stale tobacco
And the price of my soul
So fuck it all what's in store
No remedy for the poor
Fill my glass
Against these ruins
My fragments are shorn
My lord...
Now pick me up should I fall
Careful I might spend it all
The bar is tapped into poison
For a fix and a brawl
So keep 'em coming I call
Beer is blood
Pour it all
Turn up that goddamned music
Till they show me the door
My lord...
Line 'em up
This ain't just pissin in the wind
A sty will blind you in the end
Believe there's wisdom in my plan
Another round...
My ruin
10. Breathe Again
I want to breathe again
What was once mine is stolen
I need to breathe again
My lungs are swollen
We wash the mentioning
We see doors open
We cleanse the mental limb
A sign unfolding
We reach the reckoning
And find we're chosen
Embrace the sickening
Find progress frozen
I want to breathe again
These lines unspoken
I need to breathe again
The bells are tolling
11. One Good Leg and a Bottle of Booze
One good leg and a five in a shoe
Gonna make me cross that line
Cars pass by in front of me
But they cannot break my stride
She got sheen and lean
And she got mean
She don't waste my time
Got one good leg and a bottle of booze
And five to one is fine... alright...
One good leg and hands to use
You'll come if I just try
Give me what I want from you
And I promise not to die
She got cream and scream
And she got steam
She likes the way I ride
Got one good leg and a bottle of booze
And five to one is fine... alright...
Don't you want to want me
You don't have to lie
It's alright to want me
We can make the backbone slide
12. All My Love
13. Distance
I've been away
Gone an eternity
But I'm on my own
Left the keys to the house
By the back door
In an old clay jar
These are my last minutes
On a long distance call
Hungry and tired
But I know...
I know that it won't be long
There's been miles and towns
In a dirty van
Livin' on the road
Been feedin myself
On a dollar bill
Sleepin on a stranger's floor
These are my last minutes
On a long distance call
Hungry and tired
But I know...
I know that it won't be long
14. When the Morning Comes
Yesterday's gone
When the morning comes
Keeping strong
Everything you taught me
Now I belong
In the valley of the sun
When the morning comes
--I belong...
And now I belong
In the valley of the sun
When the morning comes
I will hold on to my seasons
But then again I let 'em go
Can't you see on the horizon
What light breaks when it comes
15. When I'm Alone
When I'm alone
I think of you
When I'm alone
I know the truth
When I'm alone
I drink to you
When I'm alone
I find the truth
When I'm alone, I get stoned
And I dream of coming home
And I know where I belong
When I'm alone
It cuts to the bone
I think of the times
And I'm suddenly thrown
When I'm alone
It's so fucking hard
16. All Things Come to Pass
All things come to pass
History, wash over me
Will you look inside
Will you know the truth
Will you find the place
Will you need the proof
Will you pray for me
Will you call my name
Will you understand
Watch this come to pass...
All things come to pass
History, wash over me
Will you look inside
Will you know the truth
Will you find the place
Will you need the proof
Will you pray for me
Will you call my name
Will you understand
Watch this come to pass
All things come to pass
History, wash over me
History, wash over me...
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