Live - 10000 Years

The world is burning down
Can't you smell the smoke in the air?
War, disease and famine
This demon, she is everywhere

Poets and preachers and politicians
They've all had their say
And we've got 10,000 years
Devoted to nothing
But tommorow and yesterday

If all of the ignorance in the world
Passed a second ago
What would you say?
Who would you obey?

I am here to say that

Peace is now

Mr. president?
I hereby pardon you of all your crimes
For they are just as much mine

Selfishness and seperation have led me
To believe that the world is not my problem
The world is not my problem
I am the world
And you are the world

Peace is now

Live - Top

this is not helping me at all
what you are doing here
in the name of god and love
it's the distribution of fear
pyramids healing wires analysts with fame
I haven't got your degree
and I forgot your name
pick me up and put me on the ground
set me up and spin me all around
no you are not the one I wish to see
this is not helping me at all

where did we get this plan?
that you could give to me
what I might already have
pyramids, healing wires, a musician's fame
I volunteered you my eyes
in place of facing me
oh hitler, in a robe of truth
my emptiness has built your altar
and I've worshipped myself in you forever
until now!

Live - They Stood Up For Love

naked lovers feel the blood beneath their
veins
electric nerves communicate
with tiny explosions through our brains
who is this energy that never left or
came?
give rise to passion the only glory
of this human story

I give my heart and soul to the one

we spend all of our lives goin' out of our
minds
looking back to our birth forward to our
demise
even scientists say everything is just
light
not created, destroyed but eternally
bright
masters in everytime lord in everyplace
those who stood up for love down in spite
of the hate
in spite of the hate

who put the flower in the barrel of that
gun?
who lit the candle that started the fire,
burnt down the fortress, the throne?
who could house all the refugees in a
single shack
or a lowly bungalow?
who lives in a different dimension, free
from the
struggles we know?

I give my heart and soul to the one

we spend all of our lives goin' out of our
minds
looking back to our birth, forward to our
demise
even scientists say, everything is just

light
not created, destroyed but eternally
bright
masters in everytime lord in everyplace
those who stood up for love down in spite
of the hate
we spend all of our lives goin' out of our
minds
they live in the light

we made it to the moon
but we can't make it home
waitin' on a rescue that never comes
made it to the moon
but we can't make it home
maybe home is where the heart is given
up
to the one
to the one

we spend all of our lives goin' out of our
minds
lookin' back to our birth, forward to our
demise
we spend all of our lives goin' out of our
minds
they live, they

they stood up for love
stood up for love
stood up for love
they stood up for love
stood up for love
stood up for love

we spend all of our lives goin' out of our
minds
masters in everytime
we spend all of our lives goin' out of our
minds
stood up for love

Live - The River

It came without warning
A love like I ain't ever felt before
She's like my destiny calling
And she's lying there all naked on the floor
And suddenly, out of the blue she's singin
Oh, baby, let my lovin' ease your pain
Bring your burnin' skin to my river once again
I'll give you life
Oh, baby, let my lovin' ease your pain tonight

She came without warning
Like an angel come from Heaven in the night
Her kiss makes me tremble
So she pulls me close and she holds me oh so tight
Then suddenly, out of the blue she starts singin
Oh, baby, let my lovin' ease your pain
Bring your burnin' skin to my river once again
I'll give you life
Oh, baby, let my lovin' ease your pain

I'll give you life

Oh, baby, let my lovin' ease your pain
Bring your burnin' skin to my river once again
I'll give you life
Oh, baby, let my lovin' ease your pain, yeah
Bring your burnin' skin to my river

Live - The Ride

In the east they can meditate
They can recreate the sound of all and bring us home
I think I'll go there some day
Maybe for a holiday
Maybe just light a candle, take a seat for the ride

And you don't need no money to fly, to truly fly away (recreate the sound of
All)
And you don't need no car to truly ride, truly ride away (recreate the sound of
All)

In the west we think we're the best
We've shown the whole wide world that money is all we care for
Someday the scientists will see there's no such thing as gravity
They'll all just light a candle, take a seat for the ride

And you don't need no money to fly, to truly fly away (recreate the sound of

All)
And you don't need no car to truly ride, truly ride away (recreate the sound of
All)

As you ascend in silence, all doubt behind you
You reach the summit my friend and find your destiny

And you don't need no money to fly, to truly fly away (recreate the sound of
All)
And you don't need no car to truly ride, truly ride away (recreate the sound of
All)
And you don't need no money to fly, to truly fly away (recreate the sound of
All)
And you don't need no car to truly ride, truly ride away (recreate the sound of
All)
To truly ride away

Live - The Hands Of A Teacher

Optimism,
Optimism perished from the face of my earth
And then you came along, came along and swept me away,
She kissed me, as we stood on the edge,
The night made the day as we made for the bridge
It started raining hard, and I saw we may live to regret

No I never really understood
No I never really understood why,
Because I've never been given,
Never been given two tries,
No I never really understood,
Understood why...

Pessimism,
Pessimism perished from the face of my earth,
And then you came along, came along and swept me away,
Did you miss me? did you miss me as we walked
Through the pain, attached the chain so you could
See me again
I started asking myself, did I teach you right?

No I never really understood
No I never really understood why,
Because I've never been given,
Never been given two tries,
No I never really understood,
Understood why...

Understood why...
You came to me, you broke the bonds,
You set me free
And then the love that you promised me
Came a tumblin' tumblin' tumblin' down
Into my hands...

No I never really understood
No I never really understood why,
Because I've never been given,
Never been given two tries,
No I never really understood,
Understood why...

So teacher teach me...

Live - The Dolphi’s Cry

The way you're bathed in light
Reminds me of that night
God layed me down into your rose
Garden of trust
And I was swept away
With nothing left to say
Some helpless fool yet I was lost
In a swoon of peace
You're all I need to find.
So when the time is right.
Come to me sweetly, come to me.
Come to me.


Love will lead us, alright
Love will lead us, she will lead us
Can you hear the dolphin's cry?
See the road rise up to meet us
It's in the air we breathe tonight
Love will lead us, she will lead us

Oh yeah we'll meet again,
It's like we never left
Time in between was just a dream
Did we leave this place?
This crazy fog surrounds me
You wrap your legs around me
All i can do to try and breathe
Let me breath
So that I
So we can go together

Love will lead us, alright
Love will lead us, she will lead us

Can you hear the dolphin's cry?
See the road rise up to meet us
It's in the air we breathe tonight
Love will lead us, she will lead us


Life is like a shooting star
It don't matter who you are
If you only run for cover, it's just a waste of time
We are lost 'till we are found
This phoenix rises up from the ground
And all these wars are over


Love will lead us, alright
Love will lead us, she will lead us
Can you hear the dolphin's cry?
See the road rise up to meet us
It's in the air we breathe tonight
Love will lead us, she will lead us

Life is like a shooting star
It don't matter who you are
If you only run for cover, it's just a waste of time
We are lost 'till we are found
This phoenix rises up from the ground
And all these wars are over, over, over, over

Love will lead us, alright
Love will lead us, she will lead us
Can you hear the dolphin's cry?
See the road rise up to meet us
It's in the air we breathe tonight
Love will lead us, she will lead us

Live - The Distance

let him come into the city
let him find his lucky penny
let him put it in his pocket and shake it all around

I've been to pretty buildings, all in search of you
I have lit all the candles, sat in all the pews
the desert had been done before, but I didn't even care
I got sand in both my shoes and scorpions in my hair
I saw that...

oh the distance is not do-able
in these bodies of clay my brother
oh the distance, it makes me uncomfortable
guess it's natural to feel this way
oh, let's hold out for somethin' sweeter
spread your wings and fly

my car became the church and I
the worshipper of silence there

in a moment peace came over me
and the one who was beatin' my heart appeared and....

oh the distance is not do-able
in these bodies of clay my brother
oh the distance, it makes me uncomfortable
guess it's natural to feel this way
oh, are we locked into these bodies?
let's hold out for somethin' sweeter
spread your wings and fly

oh, are we locked into these bodies?
are we anything at all?
let's hold out for somethin' sweeter
spread your wings and fly
this distance is dreamin'
we're already there tonight

Live - The Dam At Otter Creek

when all that's left to do
is reflect on what's been done
this is where sadness breaths
the sadness of everyone
just like when the guys built the
dam at otter creek and all the
water backed up
deep enough to dive
we took the dead man in sheets
to the river flanked by love

deep enough to dive
deep enough to dive
be here now
we took him there and three
in a stretcher made from trees
that had passed in the storm
leave the hearse behind
to leave the curse
be here now

Live - The Beauty Of Grey

If I dtold you he was your brother
We could reminisce
Then you would go about your day
If I said you ought togive him
Some of your water
You'd shake your canteen and walk away
The perception taht divides you from him
Is a lie
For some reason you never asked why
This is not a black and white world
You can't afford to believe in your side
CHORUS
This is not a black and white world
To be alive
I say that the colors must swirl
And I believe
That maybe today
We will all get to appreciate
The beauty of gray
If I told you that she was your mother
We could analyze the situation and be gone
If I said you ought to give her
Some of your water
Your eyes would light up like the dwawn
The preception taht divides you from her
Is a lie
For some reason you never asked why
This is not a black and white world
You can't afford to believe in your side
CHORUS
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Live - Take My Anthem

war in me
war overseas
there ain't no difference between
blood in Me
blood overseas
there ain't no difference between
the chills in your spine are oh so sweet
people honor you so high
you've got to defend the stage at your feet

no!
take take take my anthem today
hands on me
hands overseas
there ain't no difference between
heart in me
heart overseas
there ain't no difference between

Live - Sweet Releace

I hope (I hope) she lights that candle I hope (I hope) she shows me everything and all that light can bring Like a mad temple crowd Her skin (her skin), it begs my worship I crush her, she goes down We melt up from the ground? Up to better times, sweet release, take me now, take me now, yeah Up to better times, sweet release, take me now, take me now You're a cloud, just a blemish on the sun Doubt (doubt), get right behind me And there's better times to come Our love, this cloak and dagger This silent will to brighten everything And find the road that leads? Up to better times, sweet release, take me now, take me now Become the dove, just fly away? oh Up to better times, sweet release, take me now, take me now, yeah, Oh, and if we die tonight, take our leave from this plastic place Come on baby up to your better times Up to better times, sweet release, take me now, take me now Your sweet release, take me now, take me now, oh Oohh oooh Oh.

Live - Susquehanna

It's hard to bleed a man
Hard to bleed a man
When you know where he's falling to
Hard to bleed a wall
Hard to bleed a wall
When the bricks and the sand are you

And although we were very thirsty
I question the oasis
And although we were very lonely
I question the woman's love
Question the Gods above

Hard to bake the bread
Hard to bake the bread
When you're standing outside of the kitchen
Hard to join the dance
Hard to join the danceWhen you know the song is poisoning everyone
When you know the song is poisoning everyone

When you know where he's falling
Question...
Yeah, you know where he's falling
Question...
The woman's love, the Gods above.

Live - Supernatural

Built a king on compliments
Charisma, and advertisements
Still they see him shimmering ephemeral
If it ain't supernatural
If it ain't supernatural
Supernatural, or maybe

It was an out of body experience
Yes I flew around
A hospital room once
On intreveneous demerol
You weren't supernatural
Supernatural, or maybe

A sudden smell
A certain view
Sparked a whoppin' case
Of the deja vu
Is it inexplicable?
No,no,no it ain't
Supernatural
Supernatural, or maybe

Live - Sun

let the world be the world
let the dream unfurl
let it run its own game
let it dance with itself
I didn't put it here
gonna let it ride
gotta master crazy on the other side
wakin' me up

I ain't got no brains
I can't trust my eyes
what good's a beautiful day
if you can't see the light?
I can't find my fate
well then I must be blind
with the force and fire of love
that's takin over my mind
wakin' me up
obligin' me to the sun
obligin' me to the sun

sun sun merciful one
sun sun
sun sun won't you lay down your light on us
sun sun

let the world be the world
let the girl be the girl
let her beauty move ya
let her dance be your guide
let your hunger grow
but don't eat the fruit "too low"
keep climbin' for the kisses on the other
side
wakin' me up obligin' me to the sun
obligin' me to the sun

sun sun merciful one
sun sun
sun sun won't you lay down your light on
us
sun sun

all we need is to come into the sun
we've been out in the dark for so long
all I need, all we need, all I need, all we
need! yeah!

Live - Stage

I wanna feel
I wanna try
I wanna rock in the city tonight
I wanna deal
don't wanna die
I wanna bring my captain hook into the light
people I've seen my day
ranting and raving this beauty away
we are by and large the same
but words are too feeble they cannot contain
he was a "rock and roll messiah"

she was known for her child care
the truth is gonna give up the world
if you can give up the stage
if I can give up the stage
if we can give up the stage
come to this, I can't come to you
don't do this, wake me up tonight
come to this, I can't come to you
don't do this, wake me up tonight
(p.s. do not drive and swear!)

Live - Sparkle

I'm gatherin' up my friends today
and those who recognize the face
as the vision that changed my mind
from hate to faith
was as simple as grapes to wine and
sweet as
I'm gatherin' up my friends today
all these hookers and soldiers and swine
and would be saints
all alone in their rooms that sparkle in
their eye
play a song that they'll come outside
to see if

love will overcome
if this love will make us men
love will draw us in
to wipe our tears away

the day that I was so sweetly sung
by the wind and the thunder moved by
"someone"
the feelin' of being lived was so strong
the giver became the gift, all one
the day that I was so sweetly sung
the wind seemed to whisper softly, "oh
son,
don't wait for the seas to part or
messiahs to come
don't sit around and waste this chance, to
see it!"

love will overcome
if this love will make us men
love will draw us in
to take our fear away

LOVE
LOVE
LOVE
LOVE, hey, yeah

love, this day now, this day that I was so
sweetly sung, I know, I know that
love will overcome

love will overcome
if this love will make us men
love will draw us in
to take our fear away, wipe our tears
away
love!
and all my friends are here
in the city I sing my song
in the face of the hooker, the soldier, the
swine
I found it, I found it, I found love!!!!!

love will, love will, love will,
overcome
overcome

Live - Sofia

Diamonds and pearls don't move this girl
She can be icy cold to the crawl
One of her lungs breathes in another world
While the other sticks around to blow you off
Even when the four winds blow
She kinda passes by like she don't feel it
No, momma, she don't feel it
One of these days I'm gonna dive into her waves
And bring back the meaning of it all

Sofia, I need ya
Like a junkie needs a vein
And I wanna feel ya, Sofia
Fallin' down on me like rain

They say in ancient times, man, that women ruled the world
But the goddess was the one who laid it down
Well, I gots a woman as alive as the day
Gonna breathe a whisper, knock you right down to the ground
So go ahead man and say what you came to say
The black widow's a spider
The black widow's a spider
Then go and prepare for your dyin' day
Won't take one minute till you're curled up dead beside her

Sofia, I need ya

Like a junkie needs a vein
And I wanna feel ya, Sofia
Fallin' down on me like rain

On me like rain
Fall down
Fall down
Fall down

Sofia, I need ya
Like a junkie needs a vein
And I wanna feel ya, Sofia
Fallin' down on me like rain

Sofia, I need ya
Like a freeloader needs his train
And I wanna feel ya, Sofia
Fallin' down on me like rain

Sofia, rain down on me
And I ain't ever
I'll never be the same, baby
I wanna feel ya, Sofia
Fallin' down on me like rain

Live - Sister

See me walking aimlessly about,
Don't know whether to whisper or to shout,
I could be wrong, I could be very, very right.
Here I stand, innocence in my room
She's naked in my bed, wild thoughts inside my head
Oh no! she's my...

Sister, with her, don't let your heart
Break too soon.
Maybe, baby, come on sister,
Lady you're my breath!

I could have been to you tonight
What I've wanted to be all my life

The day is gone now I can see.
I can't sustain your love
I can't complain your love
I can't explain your love
Oh no! she's my...

Sister, with her, don't let your heart
Break too soon
Maybe, baby, come on sister,
Lady you're my breath!

Sister yeah...

She's my sister...

Live - Simple Cheed

Born with back to the god
That spit you out on the riverbed
Angry at who? me? you better back up fool
I bet you took a gun to school too
But now, nobody's takin your candy
You just keep on livin this tragedy
La da da da da da da, to each his own, but
I wait for you to take my hand

'cause we need each other
We gotta love each other

Born with your back to the god
That picked you up by the puppy scruff
Angry at who? me? you better back up fool
And be grateful that the real me's always hidin from you
Now, nobody's takin your bicycle

Maybe somebody should take your microphone
La da da da da da da, to each his own, but
I wait for your to understand

That we need each other
We gotta love each other
That we need each other

[tricky rap]

Yeah, 'cause we need each other
You know, we gotta love each other
'cause we need each other, yeah
We gotta love, we gotta love each other

(this simple creed of love is all I follow
This simple creed of love is all I follow)