Common Children Lyrics

Throw Me Over

This is where my book begins
This is where the dream must end
Scream the truth and hide the lies
Mothers, fathers, sisters, friends-yeah

Is this like the place called home
Is this where the stones are thrown
Love is more than your state of mind
Feed the dogs the broken bone-yeah

Do you really want to throw me over
Do you want to tell me something
Do you want to throw me over

When my soul has flown
And I wonder where to go
When there's no more words
That I can say
Then I hold up my hands and pray
Yes I hold up my hands and pray
Don't throw me over

Do you really want to throw me over
Do you want to tell me something
Do you want to throw me over

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Wishing Well

Red Rover, come over, pick clovers
Let's spend a little time away
We're learning, we're turning, we're burning our hands
Playing in the fire today

But please don't listen
To the lies inside this place
When the monster rears its head out
Just turn and see your face

When the sky is torn, the feelings are reborn
Like the passing rain, this moment will fade away
And so I try to find my water all by myself
It's so dry
I won't stop to cry

Indecision is killing, you're wishing, you're dreaming
You're measly life away
Time is out, time is gone, time is in
Time has come and flown away

But please don't listen
To the lies inside this place
When the monster sticks its head out
Just turn and slap its face

When the sky is torn, the feelings are reborn
Like the passing rain, this moment will fade away
And so I try to find my water all by myself
It's so dry

I'm drinking from this wishing well
I'm fleeing from this frozen cell
And I think about the people I've hurt in my life
I think about the people I've hurt in my life
Forgive me for the people I've hurt in my life
Forgive me for the people I hurt

When the sky is torn, the feelings are reborn
Like the passing rain, this moment will fade away
And cannot find my water all by myself
So I wander
And I wander and wander and wander
All by myself

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Drought

Nausea comes creeping like a dog
Falling down now and sleeping like a log
The leaders are speaking
In parables and lies
Buy another heaven
Eat the pie in the sky

You say you're sorry
How long
Your words are dried up
Whats wrong
Burn all our eyes shut - maybe
We all are to numb to see

Stop this
Maybe at the wrong time
Start the frenzy
Maybe at the right time
The people are seeking
Dillusion in their eyes
Try to get to heaven
Too proud to cry

We say we're sorry
How long
Our words are dried up
Whats wrong
Burn all our eyes shut - maybe
We all are to numb to see

Look at all the frozen people
Look at all the broken smiles
Torn between two words are all we
Between the fathers and the heart of a child
Between the fathers and the heart of a child

You say you're sorry
How long
You're words are dried up
Whats wrong
Burn all our eyes shut - maybe
We all are to numb to see

Look at all the frozen people
Look at all the broken smiles
Torn between two words are all we
Between the fathers and the heart of a child
Between the fathers and the heart of a child
Between the fathers and the heart of a child

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Skywire

You tell me
In the morning
How the night was all we needed
I'm staring through this wire
To see the sky

Twist the mind out
Sit and scold me
It's a crazy kind of shelter
When you hold me
And I crawl
Like a child
And I fall
Like a drunk man
Into blindness

You tell me
In the morning
How the night was all we needed
I'm staring through this wire
To see your face
To see your eyes
To see the sky

You tell me
In the morning
How the night was all we needed
I'm staring through this wire
To see your face

You tell me
In the morning
How the night was all we needed
I'm staring through this wire
To see your face
To see your eyes
To see the sky

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Dual Lens

Prisoner to the chains of time
Life just seems to slip away
Guided by the eyes of the blind
In time it darkens the day
I open my eyes to the dawn
The whole world is on fire
In the turning all is burning
Unanswered questions cry

Would we know to sing
Would we know to fly
And if we could - Yes, if we could
Would we even try?

We could see forever
If we open our eyes

Dreams of past unknown
Struggling in a world of pain
To see the colors of the rainbow
To be free from these chains
I see the fire in the sky
Held within the hands of the Son
I see love within your eyes
The fire has made us one

Would we know to sing
Would we know to fly
And if we could - Yes, if we could
Would we even try?

We could see forever
If we open our eyes

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Man

You can't take this
You won't break this
Try and erase this
It's such a stressed out world man
What is man?

Someone better tell this system
Our greedy lives are the tools of shame
Another sleepy generation
Lost in a rage and seeking one to blame

You can't take this
You won't break this
Try and erase this
It's such a stressed out world man
What is man?

You can't take this
You won't break this
Try and erase this
It's such a stressed out world man
What is man?
What is man?
What is man?

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Hate

I'm sinking
From thinking
That this stain
Is my shame
A lullaby
From the open sky
Sings through my mind
And I don't know why

I hate myself
I hate myself
I hate myself
I hate myself

The madness
Of sadness
The mixed words
I observe
The distorted shrine
Of my double mind
It's in my eyes

I hate myself
I hate myself
I hate myself
I hate myself
I don't know why
I cannot cry
I hate myself
I hate myself

With pop thoughts
And icons
I play tribe
With my life
This history
Is my misery
I see you die
It's hard to try
I don't know why

I hate myself
I hate myself
I hate myself
I hate myself
I don't know why
I cannot cry
I hate myself
I hate myself

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Treasure

Silence is falling
I'm calling like a child
Shaking and aching
I'm faking it all the while

And then I wake up in the night
So I can try to be a little more than I am
And then I see you in the morning
I can only cry
I can't ask myself why

This is when I love to cry
Don't even ask me why
This is when I love to cry

Because the sky is falling down like rain
And I can see it you know
Love is pouring down like rain
And I can feel it

Sister Sister Sister Sister Mary
Oh Sister Mary
Sister Sister Sister Sister Mary

Shiver and quiver
We whisper inside this shell
Sleeping and dreaming
We're screaming but I won't tell

And when i'm running from myself and I can't hide
I won't ask myself why
And when I find you in this fever
I can only cry
You make me so shy

This is when I love to cry
Don't even ask me why
This is when I love to cry

Because the sky is falling down like rain
And I can see it you know
Love is pouring down like rain
And I can feel it

I can see
And I can feel
Your love so real - My love
I can see
And I can feel love

Greet me in the morning
You know I'll be there
You know I'll be there
In the morning
You know I'll be there
Greet me in the morning

Because the sky is falling down like rain
And I can see it you know
Love is pouring down like rain
I can feel it
The sky is falling down like rain
And I can see it you know
Love is pouring down like rain
And I can feel it

Sister Sister Sister Sister Mary
Oh Sister Mary
Sister Sister Sister Sister Mary

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Domesticity

Groovy little daddy left home - Have you seen him?
Groovy little brother blowing his mind
Groovy little momma got her eyes on Jesus
Groovy little sister says it's all fine

You feel like - you want to cry
You eat the bread - you drink the wine
Give me something - not just nothing
Pull ourselves together - groove it lightly

And crucify the peacemakers
Criticize and analyze
Crucify the peacemakers

Groovy little family left out - Have you seen it?
Slaves to the machine blowing our minds
Groovy little nation turning on it's T.V.
A little prayer of love becoming our crime

You feel like - you want to cry
You eat the bread - you drink the wine
Give me something - not just nothing
Pull ourselves together - groove it lightly

You crucify the peacemakers
Criticize and analyze
We crucify the peacemakers

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Drown

You gotta get on - Don't sell your soul
You gotta get on - The story grows
You gotta get on

If you will find all your time, so in line
Well it's alright
If you see clear all fears and nothings near
Well it's not right

You gotta get on - Don't sell your soul
You gotta get on - The story grows
You gotta get on

And you know And you show
You gotta get on

If you will find peace of mind in your time
Well it's alright
If you will share all yourself with someone else
Well it's alright

You gotta get on - Don't sell your soul
You gotta get on - The story grows
You gotta get on - And let it go
You gotta get on

And you know! And you show!
You gotta get on!
You swear! You don't care!
You gotta get on!

You gotta get on - Don't sell your soul
You gotta get on - The story grows
You gotta get on - And let it go
You gotta get on - Don't sell your soul
You gotta get on - The story grows
You gotta get on - And let it go

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Broken Smile

We wait for what this life will bring
We hope to find what we really need
Lives get broken left just hoping
Within us all freedom wants to sing
We want to sing

We look at the sun that's shining
But we don't feel the light
And we cry, we cry, we cry for the answer
to dry our tears inside

Can the truth refine and free the soul
When the hurt you have is all you know
With endless searching, and nights of wondering
Someone said just let it go

We all know that we all have felt the pain
For a little while
Are we hiding in a secret life of shame
With a broken smile
With a broken smile
With a broken smile
With a broken smile

We wait for what this life will bring
We hope to find what we really need
With endless searching, and nights of wondering
Won't someone please set me free
Set me free

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Last Time Out

All the words you say
When you talk and you talk that way
Burn and melt away
We cry and we die

Hide ourselves inside the sarcasm
The whisper of your name
Another game of jokes and laughter
Clown without a face

And all the leaves fall down
With our words dying on the ground
Promises never found
We hide and we lie

Would you say what's on your mind
If you knew it was the last time
Has it all been a waste of life
When you know it's the last time

Would you say what's on your mind
If you knew it was the last time
Has it all been a waste of life
When you know it's the last time
The last time
The last time
The last time
The last time
The last time
The last time
Would you say what's on your mind
If you knew it was the last time
Has it all been a waste of life
When you know it's the last time

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