Freedom - Ives & Hennessey

Verse 1
As a moving river down the mountain flows
I’m gonna move, I gotta move
As salmons swim and wildlings roam
I’m gonna move, I gotta move
So I strap on my backpack and I hit the road
If it gets too heavy, you know I’ll drop the load


Bridge 1
Moving along life’s highway,
taking the moments in my own way
Moving along so I can stay alive
Stumbling forward, I will learn to thrive


Verse 2
Like the whisper-wind of the leaves in Spring
I hear the call, I heed the call
Chasing lights fantastic through the streets
I heed the call, I want it all
I think I can get there and be someone new
If you want to meet me, I’ll look for you


Bridge 2
Making the moments in my own way
Moving along so I can stay alive
Stumbling forward, I will learn to thrive


Chorus 1
Cause that’s what freedom means to me... x2
It ain’t love if it ain’t free, baby
That’s what freedom means to me


Verse 3
Though a simple man I’ll always be
I hear the call, I heed the call
Though the Northland holds its cold grip on me
I heed the call, I want it all
I know I’ll be back there when my time is through
But it only matters, if I’m with you            

Moving along life’s highway,
making my way home in my own way
Where I belong so I can stay alive
Stumbling backwards, I will always survive


Chorus 2
Cause that’s what freedom means to me... x2
It ain’t love if it ain’t free, baby
That’s what freedom means to me

Violence - Ives & Hennessey

Verse 1
Mother Spirit called forth Earth
So Earth could hear her song
Father sowed his life
An experiment gone wrong


Verse 2
For love of Life, once made
Mother fed while Father led
A brutal race of forces
Dead eating the dead

Ooooooo oooooooo... x2


Verse 3
Mother Spirit fed Earth’s blood
Earth in turn fed Life
But life turned on its mother
Exchanging teat for knife


Verse 4
So many lives, compounding
Eating life to live
Earth drowning in her creations
Life cries give give give

Ooooooo oooooooo... x4


Verse 5
Earth’s song now anguished screaming
Mother Spirit shakes with pain
But rises amidst the fire
Begging mercy, if in vain


Verse 6
Mother will you
Nurture me once more?
I cannot exist
If you don’t
Show me the door

Ooooooo oooooooo... x4


Verse 7
Mother Spirit calls to Father
She’s the only one he’ll hear
She asks, he denies
She cajoles, he divides
She begs, he sneers
She demands, he makes it clear...
   
VI-O-LE-EN-NCE!.. x2
Cry violence, cry violence... x2

Ooooooo oooooooo... x4

Intro
MmmmmmMmmmmm... x4


Verse 1
My
My body and my shape
My behavior and my ways
Tortured
By the narrow of my waist
Climb
Up onto my stage


Verse 2
My
My body and my brains
My
Provocation has no place
Dreaming
Of all the time we waste
Join
This procession in my name


Chorus 1
But
I won’t cover for ya
I’ve been smothered under
Won’t be surprised by the look on your face
So terrified by the time and the place


Chorus 2
I won’t cover for ya
There ain’t no sense of wonder
I can’t account for the pain in your heart
No way to tell but
I think that we all played a part in this

MmmmmmmMmmmmm... x4


Verse 3
My
Visions are my own
My
Opinions won’t atone
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