ONE DAY FREE - Lyrics

River Song

(feat. Flournoy Holmes on flute)

Down by the river

You held out your hand

Placed the mountain laurels in your hair

Out from your pocket

You took that small leather compass

Wrapped the rope tightly in your hands

Looked out across the land

And did you smile?

Your hands scored and bruised

Your boots worn thin and haggard

Your nails rubbed to the bone where you saw me sitting all alone

And the past blazed in your fire

As the flames rose higher and higher

And in a moment all the faces you wore

Child, mother, lover, queen, friend, and hunter

Gleaming in the sulfur… oh oh you’re on the wire

Your compass turns, oh will it ever tire?

It’s truth redeems the liar

Does the truth redeem desire?

Is there truth beyond the fire?

Will you meet me at the mystery time?

Best In You

(feat. Mike Altis on drums)

You have no sympathy for me

Because when you look into my eyes

There’s no pain you can see

But if you knew what I’ve been through

The loneliness I have faced

With no one I could turn to

No one I could trust

And I tried

I tried to make them see

There’s a person here inside

Who’s longing to be free

Who has something to say

To this world that walks away

And no one wants to hear

But there’s something in your eyes 

Makes me think that you might care

I can’t give any guarantees

Except that I will try

To not disappoint you

I’ll hold my head up high

And all the weakness in my soul

Will you find it in your heart

To forgive the wrongs I’ve done you

To turn back the clock?

If you let me start again

I’ll try my best to show you

There’s a place deep inside me

That wants so much to hold you

The way that you have shown me

That wants so much to share

And I know, if you let me

I’ll be the best in you

I can be the best in you

Waking Dream

(feat. Annie Brown on vocals and Jeff Schaefer on cello)

I’ve been told

It’s only time

It’s only time

I dreamed of you

All through the day

And through the night

You know this pain

It’s always the same

It’s always the same

You and I

There’s no one to blame

There’s no one to blame

I lie awake

Holding myself

Thinking of you

So far away

Out in the night

There on your own

We play this game

It’s always the same

It’s always the same

You and I

There’s no one to blame

There’s no one to blame 

If you were to say

You’re going away, oh away

If you were to say

You’re leaving today, oh today

I wouldn’t know what to do

I wouldn’t know what to do 

I’ve been told

It’s only time

It’s only time

I dreamed of you

All through the day

And through the night

You say it’s in vain

There’s nothing to gain

There’s nothing to gain

I wish that you

Could say it’s the same

Could say it’s the same

Song for Kelly

(instrumental)

Vision

(feat. Mike Altis on drums)

And in this vision

My understanding was lifted up to heaven

Then there came clearly to my mind

David, Peter and Paul,

Thomas of India and Mary Magdalen

How they are known with their sins to their honor

In the church on earth

And to them it is no shame

That they have sinned

And God also showed me 

That in sin is no shame

But honor to man

urope

I Need You

(feat. Mike Altis on drums)

All this time

Thinking I was the one strong enough to care

I looked back through the colored mirrors 

And the glass shattered in the air

And I was waiting

For a sign that you were still by my side

And I... need you

So much time

Left behind in the traces in the air

Lost in the minds

Of all the people scattered everywhere

I see the vastness

Of the sea and the coming tide

And I... need you

Whenever the storm breaks me

My heart takes me

You and only you could save me 

When I need you

Who I Am

(feat. Rubi Garcia on vocals and Jeff Schaefer on cello)

I never asked for this

But it’s who I am

Maybe not in your eyes

Maybe not in your mind

There are so many things in this world

You can’t understand

Till you try

The signs were there but ignored by all

I was born with a body that wasn’t mine

Like a stranger who finds herself in a foreign land

Just trying to get by

(I never thought I'd hear those words

Not from you, not from anyone)

And what is normal now?

Won’t you tell me --

It's something I’ve never known

I don’t even think you can explain it

Although I’m starting to grow

Into the person I always knew I was

And can I express to you

What it was like

The first time someone said, “You’re beautiful”?

The first time someone said, “I love you…

I love you”

Don’t be afraid of who I am 

I’ve been afraid so long

Now I’ve found my strength

Strong enough to heal this world

Even if it takes time

Even if it takes hurt

And don’t be afraid of who I am 

I’ve been afraid so long

But now I’ve found my strength

I’m strong enough to heal this world

Even if it takes time

Even if it takes the world

Hold Out Your Hand

If you call out to me, it doesn’t mean that I won’t care

And if you come out to me, it doesn’t mean I won’t be there

If you hold out your hand, it doesn’t mean that you’re a child

And if you ask me for help, it doesn’t mean you’re heading down

Whatever you do, it’s like you’re playing truth or dare

Whatever you see, it doesn’t mean it’s really there

In the dark of the night , when you think you’re all alone

You just reach out your hand, and know we’re coming home

And I know you nearly made it on your own

And I know you think there’s no one but yourself

But you’re so much more to me than what you think you are

And one day you’ll know

And I know you got the whole thing figured out

And I know you’ve seen and seen and seen what it’s all about

But you’re so much more to me than what you think you are

And one day you’ll know

Malin Head

You know, the first time I called you

You smiled the first time I saw you

Standing alone in the air

You were there as my reminder

And your face showed no blame 

Though you were a child in the crossfire

And was I blinded by the brightness

Of the burden that you bear

This road will lead us on

Do we know, do we know where?

The price of repair

The past returns when you least expect it

And it stops to remind us of moments long ago

And the hurt that was caused

All the cries and the echoes

Are now lost in the air

Like the stone from you cast from your hand

Into the silence of the well

Now we're standing still in time

But you were so inclined

To help, you led the way

I wept, you didn’t know 

Past stones from other hands

As we walked along the peat

Feeling the softness beneath our feet

The stone cast from your hand

Made me feel

I never want to leave this land

Safety First

Pull me in like an ocean wave, slipping from my shore

Losing track of ups and downs, surrounded by the roar

Drums pounding in my ear, growing louder by the second

Tossing me in circles, overwhelmed and breathless

If this is what it feels like to know just who you are

The rush of life propelling me into your shore

If this is what it feels like to know just who you are

This whirlwind of discovery into your shore

Head first

Feet first

Heart first

Safety first

For all the want I had in me, for all the want I’ve known

To cling to you in chaos , to nestle in your cove

To be all in, to float not swim

To be all in, all in

Head first

Feet first

Heart first

Safety first