RAY ALDER LYRICS

1. Lost

I can be anything, except what you had
Why would you want to stay worried and then
Take advantage of all that you said?
Why would you want to stay?
And take that path again?

Lost. Staring above
I can be found
I can be all that you saved

Lost. (Keep all those words you said)
Staring above
Hoping that I can be found
I can be all that you saved
All that you saved then

Lost in the photographs, of what you can fake
Staring at all the things you know that you hate
I know that you're the one, who severed and saved
I can be all the things that want you to make me so

Lost. Staring above
I can be found
I can be all that you saved

Lost. (Keep all those words you said)
Staring above
Hoping that I can be found
I can be all that you saved
All that you saved then

I am lost, a mistake
Within those walls I rest
I am fallen, unkept,
I won't crawl

Lost. (Keep all those words you said)
Staring above
(Hoping that)
I can be found
I can be all that you saved
All that you saved in the end

2. Crown Of Thorns

The slow decay begins
Put down the fading pen
No matter how I try I stay awake, somehow
The waves upon the shore whisper a fate
And now it ends

The breaking of the silence is opaque, for now
But all the things you said thunder and shake
My will to wonder

How can I find my way through the open distance that is you?

The wind in the air, it sings a song
I know where my heart lived all along
I know it's safe from tempest storms
And no one can take my crown of thorns

When gravity becomes too much to take, hold on
Blood is heavier than water, still
We wait for rain

The wind in the air, it sings a song
I know where my heart lived all along
I know it's safe from tempest storms
And no one can take my crown of thorns

Something always happens inside me
A temporary memory of past
Moments that describe when passion leaves
It's more than I could ask for

The wind in the air, it sings a song
I know where my heart lived all along
I know it's safe from tempest storms
And no one can take my crown of thorns
The wind in the air, it breathes a song
Telling me now where I belong
Willing to face the ravenous storm
That rages beneath this crown of thorns

3. Some Days

See indifference in yourself
Finding everything you say
Is getting harder to explain

Put your convictions on the shelf
They're lingering there in the black
Foes you thought you could outlast

So you can hardly stand
Living with the very thing
That you have to know you're worth something

Face to face now who's to blame?
And underneath it all
A lost soul hiding in the rain
When mirrors break apart
Break like broken hearts
You're left alone there in the dark
It's hard to admit those feelings still remain

Light is dimming from the sun
Trying hard to disappear
Knowing that the threat is near

Face to face now who's to blame?
And underneath it all
A lost soul hiding in the rain
When mirrors break apart
Break like broken hearts
You're left alone there in the dark
It's hard to admit those feelings still remain

Some days move way too fast
You wish somehow you could go back
But for now those lines are blurred

Face to face now who's to blame?
And underneath it all
A lost soul hiding in the rain
When mirrors break apart
Break like broken hearts
You're left alone there in the dark
It's hard to admit those feelings still remain
Now that the light is gone
You're holding on
And hope's a dying flame
Just tell yourself those feelings still remain

4. Shine

Through the darkened window panes
A heavy-hearted scene plays out again
Forget the ones you know just turn and go and walk away
But, wait
Take a final look around as the past fades away
Forget all you've ever known, let the night become day

Would you stay if it rained again?
Not hide away from yesterday
And be saved from the storm that rages underneath
The darkest alibi

Take your shelter in memories behind closed eyes
For the last time you will find
The waves will crash but the sun will always shine

In the darkest corner there
A place to hide, a place no one can share
Now that you're all alone, a hollow stone
A voice comes through the night

Would you stay if it rained again?
Not hide away from yesterday
And be saved from the storm that rages underneath
The darkest alibi

Take your shelter in memories behind closed eyes
For the last time you will find
The waves will crash but the sun will always shine

5. Under Dark Skies

From miles away, one ordinary man
A modern day loner, you made it hurt

Stay, I would be the first in line to die inside
Oh, tried to be the last divide to lie and hide
Wherever you roam, wherever you ride
The stars will never leave you there under dark skies

Somehow you made an underground mistake
On desert plains somehow you made it worse

Stay, I would be the first in line to die inside
Oh, tried to be the last divide to lie and hide
Wherever you roam, wherever you ride
The stars will never leave you there

Stay, I would be the first in line to die inside
Oh, tried to be the last divide to lie and hide
(Save it all, save it for the lights inside,
the light behind your eyes)
Wherever you roam, wherever you ride
The stars will never leave you there under dark skies

6. A Beautiful Lie

It's a long way down when falling
When dark is the only light
Left to be broken

All that you had deep inside was yearning
And all that you had left was stained
With burning confessions of the past

Skies are blackening
Shadows betray
And silence a beautiful lie
That hides within
They can't forgive
You can't forget so you run

Words were hollow points to nowhere
When no one was listening
You were left there

You know you can't feel what you have forgotten
Let all that you have turn to gray
It's over. You can't undo what's been done

Skies are blackening
Shadows betray
And silence a beautiful lie
That hides within
They can't forgive
You can't forget so you run

Oh, run. So far, so very far
You can't undo what has been done

Skies are blackening
Shadows betray
And silence a beautiful lie
That hides within
They can't forgive
You can't forget so you run

7. The Road

The view beneath the big oak trees
The people all around I see are fading
My friends and family gathering to say farewell, it's comforting
Thank you all

So, say goodbye
The road has been sublime
Don't shed a tear for me tonight
I've had a life. That's good enough for me

I see my childhood memories
Of chasing fireflies through the weeds, so innocently
One last look before I go, but to where I do not know
But I'm not afraid

So, this is goodbye
The road has been sublime
Don't shed a tear for me tonight
I've had a life. That's good enough for me

So, say goodbye
The road has been sublime
Don't shed a tear for me tonight
I've had a life. That's good enough for me

I've made good friends along the way
And watched the sun set behind waves, so beautiful
And I recall the fragrance in the air before the rain
I've loved and lost and loved again
I've some regrets but that's OK
Not one moment would I replace with anything
And I'll miss my loving family
But this is the end of the road for me

8. Wait

Underneath the tranquil scene
A hurt enough to break machines
Abandoned all you felt today
Left all your thoughts in disarray

So take away everything
You know that they don't understand
Some of the places where you should
Never be misunderstood

Far beneath a soul that pleads
Resides a heart that's cold but bleeds
So heavy now you can't convey
Afraid the faces will betray

You walk the path alone again
You know that they won't understand
Not where you are, or where you stood
You know that you always could…

Wait,
You can't find the words to say
That everything is not okay
But look how far you've come

Wait,
You can defy gravity
The loneliness of vanity
Now look what you have done

9. What The Water Wanted

Breathing. Just enough to live
What hurt you once before
Will hurt you again
Now you're alone
But you wish that you could…

Forget the rain. Deny the storm
What the water wants is more
It's dying just to fall
But if that's everything
You'd rather have nothing at all

Sinking. Going down again
You've got to swim the flood
This can't be how it ends

Forget the rain. Deny the storm
What the water wants is more
It's dying just to fall
But if that's everything
You'd rather have nothing at all

A slow descending trace
It's just a small lamenting grace
You've taken all that your heart can hold inside
But it all escapes you
Waiting for the turning tide
That you can't subdue
I won't follow you down
You've got to swim the flood

Forget the rain. Deny the storm
What the water wants is more
It's dying just to fall
But if that's everything
You'd rather have nothing at all

10. The Killing Floor

You're wondering through emptied rooms
Where traces of your past linger
Don't sacrifice one second more
Take your reprieve. Walk out the door

Face away before the walls come down
Embrace the change. Move on. It's over now. Just go

Now the miles ahead are open wide
Take comfort in the coming tide

Face away before the walls come down
Embrace the change. Move on. It's over now

The confidence game, you took the hit
When your guard was down
Without a sound
No ones to blame, mistakes were made
And yet you took a higher road
Higher road

All that remains are memories
Then nothingness is the final phase
You are the one. You know the pain
And understand that nothing comes from nothing

The ebb and flow of life is strange
No matter how much we have changed
Now settle down, run no more
Leave it behind on the killing floor

Face away before the walls come down
Embrace the change. Move on. It's over now. Just go…

11. The Road (Acoustic Version)

[Bonus Track]

The view beneath the big oak trees
The people all around I see are fading
My friends and family gathering to say farewell, it's comforting
Thank you all

So, say goodbye
The road has been sublime
Don't shed a tear for me tonight
I've had a life. That's good enough for me

I see my childhood memories
Of chasing fireflies through the weeds, so innocently
One last look before I go, but to where I do not know
But I'm not afraid

So, this is goodbye
The road has been sublime
Don't shed a tear for me tonight
I've had a life. That's good enough for me

So, say goodbye
The road has been sublime
Don't shed a tear for me tonight
I've had a life. That's good enough for me

I've made good friends along the way
And watched the sun set behind waves, so beautiful
And I recall the fragrance in the air before the rain
I've loved and lost and loved again
I've some regrets but that's OK
Not one moment would I replace with anything
And I'll miss my loving family
But this is the end of the road for me







RAY ALDER LYRICS