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A Beautiful Noise lyrics - Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile

I have a voice

Started out a whisper, turned into a scream

Made a beautiful noise

Shoulder to shoulder, marching in the street

When you're all alone, it's a quiet breeze

But when you band together, it's a choir

Of thunder and rain

Now we have a choice

'Cause I have a voice

I'm not living to die

Don't stand in a wasteland

Look at me in the eye

Stop living a lie

And stand up next to me

You've got to put one foot in front of another

With a hand in a hand holding on to each other

Go on and rejoice

'Cause you have a voice

It is loud, it is clear

It's stronger than your fear

It's believing you belong

It's calling out the wrong

From the silence of my sisters

To the violence of my brother

We can, we can rage

Against the river

Feel the pain of another

I have a voice

I have a voice

And I let it speak for the ones who aren't yet running free

It's killing me

No one's saying what we need to hear

I will not let silence win

When I see all the pain our people are in

There's no other choice

'Cause I have a voice

It is loud, it is clear

It's stronger than your fear

It's believing you belong

It's for calling out the wrong

From the mouths of our mothers

To the lips of our daughters

We can, we can dream

Like our brothers speaking loud like our fathers

We can, we can heal

Can you hear us?

Can you hear us now?

I have a voice

Started out a whisper, turned into a scream

Made a beautiful noise

Shoulder to shoulder, marching in the street

When you're all alone, it's a quiet breeze

When you're all alone, it's a quiet breeze

But when you band together, it's a choir

Of thunder and rain

Now we have a choice

'Cause I have a voice

Now we have a choice

'Cause I have a voice

Now we have a choice

'Cause I have a voice

Black Hole Sun lyrics - Brandi Carlile

(originally by Soundgarden)

In my eyes

Indisposed

In disguise

As no one knows

Hides the face

Lies the snake

And the sun in my disgrace

Boiling heat

Summer stench

'Neath the black

The sky looks dead

Call my name

Through the cream

And I'll hear you

Scream again

Black hole sun

Won't you come

And wash away the rain?

Black hole sun

Won't you come?

Won't you come?

Won't you come?

Stuttering

Cold and damp

Steal the warm wind

Tired friend

Times are gone

For honest men

And sometimes

Far too long

For snakes

In my shoes

A walking sleep

And my youth

I pray to keep

Heaven send

Hell away

No one sings

Like you anymore

Black hole sun

Won't you come

And wash away the rain?

Black hole sun

Won't you come?

Won't you come?

Black hole sun

Won't you come

And wash away the rain?

Black hole sun

Won't you come?

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Hang my head

Drown my fear

Till you all just disappear

Black hole sun

Won't you come

And wash away the rain?

Black hole sun

Won't you come?

Won't you come?

Black hole sun

Won't you come

And wash away the rain?

Black hole sun

Won't you come?

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come?

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)

Carried Me With You lyrics - Brandi Carlile

(from "Onward" soundtrack)

You're the soul who understands

The scars that made me who I am

Through the drifting sands of time

I got your back and you got mine

If you bear a heavy load

I'll be your wheels, I'll be the road

I'll see us through the thick and thin

For love and loss until the end

'Cause you carried me with you

From the highest of the peaks

To the darkness of the blue

I was just too blind to see

Like a lighthouse in a storm

You were always guiding me

Yeah, it's true

You carried me with you

From the day it all began

Yeah, you were there, you took my hand

And when I hurt a bit too deep

You watched me as I fell asleep

And when my head was in the clouds

You found a way to pull me out

You picked my heart up off the ground

And it showed me love was all around

Yeah, you carried me with you

From the highest of the peaks

To the darkness of the blue

I was just too blind to see

Like a lighthouse in a storm

You were always guiding me

Yeah, it's true

You carried me with you

Oh, we'll be sittin' on the world together (Ooh-ooh)

Watchin' as the days turn into night (Ooh-ooh)

We know how to brave the stormy weather (Ooh-ooh)

And we're never givin' up without a fight

If you should ever bear a heavy load

I'll be your wheels, I'll be the road

I'll see us through the thick and thin

For love and loss until the end

'Cause you carried me with you

From the highest of the peaks

To the darkness of the blue

I was just too blind to see

Like a lighthouse in a storm

You were always guiding me

Yeah, it's true

You carried me with you

Oh, you carried me with you

Closer To Fine lyrics - Brandi Carlile & Catherine Carlile

(from "Barbie" soundtrack)

I'm trying to tell you something 'bout my life

Maybe give me insight between black and white

And the best thing you ever done for me

Is to help me take my life less seriously

It's only life after all, yeah

It's only life after all

Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable

And lightness has a call that's hard to hear

And I wrap my fear around me like a blanket

I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it

I'm crawling on your shores

And I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains

I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains

There's more than one answer to these questions

Pointing me in a crooked line

And the less I seek my source for some definitive

Closer I am to fine

Closer I am to fine

And I went to see the doctor of philosophy

With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee

He never did marry or see a B-grade movie

He graded my performance, he said he could see through me

I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind

Got my paper and I was free

And I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains

I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains

There's more than one answer to these questions

Pointing me in a crooked line

And the less I seek my source for some definitive

Closer I am to fine

Closer I am to fine

I stopped by the bar at 3 A.M

To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend

And I woke up with a headache like my head against a board

Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before

And I went in seeking clarity

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains

I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains

Yeah, we go to the Bible, we go through the workout

We read up on revival, we stand up for the lookout

There's more than one answer to these questions

Pointing me in a crooked line

And the less I seek my source for some definitive

Closer I am to fine

Closer I am to fine

Closer I am to fine, yeah

Closer I am to fine

Closer I am

Closer I am

Closer I am

Closer I am

Closer I am to fine...

Closer I am...

Hallelujah lyrics - Brandi Carlile

(originally by Leonard Cohen)

Now, I've heard there was a secret chord

That David played, and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do ya?

It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth

The minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king composing hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya

She tied you to her kitchen chair

She broke your throne, and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Well baby, I've been here before

I've seen this room and I've walked this floor

You know, I used to live alone before I knew ya

And I've seen your flag on the marble arch

And love is not a victory march

It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Well, there was a time when you let me know

What's really going on below

But now you never show that to me, do ya?

But remember when I moved in you

And the holy dove was moving too

And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Maybe there is a God above

But all I've ever learned from love

Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya

And it's not a cry that you hear at night

It's not somebody who's seen the light

It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah ... hallelujah

Home lyrics - Brandi Carlile

(originally by Diana Ross)

Think of home

Home

Think of home

When I think of home

I think of a place where there is love overflowing

I wish I was home

I wish I was back there with the things I been knowing

Wind that makes the tall trees bend into leaning

Suddenly the snowflakes that fall have a meaning

Sprinklin' the scene, makes it all clean

Maybe there's a chance for me to go back

Now that I have some direction

It would sure be nice to be back home

Where there is love and affection

And just maybe I can convince time to slow up

Giving me enough time in my life to grow up

Time be my friend, let me start again

Suddenly my world's gone and changed its face

But I still know where I'm going

I have had my mind spun around in space

And yet I have watched it growing

Oh, if you're listening, God

Please don't make it hard to know

If we should believe in the things that we see

Tell us, should we run away

Should we try and stay

Or would it be better just to let things be?

Living here, in this brand new world

Might be a fantasy

But it taught me to love

So it's real, it's real to me

And I have learned

That we must look inside our hearts to find

A world full of love

Like yours, like mine, like home...

I Put A Spell On You lyrics - Brandi Carlile & Renée Elise Goldsberry

(from "The Social Dilemma" soundtrack)

I put a spell on you

Because you're mine

You better stop the things you do, I tell ya I ain't lyin'

I ain't lyin'

You know I can't stand it

You runnin' around

I can't stand it

The way you put me down

I put a spell on you

Because you're mine

Because you're mine

Click Click Boom down the rabbit hole here we go

A whole generation livin' the Truman Show

With no control over the feed we see

Feeding humanity to the machinery

Not only selling ads, they're selling you and me

While slowly hacking our psychology

Tracking what we want to see, who we want to be

Praying on our fragile vanity

The symptoms of oppressive algorithms

Seen in schisms in society

When we're givin' into hidden rhythms

Ridden with the heartbeat of conspiracy

They said the hell with us, they put a spell on us

The greatest trick played on humanity

Is the true price of free our shared reality?

I put a spell on you

Because you're mine

I put a spell on you

I put a spell on you

Because you're mine

I Remember Everything lyrics - Brandi Carlile

(originally by John Prine)

I've been down this road before

I remember every tree

Every single blade of grass

Holds a special place for me

I remember every town

And every hotel room

Every song I ever sang

On a guitar out of tune

I remember everything

Things I can't forget

The way you turned and smiled on me

On the night that we first met

I remember every night

Your ocean eyes of blue

How I miss you in the morning light

Like roses miss the dew

I've been down this road before

Alone as I can be

Careful not to let my past

Go sneaking up on me

Got no future in my happiness

Though, regrets are very few

Sometimes a little tenderness

Was the best that I could do

I remember everything

Things I can't forget

Swimming pools of butterflies

That slipped right through the net

I remember every night

Your ocean eyes of blue

How I miss you in the morning light

Like roses miss the dew

How I miss you in the morning light

Like roses miss the dew

Little Blue lyrics - Jacob Collier & Brandi Carlile

Little blue, be my shelter

Be my cradle, be my womb

Be my boat, be my river

Be the stillness of the moon

If I could, I'd go with you

To a place I never knew

In your eyes, so dark and open

There's a light that leads me back to you

Cuz you're not so far away

I hear you say:

You'll never walk alone

Singing

Don't be afraid of the dark

In your heart

You're gonna find a way

To carry the weight of the world

On your shoulders

You're gonna find a way home

Little blue, be my anchor

Be my light, my compass star

Be my darkness, be my danger

Be the strings of my guitar

Little blue, how I love you

Something strong and something true

In your arms, so dear and gentle

There's a hope that leads me back to you

Cuz you're not so far away

I hear you say

You'll never walk alone

Singing

Don't be afraid of the dark

In your heart

You're gonna find a way

To carry the weight of the world

On your shoulders

You're gonna find your way home

Don't be afraid of the light

It's alright

You're gonna find a way

To carry the weight of the world

On your shoulders

You're gonna find your way home

(Find your way home)

(Find your way home)

(On your shoulders)

Open Doors lyrics - Brandi Carlile

So we haven't seen her

Anywhere around

And I fear Brianna

Is six feet underground

And I could not apologize

Enough to set me free

So if you see Brianna won't you

Tell her this for me

I would open doors

Help you on your way

I don't want to lie no more

I think I've found my place

So what are you waiting for

I just want to wish you well

And I don't want to call no more

And I would open doors

Gravity ensures us

Closer to the ground

And I keep my feet planted

Firmly in the clouds

So I would often wonder if you'd

Ever come around

Cuz you're the only one who'd always

Bring me crashing down

I would open doors

And help you on your way

I don't want to lie no more

I think I've found my place

So what are you waiting for

I just want to wish you well

And I don't want to lie no more

I would open doors

So what are you waiting for

I'll help you on your way

I don't want to lie no more

I think I've found my place

I would open doors

Just want to wish you well

And I don't want to lie no more

I would open doors

I would open doors

Party Of One lyrics - Brandi Carlile (feat. Sam Smith)

[Brandi Carlile:]

Waiter, send this to the table, the party of one

The only other lonely soul in this place

And so you're finishing up your coffee

But then where're you gonna run?

Where'd you get that look on your face?

[Sam Smith:]

You should always let the sun go down on your anger

And let it burn you to sleep

And bring it closer to danger

To surrender and retreat

Sing your sad soul to sleep

[Brandi Carlile & Sam Smith:]

I loved you the first time I saw you

And you know I love you still

And I am tired but I am yours

Don't even think about your freedom

Or taking that flight

Or going back upon your promise after fighting for the right

Because your eggshells and your "I" statements

And your weaponized words

Are paper tigers now

Oh, your constant overthinking and your secretive drinking

Are making you more and more alone

And girl, you can slam the door behind you

It ain't ever gonna close

Because when you're home, you're already home

I am tired, I am tired, tired

I loved you the first time I saw you

And you know I love you still

I loved you the first time I saw you

And you know I love you still

I don't wanna be right anymore

Lord, I don't wanna fight anymore

I'm not taking your side anymore

Oh, I am tired

I am not my own

And I am leaving

And I'm coming home

'Cause I am yours, I am yours, I am yours, I am yours, I am yours

I am yours, I am yours, I am yours, I am yours, I am yours

Searching With My Good Eye Closed lyrics - Brandi Carlile

(originally by Soundgarden)

Painted blue across my eyes and tie the linen on

And I'm on my way, I'm on my way

Looking for the paradigm so I can pass it off

Is it on my side, on my side?

Is it to the sky?

Is it to the sky?

Is it to the sky now?

Searching for the ground with my good eye closed

If I took you for a ride, would you take it wrong?

Or would you make it right, make it right?

I'm looking for a pedestal that I can put you on

And be on my way, I'm on my way

Is it to the sky?

Is it to the sky?

Is it to the sky now?

Searching for a ground with my good eye closed

With my good eye closed

Stop, you're trying to bruise my mind

I can do it on my own

Stop, you're trying to kill my time

It's been my death since I was born

I don't remember half the time

If I'm hiding or I'm lost

But I'm on my way, I'm on my way

Is it to the sky?

I'm on my way

I'm on my way

Is it to the sky?

Is it to the sky?

Space Oddity lyrics - Brandi Carlile

Ground Control to Major Tom

Ground Control to Major Tom

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

(Ten) Ground Control (Nine) to Major Tom (Eight, seven)

(Six) Commencing (Five) countdown, engines on

(Four, three, two)

Check ignition (One) and may God's love (Lift off) be with you

This is Ground Control to Major Tom

You've really made the grade

And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear

Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

This is Major Tom to Ground Control

I'm stepping through the door

And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

And the stars look very different today

For here am I sitting in my tin can

Far above the world

Planet Earth is blue

And there's nothing I can do

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles

I'm feeling very still

And I think my spaceship knows which way to go

Tell my wife I love her very much

She knows

Ground Control to Major Tom

Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong

Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you?

Here am I floating 'round my tin can

Far above the moon

Planet Earth is blue

And there's nothing I can do

Speak Your Mind lyrics - Brandi Carlile

(from "We The People" soundtrack)

Ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah

There is no greater tool that you have than your voice

And nothing can take it away

You can use it for justice or the freedom of choice

Let no one dictate what you say

Speak your mind, you're not too young, you know

The future's in your hands

No religion man or leader

Can keep you from this stand

Of all the wonders, both natural and built

Skyscrapers to mountain peaks

Yeah, none are permitted to silence, you hear

Long live the freedom of speech

Ah-ah-ah

There's a light that shines in the darkness

Let nothing be hidden away

For the power belongs to the people

When there's truth in the words that we say

Give me critics and writers, reporters

Take a hit and open your eyes

Yeah, knowledge is power and the freedom of press

Is the power without taking sides

Speak your mind, you're not too young, you know

The future's in your hands

No religion man or leader

Can keep you from this stand

Of all the wonders, both natural and built

And oceans from the east to the west

Yeah, nothing can stop you from pushing the pen

Awh, this is the freedom of press

Ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah

We have heard that there's strength in our numbers

Where we gather our voices are loud

Use the right that you have to assemble

In a peaceful and powerful crowd

We have all heard of walls and division

We should always chose love over hate

There is only one wall built with wisdom

It's the the wall between church and the state

Speak your mind, you're not too young, you know

The future's in your hands

No religion man or leader

Can keep you from this stand

We can always take care of our neighbors

We should gather, report, and be kind

Remember no one can silence the masses

No one can speak you from speaking your mind

Yeah, no one can silence the masses

No one can speak you from speaking your mind

Ah-ah-ah

Take Me Home, Country Roads lyrics - Brandi Carlile

(originally by John Denver)

Almost Heaven, West Virginia

Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River

Life is old there, older than the trees

Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze

Country roads, take me home

To the place where I belong

West Virginia, mountain mama

Take me home, country roads

All my memories gather 'round her

Miner's lady, stranger to blue water

Dark and dusty, painted on the sky

Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

Country roads, take me home

To the place, where I belong

West Virginia, mountain mama

Take me home, country roads

I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me

The radio reminds me of my home far away

Driving down the road, I get a feeling

That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me home

To the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain mama

Take me home, country roads

Take me home, country roads

Tie Your Mother Down lyrics - Brandi Carlile

(originally by Queen)

(from "When We Rise" soundtrack)

Oooh yeah

Get your party gown, get your pigtail down

Get your heart beating baby

Got my timing right, got my act all tight

It's gotta be tonight, my little school babe

Your momma says you don't and your daddy says you won't

And I'm boiling up inside

There is no way I'm gonna lose out this time

Oh, no

Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

Lock your daddy out of doors, I don't need him nosing around

Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

Give me all your love tonight

"You're such a dirty louse, go get out of my house"

That's all I ever get from your

Your family ties, in fact, I don't think I ever heard

A single little civil word from those guys

But you know I don't give a light, I'm gonna make out all right

I've got a sweetheart in hand to put a stop to all that

Snipin' and grousin' goin' on all night

Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

Send your little brother swimming with a brick, that's alright

Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

Or you ain't no friend of mine

Your mommy and your daddy are gonna plague me till I die

They can't they understand it, I'm just a peace loving guy

Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

Get that big big big big big big daddy out the door

Tie your mother down, yeah, tie your mother down

Give me all your love tonight

All your love tonight

Give me every inch of your love

All your love tonight, yeah

All your love

Tonight

EP: "XOBC" (2010)

All You Need Is Love Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy

Nothing you can make that can't be made
No-one you can save that can't be saved
Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time
It's easy

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

Lo-ove, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

Nothing you can know that isn't known
Nothing you can see that isn't shown
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
It's easy

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

Love Songs Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I can never write a love song
I can never write a blue song
When I'm in love I am a lover
And I have always had the blues

I am afraid that no one sees me
What will they say when I am gone
It occurs to me I think I miss you
I think I've missed you all along

Out of the corner of my eye (out of the corner of my eye)
Not sure if I should think these things of you
Is it the wrong place at the wrong time
I think it's just my turn to lose

Thoughts of you could give me smile lines
I laugh myself to sleep because I knew (I knew)
We were talking ‘bout a fine line
It depends on who you're talking to

If it's any consolation
The blues have always had me too
And if I ever write a love song
I think I'll write it about you

Way To You Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Way back when, when the days were young
We had our fun
Never cared much about being cool
Or growing old to play the old fool
Part of your life you spend paying your dues
Walking the miles and singing the blues
If I'm born into a pair of ramblin' shoes
I'll tell you what I'll do
I'll take my wings with a heart that's true
And find the way to you
Part of your life you spend paying your dues
Walking the miles in your old man shoes
When I finally find the way to shake loose
I'll tell you what I'll do
Hang my worry on a golden noose
And find the way to you
When we're all old and withering sages
Talkin' 'bout what might have been
Like a missing line or torn out pages
We're gonna miss you then
Walking the miles, singing the blues
Learning to love what god gives to you
If he gave me rockets on the bottom of my shoes
I tell you what I'd do
I'd burn my sole where the sun was new
And find the way
The way to you

Us Again Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Close your eyes and count to three
I'm gonna make you proud of me
not today, but that's alright
we have got a long long time

I've got big plans and you do too
and we've got ways to make them true
when I get old and if I do
I'm gonna get there next to you

And you can count on me
and you can lean on me
and we can throw our dreams to the wind
they'll find us again

With a hand to hold the rail
count the years that we've got left
we've got the world by the tail
oh we just don't know it yet

But you can count on me
and you can lean on me
and we can throw our dreams to the wind

And you can count on me
and you can lean on me
and we can throw our dreams to the wind
they'll find us again
they'll find us again
they'll find us again

Heaven Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Oh - thinkin' about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free

Now nothin' can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me comin' back for more
Baby you're all that I want
When you're lyin' here in my arms
I'm findin' it hard to believe
We're in heaven

And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven

Oh - once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Bring you up when you're feelin' down

Ya - nothin' could change what you mean to me
Oh there's lots that I could say
But just hold me now
Cause our love will light the way

Now nothin' can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me comin' back for more
Baby you're all that I want
When you're lyin' here in my arms
I'm findin' it hard to believe
We're in heaven

I've been waitin' for so long
For somethin' to arrive
For love to come along

Now our dreams are comin' true
Through the good times and the bad
Ya - I'll be standin' there by you

"Give Up The Ghost" (2009)

Looking Out Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I went out looking for the answers and never left my town.

I'm no good at understanding, but I'm good at standing ground.
And when I asked a corner preacher I couldn't hear him for my
youth. Some people get religion some people get the truth. I
never get the truth, I never get the truth.

I know the darkness pulls on you. And it's just a point of view
When you're outside looking in you belong to someone and when
you feel like giving in and the coming of the end, like your
heart can break in two, someone loves you.

I lay this suitcase on my chest so I can feel somebody's weight.
And I lay you to rest just to feel a give and take?
I got a new interpretation and it's a better point of view, you
were looking for a landslide I was looking out for you, I was
looking out for you, someone's looking out for you

I know the darkness pulls on you. And it's just a point of view
When you're outside looking in you belong to someone and when
you feel like giving in and the coming of the end, like your
heart can break in two, someone loves you.

I am afraid of crossing lines. I am afraid of flying blind.
Afraid of inquiring minds. Afraid of being left behind.

I close my eyes I think of you, I take a step I think of you,
I catch my breath I think of you, I cannot rest I think of you

My one and only wrecking ball, and you're crashing through my
walls. When you're outside looking in you belong to someone and
when you feel like giving in and the coming of the end, like
your heart could break in two, someone loves you.

Dying Day Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I left home a long long time ago
In a tin can for the road
With a suitcase and some songs
Chasing miles through the night time
Making tracks with no time for looking back
To the place where I belong

How these days grow long
But I'm on my way back home
It's been hard to be away
How I miss you and I just want to kiss you
And I'm gonna love you till my dying day
How these days grow long

When your sad you know I wish I could be there
To make your sorrows disappear
And set your troubles free
It's not fair for me to be this far from you
But I promise to stay true, wherever I might be

Time keeps burning
The wheels keep on turning
Sometimes I feel I'm wasting my days
How I miss you and I just want to kiss you
And I'm gonna love you till my dying day
How these days grow long
Time keeps burning on
How these days grow long

Now I'm lost in a sea of sunken dreams
While the sound of drunken screams echos in the night
But I know all of this will come to pass
And I'll be with you at last forever by your side

How these days grow long
But I'm on my way back home
It's been hard to be away
How I miss you and I just want to kiss you
And I'm gonna love you till my dying day

Time keeps burning
The wheels keep on turning
Sometimes I feel I'm wasting my days
How I miss you and I just want to kiss you
And I'm gonna love you till my dying day
How these days grow long
Time keeps burning on
How these days grow long

Pride And Joy Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Time of day I can't recall,
The kind of thing that takes its toll.
Over years and over time,
Over smiles and over wine.
All in all it wasn't bad,
All in all it wasn't good,
But I still care.

That's the problem with the days
They're never long enough to say,
What it is you never said,
All the books you never read.
I throw myself into the wind
Hoping somebody might pick me up
And carry me again.

Where are you now?
Do you let me down?
Do you make me grieve for you?
Do I make you proud?
Do you get me now?
Am I your pride and joy?

I believe this to be true
There’s nothing sacred, nothing new.
No one tells you when its time.
There are no warnings, only signs.
Then you know that you're alone,
You're not a child anymore,
But you're still scared.

All your mountains turn to rocks.
All your oceans turn to drops.
They are nothing like you thought;
You can't be something you are not.
Life is not a looking glass.
Don't get tangled in your past,
Like I am learning not to.

Where are you now?
Do you let me down?
Do you make me grieve for you?
Do I make you proud?
Do you get me now?
Am I your pride and joy?

Dreams Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Dreams, I have dreams
When I'm awake when I'm asleep
And you, you are in my dreams
You're underneath my skin,
How am I so weak

And now in my dreams,
I can feel the way, I can just come clean
I keep it to myself, I know what it means
I can't have you, but I have dreams

How long, can you hold your breath?
Can you count to ten, can you let it pass?
Keep, can you keep it in?
Keep it behind latches, can you make it last?

And now in my dreams,
I can feel the way, I can just come clean
I keep it to myself, I know what it means
I can't have you, but I have dreams
Oh, and I have dreams, I have dreams

Mind, can you read my mind?
Has it come undone, am I showing signs?

And now, in my dreams
I can feel the way, I can just come clean
I keep it to myself, I know what it means
I can't have you, but I have dreams
I have dreams, I have, I have, I have dreams

That Year Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I must have been sleeping
I must have been drinking
I haven't been dreaming about you for years
There was a sharp turn and a sunburn
I was too cool for high school that year

It must have been New Years
No one invited you
You took things too far
But I miss you
And your antics
You were lonesome
And blue eyed
And so special to us

You should have taken a long break
Instead of a long drop from a high place
Ten years I never spoke your name
Now it feels good to say it
You're my friend again

He said he forgave you
I said I hated you
He was the bigger man
I was sixteen
All the innocence
It took for
You to finally make the year book
That year
That year

You should have taken a long break
Instead of a long drop
Instead of a leap of faith
Ten years I never spoke your name
Now it feels good to say that
You're my friend again
You're my friend again

I was angry
I was a Baptist
I was a daughter
I was wrong

Caroline Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I woke up long after dawn
20 years had come and gone
I know when it changed for me
A day in June you came to me
I've seen through someone else's eyes
With nothin' on the other side
Every motel, every town
Pieces scattered all around

Promises that I can't be
Someone's heart that I can't keep
Days so long I couldn't speak
Roads so rocky I can't sleep
But I've seen things so beautiful
All around this broken world
That pale in comparison to you

Caroline I'm on my way back home to you
Can't imagine what I'm goin' through
without you by my side
It's been a long long time
Oh won't you say a prayer for me
I hope you will remember me
You're always on my mind

I have seen the canyon lands
Crooked lines like in your hands
You'd swear the earth was split in two
I wouldn't lie I promise you
That I have seen it, you will too
You could not believe if not for
photographs I took for you, Caroline
They've built towers to the sky
It hurts sometimes to watch them try
They run themselves into the ground
But I know you will love them
and their city lights and city sounds
There's beauty in the struggle
Anytime I feel it get me down
I see you smiling

Caroline, I'm on my way back home to you
Can't imagine what I'm goin' through
Without you by my side
It's been a long long time
Oh won't you say a prayer for me
I hope you will remember me
You're always on my mind
My Caroline

Now I have seen things in the sky
Stars and lights and birds and I
I've been rocky mountain high
And told them all about you
Because you are still the only thing
That constantly amazes me
I love the road and I've been blessed
But I love you best

Caroline, I'm on my way back home to you
Can't imagine what I'm goin' through
Without you by my side
It's been a long long time
Oh won't you say a prayer for me
I hope you will remember me
You're always on my mind
You were always on my mind
My Caroline

Before It Breaks Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Around here, it's the hardest time of year
Waking up, the days are even gone
The collar of my coat
Lord help me, cannot help the cold
The raindrops sting my eyes
I keep them closed.

But I'm feelin' no pain
I'm a little lonely and my quietest friend
Have I the moonlight? Have I let you in?
Say it aint so, say I'm happy again

Say it's over, say I'm dreaming,
Say I'm better than you left me
Say you're sorry, I can take it
Say you'll wait, say you won't
Say you love me, say you don't
I can make my own mistakes
Let it bend before it breaks

I'm all right. Don't I seem to be?
Aren't I swinging on the stars?
Don't I wear them on my sleeve?
When you're looking for a crossroads,
It happens every day
And whichever way you turn,
I'm gonna turn the other way

Say it's over, say I'm dreaming,
Say I'm better than you left me
Say you're sorry, I can take it
Say you'll wait, say you won't
Say you love me, say you don't
I can make my own mistakes
Learn to let it bend before it breaks

Say it's over say I'm dreaming,
Say I'm better than you left me
Say you're sorry, I can take it
Say you'll wait, say you won't
Say you love me, say you don't
I can make my own mistakes
Let it bend before it breaks

I Will Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

It's not the end of the world, it's not even over
But it will be soon I never learned my lesson
I just changed my tune and no one seems to notice
But you will, you will

It's no big deal
But the last thing I think of when I close my eyes
And the first thing on my mind when I arise
It is a day and you're not really in my life

You can try and you won't find it where you're looking
You can hold it till it's putty in your hands
And you can't break a heart that wasn't even yours to break
You can never be there for me in the end
And I will do the right thing I will, I will, I will
I will, I will, I will

You're not fooling me
I'm not the sort of girl that can't see reason
But it's nothing that a little bit of time won't heal
I know it don't come easy but I love you, I do

Coming clean
Means never closing curtains I just changed my scene
Oh but you know what I mean and I will learn throughout my life
To never believe what will have been

I can try and I wont find it where im looking
I can hold it till it's putty in my hands
You can't break a heart that wasn't even yours to break
You can never be there for me in the end
But I will do the right thing I will, I will, I will
I will, I will, I will

I don't think you ever learned a thing from me
But I'm sure that you want me to learn from you
And you've drawn heavy-handed lines around morality
About yourself and I don't share your point of view

It's about time to let you go and I thought it's time to let you know
And it has to be the one that you'd regret
I have to say that I'm proud to know you
And I'll never be the same because we met
You might not miss this I will, I will, I will
I will, I will, I will
I will, i will, i will
I will, i will, i will

If There Was No You Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

When I see myself I'm seeing you too
As long as I remember and I'm feeling like I knew
That my jokes aren't funny the truth isn't true
If there was no you

If you were my boat in the deep blue sea
I probably sink you down
I know I should have thanked you for carrying me
But for you I would happily drown

Out on your way the darkest night the longest day
I know what to say to make you laugh
And nothing you could do
Could make me turn my back on you
When you're looking for a fight I'm your man
When you need a friend you got my hand

And what i really mean what I'm trying hard to say
Is that I'm counting on you and you got me too
Our secrets aren't safe I'm singing out of tune
If there was no you, if there was no you

Out on your way darkest night the longest day
I know what to say to make you laugh
And nothing you could do
Could make me turn my back on you
When you're looking for a fight I'm your man
When you need a friend you got my hand
When you need a friend you got my hand
You got my hand

Touching The Ground Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I swear when we touched I saw heaven in your eyes
Jewel studded clouds floating in your skies
Seas of blue and fields of green
Looking like you fell out of someone's dreams

Why do my troubles turn true
Whenever I rest my eyes on you
Why must my heartache be found
Wherever your feet are touching the ground

You could sing an army of angels to sleep
Songs that could cause the devil to weep
You hold me so sweet when the day is done
Enough to make you wonder where we all came from

Why do my troubles turn true
Whenever I rest my eyes on you
Why must my heartache be found
Wherever your feet are touching the ground
My heartache can be found
Wherever your feet are touching the ground

And out of those eyes I'm feeling rain
Bringing me misery and giving me pain
Curse these shackles that you put on me
Blessed be the day when you set me free

Why do my troubles turn true
Whenever I rest my eyes on you
Why must my heartache be found
Wherever your feet are touching the ground
My heartache can be found
Wherever your feet are touching the ground
My heartache can be found
Wherever your feet are touching the ground

Oh Dear Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Oh dear out here
Everybody stumbles on fear
Who cares if we’re scared
Everyone is on their own

It’s only you that my heart desires
Only you alone can know my pain
All alone you were sitting there
Folding pages for your paper chain

Now you can cut me free (now you can cut me free)
Forever say goodbye (forever say goodbye)
Or well be holding hands and go on
Together you and I forever(?)

Heart breaks mistakes
Catching up to me in old ways
I know of hard days
Had my share of lonely nights

Its only you that my heart desires
Only you alone can break my fall
I pace the floor and I wish for more
While you were dreaming with your paper dolls

Now you can cut me free (now you can cut me free)
So when it all unfolds (so when it all unfolds)
We’ll be holding hands and go on
Together you and I forever(?)

Poor dear out here
Everybody stumbles on fear
Who cares if you’re scared
Everyone is on their own

Oh dear.

"The Story" (2007)

Late Morning Lullaby Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

As soon as my eyes shut the slide show begins
Yesterday is gone now and panic sets in
With a weight upon my chest
and a ghost upon my back
And the numbing sensation of everything
I lack that leaves me
Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming,
Your real world away

And beautiful, o beautiful bright eyes, lie
Only beautiful, o beautiful bright eyes cry
Singing late morning lullaby

The first sign of morning is gray and alarming
It's so disappointing the day has come so soon
While the rest of the world greets the day and feels new
I will push it away just like I always do, I will be
Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming,
Your real world away

And beautiful, o beautiful bright eyes, lie
Only beautiful, o beautiful bright eyes cry
Singing late morning lullaby
Late morning lullaby

I would darken my window so I can fall asleep
While the critics frown down on the hours
I keep that leave me
Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming,
Your real world away

The Story Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true...I was made for you

I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
Because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
Yeah you do and I was made for you

You see the smile that's on my mouth
Is hiding the words that don't come out
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
They don't know my head is a mess
No, they don't know who I really am
And they don't know what I've been through like you do
And I was made for you...

All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true...I was made for you

Oh yes, it's true...
I was made for you.......

Turpentine Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I watch you grow away from me in photographs
And memories like spies
And salt betrays my eyes again
I started losing sleep and gaining weight
And wishing I was was ten again
So I could be your friend again

These days we go to waste like wine
That's turned to turpentine
It's six AM and I'm all messed up
I didn't mean to waste your time
So I'll fall back in line
But I'm warning you we're growing up

I heard you found some pretty words to say
You found your little game to play
And there's no one allowed in
Then just when we believe we could be great
Reality it permeates
And conquers from within again

These days we go to waste like wine
That's turned to turpentine
It's six AM and I'm all messed up
I didn't mean to waste your time
So I'll fall back in line
But I'm warning you we're growing up

We're OK I know we're OK
These days we go to waste like wine
That's turned to turpentine
It's six AM and I'm all messed up
I didn't mean to waste your time
So I'll fall back in line
But I'm warning you we're growing up

My Song Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Everything I do
Surrounds these pieces of my life
That often change
Or hey, maybe I've changed

Sometimes seeming happy
Can be self-destructive
Even when you're sane
Yeah you're only insane

But don't bother waking me today

Here I am
I'm so young
I know I've been bitter
I've been jaded
I'm alone
Everyday, I bite my tongue
If you only knew
My mind was full of razors
To cut you like a
Word if only sung

But this is my song
This is my song

I live everyday
Like they'll never be a last one
Till they're gone
And they're gone
I'm not too proud to beg for
Your attention and your friendship
And your time
So you could come and get it from now on

Here I am
I'm so young
I know I've been bitter
I've been jaded
I'm alone
Everyday, I bite my tongue
If you only knew
My mind was full of razors
To cut you like a
Word if only sung

This is my song
This is my song

And it's you
It is you

Here I am
I'm so young
I know I've been bitter
I've been jaded
I'm alone
Everyday, I bite my tongue
If you only knew
My mind was full of razors
I'm not sure I can take it
I've nothing strong to hold to
I'm way too old to hate you
My mind is full of razors
To cut you like a
Word if only sung

But this is my song

Wasted Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

If you had eyes like golden crowns and
diamonds in your fingertips you'd waste it
If shining wisdom passed your lips and
traveled to the ears of God you'd waste it
And so I hate that you're overrated most
revered and celebrated because you'll waste it

Then again it's good to get a call
Now and then just to say hello
Have I said I hate to see you go
I hate to see you go

But ever time you close a door and nothing
opens in its place you've wasted
And when you speak the words you know
to those who know the words themselves
you're wasted
You're such a classic waste of cool, so afraid to
break the rules in all the wrong places

Then again it's good to get a call
Now and then just to say hello
Have I said I hate to see you go
I hate to see you go

Have You Ever Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

have you ever wandered lonely through the wood?
and everything it feels just as it should
you're part of the life there, part of something good
if you've ever wandered lonely through the woods
ooooh
if you've ever wandered lonely through the woods.

have you ever stared into a starry sky?
lyin on your back you're askin' why?
what's the purpose, I wonder who am I
if you've ever stared into a starry sky
ooooh, aaaah, aaooaaooh
have you ever stared into a starry sky

have you ever been out walking in the snow
tried to get back where you were before
you always end up not knowing where to go
if you've ever been out walking in the snow
ooooh, aaaah, aaooaaooh, ooooh, aaooaaooh
if you'd ever been out walking, you would know

Josephine Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you

Noontime wind can you blow
For me one more time
And take me on back to the start
Where the midnight moon shines so bright
Nearly pulled us up to Heaven
By the strings of our heart

Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you

Morning sun shine on me
Come light inside my window
And rest on my brow
Kiss my eyes when I sleep
And carry me back home
If my dreams will allow

Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you

Take me back Josephine
To that cold and dark December
I am missing someone but I don't know who
Now I'm standing alone and I'm trying to remember
Sometimes I wonder how I ever started loving you
Someone help me understand why I'm still loving you

Losing Heart Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I don't mind
If my heart don't beat and
the sun don't shine
They'll get theirs
You'll get yours and I'll get mine
It used to be that everything was easy
Now it's lost and nobody believes me

Am I losing heart
Have I frozen it, oh yeah
Am I pushing too hard
Have I started to forget

I'm alright

Am I made of steel
Am I locked up tight
I'm human
But I'm wide awake and afraid to fight
It used to take nothing to amaze me
But now I'm older and
it doesn't even phase me

Am I losing heart
Have I frozen it, oh yeah
Am I pushing too hard
Have I started to forget

It used to be that everything was easy
Now it's lost and nobody believes me

Am I losing heart
Have I frozen it, oh yeah
Am I pushing too hard
Have I started to forget

Cannonball Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I was born when I met you
Now I'm dying to forget you
And that is what I know
Though I dreamed I would fall
Like a wounded cannonball
Sinking down with my heart in tow

Bright lights like white lightning
Who shot me down
Who will cut me down
I'm frozen in my bed till the day comes around
How I'm lost
How I'm found

There's a man all alone
Telling me his friends are gone
That they've died and flown away
So I told him he was wrong
That you friends are never gone
If you look to the sky and pray

Bright lights like white lightning
Who shot me down
Who will cut me down
I'm frozen in my bed till the day comes around
How I'm lost
How I'm found

Someone told me a lie
Someone looked me in the eye
And said time will ease your pain
But behold, when you fall
It's that same old cannonball
Coming back for your heart again

Bright lights like white lightning
Who shot me down
Who will cut me down
I'm frozen in my bed till the day comes around
And it may come around
Until the day comes around
How I'm lost
How I'm found

I was born when I met you
Now I'm dying to forget you
And that is what I know

Until I Die Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Hey there what's that in your sky
With all the pretty lights
You think I can get that high?

Hey you man, where's your motivation
And why the celebration
You've gotten nothing done here

You wanna live until you
Die alone and will
And I can fly alone and will
I'm not so far below
I live beneath your sky
With tainted eyes,
I've made my mind
To live until I die

Run run run catch me if you can can can
Come and hold my hand and I'll be your biggest fan
Followers living in your hollow words
I have seen your nine to fives
Wash away your dreams

You wanna live until you
Die alone and will
And I can fly alone and will
I'm not so far below
I live beneath your sky
With tainted eyes,
I've made my mind
Hey I'm just fine with all my time
To live until I die

Downpour Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I'm like the rain in a downpour
I wash away what you long for
And I wave goodbye with the sun in my eyes
I wish I could be there tonight

I'm like the wind in the canyon
I'm there then I'm gone in a second
You're growing older in peace where you're at
I wish I could be there for that
But I've moved on
Like a rolling stone
In a crowded room
I'm alone

I'm like the rain in a downpour
I wash away what you long for
And I wave goodbye with the sun in my eyes
I wish I could be there tonight
Oh, oh, yeah

You're like the tide in the deep blue
Cause you're always there when I need you
And when you need someone to carry you through
I'm gonna be there for you
I'm gonna be there for you

Shadow On The Wall Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Gone
It's hard for me to see when I'm wrong
It's hard for me to weep when I'm strong
But I could never sleep when you're gone
Oh but still
If you were gonna crucify me
I wouldn't want nobody to see
'Cause you could kick me hard when I'm down
Down, down, down

I don't want wanna be
Nobody's fool
I've played that part so many times before
How I long to be
A shadow on the wall
I will make no sound at all
And when the sun goes down
The shadow on the wall
It cannot be seen at all
At all

Over it
Hey it's not that you would mess with my head
I believe that you believe what you said
You think you know me best and you care
But that's not fair!
'Cause I don't really want to be safe
It must have been the way I was raised
Sleep with one eye open I say
Hey hey hey

I don't wanna be
Nobody's fool
I've played that part so many times before
How I long to be
A shadow on the wall
I will make no sound at all
And when the sun goes down
The shadow on the wall
It cannot be seen at all
At all

Oh
How long to be
A shadow on the wall
I would make no sound at all
At all

Again Today Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Broken sticks and broken stones
Will turn to dust just like our bones
It's words that hurt the most now isn't it
Are you sad inside, are you home alone
If I could just pick up the phone
Maybe you could see a better day
And you won't waste away
under my watchful eye
Because I'm your hero and you're my weakness

Who's gonna break my fall
When the spinning starts
The colors bleed together and fade
Was it ever there at all
Or have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today

I'm broken down, not good enough
The broken promises add up
To twice their weight in tears which I have caused

I'm afraid to sink, I'm afraid to swim
I'm sad to say I miss my friends
I know that I'm supposed to step away
But they need me to stay and keep a watchful eye
On all my heroes and all their demons

But who's gonna break my fall
When the spinning starts
The colors bleed together and fade
Was it ever there at all
Or have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again
Not today
Not today

Was it ever there at all
And have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today

Broken sticks and broken stones
Will turn to dust just like our bones again today
I'm broken down
Not good enough
The broken promises add up again today

Was it ever there at all
And have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today
Again today

"Brandi Carlile" (2005)

Follow Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Follow your heart and see where it might take you
Don't let the world outside there break you
They know not who you are inside
They've never felt your hell
Don't ever let them crack

Hold out I know you feel it getting cold out
Without the blanket for your soul and
Before you know it you'll be frozen
And you have to see this through
There's no one here but you

I feel the rain coming down
It reminds me of who I used to be
But now that's nothing more
Than a memory

Don't go to sleep and cry because
Tomorrow if you let it, it will swallow
You up and none of this will matter
Anymore

I feel the rain coming down
It reminds me of who I used to be
But now that's nothing more
Than a memory...

Follow your heart and see where it might take you
Don't let the world outside there break you
They know not who you are inside
They've never felt your hell
Don't ever let them crack your shell

What Can I Say Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Look to the clock on the wall
Hands hardly moving at all
I can't stand the state that I'm in
Sometimes it feels like the walls closing in

Oh, Lord, what can I say
I'm so sad since you went away
Time, time, ticking on me
Alone is the last place I wanted to be
Lord, what can I say

Try to burn my troubles away
Drown my sorrow the same way
Seems no matter how hard I try
Feels like there's something just missing inside

Oh, Lord, what can I say
I'm so sad since you went away
Time, time, ticking on me
Alone is the last place I wanted to be
Lord, what can I say
Oh, Lord, what can I say

How many rules can I break
How many lies can I make
How many roads must I turn
To find me a place where the bridge hasn't burned

Oh, Lord, what can I say
I'm so sad since you went away
Time, time, ticking on me
Alone is the last place I wanted to be
Lord, what can I say
Oh, Lord, what can I say

Closer To You Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

It's hard to let the miles pass me by
Yellow lines they blend together in my eyes
And when the seasons change again then I will too
But I just wanna be closer to you

And I'm staring out at endless rows of green
There are miles of hay like I've never seen
But just when you think you've had enough and your dreams come true
I just wanna be closer to you

Oh my mind wanders through all that I've been hiding from
I tried not to let you down
Now I wonder if I've been doing something wrong
Help me get my feet back on the ground

Tomorrow I'll be lying under you
With a heart of gold and arms to fall into
I know that there might come a day my life is through
But I just wanna be closer to you

Oh my mind wanders through all that I've been hiding from
I tried not to let you down
Now I wonder if I've been doing something wrong
Help me get my feet back on the ground

Someday we might learn to tell the truth
We might even find the fountains of our youth
And we all needed something real we all need proof
But I just wanna be closer to you
I only wanna be closer to you

Throw It All Away Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

When you're near me I have no fear
When I'm untrue you see right through me
You know me as deep as the sea goes
Calm my head whenever a storm blows

When the stars, and the moon,
and the sky fall through

I'd throw them all away when I'm hollow
Deep as the sea goes
All I know is I would
Throw them all away, away

So in my restless hour I'm holding
Words you say that lay my soul to sleep
I dream of buildings that burn
The sky turns black, I toss and turn

When the stars, and the moon,
and the sky fall through

I'd throw them all away when I'm hollow
Deep as the sea goes
All I know is I would
Throw them all away, away

This love branches out like an oak tree
Reach for the sky and roots to the sea
So when you're shaken down and broken
Find your peace of mind in knowing

I'd throw them all away when I'm hollow
Deep as the sea goes
All I know is I would
Throw them all away when I'm hollow
Deep as the sea goes
All I know is I would
Throw them all away, away

Happy Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I don't hang around that place no more
I'm tired of wearing circles in the floor
And I don't carry myself very well
I've gotten so much braver, can you tell

I'm happy, can't you see
I'm alright, but I miss you, Amber Lee

And I line my secrets up all one by one
I put 'em all away when I was done
And I would really love to hear your voice sometime
To close a little distance in my mind

I'm happy, can't you see
I'm alright, but I miss you, Amber Lee

I believe

Where have you been all these years
How could you just disappear
And when did you stop missing me

I'm happy, can't you see
I'm alright, but I miss you, Amber Lee
I'm alright, but I miss you, Amber Lee

Someday Never Comes Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Dear Love, I'll miss you much
I'll miss your smile and I'll miss your touch
But I found a place where I can erase my past
Maybe someday when you're old and gray
When your hair falls out and your tattoos fade
You might see me standing, hand in hand

I have to go away
I've got no reason to stay here
You said someday you'll change
But even a fool will tell you
Someday never comes

You built your rooms, you built your walls
You kept me outside of it all
I got tired of you, what's a girl to do
Maybe someday if we stay this way
And you see my face in a different place
You'll remember when, you're gonna thank me then

I have to go away
I've got no reason to stay here
You said someday you'll change
But even a fool will tell you
Someday never comes

Fall Apart Again Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Long is the day, take it away
Hold it up and you don't let it fall
Cause devil's play was yesterday
And I don't care about that at all

I just smile, once in a while
Cause I don't want the lines on my face
And I sit right here, holding the years
And I count all the stars in space

You fall apart again, and you can find a friend
Don't turn to someone else, cause they won't understand

Self-respect goes unexpressed
I don't dream cause I cannot sleep
And I think the world of myself
But the world doesn't think much of me

As long as the day is full of time
There will always be room for your hand in mind

You fall apart again, and you can find a friend
Don't turn to someone else, cause they won't understand
I don't wanna hear you say that you miss yesterday
If you don't like what you see, that means nothing to me

No one's home, I'm alone with my music and my defeat
And I still say that yesterday is best when left to sleep

You fall apart again, and you can find a friend
Don't turn to someone else, cause they won't understand
I don't wanna hear you say that you miss yesterday
If you don't like what you see, that means nothing to me

In My Own Eyes Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Hold me down, lift me up
There's someone on the bedside waiting there for me
I hear my name, turn around
There's gotta be a downside, something I don't see
Around me, hide me

Dying in the light of the room
Blind side please
I don't really wanna be seen
In my own eyes

Something's wrong, awake all night
'Cause I can feel the dark side closing in on me
Do you see me as I see myself
I promise there's a downside, something you can't see
About me, hide me

Dying in the light of the room
Blind side please
I don't really wanna be seen
In my own eyes

Lost in translation, free to fall
One situation and lose it all

Hide me
Dying in the light of the room
Blind side please
I don't really wanna be seen...
I don't really wanna be seen
In my own eyes

Gone Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Life is too short to waste all your time
Running too quickly to the finish line
Time is a trap, it's ready and set
And the longer you live, the closer you get to being

Gone, gone like the evening
Sun, sun when it sets
Gone, gone like the darkness
At dawn, and then we forget
Oooooooooh...

There's no guarantee or promise of wealth
And you're only allowed so much time on the shelf
Time isn't money, it's only a lie
Because everything lost can be found but your time when you're

Gone, gone like the evening
Sun, sun when it sets
Gone, gone like the darkness
At dawn, and then we forget
Oooooooooh...

So live in doubt, live in fear
And you might live forever
Or live it up, and watch your back,
And you might live for better

Gone, gone like the evening
Sun, sun when it sets
Gone, gone like the darkness
At dawn, and then we forget
Oooooooooh...

Tragedy Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Sorry, I'm only
Human, you know me
Grown up, oh no guess again

My days always
Dry up and blow away
Sometimes I could do that too
But make no mistake that

When you need a friend
You could count on anyone
But you know I'll defend
The tragedy that we knew as the end

Progress, changing
Growing then giving up
Somehow I'm never quite prepared
But I understand that

When you need a friend
You could count on anyone
But you know I'll defend
The tragedy that we knew as the end

So taking you with me would be like
Taking all your money to the grave
It does no good to anyone especially
The one you're trying to save
It's so hard not to say

When you need a friend
You could count on anyone
But you know I'll defend
The tragedy that we knew as the end

Sixty Years On Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Who'll walk me down to church when I'm sixty years of age
When the ragged dog they gave me has been ten years in the grave
And senorita play guitar, play it just for you
My rosary has broken and my beads have all slipped through

You've hung up your great coat and you've laid down your gun
You know the war you fought in wasn't too much fun
And the future you're giving me holds nothing for a gun
I've no wish to be living sixty years on

Yes I'll sit with you and talk let your eyes relive again
I know my vintage prayers would be very much the same
And Magdelena plays the organ, plays it just for you
My rosary has broken and my beads have all slipped through

Who'll walk me down to church when I'm sixty years of age
When the ragged dog they gave me has been ten years in the grave
'Cause the future you're giving me holds nothing for a gun
I've no wish to be living sixty years on

"We're Growing Up" (2003)

Silver Cloud Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I walked on by the old school yard
As high as I envision
The years behind us and your decisions
Whatever it takes whatever you need
And I will be there for you
Last you heard is I adore you, well
And days go by
But that was yesterday
You want to still be friends
It doesn't work that way

I was floating on your silver cloud
When the storm came in and the bottom fell out
Still I try I wonder why I can't figure it out
Floating on your silver cloud

If time wasn't lost
And the friends you forgot
That tried to be there for you
All you wanted was to be alone
And I can't win
It's over either way
Hey I know how this ends and I don't want to play

I was floating on your silver cloud
When the storm came in and the bottom fell out
Still I try I wonder why I can't figure it out
Floating on your silver cloud

I watched our friendship sink
I held out my hand
You tore another chink
And I didn't understand
Thru all the white lies
Thru all the black lies
Hard to survive
As I held you up
Still your pride you rejected my crutch
I was floating on your silver cloud
When the storm came in
And the bottom fell out
Still I try I wonder why I can't figure it out
Floating on your silver cloud

Tired Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Up tired with your blue eyes crying and you’re
Upset like you’re tired of trying and
You gave it away; you think you’ll figure out
And even if you’ve

Lost your mind when you’re down and out
I don’t know what you’re on about, but,
You’ll end up on your own again, hey.

Underlying, self-denying,
Hate when you’ve been left behind.
The world is closing in on you.

You’ve been told a thousand times
To watch your back, you never know quite when
Or where.

Up tired with your blue eyes crying and you’re
Upset like you’re tired of trying and
You gave it away; you think you’ll figure out
And even if you’ve

Lost your mind when you’re down and out
I don’t know what you’re on about, but,
You’ll end up on your own again, hey.

Lost and low, I know, you’re okay.
I do believe I’m saving you.

Maybe I don’t want to be.
I do believe that it will be okay, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Underlying, self-denying,
Maybe you’ve been left behind.
The world is closing in on you.

You’ve been told a thousand times
To watch your back, you never know quite where
Or when.

Up tired with your blue eyes crying and you’re
Upset like you’re tired of trying and
You gave it away; you think you’d figure out
And even if you’ve

Lost your mind when you’re down and out
I don’t know what you’re on about, but,
You’ll end up on your own again, hey.
Yeah

Oh, everything will be okay.

Until I Die Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Hey there what's that in your sky
With all the pretty lights
You think I can get that high?

Hey you man, where's your motivation
And why the celebration
You've gotten nothing done here

You wanna live until you
Die alone and will
And I can fly alone and will
I'm not so far below
I live beneath your sky
With tainted eyes,
I've made my mind
To live until I die

Run run run catch me if you can can can
Come and hold my hand and I'll be your biggest fan
Followers living in your hollow words
I have seen your nine to fives
Wash away your dreams

You wanna live until you
Die alone and will
And I can fly alone and will
I'm not so far below
I live beneath your sky
With tainted eyes,
I've made my mind
Hey I'm just fine with all my time
To live until I die

Turpentine Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

I watch you grow away from me in photographs
And memories like spies
And salt betrays my eyes again
I started losing sleep and gaining weight
And wishing I was was ten again
So I could be your friend again

These days we go to waste like wine
That's turned to turpentine
It's six AM and I'm all messed up
I didn't mean to waste your time
So I'll fall back in line
But I'm warning you we're growing up

I heard you found some pretty words to say
You found your little game to play
And there's no one allowed in
Then just when we believe we could be great
Reality it permeates
And conquers from within again

These days we go to waste like wine
That's turned to turpentine
It's six AM and I'm all messed up
I didn't mean to waste your time
So I'll fall back in line
But I'm warning you we're growing up

We're OK I know we're OK
These days we go to waste like wine
That's turned to turpentine
It's six AM and I'm all messed up
I didn't mean to waste your time
So I'll fall back in line
But I'm warning you we're growing up

Wasted Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

If you had eyes like golden crowns and
diamonds in your fingertips you'd waste it
If shining wisdom passed your lips and
traveled to the ears of God you'd waste it
And so I hate that you're overrated most
revered and celebrated because you'll waste it

Then again it's good to get a call
Now and then just to say hello
Have I said I hate to see you go
I hate to see you go

But ever time you close a door and nothing
opens in its place you've wasted
And when you speak the words you know
to those who know the words themselves
you're wasted
You're such a classic waste of cool, so afraid to
break the rules in all the wrong places

Then again it's good to get a call
Now and then just to say hello
Have I said I hate to see you go
I hate to see you go

Somewhere Along The Way Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

It must have been that day I stopped believing
It must have been that time I broke your door
Well I must have been that way before you met me
It must have been a thousand years or more

When you said no more dime store apologies from you
No more back yard rock stars howling at the moon
It's like the harder you try the bigger the debt you pay
I must have lost it...somewhere along the way

I never meant to cause you so much friction
I never saw how jaded I'd become
I never meant to harbor some addiction
I really wanna turn my head and run

When you said no more dime store apologies from you
No more back yard rock stars howling at the moon
It's like the harder you try the bigger the debt you pay
I must have lost it...somewhere along the way

Again Today Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Broken sticks and broken stones
Will turn to dust just like our bones
It's words that hurt the most now isn't it
Are you sad inside, are you home alone
If I could just pick up the phone
Maybe you could see a better day
And you won't waste away
under my watchful eye
Because I'm your hero and you're my weakness

Who's gonna break my fall
When the spinning starts
The colors bleed together and fade
Was it ever there at all
Or have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today

I'm broken down, not good enough
The broken promises add up
To twice their weight in tears which I have caused

I'm afraid to sink, I'm afraid to swim
I'm sad to say I miss my friends
I know that I'm supposed to step away
But they need me to stay and keep a watchful eye
On all my heroes and all their demons

But who's gonna break my fall
When the spinning starts
The colors bleed together and fade
Was it ever there at all
Or have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again
Not today
Not today

Was it ever there at all
And have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today

Broken sticks and broken stones
Will turn to dust just like our bones again today
I'm broken down
Not good enough
The broken promises add up again today

Was it ever there at all
And have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today
Again today

Caroline Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

Hello, I'm looking for a friend I lost some time ago
Your mother says she wants her girl back home
Sometimes you think you find yourself, you really only lost yourself
Or maybe you're afraid to be alone

But if I could see behind blue eyes
At all the things that dusty windows try to hide
Then, I could see behind the walls of Caroline
And behind blue eyes

I heard that you're in town again
You surely can depend on me
To keep you out of the sun
Down and out and out and then I'm climbing up the walls again
I'm standing in line to be the one

But if I could see behind blue eyes
At all the things that dusty windows try to hide
Then, I could see behind the walls of Caroline
And behind blue eyes

I faced it
I'm wasted
Don't fly away before your time
It's phony
You own me
C'mon don't fly away before your time

But if I could see behind blue eyes
At all the things that dusty windows try to hide
Then, I could see behind the walls of Caroline
And behind blue eyes

Last One To Know Lyrics – Brandi Carlile

All along my face
Something's not right
Headin' down the lines
I once believe in things unseen

Till I was running out of
Time is a virtue not many
Of us have the luxury to enjoy

Unless you think you're
Free but nothing's guaranteed
But death and taxes and
(That should let me down)
I'm so far down today
I'm so far down
I'm so far down

Here on my shoulder in stone
I can never throw (it) away
And I'm so angry yet so sad
I remember when
(The life ..)
You're so rad you're so rad
I never amount to nothing but
But ashes of faith

(I'm not well)
I'm not brave enough to face the things
That I know are wrong with my life
So I blame you

And you're the first one to go
The first one to show
The last one to know
The last one to know

EP: "Room For Me" (2000)

5:00 lyrics - brandi carlile

Monday you just had to spend the day with me
And hop a bus down to the big city
Tuesday it looked like rain
And i was laughing all insane
And running through it anyway
Hot cup of coffee in my fingers
As the weekend they disappear
Bye bye

Wednesday's paper is all about the president
We've all seen better ways of our time spent
Thursday it was nothing but a compropmise
Changing with the tide is just my way of being wise
Naive notions that were childish
And my thoughts of a busy day
Maybe

You know i worked all day then the sun went down at five
I'll pass the hours away just to keep myself alive
Yeah i didn't miss you a bit but i just might want you tonight
I'll wake up Saturday morning and finally i'll be all right

Friday comes my song is on the radio
A long drive home and i'm listening to my indigo
Solitary sense it finally comes over me
I made it through another week
I know just where i want to be
Raindrops on the window wash away my Friday blues

You know i worked all day then the sun went down at five
I passed the hours away just to keep myself alive
Yeah i didn't miss yo a bit but i just might want you tonight
I'll wake up Saturday morning and finally i'll be all right
We're all right now

Yeah i didnt miss you a bit but i just might want you tonight
I'll wake up Saturday morning and finally i'll be there

Monday you just had to spend the day with me
Tuesday it's raining in the big city
Wednesday's the president Thursday i pay the rent
Friday comes my song is on the radio

Yeah i worked all day then the sun went down at five
I'll pass the hours away just to keep myself alive
Yeah i didn't miss you a bit but i just might want you tonight yeah
I'll wake up Saturday morning and finally i'll be all right
We're all right
I'll wake up Saturday morning and finally i'll be all right

Fall lyrics - brandi carlile

There's a candle in the corner
It keeps reminding me of you
It's how you lit it on my birthday
Sometimes I miss the things you do
But then you'd turn on me if the wind blew
And you'd sting me with a glare
And your thirst was so insatiable
Just to quench it robbed me bare

I'm on broken glass
My bitter pill
That you'll love me I know
I been wasting time on climbing hills
So you'll love me I know
Someday you will.........fall on my knees

Cross-legged by the fireplace
I play guitar while you read
My patience ran so thin with you
Always toying with my head
Some how it made you strangely gleeful
To see me longing for your touch
And I still fail to see the humor in my loving you so much

I'm on broken glass
My bitter pill
That you'll love me I know
I been wasting time on climbing hills
So you'll love me I know
Someday you will.........fall on my knees

I said we're faced with the facts and it's a high price to pay
C'mon blue eyes that tell me you can't walk away
If there's nothing to lose then there's nothing to gain
C'mon stay here tonight don't drive home in the rain
And I fall on my knees
All my pride is in your hands
We're not so strong and we've mislaid our plans
I taste the shame and I'll take the blame
If it's my cross to bear

I'm on broken glass
My bitter pill
That you'll love me I know
I been wasting time on climbing hills
So you'll love me I know
Someday you will.........fall on my knees

other songs:

Open Doors lyrics - brandi carlile

So we haven't seen her
anywhere around
and i fear Brianna
is six feet underground

and i could not apologize
enough to set me free
so if you see Brianna won't you
tell her this for me

i would open doors
help you on your way
i don't want to lie no more
i think i've found my place
so what are you waiting for
i just want to wish you well
and i don't want to call no more
and i would open doors

gravity ensures us
closer to the ground
and i keep my feet planted
firmly in the clouds

so i would often wonder if you'd
ever come around
cuz you're the only one who'd always
bring me crashing down

i would open doors
and help you on your way
i don't want to lie no more
i think i've found my place
so what are you waiting for
i just want to wish you well
and i don't want to lie no more
i would open doors

so what are you waiting for
i'll help you on your way
i don't want to lie no more
i think i've found my place
i would open doors
just want to wish you well
and i don't want to lie no more
i would open doors
i would open doors