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The words behind the drafts in Listen — still being shaped alongside the songs themselves.

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Fading Light

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I recall a time the questions stayed outside
Your trusting hand, no taking sides
Now you're drawing shapes that I can't recognize
We watch the clouds in separate skies
We're lying in the grass, gazing at the stars
Breaking through the silence between our scars
Distant constellations pulling us apart
How did we drift away so far?

Tonight… let all the questions stay outside
Tonight… at least for the moment we can share this fading light

Can you recall a place before the walls grew high
Running through our garden beneath the open sky
How our faces glowed in those early days
Before we learned to walk our separate ways
We're lying on this hill, breathing in the air
Our souls suspended in the space we share
Distant constellations pulling us apart
How did we drift away so far?

Tonight… let all the questions stay outside
Tonight… at least for the moment we can share this fading light

Silver rays returning with the dawn
Lighting paths we thought were long since gone
Jagged edges of our skies descend
Is this where we see our lights begin to bend?

Tonight… let all the questions stay outside
Tonight… at least for the moment we can share this fading light

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Remember Your Dream

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Beyond the snowy peaks where cold winds breathe
A rare flower once bloomed
Once a part of me, a faded memory
Gone all too soon
Sown in summer light, now silent in the snow
The petals closed
While time marched slowly on
Still waiting for the dawn

Remember your dream
The one you had before the frost
The one that danced inside your head
Before you counted all the cost
Remember your dream
Only you can understand
Now it's time to come awake
It's sleeping in your hands
Remember your dream

The failures turned your heart to stone
Extinguished all the sparks
Doubt had overgrown where your lamp once burned
And you wandered in the dark
Let your petals strain against the bitter ice
Reaching for the light
Will the winter yield its grip at last
Will you dare to make it come to pass?

Remember your dream
The one you had before the frost
The one that danced inside your head
Before you counted all the costs
Remember your dream
Only you can understand
Now it's time to come awake
It's sleeping in your hands

You may walk in a valley of shadow
Wearing all the scars of your battles
Your fire fades with the last of your belief
When your heart beats another step colder
You can't bear the weight on your shoulders
Have you forgotten all that you dared to be?
Remember your dream!

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Halfway to the Finish Line

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We've seen our share of dark horizons
When there was nothing left to hold
And we've known the sweetest summers
Never dreamed that we'd grow old
When the years were still a mystery
So many miles left to run
Back when forever felt so simple
When our time together had just begun

Now we're halfway to the finish line
Feels like we've only started
Two roads so intertwined
Our journey still uncharted
As long as you're here, I'll find my way
Fifty more years, I'd choose this every day

We've watched the rain on empty windows
Held each other through the gray
Learned that love can bend like echoes
But it never slipped away
We've been battered by the tempest
Seen the brightest starry skies
Through every storm you stayed beside me
Our dreams reflected in your eyes

Now we're halfway to the finish line
Feels like we've only started
Two roads so intertwined
Our journey still uncharted

Fifty candles glowing
Light dancing across your face
You filled our home with strength and wonder
You filled my life with your grace
Who can know the time or distance that remains,
Or count the days that we still have here
I'd choose this life a thousand times over
As long as you're near, I'll find my way
Fifty more years
I'd choose this every day

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Wish I Could Fly

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Here I find myself again, ever since my youth
Tilting more in a backward bend, fearing I'm no use
Dreaming now that I could be secure on solid ground
But all these noisy efforts barely make a sound

Wish I could fly where no one accuses
Don't have to explain the worth of my name
Discover a place where the weight falls away
No more shadows to chase, no more falling from grace

I thought this road could be easy and this burden feel light
That my faith wouldn't falter when the thorns start to bite
Must I bleed just to prove that I've given enough
Turned to see all the mountains I moved but they all turned to dust

Wish I could fly where no one accuses
Don't have to explain the worth of my name
Discover a place where the weight falls away
No more shadows to chase, no more falling from grace

Could I drown out the noises of the whispering voices I've heeded
Could I fold up these hands in the face of demands yet be needed
Could I run to the sun despite all I've done, be forgiven
Could I leave all the pain, surrender the shame and arise
Wish I could fly,
Oh break away the chains inside my mind
Wish I could fly