Green Carnation Acoustic Verses 1. Sweet Leaf Oh sweet leaf Swaying in the wind Under stars and moon And sunrise gloom Hanging on to the tree that gives you life Oh sweet leaf Has your time come? Will your journey begin? I'm afraid of falling and falling With the wind Away, away from your origins Oh sweet leaf How was it? Hanging under stars Feeling the wind Knowing you're safe Clinging on to me Oh sweet leaf Why did you leave? Why didn't you stay? How can I be your guardian angel? When you are away? Oh dear father Let me tell you I'd love to sway in the wind Under stars and moon And sunrise gloom Clinging on to you Oh dear father Can't you see? I'm not running away I'm just searching for the real me Oh dear mother Why do we have to go? Why don't we stay? How can we be yours? When we are always away? Oh sweet leaf When your time comes 2. The Burden Is Mine... Alone I feel the blood under my skin Like so many times before This journey got the best of me And I am sorry I couldn't wait anymore The burden is mine... alone I feel the blood under my skin And I hate every part of me How could I lose the only thing worth keeping Now I'm sorry I didn't wait for you The burden is mine... alone 3. Maybe? Maybe Dreams apart You're visual for all Maybe Another time You're more than air In another state of mind You're still dancing In another state of mind No need To be afraid You're not visual for all You're no more than air In another state of mind You're still dancing In another state of mind (You're there) 4. Alone From childhood's hours I have not been As others were --- I have not seen As others saw --- I could not bring My passion from a common spring From the Same source I have not taken My sorrows; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone. Then --- In my childhood --- In the dawn Of a most stormy life --- was dawn From every depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still: From the torrent or the fountain, From the red cliff of the mountain, From the sun that 'round me rolled In its autumn tint of gold--- From the lightening in the sky As it passed me flaying by--- From the thunder and the storm, And the clouds that took form When the rest of Heaven was blue Of a demon in my view 5. 9-29-045 [Part one: My Greater Cause] As I ran down the street all the Faces appeared to me one by one By the fifth I took a sudden turn The melting snow revealed the bodies Buried long ago All the violence a man can take Broken bones, and broken homes Beneath my feet On the dark side We'll meet again And cook it up for one more dance It's who we are But I swear it'll be my last And if I go, I go alone In the eyes of elephant Nothing's too big and no one Proves you're wrong But the kind they had to offer Didn't do me any good It barely cracked the softer shell On the dark side We'll meet again And cook it up for one more dance It's who we are But I swear it'll be my last And if I go, I go alone Yes I failed and I can't go back I'm wasted beyond my years And I breath to let it go All that I wanted was to slip away For a little while Cause I felt alone And couldn't keep up with the world [Part Two: Home Coming] [Instrumental] [Part Three: House Of Cards] Where am I? They're all gone All is black and white I think I have passed on All so warm All so calm All these worries shutting down Something's wrong Something's wrong Is it really you? A moment of... And they're all gone If I could close my eyes I'm sure I'd disappear Here they come Pulling me up from the mud I've failed yet I'm holding on Here they come I'm hiding in vain My shadow and I In our house of cards Never did I question myself for the truth There never was a greater cause Never did I open my eyes for you But there it was my greater cause Here they come Pulling me up from the mud I've failed yet I'm holding on Here they come I'm hiding in vain My shadow and I In our house of cards 6. Child's Play Part 3 [Instrumental] 7. High Tide Waves Hear that something... A pale misty sound The more things change the more they stay the same Heading out on high tide waves Not afraid to fall, I'm older now, still standing tall I'm holding head above water Ain't going down I'm holding head above water Ain't going drown, Ain't going drown I'm holding head above water Can't hold me tied I'm holding head above water You can't break me... Shredded I've spoke in different words... A grey soar voice Different lines, remain the same Heading out on high tide waves Not afraid to fall, I'm older now, still standing tall On this quest for answers, shaped my eyes Without anger, wasted line Cant you sense this feeling, feel it flow I'm stronger now, let the tension go I'm holding head above water Ain't going down I'm holding head above water Ain't going drown, Ain't going drown I'm holding head above water Can't hold me tied I'm holding head above water You can't break me... Shredded 8. Six Ribbons [bonus track] If I where a minstrel I'd sing you six love songs to tell the whole world of the love that we share If I where a merchant I'd bring you six diamonds with six blood red roses for my love to wear But I am a simple man a poor common farmer So take my six ribbons to tie back your hair Yellow and brown, blue as the sky, red as my blood, green as your eye. If I were a nobleman I'd bring you six palaces with six hundred servants for comforting care But I am a simple man a poor common farmer So take my six ribbons to tie back your hair If I where a minstrel I'd sing you six love songs to tell the whole world of the love that we share So be not afraid, my love You're never alone, love while you wear my ribbons tying back your hair Once I was a simple man a poor common farmer I gave you six ribbons to tie back your hair Tooralee, tooralie All I can share is only six ribbons to tie back your hair Tooralee, tooralie All I can share is only six ribbons to tie back your hair