Deep Water You find yourself falling down Your hopes in the sky But your heart like grape gum on the ground And you try to find yourself In the abstractions of religion And the cruelty of everyone else And you wake up to realize Your standard of living somehow got stuck on survive When you're standing in deep water And you're bailing yourself out with a straw And when you're drowning in deep water And you wake up making love to a wall Well it's these little times that help to remind It's nothing without love You wake up to realize your only friend Has never been yourself or anyone who cared in the end That's when suddenly everything fades or falls away 'Cause the chains which once held us Are only the chains which we've made When you're standing in deep water And you're bailing yourself out with a straw And when you're drowning in deep water And you wake up making love to a wall Well it's these little times that help to remind It's nothing without love, love, love It's nothing without love We've compromised our pride And sacrificed our health We have to demand more Not of each other But more from ourselves 'Cause when you're standing in deep water And you're bailing yourself out with a straw When you're drowning in deep water And you wake up making love to a wall Well it's these little times that help to remind It's nothing without love, love, love It's nothing without love It's nothing without love Jewel Index What's Simple Is True Turn to me with frozen lips Your hands are icy cold Your eyes burn bright Against the frost-bit sky You never seemed more lovely Than you do tonight Pale on the horizon Like leaves frozen in the snow Our two shadows merge inseparably Well time stands still If it's pierced with cold The more I live The more I know What's simple is true I love you There's a warmth in my heart It haunts me when you're gone Mend me to your side And never let go So time knows nothing We'll never grow cold The more I live The more I know What's simple is true I love you And twilight descends On our silhouette How soon Spring comes How soon Spring forgets I wanna hold time Say it'll never begin Old Man Winter be our friend Old Man Winter be our friend The more I live The more I know What's simple is true What's simple is true I love I love you Jewel Index Hands If I could tell the world just one thing It would be that we're all ok And not to worry because worry is wasteful And useless in times like these I will not be made useless I won't be idled with despair I will gather myself around my faith For light does the darkness most fear My hands are small, I know, But they're not yours they are my own But they're not yours they are my own And I am never broken Poverty stole your golden shoes But it didn't steal your laughter And heartache came to visit me But i knew it wasn't ever after We will fight, not out of spite For someone must stand up for what's right Cause where there's a man who has no voice There ours shall go singing In the end only kindness matters In the end only kindness matters I will get down on my knees and I will pray I will get down on my knees and I will pray I will get down on my knees and I will pray My hands are small, I know, But they're not yours they are my own But they're not yours they are my own And I am never broken My hands are small, i know, But they're not yours they are my own But they're not yours they are my own And I am never broken We are never broken We are God's eyes God's hands God's mind We are God's eyes God's hands God's heart We are God's eyes God's hands God's eyes God's hands We are God's hands God's hands We are God's hands Jewel Index Kiss The Flame Please love let's make no impartial vow Let all fall away That's not crucial now I want a brave love,one that makes me weak in the knees I want a crazy,crazy love One that makes me come undone at the seams 'Cause I'm tired of all these pilgrims,these puritans,these thieves Of all these unbelievers who wittle love down at the knees Let the world fall into its sleep For we shall be spared We shall be left standing To face what's left of concrete and honey br> Kiss the flame Let's run with the hunted,the untamed Kiss the flame Embrace the faceless,the unnamed Kiss the flame There are nightmares on the sidewalks There are jokes on TV Ther are people selling thoughtlessness With such casualty But wherfore art thou Romeo Wher have all the brave men gone Show me one man who knows his own heart To him I shall belong Kiss the flame Let's run with the hunted,the untamed Kiss the flame Embrace the faceless,the unnamed Kiss the flame Kiss the flame Kiss the flame Please love let's make no impartial vow Jewel Index Down So Long Boop Boop Be Do Yeah! The sun sets across the ocean I'm a thousasnd miles from anywhere A pocketbook and my heart Both just got stolen And that sun act like she don't even care Wind blows cold when you reach the top It feels like someone's face is stuck to the bottom of my shoe I got a plastic Jesus and a cordless telephone Everybody but you telling me what to do Well I've been down so long Oh it can't be longer still And I've been down for so long That the end must be drawing near I looked to everybody but me To answer my prayers Til I saw an angel in the bathroom Who said she saw nobody worth saving anywhere And the blind man on the corner said "It's Simple, like flipping a coin Don't matter what side it lands on It's somebody else's dime" Well I've been down so long Oh It can't be longer still And I've been down so long That the end must be drawing near I take a trip I catch a train I catch a plane Got a ticket in my hand And then a fat man takes my money And like cattle we all stand We've been down so long Oh it can't be longer still We've been down so long That the end must be I know the end must be Oh I know the end Must be drawing near Jewel Index Innocence Maintained Ophelia drowned in the water Crushed by her own weight Hitler loved little blue eyed boys And it drove him to hate Birds always grow silent before the night descends 'Cause nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend A hero's torso built of steel and Novocain His heart a bitter beat inside a bloodless frame There was a hole inside his soul a manicure could not fill So he found himself a whore to love while daisies choked in the window sill We've made houses for hatred It's time to make a place Where people's souls may be seen and made safe Be careful with each other These fragile flames For innocence can't be lost It just needs to be maintained A small town in Ohio Two boys are filled with violence And darkness spreads it's legs for hate and ignorence We are given to God to put our faith therein But to be forgiven, we must first believe in sin We've made houses for hatred It's time to make a place Where people's souls may be seen and made safe Be careful with each other These fragile flames For innocence can't be lost It just needs to be maintained I want to live bravely and love without fear I want always to feel the wings of grace near We all will be Christed when we hear ourselves say We are that to which we pray We've made houses for hatred It's time to make a place Where people's souls may be seen and made safe Be careful with each other These fragile flames We've made houses for hatred It's time to make a place Where people's souls may be seen and made safe Be careful with each other These fragile flames For innocence can't be lost It just needs to be maintained Jewel Index Jupiter Venus De Milo in her half-baked shell Understood the nature of love very well She said "A good love is delicious You can't get enough too soon It makes you so crazy You want to swallow the moon" Oh Oh Oh Oh Jupiter Oh Oh Oh Oh Be still my little heart Oh Oh Oh Oh Love is a flame Neither timid nor tame Take these stars from my crown Let the years fall down Lay me out in firelight Let my skin feel the night Fasten me to your side Say it'll be soon You make me so crazy baby Could swallow the moon My hands are two travelers Across oceans and lands Yet they are too small On the continent of your skin Wandering, Wandering I could spend my life Travelling the length of your body each night Oh Oh Oh Oh Jupiter Oh Oh Oh Oh Be still my little heart Oh Oh Oh Oh Love is a flame Neither timid nor tame Take these stars from my crown Let the years fall down Lay me out in firelight Let my skin feel the night Fasten me to your side And say it'll be soon You make me so crazy baby We swallow the moon Swallow the moon Oh Oh Oh Oh Jupiter Oh Oh Oh Oh Be still my little heart Oh Oh Oh Oh Love is a flame Neither timid nor tame Take these stars from my crown Let the years fall down Lay me out in firelight Let my skin feel the night Fasten me to your side And say it'll be soon You make me so crazy baby We swallow the moon Swallow the moon Swallow the moon Swallow the moon Jewel Index Fat Boy Fat boy goes to the pool Sees his reflection, doesn't know what to do He feels little inside and filled with pride Oh, fragile flame No one sees the same Fat boy goes about his day Trying to think of funny things to say Like, "This is just a game I play" And "I like me this way" Oh fragile flame When no one feels the same Hush, sleep, don't think, just eat Your daddy's little boy Your momma's pride and joy You know they love ya But not because they hold ya Fat boy says "Wouldn't it be nice If I could melt myself like ice Or outrun my skin and justbe pure wind" Oh fragile flame Sometimes I feel the same Jewel Index Enter From The East I went out a-wandering Beneath an unknown sky The heavens all shook violently He caught my eye Strange fruit fell It struck me to the core My heart became a single flame It wanted nothing more Stranger,enter from the East Stranger,step inside this place Oh,and own me,own me. The clock became a bullet hole Cruel and unkind It hurt me with its second hand Alone another night Stranger,enter from the East Stranger,step inside this place Blue,is that you? Well,don't bother knocking on my door this time Blue,go be true for someone else There's no room inside this heart of mine My heart has four empty rooms Three wait for lightning and one waits for you I must have you all to myself Feel the full weight of your skin I'll hollow out my insides To place you in Stranger,enter from the East Stranger,step inside this place Oh,and own me,own me Jewel Index Barcelona Barcelona: where the winds all blew The churches don't have windows But the graveyards do Me and my shadow are wrestling again Look out stranger there's a dark cloud moving in But if you could hear The voice in my heart It would tell you I'm afraid I am alone Won't somebody please Hold me, release me, show me The meaning of mercy Let me loose Let me fly Let me fly Let me fly Super-paranoid I'm blending, I'm blurring, I am bleeding Into the scenery Loving someone else is always so much easier But I hold nyself hostage in the mirror But if you could hear the voice in my heart It would tell you I'm tired of feeling this way God won't you please Hold me, release me Show me the meaning of mercy Let me loose Let me fly Let me fly Let me fly And I won't be held down I won't be held back I will lead with my faith The red light has been following me But don't worry mother It's no longer my gravity Hold me, release me Show me the meaning of mercy Let me fly Let me fly Let me fly Jewel Index Life Uncommon Don't worry mother, it'll be all right And don't worry sister, say your prayers and sleep tight It'll be fine lover of mine It'll be just fine Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from Fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a life uncommon I've heard your anguish, I've heard your hearts cry out We are tired, we are weary, but we aren't worn out Set down your chains, until only faith remains Set down your chains And lend your voices only to sounds of freedom No longer lend your strength to that Which you wish to be free from Fill your lives with love and bravery And we shall lead a life uncommon There are plenty of people who pray for peace But if praying were enough it would have come to be Let your words enslave no one and the heavens will hush themselves To hear our voices ring out clear With sounds of freedom Sounds of freedom Come on you unbelievers, move out of the way There is a new army coming and we are armed with faith To live, we must give To live And lend our voices only to sounds of freedom No longer lend our strength to that we wish to be free from Fill your lives with love and bravery And we shall lead... Lend our voices only to sounds of freedom No longer lend our strength to that which we wish to be free from Fill your lives with love and bravery And we shall lead a life uncommon Jewel Index Do You Do You Hey you say, you like the way The cowboys tip their hats and say "How's it going man?" But you're never quite clear If their glares are sincere Or really only just second hand To you it's all roses It's a lavender haze The man is a marvel It's a shame about his brains That's okay you say He's got straight teeth And it's good sex You look to the sky You look to the man You claim innocence And not to understand Do you, do you There's a big man Wearing a white suit And patten leather shoes He wants to take his monkeys To see the kids at the zoo Cause the gypsy on the corner said "Hey mister you can't lose" And it's the first day at the track You feel that heat on your back We all want to find a way to beat the system Find some rhythm in the madness Get down on your knees and pray Say whatever you want, God Just let me have my way Well will you, will you Come on all you merry men Rally your cry Dance with the devil For tomorrow will surely, hey, hey Blow the men down You with all your cigarettes and cool stares Filled with blank glares And loaded regrets Just like the girls today With nothing to say No more pigtails on pony rides They're sophisticated They sip on lattes And have their eyes On a bigger prize We shake our fists and say "Well Good Golly we're mad" The God that kills children With our very own hands And claim innocence And not to understand Do we, do we Come on all you merry men Rally your cry Dance with the devil For tomorrow will surely, hey, hey Blow the men down We'll blow the men down Hey Jewel Index Absence Of Fear Inside my skin There is this space... It twists and turns It bleeds and aches Inside my heart There's an empty room. It's waiting for lightning; It's waiting for you I am wanting, and... I am needing you here Inside the absence of fear Muscles and sinew Velvet and stone... This vessel is haunted It creaks and moans My bones call to you In their separate skin. I make myself translucent To let you in, for.. I am wanting, and... I am needing you here Inside the absence of fear There is this hunger This restlessness inside of me And it knows that you're no stranger, You're my gravity My hands will adore you Through all darkness, and aim Lay you out in moonlight And reinvent your name For I am wanting, and... I am needing you To be here... I need you near... Inside the absence of fear. Jewel Index The Little Bird ( Sung to Jewel Kilcher by her mother Lenedra as a child ) Here's a little bird somebody sent Down to the Earth to live on the wind Blowing on the wind And she sleeps on the wind This little bird somebody sent. Light and fragile and feathered sky blue Thin and graceful, the sun shining through She flies so high up in the sky Way out of reach of human eyes. Light and fragile and feathered sky blue Thin and graceful, the sun shining through She flies so high up in the sky Way out of reach of human eyes. Light and fragile, she's feathered sky blue Thin and graceful the sun shining through And the only time that she touches ground Is when that little bird, little bird Is when that little bird, little bird Is when that little bird dies. Jewel Index

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