The Spell I Was Under Lyrics

Set Your Sails

Keep up the good work, boy
Set your sails
Keep up…
And you will surely prevail

Get up and get on board
Now you’re gone
Get up…
You’ll be floating along

CH 1: The stars may tumble
But don’t you pay no mind
The clouds may rumble
Down here the weather’s just fine

Keep up…
You’re my king
Keep up…
And you deserve everything

Get up…
I’ll make sure
Get up…
Safe waters always endure

CH 2: The stars may tumble
And the storms might wail
Don’t pay no mind, love
Go on and set your sails

Keep up…
Laugh out loud
Keep up…
And make your daddy so proud

Get up…
In your prime
Get up… And we’ve got nothing but time (CH 2)

Be Not Broken

Everybody knows it’s true. There’s an end to being blue
Be not broken, God is in the sand
We don’t need to understand

Everybody feels unsure. It’s not easy, nothing’s pure
Be not broken, light is on the land
We don’t need to understand

Little stone washed on the shore
You don’t know what sorrow’s for
Everything’s in mystery
It sets you free

We all want one truth to keep
One thing genuine and deep
Be not broken, time is in your hand
We don’t need to understand

Wonder

Looking at the sky, looking at the sun
Everything we’re looking at is rolled up into one
Swimming in a lake, climbing on a hill
Things I did when I was young
You know I love ‘em still
And when you see me smiling all around
Don’t you ever try to pull the spirit down
If you only knew the spell I was under
Aint nobody can steal away my wonder

CH: My wonder, wonder, wonder
Everyone wants to steal ya

My wonder, wonder, wonder
Nobody wants to feel ya

Looking at the stars, looking at the moon
Everything is possible and everything is soon
tumbling on the wood, dancing on the floor
Things I did when I was young
You know I love ‘em more
And when you hear me singing all around
Don’t you ever try to stifle up the sound
If you only knew the spell I was under
Aint nobody can steal away my wonder

CH

Looking at the north looking at the south
Listening to everything and tasting in the mouth
swinging in the air spinning on the lawn
Things I did when I was young I love them on and on
And when you see me jumping all around
Don’t you ever try to keep me on the ground
If you only knew the spell I was under
Aint nobody can steal away my wonder
CH

All about water

When I was young I was the scrawniest kid
I always felt so strange and thin
I tried so hard to keep my body well hid
I never learned to swim
But when I watch my lover kissed by the sea
I wonder could there be a place in there for me

CH: Won’t you teach me all about water
Won’t you give me some of the peace that I lack
When you teach me all about water
I’ll never go back
Won’t you take me under the ocean
And give me love in the arms of a lake
When you teach me all about water
Cuz I’ve made a mistake

When I grew tall I put my feet on the sand
My back against the rolling waves
My busy mind just couldn’t understand
Why anyone would leave this place
The river whispered and the ocean roared
But still I kept my body tied to the shore

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When the waves come in, I don’t wanna spin
Don’t wanna drown
Help me learn my strokes
Won’t you take me down

Now that I’m grown I’ve seen the city capsized
And strong men fall into the sea
I wanna feel the real right up to my eyes
And lose the ground that’s under me
I’m thinking maybe if I knew about blue
That I could navigate the space between me and you

CH

Paradise

I must be the luckiest of anyone
In the desert lord I’m gettin so much so much sun
I’m burning up in love
hey, it’s no sacrifice

CH: Can’t get me too much heaven, too much paradise
Cant get me too much heaven, too much paradise

I must be the world’s most happy drowning boy
My ship’s going under, washed up in this joy
Hey, lightning on the bow
Feels kinda nice

CH

If I had my way I’d open up the flood
And let the tide rush in me, wine instead of blood
This body’s just a cup
I’m running over twice

CH

Fortify Me

CH: You are my fortress, you are my tower
You keep a watch out every hour
You are my captain searching the sea
Send down a warning
Fortify me

Your eyes are clear and steady
When mine are fogged with fear
So I know I’m gonna be ready
When life is dark and drear

CH:

The glass is dark and clouded
I can’t see through this pane
But your love cannot be doubted
It cuts the cold and the rain

Have No Fear

If you’re a stone you lie
If you’re an hour you fly
If you’re a sky you pale
If you’re a cloud you veil

CH: Confidence shaken
Because your world’s not clear
My starry one
Have no fear

If you’re a tongue you talk
If you’re a heart you clock
If you’re an eye you blink
Seeing’s not what you think

CH
BR: You’ve come a long, long way
Delivered from the day
And every night return again

If you’re a horse you pull
If you’re a bed you wool
If you’re a soul you keep
If you’re a moon you sleep

CH

What I Don’t have

Let’s remember, baby
Back when the day was night
Half awake and moanin’
Looking for a fight
I put on my clothes
I walk down the street
I fall prey in the worst way
To every shining face I meet

CH: Why’m I always thinking ‘bout
What I don’t have
Why’m I always thinking ‘bout
What I don’t have
Sometimes I’m always thinking
What I don’t have – I don’t have you

If you want the secret
Of space and time
Measure out the distance
Between your face and mine
I’m not the high priest, baby
I don’t have flowing robes
But my mind burns, my body learns
Sitting in the mud like Job

CH

Let’s remember, baby
We all were naked born
Your fancy threads won’t help you
When they’re ripped and torn
A serpent round your finger
Hand around your waist
Give into the moment, baby
Now we’re in a state of grace
CH

Over The Top

Over the top
Looks like I’ve gone too far again
Sometimes it seems I’m racing to the end
I’m gonna get thirsty baby
But I know pretty soon I’m gonna have to stop
Going just a little too far, taking it over the top

I’m sorry honey, if I lose my mind
I get so hungry, I take what I can find
I’m gonna stay out all night
But I know pretty soon the bottom’s gonna drop
Going just a little too far, taking it over the top

You know I’m a glutton
for such unhealthy things
I take it on and on and on
But now that I’m getting tired
Of carousels and kings
Maybe my wild days are gone

I’m like a child in a candy store
Just gimme a little taste
And I’ll take more and more
I’m gonna go crazy, baby
But I know pretty soon the bubble’s gonna pop
Going just a little too far, taking it over the top

So Tired

CH: Oh you know I’m tired (so tired my soul needs a resting) X3
I’m gonna find myself a resting place

As soon as it’s all over and I hear that heavenly sound
I’ve been working for so long, I’m gonna lay my head on down

CH

As soon as it’s all over I’m gonna rest my weary head
And dream about my tired old self from the comfort of my bed

CH

Jesus won’t ya sew my pillow, my slumber will be blessed
Angels sing a lullaby and I’ll finally get some rest

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