Lyrics

Simpler Times

Show me the road

To simpler times

I’ve been looking for years

But I’m yet to find

A place where I can go

To calm this worried mind

Show me the road

To simpler times

Show me the way

To easier days

I’ve been looking for years

But I’m stuck in the maze

Is there a better route to take

Or a wall that I can break

Show me the way

To easier days

Don’t need a reason

Sure as hell don’t need a rhyme

Show me the road

To simpler times

Canyon State

I’ve been this way

Since '88

Trying to run

Stumbling in place

Dreaming of more

More than a dream

I left the land

That can’t seem to sleep

Got away

We got away

Staking our claim

In the Canyon State

Found a way

We found a way

Wrote a new page

In the Canyon State

Canyon State

You were the same

Felt out of place

Not made for that town

Or the Empire’s pace

So you went out west

For only a trip

You swore you’d return

And that’s what you did

Got away

We got away

Staking our claim

In the Canyon State

Found a way

We found a way

Wrote a new page

In the Canyon State

Canyon State

Came for the beauty

Stayed for the growth

Started all over

You never know

What’s waiting

What’s waiting

Came for the beauty

Stayed for the growth

Started all over

You never know

What’s waiting

What’s waiting

Like the Dogs Do

Pillow talk and planning trips

We can go to France for our twentieth 

By the time I’m 48

We’ll buy a cabin and a patch of land in another state

But what about tomorrow

Hell what about today

Here we go now yet again

Stuck in the future me and you

Taking our time here for granted

We should live more like the dogs do

Take it day by day

Take it day by day

Open up the calendar

Make every box a place to be

Imagine everywhere that we can go

When we become retirees

But what about tomorrow

Hell what about today

Here we go now yet again

Stuck in the future me and you

Taking our time here for granted

We should live more like the dogs do

Take it day by day

Take it day by day

Here we go now yet again

Stuck in the future me and you

Taking our time here for granted

We should live more like the dogs do

Take it day by day

Take it day by day

Revolution of the Self

Every single day

It’s like a war

Between who I want to be

And who I was before

What’s clearly losing

Is my mind

But maybe it’s not so bad

If I unravel and unwind

It’s a revolution

In the best of ways

An inner battle

In the name of change

Some days it’s easy

Some days it’s hell

I know it's worth it

For myself

It’s a revolution of the self

A revolution of the self

Put your weapons down

They’re no good here

Gotta face the music on your own

Embrace the darkness of the year

When life gets wild

And your well runs dry

Only you can save you

From the deep end of your mind

It’s a revolution

In the best of ways

An inner battle

In the name of change

Some days it’s easy

Some days it’s hell

I know it's worth it

For myself

It’s a revolution of the self

A revolution of the self

I don’t know where I’m going

But I’m sure not standing still

I’ll find a new way forward

I know, I know I will

It’s a revolution

In the best of ways

An inner battle

In the name of change

Some days it’s easy

Some days it’s hell

I know it's worth it

For myself

It’s a revolution of the self

A revolution of the self

It’s a revolution of the self

A revolution of the self

The Long Way Home

So far from where I want to be

But out here’s a different kind of free

And I’m bound to find the things I need

Guided by my yesterdays and the future me

The path I chose

No easy roads

For the sake of growth

I’ll take the long way home

Take the long way home

This world is more than meets the eye

This life is all about the ride

Well I’ve come to rise, I’ve come to climb

The canyon in my heart, the mountains on my mind

The path I chose

No easy roads

For the sake of growth

I’ll take the long way home

Take the long way home

The path I chose

No easy roads

For the sake of growth

I’ll take the long way home

Take the long way home

All I’ve Got to Give

I’m not thinking about tomorrow

I’m not thinking about the past

All I’m thinking about is right here right now

And hoping that this lasts

In this big uncertain world

Only two things are for sure

The day will come when we’re both gone

And I couldn’t love you more

I’m gonna give you all I all I’ve got to give

All I all I’ve got to give

Until the lights turn out and this heart no longer is

I’m gonna give you all

All I’ve got to give

So many things we’ve seen together

From desert dust to snow

Monsoon rains and bluebird days

All the hot, all the cold

No matter what the forecast says

With you I will go

So many roads I could’ve traveled down

But only one could take me home

I’m gonna give you all I all I’ve got to give

All I all I’ve got to give

Until the lights turn out and this heart no longer is

I’m gonna give you all

All I’ve got to give

I’m gonna give you all I all I’ve got to give

All I all I’ve got to give

Until the lights turn out and this heart no longer is

I’m gonna give you all

All I’ve got to give

All, all I’ve got to give

All, all I’ve got to give

Set It Down

It could be my age

It could be the grays

What I lose in color

I gain in heart

Letting go

Makes a lighter load

I wish I’d known this from the start

Because the rock we’re on is heavy

And it’s more weight everyday

Not a chance I could ever carry

All of this to my grave

So while I’m here

And I’ve still got you around

The time is ripe

To set it down

Another day

Another page

Every turn

A bird in hand

Every grudge you hold

Is another stone

Nobody needs another burden here

Because the rock we’re on is heavy

And it’s more weight everyday

Not a chance I could ever carry

All of this to my grave

So while I’m here

And I’ve still got you around

The time is ripe

To set it down

Set it down

Flyleaf (Instrumental)

noun

1. a blank page at the end — or beginning — of a book.

All lyrics by Rob Riccardo.

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