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Rip tides are building a current strong
Pulling me gently and holding on
There underwater I found July
With lungs wide open
Heartbeats and concrete are constant change
Somedays as strong as a hurricane
Love walking lightly through open doors
You thought were closing
Give me all you got
Give me all you got
Give me all you got
Everybody knows our love is true
I will never give up on you
I will never give up on you
I will never give up on you
I once believed I was in control
I was the skyline unchangeable
Locked up behind your secret words
Until you spoke them
Give me all you got
Give me all you got
Give me all you got
Everybody knows our love is true
I will never give up on you
I will never give up on you
I will never give up on you
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2. |
Just Hold On
05:23
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On my way through the darkest night
I keep moving on, I keep traveling light
It was a great escape through my own mirage
High beams in the distance flashing on and off
Don’t fade to black, don’t fade to black
Don’t fade to black, don’t fade to black
Just hold on to the light
Just hold on to the light
I speak these words with an autumn tone
The falling leaves feel like home
We all want spring and perfect aim
We all want love just like a runaway train
Don’t fade to black, don’t fade to black
Don’t fade to black, don’t fade to black
Just hold on to the light
Just hold on to the light
Just hold on to the light
Just hold on to the light
I want to be secure, I want to never look back
I’m afraid my heart can’t do that
Don’t fade to black, don’t fade to black
Don’t fade to black, don’t fade to black
Don’t fade to black, don’t fade to black
Don’t fade to black, don’t fade to black
Just hold on to the light
Just hold on to the light
Just hold on to the light
Just hold on to the light
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Face the Night
08:15
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Silhouettes and shadows rest
Waiting for the sun to set
I’m gonna hold my head up and face the night
I’m gonna hold my head up and face the night
Before we start, before it’s dark
Know that I have come too far
I’m gonna hold my head up and face the night
I’m gonna hold my head up and face the night
I’m not afraid, I will not break
I won’t be moved, I am awake
I’m gonna hold my head up and face the night
I’m gonna hold my head up and face the night
Ain’t no river gonna rise today
Ain’t no valley gonna hand me shade
Ain’t no wind gonna turn me ‘round
Ain’t no fire gonna burn me down
I’m gonna hold my head up and face the night
I’m gonna hold my head up and face the night
I’m gonna hold my head up and face the night
I’m gonna hold my head up and face the night
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4. |
Shadow Shaker
04:44
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Fifteen after midnight
Full moon over the headlights
Oh the wheels spinning counter-clockwise
Like the ground beneath my feet
Roll the dice, come on, place all your bets
Living like you don’t have a regret
Shake the shadow from your footsteps
Put it all out on the line
Anyway, I was thinking we should go
Drive away, down the long and winding road
Cause there ain’t no use in fighting
You either chase that wind or ride it
It’s been raining all your life
Raining all your life
Standing in the desert
A painted moon is present
We stand, we look, we comment
But only as a scream
Anyway, I was thinking we should go
Drive away, down the long and winding road
Cause there ain’t no use in fighting
You either chase that wind or ride it
It’s been raining all your life
Raining all your life
Cause there ain’t no use in fighting
You either chase that wind or ride it
It’s been raining all your life
Raining all your life
Raining all your life
Raining all your life
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I Still Run
04:25
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We were kings we ran the night
It was all we knew
Down every path we’d run them blind
Under spotlight moons
I am, I am still running oh oh oh oh
I am, I am still running oh oh oh oh
We were born of the restless hearts
Born of the restless hearts
Born of the restless hearts
Born of the restless hearts
Standing on abandoned heights
We would touch the stars
And swear our souls would come alive
When we feel too far
I am, I am still falling oh oh oh oh
I am, I am still falling oh oh oh oh
We were born of the restless hearts
Born of the restless hearts
Born of the restless hearts
Born of the restless hearts
Oh what I’d give to have
Oh what I’d give to have
Take me back one more day
Take me back one more day
Take me back one more day
Take me back one more day
These streets: asphalt and concrete
These streets: thicker than my blood stream
These streets: telling the stories
These streets: forever you are with me me
These streets: asphalt and concrete
These streets: thicker than my blood stream
These streets: telling the stories
These streets: forever
I still run
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6. |
Bathed in Sunlight
05:24
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When my time is here at last
When my present becomes the past
Out of the flood
Out of the night
Bathed in sunlight
When my chains have been released
When my voice is free to sing
Out of the cage
And into the sky
Bathed in sunlight
Oh to be forever gold!
Oh the peace my heart will know
When that time
And place collide
I’ll be bathed in sunlight
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7. |
Back to You
06:11
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Down the boulevards and the open road
Gonna find my way back home
Wind at my back, wheels to the west
Gonna find my way back home
And I don’t know how
And I don’t know when
But I’ll come back to you
I’ll come back to you
Under starry skies where I get lost
Gonna find my way back home
I’ve always been a wandering soul
I’ve always had a restless heart
When I get home I swear I’m gonna
Wrap you in these arms tonight
And I don’t know how
And I don’t know when
But I’ll come back to you
I’ll come back to you
And I don’t know how
And I don’t know when
But I’ll come back to you
I’ll come back to you
I’ll come back to you
I’ll come back to you
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8. |
Passing Time
04:47
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You arrive
Walking up the stairs with tears in your eyes
We fall apart
We will always be one broken heart
We will always be one broken heart
Gonna stand on the mountain high
And scream at the oceans for running dry
If you lost your way
And the passing time is standing still
I’m on my way
Just reach out, honey, I hope you will
Don’t close down
Don’t carry all the sadness we’ve found.
Near or far
We will always be one beating heart
We will always be one beating heart
Gonna stand on the mountain high
And scream at the oceans for running dry
If you lost your way
And the passing time is standing still
I’m on my way
Just reach out, honey, I hope you will
I was on my knees
Tears were rolling down my cheek.
Of all the pain I’d felt before,
Your words, they put me on the floor
I’ll never be the same again.
I’ll always bear the scar beneath my skin
Gonna stand on the mountain high
And scream at the oceans for running dry
If you lost your way
And the passing time is standing still
I’m on my way
Just reach out, honey, I hope you will
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9. |
Sleeping Giant
03:01
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I was standing in the Mission
The walls were closing in
A winter night would be the story’s end
Another breath and one more step I’ll soon be free
The world started spinning backwards
The ground began to shake
The sleeping giant, he began to wake
I was just about to let it all fade away
Now I’m going home torn apart
with a busted lip and a broken heart
but I am alive.
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Fort Atlantic Portland, Oregon
Eight years into his career, Jon Black stopped working under his own name. His music had outgrown his singer-songwriter
persona, so he released an album of new material under the name FORT ATLANTIC.
The debut surpassed every expectation. Black put a band together and went on tour. Soon they had all new material, bigger and bolder still.
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