All the Same-Northern State

[ti:All the Same] [ar:Northern State] [al:Dying In Stereo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]All the Same - Northern State [00:19.24]I used to wear a long skirt in the summer time [00:21.45]Dancing around real slow in the sunshine [00:24.16]Bare feet dirty long hair flowing [00:26.38]Feelin' carefree and not knowin' why [00:28.98] [00:29.81]I'm just happy to be alive [00:31.04] [00:32.12]I'm living' in this time and place [00:33.89]Every day thinkin' hard about the human race [00:35.94]And why we do the things we do [00:38.73]Would it be like this if it was up to you [00:40.75] [00:43.38]Round trip and you're back where you started [00:45.42]Waiting at the station from which you departed [00:47.68]You touch down and you walk through the gate and [00:49.91]You look up and you notice the date and [00:52.00] [00:52.51]There isn't anybody left to blame [00:54.24] [00:54.92]It's all different but it's still the same [00:56.47] [00:57.32]You and I will crawl up and die [00:59.03] [00:59.67]All we can do is try [01:01.77]To speak for the people who haven't any voices [01:03.93]And feel for the women who haven't any choices [01:06.17]Downtown used to be a lot taller [01:08.81]Now the whole world just seems a lot smaller [01:10.81] [01:11.61]One day and suddenly [01:13.07]You know it's not just a place that's on TV [01:15.58]So surprising rhyme why we can't rewind [01:18.05]Can't turn the clock back oh my gosh [01:20.87]All wounds don't heal with time [01:22.89]All stains don't come out in the wash [01:24.80] [01:25.61]We don't seem to learn from our history [01:27.66]How could war lead to people feelin' free [01:30.26]Is there a way to protect ourselves from ourselves [01:32.74]And the fears we hide inside [01:34.51]We gotta delve down deep into our hearts and minds [01:37.04]Give more thought to the feelings that we find [01:39.77]Round trip and you're back where you started [01:41.78]Standing on the plat from from which you departed [01:44.22]I know the reason you said what you said and [01:46.37]What's the reason you did what you did and [01:49.16]I know you tried to forget me [01:51.18]I would do the same if my body would let me [01:53.50]But I love you now like I did back then [01:55.52] [02:03.05]Life is real short regrets are real long [02:05.20]I'm making my choice just writing this song [02:07.37]Can you do what you love can you love what you do [02:09.74]And nobody designs you life for you [02:11.99]I walk a path of resistance you haven't tried yet [02:14.42]Connect accept forgive forget [02:16.95]With every single breath you will dissolve yourself [02:19.00]Your birth your name your deeds your death [02:21.56]I'll meet you in the last car of the train [02:24.01]My ears still ringin' from these songs of pain [02:26.28]And you know me now like you knew me then [02:28.57]And it's all the same [02:29.49] [02:50.42]It's all the same [02:51.52]It's all the same [02:52.74]It's all the same [02:53.87]It's all the same [02:55.27]It's all the same [02:56.16] [02:59.79]We don't seem to learn from our history [03:01.97]All this time and we're still not feelin' free [03:04.38]Is there a way to connect ourselves with ourselves [03:06.83]And the hope that hides inside [03:08.46]We gotta delve deep into what we find [03:10.59] [03:11.16]And take time to hear the story from both sides [03:13.39] [03:13.96]Round trip and you're back where you started [03:16.19]Waiting at the station from which you departed [03:17.93] [03:18.47]The sun sets and it's getting late and [03:20.86]You sit back and you live in your fate and [03:23.19]There isn't anybody left to blame [03:24.80] [03:25.58]It's all different but it's still the same [03:27.25] [03:27.89]Life is real short regrets are real long [03:30.00]I'm making my choice just writing this song [03:32.30]Can you do what you love can you love what you do [03:34.68]And nobody designs you life for you [03:36.74]I walk a path of resistance you haven't tried yet [03:39.41]Connect accept forgive forget [03:41.71]With every single breath you will dissolve yourself [03:44.01]Your birth your name your deeds your death