St. John The Divine-Ted Leo

[ti:St. John The Divine] [ar:Ted Leo] [al:The Tyranny of Distance] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]St. John The Divine - Ted Leo [00:28.66]And when [00:30.07]The world will stay the same [00:31.77]But your place in relation [00:33.52]To it has changed [00:35.13]And when the word [00:36.99]Begins to lose [00:38.13] [00:38.64]It's power to restore and soothe [00:42.20]And when the blackness starts it's spread [00:45.69]From behind your tired head [00:48.85] [00:49.44]What taxes now [00:50.56] [00:51.19]Was once your wealth [00:52.38] [00:52.94]What sucks and aches [00:54.49]Becomes your health [00:55.98] [01:10.96]And when the night [01:12.47]Spreads into day [01:13.60] [01:14.25]In one unbroken [01:15.75]Spread of gray [01:16.87] [01:17.79]And when the [01:18.69]Darkness fills the space [01:20.58] [01:21.22]Between the bone and [01:23.03]Skin of your face [01:24.60] [01:25.18]Seeps between [01:26.24]Your skull and brain [01:27.81] [01:28.32]As input filters through [01:30.24]It's stain [01:31.25] [01:31.87]The tightness in [01:33.19]Your brow contains [01:34.79] [01:35.50]What poisoned yesterday [01:37.80]But now sustains [01:39.37] [02:08.05]And when the night [02:09.33]Begins it's flow [02:10.86]And you watch yourself [02:12.37]Give up control [02:13.71] [02:14.59]When what was cold [02:16.13]Now keeps you warm [02:17.96]And you watch your [02:19.29]Outer self transform [02:21.58]And the one you love [02:23.44] [02:24.47]Keeps the faith that [02:26.49]You can rise above [02:28.36] [02:28.94]But if you've kept [02:30.38]Faith with yourself [02:32.27]You might admit that [02:34.13]You could use some help [02:36.51] [03:47.48]Remove yourself and study close [03:50.11] [03:50.69]When next the [03:51.75]Dark begins it's flow [03:54.13]If clinical the problem be [03:57.82]Remove yourself [03:59.11]And you will see [04:00.68] [04:01.30]When next the [04:02.65]Blackness flow begins [04:04.28] [04:04.89]I eat your pills [04:06.63]You eat my sins [04:08.47]And take me [04:09.78]Back to prouder days [04:11.53] [04:12.06]But [04:12.52]Please don't take [04:13.67]My anger away [04:20.18] [04:43.87]And I don't pray [04:46.46] [04:48.02]But I humble myself [04:49.94] [04:50.78]I am on my knees today [04:56.00]I don't pray