Resolution is a concept album, and the lyrics in full are intended to read like abstract prose. Feel free to read in full, or scroll to any specific song / chapter below.
ACT I: FAITH
Don’t Go / Preacherman / Until You Let Go / Holy War /
ACT II: HOPE
Wherever You Are / Carry the Flame / Ken Caryl Colorado /
ACT III: LOVE
A Series of Coincidences / Until it Ends / All Their Light (About You) / Enough
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A ray of light shines in
A clearing in the foliage,
And through a thicket there
I see some leaves a-rustlin’
And then I hear the sound
Of twigs a-snapping on the ground
The rhythm of my heart
Recalls a march your feet would pound
But how–? I do not understand
Across the earth we ran and ran,
And we’ve moved so far past
The place from where our paths began
While I stretched forward, losing hope
I never thought we’d come this close again
But now you’re vanishing from sight
And I fear it’s the end —
Dilated eyes, a gasp of breath,
With both hands clasped upon my chest
I am shaking, searching for a word, or air,
But there is nothing left
I know the trees are overgrown,
And I am captive in their throes
But I’m wailing. I am dying,
I am trying, I am… I don’t know
Don’t Go
Don’t Go
Don’t Go
Don’t Go
Don’t Go
Don’t Go
Don’t Go
Don’t Go
Every now and then,
I think about the sea
Preacher in the water,
Wading on the waves
Sunlight glistening on your skin,
While he pulls you in
[ALONE I AM STANDING]
Alone I am standing upon the beach
[ALONE I AM WATCHING]
I am watching in disbelief,
There as you clean the slate
I am the past that fades away
He’s the preacherman
And when he speaks, you rise
Can’t you see it in his eyes?
He’s hypnotizing
And I’m out of time
The preacherman,
He builds a wall inside
The comforts of your mind
I’m only trying to bridge the divide,
But I, I am only standing by your side
[KNOW I HAVE NOTICED]
I have noticed the love you speak,
[KNOW I HAVE WITNESSED]
I have witnessed the light you seek,
[DO YOU KNOW I AM SUFFERING?]
For all that was done to me
Under the veil of faith,
All in the name of which you speak?
He’s the preacherman
And when he speaks, you rise
Can’t you see it in his eyes?
He’s hypnotizing
And I’m out of time
The preacherman,
He builds a wall inside
The comforts of your mind
I’m only trying to bridge the divide,
But I, I am only standing by your side
Oh I, I am only standing by your side
[HEED THE PREACHERMAN]
Heed the preacherman,
When he speaks, you rise
Can’t you see it in his eyes?
[HE’S HYPNOTIZING]
He’s hypnotizing
[I’M OUT OF TIME]
And I’m out of time
The preacherman,
He builds a wall inside
The comforts of your mind
[I’M ONLY TRYING]
And I’m only trying
[TO BRIDGE THE DIVIDE]
To bridge the divide,
But I, I am only standing by your side
Oh I, I am only standing by your side
In the moment I plead and I beg,
And tremble, but it won’t hold —
Still you writhe, you try and you try,
And you try until you let go
You’ll never find another
You’ll never find the one til you let go
Never find a lover
You’ll never find the one til you let go
I don’t know where you’re going
I don’t know why you’re moving on
I only know I’d follow,
If I didn’t know that you would run
I hope it won’t be easy
I know I’ll never be outdone
I hope that someday, I may
Understand the reason you have gone
In the moment I plead and I beg,
And tremble, but it won’t hold —
Still you writhe, you try and you try,
And you try until you let go
You’ll never find another
You’ll never find the one til you let go
Never find a lover
You’ll never find the one til you let go
I hope the worst is over
I hope the best is yet to come
I hope that all of this means
Something, someday, something to someone
I know it won’t be easy
I know I’ll change before it’s done
Even if I may never
Understand the reason you have gone
I don’t know where you’re going
I don’t know why you’re moving on
I only know I’d follow
If I didn’t know that you would run
In the moment I plead and I beg,
And tremble, but it won’t hold —
Still you writhe, you try and you try,
And you try until you let go
You’ll never find another
You’ll never find the one til you let go
Never find a lover
You’ll never find the one til you let go
I can see you cryin’
Open up your eyelids
Look into my iris, tell me are we
Where you hoped we would be?
For worse or for better
We have stayed together —
And they say the rest is history
It’s destiny…
I’m tired of fighting a holy war,
It’s more than I signed on for
Leave me alone
Can’t you see?
I don’t want to believe
Everything has meaning
We have been deceiving
Everyone we love if it were true
What could we do?
Drawing up the lines,
And so it was decided
There in black and white and plain of view
I’m black and blue,
And tired of fighting a holy war
It’s more than I signed on for
Leave me alone
Can’t you see?
I don’t want to believe
I’m tired of fighting a holy war
I’m tired of opening doors
To a demon I’ll never defeat,
And don’t want to believe
And tired of fighting a holy war
It’s more than I signed on for
Leave me alone
Can’t you see?
I don’t want to believe
I don’t want to believe
I don’t want to believe
I don’t want to believe
If I were ever given a choice
To remain in this place,
With it’s relative safety and charm
It would be a genuine joy
To surrender in faith
And begin my escape in the dark
To wherever you are
So you could have my heart,
If you wanted,
And you could take my time
Have everything I ever could call mine
And let nothing be spared —
Cause wherever you are,
Wherever you are,
I would rather be there
If I were to rise from the earth,
Show all of my worth,
And burn brighter than the morning star
Know that I’d abandon with ease
All that I had achieved
And like lightning from heaven I’d fall
Into your arms
So you could have my heart,
If you wanted,
And you could take my time
Have everything I ever could call mine,
And let nothing be spared —
Cause wherever you are,
Wherever you are,
I would rather be there
If anyone should find
All that I left behind,
If you wouldn’t mind,
Please lift it from the ground
And let it fall back down.
But you could have my heart,
If you wanted,
And you could take my time
Have everything I ever could call mine,
And let nothing be spared —
Cause wherever you are,
Wherever you are,
I would rather be there
[YOU COULD HAVE MY HEART]
If you wanted,
And you could take my time
Have everything I ever could call mine,
And let nothing be spared —
Cause wherever you are,
Wherever you are,
Wherever you are,
I would rather be there
You have my thanks for the love you have shown us
And for the stones on the trail you have grazed
You wrote the map that brought us to this moment,
And now that we’re here, we can throw it away
And we’ll carry on from the roots to the future,
For we will not stay where this grass has been grazed
We’ll pioneer to the heart of the heavens
From the frontiers of your halcyon days
I may not force you to follow,
But I’m on my way —
I will carry the flame
[CARRY THE FLAME]
We will bring shape, through the life of creation,
To a fathomless fire in the depths of our brains
And we’ll bring the light from the halls of your temples
To a kingdom whose walls could forever be changed
And I may not force you to follow,
But I’m on my way —
I will carry the flame
[CARRY THE FLAME]
It’s a long way back down,
But as for me and my house
[WE WILL REACH WE WILL PRAY]
Til our heaven is found,
That the sins of our fathers would not be in vain,
Heaven knows what we’ll find,
But as for me and mine
[WE WILL REACH WE WILL PRAY]
We will not be confined,
That the sins of our fathers would not be in vain
And I may not force you to follow,
But I’m on my way —
I will carry,
I will carry the flame
I will carry the flame
I will carry the flame
[I WILL CARRY THE FLAME]
[I WILL CARRY THE FLAME]
[I WILL CARRY THE FLAME]
[I WILL CARRY THE FLAME]
Met a stranger
He lives in Spain now
Off the rio,
Barcelona
But Ken Caryl,
Colorado
She was once home
And always will be
You never do leave
He takes it all in,
Stays ever open
And not beholden,
And never old —
But in the twilight,
When day becomes night
He’ll have eaten
And he’ll be full
In Ken Caryl,
Colorado,
Home
Hey there stranger!
Come drink with me now
You’re a long way
From Oklahoma
Dos palomas
In Katy, Texas
I got your message
I’m coming home
You’re not alone
She takes it all in,
Stays ever open
And not beholden,
And never old —
But in the twilight,
When day becomes night
She’ll have eaten
And she’ll be full
In Ken Caryl,
Colorado,
Home
In Ken Caryl,
Colorado,
Home
So take it all in,
Stay ever open
And not beholden,
And never old —
In the twilight,
When day becomes night
You’ll have eaten
And you’ll be full
Just like that stranger
In Barcelona
Or that lady from Oklahoma
From Texas to Catalonia,
No matter where you go
It’s Ken Caryl,
Colorado,
Home
In Ken Caryl,
Colorado,
Home
At the end of the day
I am falling asleep
At the moment I’m drifting
Out of reach,
By some coincidence,
Strange as it seems
There’s a hole in the sky —
No, I don’t wonder why,
No, I don’t wonder why you’d leave
…
So, I patiently wait
Til I burst at the seems
Every now and again,
I believe in a series
Every now and then I find a friend
Every now and then we start a trend
Kicking off the covers of my bed,
Until it ends
I have seen the other side
We don’t make it out alive
But we could play pretend,
Until it ends
See you brought the flower for that jay
Bring to me the paper and the flame
You can see the light in every breath,
Until it ends
I have seen the other side
We don’t make it out alive
But we could play pretend,
Until it ends
And maybe we could make,
We could make it, baby
You and I are safe
As we’ll ever be
In a holy space,
Maybe we’ll be saved…?
Maybe it won’t mean a thing
I have seen the other side
We don’t make it out alive
But we could play pretend,
Until it ends
So much peanut butter on this bread
Maybe we could make some sense of it?
It could be the best we’ll ever have
It could be the best we’ll ever have
It could be the best we’ll ever have
It could be the best we’ll ever have
When the word burned to ash in your hand,
It lit your face in the night
With a smirk in your eye,
There you asked me:
“What kind of story will we write?”
But I’ve been starting at the sky to see
The stars are not aligned
They are old and they are falling,
And have never shone a sign
Not for all their light,
All their light is lost in clouds that keep
The heavens from my eyes,
I don’t see a silver lining
I feel shitty all the time
But I feel… pretty.
I feel pretty damn good
About you
The flame on your tongue seemed to dance
Like nothing on this earth could stay alive
With a song and a smile,
There I answered:
“One of us will watch the other die”
Cause I’ve been starting at the sky to see
The stars are not aligned
They are old and they are falling,
And have never shone a sign
Not for all their light,
All their light is lost in clouds that keep
The heavens from my eyes,
I don’t see a silver lining
I feel shitty all the time
But I feel… pretty.
I feel pretty damn good
About you
About you
About you
About you
My faith, it is a sadness
Faith, it is a longing
Faith, it is me pain
And faith will take its toll
For faith is not a fortress
And faith is not a savior,
No faith is not an answer,
Faith will drown you whole —
but hope it is an ocean:
Let it have many rivers
Let it pull your roots,
And let it flood your homes
And let there be a gladness
When all you have has broken,
Let it leave you open
Let it ease your soul —
For love is never-ending,
And love is never-having
Let it be ever-flowing,
Let it be ever-shown,
Let it be ever-seeking
And open-armed believing
Let it be your grace,
And let it be enough
The Agnostic Gospel 