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The snow is starting to come down
The stars are starting to shine out
And something deep inside me is coming out of hiding
I think this time I might get it right
I'm sick of seeing the same names
I'm done with playing the same games
I was wise when I was young but the years have made me numb
Took the Northern Lights and a frozen night but
I'm ready to take control
And I'm ready to let this go
And I'm ready to do this on my own, to let you know that
I'm ready to burn it down
And I'm ready to turn it around
And I'm ready to take this out of town, to take this out of town
Take a match to the old ways
Give up robbing the old graves
Stare the darkness in the face, cut a path across the maze
Take my fear by the hand, draw a line in the sand
Find again what I once found
A quiet truth that was drowned out
I was blinded by the lights, took the darkness of the night
To remember how to feel, to remember what was real, but
I'm ready to take control
And I'm ready to let this go
And I'm ready to do this on my own, to let you know that
I'm ready to burn it down
And I'm ready to turn it around
And I'm ready to take this out of town, to take this out of town
To the park, to the pines, no more standing in line
To the dark, to the night, stepping out of the spotlight
I call out your name from the side of the stage
Say you'll meet me outside and we'll light up the sky
And I'm ready to take control
And I'm ready to let this go
And I'm ready to do this on my own, to let you know that
I'm ready to burn it down
And I'm ready to turn it around
And I'm ready to take this out of town, to take this out of town
The snow is starting to come down
The stars are starting to shine out
And something deep inside me is coming out of hiding
I think this time I might get it right
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Christmas Eve
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On the silent night
When you arrived
A single star was shining bright
Called you "the world's Light"
The apple of your mother's eye
Songs say you didn't even cry
And all these years down the line
I wonder if we have lost our sight
Of lessons in the stories left behind
Of second chances from disgrace
Of sameness in a stranger's face
Of giving and forgiving and of grace
Of heaven in the here and now
Of the world of slowing down
In the joy of giving up the crown
And I know, I've lost track
And I'm trying so hard to get back
To give up all I've got for all that I once had
On this Christmas Eve
All you ask of me
Is to love the least of these
I know I need to leave
The things I thin I need
And find that I am finally free
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Joe Sorensen Des Moines, Iowa
In the veins of Howie Day, Ed Sheeran, Ingrid Michaelson, and Augustana, Joe Sorensen has been releasing pop-, rock-, folk- influenced albums since his 2008, self-produced, debut. Using piano, acoustic guitar, vocals, and heart, Joe tells stories in the form of songs to remind us that “We are all just people / Beauty, blood, and bones / We are all just people / Scared to die alone." ... more
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