Begin Again (The Aging Craftsman) - RJD Band

Took a deep breath in the mirror He didn't like it when I wore high heels, but I do Turned the lock and put my headphones on He always said he didn't get this song but I do, I do Walked in expecting you'd be late But you got here early And you stand and wait I walk to you You pulled my chair out and helped me in And you don't know how nice that is, but I do And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid I think it's strange that you think I'm funny Because he never did I've been spending the last 8 months Thinking all over he does This is a break, a burn, an end But on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again You said you never met one girl Who has as many James Taylor records as you But I do We tell stories and you don't know why I'm coming off a little shy, but I do But you throw your head back Laughing like a little kid I think it's strange that you think I'm funny Because he never did I've been spending the last 8 months Thinking all over he does This is a break, a burn, an end But on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again And we walk down the block to my car And I almost brought him up But you start to talk about the movies That your family watches every single Christmas And I won't talk about that For the first time, what's past is past Because you throw your head back Laughing like a little kid I think it's strange that you think I'm funny Because he never did I've been spending the last 8 months Thinking all over he does This is a break, a burn, an end Then on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again Then on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again

Welcome friends to seconds lost And starts that won't begin To twisted eyes that see inside Rules that always bend A simple task, a see-through mask That questions where and why We shared our skin to occupy And keep our piece of mind Bring only what you need to survive They burned an image from lines on my face They stole it from the pages that kept my place I stand on the outside, would die to get in I crawl inside just to begin again It's so unfair, this broken smile That keeps us all aware Of wishful thoughts and scenes we lost And times we'll never share I'll ask you now to show me how To fill the circle in What tells us all, there is no fall And the story never ends Bring only what you need to survive They burned an image from lines on my face They stole it from the pages that kept my place I stand on the outside, would die to get in I crawl inside just to begin again They never warned, they never cared I wished you'd understand, I'm already dead What would you be, why would you die? How would you lie? Take something from me (They burned an image) They took it from me They made a demon (They burned an image) They took it from me (Image, image) They burned an image from lines on my face They stole it from the pages that kept my place I stand on the outside, would die to get in I crawl inside just to begin again They burned an image from lines on my face They stole it from the pages that kept my place I stand on the outside and died to get in I crawl inside just to begin again

I gave up hope Was dead inside Stayed lost within a world I chose to hide Then I found my faith in him And now I can Begin again I once believed Our fate was sealed But now at last, the truth has been revealed In an instant Life could change And now and then begin again I know that I am meant for something more That life beyond these walls Has greater things in store When I heard his voice, I realized I'd never be the same Instantly I knew my life had changed I dream of peace Above all else To share a world where we could be ourselves We must learn to rise above the past Before we can at last Begin again

Mary was my mother's mother and my sister too There's rain in the river and there's a river running through To the sea around these islands crying tears of sorrow, pain There's rain in the river and there's a river in my veins Mary, young as we may be you know, the blood in you and me Is as old as blood can be Is as old as blood can be As old as blood can be Living lines of memory drew the markings on my hands Ancient lines of living love are waking in this land Saying, "I am in the city, in the forest and the field I am in the bounty, come on know me as I yield I am in the falcon, in the otter and the stoat I am in the turtle dove with nowhere left to go" In the moment of blind madness when he's pushing her away I am in the lover and in the ear who hears her say "Can we begin again? Oh baby, it's me again I know you are so different to me, but I love you just the same I love you just the same I love you just the same I love you just the same I love you just the same" Mary Ethel Ruddock, 1912 to '72 Though we never met in flesh but now I remember you Were warm and you were gentle, you were modest, you were kind A mother, wife and gran, you were a woman of your time But do we know your life in colour? Do we celebrate your flame? Remembering your offering with a candle in your name? Mary young as we may be you know, the blood in you and me Is as old as blood can be Is as old as blood can be As old as blood can be And I hear her say "I am in the living, I am in the dying, too I am in the stillness, can you see me as I move? I am in the Hawthorn, in the Apple and the Beech I am in the mayhem, in the medicine of speech" In the moment of blind madness when he's pushing her away I am in the lover and in the ear who hears her say "Can we begin again? Oh baby, it's me again I know you are so different to me, but I love you just the same I love you just the same I love you just the same" I am in the living, I am in the dying, too I am in the stillness, can you see me as I move?

Begin again This time you should take a bow at the very end It's quite an act you put on Wait til the cameras roll You're the leading man In a film where the end of the world Is decided by you Whenever you choose Oh from the sky A brilliant light will dissolve us all Begin again And tell me all about the one that you love And all about the other one That you've got on the side I don't give a damn About you fooling around behind sherry's back It's just the one that you found Is the one that i need Oh from the sky A brilliant light will dissolve us all Listen to this halfwit Spilling his guts after a bottle of wine Thought this would be a good time Now i can't finish my drink Let him laugh it off Hey it's a city the size of a dinner plate It's hard not to overlap What could you expect Oh from the sky A brilliant light will dissolve us all Now i'm kicking leaves Cursing the one that i love and the one i don't I wonder who you're thinking of