Risk of the Roar Lyrics

I got this ball and I got this chain
I got no sense to come in out of the pain
Swimin' 'n circles a bird in a cage
All panic and flutter, I need a good risk to take
The risk of a moon on an indigo night
The risk of somethin' burnin' inside

The risk of the silence, the risk of the roar
The risk of callin' out for somethin' more, somethin' more

I got this skin, sometimes thick, sometimes thin
Used it to love and I've used it to sin
It's been bruised, it's been kissed, it's been skinny-dipped
Like that time on the creek when we said "What is this"
It was the risk of a question, the risk in a song
The risk of an answer that could come along

It's the risk of the silence, the risk of the roar
The risk of callin' out for somethin' more, somethin' more

The risk got me stronger
The risk got me scared
The risk of your hand
Tangled up in my hair

I had this ball and I had this chain
I had a house for two and a heart for the same
It was the risk of a sure thing, a risky sacrifice
The risk of sayin' "No, I don't think you got it right"
Sometimes I win and sometimes I lose
Sometimes the risk is all I can choose

It's the risk of the silence, the risk of the roar
The risk of callin' out for somethin' more, somethin' more
Somethin' more, somethin' more, hey hey, something more

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Bass - Glenn Fukunaga
• Drums and Percussion - Paul Pearcy
• Accordion - Jeff Taylor
• Mandolin and Percussion - Marvin Dykhuis
• Tammy Rogers - Mandolin
• Backing Vocals - Tommy Elskes
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

If I could find you, if I could hold your little hand
Try to unbind you, make it better where I can
I'd give you peace of mind if it were mine to give
If I could find you, if I could find you

I was the paragon, you were the fragile one
They always called me strong till I came undone
We fought those dragons off, somehow I fought and won
If I could find you now, wish all your spells undone

You're still a precious babe to the mother who bore you
How can you slip away with so much before you

You're trying to find the ground, I'm trying to understand
How you've been falling down, how much you wanna land
So much I think I know, I don't know nothin'
And I would tell you so if I could find you

Mmm, I would tell you so, if I could find you, if I could find you

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Acoustic Guitar - Cam King
• Upright Bass - Glenn Fukunaga
• Strings and Arrangement - Warren Hood
• Violin - Tammy Rogers
• Cello - Jeff Gilkenson
• Backing Vocals - Vince Bell
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

Nor'wester blowing in, move those boats to a safe haven
Waves crash on the harbor rocks, one soul stands at the harbor docks
Sea foam in her hair, the wind it rips at her dress and tears
Orchids for her wedding day, petals in the ocean spray

Pray that the last boat still comes in, pray for the kiss of her lips again
For unborn sons of dimpled chin, cold dark night Caribbean

There's a full moon but it will not show, they call her home but she will not go
On this night there'll be no sleep while dark waters run deep
Through the night she swears she'll wait, sure enough come the mornin' break
The last boat drifts into the sound and not a man on board to be found

Pray that the last boat still comes in, pray for the kiss of her lips again
For unborn sons of dimpled chin, cold dark night Caribbean

When the Nor'wester's blowing in, the duppies wail and the stories spin
Of a long-haired girl who swims the sea singin' "Oh my love ya come back for me"

Pray that the last boat still comes in, pray for the kiss of her lips again
For unborn sons of dimpled chin, cold dark night Caribbean

Oh pray that the last boat still comes in, pray for the kiss of her lips again
For unborn sons of dimpled chin, cold dark night Caribbean

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Acoustic and Electric Guitars - Cam King
• Bass - Glenn Fukunaga
• Drums - Paul Pearcy
• Pedal Steel - Josh Dubin
• Accordion - Jeff Taylor
• Fiddle - Tammy Rogers
• Fiddle Solo - Richard Bowden
• Mandolin and Percussion - Marvin Dykhuis
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

You work with wood, I work with wood too
Against the grain, misunderstood
So you took to your cabin and I took to my strings
Years flew by, changed everything

My best friend, now she's your best friend
Took up and laid down where I'd once been
Well I think I'll never understand the trick she played to take that hand
Pirated my mysteries and parted the sea between you and me

Truth be told you were never mine
So undercover, clandestine
Take all of our days, connect those dots
You get a picture, boy, of the girl that you forgot

I wrote this book unread unheard
Dismantled it word by word
Now the page is almost blank again, just a dedication and the end
And a back-cover photograph of me and I'm smilin', smilin'

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Nylon String Guitar - Cam King
• Upright Bass - Glenn Fukunaga
• Pedal Steel - Josh Dubin
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

Madame Bovary, your life was a tragedy
Longing for something you could not be
Madame Bovary, in your summer skirts
Sweeping through the doorway of the one you hurt
Longed for lovers from far off lands
You had too many needs and romantic demands

Madame Bovary, if you were here today
You'd recognize yourself in our modern passion play
See how the bourgeoisie grows now there's atonement for most sins
More ivory towers and holy men
The lenders aim to please, doctor your misery
With credit cards that strap you cross their lap of luxury

You sold off your soul in slivers
Took up with the takers
Couldn't understand the heart of a giver
Always searchin' for somthin' greener
Until you kissed the cross of your redeemer

Madame Bovary, I am a little like you
Tempted and beguiled, desired and refused

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Baglama, Acoustic Guitar and Percussion - Marvin Dykhuis
• Tiple and High Strung Guitar - Andrew Hardin
• Acoustic Guitar - Cam King
• Accordion - Chip Dolan
• Upright Bass - Glenn Fukunaga
• Percussion - Paul Pearcy
• Backing Vocals - Kim Miller
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

Dive in deep, embrace the blue
Might find a pearl, sometimes we do sometimes we do
Kick off the sand, never mind that pretender
I'll be your muse and sweet surrender, such sweet surrender

Jump in, the water's fine
Even if it's over our head sometimes
Knee deep, then we dive in
Dive in deep, dive in deep

Shake off the dust, get down to the skin
Underneath the surface of us we let the current pull us in, we let the current pull us in
Splash off your sins, wash 'em off in the waves
Guilty of passion but we are nobody's slave, we are nobody's slave

Jump in, the water's fine
Even if it's over our head sometimes
Knee deep, then we dive in
Dive in deep, dive in deep

Dive in, dive in
Dive in, dive in, dive in
Wheee do-be do-be da, do-be da do

One big breath then we're over the edge
Slide into liquid light, sun setting red, sun setting red
Dive in deep, embrace the blue
Might find a pearl, sometimes we do
Might find a pearl, sometimes we do
Sometimes we do, sometimes we do, sometimes we do

Jump in, the water's fine

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Acoustic and Twelve-String Electric Guitars - Cam King
• Bass - Glenn Fukunaga
• Drums - Paul Pearcy
• Percussion - Marvin Dykhuis
• Organ - Cam King
• Backing Vocals - Kim Miller
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

Must have been a million miles ago, seems like yesterday
Once upon a time, see how time flew away
If nothin' lost is nothin' gained there was nothin' I could do
To take away that beautiful ache for a bed-full of you

Well there's a big moon on the field tonight
I pull my tall boots on and get the lantern light
Cricket chirp, rustle of leaf, time may come 'cause I still believe

Hope dies hard for fools like me, I always pay a price
So much tragic comedy, it's my virtue, it's my vice
OK, I fly but I don't run, show me where's the harm
If I wanna curl up like a question mark underneath your arm

While the grass out here grows tall and sweet
I spread my dreams beneath my feet
The quiet calls, I sow my seeds, time may come 'cause I still believe

I believe I wasn't built for convention
I believe I had the best of intentions
But baby when it comes to you
I believe there's nothin' I can do

I'm the bell-of-the-ball, I'm a beautiful wreck, I am so dangerous in the dark
I skip a light fandango and start a bonfire from a spark
Sometimes I cry for simple things - oh sweet beauty and truth
Like a Chet Baker ballad "let's get lost" me and you

'Cause there's a big moon on the field tonight
I pull my tall boots on and get the lantern light
Cricket chirp, rustle of leaf, time may come 'cause I still believe

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Vagabond Guitar - Marvin Dykhuis
• Bass - Cam King
• Drums - Billy Block
• Percussion - Marvin Dykhuis
• Fiddle - Warren Hood
• Backing Vocals - Kim Miller
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

It might have been fate, it might have been chance
Chalk it up to happenstance, or was it the mystery
I coulda gone past, I coulda steered clear
Coulda missed this feelin' of you near me now
'Cause you lure me like a walk in the woods, lay me down in the leaves so good
You've got the shade that I seek, you're my favorite retreat

And I'm singing in this gorgeous dream, but I'm wide awake
Could you be some grace that befalls me for all my past mistakes

Hope can heal, faith mend
You just swim that river and you crawl back out again
Out on a limb, afraid of the climb
You gave me enough time
Slowed me down, invited me in, included me in your circle of friends
Let it go and it will grow, you're my favorite open road

And I'm singing in this gorgeous dream, but I'm wide awake
Could you be some grace that befalls me for all my past mistakes

It might have been fate, it might have been chance
Chalk it up to happenstance, or was it the mystery
I coulda gone past, I coulda steered clear
Coulda missed this feelin' of you near me now
Love is a pool deep and sweet, the rain that cools and the fire that keeps
You've got the passion to restore me, you're my favorite bedtime story

And I'm singing in this gorgeous dream, but I'm wide awake
Could you be some grace that befalls me for all my past mistakes

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Nylon String Guitar - Marvin Dykhuis
• Upright Bass - Glenn Fukunaga
• Violin and String Arrangement - Warren Hood
• Cello - Jeff Gilkenson
• Backing Vocals - Vince Bell
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

Last light on the meadow
Last night you were here
No not really, did I imagine
All your atoms gathering near

I'm surrounded by your ghost
My heart a willing host
How many dreams does sleep succeed
Before we slumber peacefully

Through the last light on the planet
You beside me we will see clear
Through to mornin's bright display
And the last light of our days

Be my witness there's no blame
From now on nothin is ever gonna be the same
Be a bright star in a dark sky
Be a vision that I won't deny

Through the last light on the planet
You beside me we will see clear
Through to mornin's bright display
And the last light of our days, days

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Electric Guitar - Cam King
• Pedal Steel - Josh Dubin
• Bass - Glenn Fukunaga
• Percussion - Paul Pearcy
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

Drivin' through your town, so many memories unwind
Around these roads that lead to you and some other time
Is your table laden high, is your heart complete
I wonder when you think of me does it skip a beat

It could have been we froze up, the air gets thin so high
Funny after all these years I still wonder why
'Cause stars don't fall for nothin' - I saw one tonight
Come fly by here in my headlights

Thinkin' where we've been, we've been lost and found again
And I can't stop thinkin' where we've been, mmm I miss you my old friend

Did you find a reason, did you learn the ropes
Did you get some truth out of those well-worn hopes
I think of all you showed me, of all that you inspired
And all those conversations held beside your fire

Who knows what the future holds, you said that to me
But who would have predicted this would come to be
Has everyone lost their footing reaching for the sky
While you and I are grounded by these things we've tried

Thinkin' where we've been, we've been lost and found again and I can't stop thinkin'
Thinkin' where we've been, we've been lost and found again and I can't stop thinkin'
I can't stop thinkin', can't stop thinkin', can't stop thinkin'
Ooo-hoo-yeah, ooo-hoo-yeah, ooo-hoo-yeah
Ooo-hoo-yeah, ooo-hoo-yeah, ooo-hoo-yeah
And I can't stop thinkin' 'bout where we've been, mmm I miss you my old friend

Drivin' through your town, so many memories unwind
Around these roads that lead to you and some other time

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Acoustic Guitar - Cam King
• Fretless Bass - Glenn Fukunaga
• Percussion - Paul Pearcy
• Accordion - Jeff Taylor
• Mandolin - Marvin Dykhuis
• Vocals - Kim Miller
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

I've got a clear view from a lofty perch
When the vultures circle I just kick me some dirt
Don't try to save me I kinda like this hurt
Not gonna leave here until I get some words

I made a promise and then I tied his shoe
Just like Bobby said I would do
Got tangled in the laces and my skin turned blue
Love has many faces, some I never knew

We might've seen it we might've known
Seems like we do our best leavin' well enough alone
Must be a way to surely share some heart
Without tearin' each other apart

See those circus clowns how they are closin' in
While wild things thirst to be free again
You can throw me to the lions, cast me to the wind
Throw me to the wolves, not the politicians

We might have seen it we might've known
Seems like we do our best leavin' well enough alone
Must be a way to surely share some heart
Without tearin' each other apart

Must be a way to surely share some heart
Without tearin' each other apart

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Acoustic Guitar - Marvin Dykhuis
• Upright Bass - Glenn Fukunaga
• Percussion - Paul Pearcy
• Fiddle - Tammy Rogers
• Vocals - Tommy Elskes
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)

Must have been a mermaid in another life
Singing to a sailor, in blue and pink twilight
La sirena has to sing, some would call me cruel
If desire's a wicked thing, well then I'm the devil's tool

I go back to the ocean when my skin gets tight and cold
I pull the waves up over me, a blanket for my soul
Soy tu sirena

Seasons they don't change much here, but your winter comes on bold
If I ever need a fire, well I know where to go
I swim in turquoise, you climb through evergreen
Sometimes it's hard to see all the colors that come between

Then I go back to the ocean 'cause my skin gets tight and cold
I pull the waves up over me, a blanket for my soul
Soy tu sirena

I'll bring you a gift from the ocean, found it in the deep
A shell you hold up to your ear and a voice to remind you of me

Then I go back to the ocean 'cause my skin gets tight and cold
I pull the waves up over me, a blanket for my soul
Soy tu sirena, soy tu sirena, soy tu sirena

• Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Kim Miller
• Kim Miller, ©2007 Sea Robin Songs (ASCAP)