Burying Caesar

Roddy Cochran - Vocals, Piano

Hovey Jude Corbin - Vocals (Street By the Zoo),

                                    and Everything Not Listed

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Guest Performers:

Claire Kelly - Alto Sax, Tenor Sax (The Question)

Madison Payne - Alto Sax (War Cry, I'll Be Late)

Keene Burbank - Trumpet (The Question)

Maya Taylor - Violins (The Waltz)

Muni Kulasinghe - Violin/Fiddle (War Cry)

Raven Symphony - Viola (The Waltz)

Andy Shang - Cello (The Waltz)

Toby Vigneau - Double Bass. (The Waltz)

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(1) Wilderness

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Wandering through the wilderness, trying to find my way

All I taste is bitterness, just trying to get away

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Don’t know which way to go, through hurricane and hail

Started running years ago, still trying to find the trail

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I can’t keep sailing in this stormy weather

I need to look for the land, I need to stand on the sand

 

Wandering through the wilderness, trying to find my way

All I taste is bitterness, just trying to get away

 

No time to take it slow, it’s time to face your fears

Started running years ago, the race against the years

 

I can’t keep sailing in this stormy weather

Drifting wherever I’m blown, I need to stand on my own

 

Wandering through the wilderness, trying to find my way

All I taste is bitterness, just trying to get away

 

Still searching, high and low, for anywhere but here

The ever winding road, the end is drawing near

 

I can’t keep sailing in this stormy weather

I need to look for the light, I can’t keep fighting the fight

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Wandering through the wilderness, trying to find my way

All I taste is bitterness, just trying to get away

(2) Romulus and Remus

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I was in the dark with woods all around

Looking all around, hey what was that sound?

Brother by my side, will we make it home?

I have never felt so scared and alone

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We were on our way to wonderful things

They said we were to grow up to be kings

How could we have been so far off the mark?

Glowing pair of eyes emerge from the dark

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No one could have guessed that we would survive

She’s the only one that kept us alive

Raised by wolves we’re here on our own

Brothers right down to the bone

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Our paths divided

But brother you know all roads lead to Rome

Our fates collided

If mountains crumble, why must this be set in stone?

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You were in the dark with guards all around

Hidden from the light and kept underground

Brother by my side, they came in the night

But pretty soon they’d find the wolf had a bite

 

We were on our way to tear down the gates

There’s no king who can keep us from our fates

Turns out he’s the one that left us to die

Howling through the night, he’ll hear the war cry

 

No one could have guessed that we would prevail

Catch him by surprise and we’ll tip the scale

Tyrants will live and die by the sword

Brother the throne is restored!

 

Our paths divided

But brother you know all roads lead to Rome

Our fates collided

If mountains crumble, why must this be set in stone?

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We were in a place with hills all around

Looking for a land, a city to found

Brother by my side, it’s only the start!

I had never thought we’d drift apart

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We were on our way to wonderful things

Fame and power and the glory it brings

How could we have known it comes at a price

All the greatest dreams call for sacrifice!

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No one could have guessed what fate had in store

Rome would rise above all the ones before

I had always thought that glory was ours

But brother I can’t change the stars

 

Our paths divided

But brother you know all roads lead to Rome

Our fates collided

If mountains crumble, why must this be set in stone?

(3) Street By the Zoo

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Little Miss Sunshine she can’t wrap her mind around it

That he’d wrap her up in blankets just to ask if she could make it down by his way

And Mr. Brightside holds the right side of the mattress

Holds the flipside of the pillow like a gun to his mildly depressed head

 

And all the animals they’ve wandered off the pages

Tomorrow, Eve will come with pears and apples, sage is fine too

They’ll bar the gates in flame, your grave will hold your only food through

All that remains are ruins hidden in the street by the zoo

 

Here the writer sits and fiddles with his fingers

Sits and whittles away hours in the door, as he wishes she had more

But there she goes now, oh but they will always know how

How they wished for her to stay, now they are far

Far away and torn apart

 

And all the animals they’ve wandered off the pages

Tomorrow, Eve will come with pears and apples, sage is fine too

They’ll bar the gates in flame, your grave will hold your only food through

All that remains are ruins hidden in the street by the zoo

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Life is cruel but I am fine 'cause I have love and she has mine

Many times the dark will rise, but let her light shine, be my guide

Someday soon if we should fall, we wouldn’t care one bit at all

She’ll see me through it all

 

And all the animals they’ve wandered off the pages

Tomorrow, Eve will come with pears and apples

 

Screw the story that they wrote for us, we’ll live our lives out loud

Screw the ones who won’t be good to us, who cares if they’re not proud

Someday soon if we should fall, we wouldn’t care one bit at all

She’ll see me through it all

 

We’ll see through it all

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We know time isn't kind, say you're mine

We'll live our lives out loud

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Seasons rise, seasons fall, stormy skies

But we'll see it through it all

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We'll see it through it all

(9) The Waltz

 

Funny how strange is what once was so familiar,

How the stars used to sparkle.

Once they would dance through the sky ‘tll the new morning

Now I’m afraid they might burn out without warning

I’m alone ‘til break of day

 

Funny how strange is what once was so familiar,

How the sun used to warm me.

Once I would cling to the daylight ‘til days ending

Now I’m afraid that the sun’s always descending,

Slowly, colors turn to grey.

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Funny how strange is what once was so familiar,

Funny how strange is what once was so familiar,

Funny how strange is what once was so familiar,

Funny how strange is what once was so familiar,

(10) The Best I Can Give

 

If the best I can give is my love

Then I'll give you the best that I can

And if I cannot give you enough

If it turns out we've built upon sand
If it turns out we’ve built upon sand

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If the night cannot be overcome

Close your eyes and I'll sing you a song

But the darkness has only begun

Still I think I've been blind all along

Still I think I've been blind all along

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In the end dust will be dust

and we'll all do what we must

but must I watch it burn to the ground

I can't make a sound

I would build you a palace of gold

in the garden we'd never grow old

but when I do all that I'm able

I can't keep bread on the table

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If it's all I can do not to cry

Like the rain that won't fall on the ground

I watch everything wither and die

In this desert I feel like I've drowned

A dry ocean and I've run aground

 

In the end dust will be dust

and we'll all do what we must

but must I watch it burn to the ground

I can't make a sound

I would build you a palace of gold

in the garden we'd never grow old

but when I do all that I'm able

I can't keep bread on the table

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If the best I can give is my love

Then I'll give you the best that I can

And if I cannot give you enough

If it turns out we've built upon sand