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Paramedic Suicide
03:45
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He walked into recruitment, wide eyed and wet behind the ears
With his shiny new uniform, anticipation and fear
You wouldn't know it, he didn't show it
His first year was a hell of a ride
You must see some terrible things, but you keep it inside
Don't think about it
Lights and sirens screaming, someone stop the bleeding
It can't be too late to ease a troubled mind.
In your darkest hour, never give up, you can break free of your demons deep inside
No...
Moving so fast through the traffic, red light up and over the curb.
Is a junkie gonna come up swinging, keep your distance keep your nerve
Another trauma, somebody's daughter
Don't even dare put yourself in their place
Just shout another round of drinks at the bar, socialise and compensate
Don't think about
Lights and sirens screaming, someone stop the bleeding
It can't be too late to ease a troubled mind.
In your darkest hour, never give up, you can break free of your demons deep inside
No...
Paramedic Suicide
She's tried so hard to understand her man and all his troubles
They were looking so up but it came crashing down in doubles
You wouldn't know it, he didn't show it
They always seemed so firm on the ground
She had to take the kids, his only reason to live, ain't hangin around.
They ain't hanging around.
Chorus X 2
He walked into recruitment, wide eyed and wet behind the ears.
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Warning Signs
03:49
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Yesterday when we were new
And me the younger one of two
I followed in your shadow you were strong
Life goes by and things get tough
When I was down you'd pick me up
Your reasoning would never steer me wrong
And its because this faith in you
I am the man I grew into
Swinging from your pedestal so long
Never contemplated being left behind
Never saw the warning signs
I saw you just the other night
We talked awhile you seemed alright
But if I knew then what I know right now
I guess you appeared a little tense
But then you brightened up again
Your daytime mask could shine above your frown
I asked you just how have you been
But your reply was kind of thin
You went to speak but then you just looked down
No you don't hang dirty laundry on the line
Never saw the warning signs
Permanent solution to a passing situation
You know there is no consolation prize
And thinking it will end the pain it's never really over
It falls back on the ones you leave behind
I still hear those church bells in my mind
Never saw the warning signs
Being glad and feeling sad or somewhere in between
Is part of who we are and that's just fine
But if the mood can take you down
And there's no velvet underground
The shadows close to steal away your light
But I was here like you were there for me
A secret shared can set you free
If only we could turn the hands of time
Take that time to read between the lines
I never saw the warning signs
And take that time to read between the lines
Never saw the warning signs
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Stretcher Bearer
04:41
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Satisfied Mind
04:11
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Many more miles were behind him
Than he had left to go
Closing in upon that last one
We all must walk alone
It's the one across the end of the line
So we held on and we told stories
Of the good and bad in all
Of the power and the glory
And the lonely days that crawled
He said heaven holds true love
And a satisfied mind.
He said I ain't afraid of dying
'Cause I know there's something worse
When you have to see your reason for livin' go first
And you get left behind
Some can't think of nothing better
Than to live this life forever
I never wanted no more than was mine
And to lay down someday and go home
With a satisfied mind.
He said don't look into the darkness
If you want to see true black
Look into a morning's brightness
When love ain't coming back
You will find right there a darkness that blinds
And don't think wealth is ever having
All you want all to yourself
It is found when you are giving
What you have to someone else
The only difference in the rich and the poor
Is a satisfied mind.
And one light began to fade
As one grew brighter
And he said I ain't afraid of dying
'Cause I know there's something worse
When you have to see your reason for livin' go first
And you get left behind.
Some can't think of nothing better
Than to live this life forever
I never wanted no more than was mine
And to lay down someday and go home
Let me lay down someday and go home
With a satisfied mind...
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