All songs written by Elisabeth Cutler
© & (P) Hole in the Donut Music (BMI) 2002

Except ‘Evolution in Revolution’, lyrics by Elisabeth, music by Elisabeth & Benjamin Sitnikoff (BMI)
Produced, engineered and mixed by George Marinelli, Jr. at WingDing Studio, Nashville, TN
Mastered by Bob Olhsson
Graphic design and lay-out: Go Design

Musicians

Elisabeth: lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitars, high-string guitar

George Marinelli, Jr: electric guitars, acoustic & high-string guitars, mandolin, keyboards, kalimba, melodic, shakers, background vocals

Don Kerce: fretted and fretless bass, acoustic bass, 12-string bass, toy piano, loops, ceiling fan, arrangement on songs 1, 4, 8

Mel Watts: drums, percussion

John Gardner: drums, percussion on songs 3, 8, 10, 11

Sanctuary | Look Don’t Touch | Slow Dance | Hurricane of Change | Buried Alive | Evolution in Revolution | Break Easy | Fire and Ice | Nothing More | The Truth Comes Out | Fade to Black

Sanctuary

The voice I hear is small
A broken-winged bird call
A lonely love that’s lost and helpless

A woman is like wine
An apple ripe on the vine
A sweeter fruit comes in time

When you found me
I was open and empty
Running like a refuge
You rescued me

I claim sanctuary
Sanctuary

Behind every wall
There’s a world beyond the law
Where no one’s right and no one’s at fault

The camera catches life
Time stops in a flash of light
A picture brings me back the past

When I was a horse
Shy and wild, swift and strong
You were the only one to come close
Come close

I claim sanctuary
Sanctuary
I claim sanctuary
Sanctuary

Half of me is full
And half of me is empty still
I raise a glass in vino veritas

The moon marks a month
In my night you are the sun
Rays of love rise over me

Nothing’s holding me down
I’m in-between changes now
Can’t you see why I’m so confused
There’s no rules

I claim sanctuary
Sanctuary
I claim sanctuary
Sanctuary

 

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Look Don’t Touch

I can see you next to me
The road lights up your face then you fade away
I hear your voice inside me
It’s deep and soothing
I’m taking it all in I’m memorizing
So I can bring you back again

Today I walked to the top of a hill
My past and future stood still
The river below carried my wishes away
That I may know you better someday
I call the future to witness
This sweet temptation I resist

Look don’t touch
Love don’t fall
You’ll lose it all
If you open that door

You know I love you
I know I never told you
We’re friends forever that’s how love lasts
And I don’t want to repeat my past
I know you too well and I like you too much
For now that’s enough

Look don’t touch
Love don’t fall
You’ll lose it all
If you open that door

I have seen how it could be
I’ve thought of every possibility
And right now I want everything
I’d risk the consequence I‘m not afraid
But I don’t want to change my life
All I want is one night
Every once in a while

Into the tunnel of loneliness
This heart-break train is thundering
I’m wide awake dreaming of you
That’s all that’s left for me to do
I’m out of touch and you’re out of sight
And still on my mind

Look don’t touch
Love don’t fall
You’ll lose it all
If you open that door

 

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 Slow Dance

You are the cure I asked for
My summer breeze
Up my dress I’m a flower
Around your neck

Will you slow dance
Over the ocean with me

Pull me under the water
Help me breathe
Hold me up when I fall
In love too deep

Won’t you slow dance
Over the ocean with me

 

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 Hurricane of Change

It seems I should do something
I could let go
Why don’t you say something
What don’t I know

I feel like a still life
Hung on your wall
I’m a tall tree, baby
How come I feel so small

I’m mad an’ I’m glad an’ I’m sad
We lost what we thought we had
Nobody saw the train
It hit like a hurricane of change

Every time you say no
I feel so cold
How can you be so close
And I’m so alone

I’m gonna break the silence
I’ll cast the first stone
High over the mountain between us
I’ll rock your boat

I’m mad an’ I’m glad an’ I’m sad
We lost what we thought we had
Nobody saw the train
It hit like a hurricane of change

It happened so slowly
When we lost touch
I was here waiting, not asking enough
Now you wave your white flag
And open the door
I’m on my way out
No one wins the war

I thought we were invincible
Now I feel invisible
Is this another act of god
Or am I disposable

I’m mad an’ I’m glad an’ I’m sad
We lost what we thought we had
Nobody saw the train
It hit like a hurricane of change
Hurricane of change

 

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 Buried Alive

All the words that we don’t say
All the tears we brush away
Are still inside
All the love that we don’t give
Where does it disappear
It’s still alive

If I had only one chance
To believe in love
I had it with you
Now I can’t get past this place
Nothing is making sense
I feel like I’m buried alive

I don’t like these memories
Every night burning a hole in me
Turn out that light
I tell myself I did it right
So why do I still cry
I did my time

If I had only one chance
To believe in love
I had it with you
Now I can’t get past this place
Nothing is making sense
I feel like I’m buried alive

When the past is gone
The heart holds on
We can walk away
But love always stays

If I had only one chance
To believe in love
I had it with you
Now I can’t get past this place
Nothing is making sense
I feel like I’m buried alive

 

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 Break Easy

No, no, not me babe
I don’t break easy
I’m good at hiding
Everything I’m feeling

Oh no, not you again
Come to finish what you began
I’ve been laying here wondering
If you had forgotten

Go ahead lead me on
I’m so tired of being strong
Who says it’s wrong
To follow passion

Have mercy on me
Please don’t say I’m crazy
I’m sick of reality
It’s lonely

I have everything
So why do I still complain
No one can do anything
To make this feeling change

I heard my brother say
In heaven we’re all the same
Beyond pleasure and pain
Only love remains

Have mercy on me
I have captured this feeling
Now it won’t release me
It’s crazy
If I let you go
Will you let me come home
How can I blame you
I’m crazy

No, no, not me babe
I don’t break easy

 

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 Fire and Ice

Tonight it looks like it might snow
The sun has sunk into a red glow
There’s a ring around a silver moon
There’s a wish I want for these midnight blues

If I could speak Eskimo
I’d know a million ways to say snow
From the first fall to the deepest field
I’d tell you how Winter feels

Like a silent storm you are moving through my heart
A sad love song I’m singing in the dark
I’m hypnotized, mesmerized by the light in your eyes
I’m burning up and melting down
Like fire and ice
Fire and ice
Fire and ice

Lay down in the snow
And make me an angel
Give me wings to fly over the river
Someday, somewhere, someone will come
And make love last all Winter long
Like a silent storm you are moving through my heart
A sad love song I’m singing in the dark
I’m hypnotized, mesmerized by the light in your eyes
I’m burning up and melting down
Like fire and ice
Fire and ice
Fire and ice

You’re sleeping while I’m dreaming
I’m falling from the sky
I’m coming down all over you
Like fire and ice
Fire and ice
Fire and ice

 

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 Nothing More

I’m lost for words
I can’t think straight
How do you know
What I can’t say
I confess I can’t stop
Seeing you in the dark

All I want is what I need
It’s everything you bring to me

You lifted love
To my heart
In your hands I come apart
I will pay the price of pain
For holding on to feel this way

All I want is what I need
It’s everything you bring to me
All I have is what I keep
It’s nothing more than a fantasy

Take your time
I’ll be here
I’m open wide
When you are near
I didn’t know what I didn’t have
Tell me how can I go back

All I want is what I need
It’s everything you bring to me
All I have is what I keep
It’s nothing more than a fantasy

 

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 The Truth Comes Out

It’s like a curtain fell
The show is over now
Behind the smoke and mirrors
There’s a silent anger
I wanna fight for life
I’m so thankful and so dissatisfied

The truth comes out
Hard and mean and loud
The tears fall down
Now there is no doubt
Love can disappear
Suddenly it’s not here
When the truth comes out

I think I’ll stay right here
And get to know this fear
And try to lift this weight
To find the soft place
I’m reaching out for a reason
I don’t know why I stop myself from feeling

The truth comes out
Hard and mean and loud
The tears fall down
Now there is no doubt
Love can disappear
Suddenly it’s not here
When the truth comes out

The bullets go right through
I’m wearing black and blue
The wolves are at my door
Let ‘em in and give ‘em more

The truth comes out
Hard and mean and loud
The tears fall down
Now there is no doubt
Love can disappear
Suddenly it’s not here
When the truth comes out

 

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 Fade to Black

I picked up my life
And I walked outside
I knew I could fly
It’s like riding a bike

The clouds hung low
The people moved slow
I leaned into the wind
And I felt so different

Don’t look back
Don’t be sad
Live your life
‘Cause you can’t go back
Fade to black

I know my strength
Is love and faith
All this sweetness
Is my greatest weakness

It’s time for a change
I will find another way
The past will stay the same
But my dreams are waiting

Don’t look back
Don’t be sad
Live your life
‘Cause you can’t go back
Fade to black

So I won’t look back
I won’t be sad
I’ll live my life
‘Cause I can’t go back
Fade to black
Fade to black