[ti:The Defeats That Were Turning Into Gold] [ar:Yules] [al:Strike A Balance] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Defeats That Were Turning Into Gold - Yules [00:13.96]Tom is always sick about everything [00:17.51]Maybe it's in his heart or maybe it's in his head [00:26.35]He often prays for people like him [00:28.79]In the hospitals where it feels so grim [00:32.19]He tries to put the light of hope within [00:38.80]His parents they don't understand [00:44.19]Why he gives his time for the frail ones [00:48.06]Instead of taking care of him [00:52.25]Tom knows he does belong here [00:54.78]But at home things are really heavy [00:57.72]That he planned to leave not to become nasty [01:14.03]Sweet beth and her mother [01:16.59]Had an argument again about summer [01:19.91]That she wants to spend with her bunch of friends [01:26.52]Lately beth lost too much weight [01:29.34]The bones of her spine are like teeth from a saw [01:32.61]Ready to cut her skin off to get it over with [01:38.57]She can't stand her face and her reflection [01:44.51]In the mirror she found this is not enough [01:47.78]To feel well among friends when your family life is rough [01:53.99]When the corners of your mind are just blocked [02:03.34]And the only window of your heart overlooks nothing [02:11.31]Nothing but a lonesome track [02:19.05]You want to get out of this tragic plight [02:26.83]Where you are confined you weep to get blind [02:32.79]You wish you could bury that voice [02:36.30]Pretending you have no choice [02:39.05]But right after that way there'll be a newborn day [03:09.49]Sometimes I thought my shadow [03:15.30]Was a long long way behind me [03:21.36]But it kept haunting me [03:24.30]Because I refuse to see what I needed to be [03:34.07]Me I want to go where my curing lives [03:38.19]And where the angels hum about [03:41.34]The defeats that were turning into gold