Words Came Back to Me

Let me go

You hold me down
Please, you let me go
I'm dying to be out on my own
And I think I might go crazy
If this lasts any longer

You tell me this
And you tell me that
I'm trying to tell you
Where I’m at
And I think I might go crazy
If this lasts any longer

Oh yeah
I want to let you know you got to
Let me go
You got to let me go
Yeah you got to
Let me go
You gotta let me go
Oh you gotta let me go
And I’m just trying to
Let you know
So please let me go

I've been on my best behavior
What more do you need
I'm not a savior
And I think I might go crazy
If this lasts any longer

You might think you're misunderstood
But I’m tired of acting like I should
And I think I might go crazy
If this lasts any longer

Oh yeah
I want to let you know you got to
Let me go
You got to let me go
Oh you got to
Let me go
You gotta let me go
Oh you gotta let me go
You know I’m trying to
Let you know
So please let me go

Well I love you and I need you
But I’ve got to get away
Give me space and I won't mind
When you want me to stay
And I resent the fact that I need you
You got tp let me make mistakes
Give me time out on my own
We won't have too much heartache

And I said oh
I wanna
Let you know you got to
Let me go
You gotta let me go
Oh you gotta
Let me go
You gotta let me go
Oh you gotta
Let me go
You gotta let me go
Oh you gotta
Let me go
Oh you gotta let me go
You gotta let me go
I'm just trying to
Let you know
You gotta let me go

Train

I've just taken a seat on the train
I walked through busy streets down a shadowy lane
I just bought my ticket for the ride
There's no turning back now, no matter what I decide

Steel body moves fast, hinges pounding against the ground
I sink into my seat and I pray for it to speed up
While I wish it would slow down

My body quivers with anticipation for what lies ahead
Wood is thrown onto the fire that cries out to be fed
Mist shrouds the dawn, so ahead I cannot see
The train it moves ever forward into the misty sea

There's so many faces
But most of the time I feel so alone
There's so many places
Will I ever stop and know my own home

I know I’m gonna get there
But I’m not sure when
Nor do I know where I’m going
So I won't pretend

I cannot see beyond the horizon
Nor around the bend
The train it moves ever forward
Without a seeming end

Out of one window, I saw rain
I looked through the other, and I felt the warm suns rays
The wind, it gently blew across my weary shoulder
And time whispered in my ear
"Child, you're just gonna keep getting older"

But I’ve done nothing more
Than take a seat on this here, train
Yet my life turned upside down and only
Only the little things remain

Can't get you out of my mind

I can't get you out of my mind
Your love is like a drug
And I’ve been so drugged by your love
That I don't even know the time

And all that I can do
Is think of loving you.
Yes it's all that I can do
It's all that I can do
’Cause I can't get you out of my mind

I tried so hard to stop
Thinking about you baby
I thought if I did something else for a little while
I might forget about you, maybe

But all that I can do
Is think of loving you
Yes It's all that I can do
It's all that I can do
'Cause I can't get you out of my mind

I tried so hard to stop
Thinking about you baby
I, I tried so hard but it didn't work, no
Oh I got to know, I got to know how you feel about me, baby
'Cause my mind is going crazy
And it's really starting to hurt

So tell me what
Oh baby tell me what will come of my love
Call me baby
Do something honey I’ve got to know
I've got to know what you’re thinking of

All that I can do
Is think of loving you
Oh you know
You know that’s all that I can do
I can’t, I can’t get you out of my mind
Oh no I, I can’t, I can’t
Darling darling I can’t get you out of my mind
Oh no no no no no
Can't get you out of my mind

Words

My words ran away from me
Now I’m lost and they're out at sea
Sailing away

They come and go, like the breeze
Whisper sweet, burn like disease
They change with the day

And I seem to say
All the wrong things on the right day
And I seem to do
All the wrong things on the right cue
At least most of the time

My words took me down the wrong track
And now I want to take it back
So I’ll run away

If only I could be free
Of the plague that my words seem to be
I’d thank the day

For I seem to say
All the wrong things on the right day
And I seem to do
All the wrong things on the right cue
At least most of the time

And life can be
Such a give or take
Some laugh while they're dying
Some cry when they wake
But there are some words
That I could never do without
That paint pictures on polished walls
And dance away with doubt

My words came back to me
They stayed awhile, we had some tea
While time whiled away

I said, "please be kind and please don't go"
They said, "we'll try, but you never know"
Depends on the day

And I seem to say
All the wrong things on the right day
And I seem to do
All the wrong things on the right cue
At least most of the time

Cold day

Every morning
Before the sun does rise
He cries
Then he wipes away his tears
He'll have no fears
And no one will know how hard he tries

Every minute of every day
She prays
That she will be strong
Enough to carry on
But she fears she's wasting away

It's a cold day in history
One of the coldest of all time
I'm so caught up with trying to stay warm
I forget to pay others any mind

Every evening
After the sun goes down
He feels alone
In his heart of hearts
Soul of souls
He wonders if he'll ever make it home

Every hour of every night
She lies awake
Thinking of all she's got to do
Just to make it through
Can she handle all that is at stake

It's a cold day in history
One of the coldest of the year
Can I hold you in my arms
And help you forget the fear

Can I hold you in my arms
And help you forget the fear

No matter what

She's a crazy girl
She needs an intervention
She has lost her world
And no one cares to mention

She just needs someone to help her out
She needs someone to say, "hey, what's it all about"
She needs a little bit of love and care
And most of all she needs someone to say

"I will be there for you
No matter what you do
I'll be there for you
No matter what you say
I'll be there today
No matter what you do
I'll be there for you
Yeah, you know it's true"

She's a lonely girl
Who needs some attention.
She needs to find someone
To put in place prevention
She needs a binding that will hold her and not tear
And most of all she needs someone to say

"I will be there for you
No matter what you do
I'll be there for you
No matter what you say
I'll be there today
No matter what you do
I'll be there for you, yeah"

And when I saw her last
She was on her own
Everyone was laughing and dancing
But she was all alone
When I saw her, her eyes were so, so, so tired
And her smile had gone away
She was high on strife and degrading life
That was when I heard them say

She's a frightened girl
Who needs good intention
She's been lost a little too long
Now she needs some direction
She just needs someone to tell her it's okay
Someone who actually cares about her day
She needs a little bit of love and care
And most of all she needs someone to say

"I will be there for you
No matter what you do
What you do
No matter what you say
What you say
No matter what you do
What you do
No matter what you say
What you say
No matter what you do
What you do
No matter what you do
No matter what you do
No matter what you do
Baby you know
I'll be there
For you
No matter what you do
I'll be there for you"

Simple melody

Spinning 'round
Till I tumble down
All my worries sink into the ground
As I lay here and look up at the Sun-lit trees

There's so many sounds
I don't believe silence can be found
Some would say it's quiet now
But I hear silence and it breaths

Lately
All I wanna do
Is sing
La da la da dee
That's all that I need
Just a simple melody
To set my soul free
For with out it, I can hardly breathe

Happiness has been good to me
But sorrow sets inspiration free
I love to feel
Everything that I can feel

I laugh I cry it's all the same
I love the sunshine, love the rain
As long as I can sing
About a beauty, so surreal

Lately
All I wanna do
Is sing
La da la da dee
That's all that I need
To sing La da la da dee
To set me free
To sing La da la da dee
For with out it, I can hardly breathe
Yes that's all that I need
It's all that I need

Think of you

You're like a breath of fresh air
Every time I’m 'round you
You take away all my despair

Anytime I’m feeling down or blue
Baby, all I've got to do
Is think about you

You're like the gentle kiss of rain
Every time I’m with you
You wash away all my pain

Anytime I’m feeling down or blue
Honey, all I've got to do
Is think about you

I would do anything
I would do everything
I would do anything just to be with you
I would go anywhere just as long as you were there
I would go anywhere just to be with you

You're like the spark of a fire
You kindle all my, my inner desire

Anytime I’m feeling down or blue
Honey, all I've got to do
Is think about you
If I’m feeling down or blue
I think about you
I think about you

Don't you know, don't you know
I'm thinking about you
Don't you know, don't you know
I think about you

Too beautiful

And I laid down in fields of gold
Only to rest my head
And I walked home
On a warm summer's day
With buttercups and Queen Ann lace
For my bed

And I ran until I could run no more
And I jumped in, to an icy cold stream
And as the water ran across my body
I wondered
Is this all just a dream

Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
It’s too beautiful to be

And I looked out across a quiet lake
Echoing the sounds of night
And I watched the yellow grass dance to a symphony
Early in the morning light
And I walked down the street
Crowded by faces and places
I’ve never known
Foreign lines, sketched by foreign designs
Seep through my body
To the bone

Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
It’s too beautiful to be

And when the night
Comes to tame me
I won't fight
‘Cause it’s no good to fight when you’re down
When the night
Comes to claim me
I won't fight
‘Cause it’s no good to fight when you’re down
No it’s no good to fight when you’re down

Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
It’s too beautiful to be

Tinted glass

I cannot explain
Why I am this way
Precaution please leave me alone
I'm tired of hearing what you’ve got to say

Sometimes I like it
Sometimes I don't

But it seems I always want to be what I’m not
And I’m not satisfied with what I've got
I'm looking through a tinted glass
That changes color with each question that I ask

Part of me is new and part of me is old
I'm running fast but can I hold
Onto this dream that grows at such a speed
I don't know what I want or what I need

I cannot explain
For I do not know
Confusion is planted in my mind
And the seed continues to grow

Sometimes I like it
Most times I don't

The more I know, the more I ask
Will I find answers or is this my task
Will a day arrive, when I am sure of something

The unobtainable intrigues me
Greener grass I can see
When my vision is obscured by desire

Sometimes I must
Look deeper than the waters brim
Take a deep breath
Before I dive in
Take a deep breath
Before I try to swim

Take a deep breath
Take a deep breath

I'd love you

I'd love you if you wanted me to
But you seem so unsure
I'd love you if you wanted me to
Tell me honey what I’m waiting for

Oh, I feel like I’m a puppet
Dangling on a string
And I hate the way that
You can make me do anything

Why I love you, I cannot say
Reasons are reasons
Emotions are funny that way
Reasons are reasons
Some things can't be explain

I'd love you if you wanted me to
But I don't think that you know
I'd love you if you wanted me to
When you say start, I'll be ready to go

But I’m tired of playing your little game
And I might give up, tell me, would you notice anyway

Why I love you, I guess I know
You are sweet and kind
And your spirit glows
You are sweet and kind
And it really, really shows
Yes, it shows

Why I love you, I cannot say
Honey, reasons are reasons
Emotions are so funny that way
Reasons are reasons
Some things can't be explain
No they can't, they can't be explain
They can't

Did you know
Did you know that I’d love you

Jerry

Oh, sweet Jerry
The man that she would marry
He'd say, "Oh, darling don't you cry
For I will always be by your side"

She took Jerry for granted
In her life he was firmly planted
She'd say, "oh, sometimes I wonder why
Jerry always stays by my side"

Jerry worked hard everyday
He worked so the bills could be paid
While she dreamed of a better life
Where she was another man's wife

Then early one October morning
She left Jerry with no warning
He said, " oh, darling won't you stay”
And she said, " Jerry, I've got to get away"

Oh, sweet Jerry
The weight he could not carry
And oh, oh how he tried
And when she left oh how he cried

And weeks passed by and the phone rang
The voice on the line was broken
She said, " oh the world is, oh so cold
Jerry, your love kept me warm and help me to be bold"

And Jerry thought she would come home
For without her, he felt so alone
She never did, and he always wondered why
And when he felt sad, he hid it with a smiles lie

And years have passed on by now
And Jerry, he gets by somehow
But he still whispers, "oh Darling don't you cry
For I will always be by your side"

This Storm

For Every Drop

There you go down again
To that place you say you often bend
There you go with all of your woes
And your demons and angels and heavenly flowers

Back to the start, you wipe off your slate
And you may think you're clean
But some stains won't erase

For every drop that falls from above
You say this is a sign of what I'm thinking of
Of what I'm thinking of

Everyone's looking
For something, for something
Everyone's trying
To get some satisfaction

Oh my God, just confess
You want it, you want it
You're just like the rest
Oh dear child, don't deny
You need it, you need it
For your alibi

There you go with all of your wounds
And your cuts and your scars
And your burns and your bruises

Your history is dark and your past is long
Poor old you, everything went wrong

Your mother, your father
Your brother, your friend
They ain't smart as you
'Cause they don't understand

They didn't do the work
And they didn't think through
I don't speak to them like I speak to you
Like I speak to you

Everyone's looking
For something, for something
Everyone's trying
To get some satisfaction

Oh my God, just confess
You want it, you want it
You're just like the rest
Oh dear child, don't deny
You need it, need it
For your alibi

All the stars around
Become blocked in your mind
Just so you could justify
Oh my God, I don't care
You're talking, talking
And there's nothing there

Did you ever care
Did you ever ask
Did you ever think perhaps
You're not first or last
First or last, first or last

Everyone's looking
For something, for something
Everyone's trying
To get some satisfaction

Borderline

Too much infiltration
Not enough information
Everybody wants salvation
From their, their own damnation

All this fabrication
Safe and sound in isolation
So we don't feel no obligation
To rise up, oh, rise up generation

It is getting harder and harder
Don't you care 'bout your sons and your daughters

Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
We can't stand waiting at the borderline
Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Oh, now is the time

Too much trepidation
At the thought of the situation
But it's a necessary realization
The world's on fire, no time for hesitation

Don't you know that there is always a limit
We are pushing hard, Lord, knows we have hit it

Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
We can't stand waiting at the borderline
Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Oh, now is the time

Now is the time, time, oh the time, time, oh

Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
We can't stand waiting at the borderline
Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Oh, now is the time

Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
We can't stand waiting at the borderline

Running

I'm not ready to paint my face
And cover all that lies beneath
If that disappoints you I'm sorry to say
I will be no accomplice to a thief

Just like this river that flows in between
Or the wrecks and the brambles in the waves
You can build a dam, you can force it upstream
But the water, always gets away

I been running from, I'm running from
The fear I'll lose myself in what I've become
And I don't wanna be under the gun
Please give me the strength to find I don't have to run

My mama told me, child, she said
You're beautiful, you're beautiful to me
I said mama, wish I was in your head
‘Cause despite your words I really do not see

I been running from, I'm running from
The fear I'll lose myself in what I've become
And I don't wanna be under the gun
Please give me the strength to find I don't have to run

I been running from, I'm running from
The fear I'll lose myself in what I've become
And I don't wanna be under the gun
Please give me the strength to find I'm not the only one
Please give me the strength to find I don't have to run

Here To There

You wake in the morn
One day dies, another's born, oh, oh
Where your sun rises, my sun sets
I promise you, I won't forget, oh, oh

For I believe there's so many years to go

Look to the left, look to the right
Do you get scared in the middle of the night
Take one step back and forth again
Tell me are you really my friend

For I believe there's so many years to go

And I don't know
How we get ourselves from here to there
Oh, from here to there

Tossed and turned all night long
Is this right, is this wrong
Ask myself do I care
'Cause life is short and rarely fair

And I believe there's so many years to go

I don't know
How we get ourselves from here to there
Oh, from here to there

Here to there
How do we get from here to there
How do we get from here to there
How do we get from here to there

How do we get from here to there
How do we get from here to there
How do we get from here to there
How do we get from here to there
How do we get from

Walk Away

How do you feel about this
'Cause your eyes say the words
Your mouth can't convey
Is it crazy to doubt this
Or do I head the voice and just walk away

Walk away
Walk away
Walk away

It's the same old story
Though the characters change
The roles stay the same
I am ready for love's glory
There'll be no tragedy under my name

Walk away
Walk away
Walk away

Could I'd take you into my arms for a while
Forgive and forget at the sight of your smile
Be there for you when I should run a mile
And that's just the problem and just the problem

Walk away
Walk away
Walk away

Fire

Everything I ever did, he said was wrong
but I can’t complain cause Baby you made me strong
When I wanted one thing, ‘course he needed another
Child I’m tired of your refrain
Go back to your mother

He’s the man you see, the face on all those magazines
The boy you dream ‘bout, in your little girl dreams
But don’t be fooled by the man in the mask
You’ll come undone, and it’s no fun so Darlin’ don’t ask

And you’ll scream
“Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
He’s burnin’ me down!”
And you’ll scream
“Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!”
And pray no one sees you
When you’re broken

Pick up the pieces, I’m alone again
With the enemy as my only friend
When I look in the mirror, that he did create
All I can feel for myself is a selfless hate

And as we danced he spun me around
But he never did quite let me hit the ground
And the ground would’ve been softer than his gaze
Which went right through me, as if to screw me
Then back into his nasty little haze

And I scream
“Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
He’s burnin’ me down!”
And I scream
“Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!”
And pray no one’s around

And I scream
“Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
He’s burnin’ me down!”
And I scream
“Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!”
And pray no one sees me
When I’m broken

What more can I say
Than it hurt me
Yeah it hurt me
Ask myself each day
Was it worth it, at all

Well, I’ve been wrung out
I been strung out
some would say I swung out
But I gotta ask, “Did you mean to?”
Didn’t seem to
Yet you seemed to be there
Each time I happened to fall

And I scream
“Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
He’s burnin’ me down!”
And I scream
“Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!”
And pray no one’s around

And I scream
“Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
He’s burnin’ me down!”
And I scream
“Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!”
And pray no one sees me
When I’m broken

Soldier's Lament

He fight and he pray, he love and he bleed
To no satisfaction, was not his need
And when he walks, stands tall as he can
For he's a man, yeah, he's a man

And when he crumples, resolve to the ground
Like burnt bits of paper, life flutters 'round
All eyes turn away, no one wants to see
A man who has lost, in the fight to be free

For we've been out running for all of our lives
No chance in stopping, we'd surely lose sight

In the back of his mind is a smiling face
The one who said, "You know, it's no race"
The one who said, "You got time to breathe
'Cause child you're born, we're all born free."

In the back of his mind, is the back of a room
So dusty and shrouded, that no dust broom
Stands a chance to clear the cobwebs away
So there in the back, in the dark it'll stay

And we've been out running for all of our lives
No chance in stopping, we'd surely lose sight.

Tell me son, what are you living for
Tell me boy, what are you living for
Tell me son, what are you living for
Tell me, tell me, what are you living for

Robin In The Snow

I saw a robin flying in the snow
Fluttering low
Isn't the season, how could he not know
It's much too cold

I saw a robin captive to the wind
Time, running thin
I said, "Dear robin, what a state you're in
You can't get out again"

And just like that
Simple as the sight of feathered wings
The robin was gone
And only I saw this bird of spring
Sing one very last winter song

And who will miss you when you're gone
Who will miss you when you're gone
I will miss you if you go away
Please, don't leave me here

Candle's burned out now
Stayed up 'til the wax dripped, to the floor
I was talking to you, can't seem to let go
So we say one thing more

And you're like rain falling in the evening
Whispering, darling, go to sleep
Oh, the pain, this love has got me reeling
Brings me to my knees, so bittersweet

And who will miss you when you're gone
Who will miss you when you're gone
I will miss you if you go away
Please, don't leave me here

The good, the bad, the in-between
Is it all just one impermanent dream

And here I am as the sun slinks slowly
In the pale steel sky and where are you
Are you thinking of me
As the moon above you does rise

And who will miss me when I'm gone
Who will miss me when I'm gone
Would you miss me should I go away
I won't leave you here

Would you miss me should I go away
I won't leave you here

Who Knows After All

Let us drink one last glass of wine
I will wish you luck in all you find
I'm not sorry, this is no mistake
For I can only give the things you take

For I'm going away for a long, long time
And I do not know what I'm bound to find

Sunlight in the afternoon
Hope in a darkened room
Love in a lingering tomb
Who knows after all

So let us make love this one last time
As our hairs and hearts intertwine
I'm not sorry, this is no mistake
But I fear my heart is bound to break

For I'm going away for a long, long time
And I do not know what I'm bound to find

A plastic heart at my feet
Lost on a lonely street
With this song in my head on repeat
Who knows after all

If you're searching any way to find me
Throw my name out to the waves in the sea
And you, you will find me
But you cannot bind, you cannot bind me

For I'm going away for a long, long time
And I do not know what I'm bound to find

Effortless

Do you hear the wind a howling
I saved my lonely porcelain doll
Do you hear the panther prowling
Wherever he wants
I can't give no more, I can't give no more

Just rocking to a lullaby
Dreams I thought would never pass me by
Is nothing more and nothing less
Than a search for something effortless

And when we find it in the open air
And when we breathe it in a strangers dare
It's nothing more and nothing less
Than a search for something effortless

Oh the cries are growing louder
Do they hear
Only when it's tuning and it's already tuning
We're just rocking to a lullaby
Dreams I thought would never pass us by

It's nothing more and nothing less
Than a search for something effortless
And when we find it in the open air
And when we breathe it in a strangers dare
It's nothing more and nothing less
Than a search for something effortless

And I don't cry for myself and I don't cry
Don't cry for you, I cry for the life of another
Someone I hardly knew, a man I never knew
Just rocking to a lullaby

Dreams I thought would never pass us by
It's nothing more and nothing less
Than a search for something effortless
And when we find it in the open air
And when we breathe it in a strangers dare
It's nothing more and nothing less
Than a search for something effortless

So Lonely

It's been a long, a long, long day, oh why
I get tired of hurrying to wait anyway, oh why
I need a man to hold me in his loving arms
I need someone to enfold me, away from harm

Feeling so lonely, feeling so lonely
Feeling so lonely, I could cry

I met a man with eyes so blue, that I
I could've sworn he saw right through the lie
I fell so hard when I stumbled into him
He was a little too old, perhaps to bold
Could it ever have really been

Feeling so lonely, feeling so lonely
I'm feeling so lonely, I could cry

Wake me, come on and shake me
'Cause I'm stumbling in a dream
I'm hazy, Lord, a little bit crazy, Lord
And I don't know where I have been

It was nothing much, it was just a touch
But it tore me apart
And I'm standing here and he's somewhere near
And I search with an aching heart

It's coming 'round that time of year where I
I wish I had someone to call my dear, oh I
Will walk alone among the apple trees
Well, my true love has flown and he left, oh, he left me

I'm feeling so lonely, I'm feeling awful lonely
Feeling so lonely, I could cry

This Storm

Just like this storm
Is sure to come
As surely
As the rain in the morning

Afraid to start
For I’ve begun
To fear
A single warnin’

It’s getting late
I’m getting cold
Would you be the
The one to hold
Me in your arms
Just for a while
Life’s too heavy
Can’t reconcile

Just look outside
Where will you go?
We follow
That which know
And then it hits
Surprise attack
And leaves you busted
Lying on your back

It’s getting late
I’m sure you’re cold
There’s too much
For one soul to hold
All by yourself
All on your own
It’s alright Darlin’
You’re not alone

When it’s just too much,
Too much to stand
You wonder why you’re dealt this hand
How on earth are you supposed to handle?
You’re broken down,
Can’t start again
Out of steam, this state you’re in
All at once you find the cup is
Brimming over

It’s getting late
We’re getting cold
I would be the
The one to hold
You in my arms
Just for a while
Life’s too heavy
Can’t reconcile

Convict of Conviction EP

Convict of Conviction

He was a convict of his own conviction
He was in conflict of his own infliction

And the lines do draw a parallel
Right back to the place
Where the shadow boxers dance
And old memories dwell

Below the tight rope
Drawn in suspicion
Beneath the artist
Who walks in ambitions

And the lines do draw a parallel
Right between fact and fiction
So the honest truth cannot yell
Over blind conviction

Nobody, nobody, nobody
Likes to be kept waiting
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Likes to feel powerless

He was a Jack Box
On his last round
He had been wound
And wound and wound

Until the old man
Pulled his final thread
The final thread that lead
To bloodshed

And the lines do draw a parallel
Right to the source of the friction
Where the spark that started a fire
From an old flint fell
Causing a burning
Affliction

Nobody, nobody, nobody
Likes to be kept waiting
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Likes to feel powerless

And so he found himself
With his lady, on the run
Pursued by his friend
The emancipator and instigator
That old shot gun

And they ran
Till time ran out
For there are some things
You can’t fool about

And the lines do draw a parallel
Right between fact and fiction
So the honest truth cannot yell
Over blind conviction

Lighthouse

It comes in
Like the wind
Through a door
That I never meant to open up
And leaves me stranded
Right here, where I stand
A distant land,
I’m lost again.

It comes in
While I move.
Like a hurricane
It swallows me too soon
And leaves me breathless
Gasping for some air
When nothing’s there,
Nothing’s there.

I need a lighthouse to guide me home
Need a sailor’s son with knives of bone
To cut from this heart where sorrow’s sewn
And spreads like wild fire, across the land.

It comes in
While I sleep
Kisses my toes
With lips that freeze my feet
And leaves me shivering
Lying in the cold
No warmth to hold
No warmth to hold.

I need a lighthouse to brave this storm
Need a sailor’s arms to keep me warm
An embrace that’s patiently born
From the raging sea, that crashes ’round me.

I need a lighthouse to guide me home
Need a sailor’s son with knives of bone
To cut from this heart where sorrow’s sewn
And spreads like wild fire, across the land.

Mr. Suicidal

Can I have a moment of your precious time
Tell me please, Mr. Suicidal.
Would it hurt so bad for you to break your dime,
Spend a little more on the horse,
Less on the bridal

There’s something that is happening out there.
There’s something that is happening out there.
And I feel it, in the marrow of my bones.

Mr., tell me can you spare a bit of change
A quarter, No, I don’t believe that’ll do.
Once you’ve messed things up,
You can’t just rearrange.
The furniture will always be black and blue.

There’s something that is happening out there.
There’s something that is happening out there.

We pray on a grain of sand, a million in the land
And when we come to create a shore
We will walk once more together.

We pray on a grain of sand, a million in the land
And when we come to create a shore
We will walk once more together.

Don’t you see the pendulum has swung so far one way,
Now it must come back again.

Sinks like a Stone

There’s an arrow deep within my heart
And it sinks just like a stone.

Nobody knows it.
How could they know it?
You can’t even see it,
Buried deep within

Nobody sees it.
How could they see it?
You can’t even feel it,
Underneath my skin.

There’s a feeling
Slipping down my spine
Oh, it’s just the worryin’ kind
And it whispers in my ear,
Things I do not want to hear.

How did you find me?
Get deep inside me.
When I so clearly, never wanted you here.

Don’t want to worry,
Why should I worry?
I wish that worry never did appear.

Snowing

It’s snowing outside
My window this morning

And here
Where I hide
From this world
’Round me
Warring.

And though,
It is still
We’re still
Moving

Like dancers
Under water
Slow in silence
That is looming

By…
Drive the cars
Filled with people
Off to better.

Through smoke and tar
We wont ever see this weather.

As though,
If we keep moving
Nothing
Will remind us

Of all we’ve forsaken
In the trail
We leave
Behind us.

There once was a man
Who thought life
Should only be gladness.

So he struggled for what he sought
Till he realized
That this was madness.

And there at the top
Of the hill
That he’d been climbing

He cried for all he’d fought
And all he’d lost in conniving

It’s snowing outside
My window this morning.

Gypsy Eyes

It doesn’t take much
To push you right over
Over the edge
When you’re waiting to fall

It doesn’t take much
To break apart the binding
When all that is binding
Is nothing at all

And so come the wolves that howl
How they prowl in hunger
I’m captive to
Your gypsy eyes
How they mesmerize
And pull
Me
Under

It doesn’t take much
When you feel like you are breaking
To find yourself forsaking
All that’s around

So you break
And you ask for forgiveness
When you don’t need forgiveness
You just need to be found

And so come the wolves that howl
How they prowl in hunger
I’m captive to
Your gypsy eyes
How they mesmerize
And pull
Me
Under

Shatter in a million pieces
Fumbling as what was decreases

There you are

With hands upraised and heart for sale
The ticket price, it is your bail

But this time,
No one’s gonna come

And so come the wolves that howl
How they prowl in hunger
I’m captive to
Your gypsy eyes
How they mesmerize
And pull
Me
Under

Non Album Tracks

Black Crow

Black Crow, he flies
Over the town
And we all wonder
Will he come back
Will come back
Tomorrow, or another day

I watch the lights
Die at the table
And I say
Lord, please make them laugh
So I know, that I'm able
To survive

In this room so unimpressed
While I stand here undressed
For everyone to see
Everyone can see
But do they
Or do they just project
Who they are and can't accept
While I get caught up
I get caught up

In this, this crazy game
Where the wise sit back
And the foolish reign.
Well, I'm starting to realize
That we're all just the same
Just trying to be, just trying to be
The best we can

I loved the ocean
I kissed the sea
And I said, come back
Will you come back, will you come back
Tomorrow, or another day

I stand so small
Atop a hill
And I say, Lord please
Come to me now
For I'm empty
And only you can fill

You can fill this emptiness
That i've waited and debated
How to talk about
I said, How do I talk
‘Cause I could change
Like they tell me that I could
Would it really be that good
To loose a little
To loose more than a little

For this, this crazy game
Where the wise sit back
And the foolish reign
Well, I'm starting to realize
That we're all just the same
Just trying to be, just trying to be
The best we can

Burn Brightly

Burn Baby, burn brightly
'Cause you don't have too long
Burn Baby, burn brightly
In spite of all that's going on

When we are born
We're born with a matchbook
The question is
How do we use them

Burn Baby, burn brightly
You got so much to give
Burn Baby, burn brightly
I know it's hard when life's too much to live

So then you take a match
And you light it
The others wait
Till you can, no longer, fight it

The urge to explode, the urge to divide
The urge to reveal, all that's inside
Of your soul waiting
The urge just to be a little bit more
The urge just to see what all this is for
What happens, when you reach the limit

Burn Baby, burn brightly
'Cause this will be the last
Burn Baby, burn brightly
When you burn so bright
It goes by fast

And in the end,
There'll be no competing
With all that's been
For you would just be repeating

The urge to explode, the urge to divide
The urge to reveal, all that's inside
Of your soul waiting
The urge just to be a little bit more,
The urge just to see what all this is for
What happens, when you reach the limit
What happens, when you reach the limit

Fragile Things

You find yourself with a yearning
That engulfs you whole
It started with a burning
that incinerated every part of your soul

You greet it like a crime
You drink it down like wine
As the toxins go to your head.
You say, “I love this one the most,”
As you raise your glass to toast
The best things, that are now dead

How will you find you
You remind you, that that is all
How will you live with you
You forgive you
Big and small

You say, “It hurts more than I can bare.”
This you say, “ I swear, is the truth
An honest fact
I can't do it all again
I thought this was the end
Now my heart grows weary
As the line retracts.”

Each one, a soldier, a fighter
Without a plan
Frightened by the shackles
He sees buried
Under every contraband

And you know there'll be no rest
Till you set him free
So you open up
Your tender wings
Once he's flown ashore
You know he'll come back once more
But it's hard to trust such fragile things

Haunting Refrain

I would like to walk the path
Along the dotted line
With anxiety, I talk to any open mind

As if I can't bare the truth
That there's no easy way out
With each burden as the proof
That we are victims of doubt

Take a long and winding road
And you are sure to find
Oh exactly what you thought
You had left behind

You say, “There it is again!”
“How can this be?”
There are just some things, my friend
Of which we are not free

Again and again and again
They come to haunt you
Again and again and again
Just like a haunting refrain
Again and again and again
They come to taunt you
And they will not ever let you walk away

They say, until you face
What it is you fear
Somehow it will find a way
To constantly appear

And as long as I've got light,
I don't have to face the dark
But what happens when I can't find a single spark

Again and again and again
They come to haunt you
Again and again and again
Just like a haunting refrain
Again and again and again
They come to taunt you
And they will not ever let you walk away

I Only Mean Good

There's no reason
For all the things you said
There's no reason
My love, come back to bed
There's no answer
For all the questions you ask
Love, I'm just your dancer
Must you look behind the mask

And it's hard to believe
That I could only mean good
For you've been deceived
More times than anyone should

Turn out the lights now
We're all free in the dark
Nothing to compare to
So let yourself come apart
Let yourself come apart

I am just flesh and bone
I got a soul too
This harbor is my home
For now, I will meld into you
For now, I will meld into you

And it's hard to believe
That I could only mean good
For you've been deceived
More times than anyone should

Personal Reprise

I don't want to fake it
But it's easy to begin
Got a world
I don't want to break it
‘Cause it's underneath my skin

Started out with imperfections
That turned into gold.
Just like the water's reflection
That bend everything ‘round
Inside its' fold

And there's no way that I'd be brave enough to say just what you mean to me
I set apart, inside my heart of heart, to separate you from the rest of me

For I can't help but see you
Through rose covered eyes
And I love to make you
Into my own personal reprise

‘Cause I get a feeling
Every time you are near
My world, it starts a reeling
And forgotten memories
Appear

And there's no way that I'd be brave enough to say just what you mean to me
I set apart, inside my heart of heart, to separate you from the rest of me

And I cannot fight this
I don't want to anymore
I contend with resignation
I can't deny what I stand before

I can't deny what I stand before

Rendered Whole

There is a constant calling
Started out by falling
And as I gained speed, I couldn't let go
Now I'm addicted to this constant vertigo

I had a wind that carried my sails
My fair weathered friend, left as the night exhaled
Now you say, "You can sail anywhere."
You don't understand it's au contraire

'Cause I can't be anybody
I cannot defy very heart and soul
I can't be just anybody
I can only that which renders me whole

Your words are like daggers
They hurt but don't kill
I stumble and stagger,
But I stand still

Could you stop the beat
In a beating, beating, beating heart
Might as well stop the breath
Before the hurting starts

'Cause I can't be just anybody
I cannot defy my very heart and soul
I can't be just anybody
I can only be that which renders me whole

Water

Water's leaking from the bucket and you don't understand
‘Cause you can't find a hole
There's a preacher in the army and he's short one man
‘Cause no one's in control

There's a tidal wave a coming and it's on the land
Shaking us ‘round in this fish bowl
And every time I try, I just can't understand
The solace of each soul

There's a riot on the verge of demolition
Raging ‘round our heads
And the wise men with their flowers mutter premonitions
About the years ahead
And everyone is wondering if there's a reason
But no one will stop to ask,
For it's as if the truth is slightly out of season
And you want the old ones back.

Right now
I see you're hurting some.
Right now
You're like the trigger
On a gun

Every ember of your being burns with indecision
You swear there's something more.
So you sign up for the church of whatever religion
Opens up its door

And you pray that there's a grain of truth beneath the production
Of plastic hopes and dreams
It's the grain of truth that keeps you wading through water
So deep you can't breath

Right now
You're drifting on the edge
Right now
You're slipping on a ledge
Right now
It's a long way down
Right now
There's no saviour in the lost and found