Your desperation
Your inspiration
When you finally became a mute,
while a sad song plays,
you lie helpless and lost,
infected by the truth
That was fabricated by you.
Your image shattered in the eye of the storm.
We would never reach out to you.
How could you?
Your desperation to look like a victim
is such a cop-out.
You're fooling yourself.
Your inspiration is your contradictions.
You've lost the concept of what's the real truth.
That it's you who is the thief.
Who should by humbled by the
sheer size of your crimes.
We befriended you.
It was abuse.
There's no better time then the present time
to finally forget you.
How could you?
Your desperation to look like a victim
is such a cop-out.
You're fooling yourself.
Your inspiration is your contradictions.
You've lost the concept
of what's the real truth.
Close your eyes, and pretend that it's alright.
Do you feel it tonight?
Can you feel it tonight?
It's all crashing down.
Lately you know you've seen it.
The face, in the mirror never lies.
You're fading.
Don't say goodbye.
'Cause I'm still right here.
And don't you give up.
My love, for you is stronger than this.
I'm a tightrope walker.
And a vagabond poet,
who was killed for an artist's guilt.
Time will disappear and kill without any conscience.
But I'll still always be here.
You know I know
how much this hurts you, my dear.
Just give it time.
I promise we'll meet again.
I'm a tightrope walker.
And a vagabond poet,
who was killed for an artist's guilt.
Time will disappear and kill without any conscience.
But I'll still always be here.
The highway is a ghost town,
and the roads are paved with glass.
The moon is our spotlight,
and the stars our final crowd.
There's blood in the back seat,
and our screams the only sound.
Shots ring out like a bell,
as they're running away from the scene.
The sweat leaking down to my pillow
makes it so much harder and harder to sleep.
The blast gets a little bit louder
to the point that it's deafening.
To see the last of the undead soldiers
falling faster and faster down to their knees.
Wake up, do you believe in this, honestly?
This is a call to arms.
Revenge is ours.
We need to destroy the songs.
That feed the beast in the radio.
That spread like a gas leak in suburban homes.
Shackled and ready to go my army sounds like a symphony.
A chant and a screaming war siren makes it so much harder for
you to sleep at night.
The blackout of an industry full of tyranny.
The blackout of an industry is what we need
to bring them down to their knees.
This is a call to arms.
Revenge is ours.
We need to destroy the songs.
That feed the beast in the radio.
That spread like a gas leak in suburban homes.
Wake up, turn it off.
This is a breakout and the inmates are about to revolt.
Take it back and take it back for good.
Do you believe in this, honestly?
This is a call to arms.
Revenge is ours.
We need to destroy the songs.
That feed the beast in the radio.
That spread like a gas leak in suburban homes.
Burn away the best part of everything
And strip away all that I am,
I dispose of the man,
We won't make it so why should we stop it?
I wake up again in someone else's skin,
This body acts like a chain and I can't get out of it...
We won't make it so why should we stop it?
Burn away the best part of everything,
And strip away all that I am,
I dispose of the man,
We won't make it so why should we stop it?
I wake up again though I was never really here,
I'm a shell for a ghost and a grave for a man,
We won't make it so why should we stop it?
Burn away the best part of everything,
And strip away all that I am,
I dispose of the man,
We won't make it so why should we stop it?
Mirrors and cameras,
I reach for razor blades,
I want to cut myself,
I don't like what I see,
Mirrors and cameras,
I reach for razor blades,
I want to cut myself,
I don't like what I see
We won't make it so why should we stop it?
Burn away the best part of everything
And strip away all that I am,
I dispose of the man,
We won't make it so why should we stop it?
Mirrors and cameras,
Mirrors and cameras,
I stocked up on the ropes and the chains.
Can we keep things together now?
My mind is a broken shell and the last pieces
are covering the bathroom...
Which way to the door.
I'm being chased by doctors.
Lucid and tranquil.
I've got my sanity.
Everything I ever was in mapped out on the whiteboard,
for everyone and anyone.
Someone please show me the door.
To sanctity my sanctuary
is hidden deep inside from most.
And the secrets in the locket I wear,
they've been prescribed by doctors.
I need more.
Lucid and Tranquil.
I've got my sanity.
Everything I ever was is mapped out on the whiteboard,
for everyone and anyone.
Someone please show me the room.
Where I lost my innocence
into a vacuum of paranoid secrecy.
Is everybody after me?
Someone please show me more,
Paralyzed between these metal walls.
And how I wish I had something more than this.
Is this success?
'Cause when I'm home, it's just another day.
A piece of the furniture with nothing to say.
Your jester who lives to fail.
Everything that was written by me is complicated.
I swear I give you my words.
They get mixed up sometimes,
and everything that was written by me,
what's the meaning? I swear I give you my words.
They get lost sometimes.
Oh, it's cute to kiss and tell.
But the craziest part is that you all will never know for sure,
did I mean it all?
Any part at all?
They lyrics are just a fragile wall to keep me guarded from you.
Everything that was written by me is complicated.
I swear I give you my words.
They get mixed up sometimes,
and everything that was written by me,
what's the meaning?
You think you see it, the words.
They get lost sometimes.
Oh, how I bleed for you.
I wear my heart on my sleeve.
I live and bleed for only you.
With everything that was written by me,
you'll never see it,
you'll never get it.
There's a machine in my head.
There's a grinding in my brain.
The best part is that it turns you on.
The grinding penetrates
under the sheets, my dear.
We lie in love, but with fool's gold.
I want to give you the plans
just to make you stop.
I want you to get out of here for good.
It's in my bed, but my bed is a plot.
And the shovel is anchored down to the floor.
And I won't need to see you pushing up dirt again.
And I won't need to see you gagging on sincerity.
Daylight kills us.
KO'd by it and counting to ten.
Faced with choices
to pack it in or stand up and fight again.
There's something in my hand
pushing into my veins.
The tablature is for a death march.
I can't miss you
because you're already gone.
This is the climax to our love song.
You're in my head, but gone for good.
Your sonnet's melody plays on.
And I won't need to see you pushing up dirt again.
And I won't need to see you gagging on sincerity.
Daylight kills us.
KO'd by it and counting to ten.
Faced with choices
to pack it in or stand up and fight again.
I love how they used to say,
It's all in your head.
You're a paranoid picture,
You're a photograph...
Exposed by the light,
When you step outside,
Burnt by the sun,
That's in your eyes...
But when I saw it in my face,
In this mirror that needs to break,
Something bothered me and left me to feel...
Betrayal, Betrayal,
It rips right through me,
How you lie right to me,
Betrayal, Betrayal,
Will this world make better sense?
Once you mean nothing to me...
It's on the cutting room floor,
Footage of this mess,
Filmed then packaged and ready to sell...
Betrayal, Betrayal,
It rips right through me,
How you lie right to me,
Betrayal, Betrayal,
Will this world make better sense?
Once you mean nothing to me...
You used to live in a memory,
Now those pictures are burning...now
You're a memory,
A fingerprint on the film,
You're a shadow in the sun,
Now it's your time to burn...
Betrayal, Betrayal,
It rips right through me,
How you lie right to me,
Betrayal, Betrayal,
Will this world make better sense?
Once you mean nothing to me...
One day, you will come crawling back,
Choking on nails,
As the spike is hammered in,
Pine boxes pile up,
We're sick from the stench,
Exploding on contact,
Is our fat skin,
Choking on nails...
We're faceless,
In a generation,
Those sins of a generation of swine,
A generation of swine...
Our willingness to suffer,
Is what keeps us alive,
Trading in our shackles for a box of bloody knives...
Exploding on contact,
Is our fat skin,
Choking on nails...
We're faceless,
In a generation,
Those sins of a generation of swine...
It's getting tough to bare,
I'm breaking up from it,
We've got to change up the framework,
Those sins of a generation of swine...
We are the bloody and the light,
We carry all of the life,
We are a lie,
We are a lie,
We are the blood of the swine, the swine.
We're faceless,
In a generation,
Those sins of a generation of swine...
It's getting tough to bare,
I'm breaking up from it,
We've got to change up the framework,
Your make up is smeared down your face
From all the tears you cried as you left me
Now waking up alone is harder then you ever believed
Now your back again You did just damage us
(Your always) You were never ever there for me
When you were around you left a trace of fear in my mouth
(Your always) You were never ever there for me
When you were around you left a trace of fear in my mouth
Does it break you up inside to see how far I've come?
Does it tear you up inside to see that I have a new life?
(Your always) You were never ever there for me
When you were around you left a trace of fear in my mouth
(Your always) You were never ever there for me
When you were around you left a trace of fear in my mouth
(Your always) You were never ever there for me
When you were around you left a trace of fear in my mouth
You've got the gun I'm under your gun
So we build up a wall and tear it down
All of this and letters around
Do they really tear you up inside?
Make you wonder why?
Do they tear you up inside?
(Your always) You were never ever there for me
When you were around you left a trace of fear in my mouth
(Your always) You were never ever there for me
When you were around you left a trace of fear in my mouth
(Your always) You were never ever there for me
When you were around you left a trace of fear in my mouth
Close your eyes, and pretend I'm by your side
Can you feel me love?
Can you see me love?
You wake up alone
It's still forty days until I come home
Does it get easier love?
It seems like it never does...
Is that why you lie?
And tell me your alright?
Close your eyes, and pretend I'm by your side
Can you feel me tonight?
Can you see me tonight?
I know your not alright
But this is all you tonight
It hurts but can you feel me love?
Can you see me love?
Are you alright?
I'm starving for answers
I need to know exactly where you are, wherever you are
It's cold tonight
These sheets feel like winter
Are you with someone else tonight?
Is your body his instead of mine?
So I lie, and tell you I'm alright...
Close your eyes and pretend I'm by your side my love
Can you feel me tonight?
Can you see me tonight?
I know your not alright
But this is all we're yellin tonight
It hurts but can you fee me love?
Can you see me love?
Why are you waking up with the wolves?!!
Why are you waking up with the wolves?!!
Why are you waking up with the wolves?!!
Why are you waking up with the wolves?!!
I know your not alone
I heard someones voice on the telephone
I can't stay out here for one more night
I'm coming home
You were my home
Close your eyes, and pretend I'm yours once again tonight
Can you feel me love?
Can you see me love?
Even though your not alright
For once more,
Let me be yours tonight
Please forgive me love,
Will you see me love?
Give away all that you have inside
every last moment that you're alive
until your body is cold
sure, as he peels away your skin
you see the monster is intent
to see this to the end
it would be easier to die...
just easier sometimes
because the light is a sober reminder of what he did
your body can't get over it
life has been keeping you awake
asphyxiated by the hate
and it never calms
sew the aching in your veins
that no one ever sees
with the blade in the sheets
it would be easier to die...
just easier sometimes
because the light is a sober reminder of what he did
your body can't get over it
it's over...it's over
except the scars that last forever
it would be easier to die...
just easier sometimes
because the light is a sober reminder of what he did
Close your eyes and just let go,
And find the beauty outside of your front door,
You've been lost in the dark,
Inside your apartment with a broken heart,
Because it hurt too much to let go...
And you have lost all your self-control,
You wake up miserable,
A broken heart in a box you've buried away,
Six feet under to get rid of all this pain...
Because it hurt too much to let go,
of the life you always have known,
You've been lost in yourself,
Your imagination is a crippling hell,
To have loved is to let go...
And you have lost all your self-control,
You wake up miserable,
A broken heart in a box you've buried away,
Six feet under to get rid of all this pain...
You have lost all your self-control,
You wake up miserable,
A broken heart in a box you're buried away,
Six feet under to get rid of all this pain...
You said you'd never change,
And you can't seem to bring us back to the place of
where we first started from,
And you swore that you'd never leave and forever be
mine and that you'd die beside me,
So where are those forgotten promises now?
You have lost all your self-control,
You wake up miserable,
A broken heart in a box you've buried away,
Six feet under to get rid of all this pain...
You have lost all your self-control,
You wake up miserable,
A broken heart in a box you're buried away,
Six feet under to get rid of all this pain...
My light is my hope that won't stop burning,
For a love that is more than just a passing thing,
How long?
How much more?
How long?
This love is a curse that's fading away
If I could only see your eyes
I swear It may just change my mind
That this wasn't a dream, a diamond I can't see
When we had everything but time
Why did we let it pass us by?
The scent of your perfume left me consumed
And every promise that you made, were they pure and true?
Cause when I looked beyond the mattress
I saw you for what you really were
And from that moment you've been a stranger and I've been a fool
This love is a curse that's fading away
If I could only see your eyes
I swear It may just change my mind
That this wasn't a dream, a diamond I can't see
When we had everything but time
Why did we let it pass us by?
There's a contract in a shoe box
And a ring that comes with a veil
You've shattered all my dreams, you're a liar too
With there being so many ghosts inside
My stored past that haunts me
Will I be the one destroyed after this?
Is it a sign of weakness
Can't do it anymore
I was drowning in the ocean
Now I'm floating to the shore
You left me to die there
Sinking in the core
This love is a sequence in a series of failures
This love is a curse that's fading away
If I could only see your eyes
I swear It may just change my mind
That this wasn't a dream, a diamond I can't see
When we had everything but time
Why did we let it pass us by?
You left me to die there
Sinking in the core
I'll never forget you,
But your time to leave is way past due,
I have this overwhelming urge,
To suck in one good breath and scream,
There is no love left inside of me...
This isn't the first time,
That I've fallen apart infront of an audience,
(Though) the words have changed,
The message stays the same,
I tried reason
It was all in vain,
I wish it didn't have to be, but this song is for you
Now that's entertainment,
To watch me fall apart at the knees,
And grovel like a slave who,
is begging for a little sympathy,
And you danced around on my broken dreams,
Celebrated when I made mistakes,
This song was written about how much I hate you...
And through all the worst of time,
I sat and took it almost every time,
I tried to scream but it didn't work,
I tried to leave but it didn't work,
I wish it didn't have to be but this song is for you...
Now that's entertainment,
To watch me fall apart at the knees,
And grovel like a slave who,
is begging for a little sympathy,
And you danced around on my broken dreams,
Celebrated when I made mistakes,
This song was written about how much I hate you...
I tried to scream but it didn't work,
I tried to leave but it didn't work,
I tried, I tried to...
Now that's entertainment,
To watch me fall apart at the knees,
And grovel like a slave who,
is begging for a little sympathy,
And you danced around on my broken dreams,
Celebrated when I made mistakes,
I hate you,
I hate you,
I hate you,
I hate you,
Something comes over me,
There's poison coming from the T.V.
The buzzing attracts the fleas,
I've seen the sun rise for weeks...
We're lost in each other,
What's one without the other?
Fused together,
Fused together...
Paranoid by the sound of the streets,
Wood creaks like the march of machines,
My blood lust consuming me,
My hunger is matched by my greed...
We're lost in each other,
What's one without the other?
Fused together,
Fused together...
We're lost in each other,
What's one without the other?
Fused together,
Fused together...
Save us from the killer's eye,
What's the distance from the bottom?
When you have nothing to lose
Do you see the world move forward?
As you break into pieces,
Remember how you used to walk proud?
How you'd soar above the crowd,
What's the distance from the bottom?
When you wear failure like scars,
And your dreams landed way off mark,
And you know you want to make things right
for the first time in your life,
And your trophies from when you were young,
Are just symbols of where you went wrong,
Well you know how it goes...
What's the distance from the bottom?
What has happened to you?
Do you stay awake at night and wonder why
you're falling to pieces,
Do you feel the stinging in your gut?
Does it hurt you to think about?
What's the distance from the bottom?
When you wear failure like scars,
And your dreams landed way off mark,
And you know you want to make things right
for the first time in your life,
And your trophies from when you were young,
Are just symbols of where you went wrong,
Well you know how it goes...
And it seems like a mystery now,
How you could fall so far down,
Well you know how it goes...
When you can't change the world,
you can't change the world,
When you can't change the world,
you can't change the world...
When you wear failure like scars,
And your dreams landed way off mark,
And you know you want to make things right
for the first time in your life,
And your trophies from when you were young,
Are just symbols of where you went wrong,
Well you know how it goes...
When you can't change the world
you can't change the world,
So take a minute and ask yourself why
every second you're after just seems to pass.
Take a minute and ask why you ran away from it.
And every moment, thereafter, is a relapse.
From the memory before to the one that just passed.
Take a minute and ask yourself why.
It's easier to appease me when you are down on your knees,
and you're begging for me.
To take it easy on you, it's easier to
leave you when you're down...
These are just wasted intentions.
They're mixed up and they're all pretentious.
Yesterday seemed so long ago,
and the best of me is almost too hard to find...
These are just wasted intentions.
They're mixed up and they're all pretentious.
Why do you face this alone?
So now you've watched the playback in your mind.
Would you agree that you let it all slip past?
I just had to ask why it got away from you.
Does every regret burn from the inside?
From the memory before to the one that just passed,
watch it again and ask yourself why?
It's easier to appease me when you are down on your knees and alone.
These are just wasted intentions.
They're mixed up and they're all pretentious.
Yesterday seemed so long ago,
and the best of me is almost too hard to find...
These are just wasted intentions.
They're mixed up and they're all pretentious.
Why do you face this alone?
These are just wasted intentions.
They're mixed up and they're all pretentious.
Yesterday seemed so long ago,
and the best of me is almost too hard to find...
These are just wasted intentions.
They're mixed up and they're all pretentious.
Smothered you suffocate,
Choke on me,
Confused you isolate all your intensions,
There's no vaccination...
Gardens that burn from fires,
Evacuate the Angels,
Who stand on funeral pyres,
To escape temptation,
Nothing has been consistent,
Not your life or your vision,
When two hearts burn as one,
Who is the victim?
You're my siren,
Entice my heart 'til it's yours,
You're my siren,
Entice my heart 'til it's yours
These bars are getting to me,
This gray box so isolating,
I've paced in it everyday,
For too long it's been my sentance...
You're my siren
Entice my heart 'til it's yours,
You're my siren,
Entice my heart 'til it's yours
Enjoy your time inside my mind and heart they're yours
Enjoy your time inside my mind and heart they're yours
Enjoy your time inside my mind and heart they're yours
You're my siren,
Entice my heart 'til it's yours
You're my siren,
Entice my heart 'til it's yours
This is yours,
This is yours,
This is yours,
Rats...
Rats in the prison,
Sentenced to obey,
Broken by the slaves,
Masquerading beyond the lights...
I am constantly in wonder,
What kind of an animal can live in this filth?
And you,
You're the kind of cheap whore,
Who's forever been living for,
Sucking the life out of me...
We're rats in the prison,
for one more hopeless day,
The glass tomb is not escapable
Forever buried in it's grave...
I am constantly in wonder,
What kind of an animal can live in this filth?
And you,
You're the kind of cheap whore,
Who's forever been living for,
Sucking the life out of me...
Rats,
I am constantly in wonder,
What kind of an animal can live in this filth?
And you,
You're the kind of cheap whore,
Who's forever been living for,
Sucking the life out of me...
I am constantly in wonder,
What kind of an animal can live in this filth?
And you,
You're the kind of fucking whore,
Who'll sell your heart and soul for a dollar bill...
The sad news came today,
That you gave up,
You quit,
You're walking away,
And you can't find the right words to say,
That you are a part of a ship that's sinking...
We'll hang ourselves up with our broken dreams,
Convince ourselves that we are better then this,
Our commitment's a sickness...
We'll hang ourselves up with our broken dreams,
And tell ourselves that we almost made it,
Our commitment's a sickness...
And they say this, too, shall pass,
But we're getting older with no closure or direction...
We'll hang ourselves up with our broken dreams,
Convince ourselves that we are better then this,
Our commitment's a sickness...
We'll hang ourselves up with our broken dreams,
And tell ourselves that we almost made it,
Our commitment's a sickness...
We'll hang ourselves with our dreams,
We'll hang ourselves with doubt,
We'll hang ourselves with our dreams,
We're always hanging on,
We'll hang ourselves up with our broken dreams,
Convince ourselves that we are better then this,
Our commitment's a sickness...
We'll hang ourselves up with our broken dreams,
And tell ourselves that we almost made it,
You're staring out to space,
Alone in your favorite restaurant,
But the stool next to you is vacant...
You're standing on the edge,
Looking down on everyone,
Wondering who loves you
And there's no one ever there,
You cherished all the birthday cards
you saved since you were a kid,
But some things can never change so
just get used to it,
Some people never change,
they're incapable of it,
They're all full of it...
You're standing on the edge,
Looking down on everyone,
Wondering who loves you?
When you scream...(you're standing on the edge looking down on everyone)
That you're scared...(you're standing on the edge looking down on everyone)
We are the ones that break down from the hopelessness...
You're standing on the edge,
Looking down on everyone,
Wondering who loves you?
When I do...
When I do...
When I do...
Some things never change...
Some things can never change...
Some things can never change,
Your beauty forced a change in me
Vivid and pure, it will always be haunting me
Burnt out by the temptress of old
Reborn, you're constantly challenging me...
It never seemed so easy
For you to put me back together again
Lost in your eyes
The time flies by
Soon i'll be gone
Left without a trace
I need you, to put me back together again
I ache for you constantly
Through my veins I yearn for you hopelessly
And when it's my time to go
If all else fails, I desperately want you to know
It never seemed so easy
For you to put me back together again
Lost in your eyes
The time flies by
Soon i'll be gone
Left without a trace
I need you, to put me together again...
Have I ever been so scared?
To be lost without a trace
My heart broken in two
Your memory erased
I'm so scared to be alone
You made me whole
I will always miss you
You will always have a place inside my heart
I wrote a letter to my ex-lover's mother to thank her for learning to like me
Seeing as I was an unlikely suitor
your princess is priceless I hope that you know that
I'll write a letter to my next lover's father to tell him one hell of a daughter
his beautiful baby that makes me so happy
your princess is priceless I'm so glad you know that
I look at pictures of my ex-lovers summer that she lived with me and my parents
wearing our clothes in the pool from the puddle stomping that we did
we could have gone naked
I will take pictures of my next lover and color my walls with the face of another
beautiful baby that makes me so happy
Today I visited the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and jumped in.
I was very certainly not supposed to do that.
Lake Union is separated from the Puget Sound by a waterway. In this waterway there is a lock system to negotiate a change in water levels. I'm not positive because I didn't read the placards, but I imagine this is necessary because otherwise the canal would be a currented river that flowed out to sea, and boats would be hard-pressed to make it east, back in the Lake Union, and in turn, Lake Washington.
I could be totally wrong though.
Regardless, the locks are one of the strangest of man made phenomena I have ever seen in action. The boats are channeled into a sort of holding tank; large metal doors shut behind them, watertight. Then some bells begin to ring, and quicker than you might imagine the boats float upwards towards you.
Whenever I take a bath, which these days is not often enough, I enjoy sitting in the tub as it is filling up, and even more when the water is draining out, and some layer of my body is going down the pipes with it.
I jumped over the railing today because I wanted to feel what it was like to swim in water that was rising. Aside from being difficult, in my jeans and hooded sweatshirt, and shockingly cold, the feeling was no different than swimming in a stable body of water.
Everything is wet
In the arboretum
Everything is wet
In the arboretum
I am wet
In the arboretum
Its the middle of June
The end of rainy season
Its been a year since i made love to you
Its been a year since i made love to anyone
Everything is wet
In the arboretum
Everything is wet
In the arboretum
Oh i got it got it got it bad
This time
If i every get you get you back
Its gonna be for good
Everything is wet
In the arboretum
Everything is wet
In the arboretum
I am wet
In the arboretum
Its the middle of June
The end of rainy season
Everything is quiet
In the end of evening
Everything is quiet
In the end of evening
I am quiet
In the end of evening
I don't really want her back
You cut your hand
On a glass in the sink
And you called my name
And you bled too much
And you were scared of your blood
And so was I
It was too much
But I knew what I was there for
And i wrapped you up
Yeah I wrapped up your cut
You didn't bleed as much
And I took you to the hospital
Were they stiched you up
I wish i could have sewn you up
The doctor was a jerk
He told you not to cry
But i held your other hand
And I knew what I was there for
And I told you to cry
If you wanted to cry
You had bled too much
You had bled enough
For one day
The leaves were off the hardwoods, I could see into the tree, and there I spotted Flicker Wings and back she spotted me.
Feeling bold against the colder months I nodded to her glow, we showed each other what we held, yielding what we know.
And she is a rare bird and I am a bird caller. Soon I'd call her my lover, cause birds of the same feather flock with each other.
And now I can identify by the colors in her chest; identify with the melody she builds within her breast. And simply by example of the lines that draw her face, she gives me daily lessons on the grace of organic shape.
And she is a rare bird, and I am a bird watcher. I could watch her for hours in a birdbath under a downpour of autumnal showers.
I saw in Flicker Wings what she saw in me: the mist and the mixture of love mystery. We could talk for forever and between the sheets where her a couple of poetic feats.
But November pretender, we all have some cuts. To attend to ourselves we must fend for or bust. But the bigger amber(?) that you gave from a flame can cast warmth to help melt through the ice chest of pain.
I can see her in the meadow perched upon her favorite horse that she named after the feeling he wells up inside her heart. Temperature is dropping here as winter rears its head, I'll invite her swift migration to the quilt-fold of my bed.
She is a rare bird and I am a bird caller. Soon I'd call her my lover, cause birds of the same feather flock with each other.
You know this and she knows this but we're for sure, in poetry and dreams a bird's a metaphor for girl. And I know her given name, we speak the same native tongue. Jamie my love I love you as you are untame and young.
And she is a rare bird and I am a bird watcher. I could watch her for hours under a downpour of autumnal showers.
In the woods, in the mountains there's a good place to begin
The song about a black bear living in his black bear den
Doing all the black bear things a black bear just might do
I hope in my next lifetime I could be a black bear too
And here comes black bear now, crashing through the brush
Unfazed by thorns and branches that would hurt me to the touch
In pursuit of some small animal, the food chain is a truth
And the bear has the advantage of the massive claw and tooth
But he'll also stop for berries or honey from the bees
Or nuts that he can shake down from the canopy of trees
And afterwards he'll have his choice from any stream to drink
While I'll fill up another cup from my old kitchen sink
And if he wants he'll have a nap and dream his black bear dreams
And I could only dream of black I dream I drink from streams
And as he sleeps he hears a breeze and knows that he is safe
While I'm sleeping with the fan on to drown out my lack of faith
The simplicity of solitude it's a hard thing to perfect
Stealing happiness from loneliness is not a simple theft
A black bear has it figured out and gets what he deserves
And the fur that he is wearing is the fur that he prefers
And when he stared across the river into my eyes it made me shiver
And I knew that it was lovely to have a black bear thinking of me
And when he thinks, he is thoughtful and when he rests he is restful
And when he runs he runs the fastest he spins the earth right on its axis
And that's his gift to all showing us the sun
Keeping time for everyone a steady beating drum
And all the dirt he bounds upon he'd leave his heavy track
That is deep when he is young and blue but deepest when he's black
Cause colour for the black bear is a synonym for age
If I were one then I'd be in my cinnamon phase
Instead I am 22 and the decades weight a ton
This new century's essentially a bullet from the gun
It takes coffee pots that cost a lot just to stay abreast
But coffee hits my sense of loss and makes a nervous wreck
The simplicity of solitude is a hard thing to perfect
Stealing happiness from loneliness is not a simple theft
But the black bear has it figured out and gets what he deserves
And the fur that he is wearing is the fur that he prefers
And when he stared across the river in to my eyes it made me shiver
And I knew that it was lovely to have a black bear thinking of me
And when he thinks, he is thoughtful and when he rests, he is restful
My stomach becomes hollower
The more I eat alone
I can hardly stomach
Getting you on the phone
I feel like an idiot
Every time I see you
And I feel like you're an idiot too
I say you look great
I've lost a lot of weight you say
My old clothes don't even fit
remember my denim jacket
Of corse I do
You wore it all three years
through camping trips and irrational fears
Australia
Olympia
Poughkeepsie
Oh Poughkeepsie
I'm sick and I'm tired
I shouldn't be singing
I'm gonna lose my voice
But it doesn't really matter
Because I've got no one
I never cared about the car I'd drive
Or the room I'd sleep or the bus I'd ride.
Just as long as I could get somewhere
And not get hurt I could breathe out there
I knew I could be free out there...could be me
I never cared about the word prestige
About no inside track or no noblesse oblige
Just as long as I could pay my way
And pull my weight and say my say
As long as I could pay my way... I could say
(Bridge)
I never had no plans just dreams and vague directions
I would not make my stand
In the house of corrections
Now I can see at last that everything is changing
And if you want to hold on fast the future needs arranging
(Chorus)
Now I'm looking forward to you
Now I'm looking forward to you
My former view was backward
My backward view was blue
Now I'm looking forward to you
Love had a weight designed to bring me down
My hands would sweat and my heart would pound
Now I've learned it and I've turned around
And I hanker for that anchor sound
I hanker for that anchor sound
Once designed to bring me down
(Repeat Bridge)
It reads like a fairytale
And that's what it was
Young man in his prime
Young girl from the cross
The most perfect of strangers
And then the night closed in
And the holy ground took care of everything
Now she was a fine one
And he was a handsome man
One look was enough
And away they ran
They spent many happy hours
And then the night closed in
And the holy ground took care of everything
Oh what's the use in complaining
In for a penny in for a pound
I remember the loving time
And nothing else really counts
And I recall the promise they made
With a faith I can but admire
That she'd be the one he adored
And he'd be her heart's desire
It didn't come true in the end
They went their separate ways
He couldn't change what he was
She wasn't ready to wait
They couldn't live in the daylight
They let the night close in
And the holy ground took care of everything
I remember the loving time
When the morning comes
I gaze on you with desire
When the morning comes
My look will be perfectly plain
When the morning comes
My beloved one
When the morning comes
You'll know that we both feel the same
In the afternoon
Misgivings will pale into nothing
In the afternoon
We'll know what it is to believe
In the afternoon
And I covet you
In the afternoon
I'll give you no reason to leave
Done with time and patience
I moved with the crowd
Lonely in my silence
And being without
Then all in one instant
Straight out of the blue
Out of all it's goodness
The summer sent you
Now it's evening time
And I reach for you lying beside me
Now it's evening time
Your kiss will be tender and sure
Now it's evening time
Just like every time
Now it's evening time
I love you as much as before
Done with time and patience
I moved with the crowd
Lonely in my silence
And being without
Then all in one instant
Straight out of the blue
Out of all it's goodness
The summer sent you
All in one sweet instant
Straight out of the blue
Out of all it's goodness
(Chorus)
My heart is low, my heart is so low
As onlv a woman's heart can be
As only a woman's, as only a woman's
As only a woman's heart can know
The tears that drip
From my bewildered eyes
Taste of bitter sweet romance
You're still in my hopes
You're still on my mind
And even though I manage on my own
(Chorus)
My heart is low, my heart is so low
As only a woman's heart can be
As only a woman's, as only a woman's
As only a woman's heart can know
When restless eyes
Reveal my troubled soul
And memories flood my weary heart
I mourn for my dreams
I mourn for my wasted love
And while I know that I'll survive alone
(Chorus)
My heart is low, my heart is so low
As only a woman's heart can be
As only a woman's, as only a woman's
As only a woman's heart can know
My heart is low, my heart is so low
As only a woman's heart can be
As only a woman's, as only a woman's
Welcome back with open legs to
I think I'll play with you again
The snakes alive she died in the water
My little girl's to shallow to drown
So hard to love but I'm easy to lay
So hard to love but I'm easy to lay
So hard to love but I'm easy to lay
So hard to love but I'm easy
Hard to love she tried to explain
Understand thats she's easy to lay
But dont try to understand her love at all
She's got me shaking so cold my love wont mould
Come in drunk have words with you
I lost my clothes and my mind again
With the tactics of an actress
Just stake you way all around the room
So hard to love but I'm easy to lay
So hard to love but I'm easy to lay
So hard to love but I'm easy to lay
So hard to love but I'm easy
Hard to love she tried to explain
Understand thats she's easy to lay
But dont try to understand her love at all
She's got me shaking so cold my love wont mould
One more kiss
A little kiss
A little!
Hard to love she tried to explain
Understand thats she's easy to lay
Don't try to understand her love at all
She's got me shaking so cold my love wont mould
Hard to love she tried to explain
Understand thats she's easy to lay
But Don't try to understand her love at all
She's got me shaking so cold my love wont mould
Hard to love but easy to lay
Hard to love and easy to lay
Easy!
She's just confetti and you're smothered
You paint the town by numbers and say
"Pour us another, brother, don't you know who i am?" (Who?)
His state of mind
You will find behind smoke and mirrors...
Don't mess with us now
Because we're too far gone
You should have taken your chance
When it came along
Shared secrets best left alone
Punch drunk fighting his way home
She screams, "i'm not like the others,
mother, don't think that i am!"
But back at mine she'll show you
Smoke and mirrors
Don't mess with us now
Because we're too far gone
You should have taken your chance
When it came along
Red face, black eye
But he wants more to take his mind off
All the friends he's lost
Tossed aside like caution
of a friday night
Just to be the apple of the public eye
Don't mess with us now
Because we're too far gone
You should have taken your chance
Hold me
Don't touch me
We're all friends
But you don't feel a thing from over there
Well cashin your dues
We're all friends
You don't feel a thing, you despair
I like your heat
Put the meat where my mouth is
(Get the bats out for black wire)
Pistols at dawn
You're gonna die, you're gonna die
(Get the bats out for black wire)
Hold me
Don't touch me
We're all friends
But you don't feel a thing from over there
Well cashin your dues
We're all friends
You don't feel a thing, you despair
Pass, pass, pass out
pass, pass, pass out
I like your heat
Put the meat where my mouth is
(Get the bats out for black wire)
Pistols at dawn
You're gonna die, you're gonna die
