• Zero Frisco - Braid
• Yawn London - Braid
• Wax Wings - Braid
• Vest Of Interest - Braid
• Urbana's Too Dark - Braid
• Under The Influence Of Tricycle Mechanics - Braid
• Three Point Turn - Braid
• THIS CHARMING MAN - Braid
• The New Nathan Detroits - Braid
• Summer Salt - Braid
• Pipsqueak - Braid
• Ornamental - Braid
• Nineteen 75 - Braid
• New Dollar Building - Braid
• Never Will Come For Us - Braid
• My Baby Smokes - Braid
• Movie Clock Star - Braid
• Minuet - Braid
• Milwaukee Sky Rocket - Braid
• Lining Lake Michigan - Braid
• Kissy Windmill Print - Braid
• Killing A Camera - Braid
• Jimmy Go Swimmer - Braid
• Jane Describes John - Braid
• Interstate 57 - Braid
• I Keep A Diary - Braid
• Hugs From Boys - Braid
• Harrison Ford - Braid
• Grace Car Part One - Braid
• Garner Hall Music Room - Braid
• First Day Back - Braid
• Featherweight - Braid
• Eulalia, Eulalia - Braid
• Eeyore And Easel - Braid
• Divers - Braid
• Consolation Prizefighter - Braid
• Capricorn - Braid
• Breathe In - Braid
• A Dozen Roses - Braid

zero frisco
pero hecho con carino
i guess it never meant as much as zero
i didn't mean to be mean
little boy tetracycline
one side clean
zero frisco
el primero de marzo
you took it all left me zero
marry me baby some things are crazy

resolve
the wavelength tiredplane
am i doing something wrong?
it's not enough
right
the windows are
the darklight mirror
sentiments
are jet sized
when we get
london-eyed
the pilot lied
surprise
the clouds invoke our actions
and we're yawning back the chair
almost there
miles high
let's ignore the others
blankets blue
and so are you
here we come
london soon
ninety two
and the engine and tonic didn't help
the rocking of the relation boat i
spilled my drink on ryan effgen's head
that's just fine
twelve a.m.

wax wings
on mine fearful flier
unalarmed in gravity's charm
and starter motors hum
ballads of ballasts
am i reaching?
*wax wins i surrender
and this makeshift design
will ground me
and without the air's arms
around me
i'll surrender the sky
to your dumb machine
wax wings
prepare for takeoff
with the engine beneath the ribs
and the wind sings
ballads of balance
can you hear me?
*wax wins i surrender
and i know that icarus
loves me
and there are no stars
above me

i'm dressed in peppermint
and i'm ready to twist
red white and blue paper mache
and an interesting vest
you gotta dance the best
two drinks and i'll forget the rest
i'm dressed in classy gasoline
i think i need a lighter
you seem to be my perfect match, eh?
i can't remember the pass i test
you gotta swing the best
two drinks and i'll forget the rest
you can't buy your time back

above the mirrory street
a lightning bug fires up the park
when it's dark
eleven and i fall in
to drink to dream among the shadows
number one wasn't that fun
under two i never knew
but we will not be submissive
we're on a mission
we'll finish that cup of who-knows-what
bike along the broken blossoms
pedal behind the deadwood hills
something about here and you
gives me chills
at night the cars come curving
in confrontation
when you can't see anything
you feel everything
we're so akin to skin
when boys want in
boys will be boys
boys will be poison boys
i'll be the camera if you'll be the star
you be the camera when i am the star
you burn the buildings
i'll burn the cars
turn on turn on turn on turn on
if they could only see the greed
that circles around the silence
if they could find us they'd see
if they were only listening
so when those boys want in
let's give em some of their own medicine
i'll be the sky if you'll be the star
if they could only see us now
you burn the cities
i'll burn the towns
turn on turn on turn on turn on
if they could only see the green
circles aorund your brown eyes
if they could sympathize see green

i've got a question for you
before i'm put in the charger
and scrambled behind the washer
my mechanic holder
do you have a copy
what's your twenty
yeah go ahead
that's a 10-4
ready to watch the watch face
tie me back into place
ready to watch the training wheels
disappear as three draws near
you're clear to land here
battery baby
show you my bruise
kiss it better
black and blue
you would never look under the compactor
big back breaks at tens and twos
you'll never know where i go to sleep
when the elevator closes you lose
you're so charming
permanent workbelt
me drink booze make stinking skin
you get charmed
when the elevator closes
i'm in
sugar sugar
i dare you to scream here
sugar sugar
you sure got one smokers

three point turn
watch and learn
grab the neck
shake and burn
sweetheart sigh
blueing sky
one fourteen
goodbye
three point turn
quick to serve
grab the neck
comes the curve
sweetheart choke
in the smoke
hard to steer
leave me here

Punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Will nature make a man of me yet?
When in this charming car
This charming man
Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat?
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said, "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"
Ah! A jumped-up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said, "Return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said, "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"
La, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man
La-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man
Ah ! A jumped-up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said,,"Return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things

nineteen ninety eight looked great on
plain white paper on the fiftieth plane to champaign
but to tell you the truth
if i had a chance to kill it
i'd pick it up and take it and shake it and
kiss it to death
there's something inside like a conscience
that says "you;'re painting floors while
your pals are renaming the stars
get up get up and go do what you started
if you want to be a martyr, try harder"
go my son have you grown?
go make a home
and put the kids in their beds
and i will talk about this year
if there was something to talk about
and you sell and you sell with your heart
so you can make a few bucks and lose a few friends
and this is the stuff that makes you
and it will be the same that breaks you
move on get on with your life
it's pointless to play if you don't get paid
why not go my son have you grown?
go make a home
and put the kids in their beds
the kid's in our heads
we've got a lot of great mistakes to make
we've got a lot of chances to take
so let's take our time and hurry
go my son has come home
i said no and made my own
and put the kids in their beds
the kid's in our heads
we've got a lot of people to fear this year
so addy if you want to be near
sing will to the wind and worry
oh addy do i love you
but god such things i have to do
addy do i want to hear you
but i just can't get through
addy do i miss you
these dreams i sing when i
kiss you
oh addy do i love you
but got such things i have to do
ady do i want to hold you
but anyone may do
addy do i miss you
these dreams i sing when i'm

you were born to be an actor
you ease like a somersault
sicky happy go lucky
set this sacristy
with saccharin
slick as a whistle
haircurl bonafide
green as a waterslide
set this suit and tie
attention
tension
deny the obvious
but keep up the spirit
you look so big but now
you feel so small
if you say it then feel it

fixing up the broken door
a fresh collage of wood and oil
once a stately iron gate
pressure's on to renovate
too late
water makes the hinges swing
water hinges everything
i was once immovable
eager to stay comfortable
growing up getting tall
trust in not a thing at all
i was taught to never hate
but it's too late
i can taste it
not a drop is wasted
lets synchronize our watches baby
i'm afraid of the dark
when in pain you cry
from the most sensitive part of your eye
is this a come on? come on
shake me like a bad sun

in a mother's arms
she cradled me
she's a match
and here's a reason
to fear ignition:
ten to seven
left him waiting
this is control
my little ornament
spinning webs together

nineteen
the years can cut
veins in vain
from these hands
callouses come
and cut cans
lies our best laid plans
nine
nine
five
when we were ten past nine
the best years of our lives
were calendirt to our peers
an outlet for these tears
if age is grace i'm amazing
age gone greys i'm just gone
if age is grace somebody save me
if age is grace i'm an amazing disgrace
nineteen
the years can kill
a weak one and it will
nothing safe takes it's place
we'll retain what's replaced
this is my face
carousel and sold can get so old
i don't need your help
you can keep your new year's revolutions to yourself
what did you sell
what can we buy
what did you say

the anatomy of
this dual town building
is a wide open structure
with no foundation
get out of jail free
it said sunk in my head
but all i've learned to do is cry
all night for the two
who sent me on a stupid quest
for a new rag dollar building
i've built a monster
dream don't die on me please
when i find my future
i'll lock it in a locket
ground it in the ground
pocket in a pocket
until now is over

as slow as rapid city
we must be gathering speed
here for something
trained for these tracks
but afraid of the frieght
and it doesn't get played on the radio
travel
wires and worries unravel
faced with unlacing the drinks
trade taps for tanks
a new ram in the ranks
our friends say way to go and where to go
never if you're out there
come along and save us from ourselves
oh how we missed it everything's twisted around
when the clouds come clear
open your eyes and we'll be here
never will come for us
everything's sung
never will comfort us
everything's wrong
never will come for us
never will come come
why won't you come?
never if you're out there

feline
i hope you're lying
cause if these things come so easy
then why am i trying
so hard
i thought it best
to let it simmer
then deliver
pour the facts and feelings
from a fever pitcher
of smoke
a cough and a choke
i can feel you smiling
but you're too far to see
and june is here
but she's laughing without me
i want to see your eyes
inches from mine
at both nines
we drink up the anger
like wine
laced with sugar
and smoke
i cough and i choke
(so take my hand
we'll jump up together and land
just like the cats can)
these are the things that make us laugh
these are the things that make us cry
these are the things that make our knees shake
for fear's sake
and make our hearts break

movie clock star
i bet you go far
if they let you
your actions really make you seem
like everything's clean cut
you're just
so hard to see (through)
please everyone on their knees
keep watching the clock
your time will come
soon you grew
(crouch to catch the falling star that you are)
the sooner you grow
the sooner you go away
movie clock star
i hope you
hate who you are
i told you so far
i sympathize
with everything
except the usual lies
move through life
with a plastic will
it's funny until
someone loses a friend
it's times like this when
i'm wishing i was you again
and it's only eleven ten
soon you grew
(crouch to catch the falling star that you are)
the more that you give
the more i want you to go away
we're killing the sound
we've killed it already
you're killing the sound
we've killed it already
only your heart is worth the glory
a summer of sound
a circus of circuits
forget all the why
a coffin of car parts
a cast iron carnival ride
a sighfull of cinders
a treefull of tinder
forget all the hasbeen
a make out party
let's get things started
forget all the how
and clap for the cash now
we fish for a flashlight
we stay for the shave
we stand up and wave
we're screening the screams
and floor the fuses
with moviemusic
we get into circles
and swear for the squares
we're almost there
april's pills
make mazes in may
so we cross our fingers
and pray for the day
sign me away

dulcet earful
i dance
loud lull and
my chance
i took the reigns and
resustained but
lost my eyes in
victorian hazel
forget it
calibrate
and red tag
said he had
one in the bag
i've got it
insatiable
hunger
anger hides
two in the eyes
never will forget minuet

this is what you made it
you can't separate it
you can't segregate yourself
from everyone else
open
cover your eyes
come on cover your eyes
the light will slow and rise
and i never will lie
so come on cover your eyes
covers over mine
this is how you take it
past whatever you set for yourself
you're killing yourself
and everyone else
open
color your eyes
come on color your eyes
why the disguise
and i never will hide
so come on color your eyes
i'll color over mine
said you could see right through
you and where you will be

punch me in right there
in your bed we play
we use your pillows
and security blankets
here's your ballot
now punch me out
thank you
again very much
crybabies
should cry for babies
in a crib i'm dangling
and the rope is ending
please
can i come in
thank you
again very much
am i mistaken?
i was invited
and this is so conditional
you say don't give up
but there's no one that makes
me want to except for you
now i'm screaming
because i can't talk to you
i nod my head yes
i shut my mouth and
savor my bridges and
suck it all up but
what was my lake michigan

i am a windmill
kissy wind apartment
swingers applaud the sails
2 am and dusty
brandy blocks of hail
i need this hardly heavy
wooden whirly bird
my fair pictures
are wind words
of air in motion
i am a windmill
paint this pretty postcard
im in love with
2 am and dusty
im in love with
this hardly heavy
im in love with
oh beautiful framework
im in love with
air in motion
motion moves the motor
im moving again

got caught kicking the canvas down
i had plans but they never seemed to work out
wide-eyed and on the lookout
got caught tearing the whole thing down
i was halfway done
but then you know this painted scene
could never leave me
oh please believe me
caught killing a camera
now it seems calming and clear to hire
a cast of kittens, the cats we've been kissing
for the cameras we're lowering here
got caught tearing the whole thing down
i was halway done
but then we sang it for memphis
the new slang in frame and canvas
just for the cameras
when we are awake we sing "never...; ever"
this is where you must make up your mind
should beauty be design this time?
this time you decide cause we go with whatever
we take our time
got a cough
my throat kills from singing
my ears are ringing
the stage is slowly sinking
and we're all thinking the same thing
let's not settle for satisfaction
we are women and men of action
let's stop clapping let's start doing
a dream for the teens and in-betweens

what style he shows swimming past me
doesn't he make it look so easy
you'll be famous someday
go jimmy go go
propel your pals in soul
the other night i had a dream
his teeth gleamed
as he wrapped that blue towel
around my throat
let me go let me go
let me go go jimmy go
i want to shine
i want to replace yours with mine
i want to dive
head down the water under
breathe keep your legs straight
breathe keep your eyes wide open
breathe keep your legs straight
breathe come up for air
i am the heir of air
breathing water under jimmy's rudder
am i so strange
to want to make a change
for change's sake
i want to get
down the water under

john
you have an uncompromising way
of making everything i say sound
sexual
i sometimes laugh
i guess it's funny
but it scares me
john
you have a quite uncanny way
of feeling no pain and everyday actions
sexual
does it hurt to be hurt?
painkiller
against

you lead
and i followed
precisely asleep
you sly hypnotist
take me home
you lead
and i followed
broke down with a blowout
just relax with the help
of a yellow pill
keep your eyes on the road
you are getting sleepy

ten ten ninety seven
rock springs wyoming hotel
as far as i can tell
i just don't miss you anymore
yawn and the tears tear
streams down the sink
you know what i think?
i can never yawn again
come on so long move on
one two and three
i can see exactly
just where you ruined me
nineteen i said i hated you
but kissed you on twenty-two
and music together
i meant it for a moment
twenty-two and through and through
come on so long move on
i'll keep you here
right next to me
and i promise to wait

never did much to restore
my self-confidence
and you said i should have more
i was only kidding when i said
blind date
sitting in your car
you got angry and hit my arm
dashboard hugs from drunk boys
got angry and hit the dashboard
i didn't want to talk about it
you didn't want to hear about it
stare at the road i'm honored
there on the road my solemn word
stare at the road i'm honored
stay in my blood too long
i'm there on the road and honored
fear of the road my solemn word
it stayed in my blood your honor
too long
said you liked hugs from boys
but i never saw them
i never saw them

"i; want to be your hero"
says the guy to the camera
moving stage right
his eyes are the only things alive
and i know who he looks like
so cheers to the ocean
tuesday's always pouring
i heard you're hurt
your heart is under my shirt
we haven't been born yet
two silhouettes
and don't forget cigarettes
a ceiling of sound
is snowing down on
us on the ground
the carols of yesterday
are sharing the chair
taking turns curling up
with what's there
goodbye company
goodbye family
hello halos
for martyrs
like you and me
"i; want to be your hero"
says me to the mirror
i hide stare at the ceiling
and smile
i'm glad you're on my side
cheers to the ocean
tuesday's always pouring
a celing of crowns
hangs over the crowd
and brings down the clowns
carry the clouds
that mark off these towns
cheers to the ocean
tuesday's always pouring

i saw your picture today on a card
i tried so hard
to remember that smiling face you placed
on my prince's pillow in that broken down car
last summer
you sang to me so beautifully
you were promised to me like a ring to a tree
but you cut it all off and
that's what kills me
pilot of lies
who sat at the bat while i sat home and cried
your hands were not tied
you knew exactly where to hide
and hitch a ride
one two three
caliFORnia
"now; honey i'm so sorry
if i whistle hollywood happy
look where it gets me."
you show so painfully long
but i sat and stared as if nothing was wrong
as for the songs
the beauty is there
but the grace car's gone
and i don't want to be a part
of music vs. the heart.
we all stay in tune
we all swear it's true

close windows and drapes
to avoid flying glass and
water damage
close room door and
evacuate to the nearest
designated shelter area
do not use the elevator
seek protection from window areas
do not go outside the building
this is not a test
in the event of an emergency
don't forget to salvage the scene
a laundry list of spitfire items
and the ring you never wear
hall walls are painted planted
hall walls never sweat
hall walls can manage damage
but we never forget
assume seated position in a
shelter area and await notification
that the danger has passed
hall walls are cornered in corners
hall walls stay staked
hall walls can contact coroners

so frustrated
that something (so) complicated
could hang over my head
on my first day back
and already i'm treading on unsteady ground
so strike me down or check me out
so elated
that this soul so understated
could be making eyes at me
but first i'll be
another innocent victim looking for some
sense of sympathy
in the middle of a state
the sorry story of a star
that goes "here's my heart"
it's a start
and if anything, we haven't seen everything
in the middle of a stage
there's a girl and a guitar
but there's your car
have we forgotten who we are?
we haven't seen anything
so i'm told that chicago's cold
can't be cool as california
for the first time ever
i feel severed yet smooth removed
if you approve then check it out
to what do i owe this attention
i'm only half of the reflection
and the conversation goes
oh, nevermind (oh, nevermind)
to what do i owe this tension
if deception's fine
then this is divine
divine define divine
on my first day back
and already i've settled on

i hold you are sleeping like a nightmare
and asking what time is it and answer but
you are dreaming so sweetly i love you
completely
featherweight
she's a champion shake
staring and facing your face and thinking
we've too much on our minds i'm leaving
please meet me i love you
completely
featherweight
she's a champion shake
57 broken wings
home i'm coming queen
angel 18

open the desktop behind me
sending crayon valentines
i reply
will you marry me, loligirl?
my second grade heart
looks more like a broken you
and me,
and crying for eulalia...
i'm still young
i will be waiting for you loligirl
the little girl that i knew loligirl
and if you're waiting for me loligirl
and if you see me loligirl

she said typewrite
sad and all i had
she said circles in squares ain't bad
she said find it
that was all i had
she'd give everything for anything
and all i had i borrowed
you gotta break this yeah
and she'll break me in
sad paperweight
sad and all i had
sad subtleties make her mad
said drown it
sad and all i had
she'd give everything for anything
out of my system
measure me in love and
i hate you
i miss you
i pity you
measure me in love and
she wanna?

you can be so cold
and it hurts (me) as much as it hurts him
i guess it's partly my fault
if you had said so
here's my sweater
it makes you look so young
as long as we're together
it's my favorite
it's partly my fault
cause i've done so many things
to make you hate me
you said
it had nothing to do with me
now i wish you'd take it back
i got your letter
it makes you seem so old
since we're not together
please come
home
i still love you
i guess it's unconditional
the carlights are on
the redlights are visible
in the shadow of the door
and again on the floor
sixteen seconds
maybe more

your head's in the way of my mind
and by the way i'm fine
but i'm a liar
and i'm trying
so give me a brand name and
i'll wrap my arms around the caller's collar
ring ring
tears in the towel throw it in
who'll chose the prizefighter?
windows down the idiots yell
at me, meek on the street
clueless as usual and unbelievably easily bruisable
but i'm trying
so give me a capgun and
i'll press my lips on the necks of the next ones
ring ring
it's everything

be little
for now
your time will come before
the earth rotates winter
capricorn
he said
i feel like this licorice
and she sticks so well
oh well
i'm not in your stars
but it's still early
you lie because you're in the bed
be little
for now
your time will come before
the flat earth december
remember
she said
he's so hard to hear
so will i outgrow
well if he says so
*you can't look at the sky
without looking right through it

i want you to see me out
you know you're bringing yourself down
and i drink too much and
you sing too much
and i think you know it
i want to see you out
you've got no inspiration
to do anything at all
hey when i go out
do i look like you do
hey when i go on
do i look like you do
marigold mary goes
"you; gotta come out so we can see you"
we think we bring you down
you're not alone in that
you're not the first
and i think you know it
i want you to see you were right
about inspiration and everything else
but you said it wrong
hey look in the mirror
it's not what you say

a dozen roses in the car
and i don't know where you are
maybe i don't know what i'm doing
you're moving like a movie
you still move me
among the other ones
and twos and threes and twenty-threes
got to keep my conscience clean
but that hurricane what's-her-name
mentality was not for me
and never could be
cause it surely brings bitter things
and misery
and i say
heaven hits me hard
in with the new
heaven hits me hardly
in with the news
whatever gets me started
in with the noose
have you ever had a heaven here
and was it clear?
cause i just wrote a letter
a confession down the ladder
that things could be so much better
and through follow the leader
i met her and then another end
and usually a grudge
but i loved so much
the way we touched and psuedo-kissed
oh i already miss you singing like this
over the phone
every now and every then i tend to pretend
i'm not alone
static made old radio
now i know
static made old radio
heaven hits me hard
in with the new
heaven hits me hardly
in with the news
whatever gets me started
in with the noose
have you ever had a heaven here