I feel that I was meant for something more
My curse, this awful power to unmake
And ever since you found your taste for war
You've forced me onto those whose lives you'd take
While Guernica in peaceful valley lay
And Dresden dreams of anything but death
The day was turned to night and night to day
You let me loose upon their fragile flesh
And so I hid among the smallest things
You found me there and ferried me above
The flame deluge is waiting in the wings
The smallest thread holds back the second flood
And who will stand to greet the blinding light
It's been so long
And tin cans and string for years
Is all that we've known
Could it be you're really here?
'Cause my eyes are open
And everything still moves in slow motion
Breathless and blue, and behind your eyes
The sea oceans of light envelop me
But things can't be as they seem
I'm so far from home
This must be another dream
entertain the hope that somehow you'll escape me
weld the bolts and close the iron gate
drink deeply THE ILLUSION OF YOUR SAFETY,
my how wishful thoughts inebriate,
masquerade and revel in your opulence.
writhe unfettered by your stabs at ignorance.
swim through hues and whispered tones of heresy,
a dozen strokes to run your blood cold enough to believe
remember me?
you look so surprised to see me here,
with hells black wings did i overperch these walls,
for stony limits cannot hold me out,
and now
Mark me with fear and trembling
Send someone else instead
I know my world is ending
I can't repay my debt
Can I carry such a heavy burden?
Can I move when I am paralyzed?
I see a fire behind a heavy curtain
I lean in closer and I close my eyes
Kiss the coals, breathe in smoke
And I say, "Here I am, send me"
Lifts my soul, free and so unafraid
Here I am, send me, send me
Free and so unafraid
Here I am, send me
Mark me with fire and send me
Among the living dead
They cannot comprehend me
I watch the sickness spread
Can they hear me when their hearts are hardened?
Can they see me when they close their eyes?
Still they can tell that I'm an easy target
A wooden saw is quite a way to die
Kiss the coals, breathe in smoke
And I say, "Here I am, send me"
Lifts my soul, free and so unafraid
Here I am, send me, send me
Free and so unafraid
Here I am, send me
I've waited for this moment all my life and more
And now i see so clearly what i could not see before
The time is now or never and this chance won't come again
I throw caution and myself to the wind
There's no promise of safety on these secondhand wings
But im willing to find out what impossible means
A leap of faith
A parody of an angel
Miles above the sea
I hear the voice of reason screaming up to me
"You've flowm too high boy now your too close to the sun
Soon your makeshift wings will come undone"
But how will I know limits from lies if i never try?
There's no promise of safety with these second hand wings
But i'm willing to find out what impossible means
I'll climb through the heavens on feathers and dreams
'cause the melting point of wax means nothing to me
Nothing to me
I will touch the sun or I will die trying
There's no promise of safety with these second hand wings
But i'm willing to find out what impossible means
I'll climb through the heavens on feathers and dreams
'cause the melting point of wax means nothing to me
Nothing to me
late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
red light, can't stop so i spin the wheel
my world goes black before i feel an angel lift me up
and i open bloodshot eyes into fluorescent white
they flip the siren, hit the lights, close the doors and i am gone
now i lay here owing my life to a stranger
and i realize that empty words are not enough
i'm left here with the question of just
what have i to show except the promises i never kept?
i lie here shaking on this bed, under the weight of my regrets
i hope that i will never let you down
i know that this can be more than just flashing lights and sound
look around and you'll see that at times it feels like no one really cares
it gets me down but i'm still gonna try to do what's right, i know that there's
a difference between sleight of hand, and giving everything you have
there's a line drawn in the sand, i'm working up the will to cross it
rhetoric can't raise the dead
i'm sick of always talking when there's no change
i'm sick of empty words, let's lead and not follow
late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
red light, can't stop so i spin the wheel
my world goes black before i feel an angel steal me from the
greedy jaws of death and chance, and pull me in with steady hands
they've given me a second chance, the artist in the ambulance
can we pick you off the ground, more than flashing lights and sound
Oh, that I could scream
And the world would stop and listen
And these scars could speak in volumes
But who has ears to hear
Or eyes to see
Again I scream
But my voice is buried in an unearthly silence
Like in nightmares when ghosts steal your breath.
I pray that power be not in my words
But in truth that supercedes the mind of man
And our dead hope, and our blind faith in means that look to justify the ends.
I feel a presence in the room
I feel cold fingers close around my neck.
With out you I am lost.
i sit here clutching useless lists
and keys for doors that don't exist
i crack my teeth on pearls
i tear into the history
just show me what it means to be in this world
'cause i am due for a miracle
i'm waiting for a sign
i'll stare straight into the sun
and i won't close my eyes
'til i understand or go blind
i see the parts but not the whole
i study saints and scholars both
no perfect plan unfurls
do i trust my heart or just my mind
why is truth so hard to find in this world
yeah in this world
'cause i am due for a miracle
i'm waiting for a sign
i'll stare straight into the sun
and i won't close my eyes
'til i understand or go blind
i know that there's a point I've missed
a shrine or stone i haven't kissed
a scar that never graced my wrist
a mirror that hasn't met my fist
but i can't help feeling like i'm
due for a miracle
i'm waiting for a sign
i'll stare straight into the sun
and i won't close my eyes
Do you believe in heaven above
Do you believe in love
Don't tell me a lie
Don't be false or untrue
It all comes back to you
Open fire on my burning heart
I've never been lucky in love
My defences are down
A kiss or a frown
I can't survive on my own
If a girl walks in
And carves her name in my heart
I'll turn and run away
Everyday we've all been led astray
It's hard to be lucky in love
It get's in your eyes
It's making you cry
Don't know what to do
Don't know what to do
Looking for love
Calling heaven above
Send me an angel
Right now
Empty dreams can only disappoint
In a room behind your smile
But don't give up, don't give up
how many times will I sit when I should stand
how many times have my dreams been just beyond my hand
how many times have I compromised
how many times have I told myself these lies
how many times will I walk the beaten path
how many times will I end up dead last
how many times will I watch it pass me by
how many times will I bury what's inside
well i know someday
i will find the means
and i will find the time
and i will find a way
I speak in many tongues of many men
Argue with angels and I always win
But I don?t know the first thing about love
I prophesize and know all mysteries
All hidden things are opened up to me
But I don?t know the first thing about love
I don't know the first thing about love
I have the keys to open any door
Give all my possessions to the poor
But I don?t know the first thing about love
And moving mountains ain't nothing to me
Have faith enough to cast them to the sea
But I don?t know the first thing about love
I don?t know the first thing about love
But all other things shall fade away
But love stands alone and still holds sway
All other things shall fade away
Into the ground, into the grave
I give my body up into the flames
And never once have I denied your name
But I don?t know the first thing about love
I don?t know the first thing about love
Once again these bitter herbs
Perfect complement to all your cryptic words
Nod but don't know what to say
I know you and I believe you're who you say you are
So I, I will follow you
Lay down my life
I would die for you
This very night
Once again the bread and wine
But it seems the meanings may be deeper still this time
You surprised me when you said I'd fall away
Don't you know me? I could never be ashamed of you
I, I will follow you
Lay down my life
I would die for you
This very night
I've never been this cold
The fire's gravity compels
Like planets cling to soul
I feel my orbit start to fail
Like moths to flame I come
Too close and all my oaths are burned
As stars begin to run
All my accusers take their turn
And calling curses down
From my lips lies like poison spill
And then that awful sound
The sound of prophesy fulfilled
And then I met your eyes
And I remember everything
And something in me dies
can we,
can we kill each other quickly?
quick enough so i won't feel it?
a shot of strobe light anesthia
and I'll be fine
as I begin to feel cold
my hands are shaking from fear,
white from clutching my pride,
red from cutting you,
and blue from telling lies.
'cause I'm sick of the stabbing,
I'm sick of the breaking,
I'm sick of the bleeding until we fall down,
sick of this circle of death that we dance through
again and again, just lay me in the ground.
let's fall asleep together,
hold me darling 'cause I'm scared,
and I can't do this alone.
but i need!
your heartbeat
to own me,
your cold lips to breathe,
a promise that, tomorrow
Woke up to a brand new skyline
We licked our wounds and mourned the dead
Swallowed the story, hook and sinker
Is that what we meant, when we said
That we never would forget?
Are we fools and cowards all
To let them cover up their lies?
'Cause we all watched the buildings fall
And watched the scales fall from our eyes
A fire burns beneath Manhattan
Still we breathe with broken lungs
We act like none of this matters
Is that what we meant, when we said
That we?d sing what must be sung?
Are we fools and cowards all
To let them cover up their lies?
'Cause we all watched the buildings fall
And watched the scales fall from our eyes
We want justice
Scream from the roof
We want justice
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been,
Lives in a dream.
Waits at the window, wearing a face she keeps in a jar by the door,
Who is it for?
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon that no-one will hear,
No-one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there,
What does he care?
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name.
Nobody came.
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave.
No-one was saved.
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
Call everyone to arms
We'll fill the Heavens
With the poisoned dreams of man
Call everyone to arms
We forged these weapons
With the strength of our own hands
We shot the sun from the sky
Apollo dead at our feet
We wander lost in the rye
And gather 'round in the street
For centuries we watched the sky
And burned to bridge the great divide
Call everyone to arms
We'll fill the Heavens
With the poisoned dreams of man
Call everyone to arms
We forged these weapons
With the strength of our own hands
Eclipse the body with stones
And lay him down with the rest
I smile when I am alone
And shed a tear for the press
For centuries we watched the sky
And burned to bridge the great divide
'Cause we dug the body up
We drank his golden blood
And light shone from our eyes
But it was not enough
And we still dream of deicide
For centuries we watched the sky
We burned to bridge the great divide
Dear prodigal you are my son and I
Supplied you not your spirit but your shape
All Eden's wealth arrayed before your eyes
I fathomed not you wanted to escape
Though I only ever gave you love
Like every child you?ve chosen to rebel
Uprooted flowers and filled the holes with blood
Ask not for whom they toll the solemn bells
A child of dust to mother now return
For every seed must die before it grows
And though above the world may toil and turn
No prying spade will find you here below
Now safe beneath their wisdom and their feet
they are sick
they are poor
and they die by the thousands and we look away
they are wolves at the door
and theyâre not going to move us
or get in our way
cause we donât have the time
here at the top of the world
feeling alright
here at the top of the world
we hold our own
by keeping our hearts cold
different god
darker skin
they are just not a burden that weâd like to bear
they are living in sin
there are so many reasons for us not to care
but iâm feeling alright
here at the top of the world
doing just fine
here at the top of the world
weâve learned money matters most
so we keep our cards held close
here at the top of the world
we hold our own
by keeping our hearts cold
and weâve learned what matters most
so we keep our hearts cold
they are no one
they are nowhere
they are not our problem
no one seeing
non existant
if we keep our hearts
they are no one
they are nowhere
Leave me here and lock the door
Latch the windows, lose the key
But you'll be back some day
What else then is true love for
If not to starve? No, wait for spring
So I'll just sit and wait
I'll just sit and wait
I'll swing the door wide open
Show me your jaded eyes
I will turn them red, drunk with vivid flame
You will see again, you will learn your real name
I'll swing the door wide open
Show me your jaded eyes
I will turn them red, drunk with vivid flame
You will see again, you will learn your real name and speak it
Leave me with no air to breathe
Leave me here to die alone
But I won't suffocate
I'll have everything I need
You forget and come back home
So I'll just sit and wait
I'll just sit and wait
I'll swing the door wide open
Show me your jaded eyes
I will turn them red, drunk with vivid flame
You will see again, you will learn your real name
So just to find
I'll swing the door wide open
Show me your jaded eyes
I will turn them red, drunk with vivid flame
You will see again, you will learn your real name and
So just to find
So just to find
As The Crow Flys
Mother Crow, Feels no pain,
Speaks no words
Speckled egg, Hatching slow,
bible black baby bird
One day, fly over me
Paste you in, Flannel coat, months fly by.
Grow your bones, feathers, skin, bible black by and by
You will spread your wings.
One day, fly over me
Fly over, fly over me.
Only now that you have taught me
(but how late) my lack
I see the chasm
and everything you are was making
my heart into a bridge
by which I might get back
from exile and grow man
and now the bridge is breaking
for this I bless you as the ruin falls
the pain you bring
it infiltrates,
insidious,
it feigns at love,
betrays our trust
in what we've known,
since we were born.
the truth we've found in all we see
points to design,
still our chests swell,
we'll never find
true answers from a wishing well.
so feed us all
another lie,
to still our thoughts,
appease our pride,
so we wont have
to chance the way we see, we live, we love, we die,
our lust precedes
our blasphemy,
our logic reads
like notes from tainted autopsy.
our souls they speak of something more,
but we cant look beyond ourselves.
we implore empty skies because
our heats hold room for no one else,
we extend our
claws to grasp at shadows of the
ideals we have,
lost causalities of a subtle dagger,
buried to the
Well, you know I hardly speak
When I do it's just for you
I haven't said a word in weeks
'Cause they've been keeping me from you
There's a way where there's a will
You know I got no need for stairs
Step out on the window sill
Fall with me into the air
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying o'er these city lights
But I love you most of all
And there's something you should know
Girl you should have died that day
And you fell reaching for the rose
Ah baby, I was there to save you
So here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying o'er these city lights
But I love you most of all
Here we go, hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night, flying o'er these city lights
True friends stab you in the front
keep you from getting what you want
when one more fix could kill you
they help you realize that
you're more and less than you first had believed
you've so much to give and there's so much you need
shortcuts through graveyards and a brand new way to breathe
three thousand miles just to learn,
all that's gold does not all shine...
and helping words aren't always kind,
when one more kiss could kill you,
they help you realize that
you're more and less than you first had believed
you've so much to give and there's so much you need
shortcuts through graveyards and a brand new way to breathe
three thousand miles just to learn.
.how to let my guard down
accept the fire that has spread among us.
and if you're feeling all right,
you've got to play it again,
So Strange I Remember You in protest of a prayer,
and falling back from seas we fear to sail
i swear i saw the shooter, gold deep and double dare,
postmortem warnings seem inclined to fail,
feigning an apology.
those words they never left your lips,
those 5 years in Bermuda slide by like the lights of passing ships,
So Strange that I Remember You,
kneeling deep in Nietzsche's lies
my throat was an open grave i drank your stained glass eyes
and they taste like dead cathedrals
that are crumbling beneath a weight ten thousand jaded tourists
who've traded in their hearts and hands for
disposable cameras, set to document to decay
set to capture just enough of life to catalogue the things we throw away
(whispered)
(breathing the fumes of our machines)
we've lost our way-Dustin sings
( breathing through television dreams)-whispered
if we could only see us now
if we could only see us now
the words of the dead ring in our ears
but its only a lie
the voice in your head brings you to tears
but you don't know why
the words of the dead ring in our ears
but its only a lie
the voice in your head brings you to tears
but its only a lie,
yes its only a lie,
...isn't it?
i sit here clutching useless lists
and keys for doors that don't exist
i crack my teeth on pearls
i tear into the history
just show me what it means to me in this world
'cause i am due for a miracle
i'm waiting for a sign
i'll stare straight into the sun
and i won't close my eyes
'til i understand or go blind
i see the parts but not the whole
i study saints and scholars both
no perfect plan unfurls
do i trust my heart or just my mind
why is truth so hard to find in this world
yeah in this world
'cause i am due for a miracle
i'm waiting for a sign
i'll stare straight into the sun
and i won't close my eyes
'til i understand or go blind
i know that there's a point I've missed
a shrine or stone i haven't kissed
a scar that never graced my wrist
a mirror that hasn't met my fist
but i can't help feeling that i'm
due for a miracle
i'm waiting for a sign
i'll stare straight into the sun
i hear the waves crash far below,
the rocks are leaping for the sky,
they're starving for the air,
for a bone to break , a dream to smash apart,
but i don't care.
it looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
this cliff has been well worn by ignorance.
it looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
they float face down they all look so content.
i don't know why I'm even here.
guess I'm afraid to be alone.
and down below i see my crew they look okay
that cant be blood the water here
is far too blue
and gravity
seems far away
but i can hear her call my name
its so comforting to know ill never have to think again
it looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
this cliff has been well worn by ignorance.
it looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
we float face down, and don't we look content?
it looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
this cliff has been well worn by ignorance.
it looks deep enough from here, I'm diving
we float face down, and don't we all look content?
it looks deep enough from here
I know one day, all our scars will disappear
Like the stars at dawn and all of our pain
Will fade away when morning comes
And on that day when we look backwards we will see
That everything is changed and all of our trials
Will be as milestones on the way
And as long as we live
Every scar is a bridge to someone?s broken heart
And there?s no greater love
Than that one shed his blood for his friends
On that day all of the scales will swing to set
All the wrongs to right, all of our tears
All of our fears will take to flight
But until then all of our scars will still remain
We?ve learned that if we?ll open the wounds
And share them then soon they start to heal
(As long as we live, we are bridges to someone's broken heart)
And as long as we live
Every scar is a bridge to someone?s broken heart
(There?s no greater love, shed your blood for your friends)
And there?s no greater love
Than that one shed his blood for his friends
We must see that every scar is a bridge
And as long as we live we must open up these wounds
When some one stands in your shoes
And will shed his own blood, there?s no greater love
Here's your new drug
Shoot it in the left eye
Feel it on the right side
No it's not love
Though it sets up shop
Behind your ribcage
Building blood clots and black holes
Like using an axe to pull
A sliver from your skin
And they say this is medicine
An overdose of oxygen
A severed head
As sedative
To be at peace would be a sin
And surely un-American
I'm breaking
Here's your new blood
Transfusion took us all night
Tell us that your all right
No it's not love
Though it feels that fire inside your vein
Burning right beneath your wrist
Begging for a razors kiss
To free it from your skin
And they say this is medicine
An overdose of oxygen
A severd head
As sedative
To be at peace would be a sin
And surely un-American
I'm breaking down
Lift the veil
It's not medicine
And my heart fails
our idols lay in ruins
we'd have saved them if we could
but we still choose to worship
the places where our idols stood.
still believing
they can save us,
I've lived this way too long to turn back now
Presuppositions set in stone
this coffin sealed by my own pride,
and though it seems the sun will shine,
ill draw the shades and stay inside.
if we've learned anything at all,
its that the chests of idols will do just as well
we all see what we want to anyway (screams 'anyway')
some things
are better left unsaid.
you know what's at stake
something's are better left unsaid
as long as we keep it
in textbooks, then well be untouchable, untouchable
we hate to lie to children,
but after all its all
Your traps are all baited
your scales are all weighted
but not resisting you would surely drive me insane
so im caught and convicted,
my rights are restricted
the imbecile dynasty continues to reign
your apathy of thought
has lead you to believe
that things are what they're not
my friend you've been decieved
the easiest route rarely leads to the truth
i see the self approval glaze your eyes
you know you're right
no need to worry why
a thousand stones remain unturned
in the wake of your unquestioned answers
and truth covered lies
traditions some bear
idly without out a care
but are determined that they stand unchanged
and those who choose to rebel
just to raise up some hell
tell me what are you hoping to gain
i cant reason with you
i speak words you can't hear
social conditioning left you with deafened ears
so i take your face in hand
see that look in your eyes
that rigormortis stare,
that look that i despise
and so i turn from you
i walk these streets alone
alone i search for truth
ideal that you've disowned
and wait with fingers crossed
and pray you'll someday find
you set bar too high
your expectations have become my failure
a shell you see so shallow but deep inside
my heart beats just the same as yours
the same blood through these clean veins
can't you see that i'm in pain
it seems my life is always under par
what can i say to change your mind about what i am
others can see what was hidden from your sight
a kid with courage and heart and his eyes open wide
an inner beauty and a bright light
my focus is not yours
i set my sights on new horizons and let my soul have scope
can't you see that i have my own dreams
and though they're not the same as yours
they hold value to me, tell me why can't you see
i'm not the means to mend your past regrets
what can i say to change your mind about what i am
others can see what was hidden from your sight
a kid with courage and heart and his eyes open wide
inner beauty and a bright light
judged for how i look, not for the good that i have done
i try the best i can, but it seems that i'm not the perfect son
shaped by God, and my volition
and the seeds that you have sown
but i ask you once again
Unabashedly pursue,
the Truth that we cannot deny
A revelation shining through,
orchestration Adonai
A revolution ultra-blue,
and a melodic battle cry
And though you say there'll be no coup,
we'll never know unless we
Try to see it through,
and find a different point of view,
one where faith is not taboo
And we'll all learn to see the world as new
Sometimes a belief held true,
is proved to be an outright lie
But it seems we always knew,
in some unspoken lullaby
I'll see you at the rendezvous,
we'll raise our voices to the sky
And though it's said there'll be no coup,
we'll never know unless we
Try to see it through, and find a
Different point of view,
one where faith is not taboo
We dream of ways to break these iron bars
We dream of black nights without moon or stars
We dream of tunnels and of sleeping guards
We dream of blackouts in the prison yard
Heartbroken we found
(a gleam of hope)
Harken to the sound
(a whistle blows)
Heaven sent reply
(however small)
Evidence of life
(beyond these walls)
Born and bred
(in this machine)
Wardens dread
(to see us dream)
We hold tight
(to legends of)
Real life
(the way it was before)
We dream of jailers throwing down their arms
We dream of open gates and no alarms
We dream of ways to break these iron bars
We dream of black nights without moon or stars
We dream of ways to break these iron bars
We dream of black nights without moon or stars
We dream of ways to break these iron bars
We dream of black nights without moon or stars
Heartbroken we found
(a gleam of hope)
Harken to the sound
(a whistle blows)
Heaven sent reply
(however small)
Evidence of life
(beyond these walls)
Born and bred
(in this machine)
Wardens dread
(to see us dream)
We hold tight
(to legends of)
Real life
(the way it was before)
Look to the day the earth will shake
These weathered walls will fall away
Look to the day the earth will shake
These weathered walls will fall away
Look to the day the earth will shake
These weathered walls will fall away
Look to the day the earth will shake
There is truth beneath the floorboards
There is hope in brick and stone
They tell me just to shut my mouth
Well, enough alone
But I think maybe all that's needed
Is a match and gasoline
Because I don't think that any one of them
Believes that there will be a reckoning
But I will see this city burn
Still good shepherds scattered
They're far between and few
And the sheep's skin that the wolves all wear
Is so thin I see right through
And I think maybe all that's need is
Some gas and open flame
Because I don't think that any one of them
Believes that fire can erase their names
But I will see this city burn
I said, I will see this city burn
We will burn it down
And build it again what was buried in flame
Burn it down
And build it again from the bricks that remain
I love this city but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city enough, I'll set it ablaze
I love this city and I've set and numbered its days
I love this city enough, I'll set it ablaze
There is truth beneath the floorboards
There is hope in brick and stone
They tell me just to shut my mouth
Well, enough alone
But I think that maybe all that's needed is
Some flint and hardened steel
Because I don't think that any one of them
Believes the revolution's real
We will burn it down
And build it again what was buried in flame
Burn it down
And build it again from the bricks that remain
We will burn it down
Build it again what was buried in flame
Burn it down
Build it again from the bricks that remain
I love this city and I've set and numbered its days
I love this city enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city enough that I'll set it ablaze
I love this city but I've set and numbered its days
I love this city enough that I'll set it ablaze
Now it will burn
Let the city burn
Now it will burn
It will burn
It will burn
In my head everything was perfect
every note resounds in harmony
but all I seem to offer up are dischords
and every note I sing sounds out of key
and every time I play with passion
I start breaking strings
and my voice cracks
when I sing from my heart
guess that's the price
I've got to pay to know that i'm alive
this melody is tearing me apart
so now what do I have to show
and what price do I have to pay
and like a sayan I won't grow
unless I'm battered in the fray
and we're all in the same machine
each one with his own broken dreams
passion gives way to failure
so let's all try and understand
you take my hand and i'll take yours
So Strange I Remember You in protest of a prayer,
and falling back from seas we fear to sail
i swear i saw the shooter, gold deep and double dare,
postmortem warnings seem inclined to fail,
feigning an apology.
those words they never left your lips,
those 5 years in Bermuda slide by like the lights of passing ships,
So Strange that I Remember You,
kneeling deep in Nietzsche's lies
my throat was an open grave i drank your stained glass eyes
and they taste like dead cathedrals
that are crumbling beneath a weight ten thousand jaded tourists
who've traded in their hearts and hands for
disposable cameras, set to document to decay
set to capture just enough of life to catalogue the things we throw away
(whispered)
(breathing the fumes of our machines)
we've lost our way-Dustin sings
( breathing through television dreams)-whispered
if we could only see us now
if we could only see us now
the words of the dead ring in our ears
but its only a lie
the voice in your head brings you to tears
but you don't know why
the words of the dead ring in our ears
but its only a lie
the voice in your head brings you to tears
but its only a lie,
yes its only a lie,
O. we promise pretty things,
And we pledge with diamond rings;
We profess undying love.
But does that word hold any weight?
We reserve the right to break
Any vow that draws our blood.
Our word is so faint and feeble,
Broken by the slightest breeze or breath.
Our hearts are, they're so deceitful,
Sick and filled with lies that lead to death.
We are cowards and thieves.
Will we never turn to grieve the damage done?
Never see, never quake with rage at what we have become?
What we have become.
Yea we get down on one knee
O, we play at chivalry
But we do not count the cost.
We say, "On me you can depend,"
And "I will be there till the end,"
Though we will not bear the cross.
Our word is so faint and feeble,
Broken by the slightest breeze or breath.
Our hearts are, they're so deceitful,
Sick and filled with lies that lead to death.
We are cowards and thieves.
Will we never turn to grieve the damage done?
Never see, never quake with rage at what we have become?
What we have become.
We are cowards and thieves.
Will we never turn to grieve the damage done?
Never see, never quake with rage at what we have become?
What we have become.
Cowards and thieves.
Will we never turn to grieve the damage done?
Never see, never quake with rage at what we have become?
Ten thousand men sleep down with Davy Jones
With stolen treasure they tithe
The open water chills me to my bones
But it's the only place that I feel alive
The ocean floor begins to disappear
I sense that terrible depth
The open water is my only fear
But I'll sail as long as I still have breath in me
I'm starting to believe the ocean's much like you
'Cause it gives and it takes away
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
I stare into the abyss
The open water is an awful thing
But I'm anxious till the anchor is aweigh
I'm starting to believe the ocean's much like you
'Cause it gives and it takes away
I'm starting to believe the ocean's much like you
'Cause it gives and it takes away
I'm starting to believe the ocean's much like you
We move for all mankind
A million miles from everything we've ever known
We're on their hearts and minds
A million heads are bowed to bring us safely home
Hemmed in by emptiness
A million ways that everything could be undone
This hollow in my chest is filled with reasons
Not to sing but I found one, I know
We are not alone, we feel an unseen love
We are sons and heirs of grace, we are children of
A light that never dims, a love that never dies
Keep your chin up child and wipe the tears from your eyes
In sleep we saw ourselves
A million years we had been waiting there it seems
While someone weaves a spell
A million stars look on in witness to our dreams, I know
We are not alone, we feel an unseen love
We are sons and heirs of grace, we are children of
A light that never dims, a love that never dies
Keep your chin up child and wipe the tears from your eyes
We feel an unseen love
We are children of light
We are not alone, we feel an unseen love
We are sons and heirs of grace, we are children of
A light that never dims, a love that never dies
Keep your chin up child and wipe the tears from your eyes
What a beautiful way to fake it
A sort of graceful defeat
Pound a pattern out on the pavement
Sound the siren out through the streets
Advance in perfect nonchalance
To the staccato of the rifle report
Don't marvel at our confidence
It's just bravado that a blindfold affords
Tell me that you wanna stop the war
Baby, you can't dance if there's no floor
Motion isn't meaning
It's just another drug, but it's all we've got
What a way to keep it together
A black box, a prescription for speed
Found a freeway that goes on forever
Drown the demon in the deep black sea
Shield your eyes, keep runnin'
To the rhythm of the rifle repeating
I'm paralyzed but I gotta keep movin'
If I wanna keep breathing
Tell me that you wanna stop the war
Baby you can't dance if there's no floor
Motion isn't meaning
It's just another drug, but it's all we've got
We've got nowhere to go
I'll take the life on the easy ship
We are but gods for a moment
I'll take the life on the easy ship
I've waited for this moment all my life and more
And now I see so clearly what I could not see before
The time is now or never and this chance won't come again
Throw caution and myself into the wind
There's no promise of safety with these secondhand wings
But I'm willing to find out what impossible means
A leap of faith
Parody of an angel, miles above the sea
I hear the voice of reason screaming up to me
"You've flown far too high boy, now you're too close to the sun
Soon your makeshift wings will come undone"
But how will I know limits from lies if I never try?
Theres no promise of safety with these secondhand wings
But I'm willing to find out what impossible means
Climb to the heavens on feathers and dreams
Because the melting point of wax means nothing to me
Nothing to me, nothing to me
I will touch the sun or I will die trying
Die trying
Fly on these secondhand wings
Willing to find out what impossible means
Climb to the heavens on feathers and dreams
Because the melting point of wax means nothing to me
I've just seen a face
I can't forget the time or place
That we'd just met, she's just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see we've met
Na na na na na na
Had it been another day
I might have looked the other way
But I had never been aware
And as it is I dream of her tonight
Na na na na na na
Falling, yes I am falling
Calling she calling me back again
I have never known
The likes of this, I've been alone
And I have missed things and stayed out of sight
But other girls were never quite like this
Na na na na na na
Falling, yes I am falling
Our course is coarsely plotted
On a map of shoddy dreams,
But hindsight will reveal
Time's moving faster than it seems.
Maybe I'm just selfish,
I've got nothing left to give.
I'm still a foolish boy,
I've got a lifetime left to live,
And I was swinging like a madman,
Not quite sure of what I felled,
And I might never understand
Exactly what it was I'd held,
And now I watch the sun descending
From the weathered gravel roof,
And I recall the sky once told me
That all lies lead to the truth.
So I'll look the other way,
And I'll turn a deafened ear,
And I'll talk of distant lands,
Pretend I was never here.
Reality beads on my skin
Like a slicker in the rain,
But now I feel it soaking in
And I begin to feel the pain.
I fight the urge to run to you,
This is how it has to be.
We've gotta step away right now,
We're just too close to see,
And I was swinging like a madman,
Not quite sure of what I felt,
And I might never understand
Exactly what it was I'd held,
And now I watch the sun descending
From the weathered gravel roof,
And I recall the sky once told me
That all lies lead to the truth.
So I'll look the other way,
And I'll turn a deafened ear,
And I'll talk of distant lands,
Pretend I was never here,
And I'll look the other way,
And I'll turn a deafened ear,
And I'll talk distant lands,
Was there a time that we knew peace
When all the children had a place to sleep?
Rhetoric was not enough
Was there a time we weren't at war
When we knew what our hearts and hands were for?
I don't believe there ever was
It's always been a lie, a soothing lullaby
We'll soon be swallowed by the sea
Was there a time we looked around
Do we really even want to know what's going down?
Well, I think no one really does
We'd rather close our eyes, sing soothing lullaby
We'll soon be swallowed by the sea
The water's rising now and we will surely drown
When i think of you my friend
cant keep a smile from my face
i know it sounds cliche
i love you more than you'll ever know
sometimes i sit and think of all the times you made me laugh and all the good times that we've had
i cherished everyone
through the thick and thin
we've walked in lockstep.
i wont let Jesus come between all the years that wear away
and the friendship that we built
and though it may sound trivial to some but not to me
every night i thank the Lord for you
I've seen his ragged shoes
The soles are worn straight through
Well I proclaimed
The king has sang the blues
If you've got better news
Then make it play
He laid aside his crown
All our crimes he carried
Was lifted from the ground
With our burdens buried
Listen to me
Though I speak of sober things
Listen through me
Though we're men of lips unclean
I speak truly
What you only think you've heard
Everything
Everything
Everything hangs on a word
Sparing no expense
He made recompense
For all the earth
The story's an offense
So get down from that fence
And bless or curse
He laid aside his crown
All our crimes he carried
Was lifted from the ground
With our burdens buried
The shadows all had flown
In the light diminished
He emptied out his lungs
Crying it is finished
Listen to me
Though I speak of sober things
Listen through me
Though we're men of lips unclean
I speak truly
What you only think you've heard
Everything
Everything
Everything hangs on a word
A word...
The shadows all had flown
In the light diminished
He emptied out his lungs
Crying it is finished
Listen to me
Though I speak of sober things
Listen through me
Though we're men of lips unclean
I speak truly
What you only think you've heard
Everything
Everything
i want to take the bullet,
the one aimed straight for your heart,
i want to meet the wolves halfway,
and let them tear me apart.
but that's not the way they do it here.
i want to lay on the tracks,
feel hot steel screaming at me,
expose the bones on my back,
let me show you what i mean.
yeah its a different kind of love,
i want to climb barbed wire fences
and warm our hands in blood.
and this is my gift,
is asking you to fix
my ruined hands.
and its a gift that keeps on giving,
and its a gift that keeps on giving,
and its a gift that keeps on giving,
and right now its all i have to give.
i want to lay on the tracks,
feel hot steel screaming at me,
expose the bones on my back,
let me show you what i mean
i want to lay on the tracks,
feel hot steel screaming at me,
expose the bones on my back,
let me show you what i mean
i want to write the perfect song,
and play it just for you,
while you are tangled up in sleep.
i need you more than ill ever know
until i stop breathing
I stand on the cliffs with my son next to me
This island our prison, our home
And everyday we look out at the sea
This place is all he's ever known
"But I've got a plan," He sung
Wax and some string, some feathers I stole from the birds
We leap from the cliff and we hear the wind sing
A song that's too perfect for words
But son please keep a steady wing
Know you're the only one who means anything to me
Steer clear of the sun or you'll find yourself in the sea
Now safely away, I let out a cry
"We'll make the mainland by noon"
But Icarus climbs higher still in the sky
Maybe I've spoken too soon
But son please keep a steady wing
Know your the only one who means anything to me
Steer clear of the sun or you'll find yourself in the sea
Won't you look at your wings
They're coming undone, splitting at the seams?
Steer clear of the sun for once won't you listen to me?
Oh God, why is this happening to me?
All I wanted was a new life for my son to grow up free
Now you took the only thing that meant anything to me
I'll never fly again, I will hang up my wings
Oh God, why is this happening to me?
All I wanted was a new life for my son to grow up free
Now you took the only thing that meant anything to me
I woke, cold and alone, adrift in the open sea
Caught up in regrets and tangled in nets
Instead of your arms wrapped around me
And I wept, but my tears are anathema here
Just more water to fill my lungs
I hear someone scream, "God, what is it we've done?"
I am drowning in a digital sea
I am slipping beneath the sound
Here my voice goes to ones and zeros
I'm slipping beneath the sound
A song from somewhere below, deadly and slow begins
Both sickly and sweet, now picking up speed
Ushering in the world's end
And the ghost of Descartes screams again in the dark
"Oh, how could I have been so wrong?"
But above the screams still the sirens sing their song
I am drowning in a digital sea
I am slipping beneath the sound
Here my voice goes to ones and zeros
I'm slipping beneath the sound
Here my voice goes to ones and zeros
Here my voice goes to ones and zeros
Here my voice goes to ones and zeros
