Something's wrong
Wrapped up in mourning for far too long
Sunken eyes tracing the pavement and crooked lines
Paint us with crosses and sleepless night
And hope to be free
We just want to be free
Hope to be free
Who's gonna set us free?
Overgrown
All our mistakes are decieves we've sewn
Is it time? I saw the stones rolling back their eyes
Holding their breath until they see the light
It ought to be free
We just want to be free
We just want to be free
Who's gonna set us free?
With our golden hair in silent sway
We'll be home when brother finds his way
With our golden hair in silent sway
We'll be home when brother finds his way
With our golden hair in silent sway
We'll be home when brother finds his way
With our golden hair in silent sway
We'll be home when brother finds his way
With our golden hair in silent sway
This room's been dusted
And it's covered in prints from
The month you spent with me.
And I've cataloged it,
Arranged the report with a chapter every week
And I've studied sleepless
Biting my nails and grinding my teeth.
And I think I've had it,
But that makes two of us,
'Cause you've had it with me.
And here in the meantime,
I'm a fly on the wall, and glued to the action.
A twist in the plotline,
A demand for a call, the loss of attraction.
And I'll tell you the worst part:
You're exactly the way that I thought you would be
So I'll stay for the last call
'Cause I'd move away, but I'm never ready to leave.
Whoa, whoa.
Well I'd move away but I'm never ready to leave.
This house is haunted
But not in the way that you've always heard it said
No dusty attic
No razor teeth making camp beneath your bed.
But I've heard them walking late at night
The twins of confusion and regret
And they share ths stories of things that I have done
That I'd rather just forget.
Here in the meantime,
I'm a fly on the wall, and glued to the action.
A twist in the plotline,
A demand for a call, the loss of attraction.
And I'll tell you the worst part:
You're exactly the way that I thought you would be
So I'll stay for the last call
'Cause I'd move away but I'm never ready to leave.
So this is how it feels to be 24
A thief without a key to an open the door
Just peering through the window
For any clue,
Or anything explaining a part of you.
I guess the real question is, I don't know,
Is, why I am afraid of letting go?
Why am I afraid of letting go?
Here in the meantime,
I'm a fly on the wall, and glued to the action.
A twist in the plotline,
A demand for a call, a loss of attraction.
And I'll tell you the worst part:
You're exactly the way that I thought you would be
So I'll stay for the last call
'Cause I'd move away but I'm never ready to leave.
Whoa, whoa
Well I'd move away but I'm never ready to leave.
'Cause I'd move away but I'm never ready to leave.
Years spent out in the rain
Thrown in the mud
Come dry us again
We've got nothing to show
Nowhere to go
Give shelter again
Oh, throats are dry
Let us sing, oh
Bones are cold
Bring us heat, oh
Mountains high
Let us dream, oh
I'm on the way home, I'm on the way home to you
So take off your make up, take off your make up, would you?
We're gonna wake up, we're gonna wake up
The night is strange and new
Because love is soaking through
(And in a daze, I'll run to you
and I will throw my arms around you)
I want to wake up, I want to wake up to you
We're gonna wake up, we're gonna wake up
The night is strange and new
Because love is soaking through
And in a daze, I'll run to you
And I will throw my arms around you
I want to move to a bigger city
I want to live in a smaller town
I want to make up my mind so I can stop moving around
So let's hitch a ride out of California
And find some place where we can breathe
Where I can line up my thoughts in order
Of when they came to me
And you'll say
"Yeah, what are you waiting for?
You can leave anytime that you want
Yeah, are you waiting for something more to pull your face from the floor tonight?"
Yeah, what are you waiting for?
You can leave anytime that you want
Yeah, are you waiting for something more to pull your face from the floor tonight?
Paper walls in a stale apartment
Spilling thoughts on a crowded street
In one voice I can hear them asking, "what's become of me?"
And you'll say
"Yeah, what are you waiting for?
You can leave anytime that you want
Yeah, are you waiting for something more to pull your face from the floor tonight?"
Yeah, what are you waiting for?
You can leave anytime that you want
Yeah, are you waiting for something more to pull your face from the floor tonight?
My face on the floor
My face on the floor
Yeah, what are you waiting for?
You can leave anytime that you want
Yeah, are you waiting for something more to pull your face from the floor?
Yeah, what are you waiting for?
You can leave anytime that you want
The summer sends its love to you,
the same as every year.
Across my floor I leave a shadow twenty-five feet long.
The farther down, the less specific I become.
And so with you, the country miles overcast our love.
Oh mountain range, your hills are hard to overcome.
Oooo Oooo Oooo.
The summer sends its love to you,
the same as every year.
But this year I will send mine too,
and wish that you were here.
The central coast is not the same now
the same without you here,
And late night calls
are only daylight souvenirs.
And think of me tonight
when everyone leaves and you're alone,
Think of me tonight,
I'm counting the days until you come home.
The summer sends its love to you,
the same as every year.
But this year I will send mine too,
and wish that you were here.
The summer sends its love to you,
the same as every year.
But this year I will send mine too,
I saw the light dance on your face
Paint the shadows of your shape
Back when the season made the days so long
And if I knew my time would come
With the lines rehearsed but never sung
I'd leave the chorus on your tongue
I swear
Now I look around to see the ground beneath my feet
Every second takes a thousand days away from me
And if i close my eyes
I hear the gates swing wide
And by the morning light
I will have seen both sides
I've got a funny feeling that it's my day to leave
Shoulders down the sweat drips across my cheek
As I turn I can taste the salt in the shallow sea
I feel their hearts beating next to me
I hear the chatter of my teeth
And I look around to see the ground beneath my feet
The final thrill, the quiet spill, the vile retreat
Do you see the waves running away from me?
You taste the cold here in the air i breathe
Why'd you let me go? 'Cause I can no longer see
And I scream
Oh my god
Oh my god
Oh my god
Oh my god
Oh my god
Oh my god
Now I look around to see the ground beneath my feet
Every second takes a thousand days away from me
If I close my eyes
I hear the gates swing wide
And by the morning light
I will have seen both sides
So why'd you let me go?
I can no longer see
I've tried to mark the plains;
I've cried and screamed your name,
but all has been in vain.
My tired self remains.
My attempts at love
are not worth speaking of.
But, my dear friend, I'll try again.
My attempts at love
are not worth speaking of.
Waiting for a sign, I used to search with every step
And even as a boy, so many things I can't forget
So if I made a list of everyone I've kissed
What would that accomplish?
I've heard it's said that I won't take a chance
But everything I've held slipped through my hands
Have I gone blind?
Maybe this time
Maybe this time
You'll give it a try
Maybe this time
Maybe this time
And now I know myself a little more and I confess
That even as a man, that I fear would get the best of me
So if I made a list of every chance I've missed
What would that accomplish?
Now I've been making eyes at you all night
Trying to decide what's on your mind
What's on your mind?
Maybe this time
Maybe this time
You'll give it a try
Maybe this time
Maybe this time
I saw the night, turn into day
I saw the sun show his tired face
Shine in to me, shine on to mine
Come see the tree shadows hang and cry
Hello
What's on your mind?
Maybe this time
Maybe this time
You'll give it a try
Maybe this time
Maybe this time
You'll give it a try
Somedays the most that you hoped you do
Is step in your leather shoes
And make your way around the block
Days that tired mother of ours
And living has made her sad
How she wishes she could stop the clock
And so, I'm told, I wear, and I'm worn
Come clean, come clean, come near, come home
Come home
You always come home to those empty rooms
And wonder what's left to lose
Folding sheets cause you can never stop
Days that tired mother of ours
And living has made her sad
How she wishes she could stop the clock
And so, I'm told, I wear, and I'm worn
Come clean, come clean, come near, come home
Come home
And so, I'm told, I wear, and I'm worn
Come clean, come clean, come near, come home
I could've seen it all coming I guess
I'm sleeping out on the couch
You in your half of the bed
And every detail will swim in my mind
The tap of his shoes
The clock clicking the time, oh oh
The tile is cold and the bathroom sink
Will split the days of the week between your father and me
The words burn clmbing up my throat
Craving some better place to go
So this is how every family is
You'll make some dinner then you'll stay with a friend
A black cloud hangs over our house
You're no better, I know you're no better than this
So give up and let it rain down
You're no better, I know you're no better than this
I'm so tired I can hardly make a fist
The whole room is a thirst without a fix
A black cloud hangs over our house
You're no better, I know you're no better than this
So give up and let it rain down
You're no better, I know you're no better
And all your failed attempts are hanging over the edge of your father's fence
And oh, you give up so we can fall down
You're no better, you know you're no better than him
And all of your failed attempts are hanging over the edge of your father's fence
And oh, you give up so we can fall down
These steps they remind me of places that I used to know,
The smell and the sand of Lake Tahoe,
The restaurants and strip malls and chimney smoke,
And these bricks remind me of places I used to go,
With log cabins lining a dirt road,
When my obligations were in the snow,
I miss home and I miss you,
When there's no one around and nothing to do,
And I still remember those weekends when I was nine,
And four hours seemed like a lifetime,
But look out the window son, you'll be fine,
And I traced the railroad through mountains and watched the trees,
The white powder resting on their leaves,
As I pulled a blanket over my knees,
Oh, I miss home and I miss you,
When there's no one around and nothing to do,
And I know that you're keeping busy too,
(just sleep, the beauty of this place will seep into your very blood; i'll see that you aren't woken up) how can i find my way out? i dug this hole all by myself with "no more poems on napkins" and "i left the notebook on its shelf"; and it's slowed to just a trickle now but i wish that it was pouring out because there's so much here to write about. and all the leaves are turning brown; they're falling from their branches and landing at my feet, but i can hardly make a sound, a word of adoration, for what's surrounding me. (make it up from here, but i can't make it up from here, so i won't wake you up, my dear) and i just want to write with everything inside.
Would you wait if I came running home to you?
Or if I moved right down the street a block or two?
Distance is never on our side
It only seems to make our dreams collide
And you have gone on to someone new
Would you wait if I wrote you a perfect song tonight?
To make your heart stand still and make your chest grow tight
But I'll never write a perfect line
And I don't know why I even waste my time and try, whoa
And for the longest time
I couldn't love her to save my life
Never a moment of peace in my mind, yeah
Cause in the longest line
The front and the back are the same sometimes
And taking a number has taken my time, whoa
And there are things that I don't have the patience for
And when I go to my room I leave an open door
Cause I can't stand to feel alone
And when you come around I'm feeling more at home, whoa
And for the longest time
I couldn't love her to save my life
Never a moment of peace in my mind, yeah
Cause in the longest line
The front and the back are the same sometimes
And taking a number has taken my time, whoa
Don't pass me by
Give me another chance tonight
To make your heavy heart so light that you can fly
Cause every time
I see the light behind your eyes
The whole thing catches me in a moment by surprise
And for the longest time
I couldn't love her to save my life
Never a moment of peace in my mind, yeah
Cause in the longest line
The front and the back are the same sometimes
And taking a number has taken my time, whoa, whoa
And for the longest time
I couldn't love her to save my life
Never a moment of peace in my mind, whoa
(Don't pass me by)
Yeah, cause in the longest line
The front and the back are the same sometimes
And taking a number has taken my time, whoa
(Don't pass me by)
And for the longest time
I couldn't love her to save my life
Never a moment of peace in my mind, whoa
(Don't pass me by)
Yeah, cause in the longest line
The front and the back are the same sometimes
And taking a number has taken my time, whoa
Oh I've been going through a hell of a time
Making sense of all that you left behind
When I arrange it into columns and lines
I always think it's adding up, but it never does
So in the morning maybe I'll be alright
And through the day I'll prepare for the fight
With a fever on a Saturday night
Cause this is giving me the shakes and butterflies, oh
And if you don't stop running you can never breathe
When everything you want is everything you see
But when it comes to decision baby, him or me
Well I hope you can feel the need
What made you an alley cat scratching me?
You dig deep with your nails and flash your teeth
And run off to where your next big meal could be
What made you an alley cat scratching me?
You dig deep with your nails and flash your teeth
And run off because you must be tired of me
Run off because you must be tired of me
And there's a scene I will always replay
At the moment when my hand touched your face
I could see your eyes turning away
But I've been standing my ground with you babe
And if you don't stop running you can never breathe
When everything you want is everything you see
But when it comes to decision baby, him or me
Well I hope you can feel the need
What made you an alley cat scratching me?
You dig deep with your nails and flash your teeth
And run off to where your next big meal could be
What made you an alley cat scratching me?
You dig deep with your nails and flash your teeth
And run off because you must be tired of me
Run off because you must be tired of me
And now I fall in love with somebody everyday
As they step aside when I'm walking by, or smile at something I say
But I promised you it would never get in the way
Of stability but the joke's on me
cause you were the one who got carried away
Oh, you got carried away
Well he carried you away, oh
Carried you away, oh
Carried you away
This is the easy life
This is the simple life baby
And you maybe just what I
Have always been searching for
A light through an open door darling
But you're guarding it all night
I will whisper a song in your ear
Of the things you've been missing my dear
If you remember the tune
It's all I can do
Just remember I wrote it for you
And I carry an open box
Of rusted and broken locks, slowly
Can you show me where to lie?
Cause I'm tired as I can be
My legs aren't a part of me darling
Let us go then, you and I, through the night
I will whisper a song in your ear
Of the things you've been missing my dear
If you remember the tune
It's all I can do
Just remember I wrote it for you
I will whisper a song in your ear
Of the things you've been missing my dear
If you remember the tune
It's all I can do
Just remember I wrote it for you
The daylight is awful dim
with shudders pulled rim to rim;
I'm staring at written words
but their sounds will remain unheard. (Unheard)
And have I known it all along,
of this cowardice and envy?
And is it time that I move on,
breaking free from all that's empty?
It's hard now to run this race
when there is no human face
to call on in times of choice,
with no reassuring voice. (A voice)
And have I known it all along,
of this cowardice and envy?
And is it time that I move on,
I'm too far down this time,
I've crossed that line too many times,
So leave me behind,
I'll let my failures speak,
For itself, I'm weak and always tired,
It's time to retire,
But I've seen the way you come and go, you're like a ghost,
Only when everyone's away do you come close,
And I saw you leave a shadow there,
And I couldn't but help and stare,
And wonder is there something in the air?
I felt that salty breeze,
When you said to me,
"Show me the world
I'll see the world,"
And I'm starting to feel like you,
So I'll say it too,
"Show me the world,
I'll see the world,"
And I saw you fall into the sand beneath the trees,
And I saw you sitting up and staring at your knees,
And I saw the waves arrive in pairs, through the sand into your hair,
And wondered is there something in the air?
And I saw you leave a shadow there,
And I couldn't help but stare,
And wonder is there something in the air?
A photograph you took sits in the corner of my room
i'd throw it away, but it's too soon to let you go
and i have made my plans
i will erase you from my mind
i only need a little time to let you go
so i'll throw my keys into the basket
and make my way to bed
it's funny how they ritual things
can help to clear your head...
and my attempts at love are not worth speaking of
Call me out of my hovel;
I long to see the sun.
My legs try to carry me
but my heart weighs me down.
Burn this in my eyes
until I see your outline.
Carve this on my lips
until you see my blood drip.
And just that I can pen these words tonight
is proof enough for me
that there is more than meets the eye.
And this is my simple lullaby (simple lullaby)
And to try and put to rest any loneliness inside.
Call me out of my hovel;
I long to see the sun.
My legs try to carry me
but my heart weighs me down.
Burn this in my eyes (burn this in my:)
until I see your outline.
Carve this on my lips (carve this on my:)
until you see my blood drip.
And just that I can pen these words tonight
is proof enough for me
that there is more than meets the eye.
And this is my simple lullaby (simple lullaby)
And to try and put to rest any loneliness inside.
I know exactly where you are
So I don't strain to see your light shine in the dark
But I didn't know, the winter cold would leave us moving so slow
And will summer bring the feeling back to our toes?
Until it does can I just make it through?
Cause I don't know where I've gone wrong
And I can't find where I belong without you
Make it through
Cause I don't know where I've gone wrong
And I can't find where I belong without you
I'll weave the roads on every map
Into a cord that wraps you up and pulls you back
Cause I didn't know, the winter cold would leave us moving so slow
And will summer bring the feeling back to our toes?
Until it does can I just make it through?
Cause I don't know where I've gone wrong
And I can't find where I belong without you
Make it through
Cause I don't know where I've gone wrong
And I can't find where I belong
She works the night shift for day wage
Oh it can feel like forever
New ways to outline an old face
Oh it can feel like forever
She fights the daylight with heavier shades
It feels like forever and
Oh, the stories you could tell
If you didn't hide it all so well
Hit the bottom
You hit the bottom again
His clock is flashing the same score
Oh it can feel like forever
The front yard spills through the front door
Oh it can feel like forever
In a house he knows that he can't afford
It feels like forever and
Oh, the stories you could tell
If you didn't hide it all so well
Hit the bottom
You hit the bottom again
Don't you remember when
The fire in your eye
Could burn right through the night
Hit the bottom
You hit the bottom again
And if you see me dragging my feet outside your window
I'm just hoping that I might feel the wind blow
We've lost our sense of direction
Oh it can feel like forever
Those days of great recollection
Oh it can feel like forever
But it's not the end, no it's only begun
To feel like forever and
Oh, the stories you could tell
If you didn't hide it all so well
Hit the bottom
You hit the bottom again
Don't you remember when
The fire in your eyes
Could burn right through the night
Hit the bottom
You hit the bottom again
Every single time,
I see you in the street as you walk by,
You're shuffling your feet as if to say, you'd rather die,
Then live so far from home,
I wonder is that why you're so alone,
And if you found a place to call you own, would you be fine?
And you tell me that something good is bound to happen soon,
And meanwhile you'll just wait inside your room,
Do you find it odd,
That you are not as strong as you once thought?
And even if you run you might get caught, so you won't go,
And you'll be the last to know,
And even if you run you might get caught, so you won't go,
Hey!
I am the favorite
In a fight that I can't win
So every morning
I take another on my chin
But I never know, I never know, I never know the round I'm in, yeah
So I'm not gonna love when I know what I've given up
Not gonna love when I know what I've given up
Windows open
Daylight broken
And I'm not gonna love when I know what I've given up
Could be a warning
Could be the evidence of grace
Could be a cold night
Could be a right hook in the face
And I don't deserve, I don't deserve, I don't deserve to call this place my home
And I'm getting tired, I'm getting tired of lying down instead of standing on my own
But I'm not gonna love when I know what I've given up
Not gonna love when I know what I've given up
Long night, cold room
Hold tight, blue moon
And I'm not gonna love when I know what I've given
Hey!
There's something on my mind
Something I've been dying to say
Hey!
When you've lost so many times
The old familiar lines start to fade
But I'm not gonna love when I know what I've given up
Not gonna love when I know what I've given up
Long night, cold room
Hold tight, blue moon
And I'm not gonna love when I know what I've given up
(Windows open)
(Daylight broken)
(Windows open)
(And I'm not gonna love when I know what I've given up)
(Windows, cold room)
(Hold tight, blue moon)
(Long night, blue moon)
Oh I don't believe it,
That I could be so deceiving
And bringing you down to feel this lack of loyalty.
You were a song in my head,
The warmth of the sheets in my bed.
A story forever told, but never old,
A warm arrival never left so cold.
Don't blink, don't close your eyes,
But most of all don't apologize.
It's me who's got the demons to wrestle now.
Oh I don't believe it,
That I could be so deceiving
And bringing you down to feel this lack of loyalty.
'Cause you were a song in my head,
The warmth of the sheets in my bed.
A story forever told, but never old,
A warm arrival never left so cold.
Don't blink, don't close your eyes,
But most of all don't apologize.
It's me who's got the demons to wrestle now.
There's a patch of blue in the stormy sky,
A memory of a brighter time.
When everything was new, and less watered down,
Before the summer turned to brown.
Don't say you can't believe it now,
That you're almost settled down,
'Cause you'll be right here,
When I come back around.
Don't blink, don't close your eyes,
But most of all don't apologize.
It's me who's got the demons to wrestle now.
There's a patch of blue in the stormy sky,
A memory of a brighter time,
When everything was new, and less watered down,
Before the summer turned to brown.
Before the summer turned to brown
(don't blink, don't close your eyes)
Before the summer turned to brown
(don't blink, don't close your eyes)
Before the summer turned to brown
Lately I've been, doing some thinking,
I guess that it's small like the last couple years,
I never would guess, all that it's taught me,
And I can't believe that it's brought me here,
I'm happy that you, know where you're going,
I wish I could say of myself that was true,
We both pursue, something worth knowing,
But I may not end with the same thing as you,
Wasn't there something you wanted to say?
About all the things that could get in our way,
If I am a martyr, will you be my flame, if it's all the same?
I'm counting the days, and counting the dollars,
Wondering how much I'm willing to spend,
To make us believe, that this is important,
There's only so long that I can pretend,
Wasn't there something that you wanted to say?
About all the things that could get in our way,
If I am a martyr will you be my flame, if it's all the same?
If it's all the same,
You could write me a letter,
You're not the only one,
You're not the only one,
If feels the way that you do, cause I feel it too,
Wasn't there something that you wanted to say?
About all the things that could get in our way,
If I am a martyr, will you be my flame, if it's all the same?
Wasn't there something that you wanted to say?
About all the things that could get in our way,
It’s snowing, in Seattle
The picture, on the mantle
Of you in, the apartment
The colors, are starting
To disappear
It’s colder, in December
And I still, remember
The way that, you slipped through
The window, the morning
That you appeared
But you’ve been floating far away from here
But you’ve been floating far away from here
And when, the souls, of working men
Will warm, you up, you’ll melt again
And flood, into, the crowded street
Hoping to find my feet… my feet…
But you’ve been floating far away from here
But you’ve been floating far away from here
And when, the souls, of working men
Will warm, you up, you’ll melt again
And flood, into, the crowded street
Hoping to find my feet… my feet…
Hoping to find my feet
(Hoping to find my feet,
There's too many ways, too many ways, I could spend hours in my day,
So many ways, so many ways, I could spend money I've made,
And if I try, I'll never have to learn a thing,
There's too many ways, too many ways, I could spend hours in my day,
And we'll see, when winter's finally broken,
Everything, the words that we have spoken,
We'll only need a thing,
And if we fail to notice, what they have tried to show us,
We'll never learn to sing,
You're never alone, never alone, can't you see you only think so?
Favorite show, favorite show, turn it on can't miss an episode,
And if you try you'll never have to learn a thing,
Never alone, never alone, can't you see you only think so?
And we'll see, when winter's finally broken,
Everything, the words that we have spoken,
We'll only need a thing,
And if we fail to notice, what they have tried to show us,
We'll never learn to sing,
The music's loud, the tv's loud, the radio is on,
I'm making sure there's plenty noise, so I can't see I'm wrong,
The music's loud, the tv's loud, the radio is on,
I'm making sure there's plenty noise, so I can't see I'm wrong,
All in a day,
See it for yourself,
I'll make no change,
When you are somewhere else,
And I'll write for you,
Every chance I get,
Tell me you'll listen,
And say me you won't forget,
And I'll never say I don't have time, when you need me with you,
I'll stand in line, if you want me to, and I'll wait for you,
I'll wait for you,
Everyday,
See it for yourself,
I'll make no plans,
When you are somewhere else,
And I'll sing for you,
Songs that no one hears,
But tell me you'll listen,
And say I'll have your ears,
And I'll never say I don't have time, when you need me with you,
I'll stand in line, if you want me to, and I'll wait for you,
I'll wait for you,
And if you have something to say,
Know I won't look away,
No, I won't look away,
And I'll never say I don't have time, when you need me with you,
I'll stand in line, if you want me to, and I'll wait for you,
I'll wait for you,
I'll keep on waiting for you,
You'd wait for me, whoa,
I'll keep on waiting for you,
You'd wait for me (yeah) whoa,
I'll keep on waiting for you,
You'd wait for me, whoa,
I'll keep on waiting for you (I'll keep on waiting)
We've got nothing more from selling our clothes to the corner store
And our bags are locked so we can leave tonight for the war
Oh, I've got a nervous tick
And seeing them go got me feeling sick
Well it's do or die, no taking sides anymore
And we're not the least afraid of the coming storm
Cause we've got the sound and sunshine to keep us warm
So give up, give up, give up what you're after
The day is gone and you've wasted all your time
(Give up, give up, give up)
But we've got to keep moving farther down the road that you left behind
(Oh and I'm so far behind)
We've got nothing more from selling our clothes to the corner store
And our bags are locked so we can leave tonight for the war
We're not the least afraid of the coming storm
Cause we've got the sound and sunshine to keep us warm
So give up, give up, give up what you're after
The day is gone and you've wasted all your time
(Give up, give up, give up)
But we've got to keep moving farther down the road that you left behind
Give up, give up, give up what you're after
The day is gone and you've wasted all your time
(Give up, give up, give up)
But we've got to keep moving and I'll be proud to call you a friend of mine
All this time I've been trying to find a way
To close this chapter but nothing ever stays away
It all keeps building, the things that I would say to you
So give up, give up, give up what you're after
The day is gone and you've wasted all your time
(Give up, give up, give up)
But we've got to keep moving farther down the road that you left behind
Give up, give up, give up what you're after
The day is gone and you've wasted all your time
(Give up, give up, give up)
But we've got to keep moving and I'll be proud to call you a friend of mine
Give up, give up, give up
And I'll be proud to call you a friend of mine
Give up, give up, give up
I'm, alive, tonight
Call it the chance of a lifetime
Call it the deepest blue
Season two, a change in the storyline
Well I'm not afraid of what lies ahead
I remember something that someone said
"If you never think, you never change your mind"
So I'll be looking my best tonight if I lose the fight
Or fall asleep for the final time
You can come with me but you'll be cutting in line
So listen to me yeah
I can make you feel alive (alive)
And if the world is racing by tonight
We'll watch it run
And even if the end's begun, its fine
We can walk across our line
With our hopes and spirits high
Who knows what we'll find together on the other side
Oh my love, you think that its over
But I think it's just begun
And season one was a tap on your shoulder
Well I'm not afraid of what lies ahead
I remember something that someone said
"If you never blink, you never feel your eyes"
But you'll be trying your best tonight not to lose the fight
Don't fall asleep, even close your eyes
But to your surprise love, the whole whole tunnel is light
With walls of the purest white
I'm, alive, tonight
I can make you feel alive (alive)
And if the world is racing by tonight
We'll watch it run
And even if the end's begun, its fine
We can walk across our line
With our hopes and spirits high
Who knows what we'll find together on the other side
When narrow walls can seem so wide
I guess its not for us to decide
I've been running all around this empty town
Where the brightest blues and greens just turn to brown
And there's a feeling in the morning
that i can get my stomach screams a warning
as my first thoughts are forming in my head
and i can lay between the covers
remember how i loved another
and postpone my slow recovery
but i can fall asleep tonight
if i can make it home by the daylight
when i recall the times that i was left alone
'cause in the glimmer of your eye
i begin to see myself in a different light
And there's a feeling in the morning
that i can get my stomach screams a warning
as my first thoughts are forming in my head
and they say, "whoa, baby, i gotta go...
and i hate to let you know that this way."
but i can fall asleep tonight
if i can make it home by the daylight
when i recall the times that i was left alone
'cause in the glimmer of your eye
i begin to see myself in a different light
but i can fall asleep tonight
if i can make it home by the daylight
when i recall the times that i was left alone
'cause in the glimmer of your eye
i begin to see myself in a different light
I see that summertime is near, summertime.
When all my troubles disappear, summertime.
I see that summertime is near, summertime.
When all my troubles disappear, summertime.
It's strange how the weather can make me feel so good,
and each year I do things I never thought I could.
The air is warm, (the air is warm)
The sky is blue, (the sky is:)
The slate is clean (the slate is clean)
And life is new.
I'm making the memories I never want to lose;
In summer, you can do anything you choose.
The air is warm, (the air is warm)
The sky is blue, (the sky is:)
The slate is clean (the slate is clean)
And life is new.
I see that summertime is near, summertime.
We've spent a lifetime running away,
Cold feet on cobblestone at the break of day,
I still remember everything,
The way we laughed in front of a store closing,
We're finding a way to move along without you, and we do it,
Finding a way to move along without you, and we do this to ourselves,
I think it's safe to say you were right,
Come back to your place, yeah, I think I just might,
I still remember everything,
Every mistake and every apology,
We're finding a way to move along without you, and we do it,
Finding a way to move along without you, and we do this to ourselves,
And the words above this page, are falling into place,
One down, three to go,
And my eyes are turned away, smile starts to fade,
And I know that I'm alone,
We're finding a way to move along without you, and we do it,
Finding a way to move along without you, and we do this to ourselves,
And I'm ok
Seems I just needed a break
Sat down but now I'm up again
And finding out I'm alone
My friends left me behind
And into another town
Where this boy is not around
And I don't blame them
I'd do the same
And now I'm alone again
So I'll sing along to the only song I've ever known
And I'll sing it out to the lonely ones, oh oh oh
Those days are gone but the nights roll on taking their place
So I'm singing it out to the lonely ones
Hey, let's write the story again
Where I'm your lover and best friend
Pack our backs and we'll leave this old ghost town behind
And into another town
Where this boy is not around
He made the mistake of leaving you
That was mistake number two
So I'll sing along to the only song I've ever known
And I'll sing it out to the lonely ones, oh oh oh
Those days are gone but the nights roll on taking their place
So I'm singing it out to the lonely ones
Hey, let's write the story again
Where I'm your lover and best friend
So I'll sing along to the only song I've ever known
And I'll sing it out to the lonely ones, oh oh oh
Those days are gone but the nights roll on taking their place
So I'm singing it out to the lonely ones, oh oh oh
Tonight I'm staring at the moonlight
Tonight I'm wondering how this could've felt so right
And I could say it was a good time
But I can hardly say a thing
He's got you right where he wants you
Right where he wants you
He's going outside in the middle of the night with you
Tell me what I'm supposed to do
No I'm fine, I can go another time with you
But tell me why would I want to
And will you still be feeling alright
In the morning with the sun creeping through the blinds?
And will you say it was a good time?
And you will you tell him anything?
He's got you right where he wants you
Right where he wants you
He's going outside in the middle of the night with you
Tell me what I'm supposed to do
No I'm fine, I can go another time with you
But tell me why would I want to
He's going outside in the middle of the night with you
Tell me what I'm supposed to do
No I'm fine, I can go another time with you
But tell me why would I want to
And I've been away for far too long it seems
And this new group of friends is making me, ready again to leave
I'm ready again to leave
He's going outside in the middle of the night with you
Tell me what I'm supposed to do
No I'm fine, I can go another time with you
But tell me why would I want to
He's going outside in the middle of the night with you
Tell me what I'm supposed to do
No I'm fine, I can go another time with you
But tell me why would I want to
And I've been spending too much time in California
Where your feelings change but seasons never do
And in my dream last night I felt a storm was coming
But awoke to sunny skies of baby blue
And I call her up to let her go today
For a moment thought it easier then being away
But through the tangled thread the needle finds a way
And I'm asking her to stay
And I've been spending all my time composing letters
To a girl who lives a thousand miles away
But writing never takes the place of living
And I need her arms, I need her smile again
And she called me up to let me go today
For a moment thought it easier than being away
But through the tangled thread the needle finds a way
And I'm asking her to stay
Won't you stay?
I'm on a flight tonight to me, wavein at you. You're painting flowers on the ceiling, but you're looking through the leaves. And the cloudy sky to me. Im carrying our dreams across the sky. To another city where the future lyes, for you and I to be, in perfect harmony. I can almost hear that song behind your eyes, and I'll fall asleep to that distant lulaby.
(Chorus:)
What a dream we have to offer, what a try to make this all our own(Our own)To take this place, and make it home.
Im far away to night you feel it, but I'll creep in your room, tell him our plans and lights before us, and he'll do the same for me. Recount the history, of love and lost in lie, and giving up this crown of city lights. But he's content to shine and stay.
(Chorus:)
I've written letters to you on whitest paper,
But they all return to me a pale brown,
And I've tried to stand up to it,
But it all seemed kinda useless,
So I'm writing you this letter from the ground,
And if you see a gentleman of promise,
Stealing looks at you from there across the room,
And if your tired heart, it dances from exchanging second glances,
Don't hesitate to steal your glances too,
And I wanted to wait till the sun won't appear,
Making flowers and placing them over our ears,
But you are what you are, and I'm not very far along,
But something tells me there will come a time,
Tired of that back and forth affair that we've been through,
Thinking more than once it may be time for something new,
Suddenly you'll see him standing there across the room,
Staring at you,
And I wanted to wait till the sun won't appear,
Making flowers and placing them over our ears,
But you are what you are, and I'm not very far along,
And I'm not very far along,
And if your tired heart, it dances,
From exchanging second glances,
All the leaves upon this tree, are forming words and pointing them at me,
And could it be a kind of sign informing me that I've been out of line,
All the pages in this book, are giving me an interesting look,
And can they see beneath my eyes, and if they could I wonder what they'd find,
And I won't feel alone tonight, cause I can see the candle burning bright,
I can see it drip down from the ceiling
All the loneliness you've been feeling
Collects on your forehead like a dew
And you can wipe it off but not erase it
Try to run it down but just chase it
And I'd be feeling sorry for you
If I didn't feel the same way too
We're on the road with the same motivation
Take your chances letting the time run out
But you know that I've been down
Feeling I have go no appreciation
And it's filling me up from under ground
But you know that I've been up to my eyes in doubt
Now the lonely drops are all racing
Leaving parallel lines on your face
And collecting in a pool down by your shoes
But your hands are still free from the tide
And you keep your fingers dry
So when it all starts going better for you
You can write it out like you always do
We're on the road with the same motivation
Take your chances letting the time run out
But you know that I've been down
Feeling I have go no appreciation
And it's filling me up from under ground
But you know that I've been up to my eyes in doubt
You're not alone, not alone, not alone
You're not alone, not alone, not alone
You're not alone, not alone...
You're not alone, not alone, not alone
You're not alone, not alone, not alone
You're not alone, not alone...
And I can see it drip down from the ceiling
All the loneliness you've been feeling
All the loneliness...
We're on the road with the same motivation
Take your chances letting the time run out
But you know that I've been down
Feeling I have go no appreciation
And it's filling me up from under ground
I've laid for seven years here, here inside my mind,
Here inside my,
Alone in my inaction, doubt has left me blind,
Doubt has left me blind,
But I want to say,
I'm getting out this time,
Turning around those bright lights,
Show me the world outside,
I've laid for twenty years here,
Here inside my mind,
Here inside my mind,
And doubt has left me blind,
But I want to say,
I'm getting out this time,
Turning around those bright lights,
Show me the world outside,
Seven years inside this fear, it's the long way,
It's not for me,
A simple road with little owed, it's the cheap way,
But not quite free,
And you will find this life unkind when you focus on your own needs,
You will see,
But I want to say (I want to say)
I'm getting out this time,
Turning around those bright lights,
There's nothing I can say, nothing I can say,
The words would never leave me,
And nothing I can do, nothing I can do,
I'm staring at the ceiling,
Just see another light, see another light,
Come at me from somewhere,
And I won't look away, I won't look away,
I will try to go there,
All of the ways that I have tried to understand,
Have taken me further from the place that I have been,
And maybe the reason I have strayed so far from home,
Is I have insisted on traveling alone,
The silver and the gold, silver and the gold,
Are laying here beside me,
And this is getting old, this is getting old,
Cause they will never find me,
Will you come around, will you come around?
Come around and find me,
And take me by the hand, take me by the hand,
And walk along beside me,
All of the ways that I have tried to understand,
Have taken me further from the place that I have been,
And maybe the reason I have strayed so far from home,
Is I have insisted up on traveling alone (Alone again) alone again,
But I'm not saying that I will never know,
But never with the weight of my ego,
Hammering down upon my mind,
Assuring me that I will find,
Nothing at all,
You won't ask then I won't tell
anything about myself to you
Honey, I'm an open book
a little hard to read that may be true,
a little hard to read that may be true
Am I worth your time?
I'm on the ground now and you won't ask me
how I fell tonight but I would tell you
everything you want me to tonight
So c' mon ask and I will tell
everything about myself to you
Honey, I'm an open book
and you and me are long sence overdue,
and you and me are long sence overdue;
I think it's worth your time
I'm on the ground now and you won't ask me
how I fell tonight but I would tell you
everything you want me to tonight
but please wait up for me
this time I'll draw the line
and you won't laugh at me,
if I see you start to leave;
please wait up for me,
please wait up for me,
please wait up for me,
I'm on the ground now you won't ask me
how I fell tonight but I would tell you
everything you want me to tonight
This airplane is a ribbon
With a bird at either end
And it's featherlight and floating in the wind
And it seems there's no direction
Gentle push from gentle hands
And I have no way of knowing where I'll land
And I'll take that long drive down
To spend two months in your town
But I'm scared to death that I won't see you around
And I've seen a drunken poet
Spilling verses on the bar
I wish I remembered them so beautiful and so dark
And I watched that moment flicker
As they vanished in the air
Right in front of me but he didn't seem to care
And I'll take that long drive down
To spend two months in your town
But I'm scared to death that I won't see you around
If you're anything like me
Then you'll pack your bags and leave
Cause you know that you'll be going eventually
And don't say it isn't bad enough
That I'm the only one that cares about this stuff
Cause we both know that I won't go without you
And don't say it wasn't good enough
Cause these lonely couple years have been too rough
And we both know that I won't go without you
And I'll take that long drive down
To spend two months in your town
But I'm scared to death that I won't see you around
If you're anything like me
Then you'll pack your bags and leave
Cause you know that you'll be going eventually
If only you could hear the beat, beat, beat
of my beating heart
then maybe we, we, we
would never be apart
it's a beautiful sky on a beautiful day
but only you can stretch a smile across my face
So I'm waiting, waiting, waiting
for you to be calling, calling, calling
cause its another drive
another day on the road
and honey I don't have the strength for another show, no
And I got it almost figured out
if I could get you closer to me
'cause it's a good life for a short time
(whoa oh, whoa oh)
and you've got me almost figured out
there's almost nothing left to see
you're bringing out the best in me
you're bringing out the best in me
And it's a long way back to the golden state
where the city's held in by a golden gate
like a giant jar full of fireflies
the yellow lights blinking on the mountainside
and I wish I had a plane or a cable car
'cause all I really want is to be in your arms
And I got it almost figured out
if I could get you closer to me
'cause it's a good life for a short time
and you've got me almost figured out
there's almost nothing left to see
you're bringing out the best in me
you're bringing out the best in me
whoa oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh..
oh oh oh oh oh oh..
oh oh oh oh oh oh..
(x4)
And I've got it almost figured out
if I could get you closer to me
'cause it's a good life for a short time
and you've got me almost figured out
(you've got me almost figured out)
you're bringing out the best in me
you're bringing out the best in me...
you're bringing out the best in me...
whoa oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh..
(x2)
you're bringing out the best in me...
(you've got me almost figured out..)
you're bringing out the best in me...
I must say,
It's a nice day,
When the leaves start to turn, there is so much to learn from the freeway,
You're my friend,
For the weekend,
When the spring comes around, you can show me the town that you live in,
And tonight I walk through an empty street,
With my shadow stretching in front of me,
When my lonely thoughts meet my lonely feet,
And the cold reminds me that I've chosen this life,
I must say,
It's a nice day,
With the flowers in bloom, there is so much to view from the freeway,
And we're friends,
For the weekend,
And when the fall comes around, you can show me the town that you live in,
And tonight I walk through an empty street,
With my shadow stretching in front of me,
When my lonely thoughts meet my lonely feet,
And the cold reminds me that I've chosen this life,
So hang up the phone cause you're probably better alone,
So hang up the phone cause you're probably better alone,
So hang up the phone cause you're probably better alone,
And tonight I walk through an empty street,
With my shadow stretching in front of me,
When my lonely thoughts meet my lonely feet,
And the cold reminds me that I've,
And tonight I walk through an empty street,
With my shadow stretching in front of me,
When my lonely thoughts meet my lonely feet,
The situations progressed.
We built this city on rock and roll.
It's my only regret.
But bad is never good till there is worse.
Scatter the ash of our homes.
At the advisor's request,
they suggest that we blame someone else.
And we all say nothing more.
Lay down your hands over your eyes.
Our hearts don't beat like before.
Bathing in the river of half-hearted souls.
Take me away from everything.
We gathered wings of an angel and we flew up to the
gates, to be with god, but when we got to the sun we lost
our wings up to the flames and sold our souls to the
devil.
Fight, Priest, fight, take pictures
Make alright what you have lost
And give pride back to the ground
(Fight, Priest, take pictures)
You've got all you want
But all you've got is a wreck
Everyone in this whole wide world
Wake up and panic
Fortune wears a red dress
But her bones smell of death
Fortune wears a red dress
But her bones smell of death
They all stare but no one seeks
They all claim but no one speaks
They all hear what they want
Panic, Preacher
Beware of these sheep
In the costume of wolves
For lies, they come in pairs of two
And we only die twice
But for such a very long time
And just because you kiss
Don't mean you're in love
And just because you've begun
Don't mean you've won
I was a second child
Not born but just once
And all my friends be gray
They all close the door
Because no one speaks out loud
The fade out
They're all fading out
We're all fading out
Take my heart, Prophet
Take my heart, Prophet
Take my heart, Prophet
Take my heart, Prophet
You can't stop the race. People moving in place.
Running a crooked path from place to place to place.
The chords from which we hang, weaken everyday.
They beg for strength, but they are blessed by our blade.
Questions on our minds. Buildings on the rise.
Diamonds instead of our eyes and corporate fights
O' busy busy bees walking to and fro,
what if we close our eyes?
What if we can't wake up?
I hope you all rest in peace,
I hope you find what your looking for.
But if that is all you got,
well there's got to be more.
They lay carpet that's made of red
and so we walk paths made of gold
but we are blind just past the nose
in this tree covered earth.
Yes, that is right.
Can we disappear from all we got?
We are scattered on God's grace
but we are a drip, we are a flash,
we are a mist, we are a speck,
