In Buddhist phenomenology and soteriology, the skandhas (Sanskrit) or khandhas (Pāli, aggregates in English) are the five functions or aspects that constitute the human being. The Buddha teaches that nothing among them is really "I" or "mine".
In the Theravada tradition, suffering arises when one identifies with or clings to an aggregate. Suffering is extinguished by relinquishing attachments to aggregates.
The Mahayana tradition further puts forth that ultimate freedom is realized by deeply penetrating the nature of all aggregates as intrinsically empty of independent existence.
Outside of Buddhist didactic contexts, "skandha" can mean mass, heap, pile, bundle or tree trunk.
According to Thanissaro, the buddha gave a new meaning to the term "khanda":
The Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon contains the teachings of the Buddha, as preserved by the Theravada tradition.
The sutras describe five aggregates:
The Buddhist literature describes the aggregates as arising in a linear or progressive fashion, from form to feeling to perception to mental formations to consciousness. In the early texts, the scheme of the five aggregates is not meant to be an exhaustive classification of the human being. Rather it describes various aspects of the way an individual manifests.
Say Something
I'd Say Something
I'd Be Nothing More
Than What You Need
I'm In Too Deep
Say Something
I Taste Salty
I'd Be Nothing More
Than What You Need
I'm In Too Deep
Here's Something For The Visions In Your Mind
Fear Nothing But The Water In Your Life
Scrape Lovin' From The Ocean Floor
Don't You Crawl On Me I'm No Shore
Say Something
I Taste Salty
I'd Be Nothing More
You're Losing Me I'm In Too Deep
Here's Something For The Visions In Your Mind
Fear Nothing But The Water In Your Life
Scrape Lovin' From The Ocean Floor
Don't You Crawl On Me I'm No Shore
I'm No Shore
Fake That What You've Given
I'm No Shore
Take Back What You Give Me
All The Pieces, They're Lined Up
Trust Like A Tragedy
Watchin' Me
Where'd They Come From
All The Figures Over Me
Lost In Their Fantasy
Hating Me
Outside The Borders You Push And You Pull
Falling Face First To The Dirt
Ignoring Teardrops From The Faces
You've Altered
Exchanging Ego Boost For Thirst
What Was It You Said?
You'd Keep Me In One Piece
(One State Of Denial)
What You Didn't Get Inside Me Was
One Thing
One Place In My Mind
Mine
Now You Don't Seem To Move Me
You're Looking Right Through Me
And You Did It To Me
Who's Holding Who Now
You Don't Seem To Move Me
You're Looking Right Through Me
And You Did It To Me
Who's Fucking Who Now
Impressionistic Games
Drama Wrapped In Cellophane
Benefitting No One In The Dark
So When You Light The Fuse
Understand I'll Be Confused
I'm Only Here To Break Your Heart
I Don't Feel This Turn Taking Me Around
I Don't Feel This World Bringing Me Down
I Don't See Circles In The Ground
Two Is All It Needs To Be
One Catastrophe
When Everything's Inside And Out
You Make No Sense To Me
Does Your Philosophy
Keep You Running Down
Pull Your Head From The Sand
Two Is What You Lay To Claim
How Everything Runs The Same
Rubbing Dirt On Your Wounds
You've Got No Time For Pain
It's One More Day Too Late
I've Got A Room For The View
I Can't Tear Up Your Plan
Pull Your Head From The Sand
Take Back What You Deserve
But I'll Give You My Word
Caught Up In The Movie
But I Don't Know Where I Stand
Hold (On) When You Float High Above Me
'cause I'll Be Here When You Land
Two Is All It Needs To Be
One Catastrophe
When Everything's Inside And Out
Hangin' On The Corner
Of A Dead End Street
And There Ain't Nothing Much To See
Traffic Light Flashing
Green Into Gold
But I Can't Find Somewhere To Go
Walking On The Thin Line
The World Under Me
What A Long, Long Way To Fall
Thunder Rollin'
I Can Barely Hear
Where The Band Fits To The Show
I'll Believe It When The Skies Come Crumbling Down
I'll Believe In You
I'll Believe It
There's A Weight Hangin' On My Shoulders
Telling Me I've Gotta Be Free
Got A Weight Hangin' On My Shoulders
Killing Me
I'll Believe It When The Skies Come Crumbling Down
I'll Believe In You
I'll Believe It
I'll Believe In You
I'm Feeling Claustraphobic
In A Room That's Open Wide
The Empty Stare Between Us Here
Is Like Needles Through My Eyes
Afraid To Fall Too Easy
Afraid To Be Alone
Afraid To Dig Through Ashes Of A
Place I Once Called Home
Withered Away
The Way
You Stain The Face
Of Purity
Shade The Taste
Of Stale
Of Insecurity
The Distance Now Is In You
The Difference; Now It Becomes All
Becomes You
Becomes You
Becomes The Faceless
Withered Away
The Way
You Stain The Face
Of Purity
Shade The Taste
Of Stale
Of Insecurityhe Distance Now Is In You
The Difference; Now It Becomes All
Don't Let Me Die With The Stars In My Eyes
With No Color
No Laughter
No Matter
Just Fake That Smile
Maybe Take A While To See
Set The Difference Free
She Cries When Gray Skies Clear
He Goes Far Away
Again
We Bathe In Waterfalls
Swimming Through It All
Again
She Dives
Patiently She Watches As He Takes A Leap
Into The Deep End
Again
We Pass By Pretending Not To See Your Eyes
Focused Into Sea
Amends
Seasons Lie
They Cover Up The Stain
From Bleeding Hearts
They Never Change
Keep You Sane
They'll Always Be The Same
Old T.V. Series
We Can't Hide
We Need Another Fix From Life
So We Run
Into Air, Into Clear
Hiding From The Rain
Change Your Mind
I'll Never Try To Take Your Breath Away
Now I Want Out Where I Can Taste The Air
Sinking In A Whirlpool-World Created
Suffocate
Suffocate
We Dive
Still Soaking From The Rain
Can You Taste The Air?
Do You Taste The Air?
Someone Told Me
There's Hope Out There
I Couldn't See It Through The Clouds
Someone Told Me
To Stand My Ground
But My Body Wants To Run Away
Please Don't Tell Me
I'm Uncontrolled
Please Don't Tell Me
That It's Time To Go
It's Time To Go
When You're All I've Got Don't Drift Away
It's Raining On Summertime
Someone Told Me
I Would Disagree
That The World Could Be Whole
So I Tell You
And These Feelings Fold
When You're All I've Got
It's All I've Got
Don't Drift Away
It's Raining On Summertime
Look At Me From Where You Are
Concrete Thoughts Just Fall Apart
Keeping Still
I Lose My Head
Holding On To A Fading Dream
A Picture Perfect Obscurity
Keeping Still
What Is For Real
I Just Move On
I Look At You From A Mile Away
One Thousand Words
Not A Thing To Say
Laying Low
Where I Can Go Down
Pasting Pieces Of Your Yesterday
I'm Burning Bridges To Place It Safe
Laying Low
I Can't Take The Stand
I Just Move On
I Take It All
Look At Us From A Picture Frame
A Thousand Words
Couldn't Make You Stay
Keeping Low
I Lost Control
Holding On To Your Memory
A Picture Perfect Reality
I Never Thought That I'd Be The One
Left Here Alone
I Just Move On
Suddenly You Step
Out Across The Edge
And Spread Your Wings Out Wide
Got No Time To Rest
Only Second Guess
And Strap Yourself In Tight
Stop Telling Lies
It'd Make It All Seem Better
If You Stopped On That Dime
And Face Up To The Weather
Stand On Burning Ground
Voices All Around Will Wake You
In Your Sleep
She Won't Let You Think
She'll Only Watch You Sink
And Laugh When You Drown
Stop Telling Lies
It'd Make It All Seem Better
If You Stopped On That Dime
You've go such sweet,Perfect hands
I see the wheel in your hands
You always make the scene
And somehow come out clean
Get off
You're gonna get it
Get it when you need it
Get off you're gonna get it
Get it when you need it
You always make the scene
My perfect tragedy
Thrill for the ride
And it comes down to the wire
Can somebody show me where
The highway ends
Kill for the life
And it's twisting my desire
When you're face to face with
No one in the end
For the life
You've got such innocent hands
But there's a knife in my back
You always talk so sweet
And wash the blood off clean
Get off
You're gonna get it
Get it when you need it
Get off you're gonna get it
Get it when you need it
You always talk so sweet
My perfect tragedy
Thrill for the ride
And it comes down to the wire
Can somebody show me where
The highway ends
Kill for the life
And it's twisting my desire
When you're face to face with
No one in the end
For the life
I see the face is getting colder
And colder
I see their fire turn to shade
I see the world is turning slower
And slower
Can't turn the music down
Can't let the questions fade away
You've got such deceiving hands
You hold my world in those hands
You come off like a tease
And throw your sex at me
Fuck off
You're gonna get it
Get it when you want it
Fuck off you're gonna get it
Get it when you need it
You come off like a tease
My perfect tragedy
Thrill for the ride
And it comes down to the wire
Can somebody show me where
The highway ends
Kill for the life
And it's twisting my desire
When you're face to face with
No one it's the end
Somewhere in the world ofMake-believe
Maybe there's a perfect place for you
Somewhere in the world of
Fantasy
Sugar is the perfect taste for you
I can't be myself without you
I can't see myself without you
You're someone to love
Someone to hate
You can't steal my sunshine
From high above
Until the grave
You can't steal my sunshine away
Somewhere in the world of
Make-believe
Maybe there's a perfect face for you
Somewhere in the world of
Tragedy
You can play the victim for us two
I can't be myself around you
I can't see myself around you
You're someone to love
Someone to hate
You can't steal my sunshine
From high above
Until the grave
You can't steal my sunshine away
Away, yeah
Somewhere in the world of
Make-believe
Maybe there's a perfect drug for you
Somewhere in the world of
Fantasy
Sugar is the perfect taste for you
You're someone to love
Someone to hate
You can't steal my sunshine
From high above
Until the grave
You can't steal my sunshine
You're someone to love
Someone to hate
You take gasolineAnd mix it with the fire
That burns your insides out
You drink gasoline
Claim it cleans the veins
And lets the soul pour out
See frind, what used to be the other side
Sleeping, I count the dreams
With open eyes
Is it too hard to stay alive?
Is it too hard to say that
It's all right
To be the man that you are made of
Chase the dreams that we have
Made up
I'd push it all aside
Push it all away
Just so I can keep sane
I can keep sane
You take Vaseline
And smooth over the edges
Of cuts that run so deep
You spit gasoline
And never hesitate
To watch the fire reach its peak
See friend, what used to be
The other side
Sleeping, I cound the dreams
With empty eyes
Is it too hard to stay alive?
Is it too hard to say that
It's all right
To be the man that you are made of
Chase the dreams that we have
Made up
I'd push it all aside
Push it all away
Just so I can keep sane
I can keep sane
That it's all right
To be the man that you are made of
Chase the dreams that we have
Made up
I'd push it all aside
Push it all away
Just so I can keep sane
I can keep sane
I can keep sane
So you bring me hereAt my own expense
No one wants me
No one hears my song
Walking on the dark side
Can you see what's on the inside?
A time-bomb's ticking seconds off of me
Pull the shades on your mind
You can toss me to the roadside
This time-bomb is a living memory
So you just can't hear
Is your wallet deaf?
You don't need me
So you lead me on
Walking on the dark side
Can you see what's on the inside?
A time-bomb's ticking seconds off of me
Pull the shades on your mind
You can toss me to the roadside
This time-bomb is a living memory
So you're out of reach
And the flow is gone
Walk a thin line
Then you push me off
Walking on the dark side
Can you see what's on the inside?
A time-bomb's ticking seconds off of me
Pull the shades on your mind
You can toss me to the roadside
You've got the biggest plansYou've got the biggest
plans
Don't you?
You are the biggest hit
Your dreams are counterfeit
You treat the world like shit
And now it's gone
You'll be nothing in tomorrow
You'll be nothing in tomorrow
Nothing in tomorrow
You've got the best defense
You've got the best defense
Don't you?
You tread the thinest line
You're running out of time
You're walking suicide
Someday you'll know
You'll be nothing in tomorrow
Nothing in tomorrow
You'll be looking right through the scars at me
You'll be nothing in tomorrow
Nothing in tomorrow
You'll be looking right through the scars at me
And when you're breaking down
You'll see the faces you let down
Don't try to call for help from me
You're falling
You'll be nothing in tomorrow
Nothing in tomorrow
You'll be looking right through the scars at me
You'll be nothing in tomorrow
Nothing in tomorrow
You'll be looking right through the scars at me
Outside The Borders You Push And You Pull
Falling Face First To The Dirt
Ignoring Teardrops From The Faces
You've Altered
Exchanging Ego Boost For Thirst
What Was It You Said?
You'd Keep Me In One Piece
(One State Of Denial)
What You Didn't Get Inside Me Was
One Thing
One Place In My Mind
Mine
Now You Don't Seem To Move Me
You're Looking Right Through Me
And You Did It To Me
Who's Holding Who Now
You Don't Seem To Move Me
You're Looking Right Through Me
And You Did It To Me
Who's Fucking Who Now
Impressionistic Games
Drama Wrapped In Cellophane
Benefitting No One In The Dark
So When You Light The Fuse
Understand I'll Be Confused
I'm Only Here To Break Your Heart
I Don't Feel This Turn Taking Me Around
I Don't Feel This World Bringing Me Down
I Don't See Circles In The Ground
Alone, isolation. An island
So far from the nearest sign of life
No ones is coming, No one is coming
Settled in a made to measure place
Why are you dragging me along...
Efforts in the wrong direction
Played repeatedly
Like a Deja vu
Slow motion, in slow motion
You're not up to date with the latest news
Someone else would have a reaction, you cutted yourself from reality
Your insides are asking for action... it couldn't be clearer, Can't you see it?
I can't stand your full resignation to the alarming fate
Weary questions wondering who's at fault. There's no telling
It is impossible to find it out... It's irrational,...it's a waste of time... and you haven't got too much to say...
Same speech, same words and messages repeating, frustrating the possibility of improvement
Stop it now, stop it now, that's enough, stop it now
it's disconcerting . Inventing your own truth on a desert island
I can't stand your full resignation to the alarming fate
Weary questions wondering who's at fault. There's no telling
It is impossible to find it out... It's irrational,...it's a waste of time... and you haven't got too much to say...
and you haven't got to much to say...
Cards are gone,...closing your eyelids... on a desert island
No one comes, closing your eyelids... nothing to show
Stop it now... closing your eyelids... swallow your pride
She writes down her lines
There aren't many words about me.
Could be thinking these days of
A different space, as she said.
Pages, pages on the floor.
Writing lyrics close to her.
She writes down her lines
There aren't many words about me.
Could be thinking these days of
A different space, as she said.
Pages, pages on the floor.
Writing lyrics close to her.
Like a secret in her past
Normal feelings coming back
She didn't need too many things
Something to hold. Something to write
And I dont need an explanation
When it began was easy to stay
If I look back, there's nothing unfair
And I don't need an explanation at all
And now the painted sun
Is not our common background
And now the stars on the wall
They aren't shining for me anymore
Pages pages on the floor
Writing lyrics close to her.
Like a secret in her past
Normal feelings coming back
She didn't need too many things
Something to hold. Something to write
And I dont need an explanation
When it began was easy to stay
If I look back there's nothing unfair
And I don't need an explanation
I can't think with clarity
Figures looking blurred to me
I am starting to be sick of trying .
Her diary has other friends
Her diary has other songs
Her diary is not the same as mine
She didn't need too many things
Something to hold. Something to write
And I dont need an explanation
When it began was easy to stay
If I look back there's nothing unfair
And I don't need an explanation
I can't think with clarity
Figures looking blurred to me
DIFFERENT LEVELS
Useless place, so virgin
Secrets, unexplored lands...
Quiet room while we talk
Nothing more, no one's around
There's a funny moon above our heads laughing at you and me
And she likes to count certain words, certain words...
And they say that's not a common way
That's the trouble, different levels
They can think what they want to think
That's the trouble, different levels, different levels...
Such different levels...
Something grows, old fashioned notes
Sound much better than before
Just the things I've never watched
My close circles are less bored
And she likes to count certain words, certain words
Of different levels, of different levels,
Such different levels...
I've got a ticket to be right for a long long time
I got it in an auction
And I suppose you realize that you're invited
Communication line has failed
If you want, I'll sign a declaration
If you want, I'll publish it on the front page
And I could write it everywhere...
I've got a ticket to be right for a long long time
I got it in an auction
And I suppose you realize that you're invited
Communication line has failed
If you want, I'll sign a declaration
If you want, I'll publish it on the front page
And I could write it everywhere...
I like the things I've never watched
I feel they were waiting inside me
When I called your name
Troubles go away
When you call my name
When I call your name
I've got a ticket to be right for a long long time
I got it in an auction
And I suppose you realize that you're invited
Communication line has failed
If you want, I'll sign a declaration
Everything I touch,
Targets that I shot
Turn to little pieces, tiny pieces,
I am not exaggerating
I know how it sounds
I fix my eyes on you
This is exciting, relaxing
The end of the film is never the same
Follow me, inside my head
Spies of the universe
Why not. why not
We'll get a seat.
On tomorrow's flight.
I heard about a great new show.
You press the button.... Hurry up!
This is called ‘a good start' for me.
We'll shoot right now...
Do it, do it.
I'm gonna stay here above
And this is how it works.
Your characters are never bored
I know how it sounds
I fix my eyes on you
This is exciting, relaxing
The end of the film is never the same
We'll get a seat.
On tomorrow's flight.
I heard about a great new show.
You press the button.... Hurry up!
This is called ‘a good start' for me.
We'll shoot right now
Invisible spies of the universe
This is called ‘a good start' for me.
We'll shoot right now...
Waking up, the big globe spins.
Another lovely bird singing
Modulating sounds, so delicate...
I'm watching
Every single detail of the texture of her skin,
Made me realise that elegance is not for sale in supermarkets
I drew a line, a re-creation of her shape
Makes me feel just like I am not wrong, no mistakes.
Meet me on the corner
I will treat you like a challenge
We can find a way, for a perfect day
Is it good enough?. Here's my heart beat
Possible distortion of the truth, a lack of communication
I'm in need of your comprehension. Fragile merchandise
Swimming out of the water, the miles were getting hard
Our thoughts will be so close and we'll be fine
Meet me on the corner
I will treat you like a challenge
We can find a way, for a perfect day
Is it good enough?. Here's my heart
Give me a chance
And drop me a line
I will give my soul away
I can't swear this will be the last time
Is it good enough for a perfect day?
I drew a line, a re-creation of her shape
Makes me feel just like I am not wrong, no mistakes.
Meet me on the corner
I will treat you like a challenge
We can find a way, for a perfect day
Is it good enough?. Here's my heart
Give me a chance
And drop me a line
I will give my soul away
I can't swear this will be the last time
Is it good enough for a perfect day?
For today... for today... for today... for today.
Meet me on the corner
I will treat you like a challenge
We can find a way, for a perfect day
we can face it all now
The mirror
Is not reflecting the disgraceful image
That I used to see in front of me
A glimmer of hope that comforts me . I' m safe
I'm safe, I'm safe, I'm safe, I'm safe
Unimportant chosen ways
Getting better
In a general state
I' m safe, I'm safe, I'm safe
Never stepping back
Nobody turns around
Looking straight forward
We'll be in touch
I 'm safe, I'm safe, I'm safe,
A breakdown
I'm the being I wish to be
The movements
not predictible
The pieces had run away
breaking all the rules and...
I can't avoid it, this is the choice
I can't avoid it, this is the choice
Following the lights out there
Superficial tendencies removed from my routine
They're belongings from an erased world
It's not a shame, shame, shame
I got disconnected, unplugging cables from machines
And the burden has been properly towed away
Studied plan
I need to run
Smells like burnt
I need to run
I can't avoid it, this is the choice
I can't avoid it, this is the choice
Following the lights out there
Superficial tendencies removed from my routine
They're belongings from an erased world
It's not a shame, shame, shame
I got disconnected, unplugging cables from machines
And the burden has been properly towed away
Following the lights out there
Superficial tendencies removed from my routine
They're belongings from an erased world
It's not a shame, shame, shame
I got disconnected, unplugging cables from machines
It's a different way to express oneself to someone else
What do you feel?
All the sounds around the world,
They're telling stories ... stories.
It's a different kind of life
I couldn't exactly explain how much I like.
Lying on the grass my past seems to be burning,
It's burning ... and I can't stop.
And I cared less for stupid things
But you now how to spoil my plans.
Behind the pose of serious girls you can't no longer hide ...
Where have you been? ...
You look so real ...
Where have you been? ...
You look so real ...
In my room
A thousand voices out of tune.
I could be in the center of the universe.
It wouldn't be the same without your presence.
I don't really want to be without your presence.
Cause I'm used to ... I'm used to you, and I can't stop
And I cared less for stupid things
But you now how to spoil my plans.
Behind the pose of serious girls you can't no longer hide ...
Where have you been? ...
You look so real ...
Where have you been? ...
You look so real ...
My real coldest dream.
You've had enough.
If you wouldn't have emotions.
I'm consumed
Keep me connected to the ground
They make me out to be so cold
An exercise of self-criticism
I am sure that It won't come off
What have I got?. It's a drastic change...
And I can consider things are going well...
Look inside
Muscles contracting
Getting numb
Nerves made of stone
How soon we forget it, How quick we ignore where we are coming from
Refresh my mind frequently
What have I got?. It's a drastic change...
And I can consider things are going well...
You're the North
Don't move away or I'll become
Useless junk
I am begging you
Don't give up
I've never felt so insecure.
Useless junk
I am begging you
How soon we forget it, How quick we ignore where we are coming from
Refresh my mind frequently
Unusual terms.
I closed my mouth
Tears describing what we had to do
They were changing the rules
You're the North
Don't move away or I'll become
Useless junk
I am begging you
Don't give up
I've never felt so insecure.
Useless junk
I am begging you
You're the north
Don't move away or I'll become
Useless junk
I am begging you
Don't give up
I've never felt so insecure.
Useless junk
Caught up in another game of tag
It's going to get back to her
Something like a high school click
With a plot twist as poor as in a porno flick
An education
Procrastination of the real world
The execution of
Relationships we had in high school
I let my hair down
You let your too
Now I'm thinking
A haircut is way overdue
I took the long way
You took the short cut
New faces, your school motto, so busy...with what?
To lie, the truth, or not to tell you all
I find condolences in your alcohol
The more you drink, the more you listen
It's nothing more then induced sympathism
Love vs. The University of Anywhere
Forget it, I'll work it out myself
I don't need your artificial best friend
But I can't inject it into you
What you need is a prosthetic point-of-view
Weekend getaway
God I wish I could runaway
You're giving me back
Everything I gave away
Well I don't want them back
I only want that back
But only if you are sure
I turned and walked out the door
I turned and walked out the door
Christmas Vacation
Up in her room
Are you sure? Let me go get it.
Here it is.
How appropriate, It's going to end
Right where it began
Well I don't think
that I should be here anymore
I'm six months into getting over you.
It figures you'd make up your mind as soon as I'd given
up on you.
Cold winter's night
sometime around 3 a.m.
Me and her window
in a snow ball fight (again)
What the hell are you doing here.
I wish I knew
You don't have to come down
if you don't want to
So here we are again
I'm not begging anymore
It's funny how the tables turn
But still there are no chairs
What the hell am I doing here
You wish you knew
You don't have to go back
If you don't want to
This is the last time
In which I'll speak of you
And this is the last time
I'll waste my words on you
Because I have something
So much better to write about
I think that I'll call this
My anthem for closure
Pages and pages of wasted words
In the letters I sent to you
Well I am sorry Words
That I wasted you on her
You could have been used for something good
Held you in, then fired you out
But Words, you are a lot to swallow
When you're going down with pride
This self abusive self-indulgence will get the best of
This self abusive self-indulgence will get me
eventually
I'm sure that she burned you
Or she crumpled you or at least she cursed you
Said mean and hateful things that seemed to be directed
at you
But I'm here assuring you
That they were meant for me
And that I am sorry Words
I feel your pain cause she hurt me too
So what if I made it up
You got all worked up over nothing
And who cares if it's not fair
You have to walk away with something.
This self abusive self-indulgence will get the best of
This self abusive self-indulgence will get me
Go ahead and laugh it off
Don't you see it means little to me
I make things out to be so big
Just to see if you'll hurt me
Go ahead and laugh it off
Don't you see it means little to me
I make things out to be so big
Just to see if you'll hurt me
No I can't help it, no I can't
No I can't help it, no I can't
No I can't help it, no I can't
No I can't help it, no I can't
I was frightened, lieing on the ground
You were laughing, I was looking around
I wanted to hurt you, you wanted me too
But I couldn't do that, not to you
Feelings gone
I heard our song (again)
Tears in my eyes
When I think of you
You so far away
on this sunny day
And I'm not sure what I should do
CHORUS
Feelings gone
I heard our song (I get)
Tears in my eyes
When I think of you
You so far away
on this sunny day
And I'm not sure what I should do
CHORUS
Waiting for nothing
For someone to walk right through the door
I can't accept you, but still I try
I only ask that you do the same
Tell me why, we had to change
When everything was perfect till today
What I want
And who you are
And who you will never be
The faces, the smells of a memory
The wicked words and the bastard child of pain
The manipulating
Well I didn't know Those were not my intentions at all
I will never be satisfied and you will never change
Hold my hand, and kiss my cheek
A hug to make the night a complete disaster I'm that no-
name bastard with out-of-state plates
Who dented up your heart
Face it, you wasted always talking at me and always
fighting with me
You're over shadowed and swallowed up
But those were not my intentions at all
I will never be satisfied and you will never change
It's all right
You're okay
I'm okay
You're okay
It's okay.
Her eyes
are the lightest shade of brown
So light
That if it was the
color of her hair you'd have to call her blonde
And she is
Perpetually happy
And she is
Perpetually asking
Me for more than I could ever even hope to give
And nothing pisses me off more
Than the sound of her laughing
Flipping through my collection
I need the right song for this situation
Too fast or too slow
Too high or too low
He don't know the pain that I know
The soundtrack to my life
Just the right moment and just the right time
For whatever is playing on the radio
It don't fit press play on the stereo
I'm not exactly sure When it was
that I got mixed up with the devil
But there she is
And I'm in love with her
The sense of humor
The inside jokes that
I am conditioned to laugh at
And make me want to make amends with her
But I know better
At least I think I know better
It's like a soap opera climax in the middle of a sitcom
romance
And I cannot be held responsible.
You speak to me of my idle hands and I speak to you of
your idle tongue
I dream in color and you will never understand
It's like a soap opera climax in the middle of a sitcom
romance
Her life is too complicated
The understatement
At least that's what she'd have you believe
The blown out of proportion
The overreaction
They're merely distractions
She waited and waited
By the phone but it didn't ring
And she wonders how he
could have believed her
When she told him not to call'
She is lashing out at him
Pushing him away with her words and her actions
Trying to get him to strike before her
Cutting her off at the pass but she planned it.
She's feeling
Neglected
Taken for granted. Apathy.
Harsh words and things she doesn't mean
It's all over'
Move on'
She's going to
Reject him
Cause she believes that it's what best for him
She sabotaged everything they had
To make him hate her
To help him move on
She thinks his ideals are too outdated
Looking for a person that never existed
And she knows this
Resistance
She wanted nothing more
Than to test the bounds of what they had
But it back fired
Now she's alone and she hates it
Thinking back on her mistakes and how to erase them
I've never struck myself as intriguing
But I seem to fascinate you
What on earth are you doing?
What on earth am I doing?
'If you love her, set her free'
'It's not a game you don't have to compete'
That's what they told me, word for word
Now I'm alone, because of 'a lack of interest'
I guess I was under the impression
That you wanted to work things out
I guess I was under the impression
That you wanted to work things out
How do you give somebody freedom?
When you don't like what they do with it?
How do you give up your freedom?
To someone that doesn't want you to?
'If you love her, set her free'
'It's not a game you don't have to compete'
That's what they told me, word for word
Now I'm alone, because of 'a lack of interest'
I guess I was under the impression
That you wanted to work things out
I guess I was under the impression
I turn the lights on
I feel the heat upon my skin
I look to you I see
You haven't been sleeping through the night
But this is my fault
I keep you up at night with grief
Lying in our bedroom
Eyes open staring up about
Another would-be anniversary
Come and gone
I know that I'm in love, but I'm feeling much better
I can't remember
Exactly what was said
Or exactly what she looked like
As she walked out of my life
Maybe her hair was down
or in a pony tail swing around
High heels and a fancy dress
Ripped jeans and the perfume I liked the best
Pale stars are shining
Not enough to make your features out
Tear stained worries
Wonder what that you did wrong
But you don't know what today is
and how can I explain it
Another day, another time
Another song, another rhyme
This day meant something
This day meant something to me
This day meant something
When I was with someone else
Another would-be anniversary
Say girl, why's the house a mess?
say baby, did you do the dishes?
say honey, where's my dinner?
do you even know where kitchen is?
but don't get me wrong, because i love you
i know it might not show by the things that i do
but don't you worry because i'll come home tonight
but don't wait up, and don't leave on the lights
i love you
but my clothes are getting dirty
did you make our bed?
i know you worked hard on dinner
i'll get a hamburger instead
but still i hear what you say
at the grocery store around the way
you tell everybody that i treate you good
and your lieing, but i wish that i could
turn off the sun
i want to shine
i'll recreate the world
with my own design
say girl, why's the house a mess?
say baby, did you do the dishes?
say honey, where's my dinner?
do you even know where kitchen is?
but don't get me wrong, because i love you
i know it might not show by the things that i do
but don't you worry cause i'll come home tonight
but don't wait up, and don't leave on the lights
now maybe we should try this again
you know i'll make sure it's my way in the end
i try to be everything for you
your best friend, and someone to turn too.
say girl, where's my dinner?
say girl,
turn off the sun
Perfumes that remind me of you
Saturate the morning air
Sirens and voices
Get down on the ground
Feels so good when you light me up
You're burning me down
Drink it up now
Swallow down
I've got the inclination that it'll come on back around
Climb in your head
And craft your sentences
The sorries, confessions, the honesty, and apologies
Glimmer and phrase.
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have.
I did it.
I made a mistake.
Forgive me.
I didn't mean too.
He forced me.
I never wanted too.
I'm begging please
I'm down on my knees
I lied to you and I want you back.
The sorries, confessions, the honesty, and apologies
Glimmer and phrase.
Glimmer
My friends, my lovers, and my acquaintances
These are the things that you should have said
These are the things that I've wanted to hear
These are things that would have made everything all
right
But you have failed to say.
Why is it when I shut my eyes
All I can see is you and I
But when I open up to see the whole damn world
I see what's left of my little girl
Can't you see what you are doing to me?
Stepping up and down and all over me
And everything that I promised to you
I'm going back on cause of the things that you do
Everything has gone to hell
But I think it's just as well...hell
Don't ask don't tell
You're protecting me
All you're really doing
Is lying to me. You lied to me.
Phone calls aren't so exciting anymore
Cause everything you say it just hurts me more
Did you tell me I Love You' when you hung up the phone?
You don't remember? Well I do, and the answer is no'.
Everything has gone to hell
But I guess it's just as well...hell
Can't think, can't tell
What you're going to be
When it's all said and done
You'll be missing me. You're missing me.
You might refer to me among your friends as the
asshole'
For what I did to you
But what you got to understand
Is that I never let go
I never let go.
I'm in way over my head
I'm in love with the girl at the record store
Brown eyes, blue hair, and a red vest
She says the sweetest things to me
Like may I help you and good afternoon
But she is corporate and she is programed
To get me what I need
I like to entain the thought
That this is how she'd be if she was with me
I'm in love with the girl in the Rolling Stone
I read her interview and she sounds perfect
if it's all the truth
How am I going to get to her
without stalking her and looking like I'm not
right in the head
Cutting up letters for the note that I left
that said...
I want to find my perfect girl
One who lives up to my standards
She's got to be an angel, a perfect little angel
I'll never find the perfect girl
I want to fall in love with a rich girl
Drive her car when I take her out
Buy her gifts with her own damn money
Let her pay for dinner and a movie
She'll buy me clothes; she'll pay my rent
She'll get my bills and cover my debts
Marry her and be set for life
Daddy's money making everything all right
So many girls that I have been with
So many girl have tried to change to change the way
that I feel
But it's not my fault, I can't help it. And I will
never ever be happy
You seem sweet and oh so pretty, but we should take a
break or just be friends
We are just not compatable, I don't think it's going to
work out
I need to find myself, it's for the best. It's not you
She was shaking when she turned to me and said
I feel like your singing about your past as though
It was right here and now
She begged and I assured her that songs would change
with time
But the distance from my heart to my hand is longer
than it needs to be
And I sat down to write you a song
But this is all that I had.
It seems to me that I took too long
Cause here I am and you are gone
And I only got one line to a song
That I am proud to sing out loud
A love song. Is that too much to ask? You put your hate
and bitterness to a tune
Why not throw a melody over how much you love me?
Well, I was writing that song for you that you wanted
more than anything
I was working up the perfect words
That would make you cry just hear me sing
This is all that I had, but this is all that I had
It seems to me that I took too long
Cause here I am and you are gone
And I only got one line to a song
That I am proud to sing out loud
You are my favorite everything
That's all I got.
Everything
You are my favorite everything
Sometimes it's better to be something
Than it is to be someone
Nearly a month has past since you left me
But I can't just get over you
I am not the one
Who's taken everything for granted
People aren't so
understanding anymore
I wish the tears would
fall down like the rain
But when the clouds cleared
everything would still just be the same
Threw up my arms, man I don't care at all
I won't make the same mistake I made this fall
and your October is my September
I may be better now, but I am bitter now
I remember the way
It use to be
I remember the all the things
you said to me
Now God, how I wish
that I could cry
I don't know what's going on
I guess it's hard to cry from disbelief
Threw up my arms, man I don't care at all
I won't make the same mistake I made this fall
and your October is my September
At night sometimes when I look at you
Your eyes are burning with apathy
Your tears of pain fall down in vain
And I care not what to do
I've been with you a thousand times
And I know that you're mine
But I don't know you
I don't know a thing about you
Somebody tell me who to talk to
Somebody tell me where to go
Somebody tell me who to talk to
Somebody, somebody
You spit me out again today
What did I do to make you act that way
What makes me better than you?
Well I didn't do, half the things you do
I gotta go to work, I gotta go somewhere
I hear my mom calling, I gotta wash my hair
You'd think you'd understand just plain get lost
How many ways can I tell you to fuck off?
CHORUS
Sometimes when I'm feeling down
Clenching fists on the solid ground
I like to pretend that the world is you
Then I see that you are so much bigger than me
I gotta go to work, I gotta go somewhere
I hear my mom calling, I gotta wash my hair
You'd think you'd understand just plain get lost
How many ways can I tell you to fuck off?
It not like it's the first time that I went back again.
In the freezing rain in long black overcoat.
And I'm wishing, that I had gotten it right in first
place.
She has a way of twisting the truth around her finger.
I hide out in the crowds where you can't see. Shadow.
Shadow. Incessantly.
I'm why you close your blinds at night. Your mom tucks
you in to your covers so
Tightly
Holding on to what we had, driving past your house and
back again
Just see if your light's on
Calling your house just see if it rings.
A busy signal pushes me too far, flashing my brights
I'm parked up on your lawn
I'm honking my horn, and the stereos on, the neighbors
are bitching and cops have been called
Hey? Do you remember what we had?
Do you remember how you promised me that I would never
be alone?
Hey? Do you remember what you said? All on our own.'
I lurk around in the dark where you can't see. Shadow.
Shadow. Incessantly.
I'm why you close your blinds at night. Why you rush up
the stairs with a tingle inside
God I wish that I believed you
I wish that it was all my fault
Then I could just apologize, and we could move on past
this
The I could just get to the waiting for you to come
back to me again
But there nothing worse then relentlessly feeling
helpless. Helpless.
I hide out in the crowds where you can't see. Shadow.
Shadow. Incessantly.
I'm why you close your blinds at night. Your mom tucks
you in to your covers so
Tightly
Holding on to what we had, driving past your work and
back again
Just see if your still there
Calling your phone just see if it rings.
Endless ringing pushes me too far, flashing my brights
I'm following your car
And I'm honking my horn, and my stereo's screaming,
bumpers are bumping, sirens are blaring
I'm why you close your blinds at night
Why you rush up the stairs with a tingle inside
I lurk around in the dark where you can't see
Shadow. Shadow. Incessantly.
Candy coated promises
that I will never keep
I just make them now so you will shut up
and I can go to sleep
You're wishing and you're bitching and making your plans
That involve me, and revolve around me, but you've never
asked me
I've become quite content now
With seeing the glass as half empty
And I can't always find my way
I've become quite content now
With seeing the glass as half empy
And I can't always find my way
I'm rather pleased with myself for putting the past aside
I'm rather pleased with myself for keeping my rage inside
In the place of your taste I've been faced with the
reasons
You don't seem to be on the same page as I
The policeman, the fireman, anyone who can
Help me get through this situation
The crazyman, the holyman, don't you understand
I'm caught up in this messed up situation
Now I'm out here
and I'm looking
for some random caring
Now I'm lying alone, deep down here in Louisiana
Wonder where or how or even what did I do wrong
Not enough letters, not enough phone calls, there is only
so much I can do
To keep you from thinking
I know people make mistakes, but you messed up pretty bad
Most people spend their whole lives looking just for what
we had
But now I've got a brand new life, with a souped-up shiny
I got way over you with my tweaked out point of view
Random caring.
You look so tiredHow was your sleep?
Did you think about me?
I get so weak
Can't say what I need
And if I need
It's hard to say where we belong
It's hard to say where we belong
You look so tired
How was your dream?
Did you dream about me?
I get so weak
CAn't say what I mean
And if I mean
I get so scared
This cross that I bare is
Weighing on me
I can't be near
You're all that I hear
And everything that I breathe
It's hard to say where we belong
It's hard to say
If you're right or I'm wrong
Don't stand so close
I need you to stay
Arm's length away
It might break your fall
It's hard to say where we belong
You look so tired
How was your sleep?
Did you think about me?
I get so weak
Can't say what I feel
And if I feel
It's hard to say where we belong
It's hard to say where we belong
Don't stand so close
I need you to stay
Arm's length away
It might break your fall
It's hard to say where we belong
It's hard to say where we belong
She cries when grey skies clearHe goes far away
Again
We bathe in waterfalls
Swimming through it all
Again
She dives
Patiently she watches
As he takes a leap
Into the deep end
Again
We pass by pretending not to see
Your eyes focused into see
Amends
Seasons lie
They cover up the stains from
Bleeding hearts
They never change
Keep you sane
They'll always be the same old
T.V. series
We can't hide
We need another fix from life
So we run
Into air
Into clean
Hiding from the rain
Change your mind
I'll never try to take your breath away
Now, I want out
Where I can taste the air
Change your mind
I'll never try to take your breath away
Now, I want
I want
I want out
Where I can taste the air
Sinking in a whirl pool world created
Suffocate
Suffocate
We dive
She cries when grey skies clear
He goes far away
Again
We bathe in waterfalls
Swimming through it all
Through it all
Again
Seasons lie
They cover up the stains from
Bleeding hearts
They never change
Keep you sane
They'll always be the same old
T.V. series
We can't hide
We need another fix from life
So we run
Into air
Into clean
Still soaking from the rain
Change your mind
I'll never try to take your breath away
Now, I want out
Where I can taste the air
Change your mind
I'll never try to take your breath away
Now, I want
I want
I want out
Where I can taste the air
Taste the air
Can you taste the air?
I'm Feeling Claustraphobic
In A Room That's Open Wide
The Empty Stare Between Us Here
Is Like Needles Through My Eyes
Afraid To Fall Too Easy
Afraid To Be Alone
Afraid To Dig Through Ashes Of A
Place I Once Called Home
Withered Away
The Way
You Stain The Face
Of Purity
Shade The Taste
Of Stale
Of Insecurity
The Distance Now Is In You
The Difference; Now It Becomes All
Becomes You
Becomes You
Becomes The Faceless
Withered Away
The Way
You Stain The Face
Of Purity
Shade The Taste
Of Stale
Of Insecurityhe Distance Now Is In You
The Difference; Now It Becomes All
Don't Let Me Die With The Stars In My Eyes
With No Color
No Laughter
No Matter
Just Fake That Smile
Maybe Take A While To See
Set The Difference Free
Is it cold in here?My heart don't feel the same since
California
If I could take the year
I'd sink it like a stone into the ocean
But I'd keep you here
And never see your face the way I left ya
All of my dreams go over my head for you
All of my dreams go over my head
Now I'm only a million miles from you
But I'm six feet higher up than I should be
Now I'm under the lights and face to face with you
Karma, carry me away
Come and carry me from here
My heart don't feel the same since
California
Could you tie me down
And throw me out to sea in California?
Got a deep blu dream
And shallow are the waves
Until they own ya
It's an empty breeze
Midnight on the beach
I feel like dyin'
But I live for you to see
The hole inside of me
That I keep diggin'
And I keep diggin'
All of my dreams go over my head for you
All of my dreams go over my head
Now I'm only a million miles from you
And I'm six feet higher up than I should be
Now I'm under the lights and face to face with you
Karma, carry me away
Come and carry me away
All of my dreams go over my head for you
All of my dreams go over my head
Look At Me From Where You Are
Concrete Thoughts Just Fall Apart
Keeping Still
I Lose My Head
Holding On To A Fading Dream
A Picture Perfect Obscurity
Keeping Still
What Is For Real
I Just Move On
I Look At You From A Mile Away
One Thousand Words
Not A Thing To Say
Laying Low
Where I Can Go Down
Pasting Pieces Of Your Yesterday
I'm Burning Bridges To Place It Safe
Laying Low
I Can't Take The Stand
I Just Move On
I Take It All
Look At Us From A Picture Frame
A Thousand Words
Couldn't Make You Stay
Keeping Low
I Lost Control
Holding On To Your Memory
A Picture Perfect Reality
I Never Thought That I'd Be The One
Left Here Alone
I Just Move On
Haven't got a grip on this illusionNo, I never had a
face meant for the screen
So, wake me when it's over
To show here I give in
Shake me when it's over
I know her, I need her skin
When do we begin to live?
We forgive and we trust
'Cause we'd die to be one in the same
It's a state of emotion
We won't live to deny
This is real, this is live
T.V. show
It's a scene in slo-motion
Haven't got a clue to this confusion
No, I never wrote an ending for the scene
So, wake me in the summer
My lover, I give in
Take me in the summer
My wonder, my killer sin
When do we begin to live?
We forgive and we trust
'Cause we'd die to be one in the same
It's a state of emotion
We won't live to deny
This is real, this is live
T.V. show
It's a scene in slo-motion
It's a scene in your slo-motion
Emotion
Just a scene in a slo-motion picture life
Just a scene from a slo-motion picture life
Babe, I'm never gonna make the same
Mistakes for the frame
I'm never gonna let catastrophe change my face
I'm never gonna make the same
Mistakes for the frame
I'm never gonna lose reality again
I'm never gonna make the same
Mistakes for the frame
I'm never gonna let catastrophe change my face
I'm never gonna make the same
Mistakes for the frame
I'm a messed up mix-manLookin' for the next plan
Waitin' for the sandman
To knock me out
I'm a dressed-up dead man
Tanqueray in one hand
Wakin' up the old man
Knock me out
I'm a sunny-day-believer
And my grass is always greener
Tasting life is so much sweeter
When I lie
I'm a broken rich man
Holdin' out an empty hand
Waitin' for the big man
To bail me out
I'm a sunny-day-believer
Got my life inside a theater
I will burn you like a fever
When I try
I'm a sunny-day-believer
And my grass is always greener
Tasting life is so much sweeter
When I lie
When I lie
When I lie
I'm a sexed up-sin-man
Takin' it when I can
Waitin' for the holy man
To strike me
I'm a sunny-day-believer
And my grass is always greener
Tasting life is so much sweeter
When I lie
I'm a sunny-day-believer
Got my life inside a theater
I will burn you like a fever
When I try
When I lie
Say Something
I'd Say Something
I'd Be Nothing More
Than What You Need
I'm In Too Deep
Say Something
I Taste Salty
I'd Be Nothing More
Than What You Need
I'm In Too Deep
Here's Something For The Visions In Your Mind
Fear Nothing But The Water In Your Life
Scrape Lovin' From The Ocean Floor
Don't You Crawl On Me I'm No Shore
Say Something
I Taste Salty
I'd Be Nothing More
You're Losing Me I'm In Too Deep
Here's Something For The Visions In Your Mind
Fear Nothing But The Water In Your Life
Scrape Lovin' From The Ocean Floor
Don't You Crawl On Me I'm No Shore
I'm No Shore
Fake That What You've Given
I'm No Shore
Take Back What You Give Me
All The Pieces, They're Lined Up
Trust Like A Tragedy
Watchin' Me
Where'd They Come From
All The Figures Over Me
Lost In Their Fantasy
Hating Me