• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Mineral - Buffalo Tom
• Mineral - Tom Buffalo
• Mineral - Atheist
• July - Mineral
• If I Could - Mineral
• GJS - Mineral
• For Ivadell - Mineral
• Silver - Mineral
• Parking Lot - Mineral
• Unfinished - Mineral
• The Last Word Is Rejoice - Mineral
• Five, Eight And Ten - Mineral
• & Serenading - Mineral
• End Serenading - Mineral
• Gloria - Mineral
• February - Mineral
• Dolorosa - Mineral
• A Letter - Mineral
• Rubber Legs - Mineral
• Md - Mineral
• Love Letter Typewriter - Mineral
• Waking To Winter - Mineral
• Take The Picture Now - Mineral
• Sounds Like Sunday - Mineral
• Slower - Mineral
• 80-37 - Mineral
• Five, Eight & Ten - Mineral
• Mineral - Mineral
• LoveLetterTypewriter - Mineral
• Palisade - Mineral

All spangled up, glittering on
There's a monster in the kitchen - his lights's turned on
Thanks for coming - it meant a lot
But you sure do know how to put me on the spot
You're so green (4x)
You came into the kitchen - a rose held high
I never want to see young flowers die
And hearing all that made me feel like a spy
To tell you any different would be to lie
You're so green (6x)
"Merry Christmas" you said to me
Empty drawers - nothing left for me
We turned around now and what did we see?
All our whispers and transparencies
You're so green (6x)

It was night and suddenly I felt like dancing
I took a cab to show me to the disco scene
he said: o.k.
you wanna see those crazy people
hastling at the door to get into Studio 54.
Well
I was in and everybody was travolting
the fashion queens
the models and the movie stars
Andy snapping
Margaux dancing with Scavullo
Liza dancing on the floor and Bianca walking through the door.
Who is in ? Who is out ? Tell me
tell me
tell me
who is in ? Who is out ? Famous and trendy.
In
people always have to smile in Vogue
they only travel by Concorde
doing things you can't afford.
They are the fashion pack
people you see in the magazines
they are the fashion pack
they're always smiling in theit limousines
they only come on their trendy track
they are the fashion pack.
In Paris you got to be seen at Maxim's
the Palace
the 7 and then go Chez Regine
Champagne
caviar
haute-coututer
expensive cars
Saint Laurent and Loulou
rich ladies with a few bijoux.
Who is in ? Who is out ? Tell me
tell me
tell me
who is in ? Who is out ? Woman's wear Dally.
Rock stars sniffing
while Marisa's posing
Paloma's counting her paintings
the models of Zoli flirting.
They are the fashion pack
people you see in the magazines
they are the fashion pack
they're always smiling in theit limousines
they only come on their trendy track
they are the fashion pack.
They are the fashion pack
they read a lot of silly magazines
like to sit around gossiping
in the back of their limousines.
They are the fashion pack
people you see in the magazines
they are the fashion pack
they only come out after dark
got to keep on their trendy track
they are the fashion pack.
Hey
what's your name
didn't I see you in Interview last month
or was it the Ritz
gee
you're so famous
may I have your autograph.
it's a holi-holiday
...

Leave us alone, we never harmed you
Leave us alone, we beg of you
How could you be, so unforgiving
Without it you see, you won't be living
To see the creator
Compiled of mineral & sea
If given a voice, we'd lash out at you
If given a choice, we'd educate you
A blossoms remorse, could never shine through
The need it attracts, when you're given
The choice of becoming what you need to be
A choice of cradling the creator of mineral and sea
The holding of the bones, of the treasured
Allows us to peel, somewhat insightful
Of course it should be with due respect
For after all, we are all mineral!
Leave us alone, we never harmed you (Leave us alone - 2X)
Leave us alone, we beg of you (Leave us alone - 2X)
How could you be, so unforgiving (Leave us alone - 2X)
Without it you see, you won't be living (Leave us alone - 2X)
To see the creator
Compiled of mineral and sea!
The choice of becoming what you need to be
The choice of cradling the creation
(spoken) Of mineral and sea!

The sun fell down again last night on my anger
The sun fell down again last night on frustration
And on my spite
And I didn't even cry
I didn't even try to stop it at all
I just stood there and watched it fall
And this is the last song that I should ever sing

She stepped outside into the morning air
To watch the cars go by and let the sun dry her hair
I wanted to tell her how beautiful she was
But I just stared
I sat behind the wheel and watched the raindrops
As they gathered on the windshield
And raced down into the humming motor
And she folded up her fears like paper airplanes
And lost them in the trees
And I know I don't deserve this
The capacity to feel
To laugh and cry and to praise
For that I live and breathe and wake each day
Is nothing less than your grace

You woke me up in the morning
To say, "He is risen."
And I replied with a smile,
"He is risen indeed."
And somehow you always leave the room
Alive with truth and beauty
And carry yourself like you know
That it's all just a matter of time
I said, "But maybe I'm too far down this time."
"Too proud to hope too weak to climb."
But you just pierce through me with eyes
And I know I'm done
And I can
And carry yourself like you're sure of it
Like the stitches dissolved
And the wounds all heal in time
Your words are giants next to mine
And your thoughts are giants
I only hope that someday
I might resemble you in
Even the smallest way
I only hope that

Ivadell you held is in your arms that day
But look at how tiny me n' Matthew both were
You so strong and full of grace
What stories these pictures can tell
Of days when we bathed brightly in the sun
The medicine of laughter everywhere
Ivadell I held you in my thoughts that day
And wish that they were arms when you were frail
And passing from this place
What stories your paintings told boys
Of hills too steep to climb ascended
And hearts that were not afraid
To flap their wings and fly
But you are safe now and effortlessly breathing
Where new weather will fall on you
Your fears break like waves
Foaming into themselves

And happiness is just a dream or so it seems
It's something that I can never see
And I just want to lay my head in your arms
And bleed awhile
Sunshine go away I don't want to play
Come back again some other day
When I've got something beautiful to say

I wouldn't mind if you took me in my sleep tonight
I wouldn't even put up a fight
I wouldn't care if you took it all away today
I'm sure I wouldn't even miss the pain
But I know I've got to live my life
And roll around on the ground and feel the strife
And realize along the way that I'm nothing more
Than a grain of salt in the salt of the eart
And everything is grace
So come on with the darkness
Come on with the fear
Cause I've got to start somewhere
And it might as well be here
When I'm finally naked and standing in the sunlight
I'll look back at all of this selfishness and foolish pride

I wish you could put your ear up to my heart
And hear how much I love you
I still dream of December
Dancing together with rings on our fingers

How will I drink from that stream
How will my heart sing your praise
How will I lay down in green grass fields
When my soul is so afraid to

The humble and righteous and meek
Are teaching me who's will to seek
But who really knows how to speak
About these things
Questions of where can he go
When he is feeling so low
And kicking himself just to show
How he still bleeds
And I want to know the difference between
What sparkles and what is gold
I wonder how many eyes
Are fixed like a vulture's on me
Now I wonder if I can even move or breathe
Without disappointing someone
And I know what they call themselves
But I don't remember inviting them
To put me on this pedastal
And make me feel so naked
Afraid to look down
Afraid to turn around
I bring it on myself
I know I bring it on myself
And I want to know the difference between
What sparkles and what is gold
I walked along beside the purple mountains beneath the orange sky
Imagined what it all might look like with these planks out of my eyes
I wondered if the big white horse was coming down tonight
I wanted to taste that victory but my mouth was dry
There is only tonight and the light that bleeds from your heart

Will you come and what will I say
Oh I have been so distant and unhappy
Like I could disappear
When I was a boy I saw things
That no one else could see
So why am I so blind at twenty-two
To the hope that is all around me
Filling up this room
On the road on my own
Waiting for the words to fall from your tongue
Into my ears
When I was a boy I could hear
Symphonies in seashells
So why am I so deaf at twenty-two
To the sound of the driving snow

will you come? and what will i say? "oh...i have been so distant...and unhappy"
(like i could disappear). when i was a boy, i saw things that no one else could
see. so why am i so blind at 22, to the hope that is all around me - filling up
this room. on the road. on my own. waiting for the words to fall from your
tongue, into my ears. when i was a boy, i could hear symphonies in seashells.
so why am i so deaf at 22, to the sound of the driving snow that drives me home
to you

A brave morning
Thoughts flap their wings and fly
And I can still taste
Defeat on my lips
Bright tie, fish fly
I have not yet arrived
How can I not admit
I need to know you
Cause I just want to be
Something more than the mud in your eyes
I want to be the clay in your hands
Hey sorrow where are you
Tomorrow just won't be the same
Without you here
I'll wish for shoulders bold and broad to bear
And strength to hold my head above them
Cause I just want to be
Something more than the mud in your eyes
I want to be the clay in your hands
Cause Gloria is silent

and the snow
falls down
melts before it even
hits the ground
and i'm standing here
listening to the sound
of your hand washing
back and forth
across my filthy heart
and i don't know
if i should say "i'm sorry" or
"thank you" i try to speak
but the tears choke the words
and i think i finally know
what they mean

Rejoice my soul how long will you wait
Rejoice my soul how long will you fear
I long to touch your face
May I

And always there is a picture of you and her
Coming home happy from a vacation on the seas
And you looked like a sailor
With a tattoo of an anchor on your arm
Your hair greased back
Face weathered by places and days I'd never seen
Sometimes I read and reread
The birthday card you sent me
When I turned seven
And I know that they will never shine
The way it did that day
When we threw paper airplanes at your head

i remember little town and the big gray house with the burgundy door the lawn shaped like a boot and the boy who liked pretending that the island in the middle was a shore time is a clock ticking it stops my heart to think of it i remember the magic in your eyes i'd stare at them and you'd say the silliest things like "christopher i'm crazy about you" and "matthew i love you monstrously" and it's my favorite time of year how i wish that you were here (or how i wish that i could be there) to watch the lights blink on the tree give thanks to god for everything and lay down all my fears and it's too late to call you on the phone and tell you that your boy is all alone tonight but i will never forget how you taught me to stand on these rubber legs and fight.

i drove all day through sun and fear to see you and to meet her with a hope stained heart and this promise in my head and it's good to know we haven't outgrown the love we shared as children who would gladly hold out their other hand and say "i have a brother" and when you were just three years old and i was still a baby (who spoke in tongues that noone else could understand) you told them what i wanted remember halloween when you were robin and i was batman and everybody laughed at us and said we had it wrong cause you were the taller one she's beautiful and i know that you'll be happy so take this as my blessing wrapped up with all the love that i can send cause you are my brother my friend and my superior till the end.

Summer unfolded like a tapestry
And you were there as you have always been
There glowing where the sky meets with the trees
Air softly crowing, singing fears to sleep
Will you ever know how much I love you for that

In winter when the air gets cold
And breathing causes white ghosts to appear
They light up the city with Christmas trees
And strings that hang across the street
From telephone pole to telephone pole
So that when I'm driving home at night
Tired frustrated and pinned down by spite
I'm reminded of your love
Unlike these things will never change

There are blue skies in my dreams
And laughter that seems unending
There are green grass fields there
And happiness and hope for tomorrow
My cup is full and my heart
Spills awkward and embarrasing blood
Onto white golden streets
And I am unashamed of the stains my steps leave
Tears stream down my cheeks
Only to meet their redeemer and be wiped away

Time doesn't always heal
It just breathes and swallows memories
Like the seasons change
Sending showers beating flowers
Into the mud
Helpless we are crying out

It's been so long since I've been by myself
And I need this more than you will ever know
People like you and me never felt the breeze
People like you and me will never know the easy way
I scream into the wind and laugh
As the words slap me in the face
I would gladly trade a lifetime of convenience
For and honest day or two
It's just not the same when you're staring
Into a perfect golden sunset
And thinking about how you sold your soul
To send the rain away
It's been so long since I've stood on my two feet
I'd really rather lay here and pretend
But people like you and me never get that peace
It comes from denying that everything is so screwed up
It's so screwed up
I stand on a building and throw up my arms to the sky
I swallow my pride and admit
That it's not always best to understand the reason why
It's just not the same when you wake up in the morning
With a smile on your face
When you know you lied yourself to sleep to make it better

Lemonade stands and memories
Of innocence and purity
And the noonday sun at ninety degrees
The things I carry with me
The ice cream man at four or five
How'd we flag him down and ask for rides
And evenings when we'd sit outside
And name the cloud shapes in the sky
Those days are gone now and we must carry on
But I will not forget the things I learned on your front lawn
And how we rode those dusty trails
On Huffys and Schwinns from Christmas sales
Made forts out of crates with rusty nails
And only came home when our stomachs failed
Those days are gone now and we must move forward still
But I will not forget the things I understood at your window sill
I walked your street again last night
And laughed to dull the sting of spite
But your door was dark and it made me cry
Cause mother always kept you shining bright
But things they change and people grow
And move in step with the green paper flow
But deep inside I wonder or maybe I already know

the humble and righteous and meek are teaching me whose will
to seek but who really knows how to speak about these things questions of where
can he go when he is feeling so low and kicking himself just to show how he
still bleeds and i want to know the difference between what sparkles and what
is gold i wonder how many eyes are fixed like a vultures on me now i wonder if
i can even move or breathe without disappointing someone and i know what they
call themselves but i don't remember inviting them to put me on this pedestal
and make me feel so naked afraid to look down afraid to turn around i bring it
on myself i know i bring it on myself and i want to know the difference between
what sparkles and what is gold i walked along beside the purple mountains
beneath the orange sky imagined what it all might look like with these planks
out of my eyes i wondered if the big white horse was coming down tonight i
wanted to taste that victory but my mouth was dry my mouth was dry
(there is only tonight and the light that bleeds from your heart makes me want
to try and start again).

And always there is a picture of you and her
Coming home happy from a vacation on the seas
And you looked like a sailor
With a tattoo of an anchor on your arm
Your hair greased back
Face weathered by places and days I'd never seen
Sometimes I read and reread
The birthday card you sent me
When I turned seven
And I know that they will never shine
The way it did that day
When we threw paper airplanes at your head

summer unfolded, like a tapestry. and you were there - as you have always been
there - glowing where the sky meets with the trees. and softly crowing, singing
fears to sleep. "will you ever know how much I love you for that?"

There I was, fourteen spinning
With my arms out like a scarecrow
Walking down Monroe to the park
Dancing up Madison
With my eyes closed your feet
Sounding like a symphony of strings
You picked me up and whispered "Forever"
Like a secret in my ears