_______________________________________________________________________Once I admit it, what's to say? I'll relive it, without pain Backstreet lover on the side Of the road I got a bomb in my temple That is gonna explode I got a .16 gauge buried Under my clothes, I play Once upon a time I could control myself Once upon a time I could lose myself Oh try and mimic, what's insane? I am in it, where do I stand? Indian summer, and I hate the heat I got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat I got my hand in my pocket So determined Discreet, I pray Once upon a time I could control myself Once upon a time I could lose myself Once upon a time I could control myself Once upon a time I could lose myself Once upon a time I could love myself Once upon a time I could love you Once... _______________________________________________________________________Even Flow Freezin', rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again Oh, feelin' maybe he'll see a little betters any days Oh, head down, faces that he sees don't look it ain't that familiar Oh, girlfriend he can't have when he's happy looks insane, oh yeah Even flow Thoughts arrive like butterflies Oh, he don't know So he chases them away Someday yet he'll begin his life again Life again...life again Kneelin', looking through the paper though he doesn't know to read Prayin', now to something that has never showed him anything Oh, feelin', understands the weather or that winter's on its way, yeah Oh, ceilins people fall between all the legal halls of shame Even flow Thoughts arrive like butterflies Oh, he don't know So he chases them away Someday yet he'll begin his life again Whispering hands, carry him away Him away, him away Yeah! Even flow Thoughts arrive like butterflies Oh, he don't know So he chases them away Someday yet he'll begin his life again Whispering hands, carry him away Him away, him away Yeah! __________________________________________________________________________Alive Son, she said Have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy Was nothin' but a While you were sittin' Home alone at age thirteen Your real daddy was dyin' Sorry you didn't see him But I'm glad we talked Oh I, oh, I'm still alive Yeah I, oh, I'm still alive Yeah I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah, oh Oh she walks slowly Across a young man's room She said I'm ready for you I can't remember anything to this very day 'Cept the look, the look Oh, you know where Now I can't see, I just stare I, I'm still alive Yeah I, oh, I'm still alive Yeah I, oh, I'm still alive Yeah I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah "Is something wrong?", she said "Of course there is, You're still alive", she said Do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, if so Who answers? Who answers? I, oh, I'm still alive Yeah I, oh, I'm still alive Yeah I, oh, I'm still alive Yeah I, mmm, I'm still alive Yeah yeah yeah yeah... _____________________________________________________________________________Why Go She scratches a letter Into a wall made of stone Maybe someday Another child Won't feel as alone as she does It's been two years And counting Since they put her in this place She's been diagnosed By some stupid fuck And mommy agrees Why go home? Why go home? Why go home? She seems to be stronger But what they want her to be is weak She could play pretend She could join the game, boy She could be another clone Why go home?... What you taught me put me here Don't come visit, Mother, screw me! Why go home?... _____________________________________________________________________________Black Sheets of empty canvas Untouched sheets of clay Were laid spread out before me As her body once did All five horizons Revolved around her soul As the earth to the sun Now the air I tasted and breathed Has taken a turn Ooh, and all I taught her was, everything Ooh, I know she gave me all, that she wore And now my bitter hands Chafe beneath the clouds Of what was everything Oh, the pictures have All been washed in black Tattooed everything I take a walk outside I'm surrounded by Some kids at play I can feel their laughter So why do I sear? Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin Round my head I'm spinning Oh, I'm spinning How quick the sun can, drop away And now my bitter hands Cradle broken glass Of what was everything All the pictures had All been washed in black Tattooed everything All the love gone bad Turned my world to black Tattooed All I see All that I am All that I'll be Yeah Uh huh, uh huh, ooh I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a sun In somebody else's sky But why? Why? Why can't it be? Can't it be mine? __________________________________________________________________________________Jeremy At home Drawing pictures Of mountain tops With him on top Lemin yellow sun Arms raised in a V The dead lay in pools of maroon below Daddy didn't give attention To the fact that mommy didn't care King Jeremy, the wicked Ruled his world Jeremy spoke in class today Jeremy spoke in class today Clearly I remember Pickin' on the boy Seemed a harmless little fuck But we unleashed a lion Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast How could I forget? And he hit me with a surprise left My jaw left hurtin Dropped wide open Just like the day Like the day I heard Daddy didn't give affection, no And the boy was something mommy wouldn't wear King Jeremy, the wicked Ruled his world Jeremy spoke in class today... Try to forget this... Try to erase this... From the blackboard Jeremy spoke in class today... _______________________________________________________________________________Oceans Hold on to the thread The currents will shift Guide me towards you Know something's left And we're all allowed to dream of the next Of the next time we touch You don't have to stray The oceans away Waves roll in my thoughts Hold tight the ring The sea will rise Please stand by the shore I will be I will be there once more _________________________________________________________________________________Porch What the fuck is this world Running to? You didn't Leave a message At least I Could have heard your voice one last time Daily minefield, this could Be my time, 'bout you? Would you hit me? Would you hit me? Oh, oh All the bills go by and Initiatives are taken up By the middle There ain't gonna be any middle any more And the cross I'm bearing home Ain't indicative of my place Left the porch Left the porch Oh Hear my name Take a good look This could be the day Hold my hand Walk beside me I just need to say Hear my name Take a good look This could be the day Hold my hand Lie beside me I just need to say Why couldn't I take? I just want to be I know that I would not ever touch you Hold you Feel you Ever hold Never again Yeah... _________________________________________________________________________________Garden The direction of the eye So misleading The defection of the soul Nauseously quick I don't question Our existence I just question Our modern needs I will walk with my hands bound I will walk with my face blood I will walk with my shadow flag Into your garden Garden of stone After all is done We're still alone I won't be taken Yet I'll go I will walk with my hands bound I will walk with my face blood I will walk with my shadow flag Into your garden Garden of stone I don't show I don't share I don't need What you have to give Oooh, I will walk with my hands bound I will walk with my face blood I will walk with my shadow flag Into your garden, garden, oh I will walk with my hands bound I will walk into your garden Garden of stone I don't know I don't care I don't need What you need to live ___________________________________________________________________________Deep On the edge A windowsill Ponders his maker Ponders his will To the street below He just ain't nothin' But he's got a great view And he sinks real deep, yeah Oh, can't touch the bottom In too deep, yeah Aw, can't touch the bottom, oh On the edge Of a know-nothin' town Feelin' quite superior The aged come To the sky above He just ain't nothin' But he's got a great view And he sinks bay knot deep, yeah Can't touch the bottom In too deep, yeah Aw, can't touch the bottom In too deep On the edge of a Christmas clean love Young virgin from heaven Visiting To the man above her She just ain't nothin' She doesn't like the view She doesn't like the view Doesn't like the view But he sinks himself deep Oh, can't touch the bottom In too deep, yeah Can't touch the bottom... ___________________________________________________________________________________Release I see the world Feel the truth Which way to go Windowsill I see the words On a rocking horse of time I see the birds in the rain Oh dear Diane Can you see me now? I am myself Like you somehow I'll ride the wave Where it takes me I'll hold the pain Release me Oh... Oh dear Diane Can you see me now? I am myself Like you somehow I'll wait up in the dark For you to speak to me I'll open up Release me... Oh... _________________________________________________________________________________Last Kiss Where, oh where, can my baby be? The Lord took her away from me She’s gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good So I can see my baby when I leave this world We were out on a date in my daddy’s car We hadn’t driven very far There in the road, straight ahead A car was stalled, the engine was dead I couldn’t stop, so I swerved to the right I’ll never forget the sound that night The screamin tires, the bustin glass The painful scream that I heard last Oh where, oh where, can my baby be? The Lord took her away from me She’s gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good So I can see my baby when I leave this world When I woke up the rain was pourin down There were people standin all around Something warm flowing through my eyes But somehow I found my baby that night I lifted her head, she looked at me and said "Hold me darling, just a little while" I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss I found the love that I knew I had missed Well now she’s gone Even though I hold her tight I lost my love, my life, that night Oh where, oh where, can my baby be? The Lord took her away from me She’s gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good So I can see my baby when I leave this world _____________________________________________________________________________Brain of J Who's got the brain of JFK? What's it mean to us now? yeah Oh, it's sound insurance But I can tell you, this is no lie The whole world will be different soon The whole world will be relieving You, you've been taught We'd been the same, now they got you in line Stand behind the stripes There will be order, so give it a good mind The whole world will be different soon The whole world will be relieving And by name The name they gave me The name I'm letting go The whole world will be different soon The whole world will be relieving The whole world will be different soon, soon ____________________________________________________________________________Faithfull Plaque on the wall says that no one's slept here It's rare to come upon a bridge that has not been around Or been stepped on Whatever the notions, we laced in our prayers The man upstairs is used to all of this noise I'm through with screaming And echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes Like echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes We're faithful, we all believe, we all believe it And echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes We're faithful, we all believe, we all believe it So faithful, we all believe, we all believe it M.Y.T.H. is Belief in the game controls that keeps us in a box of fear We never listen Voice inside so drowned out Drowned you are, you are, you are a furry thing And everything is you Me you, you me, it's all related What's a boy to do? Just be darling and I will be too Faithful to you _____________________________________________________________________________No Way Here's a token of my openness Of my need to not disappear How I'm feeling, so revealing to me I found my mind too clear I just need someone to be there for.. me I just want someone to be there for.. me All the static in my attic-a Shoots down my side nerve To the ocean of my platitudes Longitudes, latitudes, it's so absurd I just need someone to be there for.. I just want someone to be there for.. Someone to be there for.. 'Cause I'll stop trying to make a difference I'm not trying to make a difference I'll stop trying to make a difference No way Ooh, let's call in an angel 'Cause I'll stop trying to make a difference I'm not trying to make a difference I'll stop trying to make a difference No way 'Cause I'll stop trying to make a difference I'm not trying to make a difference I'm not trying to make a difference No way No way, no way Let's call in an angel Who's calling an angel? _________________________________________________________________________Given To Fly He could've tuned in, tuned in But he tuned out A bad time, nothing could save him Alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out He got up outta there, ran for hundreds of miles He made it to the ocean, had a smoke in a tree The wind rose up, set him down on his knee A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw Delivered him wings, "Hey, look at me now" Arms wide open with the sea as his floor Oh, power, oh He's.. flying Whole High.. wide, oh He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share His key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere But first he was stripped and then he was stabbed By faceless men, well, fuckers He still stands And he still gives his love, he just gives it away The love he receives is the love that is saved And sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky A human being that was given to fly High.. flying Oh, oh High.. flying Oh, oh He’s…flying Oh, oh _______________________________________________________________________________Wishlist I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on The Christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds For 50 million hands upraised and open toward the sky I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up I wish... I wish... _________________________________________________________________________________Pilate Talk of circles and punching out Looking in, drawing circles down Falling up the south marking ground Talking out of turn, drawing circles down Like Pilate, I have a dog (Obeys, listens, kisses, loves) Walks me out of town Still, one’s a crowd Making angels in the dirt Looking up, looking all around Like Pilate, I have a dog (Obeys, listens, kisses, loves) Stunned by my own reflection It's looking back, sees me too clearly And I swore I'd never go there again Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down, you down, you down Like Pilate, I have a dog (Obeys, listens, kisses, loves) ______________________________________________________________________Do the Evolution Woo.. I'm ahead, I'm a man I'm the first mammal to wear pants, yeah I'm at peace with my lust I can kill 'cause in God I trust, yeah It's evolution, baby I'm at piece, I'm the man Buying stocks on the day of the crash On the loose, I'm a truck All the rolling hills, I'll flatten' em out, yeah It's herd behavior, uh huh It's evolution, baby Admire me, admire my home Admire my song, he's my clone Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah This land is mine, this land is free I'll do what I want but irresponsibly It's evolution, baby I'm a thief, I'm a liar There's my church, I sing in the choir: (hallelujah hallelujah) Admire me, admire my home Admire my song, admire my clothes 'Cause we know, appetite for a nightly feast Those ignorant Indians got nothin' on me Nothin', why? Because, it's evolution, baby! I am ahead, I am advanced I am the first mammal to make plans, yeah I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher Twenty-ten, watch it go to fire It's evolution, baby Do the evolution Come on, come on, come on _________________________________________________________________M F C (Many Fast Cars) Sliding out of reverse into drive, this Wheel will be turning right, then straight Off in the sunset she'll ride She can remember a time denied, stood by Side of the road, spilled like wine, now She's out on her own and line high There's no leaving here Ask, I’m an ear She’s disappeared They said timing was everything, made him Want to be everywhere, there’s a Lot to be said for nowhere There's no leaving here Ask, I’m an ear We’ve disappeared There's no leaving here Ask, I’m an ear Fuck it, we'll disappear _________________________________________________________________________Low Light Clouds roll by Reeling is what they say Or is it just my way? Wind blows by, low light Side-tracked, low light Can't see my tracks, your scent-way back Can I be here all alone? Clear a path to my home Blood runs dry Books and jealousy tell me wrong All I feel, calm Voice blows by, low light Car crash, low light Can't wear my mask, your first, my last Voice goes by Two birds is what they'll see Getting lost upon their way Wind rolls by, low light Eye sight, low light I need the light I'll find my way from wrong, what's real? The dream I see __________________________________________________________________________In Hiding I shut and locked the front door No way in or out I turned and walked the hallway And pulled the curtains down I knelt and emptied the mouth of every club around But nothing's sound, nothing's sound I'd stay but my last cab left me Ignored all my rounds Soon I was seeing visions and cracks along the walls They were upside down I swallow my words to keep from lying I swallow my face just to keep from biting, I, I.. I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving, diving I surfaced when all of my pen wasn’t writing I'm in hiding It's been about three days now Since I've been aground No longer overwhelmed and it seems so simple now It's funny when things change so much It's all state of mind I swallowed my words to keep from lying I swallowed my face just to keep from biting I, I I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving, I was diving I surfaced and all around me was enlightened Now I'm in hiding ______________________________________________________________________Push Me, Pull Me I had a false belief I thought I came here to stay We're all just visiting All just breaking like waves The oceans made me, but who came up with love? Push me, pull me, push me, or pull me out Push me, pull me, or pull me out So if there were no angels, would there be no sin? You better stop me before I begin But let me say: if I behave, can you arrange a spacious hole in the ground Somewhere nice, make it nice Where the land meets high tide Push me, pull me, or pull me out Push me, pull me Like a cloud dropping rain I'm discarding all thought I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground I'm like an opening band for the sun Push me, pull me I've had enough, said enough, felt enough, I'm fine, still in it _________________________________________________________________All Those Yesterdays Don't you think you oughtta rest? Don't you think you oughtta lay you head down? Don't you think you want to sleep? Don't you think you oughtta lay your head down tonight? Don't you think you've done enough? Oh, don't you think you've got enough, well maybe.. You don't think there's time to stop There's time enough for you to lay your head down, tonight, tonight Let it wash away All those yesterdays What are you running from? Taking pills to get along Creating walls to call your own So no one catches you? drifting off and Doing all the things that we all do Let them wash away All those yesterdays All those yesterdays All those paper plates You've got time, you've got time to escape There's still time, it's no crime to escape It's no crime to escape, it's no crime to escape There's still time, so escape It's no crime, crime.. All those yesterdays ______________________________________________________________________________Go oh please don't go out on me.. don't go out on me now never acted up before.. don't go on me now I swear I never took it for granted.. just thought of it now. suppose I abused you.. just passing it on Go, Fuck once fastened servile.. now your getting sharp. moving oh so swiftly.. with such disarm. I pulled the covers over him.. shoulda' pulled the alarm.. turned to my nemesis.. a fool on fucking god pleeeeease... don't go on me pleeeeease... don't go on me pleeeeease... don't go on me pleeeeease... don't go on me please don't go on me please don't go on me please don't go on me don't go on me don't go on me don't you want me don't go on me ____________________________________________________________________________Animal One, two, three, four, five against one. Five, five, five against one. Said one, two, three, four, five against one. Five, five... Five, five... Five against... torture from you to me abducted from the street I'd rather be.. I'd rather be with.. I'd rather be with an animallll why would you wanna hurt me so frightened of your pain I'd rather be.. I'd rather be with.. I'd rather be with an animal I'd rather be.. I'd rather be.. I'd rather be with an animal Woof. Five, five against one, said. I'd rather be.. I'd rather be with.. I'd rather be with an animal I'd rather be.. I'd rather be with.. I'd rather be with an animal. Said one, two, three, four, five against one. Five, five... Five, five... Five against, five against. One, two, three, four, five against one. Five, five... Five, five... Five against one, said. _________________________________________________________________________Daughter alone.. listless.. breakfast table in an otherwise empty room. a young girl.. violens.. center of her own attention. mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it tries to make her proud. the shades go down its in her head painted room can't deny theres something wrong. don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me she holds the hand.. that holds her down she will... rise above don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to be the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter not fit to be the picture kept will remind me don't call me _______________________________________________________________________Glorified G got a gun 'fact I got two thats ok man cuz I love god glorified version of a pellet gun feels so manly when armed glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a pellet gun don't think dumb is strength never shot at a living thing glorified version of a pellet gun feels so manly when armed glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a pellet gun glorified version of a always keep it loaded always keep it loaded always keep it loaded Life comes... I can feel your heart. Ooh, life comes... I can feel your heart in your neck. Life comes... I can feel your heart in your neck. Like some... I can steal your heart from your neck. Oh. Glorified _______________________________________________________________________Dissident she nursed him there over a night I wasn't so sure she wanted him to stay what to say.. what to say but soon she was down soon he was low at a quarter past.. a holy no she had to turn around when she couldn't hold.. she folded a dissident is here escape is never.. the safest path oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here and to this day.. she's glided on always home but so far away like a word misplaced nothing said.. what a waste when she had contact.. with the conflict there was meaning but she sold him to the state she had to turn around when she couldn't hold.. she folded a dissident is here escape is never the safest path oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here she gave him away when she couldn't hold.. no.. she folded a dissident is here escape is never the safest path oh.. a dissident.. a dissident is here couldn't hold on.. she couldn't hold she folded a dissident is here escape is never the safest place a dissident is here ________________________________________________________________________________WMA he won the lottery when he was born took his mothers white breast to his tongue trained like dogs color and smell walks by me to get to him police man police man he won the lottery by being born big hand slapped a white male 'merican do no wrong so clean cut dirty his hands it comes right off police man police man police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again police man police man jesus greets me.. looks just like me do no wrong so clean cut dirty his hands it comes right off police man police man police man police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again police man police man police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again police stopped my brother again police man police man police man all my pieces set me free human devices set me free ______________________________________________________________________________Blood spin me 'round roll me over fuckin' circus stab it down one way needle pull so slowly drains and spills soaks the pages fills there sponges its my blood its my blood paint ED big turn ED into one of his enemies its my blood its my blood its my blood stab it down fill the pages Suck my life out Maker of my enemies __________________________________________________________________Rearviewmirror I took a drive today time to emancipate I guess it was the beatings made me wise I'm not about to give thanks or apologize I couldn't breath holdin' me down hand on my face kiss the ground enmity guaged knotted by fear 'posed to endure what I could not.. forgive I seemed to look away wounds in the mirror waved it wasn't my surface most defiled head at your feet fool to your crown fist on my plate swallowed it down enmity guage knotted by fear tried to endure what I could not forgive saw things saw things saw things saw things clearer clearer once you.. were in my rearviewmirror I gather speed from you fucking with me once and for all I'm far away hardly believe finally the shades are raised. saw things so much clearer once you.. once you.. rearviewmirror saw things so much clearer once you.. once you.. rearviewmirror saw things so much clearer once you.. once you.. rearviewmirror saw things so much clearer once you ___________________________________________________________________________Rats they don't eat don't sleep they don't feed they don't seethe bare their gums when they moan and squeak lick the dirt off a larger ones feet they don't push don't crowd congregate until they're much too loud fuck to procreate til they are dead drink the blood of their so called best friend they don't scurry when something bigger comes their way don't pack themselves together and run as one don't shit where they're not supposed to don't take whats not theirs they don't compare they don't scam don't fight don't oppress an equals given rights starve the poor so they can be well fed line their holes with the dead ones breed they don't scurry when something bigger comes their way don't pack themselves together and run as one don't shit where they're not supposed to don't take whats not theirs they don't compare they don't scurry when something bigger comes their way don't pack themselves together and run as one don't shit where they're not supposed to don't take whats not theirs they don't compare rats they don't compare rats they don't compare ben... the two of us need look no more ben... the two of us need look no more ben... the two of us need look no more ben... the two of us need look no more ben... the two of us need look no more _______________________________________Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town I seem to recognize.. your face haunting familiar yet I can't seem to place it cannot find the candle of thought to light your name lifetimes are catching up with me all these changes taking place I wish I'd seen the place but no ones ever taken me hearts and thought they fade fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away I swear I recognize your breath memories like fingerprints are slowly raising me you wouldn't recall for I'm not my former its hard when your stuck upon the shelf I changed by not changing at all small town predicts my fate perhaps thats what no one wants to see I just want to scream.. hello my god its been so long never dreamed you'd return but now here you are and here I am hearts and thoughts they fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away hearts and thoughts they fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away hearts and thoughts they fade fade away ______________________________________________________________________________Leash troubled souls unite we got ourselves tonight(?) I am a fuel.. you are friends we got the means to make amends I am lost.. I'm lucky but I'm by your side I am right by your side young lover I stand it was their idea I proved to be a man take my fucking hand it was their idea I proved to be a man will myself to find a home a home within myself we will find a way we will find our place drop the leash drop the leash get outta' my fuckin' face drop the leash drop the leash get outta' my fuckin' face drop the leash drop the leash get outta' my fuckin.. face drop the leash drop the leash drop the leash we are young drop the leash we are young get outta' my fuckin' face drop the leash drop the leash get outta' my drop the leash my delight delight delight in our youth get outta' my fuckin face _______________________________________________________________________Indifference I will light the match this mornin' so I won't be alone watch as she lies silent but soon light will be gone oh I will stand arms outstretched pretend I'm free to roam oh I will make my way through one more day how much difference does it make how much difference does it make I will hold the candle 'til it burns up my arm oh I'll keep takin' punches 'til their will grows tired oh I will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind hey, I won't change direction and I won't change my mind how much difference does it make how much difference does it make I'll swallow poison until I grow immune I will scream my lungs out 'til it fills this room how much difference how much difference how much difference does it make how much difference does it make _______________________________________________________________________Last Exit Life's a game of chess..."Look ma, watch me crash"... No time to question...why'd nothing last... Grasp and hold on...we're dyin' fast... Soon be older...and I will be last... Let the ocean swell, dissolve 'way my past Three days maybe longer, won't even know I've left Under your tounge...I'm like a tab... I will give you what...you're not supposed to have... Under my breath...I swear by sin... For better or for worse...a best we began... Let the sun climb, oh, burn 'way my mask Three days maybe longer, shed my skin at last...shed...shed... Let the sun shine, burn 'way my mask Three days maybe longer, won't even find me here Let the ocean dissolve 'way my past Four days, never stronger Let my spirit pass... Ooh... This is, this is... My...last exit ___________________________________________________________Spin The Black Circle See this needle...a see my hand... Drop, drop, dropping it down...oh, so gently... Well here it comes...I touch the flame... Turn me up...won't turn you away... Spin, spin...spin the black circle Spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black... Spin, spin...spin the black circle Spin, spin...whoa... Pull it out...a paper sleeve... Oh, my joy...only you deserve conceit... I'm so big...a my whole world... I'd rather you...rather you...than her... Spin, spin...spin the black circle Spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black... Spin, spin...spin the black circle Spin, spin...whoa... Oh... You're so warm...oh, little one... My lady, you're cookin'...oh... Spin, spin...spin the black circle Spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black... Spin, spin...spin the black circle Spin, spin... Spin the black circle Spin the black circle... Spin, spin... _____________________________________________________________________Not For You Restless soul, enjoy your youth Like Muhammad hits the truth Can't escape from the common rule If you hate somehing, don't you do it too...too... Small my table, a sits just two Got so crowded, I can't make room Oh, where did they come from? Stormed my room! And you dare say it belongs to you...to you... This is not for you Oh, not for you...ah, you... ...scream...my friends...don't call me... ...friends, no they don't scream... ...my friends don't call...my friends don't... All that's sacred comes from youth Dedication, naive and true With no power, nothing to do I still remember, why don't you...don't you... This is not for you Oh, never was for you...fuck you... This is not for you... Oh, this is not for you...yeah, you... This is not for you... Oh, not for you... Oh, you... _________________________________________________________________________Tremor Christ Winded is the sailor...drifting by the storm... Wounded is the organ he left all...bloodied on the shore... Gorgeous was his savior, sees her...drowning in his wake... Daily taste the salt of her tears, but...a chance blamed fate... Little secrets, tremors...turned to quake... The smallest oceans still get...big, big waves... Ransom paid the Devil...He wispers pleasing words... Triumphant are the angels if they can...a get there first... Little secrets tremors...turned to quake... The smallest oceans still get...big, big waves... I'll decide...take the dive... Take my time...not my life... Wait for signs...believe in lies... To get by...it's divine...whoa... Oh, you know what it's like... Turns the bow back towards him...drops the line... Puts his faith and love in Tremor Christ... ___________________________________________________________________________Nothingham Once divided...nothing left to subtract... Some words when spoken...can't be taken back... Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking... Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking... Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go... Nothingman... Isn't it something? Nothingman... She once believed...in every story he had to tell... One day she stiffened...took the other side... Empty stares...from each corner of a shaped prison cell... One just escapes...one's left inside the well... And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...oh...oh...oh... Nothingman... Isn't it something? Nothingman... Oh, she don't wan't him... Oh, she won't feed him...after he's flown away... Oh, into the sun...ah, into the sun... Burn...burn... Nothingman... Isn't it something? Nothingman... Nothingman... Coulda' been something... Nothingman... Oh...ohh...ohh... _____________________________________________________________________________Whipping Don't need a helmet, got a hard, hard head Don't need a raincoat, I'm already wet Don't need a bandage, there's too much...blood... After a while, seems to roll right off...hmm... Whipping, ah...they're whipping, ah... ...they're whipping, ah...they're whipping... Don't need a hand, there's always arms attached Oh, don't get behind, I can't fall back Why must we trust all these rusted rails? They don't want no change, we already have They're whipping, ah...they're whipping, ah... ...they're whipping, ah...they're whipping... Don't mean to push, but I'm being shoved! Ohh, I'm just like you, think we've had enough I can't believe a thing they want us to...oh... Oh, we all got scars, they should have 'em too... Oh, they're whipping, ah...they're whipping, ah... ...they're whipping, ah...they're whipping... They're whipping, ah...they're whipping, ah... ...they're whipping...yeah...they're whipping... ______________________________________________________________________________Corduroy The waiting drove me mad...you're finally here and I'm a mess I take your riches back...can't let you roam inside my head I don't want to take what you can give... I would rather starve than eat your bread... I would rather run but I can't walk... Guess I'll lie alone just like before... I'll take the varments back...oh, and I must refuse your test Push me and I will resist...this behavior's not unique I don't want to hear from those who know... They can buy, but can't put on my clothes... I don't want to limp for them to walk... Never would have known of me before... I don't want to be held in your debt... I'll pay it off in blood then I'll be wed... I'm already cut off and I'm dead... I'll end up alone like I began... Everything has chains, absolutely nothing's changed Take my hand, not my picture, spilled my teacher I don't want to take what you can give... I would rather starve than eat your breast... All the things that others want for me... Can't buy what I want because it's free... Can't be what you want because I'm... I ain't s'posed to be just fun Oh, to live and die, let it be done I figure I'll be damned, all alone like I began... ___________________________________________________________________________________Bugs I got bugs I got bugs in my room Bugs in my bed Bugs in my ears Their eggs in my head Bugs in my pockets Bugs in my shoes Bugs in the way I feel about you Bugs on my window Trying to get in They don't go nowhere Waiting, waiting... Bugs on my ceiling Crowded the floor Standing, sitting, kneeling... A few block the door And now the question's: Do I kill them? Become their friend? Do I eat them? Raw or well done? Do I trick them? I don't think they're dumb Do I join them? Looks like that's the one I got bugs on my skin Tickle my nauseau I let it happen again They're always takin' over I see they surround me, I see... See them deciding my fate Oh, that which was once...was once up to me... Now it's too late I got bugs in my room...one on one That's when I had a chance I'll just stop now I'll become naked And let the...all become one ________________________________________________________________________Satan's Bed It's not all been said...been said and done... I've never slept in Satan's bed Although I must admit...still visits my place Uninvited, as you know, he don't wait Funny how he always seems to fit in Funny how I always want to give in Sundays, Fridays, Tuesdays, Thursday, the same Sometimes the special guest, he don't like to leave Already...in love... Already... Who made, who made up, made up the myth That we were born to be covered in bliss? Who set the standard, born to be rich? Such fine examples, skinny little bitch Model, role model, roll some models in blood Get some flesh to stick, so they look like us I shit and I stink, I'm real, join the club I'd stop and talk, but I'm already in love Already...in love... Already... Never shook Satan's hand, look see for yourself You'd know it if I had, that shit don't come off I'll rise and fall, let me take credit for both Jump off a cliff, don't need your help so back off I'll never suck Satan's dick Again, you'd see it, you know, right round the lips I'll wait for an angel, but I won't hold my breath 'Magine they're busy, think I'm doing okay... Already...in love... Already... ___________________________________________________________________________Better Man Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech As he opens the door, she rolls over,... Pretends to sleep as he looks her over She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man... She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man... Can't find a better man Ohh... Talkin' to herself, there's no one else who needs to know... She tells herself, oh... Memories back when she was bold and strong And waiting for the world to come along... Swears she knew it, now she swears he's gone She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man... She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man... She lies and says she still loves him, can't find a better man... She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man... Can't find a better man Yeah... She loved him, yeah...she don't want to leave this way She feeds him, yeah...that's why she'll be back again Can't find a better man Can't find a better...man... Ohh...ohh... Uh huh... Ohh... __________________________________________________________________________Immortality Vacate is the word...vengeance has no place on me or her Cannot find the comfort in this world Artificial tear...vessel stabbed...next up, volunteers Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere... A truant finds home...and I wish to hold on... But there's a trapdoor in the sun...immortality... As privilaged as a whore...victims in demand for public show Swept out through the cracks beneath the door Holier than thou, how? Surrendered...executed anyhow Scrawl dissolved, cigar box on the floor... A truant finds home...and I wish to hold on, too... But saw the trapdoor in the sun... Immortality... I cannot stop the thought...I'm running in the dark... Coming up a which way sign...all good truants must decide... Oh, stripped and sold, mom...auctioned forearm... And whiskers in the sink... Truants move on...cannot stay long Some die just to live... Ohh... ______________________________________________________________________________Sometimes large fingers pushin' me you're God and you got big hands colors blend the challenges you give me seek my part devote myself my small self like a book amongst the many on a shelf sometimes i know sometimes i rise sometimes i fall sometimes i don't sometimes i cringe sometimes i live sometimes i walk sometimes i kneel sometimes i speak of nothing at all sometimes i reach to myself hear God ______________________________________________________________________________Hail Hail ah is there room for both of us both of us apart? are we bound out of obligation? is that all we've got? i hear the words and then I get to thinking i don't wanna think i wanna feel how do i feel? how do i? if you're the only one will i never be enough then? hail hail the lucky ones that are close to those who know them swore i'd love you till the day i die ah, and beyond are we going to the same place? if so, can I come? it's egg rolling thick and heavy ah the past we carry ah I could be new you underestimate me if you're the only one will i never be enough then? hail hail the lucky ones i refer to those in love i sometimes realize i could only be as good as you'll let me are you woman enough to be my man? bandaged hand in hand like winding on a run in a race that can't be won, yeah all hail the lucky ones that are close to those in lukin if you're my only one suppose you will live huh? i want to be your one and now you are no one your one whooh, mtcha mtcha,... ________________________________________________________________________Who You Are come to send not condesend transcendental consequences to trancend where we are who are we? who we are trampled moss on your soul changes all you're a part seen it all not at all can't defend fucked up men (or: can't defend the command ???) stay for awhile before we leave circumstance clappin' hands guiding winds happenstance off the track in the mud that's the moss in the aforementioned verse and the wind... there's little time before we leave stop light plays its part so i would say you've got a heart whats your part who you are you are who who you are ______________________________________________________________________In My Tree up here in my tree, yeah newspapers matter not to me, yeah no more crowbars to my head, yeah i'm trading stories with the leaves instead, yeah wave to all my friends, yeah they don't seem to notice me, no i arrested on the street yo, oh sidewalks, cigarrettes and scenes i feel so awesome touche i feel so hot the sky is gray i'm so high i hope this won't break keep it in my chest just like innocence i remember then...yeah thought I knew everything when what's he doing in a tree, yeah there's no one around just like me, yeah i'm so lucky with these shades i'm so out of sight its great im so high I hold just one breath go back to my nest, sleep in it I feel so high ...great I feel so high The sky is great ... wide open and I gotta live of my innocence I fight my innocense .... ... ____________________________________________________________________________Smile don't it make you smile? don't it make you smile? when the sun don't shine (don't shine at all) don't it make you smile? don't it make you smile? don't it make me smile? when the sun don't shine don't shine at all (eh, laughter) don't it make me smile? i miss you already i miss you always i miss you already, hey i miss you all days (this is how I feel/love you) (?) i miss you already, heyey i miss you always free cooking hot spurs (???) all around I miss you all day don't it make you smile? ... (there's more in the background) ________________________________________________________________________Off He Goes One two, one two Know a man...his face seems pulled and tense... Like he's ridin' on a motorbike...in the strongest winds... So i approach with tact ...suggest that he should relax... But he's always moving much too fast... Said he'll see me on the flip side...of this trip he's taken for a ride. He's been takin'...too much on...off he goes With his perfectly..unkept clothes...there he goes... He's yet to come back...but i've seen his picture It doesn't look the same up on the rack...we go way back... I wonder 'bout his insides...it's like his thoughts are too big for his size He's been taken...where? i don't know...off he goes With his perfectly...unkept hope...there he goes... And now i rub my eyes...for he has returned Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned... For he still smiles...and he's still strong Nothing's changed but the surrounding bullshit...that has grown... And now he's home...and we're laughing... Like we always did...my same old...same old friend... Until a quarter to ten...i saw the strain creep in He seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next... Before his first step...he's off again... _________________________________________________________________________________Habit See it happen to a couple of friends... See it happen and the message it sends... Taking off for what's an obvious fall... Just to see what all the fuss is about... It's not your way...not your way...its not your way... Another habit says it's in love with you... Another habit says its long overdue... Another habit like an unwanted friend... I'm so happy with my righteous self... It's not your way...not your way...its not your way... Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... I never thought you Never thought you Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... I never thought you Never never thought you Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... Speaking as a child of the 90's Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... I never thought you Never thought you Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... Never thought you'd habit... I never thought you Never never thought you Never Never me...never you...never me ___________________________________________________________________________Red Mosquito I saw in the window...little red mosquito... I was not allowed to leave the room... I saw the sun go down...and now it's comin' up Somewhere in the time between I was bitten...must have been the devil He was just paying me...a little visit reminded me of his presence letting me know he's awaiting oooh red man's your neighbour co-ed behavior while your climbing up slippery hairs two steps ahead of him punctures in your neck hoverin' just above your bed hoverin' just above your bed i was bitten must have been the devil he was just paying me a little visit reminding me of his presence and let me know he's awaiting he's awaiting ho... (pin') (?) if i had known then what i know now and if i had known then what i know right now if i had known then what i know now if i had known then what i know now _________________________________________________________________________________Lukin Drive down the street, can't find the keys to my own fuckin home. I take a walk so i can curse my ass for being dumb. I make a right I pass the arches stinkin grease and bone. Stop at the supermarket, people stare like I'm a dog. I'm going to Lukin's I got a spot at Lukin's I knock the door at Lukin's open the fridge, now i know (what) life is worth I found my keys but i return to find an open door. Some fuckin' freak who claims I fathered my rape her one son I found (phoned?) my wife, i called the cops this day is never done. But last i heard that freak was purchasing a fuckin gun. 10: Present Tense do you see the way that tree bends? does it inspire? leaning out to catch the suns rays a lesson to be applied are you getting something out of this all encompassing tree? you can spend your time alone redigest in past regrets, oh or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oohm makes much more sense to live in the present tense have you ideas on how this life ends? check your hands and study the lines have you ever believed that the road ahead ascends off into the light? seems that needlessly it's getting harder to find an approach and a way to live are we getting something out of this all encompassing dream? you can spend your time alone redigest in past regrets, oooh or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who cannot forgive yourself ooh! ah, make much more sense to live in the present tense _____________________________________________________________________________Mankind You'll be going out with radio... Going out with disco... Going out like bacchanal I'll be going out with telephone... Going out alone... To the radar zone It's all just inadvertent imitation and I don't mean mine Its all across this nation If it's all just inadvertent simulation a pattern all mankind What's got the whole world fakin'? Yeah I'll be playing with my magazine... Using up my listerine Like ovaltine You'll be dipping in your battleship For the latest tip For the latest dream It's all just inadvertent imitation and I don't mean mine Its all across this nation If it's all just inadvertent simulation a pattern all mankind What's got the whole world fakin'? Yeah What's got the whole world fakin? What's got the whole world fakin? What's got the whole world fakin? What's got the whole world fakin? What's got the whole world fakin? What's got the whole world fakin? What's got the whole world fakin? What's got the whole world fakin? Yeah, yeah.. _____________________________________________________________________________I'm Open a man lies in his bed in a room with no door he waits hoping for a presence something anything to enter it after spending half his life searching he still feels as blank as the ceiling at which he stared hes alive but feels absolutely nothing so is he? when he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him by nine he had deciphered the illusion trading magic for fact and no tradebacks so this is what it's like to be an adult if he only knew now what he knew then I'm open...i'm open... Come on in...come on in...come on in...ome on in... I'm open...i'm open... Come on in...come on in...come on in...ome on in... laying sideways atop crumpled sheets with no covers he decides to dream to dream up a new self for himself ______________________________________________________________________Around The Bend I'm wishing you a well Mind and peace within your cell Covers up, I last you off I'll be watching as you breathe i lie still, you move, i send You off around the bend I hold your head deep in my arms My fingertips they close your eyes Off you dream my little child There's a sun around the bend There's a sun around the bend all the evenings close like this all these moments that i've missed please forgive me most my dear please forgive and let be shared where's you around the bend you're an angel when you sleep how i want your soul to keep on and on around the bend ___________________________________________________________________________Breakerfall There’s a girl on a ledge, she’s got nowhere to turn ‘Cause all the love that she had was just wood that she burned Now her life is on fire, it’s no one’s concern She can blame the world, or prey till dawn But only love can breakerfall Breakerfall Only love can breakerfall Fall It’s like she lost her invitation to the party on earth And she’s standing outside hating everyone here She’s her own disease, crying to her doll But only love can breakerfall Breakerfall Only love can breakerfall Yeah Fall, breakerfall Can breakerfall Ooh yeah, only love can breakerfall Love, love, can breakerfall, fall Love, love, can breakerfall Only love can breakerfall ___________________________________________________________________________God's Dice It’s out of my hands, making all hands meet Stumble as it’s crumbling out of reach It’s in the cards of destiny Your sanity in tow Designate my luck Resignate This power has no roots to guide, no role Trust me, rusted minds refuse to go Unwillingness, it’s meaningless To walk away in vain Designate my will Designate my will Resignate My will is crashing, synapses flashing slow Days like frame by frame, where do they go? Yeah, why fight? Forget it Can’t I spend it after I go? Roll them high Throw them again All Gods’ dice Monkey driven, call this living, ha ha ha Too much thought, it’s overwrought, a hole Minding yours, what’s mine, not yours Will finish us off Designate my life Designate a view Designate my will, my will, my will, I will Resignate my god __________________________________________________________________________Evacuation The sirens scream wanton attention Time to take heed and change directions Time to take stock and make omissions Evacuation Evacuation Time to take leave all formal functions Time to plant seeds of reconstruction No time this time to feign reluctance It’s like you’re waiting for a diamond shore to wash your way Bets put aside, you’re evil, let’s crawl into your face A vision, vague or not, raising a frightful wake-you-up Time for evacuation Evacuation Evacuation Evacuation Evacuation Evacuation Evacuation There was a solemn man who watched his twilight disappear in the sand Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign He sensed worry could be strength, with a plan said time for Evacuation Evacuation Evacuation Evacuation Evacuation, evacuation Evacuation, evacuation Evacuation, evacuation Evacuation, evacuation Evacuation, evacuation Evacuation, evacuation __________________________________________________________________________Light Years I’ve used hammers made out of wood I have played games with pieces and rules I’ve deciphered tricks at the bar But now you’re gone, I haven’t figured out why I’ve come up with riddles and jokes about war I’ve figured out numbers and what they’re for I’ve understood feelings, and I’ve understood words But how could you be taken away? And wherever you’ve gone, and wherever we might go It don’t seem fair, today just disappeared Your light’s reflected now, reflected from afar We were but stones, your light made us stars The heavy breath, awakened regrets Backpages and days alone, that could have been spent Together, but we were miles apart Every inch between us becomes light years now No need to be void, or save up on life You got to spend it all And wherever you’ve gone, and wherever we might go It don’t seem fair, you seemed to like it here Your light’s reflected now, reflected from afar We were but stones, your light made us stars And wherever you’ve gone, and wherever we might go It don’t seem fair, today just disappeared Your light’s reflected now, reflected from afar We were but stones, your light made us stars ____________________________________________________________________Nothing As It Seems Don’t feel like home, he’s a little out And all these words elope, it’s nothing like your poem Putting in, in putting in, don’t feel like methadone A scratching voice, all alone, it’s nothing like your baritone It’s nothing as it seems, the little that he needs, it’s home The little that he sees is nothing, he concedes, it’s home One uninvited chromosome, a blanket like the ozone It’s nothing as it seems, all that he needs, it’s home The little that he frees, is nothing, he believes Saving up a sunny day, something maybe two-tone Anything to call his own, a chip off the cornerstone Who’s kidding, rainy day, a one-way ticket headstone Occupations overthrown, a whisper through a megaphone It’s nothing as it seems, the little that he needs, it’s home The little that he sees is nothing, he concedes, it’s home And all that he frees, a little bittersweet, it’s home It’s nothing as it seems, the little that you see, it’s home ______________________________________________________________________________Thin Air Don’t feel like home, he’s a little out And all these words elope, it’s nothing like your poem Putting in, in putting in, don’t feel like methadone A scratching voice, all alone, it’s nothing like your baritone It’s nothing as it seems, the little that he needs, it’s home The little that he sees is nothing, he concedes, it’s home One uninvited chromosome, a blanket like the ozone It’s nothing as it seems, all that he needs, it’s home The little that he frees, is nothing, he believes Saving up a sunny day, something maybe two-tone Anything to call his own, a chip off the cornerstone Who’s kidding, rainy day, a one-way ticket headstone Occupations overthrown, a whisper through a megaphone It’s nothing as it seems, the little that he needs, it’s home The little that he sees is nothing, he concedes, it’s home And all that he frees, a little bittersweet, it’s home It’s nothing as it seems, the little that you see, it’s home _______________________________________________________________________Insignificance All in all, it’s no one’s fault Excuses turn to carbon walls Blame it all on chemical intercourse The swallowed seeds of arrogance Breeding in the thoughts of ten Thousand fools who fight irrelevance The full moon is dead skin The one down here’s wearing thin So set up the ten pins As the human tide rolls in Like a ball that’s spinning Bombs dropping down Overhead, underground It’s instilled, to wanna live Bombs dropping down Please forgive our hometown In our insignificance "Turn the jukebox up", he said Dancing in irreverence Play C-3, let the song protest The plates begin to shift Perfect lefts come rolling in I was alone and far away When I heard the band start playing On the lip, late take off Bombs dropping down Overhead, underground It’s instilled, to wanna live Bombs dropping down Please forgive our hometown In our insignificance Feel like resonance of distance In the blood, the iron lies It’s instilled, to wanna live Bombs dropping down Please forgive our hometown In our insignificance In our insignificance ____________________________________________________________________________Of the Girl Oh, he deals ‘em off, off the top, ties ‘em off Fills it up with his past, gets carried away Oh, half his life, a hand-me-down, wasted away Oh, he fills it up with the love of a girl Oh, he left it alone, drilled the pain with money to buy How he makes his getaway How he makes his getaway Oh, he chose a path, heavy the fall, quarter to four Fills his mind with the thought of a girl How he makes his getaway How he makes his getaway How he makes his getaway Getaway _________________________________________________________________________Grievance Have a drink, they’re buying Bottom of, bottle of denial Big guy, big eye watching me Have to wonder what it sees Progress laced with ramifications Freedom’s big plunge Pull the innocent from a crowd Raise the sticks, then bring ‘em down If they fail to obey If they fail to obey For every tool they lend us A loss of independence I pledge to my grievance to the flag ‘Cause you don’t give blood, then take it back again We’re all deserving of something more Progress, taste it, invest-it-all Champagne breakfast for everyone Break when the innocent when they’re proud Raise the stakes, then bring ‘em down If they fail to obey If they fail to obey Pledge my grievance to the flag Aw come on, don’t give blood, then take it back again We’re all deserving of something more I wanna breathe I wanna see I wanna taste Everyone I see I wanna run, when I’m up high I wanna run to the sea I only want life to be I just wanna be I will feel alive as long as I am free ______________________________________________________________________________Rival All my rivals will see what I have in store My gun I’ve been harboring fleets in this reservoir Red sun And this nation’s about to explode Your disciples are riddled with metaphors Well-hung Better pony up and bring both your barrelfulls Not one As we release this unspeakable toll How’s our mother to damn these contributors With mud? How will the man who made chemicals difficult Shed blood? How’s our father supposed to be told? _____________________________________________________________________Sleight of Hand Routine was the theme He’d wake up, wash and pour himself into uniform Something he hadn’t imagined being As the merging traffic passed He found himself staring down At his own hands Not remembering the change Not recalling the plan Was it? He was okay But wondering About wandering Was it age? By consequence? Or was he moved sleight of hand? Mondays were made to fall Lost on a road he knew by heart It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly Sometimes he hid in his radio Watching others pull into their homes While he was drifting On a line Of his own Off the line Off the side By the by As dirt turned to sand As if moved by sleight of hand When he reached the shore of his clip-on world He resurfaced to the norm Organized his few things, his coat and keys Any new realizations would have to wait Till he had more time More time A time to dream To himself He waves goodbye To himself I’ll see you on the other side Another man moved by sleight of hand __________________________________________________________________________Soon Forget Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a Corvette Thinks he’ll get the girl, he’ll only get the mechanic What’s missing? He’s living a day he’ll soon forget That’s one more time around, the sun is going down The moon is out, but he’s drunk and shouting, putting people down He’s pissing, he’s living a day he’ll soon forget Counts his money every morning, the only thing that keeps him horny Locked in a giant house, that’s alarming The townsfolk, they all laugh Sorry is the fool who trades his love for hi-rise rent Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get And it’s fitting, he’s barely living a day he’ll soon forget That’s one more time around, and there is not a sound He’s lying dead, clutching Benjamins, never put the money down He’s stiffening, we’re all whistling, a man we’ll soon forget ______________________________________________________________________Parting Ways Behind her eyes, there’s curtains And they’ve been closed to hide the flames, remains She knows their future’s burning But she can smile just the same, same And though her mood is fine today There’s a fear they’ll soon be parting ways Standing like a statue A chin of stone, a heart of clay, hey And though he’s too big of a man to say There’s a fear they’ll soon be parting ways Drifting away Drifting away Drifting away Drifting away Drifting away Drifting away