Song Lyrics
The Deep
I was born in the deep
The shadows of lifeboats
Were all I could see
There was just open sea
Black waves were crashing
No sign of the beach
We were just lonesome people
Reaching our hands to the sun
Most of us thinking
We’d catch it the faster we’d run
The faster we’d run
When it came time to go
I thought that your last kiss
is all I would know
but there was just open road
Black clouds kept forming
Set to explode
Some nights I lie awake
I picture your face
And all the love we’ve yet to make
Other times when I’m asleep
I dream about what life
Must still be like inside the deep
Summer Streets
Rosie she packs her car with what she grabs from her apartment
She can see darkness falling right before her eyes
It’s almost September, and another school year’s close to starting
Time to get out before it all turns red and dies
While we’re here
and we’re young
let’s find a place where we belong
The summer streets will move us all along
We are free
and our love
moves us only in directions that it should
it’s in our blood
Dylan he shows up moments after Rosie pulls away
He traces the last month on his hand with a blade
He sits on the curb and counts the scars he never got to show her
She never could sit still for very long anyway
Fast-forward 15 years to the parking lot of a small town high school.
Rosie she stands outside with her son in the shade.
It's almost September and another school year's close to starting.
This time of year makes her think of the ones who did not get away.
Leap Year
Sitting on a disappearing star
You know that we are
Spinning alone
We are
Evolving from stone
Try to believe
That we’re still attached to the sun
Drowning in a sea of tranquility
You know we will be
Sinking alone
We will be
Further from home
Try to believe
That we’re still attached to the sun
And after all
We’re mostly just
Oxygen
We’ve been here before
We’re trying to get
Back to the sun
We don’t want to admit
We’re alone
Try to believe
That we’re still attached to the sun
Note to Self
I am the afterthought of an asterisk
The second son of a calculated risk
A Pollock canvas on a blank wall
You don’t know me at all
I am Brooklyn lost in the Cape’s kiss
Annie Hall with a clenched fist
Spiritus after last call
You don’t know me at all
But sometimes I feel free
There are no ghosts
between these walls
There’s only you and me
And some nights end just right
When there’s nothing left to talk about
And I don’t want to fight
And for a moment
It’s all right
I am the last in a series of firsts
The best of the worst of the worst
A virgin birth at the town hall
You don’t know me at all
I am a snow day in a summer town
An Airstream trailer that sits broken down
Not even one shot of the four of us on the wall
You don’t know me at all
Distant Transmission
Drifting like a halcyon
In the thinning atmosphere
Distant transmission
still ringing in your ears
There’s blood inside the wine
But you can still rewind
Those choices you’ve made
Those voices that play in the dark
I need you to breathe through this
It’s not been decided
So come out of hiding at once
Whoa there’s still two ways to go
But if you burn all your bridges
This road cannot carry you home
Whoa I know that you’re afraid
Let me save you from burning alive
In this bed that you’ve made
Because this transmission’s starting
to fade
We’re on two separate lines
That may never collide
But parallel destinies
influence the tides
This transmission’s starting
to fade
How to Imitate Thunder
Embrace all your enemies
just as though
Their thoughts were your own
Surrender to chaos it’s beautiful
Inside of the storm
Disaster may drop the skies onto you
You’re still as a pond
The floods may run over
and under you
You’re dry as a bone
For a moment, one moment
You’ll feel truly free
For a moment, one moment
You’ve been released
You swallow tornados and
understand
The storm’s lonesome moan
The bridges they all collapsed
under you
But you’re finally home
Close Your Eyes
Close your eyes
Little girl
Today is gone
But there’s still time
To find your place in the world
Rest your head
Go to sleep
May your dreams of flying
Among the clouds
Be the ones that you keep
I see you trying hard to hang on
But you won't hear
the end of this song
It’s all right
You’ll be in my arms by dawn
So close your eyes
Today is gone
One deep breath
Let it go
If the smallest seed
Is watched and loved
Mighty tree will grow
I see you trying hard to hang on
But you won't hear
the end of this song
It’s all right
You’ll be in my arms by dawn
So close your eyes
Today is gone
Close your eyes
Little girl
As I Live and Breathe
Let me be the first to announce
Her majesty has died
The line forms at the left
And continues inside
Let me be the first to announce
Everything is rotten
But they’ve got their wallets out
To pay for what we’ve forgotten
Bleeding
Leaving
Me alone
Let me be the first to announce
Everything’s gone wrong
Just when you thought you knew
It is all gone
Why can’t you see?
That we
Never needed you
As I live and breathe
Santa Monica
It’s finally what they said it’d be
No longer afraid to breathe
This night exists
For you and me
To dance under the moon
And sing out loud like lovers do
I’ve seen the faces
And the desperate things they do
Seen them haunting the same places
And slowly going mad inside
from waking up with fools
How about tonight we leave these faded hearts behind
Watch the sunrise from our bed
It’s alright it’s just the world I thought was mine
Was all inside my head
And there’s room for two instead
It’s finally what they said it’d be
No longer afraid to breathe
Junk
(Flags of Forgotten Countries)
There are cities upon cities
filled with junk
The footprints of our parents’ wars
Is this what they were fighting for?
There are lines of cars
with nothing in their trunks
Everything’s been left behind
Collecting dust and slowly dying
Money and time not spent
I wonder where all of it went
What can you do with the words of your father
When they’re just not worth the page they’re written on?
And what can you do in a world
Where nothing is worth anything anymore?
I knew a man who kept
what he could grab
He stored it all in one big room
Hoping he would sell it soon
The day he died
she left home a cab
The only things she kept at all
Were the faded pictures
on the walls
I took porcelain
That washed ashore
Left dolls around your bed
I hoped that they would
keep you safe
You sold them all instead
And I built them into walls
inside my head
Flags of forgotten countries
Wave on
Wave on…
Daughters of the Revolution
Where do I fit in?
Between parking stalls
and graffiti walls
And music on the chin
If sleeping is a sin
It's cousins to an evolution
That babies all begin
And tonight
The daughters of the revolution
Sing to me like sirens in the storm
Tonight
The daughters of the revolution
Sing to me and guide my way back home
There’s lightning in the air
It’s heightened by the glare
But I’m not frightened
There’s blood under the snow
From holy wars and shooting stars
And wounds that never grow
Some trees just never grow
So blackened by the hearts of man
And twisted feet of crows
We’re bursting at the seams
Burning sands and empty hands
We live beyond our means
Across the seven seas
We’re chasing planes
and finding veins
And mortgaging our dreams
Suicide Pavement
Suicide pavement
Takes what the sky meant to keep
Overflows
Straight to the basement
Didn’t know this place went so deep
Still it grows
So big
And we’re just too small
What if I slip through the cracks?
What if I never come back?
What if this hand-me-down freeway
Leads only to black
I will tattoo the wings
Of a crow on my arm
And head home
I overheard talking
In an overgrown garden at noon
Loud and clear it said
“Act like tonight is the last night on earth
‘cause the sun comes too soon”
So big
And we’re just so small
I’m going home
Disappear
You’re not drunk but you outta be
Not in love but you wanna be
I’m not as far away
As I may appear in dreams
Mormons took over my State
And I’m not quite sure what that means
You’re not as rich as you
thought you’d be
Not as thin as you wanna be
I’m not as high or as low
As I may appear in dreams
Mom traded in everything
For a two story walkup in Queens
So you married that guy
That you met in the third grade
Picked up a couple of shifts
At Cumberland Farms
And just fell into his arms
When you got home
But still you feel alone
Disappear
Disappear
As long as you’re here
When I return
But still you feel alone
Just You and Me and The Moon
That crowded little town
Frozen and beating us down
Singing so long and so loud
Couldn't wait to get out
We ran just before we could stand
From things we didn't understand
With nothing but dust in our hands
We got out as fast as we can
Turn
Turn your back to the sea
It was just you and me and the moon
Singing so long and so loud
The streets opened up as we drove
Away from the bay as it froze
To cities that nobody knows
Couldn't wait to come home
To that crowded little town
frozen and beating us down
Singing so long and so loud
We just had to get out
Got out as fast as we can
With nothing but dust in our hands
Not a moment too soon
Just you and me and the moon
Bloodshot Matinee
I have this dream of the coast
where I’m looking down
Over the cliffs and the freeway is winding ‘round
Summer was over for me
The minute you picked up and ran
And left California
with nothing inside of your hands
I wasn’t the first
please let me be the last
To wonder what happens when October’s dreams have passed
Nothing is sacred when mystery’s gone off alone in the night
And left me to drift off in space
like a satellite
Love is easy
Why is surrender so hard?
Is there nothing?
Is there nothing you want?
Is there nothing you want to say?
I wake up alone, a bloodshot matinee
Another day wrapped in these sheets and I’ll suffocate
Blown Away
Hello, hello
It seems like years
It’s not so long ago
I dried those tears
Isn’t it strange how we get through?
I know you’re home
I can’t bring myself to call
I don’t even know
If you’re still connected at all
Isn’t it strange how we get through?
Blown away
Like so much golden burning hay
Nothing left to say
It’s on a note
I never got to send
All those words I wrote
Just led up to the end
Isn’t it strange how we get through?
I know it’s late
And so much time has passed
There were many things
I never got to ask
Isn’t it strange how we get through?
And in the end
It’s understood
We never had that chance
I thought we should
It's all been lost
or thrown away
Like the ashes
We were blown away
Isn’t it strange how we get through?
Blown away
Like so much golden burning hay
Nothing left to say
Weeping Willow
Just beside the twisted shade of a weeping willow tree
On the ground
Write my name in there
where the river meets the sea
Where I drowned
Long way down
The weight of the sun brings the rain to your tongue
Long way down
Return to me
Return to me
Weeping willow
Laying out your funeral clothes while the television cries
Without sound
Grasping on to phantom hearts from a soul that never dies
Coming down
We’ve drifted so far from home
We’re tangles of broken bones
Weeping willow
1983
I was feeling suicidal
Listening to Billy Idol
Dissolving in an army of tears
I was so damn sure
I’d remember that year
It was given to you
Baby, it was given to you
It was given to you by mistake
We’re all crushed by what we make
And what we break
You were lively as a wire
Like a song by Billy Squier
And everybody wanted your touch
I was so damn sure
That I loved you so much
But she’s a trainwreck
She’s a shadow on my lawn
It was given to you
Baby it was given to you
By mistake
I was wasted on an island
Lost in an asylum
Anxiously awaiting the fall
I was so damn sure
I knew nothing at all
You stayed high for most the summer
At one party or another
I never got to hold you again
I was so damn sure
That year’d never end
The Ballad of Rat and Stacy
Burned out on trying to relive my yesterdays
Help me maneuver this bottomless night
Turned down your love to wander these alley ways
Throw me a lifeline if I’m out of line
So far removed from the buildings we leaned upon
It's almost too late to call it a night
Does anyone here ever leave this place
Does anything good ever stay
I didn’t know there's a light just around the bend
How could I see it when I’d lost my way
Wandering roads that just don't seem to end
Divided and going on our separate ways
I’ll Be yr Punchline
I’ll be your punchline
I will sit still
While you hit rewind
I’ll be your punchline
The one who was lost
Who got left behind
I’ll be your punchline
Mom dropped me off
at the Iron Maiden Show
I’ll be your punchline
But I learned so much
the next week
from Elvis Costello
And what’s so funny ‘bout a piece on the beast that I love?
Thanks for understanding
Cross out my face in the yearbook
Draw a fat moustache on me
I’ll be that guy who never made it out
I’ll be your punchline
Never had braces
Grew in to my crooked spine
I’ll be your punchline
So glad you have yours
I’m still working on mine
The Black Sea (Intro)
Black Sea
Preserves me in poison
Lets me sleep in peace
On its lifeless floor
Black Sea
Swallows my secrets
Sinking deeper and deeper
Can’t breathe anymore
And I don’t want to bleed
Don’t want to need
To be found
But I do
And it’s always been true…
Ashes of Armies
Burn it all to hell
as California falls
Around your feet
Mosquito sucking
Belly full
We still kill what we can't eat
The turntable flips another life upside down
The lifeboat is leaking you’re all gonna drown
I’d take to the streets is my heart wasn’t cold
Paint stars on the ceiling grab all I could hold
You’re paid to make me laugh so do what they say
I’ll meet you right here when it all falls away
Tonight the part of the lead will be played by the voices
Inside of your head
Tonight the part of the lead will be played by the voices
They love to see you fall
You’re covered in gold
Climbing the walls
You’d die to grab that crown
But ashes of armies
Are tearing you down
The system is perfect ‘til it’s through with you
Sun burns the pages where scissors cut through
I’d take to the skies if this halo would fit
But I’ve lost it more times than I’d like to admit
The temple is burning we’re all stuck inside
The eyes of the strangers will not let you hide
Chemical
What brings us together when things fall apart?
What pulls us away even before we start?
What makes me finish you off like a circle
It’s chemical
It’s chemical
Are you alright?
‘Cause you don’t look alright to me
what turns your body cold?
It’s chemical
Blood pumps the taste away from my mouth
Instinct guides me when I’m too tired to crouch
What makes me finish you off like a circle
It’s chemical
It’s chemical
It’s a miracle
That you
Don’t leave me
And it’s criminal
That you
Won’t leave me
Alone
Drowning Not Waving
I thought you were swimming
I thought you were waving
Before I brought you down
The only place left to go is where you were
Before I brought you down
What if I let you drown
Drew circles in the sand
What if I let you down
I thought you were swimming
I thought you were waving
Before I brought you down
The only one left to be is who you were
Before I brought you down
What if I let you down
I promised you the stars
What if I let you down
I thought you were swimming
I thought you were waving
Before I brought you down
Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Hopeless dreams of Hollywood
Can take you away
Where no one can touch you
How far will you go
Before you let go
And fall
To where you were when I met you
Wishing that somebody
Would take your place
So the line doesn’t reach you
It’s under control
Don’t panic at all
Just scream
So I know where to find you
You thought you’d be the one
To blow it all apart
And now
You’re swallowing your tongue
Swallowing the sun
Hollow in the belly of the beast
you lay
But this will not break you
Or slow down your slide
How long can you hide
You proved your point
Like a ghost in the system
Wishing that somebody
Would take your place
So the line doesn’t reach you
It’s under control
Don’t panic at all
Just scream
So I know where to find you
Swallow everything in sight
Swallowing your tongue
Swallow everything in sight
Swallowing the sun
Protection
Honestly
I forgot to breathe
Forgot to burn the door
So you couldn’t leave
Recently deceived
It seems that we pick up the pieces
And head for the wall
You never believed in me
You never believed…
You need protection
Those voices
Are bringing you down
And you can’t find a minute to sleep
In this town
Everyone needs protection
You should be
Drifting off to sleep
Giving back the hours
That you keep
Surrender to me
We’ll drown all the voices
And laugh
As we jump in the sea
You never believed in me
You never believed…
You need protection
Those voices
Are bringing you down
And you can’t find a minute to sleep
In this town
Everyone needs protection
Honestly
I forgot to breathe
Forgot to burn the door
So you couldn’t leave
Everyone (Is Living My Life)
There’s a boy with his hands
On the eyes of a girl
All that she sees when they’re opened
Becomes her whole world
It seems as though everything real
has avoided my touch
I’d give you all that I have
But I’d miss it too much
Everyone
is living except for me
Everyone
There’s a girl with a look
of love on her face
just one taste of blood
she’d take over this place
It seems as though everything real
has avoided my touch
I’d give you all that I have
But I’d miss it too much
Everyone
Is living except for me
Everyone
Keep living in ecstasy
They will always remind me
Of everything I’ll never have
Some people sleep gently
With love on their tongue
Others taste nothing at all
And hide from the sun
It seems as though everything real
has avoided my touch
I’d give you all that I have
But I’d miss it too much
Everyone
Is living except for me
Everyone
Keep living in ecstasy
They will always remind me
Of everything I’ll never have
Helicopter
Suffer a thousand heart attacks a day
Eaten alive by the words you cannot say
It’s wrong/it’s right
It’s something that moves you
You’re up all night
It’s something you go through
Wonder if things can ever be the same
You’re not yourself, you are not you
‘though I’m far away I know you will
come through from the middle of it
‘though the seconds burn like days I know you will
come through
come through it
it’s tougher to push them all away
than it is to receive them - and you’ll see that
it’s wrong/it’s right
there’s no way around it
you’re up all night
to see if they found it - and you doubt it
helicopter beats the streets to death
with a breath it is over - and you’re closer
‘though I’m far away I know you will
come through from the middle of it
‘though the seconds burn like days I know you will
come through
come through it
helicopter beats the streets to death
the door is locked to save the rest
it’s wrong/it’s right
nobody owns you
you’re up all night
nobody knows you - why he chose you
wonder if things can ever be the same
you’re not yourself, you are not you
Damn The Dream
You coulda got out long before
Either side had won the war
And burrowed down into the mud
Some people never see the shore
Never long for something more
Never become what they should
Damn the dream
It got lost
In the spaces in between
I’ve never been this scared before
I’ve never burned up on the floor
I’ve given all I can
I cannot take it anymore
Another day of being ignored
If I could reach and touch it I would
Damn the dream
It got lost
In the spaces in between
You never wanted it anyway
You never needed it anyway
You coulda got out long before
You blew yourself away
Strike in The Time-Bomb Town
Anyone but me
Would be taking it in and loving it all
Anyone but me can see
Everything I wanted to be
Is whispering low and reaching to me
Everything I wanted to be is in me
Are you where
You wanna be?
Are you where you wanna be?
There’s nothing left to lose
It’s all gonna blow and take me from you
Nothing left to lose
So refuse
You’ve everything to prove
So let it all go
Abandon the womb
Everything to prove
So move
Move
Strike
In the time-bomb town
The queen bleeds knives and it’s all coming down
Everyone but you
Is stepping in line and packing it in
Everyone but you is food
Everything they took from you
Replaced it with words and none of them true
Everything they took from you has come due
Don’t Wait
It’s all about tonight
So how can I even write it yet
If you sew those stitches tight
There’s just no end to what you can get
Even though
We could all explode
Good things come to those who
don’t wait
Good things come to those who
don’t wait
This is a call to arms before it’s too late
Good things come to those who
don’t wait
I’d crawl out of my skin
To escape this hole I’m living in
We’re all born without sin
That explains why I’m stoned again
Even though
We could all explode
Good things come to those who
don’t wait
Good things come to those who
don’t wait
This is a call to arms before it’s too late
Good things come to those who
don’t wait
The World Is Not Mine
Lately the minds of the gods have been drifting
And all conversation among them has died
Darkness has taken the hearts of their children
‘cause everyone who lives above them has lied
It seems like the weight of the world has been lifted
Each time the morning creeps into my eyes
Constantly wasting the gifts I’ve been given
Allowing the harvest to die on the vine
If I fall out of line
Don’t leave me behind
I can’t be alone
This world is not mine
Lately the statues we’ve built have been crumbling
And falling with broken hearts into the sea
The shipwrecks that die on these rocks become something
That no man who walks among us ever sees
It seems that the blood on my hands is not drying
Though fire has caused them to blister and peel
The arms of a stranger can keep you from dying
Just don’t let the darkness keep you from what’s real
Naked, weak and scared
Are you prepared to live without it?
Crushing all the stares
Are you prepared to live without it?
I doubt it
If I fall out of line
Don’t leave me behind
I can’t be alone
This world is not mine
Double Negative
It’s all bad
The dream’s been damned
Anything built on nothing
Becomes that, too
It’s so far
We were supposed to be stars
But I was made from nothing
And I’ll become that, too
It’s night on earth
You’ll get what you’re worth
You were made from nothing
And you’ll get that, too
These are the means to your end
We break the things we cannot bend
The broken ones will never mend
I’ve walked on suns
Choked on tongues
But if you live on nothing
You become that, too
We’ve died too much
Felt gravity’s touch
When you’re pulled by nothing
You become that too
We burn like stars
The earth’s so far
Now from nothing
Grows something new
Come back from outer space
Don’t cut your throat to spite your face
Plant your feet
And they can’t shake you
Shame
You hope for heaven
All you get is hell
It’s midnight somewhere
If you want it to be
You’ll find darkness
If that’s all you’re looking for
Love is there
If you want it to be
Shame
Shame
Everyone knows your name
Shame
Shame
Don’t let it strangle you
You need protection
From that shotgun mind
I’ll hold you down
If you want it to be
The lonely whispers
That crush your dreams
They’re gone by dawn
If you want it to be
Because the tears you waste on pity
Could fill an entire city block
Of Olympic-size swimming pools
And you waste your time on fools
Break Down
This is the story
Of the beginning of the end
I’m too young to break apart
But I just may be too old to bend
If you came to see a man break down
I’ll put a match to this whole damn town
And whistle while it burns
If this is where it ends
Bury me here next to all of my friends
If this is how it ends
Here’s goodbye until I see you again
If you came to see a man break down…
I got what I wanted
Although it feels to me like so much less
It’s hard to find places to hide
When your place is a mess
If you came to see a man break down
I’ll put a match to this whole damn town
And whistle while it burns
If this is where it ends
Bury me here next to all of my friends
If this is how it ends
Here’s goodbye until I see you again
If you came to see a man break down…
And it’s the same old story
The cover up is worse the the crime
And you can try to ignore me
But I’ve got nothing but time
If this is where it ends
Bury me here next to all of my friends
If this is how it ends
Here’s goodbye until I see you again
If you came to see a man break down…
Free as Air
I dreamed of a light that would never go out
And the taste of the sea on the roof of my mouth
And the rain pouring down like a shower
Minutes and hours
I dreamed of the sound of electric guitars
And the warmth I still felt from a million dead stars
And the sun on my face felt like power
Minutes and hours
Then I woke up from this dream
The man who would be king
While this heart still beats
There’s a space between these sheets
Free as air
I dreamed of a face in the back of a train
Like a thought that won’t fade in some part of your brain
Then it died overnight like a flower
Minutes and hours
Then I woke up from this dream
The man who would be king
While this heart still beats
There’s a space between these sheets
Free as air
All I’ve Ever Known
I can tell you how it feels to live alone
I’m not proud to say
It’s all I’ve ever known
When that constant moon
Won’t say its last goodbyes
And the echo’s finally faded
From last night’s lullabies
Even after all those morning birds have flown
I know you wait up for me
But I ain’t ever coming home
It’s all I’ve ever known
It’s all I’ve ever known
But I don’t want to be the one to dance alone
Let me tell you how it feels to drown
To be the son who’s cast aside
When summer has left town
I didn’t have too much I could do or say
But quiet desperation
Is the old New England way
That little boy has moved away and grown
Even though you wait up for me
I ain’t ever coming home
It’s all I’ve ever known
It’s all I’ve ever known
But I don’t want to be the one to dance alone
Is there anything I regret?
Most everything I can’t forget
Your name is forgiveness
I guess I haven’t met you yet
It’s all I’ve ever known
It’s all I’ve ever known
But I don’t want to be the one to dance alone
Let me tell you how it feels to live alone
I’m not proud to say
It’s all I’ve ever known
The Wealthiest Widow
You are, it seems
Living those pure suburban dreams
Split-level broken homes
Break harder than sticks or stones
Fast asleep
You toss like a raging sea
The wealthiest widow on an island means nothing to me
You’ve got nothing but time
You’ll get nothing but time
When your money’s no good
You’ll get nothing but time
He died, it seems
Richer than you will ever be
All that he made he give
Digging his only lonely grave
Fast asleep
You toss like a raging sea
The wealthiest widow on an island means nothing to me
You’ve got nothing but time
You’ll get nothing but time
When your money’s no good
You’ll get nothing but time
Trouble’s on the way
You’re the wealthiest widow
But you can’t take it with you
River
You and I don’t speak too much
We know each other too well
We both walked away from it all
I made out ok
But I heard that you went through hell
But weren’t we supposed to meet up
Just about now?
On those streets we can never forget
You will always be
Just as I remember you
You and I don’t sleep too much
We both know that there ain’t no future in dreams
Plus we both have a way
Of chopping ourselves off at the knees
But weren’t we supposed to meet up
Just about now?
On those streets we can never forget
Let them wash away all your regrets
You will always be
Just as I remember you
Is something wrong?
Is something wrong?
With me
Can You Be Alone?
It’s been a long day
And this mirror don’t lie
This room is so small
There’s just no place to hide
You can pour out your heart into a microphone
But can you be alone?
It’s been a long year
So many heroes have died
You drank 'til you were full
Still not satisfied
You can sleep in a crowd
Make a bus your home
But can you be alone?
Can you be alone?
You can’t get back to even
When you’re at odds with yourself
And you’re constantly leaving
So you put it back on the shelf
Can you sit in a room
With no tv or phone
Can you be alone?
Can you be alone?
I know you’re still grieving
You can’t get back to even
If you’ve given up on me then
Find something to believe in
Can you be alone?
Can you be alone?
(You can’t get back to even)
One Thousand Doves
What more can I say?
When it seems as though
The darkest days lay ahead
And you’ve lived through all you can
But sometimes things can change
In a blink
and you think
You feel the rain
When you need to feel
those drops
Upon your hands
What can devour you
Instead decides
to shower you with love
Release 1,000 doves
You count the hours in the days
Waiting for your luck to finally change
Well, I’ve seen it done before
The vultures drift away
The fires will dim
The smoke will clear
And ashes cannot burn you anyhow
What can devour you
Instead decides
to shower you with love
Release 1,000 doves
Dying’s become routine
So has asking for help from above
Trying to cross a sea
Of hatred
Armed only with love
What You Want to Be
Swallow guilt
Like a pill
Accept whatever you can’t kill
Whoa
Take your past
To the grave
Bury what you can’t save
Whoa
You can’t put the world on me
You’ve made your choices
You can’t touch what you can’t see
There’s other voices now
Whoa
You are what you want to be
There’s a bride
All in black
She ain’t never coming back
Whoa
Gave her love
to a soul
Surrendered all control
Whoa
You can’t put the world on me
You’ve made your choices
You can’t touch what you can’t see
There’s other voices now
Whoa
You are what you want to be
(I’m Not Your) Enemy
It’s a shame
We aim so low
And we cause each other pain
It’s a game
And we don’t know
Why we don’t play the same
I’m not your enemy
I just want to love you
Desire’s in our veins
I’m not below you or above you
Do you feel the same?
I’m not your enemy
The rain
Can be so cold
When it gets inside your brain
Where it stays
Like your shadow
Don’t let it douse your flame
I’m not your enemy
I just want to love you
Desire’s in our veins
I’m not below you or above you
Do you feel the same?
I’m not your enemy
I just want to love you
Desire’s in our veins
I’m not the lord above you
Can you say the same?
I’m not your enemy
Holding On
With my hat in my hand
I’m a man on my knees tonight
Like a radio wave with a song
And I’m bouncing off satellites
I don’t want to push any gossip or alibis
But we’ve been here before
And it’s been you on the floor
Maybe once or twice
It’s a bit of a fall for us here on the bottom
There’s a bit of us all stuck here
Just holding on
Holding on
Hold on
Ohhhhhhh
Baby
I don’t want you to compromise
But life on the run’s getting old
So I’m coming home tonight
Baby
You know I’m better than my worst mistake
Does the anger inside
Still feel as real
As the love we make
It’s a bit of a fall for us here on the bottom
There’s a bit of us all stuck here
Just holding on
Holding on
Hold on
Ohhhhhhh