- burning bridges
I've met that point in my life.
Want came to need.
Burn these fields of corn, that surround.
My harvest gone at the price of maturity.
But these remains I've left to rot will be resurrected again and again
by the next generation of children who want to change minds
with the stain on hand.
But, it's deeper than this, I'm not the only one who sees, it lies in diversity;
- Campfire Kansas
Woke up at eight, started a fire
Had a few drinks, we all felt inspired
Jumped in the stream, our shoes and canteens
The water is bitter cold
Laid in the raft till it started moving
The current just sang, the song was so soothing
We stopped along the way
On a beach in the sun on a beautiful day
- Central Standard Time
Cold October Fall,
At The Outside Of A VFW Hall,
I said I minded distance
but distance would define us,
define us all.
A tree in Nichol's Park,
I carved a broken heart.
I said I minded distance
- Close to Home
summer swallowed us whole;
we waited for you to come around
every word you wrote down,
we read it over to know...
would they believe is us now?
there's no shame like no sound from sources hits close to home
everything that we've found
says make your own destiny but,
- Close To Me
I've waited hours for this
I made myself so sick
I wish I'd stayed asleep today
thought this day would never end
I never thought tonight could ever be
so close to me
Just try to see in the dark
- Common Ground
One day the kids will have a clue
They can fill you in
Research would have taken hours
Walking backwards just to get
To your present
Where you might find common ground
All your old friends
Scared of the end
- Don't hate me
Forgive me for running off to find the one thing I have to do.
Each night you can fall asleep assured that someday I’ll be coming home to you.
These constant reminders in everything I see.
The chance of a lifetime…what a great place to be.
Oh Amy, don’t hate me, for running away from you.
Oh Amy, don’t hate me. 'Cause I’m still in love with you!
- Fairweather Friends
Ride it out
Into the setting sun
Signalling the chapter has begun
Any doubt
Falls beneath my boot
As if I can't suffer all of you
Fairweather friends will say
- Forgive and Forget
I think I've waited long enough.
Our world was once forget-me-nots
And now I wait another year.
Now I wait another year. I need you here.
I think I've heard this one before,
But it's not you walking through my door.
And now I wait another year.
Now I wait another year. I need you here.
- Grunge Pig
I didn't take that blow to heart
You couldn't tear our home apart
You anything you wanted everything
I don't have bruises I can show
Scars from abuse without a blow
You anything you wanted everything
You don't owe anything to me
- Hannah Hold On
I never asked to be sorry
If its over its over for sure
I don't regret that I didn't want to
Remember what all this was for
So this is all we can do
What news is in store
How come starting over
- Holiday
What became of everyone I used to know?
Where did our respectable convictions go?
Your words don’t match the story that your actions show,
What do I know?
I’m sure you can’t help but remembering
I thought that you’d be one not to forget,
Remembering’s not helping you yet.
- Holy Roman
Road map is a bitter pill
Scene stinks of a double deal
A good front like the devil will your
Eyes on the prize
Come clean like you said you would
Make peace like I know you could
Heroes don't do any good with tears in their eyes
- I'll Catch You
Can you sleep as the sound hits your ears
One at a time?
An unspoken balance here
Unabridged for so many years
That I should stare at receivers to receive her
Isn't fair
Don't worry, I'll catch you
- I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel
Come tomorrow I'll be on my way back home
In the morning call from a roadside telephone
One night doesn't mean the rest of my life
If I go, it's not impossible
But possible is probably wrong
So let go
'Cause I'm afraid to try
Keep my hands by my side
- I'm Sorry
Years and years ago, back when I thought I knew it all
Gravity reminded me how far I had to fall
But once I figured out what the world was all about
The walls I built to keep it in were crumbling down
Nothing lasts forever, why does it have to hurt so bad?
Holding on to something we never really had
If questions go unanswered, it just keeps me moving on
- In Your Sea
Every afternooon
A point I hammer home
You had no follow through, no follow through
Better off alone
Waiting patiently
Stranded in your sea
- Is There a Way Out
If ever I'm wrong, whatever i do
If anyone asks, i will be hiding from you
If ever i speak, put words in my mouth
Its only speech and sound
Is there a way out?
I've got this blood on my hands
And if there's some safe ground
- Let the Reigns Go Loose
Can you take the bullet back?
Change it to a heart attack
my wish, I wonder could it be true?
Sick fits form a former home
Misfits under mistletoe
One year spent waiting, waiting for you
[Chorus:]
- Like A Man Possessed
[Verse 1:]
I go on forever
Older burns are overturned
My life for worse or better
I'm just craving for a cure
[Refrain:]
Like a man possessed
- lion and the lamb
I've never been
One for war
Sand were sinkin in
As thick as oil
Lion and the lamb
There all gone
There all gone
- Long Goodnight
Every attempt to
Is filled with holes
Reads like a polygraph, I'm told
I'm not bitter anyway
Let it go
I never sleep still
Lest I forget
Tied down by handicaps instead
- Man of Conviction
God bless here's a man of conviction
With evidence enough to convict him so he stands by the
Side of the victim has strength enough to forgive him
Hopefully nobody saw him hopefully nobody saw him
The means justified by the ending sinner and saint for defending
The bastard by him that is bleeding throws salt in the wounds of the needy the blood from the
Cut that is seething he gasps for the air we are breathing
- Martyr Me
Just to get by try to stay high it's a good life end of discussion hours like sand
Holes in my hand I'm a good soul,
Martyr me
Wasting my life it's passing me by it's a good fight throw in the towel
The hours I've spent aren't enough to pay rent I'm just sinking water deep
But if all I have is defeat
Tonight if you're awake at all
- Mass Pike
I wonder when I wander home
If I'll be fit to drink alone
Sleep with my memories
Pictures, apologies
For every minute yesterday
Regret reminds me anyway
If I remember anything
- Maybe
Sound off, the only way
Same fight as yesterday
Or maybe the course corrects
It's just too soon to tell
Last night before the storm
No cause for alarm
But over a single evening
It just went off the rails
- My Apology
You'll be accepting my apology
For taking things too seriously
Sometimes I'm old enough to keep routines
Sometimes I'm child enough to scream
For everything, I broke in two
You're barely missing me, I'm missing you
And everything you do, I really do
I really do, sure I do
- Never Be Alone
Never love anyone else a promise you made to yourself there's a box with his ring on the
Shelf and it's tarnished the burden of liars and thieves is the baggage that you brought overseas
No matter if you beg and you plead this is over
Whoa that's just the way it would go
No matter how the dice didn't roll you'll never be alone.
A promise, a vow, a commitment the bottle won't help you forget this,
- Out of Reach
Long way from home
Lost by an echo never of known
I've got pictures to prove I was there
but you don't care
Here's me overseas
cross the pond by the dover peaks
I've smuggled myself into new nationalities
- Overdue
You're a few years overdue.
I spent them waiting here for you.
Now your charity's refused,
I can name a penance for abuse.
Twenty four years overdue,
what kind of role model are you?
Very least learn not to do,
- Red Letter Day
You've got some nerve I never knew
What with the world we gave away in front of you
I see it all much clearer now
You're just a phase
I've gotten over anyhow
It's over
I'm not giving in again
We're loyal like brothers
- Sick In Her Skin
Baby Delilah
Sick in her skin
Out on the highway livin' for nothing
It's the same old song again
And since she defends
On the moon and on forever she said
You should still be here
- Ten Minutes
Ten minutes to downtown
Is ten minutes too far?
When my friends all say I'm crazy
Maybe I'm being selfish
Maybe I'm just scared
Don't be gone when I get home, I need you there
If I had to explain it
I wouldn't know where to start
- The Company Dime
I watched it all come crashing down
On the verge of a world profound
Standing on unstable ground
Adding insult to irony
I think it's really gonna happen this time
Calls on the company dime
Reluctance ties up the line
With irresponsibility
- The Worst Idea
I'll go with the worst idea
If everyone takes the toll
Keep following anyone
Who digs a deeper hole
Sing me a tune
Wasn't this bond built forever?
The anchor that strong
My money, it changes how we used to value most
- Valentine
Those words you forget to anniversary songs
The bottle bites back your tolerance wrong
Your good intentions count for little anymore
If you`re sorry, why wage war?
I`m not fully convinced there`s something wrong with this
Could another point of view, biast and untrue tear me away from you?
Will you be my Valentine if I`m a world away?
- Walking on a Wire
I'm the one you've been hanging 'round
Just stop hearing any sound
Found you face down on the ground
Found a friend never could be found
I've been waiting around
Systems failing now
On your honor so I hear
It's never been your fault you swear
- Wish You Were Here
would you stay for one night?
if i didn't come home?
the end of a big fight
doesn't matter anymore
the point in my midlife
situation stands
but hours pass like years
wish you were here
- Your Ghost is Gone
Is this house a home?
The photographs lay on the floor
Time goes by so slow
Every day that I'm waiting
I'm pleading and praying
Just take it away
Don't take it away
I don't know what to do