THE GREAT OUTDOORS

I’m going outside today
to feel the sun on my face.
No longer looking at the cars gone by,
through with feeling stuck inside,
I’m going outside today.

I’m coming out of my cage,
sick of feeling older than my age.
Always taught to speak with distinction,
listen well and fight distraction.
So I’m coming out of my cage.

Cause and effect, love and respect —
tools of the trade but seldom used on self, until now.
Cause I’ve been working far too long to get this far.

A deeper understanding of my gut,
which doors to open and which to keep shut.
When the fog has settled,
and when the smoke has cleared,
you’ll come to find we’re not so fucked.

Cause and effect, love and respect --
tools of the trade but seldom used on self, until now.
Cause I’ve been working far too long,
been working far too long to get this far.
Been working far too long,
been working far too long to get this far.


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BROKEN THINGS

This is the end, no longer lovers, “maybe we can be friends.”
What a lie.
Emphatically sad ‘cause the good has been undone.

I rented a room. (I rented a room)
I saw a ghost, I thought it was you, (thought it was you)
but it wasn’t.
Figure-eight-ing around a place I thought we’d share. (we’d share)
Get outta town.

Find a spot to stick my head in the ground and think.
Contemplating the ‘cide, but I found that I love life.

So I’m gonna pack my thoughts inside a box with all these broken things.
Convince myself I’m better off not living in the past with heavy wings.

I will survive the night without you by my side.
And I'll move on, get over you, and carry on with love inside.

So I’ll pack my thoughts inside a box with all these broken things.
Convince myself I’m better off not living in the past with heavy wings.

You’re out of my mind.
You’re out of my mind.
You’re out of my mind.
You’re out of my mind. (You’re out of my mind.)
You’re out of my mind.
You’re out of mind,
You don’t live there anymore. (You don’t live there anymore.)
You’re out of my mind.
You’re out of my mind. (Get out of my mind)
You’re out of my mind.
Get out of my mind.
You’re out of my mind. (Get out of my mind)
You’re out of mind,
You don’t live here anymore.
(You don’t live there anymore)


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YOU ARE A GHOST

Ooh, just put your hand in mine.
Ooh, I need you by my side.
I see your face,
it tells me all the words you could not say.
You’re floating

just out of reach,
although you’re standing next to me,
you’re frozen.

Ooh, just put your hand in mine.
Ooh, I need you by my side.

You are ghost,
freaking out and I can see right through.
You’re folding
under the weight
of everything that drags you down.
If only you would let me help.

The lies we weave and words we sell
so we don’t have to die alone.
Don’t keep those demons to yourself.
You don’t have to go it on your own.

Ooh, just put your hand in mine.
Ooh, I need you by my side.
Ooh, just put your hand in mine.
Ooh, I need you by my side.


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BLUNDERBUSS

I believe that someone will take me home tonight,
and I believe that someone is you.
You’re someone I can trust,
or at least that’s what you want me to believe.
So trust in you I will.

I hold onto your shoulder,
you lead me through a menagerie of life
and the loudest place on Earth.
You guide me through the hallways.
The flashing lights and warning signs ignite
as we reach the open door.

Isn’t it a wonder, we put our faith in a stranger’s face,
hoping that they might be our fire escape?
Just hope it’s not a blunderbuss pointed at our face.
We’re all looking for someone to hold.

The lines are getting blurry,
somewhere between what I want and I need,
and I’m not so sure it’s this.
You say, “don’t be in a hurry,
we’ve got all night and you’ve got your life to find
someone to set you free.”

Isn’t it a wonder, we put our faith in a stranger’s face,
hoping that they might be our fire escape?
Just hope it’s not a blunderbuss pointed at our face.
We’re all looking for someone to hold.

Isn’t it a wonder, we put our faith in a stranger’s face,
hoping that they might be our fire escape?
Just hope it’s not a blunderbuss pointed at our face.
We’re all looking for someone to hold.


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CREASE IN THE BLINDS

I put a crease in the blinds in search of some sign of life.
To see what might be possible, if only I’d give it a try
But I still get cagy, panic, and I back away.
Go back to bed and save it for another day.

I put a crease in the spine of a book that is bound for return
I flipped through the pages, but I’m not so sure what I’ve learned
That love’s not impossible, it comes in all sizes and shapes.
But I just don’t know, I don’t know if I have what it takes

But I’ll try to lower my guard
And I’ll try to let love it,
But it’s so hard to override everything.
I feel a pressure inside for ways to define
To explain the unexplainable, the mysteries and myths of my life
But nothing is final, set in stone, not black and what
A feeling, momentum, courage and will to survive.

But I’ll try to lower my guard
And I’ll try to let love it,
But it’s so hard to override everything.
I put a crease in the blinds, but I still haven’t found what I’m looking
What if I open the window, what if I step out the door?


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A PROMISE TO NO ONE

Take a walk through the lion’s den.
Tell me what you find there.
If you don’t, then you’ll never know.
Tomorrow is a promise to no one.
Maybe you’ll change their minds,
it’s not a waste of time.

A fool to think it’d be overnight,
not sitting waiting for it to happen.

So send me on my way,
I don’t belong in this place.
If I don’t go soon, I will surely break apart.

Take leap down a flight of stairs,
and run to the open door.
No longer feasting on complacency,
tomorrow is a promise to no one.
I know you’ll change in time
and find some peace of mind.

A fool to think you’d be on your own
when open arms are always around ya.

So send me on my way,
I don’t belong in this place.
If I don’t go soon, I will surely break–
So send me on my way,
I don’t belong in this place.
If I don’t go soon, I will surely break apart.

Take a step through the open door.
Tell me what you find there.
If you don’t you may never know
cause time devours all things anyway.


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THE KING

Get a load of this guy, he’s back inside the tv,
spinning webs, talking out both sides of his mouth.
We tried to keep ‘em out, but this system isn’t easy.
Head on swivel, friends, these clowns aren’t fighting fair.

A pocket full of hope falls to the floor,
all our best intentions out the door.

He cracks a grin, shaking hands across the aisle.
Their evil deeds disguised by sharply fitted suits.
He’ll turn and run at any sign of danger.
He thinks himself untouchable, perfecting our abuse.

All these years what was the pain all worth?
Are we just supposed to watch it burn?

Get a load of this guy.
He thinks he’s the king,
but what goes up
must always come back down.

The directions are misleading, seems like nothing ever works.
Entertainment news has been replaced by something even worse.
Constantly uncertain of who’s telling us the truth,
we try to keep our stories straight without setting off the fuse.

Get a load of this guy.
He thinks he’s the king,
but what goes up must always come back --
what goes up must always come back
what goes up must always come back
what goes up must always come back down.


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GROUNDHOG DAY

A lovely mind just spilled onto the floor,
an ugly mess just waiting to be found.
Lock it all away
and take the keys into the river with you.
Until someone comes looking, don’t make a sound.
Don’t make a sound.

A lonely mind gets lost inside the fog.
It slips into the chaos once again.
She said maybe things look better in the morning.
When you wake, and heave a heavy sigh,
it’s all the same.

(It’s all the same)
You said that I could make this right,
(It’s all the same)
but I’m still a shadow in the night.
(It’s all the same)
You said that I could make this right,
(It’s all the same)
but I’m stumbling, searching for the light.

Please say that things are gonna change.
I just can’t handle them this way.
Turn back the clock, reset your watch,
Wake up, it feels like Groundhog Day.

Please say that things are gonna change.
I just can’t handle them this way.
Turn back the clock, reset your watch,
Wake up, it feels like Groundhog Day.

Please say that things are gonna change.
I just can’t handle them this way.
Turn back the clock, reset your watch,
Wake up, it feels like Groundhog Day.

Please say that things are gonna change.
I just can’t handle them this way.
Turn back the clock, reset your watch,
Wake up, it --


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PHANTOM LIMB

Haven’t seen the sun in days,
I feel the walls around me, closing in with haste,
been dodging my reflection for weeks.
Losing all sense of self,
as if I ever even had it always pleasing someone else.

What am I supposed to do without
without someone to tell me
if I’m wrong or right, or somewhere in between?
How am I failing to just be me?

I don’t know who I am.
Another living organism, chock-full of cynicism?
I don’t even have a plan to figure it out.
I don’t seem to know myself
quite as well as I had thought, or maybe not at all.
Suddenly, I’m off my axis again.

Now, I’m just floating in between who I was
yesterday, and now a puddle of ink and sad poetry.

If I don’t have you what do I have?
If you’re gone what do you leave behind?
You’re wrapped so tight around my heart,
my DNA, my every way.
I’m so lost without my phantom limb.

The hardest part of losing touch:
the fear of being noticed for wanting to be noticed.
I wish that I could let my guard down for once
and rest among the ones who love me the most.

But all I see are ghosts,
and I’ve half the strength I need.

If I don’t have you what do I have?
If you’re gone what do you leave behind?
You’re wrapped so tight around my heart,
my DNA, my every way.
I’m so lost without my phantom limb.


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STRENGTH TO STAND

Hold your breath and count to ten,
don’t open your eyes, not until you feel good again.
Wait until your hands are still, and hold on tight.
It always is a bumpy ride.

Don’t let the whole world let you down,
let you down, let you-
Don’t let the whole world let you down,
let you down, let you down.

Throw away the pain you hold, the tears you cry.
Don’t let it tear apart your soul.
Let someone else hold your heart, carry your world,
and give you the strength to stand.

Don’t let the whole world let you down,
let you down, let you-
Don’t let the whole world let you down,
let you down, oh

You’re convinced of what is wrong.
You’re convinced of what is wrong.
You’re convinced of what is wrong.
You’re convinced of what is wrong.
Deep down you know,
you know who you are.
You are strong.

Don’t let the whole world let you down,
let you down, let you-
Don’t let the whole world let you down,
let you down, let you-


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