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"1981"
last night I had this dream
reoccurring faces that I don't want to see
and I think I've lost control
with everything underneath
endless fields of rolling green
like a blanket they cover over me
and I'm exposed to you
so tell me what you see
and hello, this was me
I was born February 8th 1981
but I'm still seventeen
you were there standing next to me
I could have sworn that I saw this on TV
about a week ago
but maybe that was me
for some reason you didn't speak
you only pointed to bones you knew were weak
but I'm in love with you
so tell me when to breathe
and hello, this was me
I was born February 8th 1981
but I'm still eighteen
face to face yeah we were eye to eye
and there you stood just feeding me your lies
but I was well aware
of what they did imply
I didn't care I didn't try
to change a thing I knew that it was night
and I was fast asleep
caught inside a dream
and hello, this was me
I was born February 8th 1981
but I'm still nineteen
and hello, this was me
I was born February 8th 1981
and now I'm twenty
"A
BAD DREAM"
I dreamt last night, that you caught the 10:30 flight
to a place that’s far away
you had to leave, you said it wasn’t me
but you’d never lived your life
so you went away and for years I was left alone
and I lost myself for good
but I got by, the only way I could
but I was missing part of me
then you came back, and I saw you for the first time
and you seemed to be so happy
it took a while but I finally spoke to you
and you had so much to say
about your life, and all the things you learned
and how you finally saw the world
and I was listening, but I didn’t hear a thing
I was thinking about our life
and I was watching every move you made
as if you’d never make them again
and then I broke down and I said that I can’t live without you anymore
I’ve thought about you every day that you’ve been gone
and if you leave again I don’t think I’ll be able to go on
I haven’t been myself since you left
and I don’t want to know me again I don’t want to be happy again
I don’t want to be in your arms if for only one more time
so at least I can remember
and I’ll never forget, no I’ll never forget
I love you so much and that’s the pain in me while you’re away
I wake up and you’re lying right beside me
and I’m so glad to see you asleep
you’re in my arms and I speak to you in whispers
and I say, “I don’t if you left or if you’re even real,
I just have to find out for myself.”
and I’ll never forget, no I’ll never forget
"AT
TIMES LIKE THIS"
She is waiting in a room without a door and no windows
The walls are caving in around her and she’s got nowhere to go
The air is way too thick to breath as she gets berried underneath
All of the expectations her discontent is harder to relieve
And I have been here all along but never did a thing
I was waiting for a sign I guess to pull her from the flames
But I waited way too long before I knew it she was gone
Now every moment I’m away from her can’t seem to carry on
At times like this
I close my eyes
And think of you
I should take you in my arms like I did five years ago
And tell you how I still believe in us it’s everything I know
I still feel it in my heart compelling every word I say
Every thought to cross my mind at night and every move I make
And maybe this could change us, no looking back, no regrets
I’ve never given up and now is not the time to start it
And I guess we’re never safe one foot closer to the grave
There’s not a moment I’m away from her that I don’t feel depraved
At times like this
I close my eyes
And think of you
It’s quiet inside, my brain is on the rise
I don’t see you changing
It’s 20 to 1 that you come undone
that you fall to the street before you see what you’ve done
And I’ve never been the one to look the other way
So if the truth is a burden then I’m burdened to stay
Aren’t you tired of all the shit that bush is feeding you
All the lies sound so good its hard to hear what is true
There’s a little voice in the back of your mind
Telling you wrong from right but you can’t see if you’re blind
And I’ve had enough now, I’ve had enough now, I’ve had enough
Of watching people die for no reason and the television
The media diverting my attention
And I’ve had enough now, I’ve had enough now, I’ve had enough
Of lies and war and death, give peace a fighting chance
"THE
BERLIN WALL"
Climb the wall now and bring down all the bricks that are keeping us out
Piece by piece, west to eat, and the sun sets on every town
Here, far away, from the pain their voices are intangible stains
We don’t feel, they’re not real, we’re just living in videogames
We turn our heads to the screen
In our untouchable American dream
You’ll never know how far you can go
Until you’ve pushed yourself to the extreme
Wake it’s Tuesday, time to change, all life as we know it in the states
To see it now, eight years out, you start to feel what all the books write about
We turn our heads to the screen
In our untouchable American dream
You’ll never know how far you can go
Until you’ve pushed yourself to the extreme
The Berlin Wall is falling down, the Berlin Wall is falling down
The Berlin Wall is falling down, in every way I thought you would never change
"BEST
DEFENSES"
take
your time on life's obsessions
Audience: (take me down, take me down)
and take this chance to ask some questions
Audience: (take me down, take me down)
and I say what I mean
Audience: (take me down, take me down)
and life is not as simple as you try to make it seem
Audience: (take me down, take me down)
and there you were in your best defenses
and I tried hard to break them down
and with some luck I found a weakness
but you were still there when the walls came down
think of as Life's Rich Pageant
Audience: (take me down, take me down)
and take this time to ask some answers
Audience: (take me down, take me down)
did you say what I think
Audience: (take me down, take me down)
and life is nothing more than a punch line on the brink
Audience: (take me down, take me down)
"BLEND
INTO BACKGROUNDS"
without looking tell me what color shirt I have on
if you can tell me then I won't say another word
it's just sometimes I feel like
I blend into backgrounds
I know it's stupid but I'm changing
we're all changing now
tell me that your not, your not
tell me that your not, your nothing like you were
with every look I get a feeling I can't explain
like a plate of glass I feel transparent yet reflecting
the pattern of my body shaped up against yours
we blend together, blend to backgrounds
we're together now
tell me that your not, your not
tell me that your not, your nothing like you were
with every day it seems like I see a different you
with an added beauty
and a strength that I never knew
and I'm scared that one day you won't
be there when I wake up
in the space beside me, you're inside me
and I feel you now
tell me that your not, your not
tell me that your not, your nothing like you were
"BURROUGHS"
it's just like Burroughs said
without having to say a thing
your in the books I've read
afraid of what the ending means
and every page I read
I get lost and I don't know why
and these dreams seem clear
the stars are fading into night
I made a face for you...
I made a face for you...
I made a face for you...
I made a face for you...
someone somewhere has got to see me
and wonder why I'm out to sea on
rainy days no stars in sight
If I get lost then I might not come
home to you on open winds
do you miss me
do you wonder where I've been
it's just like Burroughs said
but I didn't hear a thing
I turned my back to it
went ahead and changed my dreams
but now in retrospect
I can read where I went wrong
and now the words are clear
the meter and rhyme seem to go along
"CATALYST"
I feel I should be in the prime of my life
but there’s something inside, that’s always debating
No longer I’m leisurely wasting my time
Every moment I live, they’re planned and awaiting
And you’re just the catalyst tripping my mind
To doubt every thought, and every ambition
‘
Till all that is left are the bones and the skin
I’m left all alone in this familiar condition
Don’t take me, seriously
Or pay me any mind
And I’ve warned you
Baby, and that was the last...
Time
I’m suddenly struck by a wave self doubt
but there’s something inside, that keeps me together
When I was young and could make due without
but with age setting in, I do worse in bad weather
so if no one around me expects anything
that’s all for the best, I’m sure to deliver
a hesitant voice speaking up from within
that never is heard, and never gains vigor
Don’t take me, seriously
Or pay me any mind
And I’ve warned you
Baby, and that was the last...
The last time
Sometimes, I guess I, say things that don’t make sense
Like you are, the apple, of my eyes and our last defense
Sometimes, I guess I, say things that don’t make sense
Like you are, the apple, the apple, the apple
Don’t take me, seriously
Or pay me any mind
And I’ve warned you
Baby, that was the last...
"CHICAGO"
they say you’re leaving for Chicago
where everyone will know your name
and they’ll say, “Hey there goes that actor,
he’s in the big time.”
they say you’re leaving for the city
for all the lights on time square
in the hope that they’ll bring some meaning
to new york city
and something says Chicago is leaving
so maybe I’ll leave for the seashore
and watch the red moon paint the sky
and I’ll say good morning to Ireland
over the seashores of my life
and something says Chicago is leaving
they say you’re leaving for Chicago
where everyone will know your name
and they’ll say, “Hey there goes that actor,
he’s in the big time, again.”
and something says Chicago is leaving
and something says Chicago is leaving
"THE
COLD"
it's another cold day again
waking up in the arms of my best friend
I never know what to say
so I take my hand to brush her face
she says, "I'm numb and it's not the cold that made me this way"
knowing what you know now
would you still say yes or let me down
I know I haven't always been
but I'll do my best till the very end
she says, "I'm numb and it's not the cold that made me this way"
sometimes I stop and I think
of how far we've come through everything
through all the good and bad
the torn apart and the building back, building back
she says, "I'm numb and it's not the cold
that made me this way, you made me this way"
she says, "I'm numb and it's not the cold
that made me this way, you made me this way"
"COUNTING
SHEEP"
do you remember when I first met you
I could tell you were so much more
then just another average southern girl
with your back against the wall
we dreamed of summers and just growin' up
as winter fades into the spring
before we knew it time was running short
and we gave in to everything
so would you stop, counting sheep
and would you give up, everything
to be with her, I don't doubt myself anymore
cause I love her
i don't think that what you said to me
were just the words inside your head
I'd like to think that they came from your heart
and through your vocal chords instead
articulate the thoughts that have no words
into a midnight's summer kiss
afraid of loosing what we've grown to love
I'm more afraid to be without
so would you stop, counting sheep
and would you give up, everything
to be with her, I don't doubt myself anymore
cause I love her
and when i sleep at night, i see the answers clear
like counting sheep in flight, as their landing nears
and then they see the ground, approaching fast below
and I would catch them but it's time to let them go
so would you stop, counting sheep
and would you give up, everything
to be with her, I don't doubt myself anymore
cause I love her
"DRYING
OUT"
i've been standing at your door for over an hour
and i'm drenched to the bone from the rain
and i don't see why you won't open the door
or answer the calls that i've made
after the rain has stopped you finally let me in
and you give me that look you've always done
and so i tell you that I'm sorry for being myself
but I never said that this would be fun
cause i'm lonely now
and i don't know how
till fill this heart of mine
and I'm drying out
sitting on your couch
and you let me stay... but just this one time
hold me, tell me, that this is just
hold me, tell me, that this is just...just a dream
you say, "it seems like we've played this part so many times"
and you're sick of the same old end
and maybe this rain was meant to wash you away
and bring you back home again
cause i'm lonely now
and i don't know how
till fill this heart of mine
and I'm drying out
sitting on your couch
and you let me stay... but just this one time
hold me, tell me, that this is just
hold me, tell me, that this is just...just a dream
so I guess this is the last time I'm ever gonna talk to you
so I better make this last line good
but instead I decide to keep this rain all to myself
and just leave like I knew I should
so I'm leaving now
cause I don't know how
to keep this love alive
and I'm crying now
looking at your house
and the rain never stops...but it always dries
"EIGHT
MINUTES FROM THE SUN"
fear, it's not just the pain inside
and fire, is falling from earth and sky
the guns, are leading the world to fight
disguise, wounds and your weakest lies
and I gave my love for you
and I'd bared my soul
I'm eight minutes from the sun today
but it's so damn cold
war, you're fighting to save our lives
they're kids, dressed like their a man inside
the man, will toss them all to the side
survive, the streets is your hardest time
and I gave my love for you
and I'd bared my soul
I'm eight minutes from the sun today
but it's so damn cold
and I gave my love for you
and I'd bared my soul
I'm eight minutes from the sun today
but it's so damn cold
"GENESIS"
Before, everything was grey
No colors to display
Just a one dimensional girl
In a 3D world
Waiting to finally come alive
To pull the curtains from her eyes
Song, her musical debut
To change her thoughts and views
And open her mind
Let the words unwind
All the thoughts of who you are
The real you beneath the bars
The light is shining on my face
Telling me to hold on tightly to this place
Because years from now, the sea will come, and wash it all away
And I’ll be left holding it’s place
Tears, are filling up your eyes
A feeling that you can’t describe
To the person who made you bloom
He’s standing right infront of you
Pour out the contents of your heart
The music will always be a part
The sun is shining on my face
Telling me to hold on tightly to this place
Because years from now, the sea will come, and wash it all away
And I’ll be left holding it’s place
I never thought I’d get to meet you
And tell you want this meant to me
How you made me who I am today
Your music, taught me everything
The sun is shining on my face
Telling me to hold on tightly to this place
Because years from now, the sea will come, and wash it all away
And I’ll be left holding it’s place
"GUNS
DOWN"
guns down, I swear I've seen the face before
maybe a magazine, a TV screen, a memory I call home
wasted, afraid that's how the story ends
with a broken heart, you fall apart, but find your way again
If you could trust in me I'd make another
one with memories just like the other
or we could play our games and just be lonely
knowin' all the time that you want me
trust me, I swear I'll never let you down
you know I've made mistakes, and had hard breaks, but I've always come around
lately, this town it seems a smaller place
you know we could escape, and make our break, strike straight into outer-space
"HALLEY"
I wake up, and it's ten past two
and I'm in bed with you
I try not to wake you up
I slip out, from beneath the sheets
I do it quietly
you don't seem to feel a thing
make my way, through the living room
straight to the window seal
I stare for the stars above
but I don't, seem to see a thing
is something wrong with me
the sky was always bright before
i constantly dream about you (like) halley's in the sky
i constantly dream about you (like) halley's in the sky
i constantly dream about you (like) halley's in the sky
i constantly dream about you (like) halley
I clear my eyes, and then I count to ten
in hopes to see again
it's dark when you're all alone
but you're not far, you're in the other room
and I want to talk to you
but I'll wait until the time is right
but if I wait, then I may never say
the way I feel today
so I go and I wake you up
then I say, "you're like the halley's sky
you come once in a lifetime
and I'm glad I never missed your light"
i constantly dream about you (like) halley's in the sky
i constantly dream about you (like) halley's in the sky
i constantly dream about you (like) halley's in the sky
i constantly dream about you (like) halley's in the sky
"HAUNTING"
Would, you stay, If I asked you not to leave
Unpack, your bags, and make up your own ending
I’ll understand, if you say you have to go
But before, you leave, there are some things you need to know
I’m not half the man I claim to be
We all have demons deep inside
But they’re haunting me, and eating me alive
I’ve always tried, to give you everything I could
But I know, sometimes, I didn’t do half the things I should
I, can change, I can be the man you need
I won’t, loose faith, If you still think you have to leave
I’m not half the man I claim to be
I have demons deep inside
They’re haunting me, and eating me alive
Just one, more kiss, so at least I’ll know the truth
I can feel, it then, l will know what I should do
But instead, of saying, all the things I said I’d do
I just, stood there, and I said nothing to you
"HOME
(THE JOHN LENNON SONG)"
you sang like a bird today
in a double fantasy John Lennon way
and it made me think about new york
when we were just two kids
trying to make that whole world take notice when
we stormed the stage of Manhattan
carnegie hall
all though it might seem
that i live a dream
i close my eyes and your still here
the city i love
my woman above
i click my heals and I'm back home
and then i watched as the years went past
like a double shot of memories in a broken glass
and then i wonder why i miss the snow on bleeker street
and it kind of makes me want to cry
just to think about the feelings that'll never die
and i kind of miss the way that i was
when you fell in love
all though it might seem
that i live a dream
i close my eyes and your still here
the city i love
my woman above
i click my heals and I'm back home
"HOTEL"
there's a road just up the street from my hotel
where all of my past just loves to go and dwell
it's just a half a mile down from "Lake View Drive"
where you brought it down and I found my "Piece of Mind"
and if I look back I don't want to see
a room of regrets pilled over me
cause sometimes, I know
it just gets too hard to bare
so when are you comin' home
there's a girl that used to go to my high school
yeah we used to be friends but now I see right through
she says, "hey Andy I haven't seen you around these days"
and I said, "if it's up to me, you know, that's the way it will stay"
cause I don't ever want to see your face
I was such a bore and your were such a waste
but sometimes, yeah I know
I just get too much to bare
so when are you comin' home
there are guys that always drove me up the wall
with their stupid ass comments just waiting to watch them fall
they'd say, "hey Andy how has your boyfriend been"
I'd say, "he's been just fine and you should know cause you are him"
so tell me why you half to be that way
you think it's funny calling someone gay
cause sometimes, you don't know
you just got too much to bare
so when are you comin' home
there are things that always took me by surprise
yeah they would twist and they would turn the hotel I call life
you know the unexpected is expected now and then
but I never expected that you'd run away with him
so why'd you have to open up these wounds
do you think it's funny doing what you do
cause sometimes, yeah we all know
life just gets too hard to bare
so maybe I'm not, comin' home
"INSECURE" unfinished
you laughed and took me hand
said everything's okay
you may not understand
but boy you will one day
cause I have seen those shoes
I've been there all before
the fear that lives in you
will fade away I'm sure
cause sometimes I feel so insecure
and other times I don't know what this is for
and I try but I leave you wanting more
cause sometimes I feel so insecure
this look was on your face
I had not seen in years
you felt so out of place
my shirt collecting tears
you said I shouldn't cry
it doesn't change a thing
I knew that you were right
"IT'S
ALL BEEN DONE"
there are times when I just black out, from lack of stimulation
a modicum of motivation, inside of me
when oxygen is minimal, and my body inhospitable
this repetition is so pitiful, but I deal with it
Woah, and It’s all been done, so why do you keep tryin’
What happened to all our dreams, the promises that I heard
I think disillusioned is the word, that I’m looking for
And I’m not sure what to say, when I repeat lines every day
I watch the hours just pass away, from beneath me
Woah, and It’s all been done, so why do you keep tryin’
Woah, and if it’s all been done, then why do you keep tryin’
(tryin’) to make a name, in this repeatedly loosing game
Do you have something to prove, something unique inside of you
Are you afraid of blending in, becoming a regular citizen
And before long you’d become, an artist with no reason
To write or sing a song, all you can do is sing along
To the words that you wrote, so many years ago
Do they still hold true, contain the fiders that are you
Then just maybe there’s more to say, more to believe in then take away
Well I believe in beauty, I believe in song
I believe that somewhere, there is someone who’s trying to sing along
I believe in freedom, to say what you think
I believe sometimes, people don’t know what that means
I believe in Beatles, that All You Need Is Love
I believe that’s one thing that some people don’t get enough of
I believe in Jesus, and I believe in God
I believe that he gave himself to save everyone
I believe in you, do you believe in me
I believe that sometimes I hold myself back from being saying what I mean
"THE
LAST AND GREAT BETRAYAL / PLEASURE AND PAIN (REPRISE)"
You’ve said it once, and you won’t say it again
Is there nothing I can do to help you mend
Back to the way you were
Now everything’s unsure
I never thought I’d see the day you’re crying
Because of me, but I guess that’s how it goes
Love is like a wave and no one knows
When will the water break?
Because of my mistakes
When will I get carried back out to sea?
To swell again, the remnants of this wave
And maybe you just need a change of pace
Move to an island town
With no one else around
No preconceived notions of who we are
Even the sky, will seem as if it’s changed
No matter that it’s always been the same
There’s so much more to see
More than you’ll ever need
And I hope that it’s enough to keep you happy
Because I know, that you’ve reached the breaking point
And you’re sure that life can only disappoint
But everything will change
And love won’t be estranged
There’s something that I’ve always tried to tell you
My head is spinning like a top
And I’m never really sure if it’s ever really gonna stop
And I’m so preoccupied with me
Come on, Is it really that hard to see
I want to see my name in lights
Number one on the marquee selling out consecutive nights
And my album would be, all the rave
Until it comes crashing down like a twenty foot tidal wave
I’m gonna be a star
Pleasure, and pain
It goes hand and hand and day to day
And I bet you think that I’ve, always been the same
Because according to you no one can ever truly change
Because you know you’ve got to, you’ve got to stay away from her
But at the same time you can’t, you can’t live without her
We’re back again, to this reoccurring fight
And I’ve dreamt about it every single night
but nothing seems to help
It’s just the hand we’re dealt
I can’t believe there’s nothing we can do
We’re in the car, and it’s getting hard to drive
From all the tears that have gathered in my eyes
I’ll brush them all away
Before they touch my face
I don’t want you to see me fall away
I look at her, and I think what have I done
Or rather didn’t do would be the right question
I should have listened more
instead of using words
I should have shown you what I meant by I love you
It’s not too late, everything can change
From this moment on no tears to wash away
Just put your hand in mine
And give it a little time
To rebuild all of the emotions we had inside
"LOVE
COMES ON"
This shattered heart, belongs to you
You tried so hard that it broke into
(I never thought, that you would change)
Look back to see, where I went wrong
In every line, of every song
(I never thought, that you would change)
Love, is just like breaking down
Again and again and I’ve said it before
I guess, I shouldn’t try so hard because
Love, it comes on its own
It’s lost and it’s found and then thrown to the ground
I’m sure, we’ve all been there before
I watched you come and I can watch you go
With this bitter taste and a chance to grow
I never thought that you would change
If I’m alone when I’m old and grey
(At least) I had you once before you went away
I never thought that you would change
Love, is just like breaking down
Again and again and I’ve said it before
I guess, I shouldn’t try so hard because
Love, it comes on its own
It’s lost and it’s found and then thrown to the ground
I’m sure, we’ve all been there before
I loved the taste of your salty skin
When I’m deep inside and immersed in sin
I never thought that you would change
I’ve never felt, that way before
Or will again and I can’t ignore
The feelings I still have for you
Love, is just like breaking down
Again and again and I’ve said it before
I guess, I shouldn’t try so hard because
Love, it comes on its own
It’s lost and it’s found and then thrown to the ground
I’m sure, we’ve all been there before
"THE
MEANING OF LIFE"
she’s waiting for someone
to tell her that there’s nothing wrong with her
that it’s normal to feel like
you’re living life on someone else’s terms
she thinks that she’s crazy
but there’s nothing wrong with the way she sees the world
she’s just one of many searching for the meaning of life
and if you tried to live this life on your own
you’d be tied down with questions nobody knows
well I know, I know, I know, that nobody knows
she told me she can’t see
why I think that everything is going fine
that it’s building and breaking
and I don’t think I can do this another time
she screams out in silence
asking why we are the way we are
why you love me and you hurt me
hand in hand and closer to my heart
and if you tried to live this life on your own
you’d be tied down with questions nobody knows
well I know, I know, I know
that nobody knows the way I am with you
understands a thing that we’ve gone through
it’s beautiful and it’s painful it’s love
roll over and cast out
live your life in the beauty and the strength
that’s within you and begin to
living is the meaning of life
and if you tried to live this life on your own
you’d be tied down with questions nobody knows
well I know, I know, I know, that nobody knows
is it normal, is it normal, what is normal these days
are you normal, are you normal, are you normal
what is normal these days, normal
"MOVE
ME"
the rest of my life is painted out, plotted out
and it doesn't scare me a bit to be here with you
everyday, in every way I know
the rest of my friends may not understand or want a plan
and I can relate to that, well I've been there before
by myself, just let yourself be free
cause you are the moon and I am the sea
you move me, you move me now
cause you are the moon and I am the sea
you move me, you move me now
cause you are the moon and I am the sea
you move me, you move me now
cause you are the moon and I am the
i saw myself, in black and white the other day
in a picture when i was just 17
it's hard to believe, that the person there was me
i was little more, than a teenage kid with endless dreams
trying to grow up just as fast as I could
and you were there, to show me who i was
cause you are the moon and I am the sea
you move me, you move me now
cause you are the moon and I am the sea
you move me, you move me now
cause you are the moon and I am the sea
you move me, you move me now
cause you are the moon and I am the
you opened up, my eyes back then from out to in
and i saw myself as you saw me
and i wonder why, why you ever fell in love
cause i wasn't much, to the naked eye in '99
but you could see the me inside
through everything
"A
MYTH RETOLD"
i watch the world today, as it violently changes
from the comfort of my living room, on channel 62
and the war has a face today, in the shape of a reporter
and it's the best show on TV, isn't that what you mean
I just can't help but think, there's got to be another way
it's just a myth retold, a story of a better day
i stepped to the edge today, to see if i could take it
to see if I would break, to see if I would fall
at the moment that I looked down, I started to remember
the reason I was here, wasn't to fight the war
I just wish that I could change, every time I hurt you
all the pain I caused, all the sleepless nights
but there's nothing I can say, that will make this any better
it's just a myth retold, a story of a better day
"NEVER
CHANGE"
the colors have all faded, and now we're left alone
to our own devices, will we sink or will we float
far above temptations, into the word of God
exceed all expectations,
I've come... so far now
to just wait here
and do nothing
i've got to change her mind now
and then tell her
that i love her
and that will never change
this taste is so familiar, and yet so far away
and if I could remember, I'd taste it every day
so lift me from the wounded, and heal my every scar
and help me to forget,
I've come... so far now
to just wait here
and do nothing
i've got to change her mind now
and then tell her
that i love her
and that will never change
so listen close
and close your eyes
dream of stars
and southern skies
and try to think
of who you are
and where you're been
the words come fast
and then they fade away
like everything
I've come... so far now
to just wait here
and do nothing
i've got to change her mind
and then tell her
that i love her
and that will never change
"NEW
YORK CITY GHOSTS"
I have this reoccurring dream
I never know when it will come
Sometimes at night it becomes me
But I never know what to do when I wake up
I go on with my day as usual
As if everything’s the same
I’m so familiar with this routine
I could almost do it in my sleep
She looks away from me
And tells me that I’m dreamin’
Of New York City ghosts and how that I’m
Leaving on a plane
To somewhere more familiar
Somewhere that i can put my dreams to rest
I start to question if it happened
It seems so real inside my head
I remember everyone’s reaction
When they saw the picture on the new
They said there were no survivors
And her name were not yet released
A dark haired girl in her twenties
And I prayed to God that the girl wasn’t you
She looks away from me
And tells me that I’m dreamin’
Of New York City ghosts and how that I’m
Leaving on a plane
To somewhere more familiar
Somewhere that i can put my dreams to rest
"NOBODY
SEES YOUR FACE"
take your time on life's obsessions
"NORMAN
ROCKWELL"
Norman Rockwell, in the attic
Christmas tress and silhouettes
a picture perfect, portrait painting
of you and me on new years day
the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts
December 1983
I can't remember, it's like a painting
with faded lines caught in-between
you said why'd I see you flying south for the winter
can't you see that I was trying hard
to be a painted portrait that I'm not
the canvas fades and I am fading out, fading now
Norman Rockwell, in the attic
he sees the world so perfectly
it's like a picture, I can't remember
when or where I was in it
but still they take me, remind and break me
that things were not so simple then
it's just a picture, a painted portrait
of the way things should have been
"NOVEMBER"
I
take
it down and think about
things I've been and where I'm from
let you be the only one
by 22 you would have thought
that we would feel much older now
I still act like I’m a kid
does real life bring you down
to where you thought you’d never be
does it make you feel trapped
but you’re not just your dream
the so much more you haven’t seen
let it take you from within
wait as your life turns from 10 to 20
we are slowly growing up
and in November I will be married
you are every dream I have
I think sometimes way too much
and then I wonder why you stay
I never thought that we would change
and then I think do you need me
or simply someone to keep you sane
it’s hard to see when you’re there
when you’re away I can’t think
of anyone I’d rather see
you occupy my every dream
then all my doubts they drift away
in an aquatic melody
a river sprung from a stream
wait as your life turns from 10 to 20
we are slowly growing up
and in November I will be married
you are every dream I have
and oh I never thought I’d see you this way
I look at all the times we had today
I wonder why you’ve come this far
away from where in the world you thought you are
"OPEN
BOOK"
your an open book I'm reading
100 pages of hidden meaning
and your not here when I want you
i think it's time that I finally told you
the blames on me but we both know
who really did this now i think it's your turn
to take the hit i hope it does hurt
it's time for us to see what you learned
rita says she takes a lot from me
rita says she takes a lot from me
rita says she takes a lot but
she can't be free, oh no
rita says she takes a lot from me
your on open book i'm reading
back and forth with no since of feeling
no reason why you do things
only pictures that lead you through things
the other way then your supposed to
i'm in reverse and i'm reverting to you
for something that we both need
the touch the fell of intimacy
"THE
PRINCE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE"
There’s a man who lives in Washington Square
And from what I know he has always been there
And he’s quite hard to miss cause he’s dressed like a prince
There’s a man who lives in Washington Square
A wooden staff occupies his right hand
And he expects that the world understands
But his mind’s eye its better as he carries the scepter
Of solid gold and jewels from far away lands
He was there before 1826
When a potter’s field stood in place of city bricks
One of the nameless entombed in New York City’s womb
Now rebrithed in the form of beatniks
There was a girl that he feel in love with you see
A princess to his prince she would be
He found her tragically dead the day that they were to wed
Swaying in the wind of the gallows tree
Brokenhearted the Prince tried to cut her down
But as he climbed he slipped and feel to the ground
And he cried out her name till his neck broken with pain
Now in death the two are forever to be bound
To this day they’re berried eight feet below
And to walk through the park you’d never know
That there’s 20,000 or more beneath the square’s concrete floor
The nameless immigrants from long long ago
He’s still there in some form as you can see
A vagrant prince waiting beneath The Hanging Tree
Looking for his lost love who once hung from above
A homeless man is all he is to you and me
"RESTART
THE GAME"
is it time to call it quits
is it time to leave this world behind
to pack up these feeling
and bring down the ceilings
to their regular eight foot height
and I've played so many shows
that it's hard to sort them out
so what really matters
the numbers of patterns
of chords in consecutive rows
so tell me your answer
then ask me the question
I've already told you
then I don't remember, you're gonna get it
so restart the game
with different rules
and I'll be the bank
and if you need
some money please
then don't ask me again
is it time to play the part
is it time to wear the smile instead
and act like I'm happy
distract them by acting
that there's nothing above my head
and here I am under the light
I'm acting cool but I feel like hell
like you're standing inside me
with glass magnify me
and all of my secrets for sale
so tell me your answer
then ask me the question
I've already told you
then I don't remember, you're gonna get it
so restart the game
with different rules
and I'll be the bank
and if you need
some money please
then don't ask me again
"SENZA
GRAFFIO "
i can see it in your eyes, as your thoughts they crystallize
into a shape you've never seen, then you ask what does it mean
is this a pattern of a sign, or just the frost bite of lost time
it makes you question where you are, a frozen dream or frozen scar
and then you pray with time it'd melt, evaporate the pain you felt
but just as quick as summer came, winter pulls you back again
and then I watch as his cold hand, tries to chill your mind again
but I won't sit to watch you freeze, I've put my whole life in the dream
just let him go
and trust your heart
and it will bring you where you are
cause i believe
in you and me
the letting go won't leave a scar
just let him go
and trust your heart
and it will bring you where you are
cause i believe
in you and me
the letting go won't leave a scar
a winter freeze is hard to thaw, I know cause I've been there before
you never forget how cold it felt, and how unfreezing burned like hell
but you would do it all again, just to see where you would end
evaporate doubts in your head, of should you be his girl instead
but i believe in you and me, and our love that'll never freeze
it warms my body from within, and washes away my frozen skin
and you can see me as I am, the imperfections of this man
i love you more and more each day, then i will have the strength to say
just let him go
and trust your heart
and it will bring you where you are
cause i believe
in you and me
the letting go won't leave a scar
just let him go
and trust your heart
and it will bring you where you are
cause i believe
in you and me
the letting go won't leave a scar
"SHE'S
MY EVERYTHING"
she's my everything, wrapped in a little girl
with happy memories, of a different world
where magic still exists, and summers never end
she's the only one, who's ever made me cry
with simple happiness, that I can't describe
the world has turned around, just to see her light
and if i had the time i'd show you everything inside
and break the water line till it's just you and me inside
till it's just you and me inside
she has this dream of hers, that only she can see
of distant lands away, far across the sea
where she can re-event, her identity
the pictures she would bring, they would come to life
and she would talk to them, in a foreign tongue
and ask them why they left, why they went away
and if i had the time i'd show you everything inside
and break the water line till it's just you and me inside
till it's just you and me inside
la la la la la, la la la la la
la la la la la, la la la la la
la la la la la, la la la la la
(she's my everything, with dreams of yesterdays)
(wrapped in cellophane, and served with paper plates)
(and I can't touch her face, as she drifts away)
la la la la la, la la la la la
la la la la la, la la la la la
la la la la la, la la la la la
"SHOOTING
STAR"
just as your waking up
you come on to me
and then reality is thrown right out the door
we're in another land
the beach is callin' me
like an epiphany I'm crawlin' at it's side
in search of treasure dear
the kind that's barried deep
and I can only find it with my own two eyes
I'm countin' steps away
from where the water breaks
to the X that marks the channel to my heart
you just don't know who you are
you're like a shootin' star
I'm diggin' deeper now
and every rock i hit
is shattered by the blade that's covered with your sand
but that won't stop me now
cause I am breaking out
from being barried almost all of my damn life
why can't I ever see
when I have lost the fight
I guess it's something that drives me from within
to be the winner now
to dig this treasure
and I'm sure that it will cure this one disease
you just don't know who you are
you're like a shootin' star
And I could never see
that you were diggin' me
i guess I had my head down in the sand
in search of treasure dear
when you were so damn clear
that you were always just what I was searching for
"SILVER
SCREEN"
every day's an endless stream of movies that I can't believe
of things they taught me in a dream
that made no since to me it seems
the worlds a chocolate factory that Gene Wilder made just for me
a golden ticket bought my seat
made me think made me believe
I'm a silver screen, read the credits as they go on by
I'm a silver screen, yeah I'm changing but I don't know why
do you recall Christopher Reeve was superman NYC
and Lois Lane was his girlfriend
but only when he played the man
and isn't that the way it goes you play the part and no one knows
cause no one reads the credits now
they just try to be the first one out
I'm a silver screen, read the credits as they go on by
I'm a silver screen, yeah I'm changing but I don't know why
"SIMPLE
NOT TO FEEL"
simple no to feel, so alone, when your here by me
simple not to say, your on your own, when you shouldn't be
simple not to see, the world in gray, when your all around
your the color in the tress, you fade away, and you turn to brown
simple not to need, a world of dreams, when your all I see
simple not to know, which way to go, when your helping me
I've yet to say the things, I want to say, words just aren't enough
so I'll tell you in a song, a melody, mmmm
I'll get by and you'll get me
and I'll get time to think
about my future here with you
and all the stupid things I do
so will you love me anyway
and will you care what others say
the only thing I care about is you
simple not to fear, what to future holds, cause your there with me
"SOFT
MACHINE"
someone somewhere has got to see in me
a world of dreams and possibilities
so this picture of my future plotted out
is a strange array of hope and fear and doubt
she floats on soft machines
it's not like coming clean
she floats on soft machines
it's not like, not like
I'm sure that what you say is best for me
in some backwards way that I have yet to see
but this addiction clouds my since of right and wrong
takes a hold of me, controlling me along
she floats on soft machines
it's not like coming clean
she floats on soft machines
it's not like, not like
"STAND"
we drove until the sun went down, I-85
try not to make a sound, as you sleep through the night
you looked at me and said, as if in a dream
for the rest of your life, will you always love me
you caught me by surprise, and i said i don't know
what kind of question is that, the answer i've shown
with that look in your eyes, you went back to sleep
you probably didn't know, that you even asked me
"STARE"
reminiscing about days gone by
and how we just made fun of you
for all your ambitions
and all your frustrations
i never thought what i would do
and i'm not sure, but i'm sure i'll never let it go
the days seemed brighter then, the nights seemed darker than we know
cause i don't want to quit
i don't think i could face the facts
i learned my lesson then
and now there's no turning back
call my name and i'll be there
lift me high without a care
and i will not be unprepared
and i will not, stare
talking backwards in waves and rhymes
just to say that i love you
through music's expression
your God's greatest lesson
there's nothing that i wouldn't do
and i'm not blind, i just chose to not let you know
i saw the love in you, but i was scared to let you go
"THE
STORY OF US"
Every time I look at you, I think about the time we met
Two unsuspecting kids not knowing what they would get
We were the best of friends from the very start
I never knew you would take my heart and run
All around this world with me and we’re doing almost everything I ever
dreamed
Because when I’m with you
I can be myself
No one else can make me shine like you do
You went away to college and I saw you on weekends
We weren’t lovers yet but we were still the best of friends
For a year or so our love would grow
With leaps and bounds you never know what would happen next
An emotional spark from a kiss in the dark then everything fell right into place
Because when I’m with you
I can be myself
No one else can make me shine like you do
Love, it comes when you least expect it to
That was years ago and many things have come to change
We’re married now, in different cities, bodies changing, I can’t
explain
And our life goes on as it always has, redefining us with every step we take
Look at us now we’re so different and yet exactly the same
Because when I’m with you
I can be myself
No one else can make me shine like you do
"SUMMER
AGAIN"
so cut your hair like you used to do
like it's summer again
and play with me down on the beach
like it's summer again
when I hear that song
all I can think is how I knew everything belonged
when you went away
forever a weekend, try not to let these feelings fade
and if you told me now
that i'd still be breathin' I don't think I'd figure out
there's so much here
I've yet to see
the drive was long
but here we meet
when you said to me
"your all that I wanted to wake up next to by the beach"
I knew for sure
I've never been doubtless, but this time is different than before
cause here we are
we're under the covers and covered under Avon's stars
if I let go
what would you do
would you float by
would you come through
"TAKING
FORM"
as far as I'm concerned, I'll never let this go
the windowsill is cold, but I can't stand the rain so
I'm closing up the vane, the storm can stay outside
I'll watch you from the bed, asleep as the sun rise
we'll waste away the day, and watch the shadows bend
across the bedroom floor, until the darkness sets in
and later on that night, I'll pull you close to me
and kiss you on the lips
call me on
dreams they taking form
as far as I'm concerned, I'll never let this go
the windowsill is cold, but I can't stand the rain so
I'm closing up the vane, the storm can stay outside
I'll watch you from the bed, asleep as the sun rise
and everything she says, dissolves in mystery
I wonder how you feel, when there's nothing but you and me
and I dream inside my head, of fantasies so sweet
and I wonder how they taste
call me on
dreams they taking form
now we're underneath the sheets, and it's getting hard to see
so we just close our eyes, and let our senses go free
and the fantasy is here, no need to use your dreams
cause every touch is clear
"TEMPORARY"
(this is a song about everyone I've ever left behind)
lately I've been alone and no one knows it
and the smile on your face didn't come from me
it's temporary, in the world that surrounds you
and the questions that abound you are many and oh...
I never thought that you would ever change
but look at you fading away
in a year or so you won't even know my name
and I'll be here fading away
some day I'll get the nerve to finally tell you
about the time you went away I wasn't that alone
because when you're gone I start to see that I can make it
when you're alone I have to take it and that kills me and oh...
I never thought that you would ever change
but look at you fading away
in a year or so you won't even know my name
and I'll be there fading away
lately I've been alone and no one knows it
and the smile on your face didn't come from me
it's temporary, in the world that surrounds you
and the questions that abound you are many and oh...
I never thought that we would ever change
but look at us fading away
in a year or so you won't even know my name
and I'll be here, I'll be here, oh yeah
I never thought that you would ever change
but look at you fading away
in a year or so you won't even know my name
and I'll be there fading away
"WE
ALWAYS DO WHAT'S RIGHT (BUT NOT TODAY)"
Here we are, are we moving forward
Or backwards in a similar emotion
We always do what’s right but baby not today
If I were you I would take the money
And charter a flight that goes straight to Disney
We always do what’s right but baby not today
And if I stole the cash, do you think they’d remember my face
Enough to pick me out, enough the link me back to this place
Or maybe you should take it, I’ll upstage your every move
They’ll never know you were even there
And we’ll walk out of here a couple of millionaires
I can tell you’re nervous buy the way you are sweating
Just relax before you attract more attention
We always do what’s right but baby not today
Here it goes, it’s now or never
This changes everything but it’s for the better
We always do what’s right but baby not today
And so I talk real loud, and begin to set the stage
Distract everyone around while you increase our minimum wage
It’s going just as planned I can almost see us now
Relaxing by the pool in Disney World
With nothing to worry about, nothing but open doors
But then I see you, you hesitated
And I’m just making an idiot of myself
Inside this bank and all eyes are on me
And then all of a sudden everything goes real quiet...
Here we are, are we moving forward
Or backwards in a similar emotion
We always do what’s right but baby not today
"WHEN
I'M WITH YOU"
I never like the think about the ending of a song
Or how the world keeps turning just in spite of me
And it’s hard for me to remember a time before you came
And I kind of like it that way
I think about the years gone by and about the ones to come
And I wonder If I made enough noise
For you to hear me from the heavens, to the world I’m singing out
Will I lie about it then
Or start it up again
Resist the change that comes from being a man...
I need you strength, to carry me through the rain
I need your heart, to let me know I’m okay
Somebody scream and let me know that I’m
Better when I’m with you
I’m stronger when I’m with you
I let it all go down and
Fly me away to the sun and the moon, they don’t shine no more
I never want to think about if all of this went away
And I was left all by myself and loathing you
And I’m sure I’d try to get you in every way I turn
And I kind of want you now
I think about the years gone by and about the ones to come
And I wonder If I made enough noise
For you to hear me from the heavens, to the world I’m singing out
Will I lie about it then
Or start it up again
Resist the change that comes from being a man...
I need you strength, to carry me through the rain
I need your heart, to let me know I’m okay
Somebody scream and let me know that I’m
Better when I’m with you
I’m stronger when I’m with you
I let it all go down and
Fly me away to the sun and the moon, they don’t shine no more
"THE
WORLD OUTSIDE"
and i'm not sure what all this means
but i'm pretty sure that you will help me see
the world outside of last nights dreams
when they're slipping away, what does it mean
so i look for some answers
but i get them right back
does no one know the answers
or are they too afraid the ask
and i'm not sure what all this means
but i'm pretty sure that you will help me see
the world outside of last nights dreams
when they're slipping away, what does it mean
so someone had to show you
someone had to ask
no one ever told you
how to find your way back
and i'm not sure what all this means
but i'm pretty sure that you will help me see
the world outside of last nights dreams
when they're slipping away, what does it mean
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