"Always"

I’m always looking through the doorway,

like you’ll be the next to walk through,

though I know there is no sure way

for me to conjure you

Tomorrow could be a trainwreck

Tomorrow, we could both be doomed
The worst is easy to expect
I’m always awaiting the gloom

"Another Morning" 
 

It's another morning of this,

but you can sleep a little more

Work doesn't start until 6

You can set your alarm to 4

 

What shall we dream of today?
Maybe the same girl as last night

That was worth a replay

Maybe she'll take you up on the invite

 

Ain't it sad this is all you have?
Other people, they know how to live

Yes, it's really very sad
It's another morning of this

 

You'll see some acquaintances tonight,

even some that you'd like to kiss

Dream of them, turn off your light

It's another morning of this

"Beautiful Dream"
 

Beautiful dream
Me and you
Shared a team
Kisses, too

Woke up to me
and fragments of a tune
Then when I could see,
was looking for you
 

Beautiful dream
Me and you
Back to sleep
to make it true
 

Then woke up to me
and more fragments of a tune
Now that I can see,
I'm looking for you

"Been Dreamin'"

I've been dreamin',
daydreamin'
'bout a girl who doesn't love me
But the cold truth
don't stop me dreamin'
'bout some warm possibility

Well, I sure know how
to pick 'em
And I sure know how
to dream
And I sure have longed
for women
Could you long for me?

I've been wastin'
all my talkin'
on all the wrong ears
You don't come around
very often,
but I go blank those times you're near

Well, I sure know how
to pick 'em
And I sure know how
to dream
And I sure have longed
for women
Could you long for me?

"Configuration"

Four fragile columns
with gravel floor bottom
and spider silk for the top,

painted darkly,
decorated sparsely
Just the walls to hold us up

You're no idiot
You know I built it
as a way to share space with you

This configuration
is just a communication,
my sorry way of getting through
to you

When we convene
to fire up our schemes,
I'm disastrously alarmed

by the sounds of delusion
with no nearby solution,
no at-hand inducer of calm

You're no idiot
You know I built it
as a way to share space with you

This configuration
is just communication,
my sorry way of getting through
to you

"Crashpad"
 

Miss you badly

Pictures make me teary

Can't find you in clear skies

 

Wearing tinsel

Wearing Christmas lights

 

Wrapped in neon,

swiped from the go-go,

where the beer is cheap and plentiful

 

Miss you badly

Couldn't hold you if I had you,

drop-out melody girl

 

Don't have no crash-pad for you,

but lots of pleasant dreams with you

I found your tiara

I found your jewels

"Daydream Song"

I can't touch you
I can't kiss  you
I can't hold your hand

I can't put my arms around you,
but in daydreams I can

So if next time
that you see me,
and I'm staring silently,
know I'm thinking about you
and what could someday be
for you and me

I can't tell you
that I love you
even if it's true

I can't look into your blue eyes
though I want so much to

So if next time
that you see me,
and I'm staring silently,
know I'm thinking about you
and what could someday be
for you and me

"Don't Let The Sunshine Fool You"

I fall for a smile
It fools me everyime
A look in the eyes,
and I’m convinced she’s mine

It’s easy to see
What else could it be?
It’s undoubtably
Sunshine

She touches my hand
There’s no mistaking that
Can’t misunderstand
Now I know it’s a fact

It’s easy to see
What else could it be?
It’s undoubtably
Sunshine

But, don’t let the Sunshine fool you
Don’t let the Sunshine fool you
Don’t let the Sunshine fool you
It’s just a mask
the darkness wears

"Expectations"
 

It's true you can't be faulted

'cuz my expectations are high

You never asked to be exalted,

to be idealised

 

So now I'm left to harbor

some more fictitious feelings,

some companions to the horror

I'm just barely concealing

 

And I wouldn't go backwards,

but I wouldn't stay here

with only melodies and words

to counter the fear

 

Now the backyard sprinklers

are starting to reappear

They rise like peacock feathers

on a showgirl's rear

 

A woman's smile revives me

Her lips warm me like wine

or like electricity

when the two are combined

 

And I wouldn't go backwards,

but I wouldn't stay here

with only melodies and words

to counter the fear

"Hostage"
 

She has ways of making me talk

I confess my crazy crimes to her
She knows how to switch me off

Her stun-gun stare's got a silencer

Happy to be her hostage

Smiled when I was accosted by her

 

She can starve me for a whole day

I could live on water and air

And when she finally fills my tray,

I'll consume until my plate is bare

 

Happy to be her hostage

Pleased to be the rose in her hair

"If Love May Be True"
 

Oh the vices I may give up

Oh the ways I may change for you
Oh the things I may do for love

if love may be true

 

Oh the hopes that I may sing of

Oh the vows that I may undo

Oh the things I may do for love

if love may be true

 

Oh the suitcases I may lug

Oh the names I may answer to

Oh the things I may do for love

if love may be true

"The Letdown"
 

I know you're gonna leave me hanging

like a wrecking ball from a crane,

cold, black, and dangling

from that long, silver chain

 

I know you're gonna let me down

from the peak of the mountaintop

to the steep and rocky ground

That's such a deadly drop

 

You're gonna leave me hanging

You're gonna let me down

 

You're gonna leave me hanging

You're gonna let me down

You're gonna leave me hanging

You're gonna let me down

 

I know you're gonna leave me hanging

like a watch in a hypnotist's hands,

gold, bright, and dangling

until I'm in a trance

 

I know you're gonna let me down

from a skyscraper so tall

to the concrete ground

That's such a deadly fall

 

You're gonna leave me hanging

You're gonna let me down

 

You're gonna leave me hanging

You're gonna let me down

You're gonna leave me hanging

You're gonna let me down

"Litter"
 

I chased after airplanes,

tiptoes toward the sky

I fell down the runway,

with scrapes upon my thighs

 

Took to writing letters,

you know, the litter on your floor

Didn't feel much better,

so I wrote some more

 

I treaded in the fountain

that reversed the hands of time

Was 28 and counting,

and still walked out 29

 

Took to writing letters,

the litter on your floor

Didn't feel much better,

so I wrote some more

"Modern-Day Classic"

Drape yourself across him
You're a modern-day classic
Choose your words with caution
Don't do anything drastic

Don't get too comfortable
Don't get too content
Anything is possible
Can't rule out any event

Sidle up to the shoesmith
You're a modern-day classic
You're too young to lose it,
and not everyone has it

The hill is steep but hopeful
as we drive toward the Sun
The Sun is always local,
no matter where you're from

"Mousy Girl"
 

I saw her walk into this room,

but I'm stuck at my post

I could've been her pretend groom,

but instead, I'll be her ghost

 

'cuz this may have been

the last time I will see her

 

We might have got to talking

and then turned into a painting

But she just kept a-walking,

and I'm stuck entertaining

 

Now this may have been

the last time I will see her

 

I'm so stuck

and I'm so sad

I want to see her oh so bad

 

She may still be roaming this place,

but I have to stay right her

Craning my neck just to see her face,

hoping she might reappear

 

'cuz this may have been

the last time I will see her

 

I'm so stuck

and I'm so sad

I want to see her oh so bad

"Settle Down"
 

Don't know how to travel

Don't know how to settle down

In many things, I dabble,

but rarely stick around

 

I've got a ticket to the stadium,

but no chauffeur

Wrote a song about a lady and

sang it before her

 

Will there be a downpour?

All the grass is brown

Maybe a neverending rainstorm

that don't know how to settle down

 

I've got a ticket to the stadium,

but no chauffeur

Wrote a song about a lady and

sang it before her

"Shoeprints"
 

Her wit is arid

Her comebacks are rapid

She's slender and tight in her jeans

 

Her eyes have a squint

with lids painted mint

or some similar color of green

 

Her hair is volcanic

Her stare makes me panic,

though the same pertains to most

When she wears a dark face,

I leave open a space,

a place to thaw out her ghosts

 

She walks with meaning

No aimless careening

There's a mission in every stride

 

She leaves shoeprint reminders

so that I may find her

Her sole-stamped path is my guide

 

Her hair is volcanic

Her stare makes me panic,

though the same pertains to most

 

When she wears a dark face,

I leave open a space,

a place to thaw out her ghosts

"Sway"
 

I don't wanna sway you

one way or the other,

but I secretly do

I secretly do

 

Watch it all crumble,

sort through the rubble,

and then I find you

Then I find you

 
Once I thought I was charming to you,
and it was my eyes you were gazing into,
but of course I was mistaken
Misinterpretation

Because you have no place
for a new recruit,
I'll turn to praise
instead of pursuit

 

I don't wanna steal you

away from another,

but I secretly do

I secretly do

 

Break in like a bandit

Won't leave empty-handed,

'cuz I'm leaving with you

I'm leaving with you

 

Once I thought I was charming to you,
and it was my eyes you were gazing into,
but of course I was mistaken
Misinterpretation

Because you have no place
for a new recruit,
I'll turn to praise
​instead of pursuit

"3 AM Lights"
 

Static radio

No city signs

White-lined roads

3 AM lights shine

 

The Trucker Kings,

they look like lions

And without saying a thing

3 AM lights shine

 

Another bridge,

but I don't mind

Over either edge,

3 AM lights shine

 

Sometimes get anxious

Well, more than just sometimes

And waiting, bright and thankless,

3 AM lights shine

"Time Is Cruel"
 

I wished upon an airplane

I thought it was a travelling star

I wished upon an airplane

I thought it was a travelling star

 

Think I aged overnight

Time is cruel, is it not?
If not faster than light,

then faster than I thought

 

Fading again

I'm fated to fading

Don't know just when

Now there's only waiting

 

Think I aged overnight

Time is cruel, is it not?
If not faster than light,

then faster than I thought

"Tricky Grey Sky"

I slept through fireworks
I slept through time
This gave me pleasure
This cleared my mind

5 in the morning
The sky says it's night
I find it comforting
when it's day but not quite

Tricky grey sky,
threatening to storm
Will the dark clouds lie
like they've lied before?
Here nobody knows me
Here nobody cares
And it doesn't make me lonely
And it doesn't make me scared

Call off the search team,
the choppers and the hounds
Call off the search team
in the sky and on the ground

'cuz I've been here all along
while you had the neighbors searching,
with their flashlights on
I could see them through the curtains

Tricky grey sky,
threatening to storm
Will the dark clouds lie
like they've lied before?
Here nobody knows me
Here nobody cares
And it doesn't make me lonely
And it doesn't make me scared

"Truce"
 

I’m wearing a sprained-kneck
from staring at trainwrecks
First you were a landmine
Now you’re worse than last time

Let’s declare a truce
I’m not really used
to being on your bad side

Some women are tripwire
They catch you by surprise,
even as they conspire
right before your eyes

 

Let’s declare a truce
I’m not really used
to being on your bad side

What’s your current scheme?
Is it the best one yet?
I’m still on the same dream
I had when we met

Let’s declare a truce
I’m not really used
to being on your bad side

"The Whole Platoon"

Descend the depths of your dungeon
Climb to the crest of your cloud
Unharness the hounds for your hunting
Swim laps 'round your lake unallowed

Love must be like death to you
Until you find it, seems untrue

I never seem to ever give up,
'cuz you're someone I never tire of
Nothing's a bore when born of your tongue,
conceived in your brain, and formed in your lungs

And I need for you to be
closer in distance
Is it greed or just a plea
for your assistance?

You're an army of one
I need the whole platoon
Press your face to the Sun
Hide my eyes from the Moon
You're an army of one
I need the whole platoon