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"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