| this town doesn't sleep. |
[Feb. 6th, 2010|06:37 am] |
she stepped on your toes
she danced on your feet
she laid down in the middle of the street
she held her breath
she closed her eyes
she wanted you to know it'd be alright
she lives in a dream
a nightmare, at times
but then she sees the dove, it flies
time passes away
and we all die
but she wanted you to know
she'll be alright
you'll be alright
we'll be alright
this town never sleeps
but everyone in it dreams |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 29th, 2010|06:50 pm] |
you get what you deserve
and you don't deserve a thing
but you still beg for forgiveness
and the love it brings
dust off your shoes
and dust off your heart
because i'm wearing the soles (souls) off both of them
you're about to fall apart |
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| i find myself |
[Jan. 29th, 2010|06:42 pm] |
i find myself sleeping, all day long
and i find myself crazy, all week long
and i find myself dreaming, all month long
and i find myself missing, all year long
you wouldn't post a sign
or offer a reward
if someone found me
if someone found me
you'd rather just act like it was a dream
it was a dream, it wasn't me
and it didn't mean a thing
i see through your fake little grin
i don't know why i didn't then
when you told me you cared and i turned away
like a sheep in the hay
like a sheep in the hay
now everything is grey
everything is grey
i found myself missing, all year long
and i found you didn't miss me
and you told me i was wrong |
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| heartbreaker |
[Jan. 23rd, 2010|03:51 pm] |
well you gave me fair warning when you told me who you were
you said you liked good music and having too much fun
and you made sure you told me just what your momma always said
baby, you're a heartbreaker, so i don't know why i gave you the chance
to break mine, break my heart
you told me you'd walk the line
but that was another lie
i never shoulda believed you
but i did anyway
momma's are always right
i should've listened in the first place
heartbreaker, heartbreaker
just leave me out
you look at me with those big brown i eyes
and i just forget |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 6th, 2010|06:55 pm] |
She put on the heels she drank in last night
Walked in that little white church
Smelled just like ciggarettes and cheap wine
People watched her and whispered "she ain't right"
She sat in the front pew
And bowed her head to pray
Whispered "I'm sorry for the way I've been.. But this is a new year and I'm gonna get it right. This place is full of hypocrites just like me, it aint what I wanna be..." |
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| burned |
[Dec. 22nd, 2009|12:53 am] |
Standing in a field
Grass up to my knees
I'm in the middle of nowhere
Somewhere in tennessee
And I know the way back home
But I don't know how to get there
I'd take the bridge a few miles back
But you set it on fire on the way here
And i'll just dance through the tall blades
They cut my legs as you run away...
And i bleed all summer long
And you're still running as I sing this song... |
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| weight vs. freedom |
[Dec. 22nd, 2009|12:49 am] |
i never knew the weight until i felt the freedom
now i'm lurking around outside your door
the tension's all gone, but now i feel nothing
numb isn't as good as i imagined
alone isn't as happy a place as i wanted it to be
replacing you with a bad dream or two
some fuzzy pictures of decent afternoons
but it doesn't add up to the things you do
oh, it's just not good enough anymore
i'm just not good enough anymore
rather be dead? oh no, not tonight
but i won't wake up at sun rise
i'll sleep in all afternoon
thinking and dreaming
wishing i was good enough for you
oh i never knew the weight until i felt the freedom
but my muscles are weaker |
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| he cried wolf |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|07:21 pm] |
he may get your sympathy
collect your tears in jars
but you'll never know the truth
cause you'll never get that far
he'll suck you in with pity
"poor me! come help!"
the boy cried wolf and you came running
over and over again
and while the boy cried wolf
and there wasn't one there
the wolf was busy eating the girl
and swallowing her prayers
just run to the boy
you'll probably never see
that he is to blame
for the death of me |
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| wishing well wishes you well |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|02:08 pm] |
standing there
looking so swell
standing at a wishing well
but all your change is gone
never wanted to believe anything other
than what's been preached at you
for way too long
their big hands shove it down your throat
and you just swallow it and throw it back up
AT ME
it turns out that you--
you aren't so swell, you--
oh, you aren't so well after all
your simple mind believes in anything
except for what it dreams...
you keep telling me that no one understands
but everyone understands
oh, we all understand |
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| pale blue |
[Nov. 29th, 2009|02:04 pm] |
my favorite shade of blue
on a sunny afternoon
as we snack on honeydew
and sip on sweet wine
it's the pale blue you see
only in the winter sky,
or early in the morning,
a few hours after midnight
i wake up at this time
just to look outside
to see the pale blue
in the big sky
and this pale blue
oh, it reminds me of you
you're pale...
and i'm, well, i'm so blue
i cry when i remember
when your flesh still had color
and i wish i could give you mine
'cause i wish i was the pale one most of the time
but instead my flesh is cream
nourished with this honeydew
and i dream of your pale skin
on this sunny afternoon |
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| humble |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|10:23 am] |
i see your face in disguise
and i see your mouth swallow your pride
you're sitting there on the curb
and the silence of your tears is like nothing i've ever heard
you got a lot of hope
and it humbles me to see it all
and even though you're cold and lonely
your heart is warm and open, waiting...
lift me up! lift me up!
oh, let me be more like you
i strive for it everyday
but can't you see i can't get through?
oh teach me how to clasp my hands
and teach me how with weak knees you still stand
i'll give you all of my wealth
just to have a little of your strength
i do not know your name
and i do not know your story
but i know you're much more worthy
than i will ever know |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|10:14 pm] |
i sat down in a field
and watched the earth spin
the clouds over me
moved all day long
they'd come and go
and the wind would blow
and i'd see birds fly
i sat down on a rooftop
and watched fireworks nonstop
it was you and me and a hot july
i'll never forget
we felt so alive |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 9th, 2009|07:02 am] |
i waited on your call
but the phone never rang
and i waited on your love
but my heart never sang
i would wait forever
but what would be the point?
you'll never be there
pass the joint |
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| wings |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|10:33 pm] |
So why don't you just tell me
Why you never said goodbye
You just left me here
Waiting... Waiting
You could have told me
That you were gonna fly away
To some better place
So I could fly, too
And if you wanted me here
Without you in my ear
You could have at least said
Goodbye |
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| lights |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|10:31 pm] |
we've walked down this road before
the asphalt's wearing down from those shoes that took us so far
our purpose got lost in the fog we fought through
and now we're barely able to stand, let alone walk again
don't know where to turn
to get back to where we used to be
so we just sit down and see the trucklights come closer
you layed down your life for me
and I just layed down
i waited for you to help me up
but you used all your strength on the things I never noticed
trucklights come my way
and I just wait for the sun rays
let you shine down on me
because I never noticed you shine before you were gone |
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| Camp dead |
[Nov. 4th, 2009|04:06 am] |
Creek water rushing your feet
Think you hear a bear roar but it's just a mouse squeak
Inhale, exhale, you forget the technique
Your brain is on fast forward and your knees get weak
Fall into the water, hit your head on a rock
Just as you were feeling so alive
The pumping on your heart just stopped
. |
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| gotta get away |
[Oct. 31st, 2009|06:26 pm] |
standing on the ledge of everything
feeling on edge about everything
gotta get away before i jump off
jump off
gotta find control
my own, not yours
gotta get away before i jump
gotta look forward at the road
to see where i'm going
tear the rear view mirror off the window
so i can't see my past
gotta get away before i jump |
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| sensation acceleration |
[Oct. 29th, 2009|11:30 pm] |
finding a flaw in every perfection
can't even face my own reflection
keep anticipating some sort of rejection
from people i care nothing about
i guess everyone has their own perceptions
but we all get lost and have to seek direction
and sometimes we run into manipulation
from people we care nothing about
but maybe there's a tiny fraction
of people who have no distraction
people who don't care about a reaction
of people they care nothing about
i want to reach that destination
and let it not be a measly vacation
why don't you send me an invitation?
so i can release all my frustrations
about people i care nothing about
so tired of all my fascinations
making lists for preparation
maybe i just need some motivation
from someone i care everything about |
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 25th, 2009|10:04 am] |
got no room for love
in this tiny room
can't even hear my heart beat
can't hear myself sing
nothing is anything when i'm with you
it's just the same thing
over and over |
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| mirror, mirror |
[Oct. 16th, 2009|02:15 am] |
it's like walking into a dark room
you can't see a thing in front of or behind you
bump your knees against the dresser drawer you searched through the night before
then the light turns on
and you are standing in front of the mirror
but even with the light on, you don't see any clearer
you look out the window
feel the cold breeze
leaves falling off the trees
you're dying just like everything else
the light flickers
everything fades to black
and you just fall and lie there
and wonder if you'll ever come back
you wonder if you'll ever come back
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