1. |
Recurring Dream
03:21
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Said you'd always be my friend,
But people come and people go.
There's always time to try again,
But I'm still the worst I know.
You never mean a single word you say.
No one liked honesty anyway.
Life loses meaning as I find myself broken.
Maybe we're all dreaming with our eyes wide open.
Still holding on
When you know that it's over.
Down the whole drink.
Yeah, you couldn't stay sober.
I know now the bricks,
How to lay the cement.
I know now the cost
Of the time that we spent.
Fueling the fire
At my own expense.
Everything's lost.
It just came and it went.
Dreamer, tell me,
Have you seen her?
The girl who always
Shuts her eyes.
The grass isn't greener
On the other side.
Had to learn
The hard way this time.
My life is stuck in between
The now
And what it used to be.
Just take some time
To talk it out.
Tell me what it's
All about.
Wasting our energy
To feel alive for a moment;
Then we leave.
You're in my head.
You're in my dreams.
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2. |
Marigold
04:54
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Break my bones, Marigold.
I still won't die.
Here alone, I won't fold.
Not this time.
Grip the rope. Don't lose hold.
Try to find your eyes.
Keep your secrets from being told.
Don't let them know you cried.
Where did we go wrong?
'Cause the dove won't spare a song.
Fragile bonds break loose forever.
Tangled in this web
Of voices in your head.
Try to fix the ties you severed.
Stay a while, flower child,
Just so you can leave.
Will you teach me how to smile
Just to make me bleed?
Make your words projectile.
I'll hug you at your knees.
Rinse your hands in bile.
Don't forget to breathe.
Where did we go wrong?
'Cause the dove won't spare a song.
Fragile bonds break loose forever.
Tangled in this web
Of voices in your head.
Try to fix the ties you severed.
Wake up to a new day
That's exactly like the last.
Each night I'm finding out
That another day has passed.
Paralyzed by Novocain,
Falling victim to the flask.
Some things never change,
But you won't be there
Waiting.
Where did we go wrong?
Were we failures all along
Can I just go to sleep forever?
The pieces that we placed,
Were they meant to break away?
Could all the pain be for the better?
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3. |
The Widower's Wife
04:39
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If you were home,
She would be alone still.
She prays for her son,
Gives praise to the one
Yet finds no answer,
Only tears that burn.
She begs to return
To a time long ago forgotten.
Concealing her wounds,
The bent silver spoons,
The fruit of her womb is now rotten.
You make things worse
When we all hurt.
She pours out her love
In all that she does.
For all that she does,
You repay her with dirt.
You make us hurt.
What does he say to her
In private
To evoke such melancholy
From the most beautiful soul?
He sleeps the day away,
And in the night
He keeps her awake.
What more must he take?
That's no way to live,
Like a fish without water.
He says he's alright.
She says "think of your daughter."
You make things worse
When we all hurt.
You say that you can't live
Without her love,
And it's true.
All that she does for you,
But something goes wrong
And you blame her
For everything, everything, everything.
Holding onto what we have,
Maybe we can fix the past.
The man she once loved
Has truly gone fishing.
Will she just give up?
Or just keep on wishing,
And hoping, and praying
That someday he'll change.
But drinking your problems
Won't make them erase.
Her eldest is gone.
He sleeps far away.
He won't even call her
On Mother's Day.
Some say we lost him
Long before he moved.
Her youngest is broken;
She can't understand
Anything, anything, anything.
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4. |
Souvenir
04:53
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Do you remember when we used to live
Like we were destined for something big?
I can't feel it anymore.
How can I carry on the way you did?
We are nothing.
We are nothing like when we were kids.
And all the times
I've wanted to end it,
Well I never meant it.
I thought I could be
Your souvenir of home.
Please keep
Holding onto me.
I can't see the bigger picture
From where I sulk inside my aching shell.
All I want is to be...
The world keeps spinning 'round.
But where are we going?
Where will we end up years from now?
Collecting dust on all my wasted time.
And all the times
I've wanted to end it,
Well I never meant it.
I thought I could be
Your souvenir of home.
Please keep
Holding onto me.
Keep your head in the sky,
Away from the dirt.
You will find out what it's worth.
Just give it some time,
And I promise you will find it.
Guard the love God gave you.
Protect it with both arms.
And all the times
I've wanted to end it,
Well I never meant it.
I thought I could be
Your souvenir of home.
Please keep
Holding onto me.
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5. |
Been Here Before
05:25
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The clock starts counting down,
When I thought I had everything figured out,
The words I carved in stone
Mean almost nothing now.
As I frantically collect
Shattered pieces of the past,
And I try to put them together
Like a puzzle of broken glass.
The footprints of all the friends
Who turned their backs,
Feeling like the world
Might just collapse.
'Cause I've
Been here before,
And I know I
Can't outrun what haunts me in my dreams.
Sickness and secrets of
The guilt I can't hide,
Darling, I can't sleep.
Caught in the motions as I
Pray for death.
The cycle just repeats.
No one can save me from this Hell
I call "Myself."
I've been around for 18 years,
And still I can't even conquer all my fears
Alone. Please don't leave me here
In the dark. We all make mistakes,
But we can't run from who we are.
No, we can't run away.
There are choices we have to make,
And they're gonna be hard.
Promises might break as time
Pushes us forward with no remorse,
And I can't escape.
'Cause I've
Been here before,
And I know I
Can't outrun what haunts me in my dreams.
Sickness and secrets of
The guilt I can't hide,
Darling, I can't sleep.
Caught in the motions as I
Pray for death.
The cycle just repeats.
No one can save me from this Hell
I call "Myself."
It's the same old mistakes I make.
I never learn.
The whole weight of the world
On my back, as it turns.
And thinking back, I wonder,
was it all for nothing, then?
No matter how I try,
I just never win.
Hey,
Just look how far we came.
Maybe there's still hope buried
Deep beneath my skin.
Hey,
Don't throw it all away.
Are you starting to feel
Like you're wasting your time on me?
Yeah,
Our worlds just can't collide.
They only touch
When the planets are aligned.
So are you wasting all your time?
Are you wasting your,
Are you wasting your time?
Boy,
Come and waste your time on me.
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