WAVES
Darling don’t go
I can’t stay
I’m sorry
Implications of
Decisions daunting
Tend to haunt me
Tell me how it feels
To come apart
Your tender heart
Your tacit eyes
Pictures on the wall
Your living room
Your living proof
We had it all
Now it’s over
And it comes
In waves & signals
Multitudes obscured
And in turn
Carves its name
In branches left unsure
And I know
The halcyon days
The halcyon days
Are gone
Tell me what it looks like
To see it with your own eyes
It’s all gonna bend
It’s all gonna break
It’s all gonna bend
It’s all gonna break
Tell me what it looks like
To see it with your own eyes
It’s all gonna bend
It’s all gonna break
It’s all gonna break
Heavy-hearted
Youth departed
Hang fire
Complicated lives
We’re doing fine
We’re heading nowhere
So this is how it feels
To fall apart
Dark disregard
I still recall -
The way you let your hair
Fall down in waves
Across your face
It’s too far gone
To stop from sinking
And it comes
1,000 words
Descend upon the page
And I know
The halcyon days
The halcyon days
Are gone
Tell me what it looks like
To see it with your own eyes
It’s all gonna bend
It’s all gonna break
It’s all gonna bend
It’s all gonna break
Tell me what it looks like
To see it with your own eyes
It’s all gonna bend
It’s all gonna break
It’s all gonna break
It’s all gonna bend
It’s all gonna break
It’s all gonna bend
It’s all gonna break
It’s all gonna bend
It’s all gonna break
Why did I run from you?
IDLE WARNING
All the wolves
That feed upon
Heavy hearts
The lonely ones
Stay calm, calm
They’re gonna come for you
Stay calm, calm
They’re gonna come for you
Broken bones
Bleed you dry
Stone silhouettes
Passing time
Don’t fall, fall
A fixed fragile frame
Don’t fall, fall
What do you stand to gain?
Hazy trees
You steal beneath
Trembling notes
Sharpened teeth
Hear them howl, howl
Under a shattered moon
They howl, howl
All of them wicked wolves
Let it go
Let it go
Turn it back
Turning a corner
Disappointment
Keep in line
Suited up
What do you know?
You’ve got your gun drawn
An idle warning
Truth be told
You’ve never stood a chance
All the birds have flown
A cold lonely branch
In the dark, dark
Before the light is come
In the dark, dark
The Devil on the run
Beyond the garden gates
Where seeds have sprung
Out across the fields
An aching sun
That was a close call
Almost a loathsome fate
Tight close call
A cataclysmic wave
Let it go
Let it go
Turn it back
Turning a corner
Disappointment
Keep in line
Suited up
What do you know?
You’ve got your gun drawn
An idle warning
We’ll never know
But somehow something
Crawled up under your skin
Between the lovers and liars
And the revivalist tent
Let them bare their teeth
Feed on carrion
Come and rattle your bones
There ain’t no turning back
There ain’t no turning back
Let it go
Let it go
Turn it back
Turning a corner
Disappointment
Keep in line
Suited up
What do you know?
You’ve got your gun drawn
An idle warning
PHANTOMS
Maybe we could let this go
One by one it kills us all
On the line
On the line
Hold it steady
Soon enough we’ll all come clean
Spinning in a broke machine
Overtakes
All it takes
Stands to reason
It stands to reason
I know
I don’t know
I don’t know
I want to be your ruin
Cut you to the core
Ignore everything you’ve said to me
Watch you bleed
I want to leave you cold
Haunted by the seeds you’ve sown
I just want to let you know
I’ve let you go
Such a wretch
Such a waste
A phantom in a lion’s cage
World of words
World of hurt
It’s in our nature
Tell us who you think we are
You cannibal
You clutch at straws
All the lies
Cling to life
You sink your teeth in
You sink your teeth in
I know
I don’t know
I don’t know
I want to be your ruin
Cut you to the core
Ignore everything you’ve said to me
Watch you bleed
I want to leave you cold
Haunted by the seeds you’ve sown
I just want to let you know
I’ve let you go
Consciousness:
You kill, you take
Animals chasing our tails
ooooo
Illusion
Ooooo
I want to be your ruin
Cut you to the core
Ignore everything you’ve said to me
Watch you bleed
I want to leave you cold
Haunted by the seeds you’ve sown
I just want to let you know
I’ve let you go
I want to be your ruin
Cut you to the core
Ignore
I just want to let you know
I’ve let you go
FITS & STARTS
Tell me what you want
Honey, tell me what you want me to say
We circumvent the conscious
Cautious of a killer in wait
ooo ooo ooo
ooo ooo ooo
Sick of standing guard
It comes in fits and starts
And it waits
A dangerous dissolve
A disconnected call
An embrace
ooo ooo ooo
Whoa oh oh
Everybody screams so loud
ooo ooo ooo
Whoa oh oh
Turn it up
Drown it out
Running from the fist of fate
I’m so tired
Disconnect
Breakdown
Breakdown
Fighting but I cannot shake it
Wired shut!
Disconnect
Breakdown
Breakdown
Disconnect
Breakdown
Breakdown
Coming like a cancer
Coming like a head full of doubt
Lockstep
Lie awake at night
I’ve been looking for a sign
Sort it out
ooo ooo ooo
Whoa oh oh
Everybody screams so loud
ooo ooo ooo
Whoa oh oh
Turn it up
Drown it out
Running from the fist of fate
I’m so tired
Disconnect
Breakdown
Breakdown
Fighting but I cannot shake it
Wired shut!
Disconnect
Breakdown
Breakdown
Disconnect
Breakdown
Breakdown
TOURNIQUET
I know where I want to go
Something that I can’t explain
Cut me down – Cut me up
They don’t lie baby
The cameras don’t lie
They don’t lie baby
The cameras don’t lie
Who am I to disappoint?
Who am I to disagree?
Candle to the corridors
They don’t lie baby
The cameras don’t lie
They don’t lie baby
The cameras don’t lie
All the loose ends
Are wasting my time
Calling all the shots
It’s all you want to talk about
22 hours
We stop making sense
We could give this one more try
But I know we’ve got no reason
I know where you’re coming from
Tempted just to disengage
Cuts you up – Cuts you down
They don’t lie baby
The cameras don’t lie
They don’t lie baby
The cameras don’t lie
Too late - twisted tourniquet
Trailing off - turn a page
Hanging on but what’s the point?
They don’t lie baby
The cameras don’t lie
They don’t lie baby
The cameras don’t lie
They don’t
All the loose ends
Are wasting my time
Calling all the shots
It’s all you want to talk about
22 hours
We stop making sense
We could give this one more try
But I know we’ve got no reason
It’s gone
We’ve got no reason
It’s gone
Talk talk talk
Don’t wanna talk about it
Finger to the trigger
A scene we swore we’d never let
It come to this
We cut the quick
Tourniquet
They don’t lie baby
The cameras don’t lie
All the loose ends
Are wasting my time
Calling all the shots
It’s all you want to talk about
22 hours
We stop making sense
We could give this one more try
But I know we’ve got no reason
It’s gone
We’ve got no reason
It’s gone
SUN GOES OUT
We say
Over and over and over
We’ll do
The things that we like when we’re older
We’re getting older
We’re getting older
Every day
Calm down
We’re heading for a wreck
I can feel it
Washed out
Wandering stone-faced and fleeting
Cities sent to ruin and crumble
We set ourselves against ourselves
We carry on
I don’t know why
Unconscious in catacombs
Keep the kids in line
Are we too far gone?
If the sun goes out
I won’t mind
We’re gonna run for cover
Under darkened skies
Tongue-tied we’ll turn together
Tonight we’ll turn to stars
If the sun goes out
I won’t mind
We’re gonna burn forever
Under darkened skies
Tongue-tied we’ll turn together
Tonight we’ll turn to stars
And we’ll shine
Hold on
Hold tight to the ones that you love dearly
Blurred lights
Tonight we’ll take over this whole city
This is our time, time to take
This is our time, time to take
Illumination
I don’t know why
We fight just to get along
Keep the kids in line
Are we too far gone?
If the sun goes out
I won’t mind
We’re gonna run for cover
Under darkened skies
Tongue-tied we’ll turn together
Tonight we’ll turn to stars
If the sun goes out
I won’t mind
We’re gonna burn forever
Under darkened skies
Tongue-tied we’ll turn together
Tonight we’ll turn to stars
And we’ll shine
READY, SET
I say - “could you be my lover?”
You say – “I see us more as friends”
I like it when you tell me no girl
Feigning smiles
Faking confidence
I know just what I want
I’m coming straight for you
Stay away I’m a disaster
I’m a black hole
I’m a distant shore
Strike it rich
Now what’s the matter?
Take it slowly
Darling I adore
My heart’s a loaded gun
And it’s pointed straight at you
Ready, set, curtain call!
Should come as no surprise
I want you in my bed
I’ve got you on my mind
There is no second guess
You’ve got no alibi
You know you know too much
You know you know you cannot hide
Broken glass
A neon landscape
Lovers past
Leave it all behind
Costume eyes
A camera steady
Cruelest creature
Hidden in plain sight
Girl your shoulders in that dress
As I put the car in drive
Ready, set, curtain call!
Should come as no surprise
I want you in my bed
I’ve got you on my mind
There is no second guess
You’ve got no alibi
You know you know too much
You know you know you cannot hide
Have I said
Too much?
Longing
Your touch
Your hands
Your skin
Cut me
Open
Standing
Upright
The curve of
Your spine
Tracing
Outlines
Still frame
Sunrise
Ready, set, curtain call!
Should come as no surprise
I want you in my bed
I’ve got you on my mind
There is no second guess
You’ve got no alibi
You know you know too much
You know you know you cannot hide
STATIC
Head in my hands
Drunk at the wheel
Static signal
Time: a two-way mirror
Blurry my eyes
Heavy my tongue
Buried hatchets
And the patchwork sun
Oh I like your point of view
A lie to hear the truth
Lovers entwined
Speakers unclothed
Observation tower
Crowd control
Quarantine mind
A riot untamed
Backs of taxicabs
And outstretched legs
Now the rain is coming down
All of the kids
Just hang around
Maybe tonight
We could get lost
We’ll make it ‘til 4 in the morning
Whatever the cost
Get outta my mind
Get outta this town
We’re circling stars in the skyline
We’re nothing at all
I love you
Honey and I want you to know
I need you
I ain’t gonna leave you alone
Corporate ladder
Lock up your doors
Modern maladies
And unjust war
Steady we onward
A penchant for pain
Meet me at the station
Outbound train
I want to feel the sun
Everything at once
Maybe tonight
We could get lost
We’ll make it ‘til 4 in the morning
Whatever the cost
Get outta my mind
Get outta this town
We’re circling stars in the skyline
We’re nothing at all
I love you
Honey and I want you to know
I need you
I ain’t gonna leave you alone
I know I know
Somewhere we ought to go
Well we still got time
Well we still got time
I know I know
We grow tired
We grow old
But we still got time
Oh we still got time
Maybe tonight
We could get lost
We’ll make it ‘til 4 in the morning
Whatever the cost
Get outta my mind
Get outta this town
We’re circling stars in the skyline
We’re nothing at all
I love you
Honey and I want you to know
I need you
I ain’t gonna leave you alone
ECHOES
That night we
We caved in
You were a camera
Encaptured everything
The stillness
We tore through
You were a sun flare
A sudden flash of light
With certain eyes
And careful tone
Fan the flame
Watch it grow
A dawn’s embrace
A lover’s chord
I’m yours to take
I’m letting go
We held up
The skyline
We laid our souls bare
Wrapped up like city streets
You told me
“We’re echoes”
And then you laid back
Reached up and pulled me down
With certain eyes
And careful tone
Fan the flame
Watch it grow
A dawn’s embrace
A lover’s chord
I’m yours to take
I’m letting go
Hands up!
Come undone
Hold still
Never better
One night
You were mine
Stand still
I don’t want no other
I don’t want no other love
With certain eyes
And careful tone
Fan the flame
Watch it grow
A dawn’s embrace
A lover’s chord
I’m yours to take
I’m letting go
LITTLE LIGHT
High up in the highest tower
The man without a face
Points his finger
Final hour
And leads men to their graves
Oh I don’t know
I don’t know
Drown me in the deepest water
Weight-tied that I might sink
As it stands I’m barely here
Jesus Christ I need a drink
Oh I don’t know
I don’t know
Oh there I go
There I go
Waste my time
Toss me to the wolves
I might
Fight but I won’t run
Bit by bit
I’m not gonna
Fall for it
Or take it as it comes
I could use a little light
Won’t you follow me?
Let’s make some mistakes
While we’re still young
Tied up by what you believe
Hollywood Babylon
Oh I don’t know
I don’t know
Faceless kings and false prophets
And drugs I’ve never tried
Get drunk and smoke a cigarette
Forget that I’m alive
Oh I don’t know
I don’t know
Oh there I go
There I go
Waste my time
Toss me to the wolves
I might
Fight but I won’t run
Bit by bit
I’m not gonna
Fall for it
Or take it as it comes
I could use a little light
FRONTLINE
What’s the use?
Don’t drag this out
Cut it loose
Curtain call
I saw your face
You’re such a pretty thing
Don’t let this go to waste
Disappearing ink
They fill your head up with smoke
They’ve got their hands on your throat
This made-up modern misery
Is bringing you down
Calm your nerves
Don’t lose your head
We’ve come too far
We can’t control it
Oh my God
You’re in my blood
We can’t turn back
Heading for the frontline
Tonight
It’s you and I my love
We’ll fight!
Running for the frontline
The cruel carry on
Leave you with no defense
You know I’d die for you
A cautious consequence
Here comes the cavalry
Take up your bayonet
What are you waiting for?
Dissent! Dissent!
Calm your nerves
Don’t lose your head
We’ve come too far
We can’t control it
Oh my God
You’re in my blood
We can’t turn back
Heading for the frontline
Tonight
It’s you and I my love
We’ll fight!
Running for the frontline
Oh my God!
You’re in my blood!
We can’t turn back
Oh no!
We’ll fight
Running for the front line
Tongue-tied
Lovers for the first time
Tonight
Honey, it’s just you and I
Oh no!
BACKFIRE!
So what’s the point of it all?
I said to myself
I thought the winter was cold
But what do I know?
The ground is starting to give
Picking my poisons
A stranger sleeps in my bed
It’s nothing new
Wish it were you
I know
I can’t keep running away
All the ties that bind
Backfire!
A current runs through the wires
A light in my chest
It flows like blood through my veins
Straight to my heart
There’s branches buried in trees
Nobody’s seen yet
A story deep in the leaves
I’m placing my bets
Paying off debts
I know
I can’t keep running away
All the ties that bind
Backfire!