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CRICKETS IN DC [back] And your wife, waits in the kitchen, waits in the kitchen she's just a pigeon but once was a dove And they're freighting the weight of this town and they're hoping that you'll come around and they're wondering what this is about and they're running till runnings all out LULLABY [back] Here's a lullaby that you can forget nights by and by about the boy who jumped the fence, ignoring the words of his parents Who said count your sheep, the other kids need them to fall asleep you are the shepherd of their dreams guiding them forth from inbetween When the wolves come, wolves come, wolves come, wolves come Then we'll run from, run from, run from, run from Their jaws I've got too many words to know what to do with all these heards I was a shepherd in my time, reining in chords and pinning down rhymes Soon they ran away, soon all of the sheep began to stray That's when they became the kill, until the wolves had had their fill When the wolves come, wolves come, wolves come, wolves come Then we'll run from, run from, run from, run from Their jaws QUIET AS AN ANIMAL [back] THE PROS AND CONS OF BEING EATEN ALIVE [back] FACTS [back] ROAD RAGE [back] I've just got to make this light Oh I've just got to make this light Feels like I'm standing still, driving was once a thrill Relative motion discovered us, and instilled some still trick Now they call me manic When I cry Sure my car's fine, sure I've got time, guess I'm inclined to speeding through yellow lights when I think no one's looking I've done this a million times, taking the B-line and speeding through stop signs, you hardly can call these crimes So I won't stop. Unless there's a cop. Then I'll cry Sir, you see, I'm not guilty, I'd drive slowly If you let me explain... I was... speeding, up... to change lanes I've just got to make this light Oh I've just got to make this light BLANK RAGES [back] NIAGARA FALLS [back] "Bold Displays of Cowardice" Lyrics:
SHIPWRECKED OR STORIES OF BAD LUCK AND RAIN [back] When our ship sank off this island's rocky shore You said who could ask for more I'm alive I'm alive or so you tell me now although I often question how you would know Two of us survived that night our lady crashed I thought they build that ship to last bad luck and rain The sky turned red and the sea granted us mercy Now I question if I'm worthy cause a captain should sink with his ship And the stowaway should never have been on this trip Oh Marie if you could hear my story though it don't say much for glory just for rain Lacking fare I took my chances with crime Just surviving is my past time The Captain should have sunk with his ship and the stowaway, I should never have been on this trip In between life and death here, In between sleep and rest here, tread above the rising tide... I grab a plank and hope starts drowning Everything I knew was lost and squandered Never had a home so I'm never going home again I drowned some I lost my love but things will be fine now I like the beach and I like the mountains Never had wealth but now I'm got an island, island island... TWO SHY GNOMES SACRIFICE A FIELDMOUSE [back] Thunder claps and we shriek out loud quick laugh then the heart slows down no map so we're soaking out find me cover, learn-ed lover Raise a glass if you're thirsty now composure breaks like an icy crowd I've braved your face with a small-talk shroud you never smother, always hover. You're small You're slow You won't I'm tall I will I'll fail, but you won't try and Our god He's mad You said You'll kill I'll skin Mess made, but at least we're bringing something back. And you growl and i growl and we've been knifing it to hell And its still so you smile cause its so beautiful and clean Like your mom or your thumb that you had sucked when you were young And you growl and i growl and grass has never looked this green. Two shy gnomes cannot desecrate things so high up on the altar they can't reach. Come one, come all going down to the city where the old kids go where the rain never shine and the shine never snow come one, come all THE GRAVITY [back] When the world spins around in a plastic ball and you don't look big and you feel real small you turn around and you say no stopping here your feet start running and your heart starts churning look over your shoulder smell something burning tell a different story when it's your house comming down step by step your running away just stay quite ain't got nothing to say in your defense, in your defense keep your gaze straight don;t turn around everything falling, tumbling to the ground, to the ground all I got are these little legs I was never much of a renegade until now, until now forces pull and forces tear in this world how does one fare when things just give up just give up the buck so your feet stop running and your heart stops churning feel like quitting but the world keeps turning with or without you so take my hand again Keep yourself afloat with a war Just another knock at the door Tally up your thoughts like a chore Everyone's abrasive and worn Chase a shot with laughs out of place Drama shows in lines on your face People here so quick to replace Underwhelming stress make you bold Observation takes leaps of faith following the breaths that we bate nothing said was said by mistake convoluted thoughts leave me cold Walking backward gives you away Being this alert makes me 'fraid I can see the words that you made you were just a quote, you were just a quote Frozen to the ground You collapse I remain you collapse Everything's fallen down FATHER'S SONATA [back] Awkwardness is no charm No longer No charm to talk to her annoying It's destroying what was once warm and dark you liked it like your mouth which doesn't really talk to her And no more It doesn't really talk to her THE COMING FIGHT [back] And stars never seem to shine through clouds it makes me want to burn right up. And would you cry? And mediocre thoughts grow stale And mediocre men I'd like to be a god. I'd like to be a god. And everyone else would age but I'd still stick around i'd like to make the sun rise up i'd like to stick around Cut to the scene where they stare at their feet and we squirm in our seats and we try to make a sense of it watching TV and it glows to a beat and i'm scared and you're scarred and we're bobbing to the credits now i ride the tram the bus the train the plane the feet you hardly blink at my apologies. how 'bout the shrugs we disregarded as de- -feat? how 'bout we choose another platform? THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN RIDES AGAIN [back] Late at night a creaking floorboard rattles windows whispers once snored branches tossing restless wakeful pretending I'm asleep Booted footsteps on the staircase whistles coming through the crawl space eyes adjusted to the darkness say it's just a dream Tell myself I've been here before don't be fooled by all that folklore end this dream snap once to restore waiting for the day Morning's hiding somewhere cunning dawn will usher evening's running beckoning its blooming blessing whisper hurry up Feather pillow woolen blanket linens laces amber bracelet china flatware silver shining can't protect you now VAGABOND'S LAMENT [back] Alone, in this apartment I don't own and it's hard to call this home without my hometown heroes And home, it's a concept I don't own and I'm stronger without friends and without plans to follow Alone, with a silence I ain't used to I ignored you when you told me if you go I'll follow I roam, through a waste of open spaces I am empty I am faceless but I'm free to wallow How bout being a good guy? How bout taking a hard line? When you don't know... How bout leadin a new life, when nobody believes in your old lies? It's time to go, it's time to go... And the weddings off but we can still make long term plans then slyly cancel them And I miss your cough and your friends who always fought me for your time Home calls and it's a long road and I'm a plain toad and I'm sorry you thought differently but If I came home would you be there? I can't stop with the endless hop and I fell so robbed and I wish I did things differently I start to run with due motivation I was good to go you came to the station holding on to hope has left you impatient all apart from me BACK OF THE BUS [back] I'm an actor and you watched me cobble a face. I split you wince you weave I'm evil said we were building up to no upheavals quick retrievals and there's constant gauntlets running like the back of a song I drop you mop and we're filling it up I push you up to the back of the bus and say I'm evil but I've lost it all so I loop into the front of the chain I'm an actor and you watched me cobble a face I churn you out when you're whipping it up I plant I breathe but you run on diesel makes me feeble, cough spit clear out the taste then I take another sip of the same I freeze you out but you're running on flames I torch your porch but you say i'm evil that's not feasible so i grasp your rap and I answer with a stare in the face So go as you own and you won't sleep with a cross to bear and you're praying down below because God's at the top of the stairs but and everything's thrown away so we build institutions (and I said) abstract acronyms can only serve a purpose when they're built on loose prerogatives and convoluted notions and I was faithful to these shackled institutions but now I'm falling hard and I can't seem to control myself Fluid in motion yes we were fluid in motion Up for sale but i was coming from another one up for sale and baby everything was way out of range I rake you up from the back of the bus my thoughts get lost and i'm jumbling up you say i'm leavable then i drop the cup and i take another sip of your face. I'm an actor and you watched me cobble a face. FINAL THOUGHTS [back] Sure it's a secret but I guess I can tell you All of the things that you know that I've wanted to When I am gone you can bury my body Or scatter my ashes blown away through and through They'll split up my property It's not much I guarantee Just forget this legacy Charles gets the house he's the oldest a bachelor Jim gets the car He's a born wanderer Anne gets my wedding ring solid gold band Wore it my whole life on my left hand Maybe a month now, that's what the doctor said Said it's a fever and try to stay in your bed If they ask questions tell them to talk to me I'll say don't worry I'll say everything will be BLIZZARD A-COMIN' [back] And you don't say much from the edge of the room and you're gone Drowning slowly and you don't say much, your son is staring out a window Cutting down your posture when he look for hope he can't find any place to erase you then he's gone Cut me down I don't know many funny jokes I feel so empty tasting the placement of your thoughts BURY YOUR CROWN [back] I fell asleep last night next to the train tracks And I came awake to the rumbling of the ground Though it's been hard today to bring my brain back Last night I had a heart that could pump me to the ground I'm asleep and dreaming So wrap me up for vanity's sake cause it's hard to let your insides breathe And last night everything felt so fake but I felt so awake in my dreams Hold me cause your arms feel like home But don't miss me cause we all die alone And our dreams are like daughters that run from their fathers so proud Everything's colored and bold But it fades as the morning unfolds And your king of your dreams but when day breaks you bury your crown I touch you I grab you I try to wake up from this state I watch you your eyes move and you groan am I awake I want to love you but you're fake and when you appear here you're so unreal you must be I touch you I grab you I try to wake up from this state your eyes move and you groan am I awake I want to love you but you're fake When your eyes snap up and there's nobody who you can hold I cling to my pillow I sleep away regrets she tells me not fret I'm humbler in the morning I sleep alone I wake alone I sleep alone I cling to my pillow I'm asleep and dreaming I'm awake and dreaming |