left to dry

she was left alone to dry
to contemplate the things that her other half denied
a wave of grief in sight
was cresting and the crash had drowned all her thoughts inside
she was left alone today
to think about the things she had only yesterday
she don't know how he got away
all's fair in love and war but it's an ugly price to pay

she felt like she was left
like she was

left to dry
she was left alone to heal the wounds that hurt from deep inside
she was left to dry
she had something great
she would have changed if she could make it right

she will sleep alone tonight
and the torment of her mind will keep her up to analyze
all the bait and all the brine
and bitter is the taste there is no sweet to this goodbye

and like the splinters from a ship drying on the shoreline
part of something great but nothing by itself
this love was broken taking part of her away with him
pieces lying in the sand and broken shells

slow down

yeah i'm writing this song for you
for the ones i knew
oh forgive me it's been so long
i hope to see you soon
how are things for you today
you live a thousand miles away
and does it really seem so long
since we've been eager to be where we are now?

and now we're here and now we want to

slow down
want to slow down
we've been running right through the afternoon
till the evening comes around
slow down
share what we've found
we've been flying for such a long long time
it'd be nice to touch the ground

do you ever wish you could rewind
just to be there one more time
this time around you'd be sure
with all the shit you know, you know you'd be alright
and where we are today
will seem a thousand miles away
and you know it won't take too long
to bring us right on back to where we are now

all of this

hey girl, whatcha doin?
there's something in the kitchen that shouldn't be brewin
oh, hey, step away
we should save our love for another day
but hey girl you got me goin
the kitchen's on fire and we're stuck in the oven
hey, oh, you should know
all of this makes me love you more

hey and everything seems alright
i know that you will have me tonight
take me where my heart says yes but my mind will say no

hey babe, you got me lover
the house burned down and we're running for cover
hey, oh, you should know
all of this makes me love you more

run my spirit down

the earth went spinning round the sun today
a little faster than it did yesterday
still i insist to ignore
the steady pace of the passing days
and i run my spirit down

got no money in my bank account
rent is due and i just ran out
still i insist to ignore
how checks and change seem to dissipate
and i run my spirit down

but when the worst bursts on us like a cloud of rain
and when it hurts and there's no one there to take the blame
and debts are due and we've no idea how we're gonna pay
the clouds will part and we'll see the sky again

the home team's losing and i don't know why
they never win, no, but they always try
still i insist to ignore
it's only time before the loss is mine
and i run my spirit down

put it off

these days i seem to be
at a loss of reality
surrounded by, shrouded by the walls
glass eyes don't try to see the sun anymore

surrounded by my fear, don't know
how to live round here, too many
choices to be made

i'll put it off for another day
i'll wait till the sun is shining again
i'll wait until i can start hoping again
i'll wait until the sky isn't cloudy
till then i'll wait

these days i'm losing sleep
wretched dreams, they get the best of me
running through the halls, running out of time
breathing deep, desperately
just try to clear my mind

old fashioned love

old fashioned love, you stole my heart again
old fashioned love, i miss the way it's been

do you feel alone
or is it just me
who's on my own

old fashioned love, you led me on back then
why not again

old fashioned love, you broke my heart back then
please not again

red white and blue

come live in our free democracy
where well to do live in harmony
with a patriotic view
sing our creed, we only act through piety
through righteousness we will truly see
all the evil in this world

have a look around, the proud outweigh the practical
these guns are not retractable
no room for another view
come see our super-loaded magazine
spraying lead across the sea
at those god-forsaken fools

we'll have them bleeding for you
for the red white and blue
for the pride of these wounds
that we self-inflict for the red white and blue

come breathe the cloying air of equality
it stretches back through a history
of a 'seperate but equal' youth
come believe in the countrymen in factories
they work so hard so their kids can eat
so good of them to do

when i dream

it's past 8, the sun has set
hadn't really noticed, never really noticed before
the air is clear
different type of feeling, i'm getting from this evening breeze

and i will remember you
when i dream
the most perfect, most beautiful summer sky
ever seen

the sky is blue
time is going backwards and you are walking forward to me
our tears have dried
the train that you had been on had backed into the station again

we're in my room
you are not awake yet, no, we're both still laying here in my bed
my eyes are closed
backwards kind of feeling, i think you will be leaving me soon

the book (again and again)

tonight i'll open up my book
daylight, the story opens up
first page, description of my fears
slow flames evaporate my tears

my mood swings as do my words

again and again
there is no end
again and again
inside my head

pack up, we're going ocean-bound
cause it's a good day to go where the undertow
will lift you off the ground
freeze frame, i breath the desert air
oh look at me, my stories changing again

i will write all my stories
in this book of a thousand chapters
words will change, but the story stays true
it's no race, but my heart won't slow down

stay

grass up to my knees
feels good beneath my feet
in the shade under the trees is where you'll find me
for the moment i am done
the world outside the wall is gone
and we only need enough to keep on breathing
i remember as i see
the day's a constant memory
it recurs as if a dream feels it should be

and i say
stay, stay
let me stay
my heart says what i can't obey
i'm obligated to another day
but please let this one stay

our lives are hard to see
through the instant poetry
but in a thin space in between, our thoughts form clearly
and with the warmth from a paper sun
the world outside the wall burns on
never stop, must always run to make them happy
but the wind that turns the leaves
has been my healing remedy
it feels right as if a dream feels it should be