1. |
Boy With Wings
01:26
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Come back to me
Whenever you are ready
It’s not like that
Not desperate, never rushed
Two quiet birds within the brush
A boy can fly but as a man
I’ll show you where I stand
Comes back to you
Whatever you stand to lose
And just like that
It’s better, don’t you know
The less I say the more you know
A boy could fly but as a man
I’ll show you how to land
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2. |
Freight Train
02:20
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Wanted to cross
But you can’t ever let it
You said you would help
But you know what just forget it
I’m not
The one you thought you could trust
And that whole scene was a bust
You know you’ve got it
A freight train’s coming
Better learn all your lines
The space that you travel
Between the script and the crime
Is long
And if the whole thing goes wrong
And if you lose what you’ve earned
It’s cuz you waited your turn
Wanted to cry
But you can’t ever let him
He was acting tough
But you know what just forget him
He’s not
The man you thought that he was
He’s gonna leave you because
He doesn’t know how the world does look
Thru your young autumn eyes
The way that you dance
Between the test and the prize
Is all
You really need in the end
And if he breaks when you bend
It’s cuz he wasn’t your friend
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3. |
Red Fall
02:42
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The thing I never thought I’d hear you say again
You said it
I know it’s gonna hurt him
Though you said you wouldn’t let it
But you were so
And you should know
The way that he is wired
He’s feeling low
And you should go
I think that he is tired
And just about this time last year
I thought that he was better
He said to me don’t let her see
I said I wouldn’t let her
But she was good
I thought she would
Leave him where he was lying
But like she should
She understood
He wasn’t even trying
And that’s just how it was when he was wrong
I really thought they got along
I want the hurt in his heart to end
Because I love him and he’s my best friend
And that’s just how it was back in the Fall
I really thought that she would call
I want to tell him that it’s not so bad
But it is and that makes me sad
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4. |
My Crimes
01:21
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I was in love with
Someone who loved me
But that was in another time
My heart is changing
My mind is waking
Up to the knowledge of my crimes
I know someone who
Would like to make you
An offer that you can’t refuse
Here’s all my bullshit
You should deal with it
What do you really have to lose
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5. |
Jerk FM
02:54
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Coming up slow
Bet it’s a big sky
Telling a joke
Get a load of this guy
Who did you fool
Other than me
Hey was it cool
What did you see when you knocked me out
(Johnny with the brown hair said that he wouldn’t)
John has got the brown hair he said that he wouldn’t
(Baby with the bad jokes told you you shouldn’t)
Baby with the blue eyes never said I couldn’t
I call with the call and you call if you need
Calling on a dead phone dead as can be
Calling my friend as he’s falling asleep
Calling out to dead eyes staring at me
It’s a pretty long year
Get down on yourself
And Fall always comes
And that never helps
They took my best friend
He was a rock and now what’s left of him
And they took my girl
But I don’t care, baby, I’ll show them
(Baby with the new boy says that it wasn’t)
Well maybe it was and anyway they can shove it
(Waiting for a new voice to say that it doesn’t)
It’s better to hate because it’s gone if you love it
I call and I call and I try to be mean
Little world and big sky I’m stuck in between
And oh but it all but it all is a dream
Locking doors to my home and licking the screen
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6. |
Untitled 22
01:46
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Standing in the hall it is my 22nd birthday
And it was six long years ago that I was forced to spend it this way
Last year I had something that I don’t have this time around
When midnight came and was and went and no one made a sound
I hear her voice inside my ear when I turned 20 in October
Meant to repay her before she left
I’d say that I still owe her
For one who gave and took away
Just as she came and left
To her I owe the things she stole
To her I’m still in debt
I find myself in a place I had missed but knew when we were young
The place where I showed you yourself
The place where I am from
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7. |
Fresh Pond Rd.
00:50
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8. |
Oregon
01:50
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And the soul got a’stuck in the body
And it wanted to leave but it couldn’t
Deselecting disengaging
Diesel lories war is waging
Deconstructing disappearing
Disconnected hard of hearing
And the words were a’trapped in a closed mouth
And could somebody please help them get out
Don’t you know me didn’t he say
A free pass and pardon leeway
Did it happen he was okay
Oregon and on and no way
If you believe that it’s something they wont do
Well then I got a bridge I can sell you
Hey away from mark I make ‘em
Anyway that you will take ‘em
Hey a hangin from the lanterns
And what killed the cat was answers
And the boy was a’stuck behind the face
And he wanted to move to a new place
He was calling in the clearing
Credits rolling end is nearing
Car is moving sky is falling
Hold the phone I think he’s calling
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9. |
The Hall
01:11
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Weak’s what they get
When they get it all
I saw a laughing face
It’s coming down the hall
You know that’s how they want it
And it gets to you
He won’t let you come out
What does he let you do
I was here for the last laugh
Staying for the show
I came to have a good time
Left feeling pretty low
I guess that’s how it goes
I guess that’s my fair shake
And if you’ve gotta give it back
I guess you might as well take
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10. |
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I know
I watched you go
Tell me how else I could feel so low
And I know
It’s not like that
I’ve only one question that I have to ask
When you need a friend
With to share your mind
And you recall that you ain’t no friend of mine
Yes you can make your choice
And that is fine
But it’s no true friend who would waste my time
And I know
It was just a sham
Yeah tell me how dumb do you think I am
Well I trusted you
Yes it was such a ruse
And you just did not care what I stood to lose
Yes well I’ve met your friends, yeah
And their friends too
And I have no idea what they mean to you
But if I had to guess I’d say it’s hardly much
If after all I did you could betray my trust
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11. |
Deep In My Heart
03:10
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Deep in my heart
Deep in my heart I’m alone
I was away
For when I was alone
My friends were no help
They were getting stoned
Walking back to my place
Feeling seven feet tall
And I never cared much
I don’t care at all
Feeding the fire you made in the dark
Walking alone to my spot in the park
Can I face my reflection and all that I did
Should I try to uncover all the things that I hid
You know I don’t hate you
And I never could
And if you come around
I really thought you would
At the end of the day
Did I break my own heart
I set myself up for it
From the very start
But nothing really matters cuz I know the thing was good
Wouldn’t trade it for the world, baby, even if I could
When I look back on everything and see how much we learned
I feel good and you should too
Because that’s something we earned
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12. |
Incinerate
01:41
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Incinerate
Eviscerate me
How do you get over
Someone
Someone that you loved
And did not hate
I wish sometimes
That I hated you
Like I thought I did
Back when I was younger
In my own way
Now I’ve grown old and kind
Who would’ve thought
Someone like me
Eviscerate
We thought I hated you then
????
????
All the drugs that you want
On your plate
Right in your stupid face
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13. |
Little World
02:18
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I don’t think I know
It wasn’t anything
Staring stink eye
Looking over everything
Little world
It’s never good enough for me
My little world’s
A shell game fake out fallacy
Have yourself a seat
And make yourself at home
Go kick up your feet
And we are all alone
Little world
It’s nothing that we can’t work out
A little world
To tell the truth I hate you now
Always had
Always did
I see right now
What you were kid
Always felt
So outta place
For you alone
I’d take the case
Walk out of my life
Wave to the laughing crowd
Taking shots at me
While it’s all falling down
Little world
Aw man why can’t you take a joke
A little world
I take it back
I hope you choke
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14. |
My Song
02:48
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Hey it’s been a while since I’ve said
I cannot feel like this again
For a year or so I felt nothing at all
And if you hear the phone
Then please don’t take my call
I made myself sick with it
Forgot to do anything but exist in it
In a little room
With my broken heart
I made an end to it
And now I’m gonna start where I left off
And I will take it in my hand I’m gonna say
I’d rather die than think of you today
I am dead and gone
And this is someone else
And if I get it wrong
I’m gonna ask for help
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15. |
RVA
02:56
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Gun has got a big idea
It’s gonna hurt you so much
What is what
Away out here
I was just staying in touch
Emily said that she knows
A guy out in Richmond
Play a game
So it goes
I am losing this one
Call the cops
Get a job
They will give you a good one
Call your dad
And your mom
Show them you are a good son
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16. |
Baby
02:20
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So it’s cold
She wants to know
If I’m okay
Means stay or go
She wants to have a baby
She used to love the way he
Would pick her up
And kiss her face
And wipe her tears
And clean her place
She wants to have a baby
And now she hates the way he
Is cold and strange she asked me if I knew what’s wrong with him but really
I don’t
On the phone
With mom and dad
Well why’d you let it
Get so bad
She’s gonna have a baby
And she is scared but maybe
He’ll come around
And smile again
If not for love
Then for his friend
Who’s gonna have a baby
And if he can’t then maybe
He’ll walk away and leave her be could I just ask just ask him please
But I won’t
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17. |
Lightning
02:50
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Out on the river
Chasing my damn time
Don’t get in my way
Just let me get mine
I don’t know what you want from me
I will try to give you something
Call on me baby
Leaves on the water
Wind in my skull
And the things that I taught her
Drift along the current of my mind
Shining bright like stars in the nighttime
Black of the sky
And the moon is a bright white
Blue of the clouds
On the face of the nighttime
Passing thru the world on a dark wind
Turn my eyes to the thrill of the lightning
Face to the north
And the sign of the arrow
The flash of my bones
And the rush of the marrow
Pushing towards the pole for to meet you
You can break this off if you need to
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18. |
Denmark
03:42
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What’s the difference between being by yourself
And being alone
Thought about the weather back in New Jersey
And then I missed my home
Over there
In the rain of some words that I’ve heard
And some words I don’t know
Between the rain in the woods where I stood
With my words breathing slow
In the snow on the street with the snow
On my hair in my face
I remember the way that you told me
You hated this place
And I knew what you meant anyway
On that day she was walking with me
And then we parted ways
And I hated it here in this place
Like you hated your place
In my place in this place in its place
But can I do it
I’ll get thru it
It was weird for a year
But we were in the clear
So it seemed
I was just waking up
From a couple strange months
I had dreamed
But you were not around
When I found you were so far away
I walked back to my home
In the snow and the sleet and the rain
And the guilt and the loss and the shame
But can I do it
I’ll get thru it
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19. |
Tanya
03:48
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Tanya I don’t know if I got it right
How do I ever go to sleep at night
Walking along the street where I did you wrong
Your casting call
It was bullshit I drank all day long
Tanya tried
A broken bone a brittle life
She seemed fine
I took her home a little tired
Unlock the door
Wishing that I loved you more
The oldest trick
In the book can still make you sick
Calling on Sunday, she's making a big scene
Shouting in my face, wanted to kiss me
Pulling on my coat, tell me a story
What is it baby, you look unhappy
She'll sell you out
And I'll tell you how
Oh she'll make you say things you never meant to say
If she's got your number it's already too late
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20. |
October
01:42
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Do I make it different for you
Do I help you see
All the pretty faces and the changing leaves
Along came October
Shining thru the trees
With all that wind and sunlight
Before the freeze
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