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Down on Mission Street

Turn me up, turn me upside down
Push the shutters out, let some fresh air in
Let the weight of the world fall from your shoulders
But don't wait up for me, 'cause I'm already gone

Already gone
I'm Already gone

The puddles down on Mission Street make mirrors in the night
Reflecting dancing feet and electric light
Never felt so alone
But I never felt so alive, newly revived

Already gone
I'm Already gone
You must think me a fool to believe this masquerade is love
But it's all that you concede to me

Already gone
I'm Already gone
You must think me a fool to believe this masquerade is love
But it's all that you give to me

Already gone
I'm Already gone
You must think me a fool to believe this masquerade is love
But it's all that you give to me

 

My Mind's Made Up

Watching the TV
Reading beauty magazines
Twisted image of beauty
Tonight my mind's made up

Easily, easily you will find it
It resides deep inside of your spirit
And love's always there when you need it

Trusting outside opinions
Over what you know within
Cut out social coercion
Tonight my mind's made up

Easily, easily you will find it
It resides deep inside of your spirit
Look inside

Easily you will find it, perfect yet evolving
Every gaze is unique, therein lies the beauty
Pay them no mind, if you don't listen they can't reach you
Easily you will find that you are not bound by others' thought

Easily, easily you will find it
It resides deep inside of your spirit
And love's always there when you need it

 

Canyon

There's a canyon in my chest
Where your words keep echoing
Go now, go now, go, go now

Cricket choirs your lullabies
Night light moon and blanket sky
Off your heart will roam to find you

Why can't they see you for who you are
A sailor among the stars
Where you once roamed now there only remains a canyon

Siren singing can you hear the call
A very few find heaven at all

And now I see you for who you are
A sailor among the stars
Where you once roamed now there only remains a canyon

And now I see you for who you are
A sailor among the stars
Where you once roamed now there only remains a canyon

There's a canyon in my chest
Where your words keep echoing
Go now, go now, go, go now

 

In Your Name

Waiting at my window for you to come
I've waited there for ever, still I see no one
And I wonder, yeah I wonder what kept you away
'Cause there is no one else here that could take the blame
It's in your name

Both of you were engaged in constant attack
So you abandoned the innocent and never came back
Then you played the victim as if you've done nothing wrong
Resentfully claiming that the fault was not your own

But you walked away, walked away
Are to blame
Walked away from what you knew was right

You could have made amends but instead you withdrew
Tried to erase your lineage and cover up the truth
And I wonder, still I wonder what kept you away
'Cause there is no one else here that could take your place

But you walked away, walked away
Are to blame, it's in your name
We're face to face, can you hear me?
Do I wait in vain?
Wait for you to come back to my life

 

Between Us

Pushing buttons behind pointed phrases
Everyone has something to hide

There's a splinter between us
She said our disagreements
are the hammer that's driving it down
between us

Willow, won't you please put down these weapons
I have always been on your side

There's a splinter between us
She said our disagreements
are the hammer that's driving it down
between us

There's a splinter between us
She said our disagreements
are the hammer that's driving it down
between us

 

My Own Way

Wrapped in the past
Clinging to heirlooms of my parents
Quilted with broken hearts and hands

Torn to bits
Tried to mend with needle and thread
But our fellowship is dead

I wish I could heal you
And stay safe close by both you
And turn this discord into
Love

A bitter pill
My childhood heart remains ill fed
You hadn't much nourishment to give

I wish I could heal you
And stay safe close by both you
And turn this discord into
Love

I don't want to go
But I know I can't stay
And in this constant evolution
Can I find my own way?

So I'll sift through
The remnants of our cozy nest
And stitch my life with mended hands

I wish I could heal you
And stay safe close by both you
And turn this discord into
Love

I don't want to go
But I know I can't stay
And in this constant evolution
Can I find my own way?

I don't want to go
Now I don't want to stay
And in this constant evolution
I will find my own way
My own way

 

Avalanche

I am walking through the dark
You pulled the sun behind the mountain tops
Avalanche crumbling down
Those men in their black suits left without making a sound

Press me like a shell to your ear
You'll hear a melancholy melody composed of many tears

Will you miss us when you've gone
It's so hard to move on
It's not time
I'm not ready to say goodbye

 

Father Daughter

Father daughter
What was love is now deferred
Hey daddy where have you been?
I've been wondering for most of my life

I analyze my every move
To insure I'm perfect for you
Then maybe you'll turn back my way
Would you know my face?
Let me turn on the light for you

Hey daddy, I've had enough
I am not asking for a lot
Here's my heart
Please don't tear it apart

Tried many a man in your shoes
None of them could fill them like you
But you're always letting me down
Will you ever turn around?
Left the light on for you

Hey daddy, I've had enough
I am not asking for a lot
Just your heart

Your father's fist was the original sin
Damage passed down 3 generations
Why keep this strange inheritance?
Abandon it instead

Hey daddy, I've had enough
I am not asking for a lot
Just your heart
I won't tear it apart

 

Disarmament

Don't take my word
I wasn't done building it, stitching her wings
My mother told me
Don't lose sight of the horizon

Disarmament
Dance of descent
Falling leaves, my arms now bare
Like a tree in winter

This too shall pass
This too shall pass
My mother said

You and I like wild birds preserved
Prisoners of our hand-made armor
Await a taste of winter's thaw
and the hands of time to release and heal us

Disarmament
Dance of descent
Falling leaves, my arms now bare
Like a tree in winter

This too shall pass
This too shall pass
My mother said

One voice in the cacophony
Speaks louder than none

This too shall pass
This too shall pass
My mother said

 

Field of Poppies

Love you found me blind on Camden High Street
Among the vendors and their wares
We disappear in lines on cobble stone streets
This is London in the twilight

Lay me down in a field of poppies
You said our hearts never lie
Can it be or am I dreaming
Looks like it won't be this time

Tonight I walk alone in Greenwich Village
My company the patter of tourists
And I overheard a man say to a beautiful lady
You're the one

Lay me down in a field of poppies
You said our hearts never lie
Can it be or am I dreaming
Looks like it won't be this time

Mabye it's not my time

Lay me down in a field of poppies
You said our hearts never lie
Can it be or am I dreaming
Looks like it won't be this time

 

No Shelter

Wave heading straight for my frame
No shelter from this hurricane
Terror lurks in every vein
But it does not do to resist change

I've gone far away to come back home

Holding back the water only makes more water to hold
But if you let it in easy then it is easy to let go

I've gone far away, gone far away
There's no night without day, no shelter without rain
I've gone far away to come back home

Torpid heart to survive
Habitual, I was paralyzed
Tonic thaw, now I recall
What I really want is to feel truly alive

I've gone far away, gone far away
There's no night without day, no shelter without rain
I've gone far away to come back home

 

Stay

Lay down my head on the pillow next to you, my love
Kaleidoscope of emotion running through me tonight

Should I trust you when you say you'll stay?
When you say, when you say you'll stay

My father taught me
Men will love you, but then they'll leave you all alone

Should I trust you when you say you'll stay?
When you say, when you say you'll stay

Maybe I should believe you, I should believe you
Maybe it's not that easy, it's not that easy

When you say you'll stay

 

Anomie

Lawless, broken down the bounds

Destructive, decay
Buried in a pocket of existence 

Miss Anomie, don't look at me with those eyes

Cut and run

I don't know why I should care
I'd do anything
To get out of here
To get out of here

Through disarray, you learn to separate
Who needs friends anyway? 

Got no faith, just malaise

Cut and run

I don't know why I should care
I'd do anything
To get out of here
To get out of here

Cut and run

I don't know why I should care
I'd do anything

To get out of here
To get out of here
To get out of here

 

Irrelevant

It wasn't the time to be judging my actions

I didn't have time to analyze

You thought you were right to settle the situation
But your sign only reads one way

There are ceaseless sides of story

Angles descend pouring
Discovering with intricacies of meaning 

Your stance is quite irrelevant
Your stance is quite irrelevant

Is it a crime to bear the mark of novice?
I hadn't yet tried to break the chain

An icy frost snaps the cord of loyalty

Friend means naught if friend doth betray

There are times when the suspect pleads guilty
That is the time to incarcerate

But when I sought to amend my constitution

You dared to claim I'd gone the wrong way

There are ceaseless sides of story
Angles decend pouring
Discovering with intricacies of meaning
Your stance is quite irrelevant
Your stance is irrelevant

Your stance is...

 

Like You

The wind is blowing my house down
Huff and puff and it's gone 

I just want to be like you
You always know what you want
You always know what you want
You always know what you want

The lights here can be blinding
Watch your step then you fall
I just want to be like you
Want to be anything at all

At all
At all

Now you are leaving

What will I do when you're gone

I just want to be like you

 But I'm not
No, I'm not

I'm not, no no, I'm not

The wind is blowing my house down

Huff and puff and it's gone 

I just want to be like you
But I'm not

 

Life

As the time sifts, mark the seasons' shift

Here comes the light

As the dawn fades, see the night unmade
Decipher the rite

As the time flows, see the highs and lows
Connecting life

Still the wheel turns and the seasons burn

Here comes the night

The cycle will run its course

Until you have found the source

It takes so long to go home

Troubles come and go, I struggle as I grow

But I'll look ahead
Even when it ends there lies another bend

To follow instead

The cycle will run its course

Until you have found the source
It takes so long to go home

Nothing lasts forever
We are changed by each endeavor
Learn to flow with the tide
And shells of youth will soon subside

 

Wildfires

Wildflowers are blooming in the sun
Wildfires are burning the Earth down

The beauty and the sadness are rolled into one

Wild child, you've got to be free

Your wild smile pales with all you see

I guess that's the cost of freedom

Everything you've known is gone

Waiting for
Waiting for the rain
To break the dry spell
That nearly broke me

Searching for a clue but only skin deep
The story drags on through the same old scene

And we all have our reasons

Without a warning, I'm gone

Waiting for
Waiting for the rain
To break the dry spell
That nearly broke me

 

Lullaby

Here comes the dark, time to fly
 I left you with a sad lullaby
Bye baby, bye bye
Bye baby, bye bye

Beads of rain fall in regret

But anguished pleas will not beget me now

Bye baby, bye bye

Bye baby, bye bye

Fire still flutters, I see it glow
But flame will soon gutter and stop the flow

Bye baby, bye bye

Bye baby, bye bye

The path has changed, here lies the split

Time seems strange as it shapes and shifts

Now we hold these willow heads, the branches will not hold you
The sap is run, its life is spent
And rushing winds seem to pull you on

I had no wish to cause distress
But freedom pulled, pushed, and pressed me now
Bye baby, good bye
Bye baby, good bye

 

Tangled Up

About his cold, lonely smile

It's usually warm and animated
There's a darkness deepening his eyes
Can't be penetrated

Looking for some sort of crack, a place the light trickles through
So I can reacquaint myself
with the love I once knew

You're changing like the tides in
a weather-stricken sea

Come back, honey

All I want to be

All I want to be

Is tangled up with you

All I want to be

All I want to be

Is tangled up with you

Drifting in and out of the days
Watching dusk turn to night 

I used to see forever
In your eyes

All I want to be

All I want to be

Is tangled up with you

All I want to be

All I want to be

Is tangled up with you

 

Phase

Life is flowing into consciousness 

Like a raging lava sea

Seems hard to trust that this too shall pass

But you've got such sound reasoning

You say you know that there are times 

When life does not seem right
But it'll turn around in time
Yeah, you know that there are times 

When life does not seem right
But it'll turn around in time

The storm is surging, there's no light to guide the way
While fog smothers identity

You say relax, step back, and learn to breathe
Find your voice it's time to speak

And you know that there are times

When life does not seem right
But it'll turn around in time

Yeah you know that there are times 

When life does not seem right
But it'll turn around in time

What will be will be
Surrender to release

Clutching kills connection

Every wave will break, every tempest gives way
To unprecedented calm

Life is flowing into consciousness

Like a gentle ocean breeze
Time to trust that it's just ebb and flow
Each phase is fleeting

 

Reincarnate

You held my heart in your arms
I guess you weren't that strong because you dropped it
Love, we flowered in a dream but then you scared me awake
If I built you a greenhouse could we reincarnate?

Speak up, speak out
We're face to face
I pull you in close
But you're still far away

So far away
So far away
So far away

Draw in my sails, got no course left to chart
The sweetness of our sunset has left me in the dark
Feel the wind pick up, current pulling me on
Your word is a Vail that you can't see beyond

Speak up, speak out
We're face to face
I pull you in close
But you're still far away

So far away
So far away
So far you've thrown us away

 

Almost Gone

Phone call
Punch in the gut

No place to stand straight in
No one to hold on to

Bed ridden

Your skin hangs off your bones

No words will come to you
So we hold hands instead


And there are all of these people
And they are trying to help us
But there's nothing that can keep this from happening 

You're too far gone

Painless and now pain free

You made your exit with a smile and finally found peace

So strange, this feeling of not feeling
Belief in not believing
That all my unmade memories
Are taken from me

Now, there may always be some hope
But your transition may be near

It's up to you to decide what's best for everyone
You're almost gone

I don't want you to leave

Well, I guess that is normal to feel

But I wouldn't change what was meant to be
Just for me

So now I walk on, but not away
'Cause you've been here all along, watching over me
Until it's my turn to return home
You're not really gone

Not really gone
You'll never be gone

 

Whirlwind Came

You lived your life like an angel
There isn't one thing you could have given me that you didn't
It's getting hard to find a silver lining 

When God or whomever can just rip it all away

Pain can always find the undeserving

And suffering does not discriminate 

Until we meet again, my friend, close your eyes 

Oh, how I wish you could've stayed

Driving the wrong direction on a one way

Whirlwind came, whirlwind came
Issue a ticket that I may learn
Girl, you've got to pay either way
Whirlwind came, whirlwind came
Swept me away

Baby bird, it's time to take flight 

The world used to look so small from such a great height
How can you pick up all that has come crashing down?
I don't care, I just miss you

Driving the wrong direction on a one way

Whirlwind came, whirlwind came
Issue a ticket that I may learn
Girl, you've got to pay either way

Whirlwind came, whirlwind came
Swept me away

 

Wake Up

Wake up, why are you sleeping?

Wake up and look what you've done

It's a long road back and I'm already tired of trying to explain

Why we're going back in the first place
With your eyes hanging low you've managed to dig a great hole

And now we're bringing back the calm that once surrounded us

Wake up, where are you going?
Get up there's chaos to be undone

It's a long road back and I'm already tired of trying to explain

Why we're going back in the first place
With your eyes hanging low you've managed to dig a great hole

And now we're bringing back the calm that once surrounded us

You can't turn back time

But you can set it straight

Just open your eyes and awake

Stay up, stay up