Taxes

Hands out towards me

But it’s not me you want

I know, I’ve seen that look before

I am just a little person

In this big machine

Go ahead and take your taxes

I am what you need

 

My skeleton’s a little ground down now

From all your weather, all you storms

I know you blame me for my weakness

But I forgive you yours

 

Come, running for me

Cry out for my help

I will answer your call

Every time it comes

Come, running for me

And you won’t have to ask

I’ll be waiting for the cry

I’ll hand over your taxes

 

Your knees are just a little cut up now

In all your praying, you still fell

I know I hurt you in the past

But you forgave me for that

 

Come, running for me

Cry out for my help

I will answer your call

Everytime it comes

Come, running for me

And you won’t have to ask

I’ll be waiting for the cry

I’ll hand over your taxes

 

I’m just a little person

In this machine

Go ahead take your taxes

I am what you need

I’m just a little person

In this big machine

Go ahead take your taxes

I am what you need

 

Come, running for me

Cry out for my help

I will answer your call

Everytime it comes

Come, running for me

And you won’t have to ask

I’ll be waiting for the cry

I’ll hand over your taxes

Circle

Right left, up down

And every in between

You’ve made every decision

From the bend of your knee

Cuts, scrapes, scars I’ve see them all across your skin

You never know the danger til you see what you might’ve been

 

Cause you live and you learn (live and you learn)

From all that you’ve been (all that you’ve been)

One too many times I’ve seen you circle

One too many times I’ve seen you circle

Giving Me Up

How many times have I tried

To get over myself over night

I’ve lost count, of the ways your eyes

Have hit me in the morning

To see I’m still alive

I’m still alive

 

Your silence is giving me up

I think that I might have had enough

All of the distance, spreading in my chest

Never imagined you’d ever be giving me up

All of your sadness, spreading in my chest

Never imagined you’d ever be giving me up

 

How many times did we lie

Laughed at ourselves til we cried

I’ve lost count of the ways that you sigh

When it hits you when its over

That you’re still alive

You’re still alive

 

Your silence is giving me up

I think that I might have had enough

All of the distance, spreading in my chest

Never imagined you’d ever be giving me up

All of your sadness, spreading in my chest

Never imagined you’d ever be giving me up

 

Tied like the fates to just one more loose tooth

Making mistakes on the way

All of the times that I needed you, needed you to say

Anything, anything at all

To keep me alive

To keep us alive

To keep this alive

 

Your silence is giving me up

I think that I might have had enough

All of the distance, spreading in my chest

Never imagined you’d ever be giving me up

All of your sadness, spreading in my chest

Never imagined you’d ever be giving me up

The Future

Stay with me

And I’ll find a reason to make sense

Just stay with me

And I will exceed what you expect

They don’t know

What is coming

 

I’ve seen the future,

I am it for you, my dear

I’ve seen the future,

And it looks pretty good from here

I’ve seen the future,

I am it for you, my dear

I’ve seen the future,

And I will live to see it here.

 

Follow me

And I will take you to a place

So safe, they’ll never let me fall

They don’t know

What is coming

 

I’ve seen the future,

I am it for you, my dear

I’ve seen the future,

And it looks pretty good from here

I’ve seen the future,

I am it for you, my dear

I’ve seen the future,

And I will live to see it here.

 

Now, now

All I have is all I am

And all I know is

How to grow

Now, now

All I have is all right here

But stay with me

Stay with me

 

I’ve seen the future,

I am it for you, my dear

I’ve seen the future,

And it looks pretty good from here

I’ve seen the future,

I am it for you, my dear

I’ve seen the future,

And I will live to see it here.

 

I’ve seen the future,

Stay with me,

I’ll find a reason to make sense

I’ve seen the future,

And I will live to see it here.