Hearts Awake

Your gentle alarms, are often too subtle,

For this still faced clock of an empty soul,

You don’t how I got to be so cold,

But this sleep’s been longer than even you’ve been told.

My bed is warm and still, but it saves me no longer,

From a fate of love that I just can’t ignore.

 

Wake my heart,

Wake my heart,

And I’ll forever dream of you,

With my eyes open in the sunshine,

Wake my heart,

Wake my heart,

And I’ll forever be…

 

You stir me not, with your movements close,

Each step no louder than my own still lungs,

These ears want to here what your lips will promise,

These eyes want to see, the products of those promises.

My bed is warm and still, but it saves me no longer,

From the fate your love that I just won’t ignore.

 

Wake my heart,

Wake my heart,

And I’ll forever dream of you,

With my eyes open in the sunshine,

Wake my heart,

Wake my heart,

And I’ll forever be…

 

My eyes open, and I can see you,

Staring at me, black and blue,

My skin all bruised from turning in my sleep.

It’s been the longest nightmare,

The longest nightmare,

Waiting for you here to wake me,

Waiting for you here to wake me.

You whispered in my ear,

Something just for me to hear.

You said

Our hearts awake,

Our hearts awake,

To fulfill these dreams of forever you and me,

Our hearts awake,

Our hearts awake,

Now they won’t forget to dream that sleepless dream.

Gluttons Here We Go

Should I save,

The champagne glasses,

As last to break,

When tomorrow comes,

Will we celebrate?

While tonight we breathe

This dismal fate.

 

Should I wait,

For the coming on,

Of a new day,

When tomorrow comes,

Will we celebrate?

The champagne glasses,

Are last to break.

 

Here we go again,

Waiting for the knife,

Here we go again,

Here we go again,

Gluttons for misery,

Here we go again.

 

Should I leave,

Tonight’s mistakes on,

Don’t press repeat,

It’s a motive short.

Should we keep,

All of these in a box,

One day we’ll weep,

When we see the circles,

Safe for our retreat.

 

Here we go again,

Waiting for the knife,

Here we go again,

Here we go again,

Gluttons for misery,

Here we go again.

 

Here we go again,

Waiting for the knife,

Here we go again,

Here we go again,

Gluttons for misery,

Here we go again.

 

The champagne glasses,

Are last to break.

The champagne glasses,

Are last to break.

Iron And Silk

Each day, I’m more dead than the one before,

I wake up look to the broken sun,

To decide what you’re wanting from me,

On this beautiful day, In this beautiful life.

You ask me please

Take down the walls I built myself,

I can’t, they’re made of iron and silk,

You see, I say

 

And the rain keeps pouring,

We’ll keep hiding,

No they’ll never find us here.

And the pain keeps coming,

Oh but it’s coming clear,

It won’t find us here.

 

And we danced, this kind of wrong way dance,

Down your one way street.

Happiness is hard to come by,

Harder to maintain.

 

And the rain keeps pouring,

We’ll keep hiding,

No they’ll never find us here.

And the pain keeps coming,

Oh but it’s coming clear,

It won’t find us here.

 

Each breath, of oxygen,

Is just one more precious gift.

Each breath, Each breath,

Let me taste your breath my dear

 

And the rain keeps pouring,

We’ll keep hiding,

No they’ll never find us here.

And the pain keeps coming,

Oh but it’s coming clear,

It won’t find us here.

Product Of Your Love

Draw the pictures in your head,

Make believe that you don’t see,

The possibility of me waking up dead.

You’re clueless and you’re young,

But this is only just begun,

The test you haven’t studied for,

So you count the tiles on the floor.

 

You can hear the desperation,

You can hear the fear,

It trembles like the fragile earth,

When the rain hits too hard.

You can hear, you can hear,

How much you wanted to love,

How much you wanted to see the product of that love.

 

Write the lines out to the chords,

The baby girl you haven’t seen,

Hold her closer than before,

Shut your eyes and hear her breathe.

 

You can hear the desperation,

You can hear the fear,

It trembles like the fragile earth,

When the rain hits too hard.

You can hear, you can hear,

How much you wanted to love,

How much you wanted to see the product of that love.

 

Count the wires, count the wires.

Count the wires, count the wires.

 

You can hear the desperation,

You can hear the fear,

It trembles like the fragile earth,

When the rain hits too hard.

You can hear, you can hear,

How much you wanted to love,

How much you wanted to see the product of that love.

Crawl

Let your eyes crawl over me,

Would you fall all over me?

Let me be something to you.

Let your eyes crawl over me,

Would you fall over me?

Let me mean something to you.

 

This isn’t an excuse,

For, the way that you hold your head,

In your hands, in your lap,

Like it’s too weighed to look up.

Read the signs, read the map,

It’s all over my face,

I wanna see you in the darkest ways.

 

Let your eyes crawl over me,

Would you fall all over me?

Let me be something to you.

Let your eyes crawl over me,

Would you fall over me?

Let me mean something to you.

 

There is no cure,

For, the open endedness,

Of your innermost questions.

Cause theyre too thought out to lie to.

Help me here, Hold me close,

See it in my face,

I wanna see in your darkest places.

 

Let your eyes crawl over me,

Would you fall all over me?

Let me be something to you.

Let your eyes crawl over me,

Would you fall over me?

Let me mean something to you.

The Laugh

When my friends told me,

You’d be bad, I laughed it off.

When my friends told me,

What you did, I wasn’t laughing, then.

You said, you weren’t thinking,

You said you had been drinking,

Your eyes are crystal clear,

Unlike your intentions.

 

You took my hand,  you said, you said,

You’d give the world, give the stars if only I asked,

You took my heart, you said, you said,

Thanks but no thanks, that offers already came and passed.

 

When my friends told me, how stupid I looked,

I just looked away.

When my friends told me, how stupid you looked,

There was nothing for me to say.

I believed you, I believed you,

Too soon, too soon it would seem.

You’re not as sorry as you seem.

 

You took my hand,  you said, you said,

You’d give the world, give the stars if only I asked,

You took my heart, but I say, but I say,

Thanks but no thanks, that offers already came and passed.

I’ll go now, and I’ll keep laughing.

My sense of humor outshines your bad habits.

You’re not as sorry as you seem.

Oh…

You took my hand,  you said, you said,

You’d give the world, give the stars if only I asked,

You took my heart, you said, you said,

Thanks but no thanks, that offers already came and passed.

Remember my laugh.

Remember my laugh.

When my friends told me, you’d be bad,

I laughed it off.

When my friends told me, what you did,

I wasn’t laughing then.

Sympathy Well Spent

How long will you wait for a miracle?

Before you try and make your own luck.

Keep these words in your pocket,

Keep these words in your pocket.

A helpful reminder to sew your own mouth shut.

 

I keep on hearing, hearing,

How your troubles make holes in your soul,

I don’t see them, see them

Do you see them, see them,

My sympathy is spent, I’m sorry, oh.

 

How far will go for convienence?

Before you know you’re not convienent.

Keep these words in your pocket,

oh.

How long til you see that you waste it?

Waste what you need to be wanted.

Keep these words in your pocket,

Keep these words in your pocket,

I helpful reminder to sew your own mouth shut.

 

I keep on hearing, hearing,

How your troubles make holes in your soul,

I don’t see them, see them

Do you see them, see them,

My sympathy is spent, I’m sorry, oh.

I’m not sorry, oh, you should be sorry.

Oh you will be sorry.

 

Keep these words in your pocket,

Keep these words in your pocket,

A helpful reminder to sew your own mouth shut.

 

I keep on hearing, hearing,

How your troubles make holes in your soul,

I don’t see them, see them

Do you see them, see them,

My sympathy is spent, I’m sorry, oh.

The Execution

And no matter really where I look,

It’s never really in your eyes,

A stupid little fear,

But if I did would I be paralyzed?

It seems no matter how hard I try,

It’s always too hard to make you see,

That what you’ll be and who you are,

Are appealing to me.

 

Could we try this in pencil?

Shade it in lightly.

I might make mistakes,

I might make mistakes.

Could we try this in pencil?

Shade it in lightly.

I might make mistakes,

I’ve already made mistakes.

 

And no matter where my thoughts go,

They always seem to turn to you,

The way you act the way you walk,

At least how I the way they look from my point of view.

Why am I so scared of showing you,

Exactly every secret you inspire,

It was always in the plan but never quite the execution,

If your reactions been a guess I’m not great at estimation.

 

Could we try this in pencil?

Shade it in lightly.

I might make mistakes,

I might make mistakes.

Could we try this in pencil?

Shade it in lightly.

I might make mistakes,

I’ve already made mistakes.

 

Every time I fall in love,

I think that you’re the only one,

I’ll ever be able to run to,

I forget that maybe one day

You’ll forget me and run to

Somebody too.

 

Could we try this in pencil?

Shade it in lightly.

I might make mistakes,

I might make mistakes.

Could we try this in pencil?

Shade it in lightly.

I might make mistakes,

I’ve already made mistakes.

Real

You can’t make up emotions,

And I can’t pretend that I don’t love you,

It gets harder with every breath I take.

And when I decide what words to say,

It almost makes me wanna cry,

Cause you’re so real inside.

Summer Rain

You’re the perfect summer rain,

You’re keeping my temperature down,

Without freezing me out,

You’re keeping me sane,

As the storm calms down.

 

This summer has my blood too hot,

I meet you in the parking lot,

You kiss my neck like the tease you are,

Gotta get me home you open the door to my car.

It’s ironic how we become children,

And jump in every puddle on the way home.

I hear the thunder,

I see the lightning,

But with you I can be unafraid.

 

You’re the perfect summer rain,

You’re keeping my temperature down,

Without freezing me out,

You’re keeping me sane,

As the storm calms down.

 

The sunshine warms my skin,

Your fingertips leave fingerprints,

You reach my roots, you touch my core,

We lay for hours but I always am left wanting more.

It’s ironic how we become children,

And jump in every puddle on the way home.

I hear the thunder,

Oh, I see the lightning,

But with you I don’t ever have to fear.

 

You’re the perfect summer rain,

You’re keeping my temperature down,

Without freezing me out,

You’re keeping me sane,

As the storm calms down.

Everyone’s Gotta Die

I love you now, I hear your breath

Slow, gentle, calming.

I need you now, I like to care,

But I know someday you won’t be there.

 

Everyone’s gotta die,

That clock on the inside,

Keeps ticking away.

Everyone’s gotta die,

I’ll miss you the most,

Make your time with me last a little bit longer.

 

Now I love you still, more than ever,

My tears on my pillow make me remember,

How you used to feel,

How I need you near,

How I can call you anytime,

And you won’t pick up.

 

Everyone’s gotta die,

That clock on the inside,

Keeps ticking away.

Everyone’s gotta die,

I’ll miss you the most,

Make your time with me last a little bit longer.

 

When the angels call my name,

I won’t shy away.

When death makes me feel like I’ve got no control,

I’ll think of how I smiled, I’ll think how I loved,

My life is well worth living,

And I won’t die alone.

 

Everyone’s gotta die,

That clock on the inside,

Keeps ticking away.

Everyone’s gotta die,

I’ll miss you the most,

Make your time with me last a little bit longer.

In My Defense (You Taught Me How)

Sometimes when the days start out good,

I watch you take them in your hand,

And twist til theres only tears,

And only your own complaints,

Of how you’ll never live to see the next one.

How do I emerge from this,

A woman or a monster?

 

This is not my rebel,

You know why I can’t tell you,

You find out for yourself,

All the reasons I’ll hate to resent you.

In my defense, you taught me how.

In my defense, you taught me how.

 

These words are easy to write, but hard to hear,

I wanna fix whatever broke you, but I know it’s not my place.

I wanna tell you how I know things that you never told me.

You wouldn’t appreciate my peeping in,

In front of each other we dress like were for gym.

How do I emerge from this,

A mother or a monster?

 

This is not my rebel,

You know why I can’t tell you,

You find out for yourself,

All the reasons I’ll hate to resent you.

In my defense, you taught me how.

In my defense, you taught me how.

 

The strains, the cracks, they should make us build again,

You know I’d be willing,

The strains, the cracks, the should make us build again,

But I know you’re not willing,

I know you’re not willing,

You make your schedules, try and keep me in time,

Maybe then I won’t realize,

That you care any less than the last day.

 

This is not my rebel,

You know why I can’t tell you,

You find out for yourself,

All the reasons I’ll hate to resent you.

In my defense, you taught me how.

In my defense, you taught me how.