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.

Someone Else

How does what I have

Fit with what you have

The pieces may grind

How does what you need

Fit with what I need

Do they combine

 

I don’t wanna find someone else like you

I don’t wanna find someone else like me

How can I tell you

I don’t want you to leave

It’s you, for me, for me, it’s you

It’s you, for me, for me, it’s you

 

How does what you want

Compare to what I want

All I want is you

Can we take what you deserve

And what I deserve

And be what’s in between

 

I don’t wanna find someone else like you

I don’t wanna find someone else like me

How can I tell you

I don’t want you to leave

It’s you, for me, for me, it’s you

It’s you, for me, for me, it’s you

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

I’ve chewed my lips apart

So now they won’t hold back

Any words they want

Come stumbling out of them

You said you didn’t need to hear it

But I know you needed my goodbye

You said you didn’t mean it

But I know you never lie,

Never lie.

 

You’ve taken your weaknesses and let them become home

A secret location to hide from the world

Excuses, excuses, excuses,

For being alone.

 

You’ve torn your head apart

So now it won’t hold anything real

Anything your heart wants

Doesn’t matter anymore

You said you never wanna hear it

But I know what you meant

You said you’d never regret staying,

But you’d already left,

Already left

 

You’ve taken your weaknesses and let them become home

A secret location to hide from the world

Excuses, excuses, excuses,

For being alone.

 

Woah, I know it’s hard to put your heart in your mouth

Forget what they said and trust

Woah, I know it’s hard to put your heart in your mouth

And act on what it wants, cause people hurt and wound you.

Woah, I know it’s hard to put your heart in your mouth,

But speaking’s much easier, once you’ve swallowed it down.

 

You’ve taken your weaknesses and let them become home

A secret location to hide from the world

Excuses, excuses, excuses,

For being alone.

 

I’ve chewed my lips apart..

So now they won’t hold back…

Any words they want,

Just come stumbling out of them.

I know, it’s hard,

Excuses, excuses,

I know, it’s hard,

Excuses, excuses, excuses,

I know, it’s hard.

Chandeliers

Hang me from your chandeliers

Tell me how it happens here

That everyone who falls in love dies young

Call the captain, call the squad,

Tell them how it all went wrong

Cause everyone who falls in love dies young

 

Children playing in the park

They just don’t know that’s how it starts

Knocking on the door, they are

He pushed her down, she pushed him back

Their hearts broke with an awful crack

Everyone who falls in love dies young

 

Skipping off to school, arm in arm

This was all you ever wanted since that day in the park

Hung up on the chandeliers, come on and take your love down

Hung up on the chandeliers,

Everyone who falls in love dies young

Everyone who falls in love dies young

Your Name

When the wind comes and your walls shake

Do you stay awake and secretly pray

When it looks like you lost the race

Do you stay awake and secretly pray

 

Your name, has left its mark on me

Has left its mark on my home

Left its mark on my love

Your name, has left its mark on me

Has left its mark on my home

Left its mark on my love

Your name

Your name

 

When your body aches and your feet are tired

Do you tell yourself it’ll be alright

When your hands are cold and your stomachs tight

Do you tell yourself it’ll be alright

 

Your name, has left its mark on me

Has left its mark on my home

Left its mark on my love

Your name, has left its mark on me

Has left its mark on my home

Left its mark on my love

Your name

Your name

 

Innocent, precarious, tell me when you’ve had enough

What can I do but wait for you, and wait it out

It’s been too long since they’ve said your name

Better make sure they know who to blame

 

Your name, has left its mark on me

Has left its mark on my home

Left its mark on my love

Your name, has left its mark on me

Has left its mark on my home

Left its mark on my love

Your name

Your name

Watermark

All the new things I don’t know about you

I’m sure you’ve grown up quite a bit

People sometimes ask about you

I’m never sure what to reply with

 

I’m a water mark in your bed

An ink stain, dried but left

A faded face in your photographs

Just another ghost you left in your past

I’m a water mark for your bed

Another notch left in your belt

An hour past in a different life

An ink stain, long, long dried

 

All the new things you don’t know about me

I’ve grown up some since then

I wonder if you ever think about me

Wonder what we’d be doing if I wasn’t

 

A water mark in your bed

An ink stain, dried but left

A faded face in your photographs

Just another ghost you left in your past

I’m a water mark for your bed

Another notch left in your belt

An hour past in a different life

An ink stain, long, long dried

 

A faded face in your photographs,

Just another ghost you left in your past,

Swallowed by the hands of time,

I let myself spin around

In the memory of you and me

In the memory of us.

(A faded face in your photographs)

Swallowed by the hands of time

(Just another ghost you left in your past)

Swallowed by the hands of time

 

I’m a water mark in your bed

An ink stain, dried but left

A faded face in your photographs

Just another ghost you left in your past

I’m a water mark for your bed

Another notch left in your belt

An hour past in a different life

An ink stain, long, long dried

I’m a watermark in your bed.

Red Light Fever

He’s caught red light fever

He’s caught the pink eye

How can I call him home

How do I get him to love me right

That hook she’s got him on

I bet he likes to bleed

I guess we’ll find out

If he ever comes home to me

 

Oh baby, the nights you spend away

You’ll pay for when you sleep with me again

You’re not the only one who’s caught the red light fever

You’re not the only one, don’t you still want my disease?

 

I’ve heard him whisper to his phone

When he thinks that I’m asleep

When he says goodnight I know he’s dreaming of

Other company he keeps

 

Oh baby, the nights you spend away

You’ll pay for when you sleep with me again

You’re not the only one who’s caught the red light fever

You’re not the only one, don’t you still want my disease?

 

Oh baby, the nights you spend away

You’ll pay for when you sleep with me again

You’re not the only one who’s caught the red light fever

You’re not the only one, don’t you still want my disease?

 

He’s caught red light fever

He’s caught the pink eye

How can I call him home

How do I get him to love me right

Watching

Who are you to fly

Into my window at night

These dreams I dream of you

Are secrets for the moon

 

Who am I to see

You in every fantasy

And keep it to myself

For you its someone else

 

These struggles with conscience I don’t do so well

Seeing you in her is practically hell

I wait for a sign that you know I exist

And til then I dream of your satisfying kiss

Oh, oh, til then

 

Who are they to know

You are mine alone

I see you every night

But you wont recognize my eyes

 

These struggles with conscience I don’t do so well

Seeing you in her is practically hell

I wait for a sign that you know I exist

And til then I dream of your satisfying kiss

Oh, oh, til then

 

Til then, I claim you

In silent possession

All the while, needing you

To pray on my devotion

Love me like you loved her

And I will be euphoric

All my limbs will love you

Til then I remain watching

 

These struggles with conscience I don’t do so well

Seeing you in her is practically hell

I wait for a sign that you know I exist

And til then I dream of your satisfying kiss

Oh, oh, til then

Heavy

Could you please tell me what it is that I have done wrong

This time, I mean its, so easy to lose track of

Lean on me when you feel that you cannot stand up straight

I know your empty heart will carry on without me

 

Your whole life is heavy and its sinking like a stone

Maybe at the bottom you will finally feel at home

Nothing I can do for you will ease the pain you make yourself

Cause its you creating wounds when I am only trying to help

 

Just let me know when you will care to pay attention

To anything I do, or I’m still alive

I only exist for your pleasured convenience,

But your pleasure’s punishment I won’t be convenienced.

 

Your whole life is heavy and its sinking like a stone

Maybe at the bottom you will finally feel at home

Nothing I can do for you will ease the pain you make yourself

Cause its you creating wounds when I am only trying to help

 

You really wanna be alone

But then you’ll have no one else to make lonely

You really wanna be alone

You really oughta be alone

 

Your whole life is heavy and its sinking like a stone

Maybe at the bottom you will finally feel at home

Nothing I can do for you will ease the pain you make yourself

Cause its you creating wounds when I am only trying to help