- A Literal Title
You have to be careful what you say
You have to be careful with what you do
That's what you said
That's what you said to me then
Hey did you hear that somewhere else
or did you make it up just for me
That's what you said
That's what you said to me then
- All Plots
Now when it rains it always pours
As if its going to last forever
How are we supposed to talk when you're always
Staring at your feet as if they're tied together
And when it falls apart
It's not like we're making much more than nonsense
And when you're sick of me I'll ride the bus for days
Until I run out of ideas
- Lame Duck
No control and no real role
To make a mind, to make in kind
Impossible, impractical
To imagine it different
Safe guard the things you want
You didn't choose; they chose you
Sit with patience and wait for
Something you know, you know
- Less Is More
This time it's not for show it's different
One more failed atempt, indifference
Every block is another way to see it straight
Last word everytime and don't be late
Strange record of stunted growth
Wordplay and meaningless
I've got to find the pieces
- Long-Distance Song Effects
Some silent kid in a shopping cart from a parking lot
Think we've seen him before
We're humming along to the radio song, don't know what's going on
Think we've heard this before
You think you know what you want
Is this really what you want
- Nothing with Nothing
What was it that you wanted to say
Smeared in pencil, couldn't read it anyway
Got the trash and the bottles in bags
Some old boxes with notebooks in frames
I've got it written down
So I can show you now
I've got it written down
- Part One
You can say what you will but your words won't commit themselves to meaning.
You can scream until you're blue in the face and still not be making sense.
You can say what you will but your words won't commit themselves to action.
You can scream until you're blue in the face and still not be making changes.
Be careful where you look, they're always stealing something- its how they eat, how they sing, how they dance that kills me.
Stay in the boat and please don't rock it- they may have sticks and stones but we have invisible bullets.
This farce, but so are these people.
With the way they die we'll have to keep on blasting.
- Ronald's Right
There's a man upstairs writing something down
I couldn't read some kind of hieroglyphic
Answer you phone or return my letters as if its all the same
So read your bill
You always overpay
Heard that before
Like everything else you say
- Storming The Bastille
We were always on our own-
we were seeing things breaking down for once, crossing fingers until it comes full circle.
The shimmer of light or the blinding sun-
now watch as we talk about how we acted,
we were living in the streets then.
Crossing the white and yellow lines,
if only our hearts were as big as our imaginations, pulling bullets from our pockets.
I was there when it all fell down,
- The Gaze
All over again, take this money and run.
You knew it was me, I always knew it was me.
When the shouts first pierced the air, I could feel myself committed to being that which they said I would be.
I can feel the gaze from those around me.
I can say what I want
I can say what I want- I can't say what I want..