- Arrhythmic Palpitations
In the middle of the night I can do it just right
It seemed like a good idea at the time
And the morning light
Will sting blind
With all the things that I've been running from
Remember how scary it was?
So I drive right in, but the current is swift
- Blue
This guy comes up to me
I said "who are you?"
He said "I think you know,
I'm blue"
You used to heigh 200 pounds
Now yer skin and bones
Boo Hoooo!
- Cruel World
I saw a girl flip a stroller
That was holding her baby sitter
Her mother screamed and came runnin
I couldn't believe what I'd seen
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
There's a man on my corner
- Fell Right In
Your hands start to shake
But you don't know why
It's subtle and it's gross
But you don't know why
You know you're gonna break
But you don't know why
You hate your life but you don't know why!
I'm rehabilitation? I'm jungian sessions?
- Little Brother
Four words painted on my wall
Telling me that fear created this all
From the police to the priests and the project yards
They're calling out asking me to change
They're telling me to be so afraid
My little brother is getting into trouble
He's so overwhelmed by the world sometimes
- Modern Muse
Through the implements of art and war
I don't hate the heads of state no more
Sike!
But if I do then they win and you know this,
So c'mon - let's dissect this
Your best friend taught you how to sing
When she sang every song in the right wrong key
- No Lullabies
Here’s to the kids with no parents to sing them sleepy songs
No lullabies, but don’t you cry
Your nightmares will soon be gone
I wrote this song for you, I’ll sing it too so be at ease
A surrogate, imaginary pet, so listen please
Blankets old, cigarette holes are your stars tonight
Well it’s hard to go to sleep when you’re living on the street
- Ran That Scam
Somewhere there in between
The dirty sex and the faded jeans
I caught a glimpse of a man that I used to be
It scared the living shit out of me
I must of ran that scam about a million times
Now I'll do it again just to prove to you that I can
So what.
- Special Professional
I pretend to sleep while she cries at night
Then slowly dries her eyes
Vacant are the words of mine
That say we are alright
I don't want, don't want to be
Your hate and misery
But I want to be your crutch and I want to be your thing
- Visiting Day
I woke up shaking in a room that I shared with 3 strangers
And it was visiting day
So I walked down the stairs and then into that room
I felt your presence first and then impending doom
I spoke without a sound but you heard every word
I'm more sorry than you know for everything I put you through
Three weeks passed, then you came back