- A Darker Forest
A darker forest paints with blood in the sun sliding down its trees
And casts in relief the colors we have seen.
And all the storms that we had been, they've paled and passed
in the presence of the world at hand.
Am I really there in the fractured light of the forest floor
With the broken branches?
Am I really there in the same light, in the same life, on the only road?
A darker forest waits
- A Hole in the World
In this blackout inertia will hold our thoughts
And the exit sign offers no light to see by
Can we cast our shadows alone in the dark?
I can't see without you
When the world comes crashing down
Part with it
Start again
- An Absurd And Unrealistic Dream Of Peace
From the fields of the burning wheat
to the corners of the black arcades
we hold our hopes like cigarettes
then we leave them dying in the grass
the road is running out
we’ve seen it over our shoulder
With everything thing we (did??)
fields of flowers
- As He Climbed the Dark Mountain
I've watched him walk away
To climb the endless shadow side.
I've watched him holding on.
It was a thousand years, a thousand miles, a thousand dreams,
A thousand endings with no goodbye.
He disappeared from me
As he climbed the highest peak of the dark mountain.
- Asleep In The Chapel
three chalk outlines sleep in the dirty street
and in our beds, under the sheets,
they're the halo of guilt hanging around your neck,
next to the rosary you count, falling asleep
and we're praying
these are the symptoms of letting go of all our hope.
- At this Velocity
We were safe, now we're paralyzed
Suspended in flight
At this speed it makes no difference
Where I start or where I end
Or if you're sitting in an emergency aisle
We could be dead, complete the equation
Our names are x and n
- Autobiography of a Nation
Write these words back down inside
We have burned their villages and all the people in them died
We adopt their customs and everything they say we steal
All the dreams they had we kill
Still we all sleep sound tonight
Is this what you wanted to hear?
We erased all their images and dance
And replaced them with borders and flags
- Autumn Leaves Revisited
The leaves will fall
And so will you
When you do, bury me under them too
Seconds pass; we'll make it through
Eventually we all go home
It won't be long
It won't be long
- Between Rupture And Rapture
in the veins of the ultraviolet light,
the phosphor is starting a fire
shooting up in the iodine;
its turning on
rupture the wall around my heart
i feel so lost,
i've been shaking. you can't save me
- Beyond The Visible Spectrum
When I first saw you, there were gods in the river
Black birds were warning
Circling high above the marquee where
Bold are the lovers
Messed with the holiness others
Turned our breath into snowflakes
Whispered the night wish
- Circuits of Fever
You are my blanked out pages
All the wasted spaces
The old weapons vanished
Spit blood at dawn, closed forever
You're an ivory icon
Held in glass, captive
You're a falling column
- Common Existence
You can't undo the needle's damage
You can't unwalk a line once it's been crossed
This is why we sing such common songs
We live in a common age
Filled with the common rage
Call out, collapsing, the shadows all fall
Send out receivers to shut it off
- Concealer
With fists raised high in tightened knots
The room explodes and now this blood is on your hands
And there is no time for a second chance
To paint my face with blood and tears and cover up
In an open book that no one reads
A misspelled word that no one know
You stole the rain
Then you turned around and tore my life in two
- Counting 5-4-3-2-1
5-4-3-2-1 Lets start a fire.
We'll burn this town from inside out.
Till no ones left alive.
And you can't feel the rhythm of your steps when you hit the street.
The city seems so far away from here, when you're counting every step.
5-4-3-2 what are you waiting for?
The train is catching up, keep on running don't look back.
- Cross Out The Eyes
Let's call this the quiet city:
Where screams are felt as a wave of stoplights
Drive through the streets as gunshots punctuate the night
The sides we take divide us from our faith
And the morning dove gets caught in the telephone wire
Asleep you set the fire in your own house
And the night was a knife that cut
- Dead Songs
Dead songs are drowning out voices of compassion with a sigh
Alright? Alright
Deadlines are winding down
Fatal clocks keep ticking off dead time
Nothing hurts, nothing moves, nothing stays (No one sleeps and no one dreams)
Nothing matters when the dead songs play (Reject the death)
When all the color fades away, the world is black and white
- Division Street
Lights out on Division Street
and all the hate that rises
through the cracks in the pavement,
as the temperature falls.
(This is where is hits the ground)
Lights out on Division Street
I'm repeating
- Dying in New Brunswick
You told me on your birthday all the things that this place had done to you.
And in the streets you walk.
You hide your face because they don't believe that it's true.
They say it doesn't happen that often.
But it's happening right now.
I'm writing you this letter to let you know I'm not alright.
And in this city the streets are paved with hate
- Empty Glass
I lost my wedding ring down the kitchen sink
Now it's glimmering somewhere far away
And I'm sitting here with an empty glass
Waiting for the day to swallow me whole
I'm holding on to nothing
Sold my wedding ring to another man
Who was drunk in lust far away from home
- Even the Sand is Made of Seashells
I hear the ocean breathing in a sigh.
The seagulls screaming overhead, just out of site.
I see the sun melt slowly in your eyes.
Fall into the dirty water, time after time.
Every single song was once alive, just like the two of us.
We went down to the water's edge.
And now there's nothing but grains of sand.
- Ever Fallen in Love
You stir my natural emotions.
You make me feel like dirt.
And I'm hurt.
And If I start a commotion.
I run the risk of losing you,
And thats worse.
- Fake Nostalgia
You want to live the old days repeat the past
Want to follow in the footsteps of classic men
They look so romantic in old pictures
You think you're the first? find out.
You don't want to be fire that's burning bright for everyone to see
But I want to be the spark that gets in you eye
A burning fire, but it's alive
- Fast To The End
Maintain the bearing that you left with
Fifteen degrees north of anywhere
Try not to feel the shake in you hands
Just close your eyes and go fast to end
Breathe in the white clouds
And wait
Freeze out the world with
- How Long is the Night
If we run far away do you think we will ever die?
We'll throw these books in the fire
Can you stop the train
Cause it some delay?
The change machine lied
And it's too late to scream
How long is the night?
- I Am The Killer
Tuesday wakes up silent
And there aren't enough pills to sleep
And then it cuts out like miswired shortwave radio
It's over
But nothing can change to ever make it right
When you live in a nightmare
It's written all over your face.
- In Transmission
This sunlight cutting through the open fields.
Can't be communicated by radio waves.
And through this flashlight keyhole memory.
Receive a thousand signals and can't respond.
So keep your hands to yourself.
And relay the message to your friends that nothing's wrong.
Reverse reception on this lifeless satellite.
- Into the Blinding Light
We stare into the blinding light to see what's between us.
It's red and it's white like lies, like lipstick on last-look good-byes.
The substance assimilating to watch the bodies burst into a string of lights.
When there's nothing left, the party crashes
and the rings come out form the jacket pockets into the blinding light.
The fire is dying out and there's nothing left to burn except for ourselves.
The cinema speaks as you take off your clothes and burst in dissimulation.
- Last Call
This is the last time
That you'll ever hear me say:
Last call for a better life
In wedding and cheap champagne.
Last call for a Friday night
In bathroom stalls and crowded bar.
Last call. Right before your eyes,
We celebrate our separate lives.
- Love Has Led Us Astray
They sold the old house
Boarded up the rooms just the way you wanted
They sold your possessions
Gave them all away with the guns
You sing like the wind in the trees at night
You think I'm asleep but I'm awake for it
You think you can hide so easily
That noone ever hears you
- Marches and Maneuvers
this is a war we live and the sides are drawn (the sides are drawn).
and we're all wrapped up in fatigues and they wear us out (wear us out).
there is a storm at sea.
if we fly a white flag under a black and blue sky, will the red sun rise?
(the taste of your kerosine lips burn me up)
if we fly a white flag under a black and blue sky, will the red sun rise?
rise, glare from your enemy sights make me go blind/blinds
- No Answers
Can you feel it in the dead of night?
It's all around but can't be seen.
Can you hear it in the parking lot?
It only speaks when spoken to.
Can you find it in the marathon?
The more you take the more you leave.
Can you see them in a pane of glass?
You know them but they don't know you.
- Panic On The Streets Of Health Care City
The I.V. drips, the days drag on,
The anesthetics now wearing off
Adjust the light switch in the hall
This is the end
These are the last days
These are the last days
Now take our hands in a roll of red tape,
- Paris in Flames
Now it's time to wrap our fears in the night
And on the first day I'll dress this city in flames
After all the things you say
You hate me for being this way
Still you won't let go of old ideals
There is no headline to read at night
When the record skips and you're not holding the needle
- Past And Future Ruins
Hold you hand to the fire
And your eyes to the sky
They're just different shades of cellophane
Taped against the lights.
Faulty seams, drawn on plastic leaves
Past and future replicas
Past and future streams
Hold your head underwater
- Porcelain
City of blue tile.
Figure in ceramics.
Where we reach out.
Grab for porcelain.
But it's too fragile to hold.
And it shatters in our hands.
In time the seasons will seal these shards.
- Resuscitation Of A Dead Man
Ambulance, let me in
Don't make me stay here
Ambulance, hold your breath
We're running short on air
Ambulance, resuscitate
At the edge
You see clearly
- Running From The Rain
There was a sound
Split all the heavens apart
In on the northern view
Out in the southern spark
Oh I will be with you running from the rain
When it reaches the end of the line
See myself reflected in broken glass
- Signals over the air
this is what you see when you look in my direction:
incandescent corsets draw eyes tight like wires.
this is how it feels,
calling out but no one even hears
the signals that we send over the air
over the air
over the air
- Standing On The Edge Of Summer
In this room I'm sitting by your side.
It rains for hours and the phone is off its hook.
Standing on the edge, casting lots to set me up before you knock me down,
off the summer's edge and drown me.
We're betting on our own lives, making up for all the time we lost.
In this house of cards we're all holding hearts and spades
(one breath, one step could knock it all down)
but you lead with your eyes and you give it away
- Stay True
Kid, you need some thicker skin,
You don't take punches well.
You're just like your old man
But you're young and scared.
You're weak in your beliefs
And you've got so much to prove
And not a lot of time
Before they get to you.
- Streaks In The Sky
It's just the southern road that you leave by and open windows in your car.
It's the breathing of the city that says leave me behind.
Forget tomorrow side with the open road.
Pulled apart for you.
In the window unlocked and left open.
For the rising sun taking you back home.
- Subway Funeral
Surprise, surprise
Everything you know will flash before your eyes
You're frozen with your hands against the glass
I'm seeing bright lights
I'm hearing sharpened knives
I'm praying to a neon sign
As I wait for this severed line to take me
Nobody called
- Sugar in the Sacrament
What have you done?
You follow footsteps in the dark
and found your faith
left out behind your father's car.
You said, there's no one watching over me or over you, it's always out of reach
I'm sinking still right into:
- Telegraph Avenue Kiss
She's the song that you tried to sing
And the note that you couldn't hit
So you locked her up in a music box
Turn the key on all of us
She spins silver strings in the dark
With metal teeth that ring in her heart
When the cover drops
The world just fades
- The dotted line
The angels sing of someone coming down
To wake us from a sleep
this broken tv wont shut off again
Must be some sort of sign for us
That things are going to change
Its hard to dream
Well you'll try hard
- The Lovesong Writer
Sitting alone in the dark of a stadium
He whispers his secrets into a cheap guitar
With the flick of his wrist he turns words into melodies
Chords into church bells, fill up the allies
Lovers intwine in the heat of the night
And by dawn are apart in the shivering silences
We will pretend
That its all just made up
- This side of brightness
I sewed it up stitched all these dead end streets
Into the sewn up seams of my heartstrings unwind (unwound)
Like a petal pulled from an open flower.
Surrounds by fields where children sign but don't make a sound and don't
Break it off
This searching for what we may never find
And that says it all.
- This Song Brought To You By A Falling Bomb
Do you hear the jet plane yawning miles across the sky?
Hear the garbage truck back down in boulevard
Setting off the car alarms as it passes by?
Do you hear the static of one thousand de-tuned radios?
Shut the window love, keep the world outside
I don`t want to think about anyone
And the footsteps are getting louder
- Time's Arrow
The rain falls up and off the street
The clocks turn back in retreat
Footsteps fall off of our feet
I see the tears crawling off your cheeks
Turn back to pink
The slap got pulled right off of it
We all fall back into bed again
- Tomorrow Ill Be You
In the circuit the frequency's breaking up
The speakers can barely move
This is not a test
Tune to the broadcast
Witness the jetlag
Look in the mirror
Adjust the v-hold
Shatter the lens (lens)
- Understanding In A Car Crash
Splintered piece of glass falls in the seat of gets caught
These broken windows, open locks, reminders of the youth we lost
In trying so hard to look away from you
we followed white lines to the sunset
I crash my car everyday the same way
Time to let this pass
(the time it takes, the time it takes to let go)
- Unintended Long Term Effects
A paper crane, in a dirty drain, trying to dry
Her wings.
The atom split between her lips in the final stage.
The chemicals dissolve and the family disappears.
She sees her life slip between the cracks in the
Atomic age
Like a shot in the vein.
- Voices On A String
When the sun comes up
I can see that you're not here
And the whole world stops
But the wind-up bird keeps winding up its string
And the days go by and you don't come back
But I know you will because there's something pulling both of us
Back and forth, up and down
- War All The Time
Standing on the edge of the Palisades' Cliffs
In the shadow of the skyline very far away
Like a lightning rod that couldn’t pull the storm from me
I was 5 years old, my best friend's older brother died
He fell from these cliffs
The river washed him away, the current pulled him downstream
And our lives float in the headlines, so we park these cars
Parent’s garage
- We Will Overcome
We walk alone
Till the end of night
It's suicide
But we will overcome
Another life
Swinging in the breeze
These southern trees
- Where the Circle Ends
Mountain ranges
Mourning red bay at the bridges
Stab up at the coming blue horizon
Grey slides loosely off rooftops
Lands on the Incan desert ground and dies
A flock of little men touch down on the surface of the porchlight
Bronze fist soldiers return
- Wind-Up
Just ahead I see you winding up
And you're dressing this color on the edge of fire
Until these tightened strides
They march in time again
I don't know if I will cut through
I don't know if my heart will beat without you guiding it
- You Were The Cancer
It's the sigh of a building falling down
It's the world spinning us around
It's the slip of the surgeon's knife
Darker crimes of common existence
It's a missile sleeping in the ground
It's a camera trying to photograph a sound
It's a case for the basic flaw
Ending a film in the coming attractions