The turbulence now rumbles, the dungeons of his mind Are very slowly flooding with the blood brought to the fight A rush felt in the fingers, red flash from head to toe Sanity is leaving, very soon we'll have to know Spirit feels rigid Body now deranged And anger isn't worthless It's just good use of pain His clock is in the alley, her's runs right near the street And each one keeps on ticking, ticking to a cosmic beat His anger is a pressure cooker, waiting to explode The shrapnel is vibrating, Very soon we'll have to know And when was it that I knew just what to do? When I was sitting with you I don't know what to do

I've got a dizzy head when I wake up in the morning Got things to do and you know I'll have the time But I'll never do much more than raise my eyelids and then sink back from the light In a far-off place, we've got people making fortunes Leaving little people to scramble for the scraps And if you think we're doing fine, you'd better wake up Get off your comfy ass Set things aside, don't keep them on your mind You'll be racing to the sound of the week When our five days are up, take yourself to the couch and sink into your television dreams I'm on a tennis court now, I got no teammate envy Got a shaky hand and I don't know how to swing So I'll go through the motions, put a frown on And then go back to my dreams So you keep things moving but don't try to gain advantage Keep the ball inside the little colored lines Or drop the racket, make the change and tell them you don't need the phony lies She sings the song, we buy and go along With the ever present dollar and its schemes When our five days are up, Take yourself back to the couch and sink into your television dreams

Where does he live in time? Everything passes by so fast Faces, places, people always look past Don't meet their eyes, he says It's just a lie Always determined to walk on by Playing up the part No man's land Smile at the girl who doesn't know what she does To your mind Stand in the corner With watching eyes When they meet, are you both in disguise? Please don't tell her What I feel No, not quite yet, no It's not real

The smiles are gone The waves are breaking on the cliffs Rain cuts down Cuts down the phony sunshine gifts And I'm so worn So worn out from all of this She left last night And I can't tell what comes next Now she's lost Far away Never gonna find my way out of this place And she's lost Far away If she gonna leave me I just can't stay, oh no And in my house My little boy stands unaware He's got brown teeth His eyes are hollow as they stare And he doesn't know that she's lost and she ain't coming back, oh no And I know that I've got no where to go Cause she's lost Far away Never going to find my way out of this place I'm lost Far away If she gonna leave me I just can't stay, oh no

In the morning If you remember what I said Please forget it Forget it if you can 'Cause I'm a trickster, baby Never gonna tell you one ounce of truth And it's not me baby, honestly I can't handle the words I use It's a wicked game I always play So if you don't want to be used Just run for the hills (as fast as you can) And I love you yes, and I love you with all my heart I won't leave you You'll be sure that we won't part

If it's alright I may not be going home It's so confusing when they go Somehow someone could have tried to show me something new It's not really confusing when I know it's you It's alright Just go down to the other side, baby We'll not fight I'll meet you in a little while, maybe Sun won't shine The moon will be just a little stone's throw And it's alright Every time, every moment I show Now there's something in my head and it will explode Walking down these halls again Maybe the last time, maybe one time in a million They're not really happy now, this I know

She's gonna catch the train back home And home ain't what I got here, no no no She's gonna watch me as I fall, And I'm gonna fall so far; I've never known Sometimes this man thought he would die alone, I think it's just been written in the stone My memories lie on the shredded clothes She went too far and tore my broken bones And I know that if I ever were to chance her on the street I would fall into pieces at her feet And she would walk right down the road With her footprints on my shadow

Roll out in the mountain stream Shiny waves of a little world Get back to where things are clean It's so dull to hear the city whirl You know where to go You played your songs alone After nights at the show Where else could you go? Roll out in the mountain stream Shiny waves of a little world Judging by the tower of fear, no more time to hear the city whirl

All I want is silent spaces Waiting to carry me back home In the silence I could wait for Evermore or something close to it I dream waters undiscovered They twist and turn and knock me off the ground If there's meaning I won't find it I'd rather sleep and see them once again Someone wrote down on a piece of leather Rules for the animal's keep Everyone lies and everyone cries When they read it they can't help but weep I have tried to organize the pages on the shelf I have spent long countless days Running through the rain like a flower down the drain, and a dull haze sapping my health Back and forth, I run and chase it The ever sinking life without despair If I try to unrecover The whirlpool hits me once again I tear pages never dusted They sit alone in corners of your room When the day comes, find me sleeping At the desk, covered in your blood When you realize that you must desert me, We will both wake from our sleep Everyone dreams and everyone leaves, And sees that their time is complete I have tried to organize the pieces of myself I have spent long countless days Racking my brain for a sign and a change in the world I brave without help

She's waiting here, she's waiting by the old front door now She don't know what any of it is for Those dancing nights, the summer nights, the all unspoken And she's lovely for sure She's the kind of girl who waits around and listens to what's said Lets the other people guess as to what's inside her head She's not like the rest, no she doesn't read so into it And while the colors fly, she smiles as only she can Those broken doors, the cracks and grass and peeling paint They bring her to the floor And still she passes, another world all around her Yes, she's lovely for sure And it's all so pointless now to try and understand the way She turns my stomach inside out and wrecks my mind, it's just a play Are we the losers, or the actors who have somehow lost their way On the silent stage where lines are nothing, words cannot express

Hang me oh hang me I'll be dead and gone Hang me oh hang me I'll be dead and gone Wouldn't mind the hanging But the laying in the grave so long Poor boy I've been all around this world I've been all around Cape Girardeau Parts of Arkansas All around Cape Girardeau Parts of Arkansas Got so goddamn hungry I could hide behind a straw I've been all around this world Went up on a mountain There I made my stand Went up on a mountain There I made my stand Rifle on my shoulder And a dagger in my hand Poor boy I've been all around this world Hang me oh hang me I'll be dead and gone Hang me oh hang me I'll be dead and gone Wouldn't mind the hanging But the laying in the grave so long Poor boy I've been all around this world Put the rope around my neck Hung me up so high Put the rope around my neck Hung me up so high Last words I heard him say: Won't be long now 'fore you die Poor boy I've been all around this world Hang me oh hang me And I'll be dead and gone Hang me oh hang me I'll be dead and gone Wouldn't mind the hanging But the laying in the grave so long Poor boy I've been all around this world

When they first talked The spark was hot But it was only a reflection in the glass The air turned cold fast The mood didn't last And two sad people carried on their way The information wasn't straight So he thought someone was to blame The quiet boys are locked The pretty girls are sharp And two young people, growing old each day And if she'd wanted some more time He'd gladly have risen to the fight You go to dinner, you play the game And though I know you, you're not the same These New York kids are not They're not what I thought They don't know you, they don't really care It's too crazy to understand There's no more of the holding hands No more happy starts Just more broken hearts And if we'd wanted some more time We can't run from our goodbye

What a time, what a life Didn't have to change much And to make things worse, it really hurts When they leave so far behind In the time that she was gone he could almost taste the fear What comes after all the laughter has slipped into the mere Why not sing about the things You never really know? Don't come back on the track That leads into the soul, don't want to know Now the dream that they've seen is crumbling at the seams And the times flying by Are scattered on the street It moved so fast, it couldn't last But all we've had to see As I've said, I can't express It means too much to me Why not dream about the things That could or wouldn't be? Don't distract from the track That leads away from me, into the sea

It's another morning Not much here to do Play guitar another hour, Lest you should play the fool Are you really working Well at least you're really you And that's your little secret If you tell someone, you're through And what are all these melodies You play from day to day Are they your life accomplishment And what can they all say? You fear your only future Whatever it may be Working as an altar boy Before the silver screen Some people serve their mind And some others dig the ground We all must work together In the future underground The people's magic industries That package filtered dreams And we succeed in spite of them No matter how it seems As people die from hunger And leaders scream for change My imagination does nothing to help them So who am I to sit here, Writing down these words? I help no one with anything I do, though I am heard My friend down in the alley I've never seen his face I've never felt the pain and loss That drives some men insane Some they write their stories But will they ever know Sitting in their armchairs How the story was first told? I was born with everything I could ever need I am the class of privilege, This is the world we breed The greatest of achievements Built up with the blood Of those who toil and those who die For only God knows what A fancy new computer A pair of pretty shoes Is all I need to get through the day, now It's true You go and write your poetry And whore it all online And save it in the ether Where it's only a matter of time When the anger rises quickly, We all run out of time Another bullet in the brain Another wasted life If it all seems so crazy And jumbled to your ears Just remember we are only Screaming through our tears Everybody is waiting for their time To rise up, fight the phantoms and the lies And they're right, you're wrong, you have no right to cry We are all our universes, we are all our own demise I'll play for you more if you spare a dime I'll feel like I'm here helping make your life When all along its just a waste of time My background music could never change your mind The man is waiting to begin his life The boy is laughing at his sagging eyes And both go their ways, and I am left behind An empty basket, a case of lies So close the station, let the trains go by I'm leaving for the place where I can hide And tell the lovers they can kiss goodbye The story closes, and then our eyes