We Used To Talk (Stranger)

We used to talk
Enough to fill an ocean full of sailors 
who were going to some undiscovered place
And we talked
about a storm that's growing
but we'd survive it knowing 
we'd keep each other safe
Like the waves that wash away the footprints on the shore
We used to talk a lot
but we don't talk much anymore
We used to talk
enough to fill a million books
with page after page of inspirational thought
And we talked
about all the scenarios 
where we could be the heroes
avenging evil plots
It's what we don't expect and what we choose to ignore
We used to talk a lot
but we don't talk much anymore
How long
can these conversations go on
before the inspiration is gone?
Even Atlantis sunk into the ocean floor
We used to talk a lot
but we don't talk much anymore
We used to talk
how in a hundred years
we would still be sitting here
just chattering our bones
But we're not
I'm sitting here in silence 
and though I have tried
it is hard to talk alone... 

Savior (Rise)

It kills me not to know this but I've all but just forgotten
What the color of her eyes were 
and her scars or how she got them
As the telling signs of age rain down a single tear is dropping
Through the valleys of an aging face that this world has forgotten
There is no reconciliation that will put me in my place
And there is no time like the present to drink these draining seconds
But seldom do these words ring true when I'm constantly failing you
Like walls that we just can't break through until we disappear
So tell me now
If this ain't love then how do we get out?
cause' I don't know
That's when she said I don't hate you boy
I just want to save you while there's still something left to save
That's when I told her I love you girl
But I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have
But the day pressed on like crushing weights
For no man does it ever wait
Like memories of dying days
That deafen us like hurricanes
Bathed in flames we held the brand
Uncurled the fingers in your hand
Pressed into the flesh like sand
Now do you understand?
So tell me now
If this ain't love then how do we get out?
cause' I don't know
That's when she said I don't hate you boy
I just want to save you while there's still something left to save
That's when I told her I love you girl
But I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have
1000 miles away
There's nothing left to say
But so much left that I don't know
We never had a choice
This world is too much noise
It takes me under
It takes me under once again
I don't hate you
I don't hate you
So tell me now
If this ain't love then how do we get out?
cause' I don't know
That's when she said I don't hate you boy
I just want to save you while there's still something left to save
That's when I told her I love you girl
But I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have
I don't hate you
I don't hate you, no

Random Beach Verses Part Tres

Last time I was on this beach
You broke my heart
I drank wine and went
Antiquing, swearing
To never give a damn about you
   again
But you have made a fool of me
   again
Already history is repeating?
Already it's time for another feeding?

Random Beach Verses Part Deux

The last time I was here there was a north wind
Is that symbolic for the jet stream
Carrying thoughts of you down to me
Why can't we be who we really are
Or at least stop trying to be
I guess the distance makes storytellers of us both
Your north wind is prickly on my pores
Has a cleansing effect on my thoughts
A cold shower on a hot day

The longer I stay here
The wind has changed

Everyone here not from Britain
Is from New Amsterdam

Random Beach Verses Part I

Every creation myth needs a devil
"And it's the devil I love.
That's as funny as real love
And that's as real as true love."

All we want is someone to grow old with
Someone to do all the stuff with
We deceive ourselves into thinking
That we really want what we can't have
Sometimes we get it
We're more alone than before

That other-sex version of ourselves
In the living room mirror
Is what our heart wants
Though the groin tries to lie.

The devil I love is the
Story woven by the groin
Up the bloodstream to the brain.
The devil of creation
Has a name but is nameless
It is just what we want
But can't have.

Outro With Bees (Case)

How's hope feeling today
Tired and sick of this place
Red wine is fast
At the lip of your glass
Saying I'm going to ruin
Everything
Everything
So its better my sweet
That we hover like bees
'Cause there's no sure footing
No love, I believe 

Home (Sharpe)

Her:

Alabama, Arkansas

I do love my ma and pa

Not that way that I do love you

Him:

Holy moly, me oh my

You're the apple of my eye

Girl, I've never loved no one like you

Her:

Man, oh man, you're my best friend

I scream it to the nothingness

There ain't nothing that I need

Him:

Well, hot and heavy, pumpkin pie

Chocolate candy, Jesus Christ

Ain't nothing please me more than you

Both:

Ah, home

Let me go home

Home is wherever I'm with you

Ah, home

Let me go home

Home is wherever I'm with you

La, la, la, la, take me home

Mother, I'm coming home

Him:

I'll follow you into the park

Through the jungle, through the dark

Girl, I never loved no one like you

Her:

Moats and boats and waterfalls

Alleyways and pay phone calls

I've been everywhere with you

Him:

That's true

Laugh until we think we'll die

Barefoot on a summer night

Never could be sweeter than with you

Her:

And in the streets you run a-free

Like it's only you and me

Geez, you're something to see

Both:

Ah, home

Let me go home

Home is wherever I'm with you

Ah, home

Let me go home

Home is wherever I'm with you

La, la, la, la, take me home

Daddy, I'm coming home

(talking)

Him: Jade

Her: Alexander

Him: Do you remember that day you fell out of my window?

Her: I sure do, you came jumping out after me

Him: Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your ass, you were bleeding all over the place and I rushed you out to the hospital, you remember that?

Her: Yes, I do

Him: Well, there's something I never told you about that night

Her: What didn't you tell me?

Him: While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette you thought was going to be your last, I was falling deep, deeply in love with you, and I never told you until just now

Both:

Ah, home

Let me go home

Home is wherever I'm with you

Ah, home

Let me go home

Home is where I'm alone with you

Him:

Home

Let me come home

Home is wherever I'm with you

Her:

Ah, home

Yes I am home

Home is when I'm alone with you

Her:

Alabama, Arkansas

I do love my ma and pa

Moats and boats and waterfalls

Alleyways and pay phone calls

Both:

Ah, home

Let me go home

Home is wherever I'm with you

Ah, home

Let me go home

Home is where I'm alone with you     

...for my valentine

Head Over Feet (Morissette)

I had no choice but to hear you

You stated your case time and again

I thought about it

You treat me like I'm a princess

I'm not used to liking that

You ask how my day was

You've already won me over in spite of me

Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet

And don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are

I couldn't help it

It's all your fault

Your love is thick and it swallowed me whole

You're so much braver than I gave you credit for

That's not lip service

You've already won me over in spite of me

Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet

And don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are

I couldn't help it

It's all your fault

You are the bearer of unconditional things

You held your breath and the door for me

Thanks for your patience

You're the best listener that I've ever met

You're my best friend

Best friend with benefits

What took me so long

I've never felt this healthy before

I've never wanted something rational

I am aware now

I am aware now

You've already won me over in spite of me

Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet

And don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are

I couldn't help it

It's all your fault 

...for my valentine         

Pale September (Apple)

Pale September, I wore the time like a dress that year

The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on my skin

But as the embers of the summer lost their breath and disappeared

My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within

But then he rose, brilliant as the moon in full

And sank in the burrows of my keep

And all my armor falling down, in a pile at my feet

And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep

He goes along just as a water lily

Gentle on the surface of his thoughts his body floats

Unweighed down by passion or intensity

Yet unaware of the depth upon which he coasts

And he finds a home in me

For what misfortune sows, he knows my touch will reap

And all my armor falling down, in a pile at my feet

And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep

All my armor falling down, in a pile at my feet

And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep

All my armor falling down, in a pile at my feet

And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep

...for my valentine

Sanctified (Reznor)

it's still getting worse after everything i tried
what if i found a way to wash it all aside
what if she touches with those fingertips
as the words spill out like fire from her lips
if she says come inside i'll come inside for her
if she says give it all i'll give everything to her
i am justified
i am purified
i am sanctified
inside you
heaven's just a rumor she'll dispel
as she walks me through the nicest parts of hell
i still dream of lips i never should have never kissed
well she knows exactly what i can't resist
if she says come inside i'll come inside for her
if she says give it all i'll give everything to her
i am justified
i am purified
i am sanctified
inside you
i'm just caught up in another of her spells
she's turning me into someone else
everyday i hope and pray this will end
but when i can i do it all again
if she says come inside i'll come inside for her
if she says give it all i'll give everything to her
i am justified
i am purified
i am sanctified
inside you
as surely as the blades course is run
maybe my kingdom's finally come

The Kill (Leto)

What if I wanted to break
Laugh it all off in your face
What would you do?
What if I fell to the floor?
Couldn't take this anymore
What would you do?
Come break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you
What if I wanted to fight
Beg for the rest of my life
What would you do?
You say you wanted more
What are you waiting for?
I'm not running from you
Come break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you
I tried to be someone else
But nothing seemed to change
I know now, this is who I really am inside
Finally found myself
Fighting for a chance
I know now, this is who I really am
Come break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you
Come break me down
Break me down
Break me down
What if I wanted to break?

Untitled

I want to be mad at you
I want to say it's all your fault
Just when I thought it was safe
To put my heart on the line
You proved me wrong.
But then the part of me
That isn't corrupted, rusted
Wants to give you the benefit of the doubt
Wants to applaud your ability
To see right through me.
You want to talk about conflict?
There it is, babe
With a big freakin bow on it.

Tucson To Sean

God, I want to get out there
I want to be in the middle of it all
I want to read volumes in the coffeehouse
I want to have Camera Obscura in my ear
I want to write a poem at every stoplight
I want to be able to think thoughts
   and not say them
I want to have something hidden
   behind my eyes
I want to read Camus and love it
I want to be working on a novel
I want to be sought out
I want to be profound
I want this to be me.

Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Diamond)

Hot August night
And the leaves hanging down
And the grass on the ground smelling sweet
Move up the road
To the outside of town
And the sound of that good gospel beat
Sits a ragged tent
Where there ain't no trees
And that gospel group
Telling you and me
It's Love, Brother Love, say
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (halle, halle)
Pack up the babies
And grab the old ladies
And everyone goes
'Cause everyone knows
Brother Love's show
Room gets suddenly still
And when you'd almost bet
You could hear yourself sweat, he walks in
Eyes black as coal
And when he lifts his face
Every ear in the place is on him
Starting soft and slow
Like a small earthquake
And when he lets go
Half the valley shakes
It's Love, Brother Love, say
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (halle, halle)
Pack up the babies
And grab the old ladies
And everyone goes
'Cause everyone knows
'Bout Brother Love's show
(hallelujah)

Brothers! (halle hallelujah)
I say brothers! (hallelujah)
Now you got yourself
Two good hands (halle hallelujah)
And when your brother is troubled
You got to reach out your one hand for him (hallelujah)
'Cause that's what it's there for (halle hallelujah)
And when your heart is troubled
You gotta reach out your other hand (hallelujah)
Reach it out to the Man up there
'Cause that's what He's there for (halle hallelujah)
Take my hand in yours
Walk with me this day
In my heart I know
I will never stray
Halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle halle

Love, Brother Love,
Say Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
Pack up the babies
And grab the old ladies
And everyone goes
I say Love, Brother Love,
Say Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
Pack up the babies
And grab the old ladies
And everyone goes


...this one was for PopPop

Untitled

Why are we better off apart?
Were we doomed from the beginning?
Two fiery hearts can never make a cool river
We were warm being near each other
But we fickle and fan, never dying completely
Igniting at full force on the precipice.
Curse your flame! We almost made it.
You got me believin' again
More ways than one.
Why am I better off without you?
I don't want to be.
But you're a forest fire
And this tree has turned to ash.
There's nothing left of me to burn.

White Blank Page (Mumford)

Can you lie next to her
And give her your heart
As well as your body
And can you lie next to her
And confess your love
As well as your folly
And can you kneel before the king
And say I'm clean, I'm clean
But tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
Oh tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
A white blank page and a swelling rage
You did not think when you sent me to the brink
You desired my attention but denied my affections
Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life 
Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life 

Untitled

I can't get enough of spending time with you
If spending time was like spending money
I'd beg, borrow, and steal for you.
I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop
For you to see me as the possessive horror I am
For you to see I'm a fraud, a bore, a challenge.
When I try to give you warning
You laugh me off
But underneath whatever you see in me
Is nothing worthy of you.

The Only Exception (Paramore)

When I was younger
I saw my daddy cry
And curse at the wind
He broke his own heart
And I watched as he tried to reassemble it
And my mama swore
That she would never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love
If it does not exist
But, darling, you are the only exception
But you are the only exception
Well, maybe I know somewhere
Deep in my soul
That love never lasts
And we've got to find other ways
To make it alone
Or keep a straight face
And I've always lived like this
Keeping a comfortable distance
And up until now, I had sworn to myself
That I'm content with loneliness
Because none of it was ever worth the risk
Well, you are the only exception
I've got a tight grip on reality
But I can't let go of what's in front of me here
I know you're leaving in the morning when you wake up
Leave me of some kind of proof it's not a dream, oh
You are the only exception
And I'm on my way to believing
Oh, and I'm on my way to believing 

Girl Anachronism (Palmer)

you can tell 
from the scars on my arms 

and cracks in my hips 

and the dents in my car

and the blisters on my lips

that i'm not the carefullest of girls

you can tell 
from the glass on the floor

and the strings that're breaking 

and i keep on breaking more 

and it looks like i am shaking 

but it's just the temperature

and then again 

if it were any colder i could disengage 

if i were any older i could act my age

but i don't think that youd believe me

it's not the way i'm meant to be 

it's just the way the operation made me

and you can tell 
from the state of my room 

that they let me out too soon 

and the pills that i ate 

came a couple years too late 

and i've got some issues to work through

there i go again 

pretending to be you

make-believing 

that i have a soul beneath the surface 

trying to convince you

it was accidentally on purpose

i am not so serious 
this passion is a plagiarism 

i might join your century 

but only on a rare occasion

i was taken out 

before the labor pains set in and now

behold the world's worst accident

i am the girl anachronism

and you can tell
by the red in my eyes 

and the bruises on my thighs 

and the knots in my hair 

and the bathtub full of flies 

that i'm not right now at all

there i go again 

pretending that i'll fall 

don't call the doctors 

cause they've seen it all before 

they'll say just 

let her crash and burn 

she'll learn 

the attention just encourages her

and you can tell 
from the full-body cast 

that i'm sorry that i asked 

though you did everything you could 

(like any decent person would)

but i might be catching so don't touch

you'll start believing you're immune to gravity and stuff 

don't get me wet 

because the bandages will all come off

and you can tell
from the smoke at the stake 

that the current state is critical

well it is the little things, for instance:

in the time it takes to break it she can make up ten excuses:

please excuse her for the day
it's just the way the medication makes her...

i don't necessarily believe there is a cure for this 
so i might join your century but only as a doubtful guest 

i was too precarious removed as a cesarean 

behold the worlds worst accident 

i am the girl anachronism

I Guess What I Wanted Was (Jewel)

I guess what I
wanted was
to hear
you'd stay with me always.
I guess what I
wanted was
to see
those hands vowing
never to leave my own.
I guess what
I wanted was
to know
I am not loving in vain.

In My Paradise

In my paradise, I will be enough for you
You would love me as I love you
Our love would be violently romantic
Angrily tender, every day
Until eternity was through.
In my paradise, you would be honest
And though I may cry
You would lick up my salty tears.
I may throw punches but you'd throw them
Right back, at my chin, at my chest.
In my paradise, your nightmares would end
My arms would be strong
I could be the definition of world peace
To your inner beauty queen.
In my paradise, I would be enough
And you would be enough for me
So I wouldn't have to wish
For this paradise that will never be.

Set Out Running (Case)

Want to get it all behind me

you know everything reminds me

I can't be myself without you

want to crawl down deep inside

the springs inside the mattress

where l cry my dirty secrets

cause I just can't shake this feeling

that I'm nothing in your eyes

and if I knew heartbreak was coming

I would've set out running

past the city houses

and the ditches on the highway

read between the seasons

under the bridges in valleys

'til the winds out on the prairie

whip the tears from my eyes

want to get it all behind me

you know everything reminds me

I can't be myself without you

want to crawl down deep inside

the springs inside the mattress

where I cry my dirty secrets

cause I just can't shake this feeling

that I'm nothing in your eyes

and if I knew heartbreak was coming

I would've set out running

across the muddy river

and the smokestacks on the bank

swallow that horizon

hunger beyond hunger

'til the cloudy blue pacific

took the air in my lungs

and if I knew heartbreak was coming

I would've set out running

cause I just can't shake this feeling

that I'm nothing in your eyes

I Believe In You (Williams)

I don't believe in superstars,

Organic food and foreign cars.

I don't believe the price of gold;

The certainty of growing old.

That right is right and left is wrong,

That north and south can't get along.

That east is east and west is west.

And being first is always best. 

But I believe in love.

I believe in babies.

I believe in Mom and Dad.

And I believe in you. 

Well, I don't believe that heaven waits,

For only those who congregate.

I like to think of God as love:

He's down below, He's up above.

He's watching people everywhere.

He knows who does and doesn't care.

And I'm an ordinary man,

Sometimes I wonder who I am. 

But I believe in love.

I believe in music.

I believe in magic.

And I believe in you. 

I know with all my certainty,

What's going on with you and me,

Is a good thing.

It's true, I believe in you. 

I don't believe virginity,

Is as common as it used to be.

In working days and sleeping nights,

That black is black and white is white.

That Superman and Robin Hood,

Are still alive in Hollywood.

That gasoline's in short supply,

The rising cost of getting by. 

But I believe in love.

I believe in old folks.

I believe in children.

I believe in you. 

I believe in love.

I believe in babies.

I believe in Mom and Dad.

And I believe in you.

This one was for Dad and Mom, me and Wesley and Sean, crammed in the backseat of the car, going cross-country...

The Story (Leto)

I've been thinking of everything I used to want to be

I've been thinking of everything of me of you and me

This is the story of my life

And these are the lies I have created

This is the story of my life

And these are the lies I have created

I'm in the middle of nothing and it's where I want to be

When I'm at the bottom of everything that I finally start to believe

This is the story of my life

And these are the lies I have created

This is the story of my life

And these are the lies I have created

I created

And I swear to God I'll have found myself in the end

And I swear to God I'll have found myself in the end

And I swear to God I'll have found myself in the end

In the end

And I swear to God I'll have found myself in the end

In the end

In the end

In the end

In the end

This is the story of my life

And these are the lies I have created

This is the story of my life

These are the lies I have created

This is the story of my life

These are the lies I have created

Always (Saliva)

I hear a voice say "Don't be so blind"

It's telling me all these things that you would probably hide

Am I your one and only desire

Am I the reason you breathe, or am I the reason you cry

Always... always... always... always... always... always...

I just can't live without you

I love you, I hate you, I can’t get around you

I breathe you, I taste you, I can't live without you

I just can't take anymore, this lack of solitude

I guess that I'm out the door and now I'm done with you

Done with you, done with you, done with you, done with you, done with you

I feel like you don't want me around

I guess I'll pack all my things, I guess I'll see you around

Its all been bottled up until now

As I walk out your door, all I can hear is the sound

Always... always... always... always... always... always...

I just can't live without you

I love you, I hate you, I can’t get around you

I breathe you, I taste you, I can't live without you

I just can't take anymore, this lack of solitude

I guess that I'm out the door and now I'm done with you

I love you, I hate you, I can't live without you

I left my head around your heart

Why would you tear my world apart?

Always... always... always... always...

I see the blood all over your hands

Does it make you feel, more like a man?

Was it all just a part of your plan

The pistol's shaking in my hands and all I hear is the sound

I love you, I hate you, I can’t live without you

I breathe you, I taste you, I can't live without you

I just can't take anymore, this lack of solitude

I guess that I'm out the door and now I'm done with you

I love you, I hate you, I can't live without you

I love you, I hate you, I can't live without you

I just can't take anymore, this lack of solitude

I pick myself off the floor and now I'm done with you

Always... always... always...

How's It Going To Be? (3EB)

I'm only pretty sure that I can't take anymore

Before you take a swing, I wonder what are we fighting for?

When I say out loud, "I want to get out of this,"

I wonder, is there anything I'm going to miss?

I wonder how it's going to be 

when you don't know me.

How's it going to be

when you're sure I'm not there?

How's it going to be

when there’s no one there to talk to between you and me?

'Cause I don't care

How's it going to be?

How's it going to be?

Where we used to laugh, there's a shouting match

sharp as a thumbnail scratch

A silence I can't ignore,

like the hammock by the doorway we spent time in

Swing's empty 

I don't see lightning like last fall

when it was always about to hit me

I wonder how's it going to be when it goes down

How's it going to be when your not around?

How's it going to be when you found out there was nothing

between you and me?

'Cause I don't care

How's it going to be?

And how's it going to be

when you don't know me anymore?

And how's it going to be?

I wanna get myself back in again

The soft dive of oblivion…

I wanna taste the salt of your skin

The soft dive of oblivion…oblivion

How's it going to be

when you don't know me any more?

How's it going to be?

How's it going to be?